Citizens for Liberty Hosts South Dakota Tea Party Summit

The keynote speaker for the evening was Kitty Werthmann of South Dakota Eagle Forum. Werthmann shared her story of growing up under Hitler’s Nazis in Austria during World War II. She captured the attention of the crowd when she illustrated the parallels between the step by step loss of freedom in Austria and developments that have been in motion in the United States for years. These parallels included centralized government, gun control, secularization, the emasculation and muzzling of the church, distancing children from the influence of their parents, government handouts and subsidies, socialized health care, euthanasia, and more.

Werthmann and other event speakers encouraged people to be involved at all levels of government and reminded them that in America, government belongs to the people, that the people are the government.

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Racist Hawaii bill

The House has again passed the Akaka bill to divide Hawaii along racial lines. Eagle Forum had alerts to urge the Senate to reject it in 2005 and 2006. Pres. G.W. Bush said that he would veto it, but Pres. Obama has promised to sign it. A law professor argues that the bill is unconstitutional.

2010 Alert: The Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act is Unconstitutional

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Brannon Howse — Grave Influence

Many liberal ideas continue to plague us long after the authors are dead. A worldview expert will explain why these liberals have had such a Grave Influence on our society.

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Stop D.C. 'gay marriages'

WASHINGTON (BP)--Southern Baptist ethicist Richard Land has joined two dozen other Christian and conservative leaders in urging Congress to pass legislation requiring a public vote before the District of Columbia issues marriage licenses to homosexual couples.

The president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission and the others called on senators and representatives quickly to approve the District of Columbia Referendum on Marriage Act. The D.C. government is slated to begin giving marriage licenses to same-sex couples in March, which could be as early as next week.

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Government Pre-K Doesn't Help Children

Sending little children to preschool has become very popular in recent years. The Department of Education estimates that back in 1965, only 5% of three-year-olds and 16% of four-year-olds attended preschool. By the year 2000, 42% of three-year-olds and 68% of four-year-olds were enrolled in preschool. These percentages have continued to rise, and dozens of politicians are convinced that endorsing what is now called Pre-K (meaning Pre-Kindergarten) will be a plus in their political campaign.

Socialization Not a Homeschooling Problem

One of the most persistent criticisms of home-schooling is the accusation that home-schoolers will not be able to fully participate in society because they lack "socialization." To address this criticism from a research perspective, the Home School Legal Defense Association commissioned a study entitled "Homeschooling Grows Up" to discover how home-schoolers are faring as adults. It was conducted by Brian Ray of the National Home Education Research Institute. In all areas of life, from gaining employment, to being satisfied with their home-schooling, to participating in community activities, to voting, home-schoolers were found to be more active and involved than their public school peers. This good news is in addition to the fact that the average homeshooler scores 37 percentile points higher on standardized achievement tests than the public school average.

Nevada 'personhood' advocates appeal court ruling

The Associated Press
Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010 | 11:29 a.m.

A group seeking to change the Nevada Constitution to define "personhood" as beginning at conception is asking the state Supreme Court to overturn a lower court ruling blocking their initiative petition.

"This is a civil rights initiative, by and for the people of Nevada," Personhood Nevada organization president Olaf Vancura declared Tuesday.

Where Did Family Courts Get Awesome Power?

Yesterday I told you how family court judges, one in Illinois and one in New Hampshire, had ordered one child of divorced parents not to attend a Christian church and another child of divorced parents to quit homeschooling and attend public school. Do you think judges should make these decisions rather than parents? Where did judges get the notion that they have the authority to make such decisions?

A NeW Heroine: Phyllis Schlafly

At CPAC 2010, UF NeW chapter attended "Going Rogue: Women Changing the Face of Conservatism" which was a panel sponsored by the Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute.

At the event, we learned about the struggle with modern feminism, the struggle with identity politics, women in powerful business executive positions, and what it means to be a conservative woman. The panel consisted of Phyllis Schlafly, Kate Obenshain, S.E. Cupp, and Marji Ross. Not only did we learn a lot, our chapter walked away with a new heroine.

