Colleen Holmes, Executive Director of Eagle Forum, will speak about Nationalized Health
Care.
Eagle Forum Legislative Alert:
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Update on China's Military Buildup
The annual report from the U.S. Defense Department to Congress, which is called "Military Power of the People's Republic of China 2009," gives an impressive catalog of efforts by China to supply its armed forces with weapons that can be used to intimidate and attack Taiwan and finesse U.S. superiority of naval and air power. The report describes how China's military modernization is continuing rapidly. China has never admitted that Taiwan is another country; China considers Taiwan a break-away province that China expects to take over some day despite America's promise to defend Taiwan against attack.
The Chinese military appears to have embarked on modernization programs that would allow it to fight and win short conflicts fought with new weapons all along its borders. To counter U.S. advantages, China has invested in new technologies for cyber- and space-warfare, in addition to modernizing its nuclear arsenal, and expanding and improving its fleet of submarines. China also plans to build several new aircraft carriers.
It's a serious problem for the United States that Communist China is America's biggest foreign creditor, holding an estimated $1 trillion in U.S. government debt. With the world economy in danger, U.S. dealings with China can become very delicate.
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The Chinese military appears to have embarked on modernization programs that would allow it to fight and win short conflicts fought with new weapons all along its borders. To counter U.S. advantages, China has invested in new technologies for cyber- and space-warfare, in addition to modernizing its nuclear arsenal, and expanding and improving its fleet of submarines. China also plans to build several new aircraft carriers.
It's a serious problem for the United States that Communist China is America's biggest foreign creditor, holding an estimated $1 trillion in U.S. government debt. With the world economy in danger, U.S. dealings with China can become very delicate.
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Monday, June 29, 2009
Huge Land Grab Moving through the Senate
The Clean Water Restoration Act (S. 787) seeks to require a federal permit for just about any activity that affects any body of water and would extend the scope and reach of Federal jurisdiction far past any requirements previous under the original Clean Water Act.
The consequences of removing the adjective "navigable" is giving the EPA and Corp. of Engineers jurisdiction over all waters--the federalization of all streams and intermittent streams--in America.
Here is testimony from a Senate committee which endorses the expansion of federal jurisdiction to all American waters and affects American farmers, as the committee would not even exclude "ground water" from the text of the bill.
The consequences of removing the adjective "navigable" is giving the EPA and Corp. of Engineers jurisdiction over all waters--the federalization of all streams and intermittent streams--in America.
Here is testimony from a Senate committee which endorses the expansion of federal jurisdiction to all American waters and affects American farmers, as the committee would not even exclude "ground water" from the text of the bill.
Saturday, June 27, 2009
White House domestic violence
Here is the latest White House appointment:
Obama appoints domestic violence adviserSurely Obama has bigger problems to worry about.
WASHINGTON (AP) - A longtime advocate for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault has been named to a new post advising the White House on those issues.
Vice President Joe Biden announced the appointment Friday of Lynn Rosenthal, an expert in domestic violence policy. The White House said she will advise President Barack Obama and work with government agencies to ensure that violence against women isn't ignored and the perpetrators are held accountable.
Friday, June 26, 2009
We Now Have A Total Gangster Government
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) speaking on the House floor: Now we've moved into the realm of gangster government. We have gangster government when the Federal Government has set up a new cartel and private businesses now have to go begging with their hand out to their local hopefully well politically connected Congressman or their Senator so they can buy a peace offering for that local business. Is that the kind of country we are going to have in the future?
Feminism vs. Women
Ashley Herzog is a natural leader of the new movement of young conservative women who oppose the far-left policy goals of the campus feminists and who know that American women are the most fortunate people in the world. Ashley Herzog, a recent graduate of Ohio University, authored her first book called Feminism vs. Women.
Miss Herzog quotes a lot of actual statements from prominent feminists who obviously dislike women who make choices different from their own.
One Example:
Linda Hirshman believes "The tasks of housekeeping and child rearing [are] not worthy of the full time and talents of intelligent and educated human beings."
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Miss Herzog quotes a lot of actual statements from prominent feminists who obviously dislike women who make choices different from their own.
One Example:
Linda Hirshman believes "The tasks of housekeeping and child rearing [are] not worthy of the full time and talents of intelligent and educated human beings."
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Thursday, June 25, 2009
Church Wins Freedom to Campaign
A Baptist pastor in Montana assisted in a petition drive for a ballot initiative for traditional marriage in 2004....The Church submitted 98 valid signatures for the initiative, of which 92 were Church members. The ballot initiative passed with 66% of the vote in the general election.
The secularists complained to the state about the Church's activities, arguing that its activities had created a “political committee” within the meaning of Montana's campaign finance laws, and thereby violated the law.
So, a lawsuit followed. The federal court held completely against the church, and it appealed. Surprisingly, the Ninth Circuit, unanimously held that the Church acted within its rights of free speech, and does not have to comply with the burdensome disclosure regulations. The Court found it unconstitutional to regulate this relatively small amount of campaign-related activity.
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The secularists complained to the state about the Church's activities, arguing that its activities had created a “political committee” within the meaning of Montana's campaign finance laws, and thereby violated the law.
So, a lawsuit followed. The federal court held completely against the church, and it appealed. Surprisingly, the Ninth Circuit, unanimously held that the Church acted within its rights of free speech, and does not have to comply with the burdensome disclosure regulations. The Court found it unconstitutional to regulate this relatively small amount of campaign-related activity.
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Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Foreign Workers Take Jobs of Americans
One of the reasons why big corporations prefer to hire H-1Bers is that foreign workers are restrained, almost like indentured servants, from changing jobs and competing with their original employer. It is estimated that more than 400,000 foreigners are working in our country on H-1Bs, because there is no accountability for the requirement to seek U.S. workers first, and thousands of H-1B workers are exempt from the so-called cap. At least 100,000 American programmers are unemployed, and it is probable that many times that number are underemployed (driving trucks or bagging groceries) rather than using their technical skills.
The major factor in American economic leadership of the world has been our primacy in innovation. America has always produced far more inventions and innovation benefits than the rest of the world combined. The argument that foreigners brought here under H-1B visas are smarter or more productive than Americans is simply false.
