Tuesday, October 29, 2013

RENEW AMERICA 10/29/2013




October 28, 2013
WES VERNON, RA ANALYST — When the Federal Election Commission (FEC) opened its doors 38 years ago, it drew a wary eye from those who feared the agency would end up as another taxpayer-funded political weapon for liberals to curb free speech they don't like... (more)


October 28, 2013
ALAN KEYES — Most of the true conservatives I know are supporters of the U.S. Constitution. Most of them agree that long before he duplicitously swore to uphold, protect, and defend that Constitution, Barack Obama repeatedly disparaged and rejected it. Among these conservatives are many who would welcome Obama's resignation or removal from office... (more)


October 28, 2013
NEW YORK POST — The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee said Obamacare's Web site, already a tangled mess, might need to be rebuilt from scratch to protect against cyber-thieves because he fears it's not a safe place right now for health-care consumers to deposit their personal information.... (more)


October 28, 2013
NEWSMAX — CGI Federal, which secured a $678 million no-bid contract to build the Obamacare exchange web portal, has come under increased scrutiny for ties between senior executives and the Obama administration following the disastrous rollout of the healthcare website.... (more)


October 28, 2013
NEWSMAX — Republicans said Sunday they intend to press Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on the Obama administration's troubled launch of healthcare.gov, the online portal to buy insurance, and concerns about the privacy of information that applicants submit under the new system.... (more)


October 28, 2013
JOSEPH FARAH — I think I might have been wrong about same-sex marriage. When I have written about this phenomenon and discussed it and debated it in recent years, I have stated unequivocally that it is something new - - not seen anywhere or at any time in the history of humankind.... (more)


October 28, 2013
CBS NEWS — When Chris Stevens was killed in Benghazi, Libya, on the anniversary of September 11th last year, it was only the sixth time that the United States had lost an ambassador to its enemies. The events of that night have been overshadowed by misinformation, confusion and intense partisanship. But for those who lived through it, there's nothing confusing about what happened, and they share a sense of profound frustration because they say they saw it coming.... (more)


October 28, 2013
WORLDNETDAILY — President Obama is using race as a divider in America, instead of trying to unite the nation, charges the head of a nonprofit think tank that addresses issues of race and poverty through principles of faith, freedom and personal responsibility.... (more)


October 28, 2013
NEWSMAX — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Iran is capable of converting low-grade uranium to weapons-grade within weeks.... (more)


October 28, 2013
ROBERT KNIGHT — Imagine that it was Sept. 12, 2001, and you opened your newspaper, gazed in horror at the many photos of unspeakable carnage at the World Trade Center's twin towers, and found this story: "The American Civil Liberties Union today urged the Justice Department to probe the surveillance of Muslim Americans by the New York City Police Department."... (more)


October 28, 2013
WORLDNETDAILY — The Warren Commission, in its effort to portray Lee Harvey Oswald as the lone assassin of President John F. Kennedy, had to ignore or otherwise obfuscate abundant medical evidence and testimony that JFK suffered an exit wound in the back of his head.... (more)


October 28, 2013
LOS ANGELES TIMES — The devices would track every mile you drive - -possibly including your location - - and the government would use the data to draw up a tax bill.... (more)


October 27, 2013
NEWSMAX — Air Force Academy cadets now have the option whether or not to repeat the phrase "so help me, God" when reciting the school's honor code.... (more)


October 27, 2013
WASHINGTON TIMES — A growing number of military parents want to end the age-old tradition of switching schools for their kids. They've embraced homeschooling, and are finding support on bases, which are providing resources for families and opening their doors for home schooling cooperatives and other events.... (more)


October 27, 2013
WASHINGTON TIMES — President Obama regards promises as pie crusts, only to be broken, but he has kept one promise, which deserves recognition. He promised to change the tone and tenor of Washington, and so he has. The tenor is loud and the tone is sour, and he is in large measure responsible.... (more)


October 26, 2013
CINDY SIMPSON — Tilly Smith was a hero. Vacationing on a beach in 2004 in Thailand, the ten-year old Tilly immediately recognized the signs of the approaching tsunami and quickly warned fellow beachgoers, in time to save over a hundred lives.... (more)


October 26, 2013
ANDREW C. MCCARTHY — Charles Krauthammer has come to my rescue. You see, I've been on the receiving end of some spirited reaction since asserting in last weekend's column that what we commonly call the Republican establishment - - i.e., not all individual Republicans but GOP leadership - - "is more sympathetic to Obama's case for the welfare state than to the Tea Party's case for limited government and individual liberty."... (more)


October 26, 2013
THE WEEKLY STANDARD — Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin will propose a new law next week called: "If You Like Your Health Plan, You Can Keep It Act."... (more)


October 26, 2013
MICHELLE MALKIN — Why does the White House need a private-sector "tech surge" to repair its wretched Obamacare website failures? Weren't all of the president's myriad IT czars and their underlings supposed to ensure that taxpayers got the most effective, innovative, cutting-edge, and secure technology for their money?... (more)


October 26, 2013
TERENCE P. JEFFREY — Americans who were recipients of means-tested government benefits in 2011 outnumbered year-round full-time workers, according to data released this month by the Census Bureau. They also out-numbered the total population of the Philippines.... (more)


October 26, 2013
USA TODAY — A new report that says Iran may need as little as a month to produce enough uranium for a nuclear bomb is further evidence for why Israel will take military action before that happens, an Israeli defense official said Friday.... (more)


October 26, 2013
WASHINGTON TIMES — Maryland state police and federal agents used a search warrant in an unrelated criminal investigation to seize the private reporting files of an award-winning former investigative journalist for The Washington Times who had exposed problems in the Homeland Security Department's Federal Air Marshal Service.... (more)


October 25, 2013
WESLEY PRUDEN — Hard times, as a wise old friend of mine was fond of saying, will make a monkey eat red pepper. That's why Democrats, who only yesterday vowed to hold the Maginot Line forever against Republican demands to delay the implementation of wise and wonderful Obamacare, are lining up now to burn their tongues with a dash or two of jalapeno.... (more)


October 25, 2013
VICTOR DAVIS HANSON — Democratic senators up for reelection in 13 months are now embracing, in their calls to delay Obamacare, the same themes as did the House Republicans and a few senators a few weeks ago - -hoping to preempt mounting criticism... (more)


October 25, 2013
DAILYCALLER — Hundreds of thousands of Americans who purchase their own health insurance have received cancellation notices since August because the plans do not meet Obamacare's requirements.... (more)

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