Phyllis Schlafly is an inspiration to conservative women—past, present, and future. She led the movement to oppose the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), which was closely defeated in the early 1980s. Phyllis was married for 44 years, has 6 children, and received degrees from Washington University in St. Louis, Radcliffe College in Cambridge, and Harvard University.

The Awesome Power of the Family Courts

Do you think judges should have the power to decide what religion your children must belong to and which schools they must attend? Family courts are the most dictatorial and biased of all U.S. courts, routinely depriving divorced fathers of due process rights and authority over their own children, but this past December a Chicago judge went beyond the pale.

Conservative Women Making Voices Heard

WASHINGTON -- What motivates conservative women hasn't changed much since mavens like Phyllis Schafly took on the feminists as a pro-life torchbearer in the 1970s, and the Conservative Political Action Conference this week has shown that their roles in the conservative movement have only grown.

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Phyllis Schlafly on "Going Rogue: Women Changing the Face of Conservatism" at CPAC10

Phyllis Schlafly explaining how feminism and Conservatism has not changed on a panel called "Going Rogue: Women Changing the Face of Conservatism" sponsored by the Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute at CPAC on February 19, 2010.

More Evidence about Washington's Religious Faith

For many, many years, Americans observed today, February 22, as George Washington's Birthday. Several years ago, under pressure from the unions, Congress made Washington's Birthday one of our legal three-day weekends and passed a law that Washington's Birthday should be observed on the third Monday in February. So we enjoyed our three-day weekend last week. But today gives us another opportunity to remind listeners about the true greatness of the man who is properly called "First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen."

Dr. Stephen Meyer — Signature in the Cell

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Dr. Stephen Meyer — Signature in the Cell: DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design

Do you agree with the public schools' assertion that evolution is not to be argued? Our guest will continue our discussion on why this theory has little or no evidence behind it.

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Phyllis Tells It Like It Is

Mrs. Phyllis Schlafly, author, speaker, and trail blazer, spoke Wednesday at CPAC. Your blogger captured most of her talk via her digital camera. (Please forgive the occasional shaky image.)

Mrs. Schlafly is a heroine of your blogger and has been since she took on 1972 Democratic Presidential candidate, George McGovern in a debate at her alma mater in the late 1980s. She virtually slaughtered him on stage at Jones Auditorium, on the Meredith College campus.

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Phyllis Schlafly interviewed by Scott Hennen at CPAC 2010

Phyllis Schlafly interview starts at 14:20

Also included are David Bossie, J.D. Hayworth, Rob Port and Market Talk

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Fewer Schools Teach Cursive Writing

Mrs. Kelli Davis, a parent in West Virginia, was dismayed when she saw her eighth-grade daughter’s childlike signature on a form the child brought home from school. She said, "It looks like a little kid’s signature” (not an eighth-grade student). The daughter explained to her mother she had not been required to write anything in cursive in years.

Phyllis Schlafly at CPAC Feb. 18, 2010

The Census and the Constitution, 2-17-10

The Census Bureau estimates that the life cycle cost of the 2010 Census will be from $13.7 billion to $14.5 billion, making it the costliest census in the nation's history. Suppose you suggest to a congressman that given our budget crisis, we could save some money by dispensing with the 2010 census. I guarantee you that he'll say something along the lines that the Constitution mandates a decennial counting of the American people and he would be absolutely right. Article I, Section 2 of our constitution reads: "The actual Enumeration shall be made within three Years after the first Meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent Term of ten Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct."

What purpose did the Constitution's framers have in mind ordering an enumeration or count of the American people every 10 years? The purpose of the headcount is to apportion the number of seats in the House of Representatives and derived from that, along with two senators from each state, the number of electors to the Electoral College.

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What About College Dropouts?