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The major factor in American economic leadership of the world has been our primacy in innovation. America has always produced far more inventions and innovation benefits than the rest of the world combined. The argument that foreigners brought here under H-1B visas are smarter or more productive than Americans is simply false.
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Tuesday, June 23, 2009
How Our Young Engineers Are Betrayed
Large corporations prefer to use H-1B visas to hire foreign engineers and computer technicians. The number of H-1B workers tripled during the Clinton Administration, and CEOs are constantly demanding that the number be increased or even unlimited. Large corporations prefer H-1B foreigners because they work for lower wages with fewer rights.
A robotics competition, called For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST), for high school students interested in engineering, a program that now attracts about 200,000 student-competitors and nearly 100,000 volunteers. The students are extraordinarily diverse, coming from public and private schools and homeschools, rich and poor, urban and rural, athletic and disabled. Colleges provide up to $10 million in scholarships.
The 200,000 bright minds who competed in the FIRST robotics program could take our economy to new heights just as did American inventors of the past. But if they continue to be displaced by H-1B visas and end up in non-engineering jobs, the result will be disappointing to them and devastating to our economy.
A robotics competition, called For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST), for high school students interested in engineering, a program that now attracts about 200,000 student-competitors and nearly 100,000 volunteers. The students are extraordinarily diverse, coming from public and private schools and homeschools, rich and poor, urban and rural, athletic and disabled. Colleges provide up to $10 million in scholarships.
The 200,000 bright minds who competed in the FIRST robotics program could take our economy to new heights just as did American inventors of the past. But if they continue to be displaced by H-1B visas and end up in non-engineering jobs, the result will be disappointing to them and devastating to our economy.
Monday, June 22, 2009
Liberals Love to Claim Victimhood
In a new bestselling book called Guilty, Ann Coulter exposes the tactic used so often and so successfully by liberals and feminists of claiming they are victims of an unjust and oppressive society.
Coulter writes that "We could wipe out chronic poverty in America tomorrow if women would just get married before or even soon after they have children. Instead of promoting this goal, our government persists in social policies that promote and reward premarital sex, divorce, and single motherhood. And the taxpayers and left to pay the bills.
The liberals are always very eager to tax Americans to give away other people's money through the tax system, but not much of their own money. In 1998, Al Gore gave only $353 to charity. Ted Kennedy gives only about 1% of his income to charity, whereas George W. Bush gave away over 10% of his income throughout his presidency.
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Coulter writes that "We could wipe out chronic poverty in America tomorrow if women would just get married before or even soon after they have children. Instead of promoting this goal, our government persists in social policies that promote and reward premarital sex, divorce, and single motherhood. And the taxpayers and left to pay the bills.
The liberals are always very eager to tax Americans to give away other people's money through the tax system, but not much of their own money. In 1998, Al Gore gave only $353 to charity. Ted Kennedy gives only about 1% of his income to charity, whereas George W. Bush gave away over 10% of his income throughout his presidency.
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New York Times Doesn't Get It
The Sunday June 1st New York Times featured a front-page three-column news story headlined: "At V.A. Hospital, a Rogue Cancer Unit; Philadelphia Team Quietly Botched 92 of 116 Prostate Procedures." Dr. Gary Kao botched 92 prostate operations over six years and kept quiet about it. The patients all had to undergo a second operation. Right below this article was another front-page two-column news story headlined "Poll Finds Wide Support for Idea of Government-Run Health Plan."
How ironic.
How ironic.
Saturday, June 20, 2009
How feminists hijacked the stimulus
Christina Hoff Sommers explains how feminists hijacked the stimulus:
Our incoming president did what many sensible men do when confronted by a chorus of female complaint: He changed his plan. He added health, education, and other human infrastructure components to the proposal. ...
They estimated that "the total number of created jobs likely to go to women is roughly 42 percent." Lest anyone miss the point, they added that since women had held only 20 percent of the jobs lost in the recession, the stimulus package now "skews job creation somewhat towards women."
Friday, June 19, 2009
Sotomayor's membership in women's club
AP reports:
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor (SOHN'-yuh soh-toh-my-YOR') says an elite all-women's club she belongs to doesn't discriminate unfairly by gender. ... Federal judges are bound by a code that says they shouldn't join any organization that discriminates by race, sex, religion, or nationality.Three years ago it was Sen. Ted Kennedy who accused Samuel Alito of belonging to a supposedly sexist club while he attended a mostly male college 35 years earlier. Kennedy had to quit an all-male club where he was a member in 2006.
Not Such a Big Tent: 73% of Republicans Identify as Conservatives
While Democrats are divided with 40% considering themselves moderate, 38% liberal and 22% conservative, Republicans overwhelmingly identify as conservative. According to the latest Gallup poll, conservatives are the largest ideological group, as 40% of Americans consider themselves conservatives. Only 35% of Americans describe themselves as moderate, and 21% as liberal. 22% of Democrats identify themselves conservative compared to only 3% of Republicans identifying themselves as liberal. Gallup, 6-15-09.
Obama swats a fly
I like to give Pres. Barack Obama credit when credit is due. He just took a tough and gutsy stand against a no-good vermin, and disregarded how it might upset his mushheaded supporters. The Huff. Post reports:
WASHINGTON — The group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals wants the flyswatter in chief to try taking a more humane attitude the next time he's bedeviled by a fly in the White House.This is not a joke. PETA really did complain about it.
PETA is sending President Barack Obama a Katcha Bug Humane Bug Catcher, a device that allows users to trap a house fly and then release it outside.
"We support compassion even for the most curious, smallest and least sympathetic animals," PETA spokesman Bruce Friedrich said Wednesday. "We believe that people, where they can be compassionate, should be, for all animals."
During an interview for CNBC at the White House on Tuesday, a fly intruded on Obama's conversation with correspondent John Harwood.
"Get out of here," the president told the pesky insect. When it didn't, he waited for the fly to settle, put his hand up and then smacked it dead.
Liberals Don't Believe in Academic Freedom
According to the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), the levying of higher fees on events featuring controversial conservative speakers has become a serious problem in American universities. “The more violent and disruptive the threatened protest, the higher the security costs will be demanded of the students. This is a policy that rewards hecklers rather than students who want to engage in civil debate and dialogue. Academic freedom seems to be only for liberals, not conservatives.
Examples:
In April, student protesters at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill interrupted and cut short a speech by former Congressman Tom Tancredo. Tancredo had to leave the stage partway through his speech after some of the protesters broke a window.
Author David Horowitz was barely able to continue a speech he gave this spring at the University of Texas at Austin. About 40 protesters, organized by a professor, greeted Horowitz with signs and chanting. They allowed Horowitz to finish his speech only after a university representative warned the students they could be arrested unless they quieted down.
In March, at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, protesters drove conservative columnist Don Feder from the lectern. The security the university provided was obviously not sufficient for Feder to finish his speech. The College Republicans, who sponsored Feder’s speech, were forced to pay three times the normal fee in security costs for the event,
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Examples:
In April, student protesters at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill interrupted and cut short a speech by former Congressman Tom Tancredo. Tancredo had to leave the stage partway through his speech after some of the protesters broke a window.
Author David Horowitz was barely able to continue a speech he gave this spring at the University of Texas at Austin. About 40 protesters, organized by a professor, greeted Horowitz with signs and chanting. They allowed Horowitz to finish his speech only after a university representative warned the students they could be arrested unless they quieted down.
In March, at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, protesters drove conservative columnist Don Feder from the lectern. The security the university provided was obviously not sufficient for Feder to finish his speech. The College Republicans, who sponsored Feder’s speech, were forced to pay three times the normal fee in security costs for the event,
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Judge Robert Dierker Receives Eagle Award at Discussion Club
Judge Robert H. Dierker Jr., a prominent state judge in St. Louis, is the author of an important book on the judiciary called The Tyranny of Tolerance: A Sitting Judge Breaks the Codes of Silence to Expose the Liberal Judicial Assault. It describes in detail the tyranny of the liberals and feminists who use "tolerance" to achieve their intolerant and mischievous goals. He was the speaker at a dinner meeting of the Discussion Club (a conservative club founded in 1958 by Phyllis Schlafly and a handful of others, which is still functioning after all these years). Phyllis presented Judge Dierker with an Eagle Award for daring to tell the truth about the judiciary. His fascinating speech forecast the kind of Supreme Court decisions we would get if we ever have Hillary Clinton as Chief Justice.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Treating Illegals Better than Americans
California gives the preferential “in-state” tuition rate to illegal aliens who have been in the state for a limited period of time. This violates the federal law which states: “an alien who is not lawfully present in the United States shall not be eligible ... for any postsecondary education benefit unless a citizen ... of the United States is eligible for such a benefit (in no less an amount, duration, and scope) without regard to whether the citizen or national is such a resident.”
Several students of California universities who were charged the higher nonresident tuition under California law sued, alleging discrimination against them compared to illegal aliens.
But surprisingly, the California Court of Appeals unanimously reversed the trial court and held in favor of the out-of-state student-plaintiffs and allowed them to reinstate their lawsuit. The appellate court also held that the plaintiff-students do have a constitutional claim for reverse discrimination for being charged more than illegal aliens were charged.
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Several students of California universities who were charged the higher nonresident tuition under California law sued, alleging discrimination against them compared to illegal aliens.
But surprisingly, the California Court of Appeals unanimously reversed the trial court and held in favor of the out-of-state student-plaintiffs and allowed them to reinstate their lawsuit. The appellate court also held that the plaintiff-students do have a constitutional claim for reverse discrimination for being charged more than illegal aliens were charged.
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Wednesday, June 17, 2009
ABC: Obama propaganda machine?
Gibson anchoring from White House, devoting hours of coverage to health care agenda
Critics are blasting ABC News for its plan to televise blanket coverage of Barack Obama's health care reform initiative, voicing concern that "the media and government [have] become one" and that the network is "virtually turning over news programming to the Obama government" for "a glorified infomercial to promote the Democrat agenda."
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Critics are blasting ABC News for its plan to televise blanket coverage of Barack Obama's health care reform initiative, voicing concern that "the media and government [have] become one" and that the network is "virtually turning over news programming to the Obama government" for "a glorified infomercial to promote the Democrat agenda."
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Christianity: Lifeblood of Free Society
Dr. John Howard is a World War II hero who has served in the federal government and in higher education. He has published a new book called Christianity: Lifeblood of America’s Free Society in which he writes persuasively about the high ideals of service, duty, and sacrifice that enabled Americans of the Greatest Generation to pull together and defeat the Axis powers in the 1940s.
Dr. Howard writes that students today are “cheated by a society that has not provided them with an understanding and appreciation of human grandeur.” Today's students “know next to nothing about the record of men and women whose labors and sacrifices" have made it possible for us to live in a free and prosperous country.
Do you agree with Dr. Howard's observations?
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Dr. Howard writes that students today are “cheated by a society that has not provided them with an understanding and appreciation of human grandeur.” Today's students “know next to nothing about the record of men and women whose labors and sacrifices" have made it possible for us to live in a free and prosperous country.
Do you agree with Dr. Howard's observations?
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Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Privacy coalition protests body scanners as airports test them as primary screening
An eclectic alliance of more than 40 organizations — from the Nation Rifle Association and Eagle Forum to the Transgender Law Center and the American Civil Liberties Union — wants regulations that guarantee privacy rights and assure that travelers are informed about how the machines work.
Checking Up on the High Cost of Universities
You've heard that colleges and universities uphold something called "diversity." That's a myth when it comes to the ideology being taught. The Obama Administration is not going to investigate or supervise how taxpayers' money is spent by universities because the liberal Democrats running the federal government have no complaint about what the universities are doing. They share the same worldview, and the professors pass the faith on to the students.
Consider the results of the November 2008 election, in which college-aged voters came out in droves and voted for Obama by more than two to one. It was the college crowd that elected Obama.
These professors funnel not only students to the Democratic Party, but money, too. In 2004, the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics found that the top two institutions in the country, in terms of employee per-capita contributions to presidential candidates, were Harvard and the University of California system-—both of which gave 19 times more money to the Democratic presidential candidate than to the Republican. So, don't expect President Obama to fire college presidents, or cap salaries, or freeze tuition, or regulate rising costs.