You hear a lot of news reports about the big percentage of high school dropouts, but you probably haven't heard much about the high rate of college dropouts, but that's a big problem, too. Fewer than 60% of students attending four-year colleges graduate within six years, according to a report by the American Enterprise Institute. Noncompetitive colleges average only a 34% graduation rate, and many community colleges fall far below even that.

Conoco, BP, Caterpillar Leave Climate Coalition

ConocoPhillips, Caterpillar Inc. and BP America have left the U.S. Climate Action Partnership, a coalition of more than two-dozen companies and environmental groups lobbying Congress to pass greenhouse gas emissions cap-and-trade legislation.

BP America, a unit of London-based BP PLC, notified fellow U.S. CAP members of its decision by letter today. Houston-based ConocoPhillips broke the news in a press release.

The New York Times

This version of LOST isn't just some TV show

Phyllis Schlafly states, “LOST would give foreign dictators total control over all the oceans and minerals under them and even give this U.N. body the power to levy international taxes on Americans.” The Seabed Authority would have our Navy get permission to chase terrorists and our fishing boats permission to fish.

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What's Wrong With Free Trade?

American citizens have been deceived for years by the slogan "free trade." Not only is there nothing free about it, there's nothing fair about it. It does not create a level playing field. International trade is a good thing, but there's nothing good about it when the United States is on the losing side of discriminatory trade agreements and the World Trade Commission, which meets in secret and from whose decisions there is no appeal, nearly always rules against the United States.

17th Annual Collegians Summit Planned for July 15-16

The leadership summit will be held at the Heritage Foundation as it was last year. The two-day summit is FREE and includes lunches and dinner on Thursday night. Affordable lodging is available. Students may submit an essay or a video on how they have helped promote conservative values on their college campus. Students who register by June 1, will be entered in a raffle to eat breakfast with Phyllis on Thursday, July 15. Go to efcollegians.org for more info. If you would like beautiful glossy flyers to distribute, email Eagle Forum Collegians Director Blake Bachman at blake@eagleforum.org.

Dirty Work: In-Sourcing American Jobs with H-2B Guestworkers

Americans don’t want to mow your lawn. They don’t want to serve you your lobster roll sandwich during your summer holiday in Maine. They won’t drive the trucks that bring food to the grocery store you shop in, or chop down the trees that produce the paper you use, or perform at the circus you attend every summer. You’ll also need the helping hand of a “temporary, seasonal” guestworker to help you get on the chair lift in Vail, and to learn how to ski or snowboard. Nor will Americans guard your swim club’s pool, shovel the snow in your driveway, operate the rides at the amusement park you take your kids to, tidy up the hotel room you sleep in, or process the seafood you eat. Americans can’t even be counted on to coach sports, or work construction jobs. American workers have grown soft, young people don’t want to work, and the unemployed don’t want to do much of anything strenuous these days.

These are the kind of flawed assumptions that have led to the creation and rapid growth of the H-2B visa program, which has resulted in more half a million jobs being filled by foreign guestworkers over the last five years, rather than Americans and immigrants already in the United States.

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Dr. Jerome Corsi's New Book Explains a Lot

Dr. Jerome Corsi's latest book, called America for Sale, is a superb explanation of our current economic recession. He titled his book America for Sale because a bankrupt business is essentially a business for sale, and the Obama Administration is spending our country into bankruptcy. The foreigners who hold so much American cash are ready to switch to a new global currency and use their dollars (before they lose all their value) to buy U.S. tangible assets. The result will be that foreign interests will end up owning important segments of U.S. private corporations and public infrastructure.

Cursive is, like, so last century

California schools are dropping cursive:

Ask about 40 high school students to write three sentences, and without exception the assignments come back in printing — neat or scrawled, but not in script.

"I've forgotten how to write cursive," said Alexis Miller, a sophomore at Los Altos High School.

"Cursive has a lot of unnecessary loops," said her classmate David Kay. "It seems to be really inefficient."

Still taught in third grade and practiced in fourth, cursive then vanishes from state standards, a victim of the push to prepare students for state tests and make them computer literate.