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Consider the results of the November 2008 election, in which college-aged voters came out in droves and voted for Obama by more than two to one. It was the college crowd that elected Obama.
These professors funnel not only students to the Democratic Party, but money, too. In 2004, the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics found that the top two institutions in the country, in terms of employee per-capita contributions to presidential candidates, were Harvard and the University of California system-—both of which gave 19 times more money to the Democratic presidential candidate than to the Republican. So, don't expect President Obama to fire college presidents, or cap salaries, or freeze tuition, or regulate rising costs.
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Letter from Conservative Leaders Implores Senators to Filibuster Hate Crimes Bill
This week, a letter is being hand-delivered to every member of the United States Senate imploring conservatives to join Senator Jim DeMint's filibuster of the pending Hate Crimes bill, which would criminalize preaching the Gospel and put preachers in the crosshairs.
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Liberal hate speech
NY Times columnist Paul Krugman writes:
Another NY Times columnist, Frank Rich, writes:
Both columns attack Frank Gaffney's column about Pres. Obama's peculiar sympathies towards Muslims. For eight years, Krugman, Rich, and a lot of other liberals have been writing about how much they hated Bush and Cheney.
Today, as in the early years of the Clinton administration but to an even greater extent, right-wing extremism is being systematically fed by the conservative media and political establishment.Meanwhile, CBS TV talk show host Dave Letterman finally apologized last night for telling a joke about the statutory rape of the 14-year-old daughter of a prominent conservative Republican governor. Whatever you think of right-wing TV and radio commentators, they don't joke about raping the daughters of their political enemies.
Another NY Times columnist, Frank Rich, writes:
The president’s nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court and his speech in Cairo have only exacerbated the ugliness. The venomous personal attacks on Sotomayor have little to do with the 3,000-plus cases she’s adjudicated in nearly 17 years on the bench or her thoughts about the judgment of “a wise Latina woman.”The attacks on Sotomayor have been squarely directed at comments that she has made repeatedly over a period of many years, and which relate directly to her judicial philosophy. There were much more venomous attacks on the previous Supreme Court nominee, Samuel Alito.
Both columns attack Frank Gaffney's column about Pres. Obama's peculiar sympathies towards Muslims. For eight years, Krugman, Rich, and a lot of other liberals have been writing about how much they hated Bush and Cheney.
Monday, June 15, 2009
Why Doesn't Obama Take Over Universities?
Why isn't President Obama reining in our colleges and firing presidents like he did at General Motors? Why isn't Congress demanding hearings? Why isn't Nancy Pelosi demanding accountability?
Consider the salaries of those running the universities, particularly those accepting the most government funding. 59 public-university presidents received half-million dollar salaries last year. At Barack Obama's alma mater, Columbia University, at New York University and at Northwestern, the presidents all raked in about a million and a half dollars last year. Yet, after taking tens of thousands of dollars a year from debt-ridden students and their parents, on top of boatloads of government money, these colleges are screaming that they are broke.
Alas, here's the dirty little secret: Because colleges are busy advancing the leftwing agenda. Colleges are essentially recruiting grounds for Democratic Party voters and activists. A 2003 survey by the Center for the Study of Popular Culture found these ratios of Democratic to Republican professors: Swarthmore: 21 to one. Bowdoin College: 23 to one. Wellesley College: 23 to one. Brown University: 30 to one.
I'll ask again. Why doesn't our government check up on the taxpayers' money that goes to universities?
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Consider the salaries of those running the universities, particularly those accepting the most government funding. 59 public-university presidents received half-million dollar salaries last year. At Barack Obama's alma mater, Columbia University, at New York University and at Northwestern, the presidents all raked in about a million and a half dollars last year. Yet, after taking tens of thousands of dollars a year from debt-ridden students and their parents, on top of boatloads of government money, these colleges are screaming that they are broke.
Alas, here's the dirty little secret: Because colleges are busy advancing the leftwing agenda. Colleges are essentially recruiting grounds for Democratic Party voters and activists. A 2003 survey by the Center for the Study of Popular Culture found these ratios of Democratic to Republican professors: Swarthmore: 21 to one. Bowdoin College: 23 to one. Wellesley College: 23 to one. Brown University: 30 to one.
I'll ask again. Why doesn't our government check up on the taxpayers' money that goes to universities?
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Sunday, June 14, 2009
1st quarter wiped out $1.3 trillion for Americans
WASHINGTON (AP) — The brute force of the recession earlier this year turned back the clock on Americans' personal wealth to 2004 and wiped out a staggering $1.3 trillion as home values shrank and investments withered.
Net worth, or the value of assets such as homes, checking accounts and investments minus debts like mortgages and credit cards, declined 2.6 percent in the first three months of the year, the Federal Reserve said Thursday.
Those months were some of the worst of the recession so far for job losses, and the stock market sank to its lowest point of the year in March. Since then, some signs suggest the economy is stabilizing.
Still, partly because of the carnage earlier in the recession, Americans are putting plans on hold until the economy improves.
B. Smith, a conductor for a Chicago commuter rail line, is waiting to buy cars for two of his children. He spent $260,000 to build his suburban Chicago home about 10 years ago and watched its value spike to $380,000 in January 2008. Today, it stands at about $310,000. "I'm still ahead, but I'm not as ahead as I was before," he said.
Even if things improve, such a dramatic evaporation of wealth will probably make Americans more thrifty down the road, said Scott Hoyt, senior director of consumer economics at Moody's Economy.com.
"The bulk of consumers alive today have not experienced declines in wealth like this," Hoyt said. "They are already turning thrifty, and it will stay that way beyond the short term. This has been a significant learning experience."
Friday, June 12, 2009
I'm Not Looking Forward to Waiting In Line for Medical Treatment
"Why are they rushing into a system of government-dominated health care when the very countries that have experienced it for so long are backing away?" asks Dr. Gratzer, a physician and senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, in a recent WSJ article.
As Canada moves away from government-directed health care, America is moving full steam head to waiting lines and poor quality treatment.
Here's my follow up question:
How will making people wait in lines for medical help "re-make" America into a compassionate and equitable country?
As Canada moves away from government-directed health care, America is moving full steam head to waiting lines and poor quality treatment.
Here's my follow up question:
How will making people wait in lines for medical help "re-make" America into a compassionate and equitable country?
Why Don't Schools Teach Reading?
The federal test that is considered to be the nation's best measure of trends in reading and math proficiency has just reported the results of George W. Bush's famous law called No Child Left Behind. That law was subtitled "An Act to Close the Achievement Gap" between white students and minorities. Well, after eight years, we can now see the result. Both white students and minorities improved somewhat in reading scores, but the law did not close or even reduce the gap.
Meanwhile, the Lexington Institute released a new report showing that workers' poor English skills are costing our economy $65 billion a year in lost wages. Over 11 million people in the United States do not speak English well, and that includes 5 million who are in public schools. According to this report, "Americans who lack adequate English skills trail the rest of the nation substantially, both educationally and economically." This causes what is called linguistic isolation and certainly makes it difficult to hold a job in America.
I feel like I'm some kind of Johnny-one-note in offering my solution for poor reading skills, but it's still a fact that the public schools do not teach children how to read in the first grade. There's no point in promoting them to the second grade until they have been taught how to read, and there is only one successful way to do that: by teaching them phonics so they can sound out the syllables of the English language and read big words. Instead of phonics, the schools persist in teaching first graders to memorize a few dozen frequently used words, and give the students stupid books with lots of pictures that use the same one-syllable words over and over again. So, when the child gets to the fourth or fifth grade, he is unable to read words of more than one syllable.
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Meanwhile, the Lexington Institute released a new report showing that workers' poor English skills are costing our economy $65 billion a year in lost wages. Over 11 million people in the United States do not speak English well, and that includes 5 million who are in public schools. According to this report, "Americans who lack adequate English skills trail the rest of the nation substantially, both educationally and economically." This causes what is called linguistic isolation and certainly makes it difficult to hold a job in America.
I feel like I'm some kind of Johnny-one-note in offering my solution for poor reading skills, but it's still a fact that the public schools do not teach children how to read in the first grade. There's no point in promoting them to the second grade until they have been taught how to read, and there is only one successful way to do that: by teaching them phonics so they can sound out the syllables of the English language and read big words. Instead of phonics, the schools persist in teaching first graders to memorize a few dozen frequently used words, and give the students stupid books with lots of pictures that use the same one-syllable words over and over again. So, when the child gets to the fourth or fifth grade, he is unable to read words of more than one syllable.
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Thursday, June 11, 2009
Obama's Plan to Increase School Influence
One of President Obama's education goals is lengthening the school day and year. Obama’s Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, is actively promoting this goal. He said in a recent speech, “I fundamentally think that our school day is too short, our school week is too short and our school year is too short. . . . I think schools should be open six, seven days a week; eleven, 12 months a year.”
Duncan elaborated on his vision for schools to become “community centers” open 12-14 hours a day and providing health care, art classes, mentoring, programs for parents, and even “potluck dinners” for the community. Duncan wants public schools to fill the role in children’s lives that was traditionally filled by involved and loving parents. He said, "Our society has changed... This is a chance to really create what I think the 21st-century school needs to look like. This needs to be the norm, not the exception. . . . All our families need our schools to be open longer hours."
Economist John Lott opposes Secretary Duncan's plans to lengthen school hours and expand school services. Lott says those moves just benefit teachers unions and expand the public school monopoly and bureaucracy. John Lott says: “American children do relatively well compared to children in other countries when they are young. [But] The longer that they are in the American public school system, the worse they do.”
“Research shows that the countries with the earliest school starting age are the most totalitarian and socialist countries. ... Totalitarian governments found they can best instill the views and values that the government wants by taking the children away from their parents’ influence as soon as possible. Longer school days are also a means to increase the influence of the government and decrease the influence of the family.”
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Duncan elaborated on his vision for schools to become “community centers” open 12-14 hours a day and providing health care, art classes, mentoring, programs for parents, and even “potluck dinners” for the community. Duncan wants public schools to fill the role in children’s lives that was traditionally filled by involved and loving parents. He said, "Our society has changed... This is a chance to really create what I think the 21st-century school needs to look like. This needs to be the norm, not the exception. . . . All our families need our schools to be open longer hours."
Economist John Lott opposes Secretary Duncan's plans to lengthen school hours and expand school services. Lott says those moves just benefit teachers unions and expand the public school monopoly and bureaucracy. John Lott says: “American children do relatively well compared to children in other countries when they are young. [But] The longer that they are in the American public school system, the worse they do.”
“Research shows that the countries with the earliest school starting age are the most totalitarian and socialist countries. ... Totalitarian governments found they can best instill the views and values that the government wants by taking the children away from their parents’ influence as soon as possible. Longer school days are also a means to increase the influence of the government and decrease the influence of the family.”
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Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Obama's Education Policy Takes Shape
Although the economy has made the most headlines since President Barack Obama took office, education is another of his highest priorities. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, unveiled many new aspects of Obama's education vision, and changes are already going forward. In an important speech in March, Obama stated his highest education priorities, and they are: providing preschool for all kids, promoting college attendance for everyone, and giving public schools large infusions of federal dollars.
Obama's push for preschool flies in the face of all evidence that this is not a good idea. A recent survey of British primary school teachers found that most believe four-year-old children are too young for formal learning. A third of the teachers said they believe compulsory schooling should not begin until kids are at least age six. Teachers claim that they feel like baby-sitters when they are dealing with younger children. Some teachers said that children who begin formal schooling at age seven are more “emotionally ready, socially able, physically content, and mature enough to deal with the curriculum in school."
On the subject of college attendance, Obama said his goal is that by 2020, the United States will have “the highest proportion of college graduates in the world.” However, this goal will be easy to achieve. The U.S. already has the second-highest proportion of college graduates, and Norway is ahead of us by only one percentage point.
The injection of an extra billion dollars into public schools through the economic stimulus and the new budget gives the president and his Department of Education a loud voice with which to demand the education policies Obama wants. Don’t underestimate the influence of money; the doling out of taxpayers' money is part of Obama's plan to "remake America."