Carl Werner — Evolution: The Grand Experiment

A fundamental part of science education is the origin of human beings. We're going to have a medical doctor who will explain the latest science in this area of research.

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George Washington Believed in Asking God's Help

Today is not Presidents Day; your calendars are wrong. Federal law legislates today as George Washington's Birthday, and he is the only President we should be honoring today. Let's use today to clear up a myth about Washington's religion.

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Today Phyllis Schlafly will interview Carl Werner about his book, Evolution: The Grand Experiment

A fundamental part of science education is the origin of human beings. We're going to have a medical doctor who will explain the latest science in this area of research

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Health-care plan redoubles 'marriage penalty'

Congressional proposals could penalize couples $10,000 for saying 'I do'

Bills pending in Congress that would nationalize health care by setting up mandatory insurance
purchases and fines for not complying could penalize married couples $10,000 annually and are a direct attack on marriage, families and the church because of their discriminatory provisions, according to a congressional candidate.


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Letter to the Education Reporter

Eagle Forum has published a monthly newspaper called Education Reporter ever since 1986. This monthly, called the “newspaper of education rights,” covers classroom curricula and problems pertaining to parental rights in public schools in a factual and newsworthy manner. I'd like to share with you a recent unsolicited Letter to the Editor from the father of two daughters in public schools in Florida. The letter was published in the January 2010 Education Reporter.

Dem senators seek to kill filibuster

Two Senate Democrats on Thursday formally launched their quixotic effort to kill the filibuster.

Sens. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) re-introduced a bill Harkin first unveiled in 1995 that would set a gradually lowering threshold to shut off debate on legislation, starting at 60 votes and lowering to 51 over a period of time.

Such a change to Senate rules would require 67 votes — an impossible threshold to reach, given the chamber’s make-up and divisiveness. While Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) has backed the measure, Harkin and Shaheen said they have no Republican co-sponsors. They are unlikely to get any.

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What do you think about this effort?

Forcing Teachers To Have 'Cultural Competence'

An organization called the Race, Culture, Class and Gender Task Group at the University of Minnesota is demanding that race, class and gender form (what they call) the "overarching framework" of all teacher education course work. The Task Group was formed as part of the University's Teacher Education Redesign Initiative, which is based on "the conviction that Minnesota teachers lack 'cultural competence,'" and that is causing "the poor academic performance off the state's minority students."

Winners and Losers in Our Current Economy

Much has been written about our current high unemployment, but there is a strange reluctance by both liberal and conservative commentators to assess blame for the dramatic loss of well-paying American jobs. The causes are not only the general recession and the collapse of the housing market, but bad decisions by government and business that deserve finger-pointing.

Young People Made a Bad Bargain with Obama

Young people voted for Barack Obama for President by 66% to 32%, but it's now clear they made a bad bargain. That's because three million young people now have no jobs. According to the Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University in Boston, the percentage of young men actually working is the lowest in the 61 years of record-keeping. The Center for Immigration Studies reports that there are an additional 18.7 million native-born Americans with only a high-school diploma or less who are not in the count of unemployed/underemployed because they are not even looking for a job.

Phyllis in Super Bowl ad

She was in the ad for FloTV yesterday. The ad is a montage of historic events of the last 50 years. You have to look closely to see her. Right after Richard Nixon, it shows an ERA button for about half a second, and then Phyllis Schlafly with a megaphone for about half a second. You have to watch carefully to see her.

Dinesh D'Souza — Life After Death

Do you believe in an afterlife? We're going to talk with an expert who says he can give a secular argument for the Christian belief in life after death.

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The Biggest Issue Is Unemployment

The biggest political issue today and in the 2010 election is that one in five Americans are jobless. The political party that offers a solution has the best chance of victory but, so far, both parties just don't seem to get it. We are told that the unemployment rate is 10.2%, but that's only part of the problem. When you add discouraged Americans who have quit looking for a job, plus the underemployed who are working only part-time but seeking a full-time job, the figure rises to 17.5%.