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Obama's push for preschool flies in the face of all evidence that this is not a good idea. A recent survey of British primary school teachers found that most believe four-year-old children are too young for formal learning. A third of the teachers said they believe compulsory schooling should not begin until kids are at least age six. Teachers claim that they feel like baby-sitters when they are dealing with younger children. Some teachers said that children who begin formal schooling at age seven are more “emotionally ready, socially able, physically content, and mature enough to deal with the curriculum in school."
On the subject of college attendance, Obama said his goal is that by 2020, the United States will have “the highest proportion of college graduates in the world.” However, this goal will be easy to achieve. The U.S. already has the second-highest proportion of college graduates, and Norway is ahead of us by only one percentage point.
The injection of an extra billion dollars into public schools through the economic stimulus and the new budget gives the president and his Department of Education a loud voice with which to demand the education policies Obama wants. Don’t underestimate the influence of money; the doling out of taxpayers' money is part of Obama's plan to "remake America."
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Tuesday, June 09, 2009
An Open Letter To Obama
Dear President Obama:
You are the thirteenth President under whom I have lived and unlike any of the others, you truly scare me.
You scare me because after months of exposure, I know nothing about you.
You scare me because I do not know how you paid for your expensive Ivy League education and your upscale lifestyle and housing with no visible signs of support.
You scare me because you did not spend the formative years of youth growing up in America and culturally you are not an American.
You scare me because you have never run a company or met a payroll.
You scare me because you have never had military experience, thus don't understand it at its core.
You scare me because you lack humility and 'class', always blaming others.
You scare me because for over half your life you have aligned yourself with radical extremists who hate America and you refuse to publicly denounce these radicals who wish to see America fail.
You scare me because you are a cheerleader for the 'blame America' crowd and deliver this message abroad.
You scare me because you want to change America to a European style country where the government sector dominates instead of the private sector.
You scare me because you want to replace our health care system with a government controlled one.
You scare me because you prefer 'wind mills' to responsibly capitalizing on our own vast oil, coal and shale reserves.
You scare me because you want to kill the American capitalist goose that lays the golden egg which provides the highest standard of living in the world.
You scare me because you have begun to use 'extortion' tactics against certain banks and corporations.
You scare me because your own political party shrinks from challenging you on your wild and irresponsible spending proposals.
You scare me because you will not openly listen to or even consider opposing points of view from intelligent people.
You scare me because you falsely believe that you are both omnipotent and omniscient.
You scare me because the media gives you a free pass on everything you do.
You scare me because you demonize and want to silence the Limbaughs, Hannitys, O'Relllys and Becks who offer opposing, conservative points of view.
You scare me because you prefer controlling over governing.
Finally, you scare me because if you serve a second term I will probably not feel safe in writing a similar letter in 8 years.
Lou Pritchett
Note: Lou Pritchett is a former vice president of Procter & Gamble whose career at that company spanned 36 years before his retirement in 1989, and he is the author of the 1995 business book, Stop Paddling & Start Rocking the Boat.
Mr. Pritchett confirmed that he was indeed the author of the much-circulated "open letter." “I did write the 'you scare me' letter. I sent it to the NY Times but they never acknowledged or published it. However, it hit the internet and according to the ‘experts’ has had over 500,000 hits.
You are the thirteenth President under whom I have lived and unlike any of the others, you truly scare me.
You scare me because after months of exposure, I know nothing about you.
You scare me because I do not know how you paid for your expensive Ivy League education and your upscale lifestyle and housing with no visible signs of support.
You scare me because you did not spend the formative years of youth growing up in America and culturally you are not an American.
You scare me because you have never run a company or met a payroll.
You scare me because you have never had military experience, thus don't understand it at its core.
You scare me because you lack humility and 'class', always blaming others.
You scare me because for over half your life you have aligned yourself with radical extremists who hate America and you refuse to publicly denounce these radicals who wish to see America fail.
You scare me because you are a cheerleader for the 'blame America' crowd and deliver this message abroad.
You scare me because you want to change America to a European style country where the government sector dominates instead of the private sector.
You scare me because you want to replace our health care system with a government controlled one.
You scare me because you prefer 'wind mills' to responsibly capitalizing on our own vast oil, coal and shale reserves.
You scare me because you want to kill the American capitalist goose that lays the golden egg which provides the highest standard of living in the world.
You scare me because you have begun to use 'extortion' tactics against certain banks and corporations.
You scare me because your own political party shrinks from challenging you on your wild and irresponsible spending proposals.
You scare me because you will not openly listen to or even consider opposing points of view from intelligent people.
You scare me because you falsely believe that you are both omnipotent and omniscient.
You scare me because the media gives you a free pass on everything you do.
You scare me because you demonize and want to silence the Limbaughs, Hannitys, O'Relllys and Becks who offer opposing, conservative points of view.
You scare me because you prefer controlling over governing.
Finally, you scare me because if you serve a second term I will probably not feel safe in writing a similar letter in 8 years.
Lou Pritchett
Note: Lou Pritchett is a former vice president of Procter & Gamble whose career at that company spanned 36 years before his retirement in 1989, and he is the author of the 1995 business book, Stop Paddling & Start Rocking the Boat.
Mr. Pritchett confirmed that he was indeed the author of the much-circulated "open letter." “I did write the 'you scare me' letter. I sent it to the NY Times but they never acknowledged or published it. However, it hit the internet and according to the ‘experts’ has had over 500,000 hits.
Who Will Be David Souter's Successor?
I suggest that Senate confirmation hearings on the successor to Supreme Court Justice David Souter should focus on how much he will rely on foreign law. This has become a live issue because of recent remarks by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
For example, President Obama's nominee should be asked if she agrees with Souter who joined in the Roper v. Simmons decision, in which the Court cited foreign laws, "international opinion," and even an unratified treaty to rationalize overturning the death penalty for a 17-year-old who committed a particularly brutal and premeditated murder. That decision overturned more than 200 years of U.S. law, rewrote the Eighth Amendment, and knocked out the laws of 20 states.
Since Barack Obama calls himself a "citizen of the world," he may agree with incorporating foreign law into Supreme Court decisions. He chose a committed globalist as his State Department legal adviser, former Yale Law School Dean Harold Koh. Koh calls himself a trans-nationalist, which means believing that the "living" Constitution allows us to import the fiction of what is called international law into U.S. law, thereby putting the United States under a global legal system. The Senate should require all judicial nominees to proclaim their rejection of the use of any foreign laws.
We would also like to know if Obama's Supreme Court nominee is cut from the same cloth as his first judicial nomination, David F. Hamilton. Hamilton made national news as a District Judge, he enjoined the Speaker of Indiana's House of Representatives from permitting "sectarian" prayers. In Hamilton's ruling, using "Christ's name or title" is "sectarian," but it is not sectarian for a Muslim imam to offer a prayer to "Allah." Fortunately, the appellate court overturned Hamilton's peculiar decision [parsing of the liberal dogma of separation of church and state].
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For example, President Obama's nominee should be asked if she agrees with Souter who joined in the Roper v. Simmons decision, in which the Court cited foreign laws, "international opinion," and even an unratified treaty to rationalize overturning the death penalty for a 17-year-old who committed a particularly brutal and premeditated murder. That decision overturned more than 200 years of U.S. law, rewrote the Eighth Amendment, and knocked out the laws of 20 states.
Since Barack Obama calls himself a "citizen of the world," he may agree with incorporating foreign law into Supreme Court decisions. He chose a committed globalist as his State Department legal adviser, former Yale Law School Dean Harold Koh. Koh calls himself a trans-nationalist, which means believing that the "living" Constitution allows us to import the fiction of what is called international law into U.S. law, thereby putting the United States under a global legal system. The Senate should require all judicial nominees to proclaim their rejection of the use of any foreign laws.
We would also like to know if Obama's Supreme Court nominee is cut from the same cloth as his first judicial nomination, David F. Hamilton. Hamilton made national news as a District Judge, he enjoined the Speaker of Indiana's House of Representatives from permitting "sectarian" prayers. In Hamilton's ruling, using "Christ's name or title" is "sectarian," but it is not sectarian for a Muslim imam to offer a prayer to "Allah." Fortunately, the appellate court overturned Hamilton's peculiar decision [parsing of the liberal dogma of separation of church and state].
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Monday, June 08, 2009
David Souter's Departure
The announced resignation of Supreme Court Justice David Souter gives President Obama power to use the judicial branch for "remaking America." When asked what sort of a justice he will be looking for to fill Souter's seat, Obama replied that his major criteria will be the candidate's "empathy" for the poor, the gays, and other minorities. This expanded on Obama's previously proclaimed view of the judiciary's mission: to engage in socio-economic redistribution rather than to enforce the U.S. Constitution as written.
David Souter, who was President George H.W. Bush's Supreme Court mistake, flipped from presumed conservative to liberal as soon as the media began ridiculing him for tardiness in completing his opinions. After voting just once with conservatives on the abortion issue, the New York Times Court reporter declared, "Lawyers who watch the Court closely have taken to referring to Justice Souter's chambers as a black hole, from which nothing emerges." Then, ABC World News Tonight and the Boston Globe wrote scathing criticisms of Souter. What they were really angry about was that he voted against abortion, but their criticisms humiliated his slow writing abilities. Souter got the message and rarely voted again with conservatives in a high-profile case. The liberal media, in gratitude, never criticized him again.
At the oral argument before the Supreme Court on the Pledge of Allegiance case in 2004, when plaintiff Newdow was trying to get the Court to remove the words "under God," Souter came up with the novel argument that "under God" doesn't really mean under God. He suggested that the phrase is so "diluted" that it should be "beneath the constitutional radar." Under the radar is exactly where the secularists want to conceal all mention of God and religion.
What kind of justice to you think should replace Justice Souter?
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David Souter, who was President George H.W. Bush's Supreme Court mistake, flipped from presumed conservative to liberal as soon as the media began ridiculing him for tardiness in completing his opinions. After voting just once with conservatives on the abortion issue, the New York Times Court reporter declared, "Lawyers who watch the Court closely have taken to referring to Justice Souter's chambers as a black hole, from which nothing emerges." Then, ABC World News Tonight and the Boston Globe wrote scathing criticisms of Souter. What they were really angry about was that he voted against abortion, but their criticisms humiliated his slow writing abilities. Souter got the message and rarely voted again with conservatives in a high-profile case. The liberal media, in gratitude, never criticized him again.
At the oral argument before the Supreme Court on the Pledge of Allegiance case in 2004, when plaintiff Newdow was trying to get the Court to remove the words "under God," Souter came up with the novel argument that "under God" doesn't really mean under God. He suggested that the phrase is so "diluted" that it should be "beneath the constitutional radar." Under the radar is exactly where the secularists want to conceal all mention of God and religion.
What kind of justice to you think should replace Justice Souter?
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Thursday, June 04, 2009
Phyllis Schlafly Warns About Obama's Socialist Policies That Are to the Left of Chavez and Castro
At the Heartland Leadership Conference today in St. Louis, Missouri, Phyllis Schlafly gives a short interview on the current state of the nation.
Can DOMA Be Protected from Supremacist Judges?
The same law firm that brought same-sex marriage to Massachusetts through a state supreme court decision is now trying to overturn the federal law that protects the traditional definition of marriage in all federal departments, agencies and programs.
This federal law is called the Defense of Marriage Act, and known as DOMA. It was passed by Congress in 1996 with an overwhelming bipartisan vote, and signed by President Bill Clinton.
DOMA provides that federal laws must be interpreted in accord with the traditional definition of marriage as the union of husband and wife.
The Government Accountability Office counted more than 1,000 federal laws that refer to marriage, spouse, husband or wife.
DOMA requires these laws to be administered uniformly throughout the nation. Even in states where same-sex unions are recognized, DOMA requires that their partners are not recognized as married for purposes of federal law.
If we don't have a uniform federal definition of marriage, it won't be long before every state has same-sex couples saying they are "married" in Massachusetts, Vermont or Iowa, and demanding that their "marriages" be recognized by those 1,000 federal laws even after moving to a traditional marriage state.
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This federal law is called the Defense of Marriage Act, and known as DOMA. It was passed by Congress in 1996 with an overwhelming bipartisan vote, and signed by President Bill Clinton.
DOMA provides that federal laws must be interpreted in accord with the traditional definition of marriage as the union of husband and wife.
The Government Accountability Office counted more than 1,000 federal laws that refer to marriage, spouse, husband or wife.
DOMA requires these laws to be administered uniformly throughout the nation. Even in states where same-sex unions are recognized, DOMA requires that their partners are not recognized as married for purposes of federal law.
If we don't have a uniform federal definition of marriage, it won't be long before every state has same-sex couples saying they are "married" in Massachusetts, Vermont or Iowa, and demanding that their "marriages" be recognized by those 1,000 federal laws even after moving to a traditional marriage state.
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Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Can Marriage Be Saved from the Gay Lobby?
Americans are quietly wondering how they can stop the spread of legalized same-sex marriage. The Iowa state supreme court decision approving same-sex marriage was particularly shocking.
There are seven justices on Iowa's supreme court; they were appointed by both Republican and Democratic governors over the past 15 years; and not one of them could identify a valid public purpose for the traditional marriage institution that has guided our civilization for thousands of years.
The unanimity of the Iowa decision was very different from the seven other states where state supreme courts have ruled on same-sex marriage -- Massachusetts, Washington, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Connecticut, and California. More than 50 state justices sit on those seven state supreme courts, and the majority had no trouble recognizing the value of conferring public recognition and benefits on the union of husband and wife.
Iowa does not allow citizen initiatives to go directly to the ballot, as is the practice in most other states. In Iowa, a citizen initiative must first pass through the State Legislature. The leaders of both houses of the Iowa state legislature have refused to allow their members to vote on a marriage amendment even though polls show that two-thirds of Iowans support traditional marriage.
Can marriage be saved?
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There are seven justices on Iowa's supreme court; they were appointed by both Republican and Democratic governors over the past 15 years; and not one of them could identify a valid public purpose for the traditional marriage institution that has guided our civilization for thousands of years.
The unanimity of the Iowa decision was very different from the seven other states where state supreme courts have ruled on same-sex marriage -- Massachusetts, Washington, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Connecticut, and California. More than 50 state justices sit on those seven state supreme courts, and the majority had no trouble recognizing the value of conferring public recognition and benefits on the union of husband and wife.
Iowa does not allow citizen initiatives to go directly to the ballot, as is the practice in most other states. In Iowa, a citizen initiative must first pass through the State Legislature. The leaders of both houses of the Iowa state legislature have refused to allow their members to vote on a marriage amendment even though polls show that two-thirds of Iowans support traditional marriage.
Can marriage be saved?
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Tuesday, June 02, 2009
Obama's Judicial Appointments Are Scary
Barack Obama's judicial appointments are downright scary. One of these is Harold Koh, former dean of the Yale Law School, whom Obama chose to be the State Department's legal adviser. Mr. Koh has been quoted by other lawyers as telling an audience that "in an appropriate case, he didn't see any reason why Sharia law would not be applied to govern a case in the United States." Sharia is the Muslim law which, among other extreme punishments, allows stoning women to death for the so-called "crime" of being raped.
In one of his writings, Harold Koh revealed himself as a thoroughgoing globalist, or in his term, a trans-nationalist. Trans-nationalists believe we have a "living" Constitution, and that allows us to import the fiction of what is called international law into U.S. law, thereby putting the United States under a global legal system.
Since Barack Obama calls himself a "citizen of the world," we can assume that his appointments will reflect those trans-nationalist views. One test of his commitment to globalism will be his relationship with the International Criminal Court (ICC). President Bush withdrew the United States from the International Criminal Court in 2002. Standing up for American sovereignty, Bush rejected the jurisdiction of a foreign court that is not bound by the U.S. Constitution, our laws, or our due process protections. Nevertheless, President Obama's United Nations representative, Susan Rice, praised the ICC as "an important and credible instrument," and this raised foreign "expectations" that the U.S. will accept the authority of the ICC even though the United States is not a party to the treaty.
It should be the Senate's duty to require all judicial nominees to proclaim their fidelity to the U.S. Constitution as written, and their rejection of the use of any foreign laws or courts.
Listen to this commentary here.
In one of his writings, Harold Koh revealed himself as a thoroughgoing globalist, or in his term, a trans-nationalist. Trans-nationalists believe we have a "living" Constitution, and that allows us to import the fiction of what is called international law into U.S. law, thereby putting the United States under a global legal system.
Since Barack Obama calls himself a "citizen of the world," we can assume that his appointments will reflect those trans-nationalist views. One test of his commitment to globalism will be his relationship with the International Criminal Court (ICC). President Bush withdrew the United States from the International Criminal Court in 2002. Standing up for American sovereignty, Bush rejected the jurisdiction of a foreign court that is not bound by the U.S. Constitution, our laws, or our due process protections. Nevertheless, President Obama's United Nations representative, Susan Rice, praised the ICC as "an important and credible instrument," and this raised foreign "expectations" that the U.S. will accept the authority of the ICC even though the United States is not a party to the treaty.
It should be the Senate's duty to require all judicial nominees to proclaim their fidelity to the U.S. Constitution as written, and their rejection of the use of any foreign laws or courts.
Listen to this commentary here.
Monday, June 01, 2009
Ginsburg's Judicial Activism Goes International
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg appeared recently at a symposium at Ohio State University Law School where she announced that she wants to welcome foreign law into Supreme Court interpretations of the United States Constitution. Ginsburg said, "Why shouldn't we look to the wisdom of a judge from abroad?"
Well, any first-year law student should be able to answer that question: because all judges, before donning their black robes, raised their right hands and swore "to support this Constitution." The Court's four conservatives all oppose citing foreign laws or decisions in rulings on U.S. cases. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. was explicit during his confirmation hearings, explaining that no foreign judge was appointed by or confirmed by anyone accountable to the American people.
What do you think. Should judges in the U.S. "look to wisdom" from judges in foreign countries?
Well, any first-year law student should be able to answer that question: because all judges, before donning their black robes, raised their right hands and swore "to support this Constitution." The Court's four conservatives all oppose citing foreign laws or decisions in rulings on U.S. cases. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. was explicit during his confirmation hearings, explaining that no foreign judge was appointed by or confirmed by anyone accountable to the American people.
What do you think. Should judges in the U.S. "look to wisdom" from judges in foreign countries?
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