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Dinesh D'Souza — Life After Death 
Do you believe in an afterlife? We're going to talk with an expert who says he can give a secular argument for the Christian belief in life after death.

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Talent, Cunningham, Beck among speakers at Education Policy Conference 21 in St. Louis, Missouri

National Eagle Forum founder Phyllis Schlafly, former U.S. Sen. Jim Talent and state Sens. Jim Lembke (left) and Jane Cunningham (right) are among the prominent area conservatives slated to speak at the three-day Educational Policy Conference conducted by the Constitutional Coalition.

Cable television commentator Glenn Beck is the conference's headliner, and is scheduled to address attendees Friday night at the the Chaifetz Arena.

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Eagle Forum files amicus brief in Christian Legal Society v. Martinez

Christian Legal Society v. Martinez (PDF) — Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund filed an amicus brief in perhaps the most important case pending on the Supreme Court's docket: Christian Legal Society v. Martinez. At issue is whether public universities may force recognized student groups to accept as members other students who have opposing beliefs. This policy, which was imposed by a California public law school on a Christian club to compel it to welcome advocates of homosexuality, has the effective of imposing a "heckler's veto" on private associations at the school. This policy interferes with the internal operations of private groups and impedes their ability to be productive. Quoting Alexis de Tocqueville, our brief explained that the freedom of association is essential to maintaining liberty.

Christmas in School Means Inclusiveness

In Waterbury, Connecticut, Walsh Elementary School had a “winter celebration” in December, but no religious or even secular symbols such as Santa Claus or Christmas trees were permitted. The principal banned Christmas parties in classrooms as well as Christmas decorations because he didn’t want to offend some students. He said, “This is not a church. It’s a school and it’s a public school. I have to do things that include every child. So what we do is celebrate winter.” The school did allow presents and carols, along with Hanukkah and Kwanzaa songs.

Donna Hearne on Glenn Beck show

Education Policy Conference 21 Feb. 4-6, 2010, in St. Louis, Missouri is discussed.

Congress's Health Care Legislation Is Anti-Marriage

Conservatives have been exchanging email for weeks about the shocking fact that Obama's health care bill discriminates against marriage and promotes unmarried couples living together, but this finally made it into the national news media with an article in the Wall Street Journal. Under the bills passed by both the Senate and the House, married couples would pay thousands of dollars more for the same health insurance coverage as unmarried people living together. People who get their health insurance from their employers would not be affected, but the rest of us, who are forced to buy health insurance, would be stuck with this discrimination.

Nancy Pelosi's new health care plan

With the broader health care bill still perilously close to collapse, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to take a shot at the health insurance industry next week by scheduling a vote on a smaller bill to revoke its half-century-old exemption from antitrust laws.

The vote is part of her new two-track strategy to tackle things that won’t be included in a more sweeping bill — if Congress ever passes one — while giving her members something politically popular to vote on. The move also puts pressure on Republicans, the industry and wavering Democrats, who wish their leaders would abandon the push altogether.

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Lessons from the 'Underwear Bomber'

President Obama's strange decision to move the trial of the terrorist who masterminded the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Towers to a civilian court in New York City is vigorously opposed by most Americans. This terrorist ought to be tried in a military court as an "enemy combatant," which he surely is. A trial in New York City will be very expensive, cause enormous security problems, and give the terrorist the opportunity to use the trial as a platform to attack the United States. The government will be required to turn over to this enemy terrorist vast amounts of U.S. intelligence and information that will endanger our national security.

How to Stop Intellectual Property Theft in China

America's most innovative industries are being robbed every day on the floors of Chinese factories. Here's how to make it stop.

Democratic National Committee cuts Ben Nelson a $459,000 check

Another Cornhusker Kickback?

February 02, 2010 8:00 AM

ABC News' Jonathan Karl reports: The timing doesn't look good. Four days after Sen. Ben Nelson voted in favor of the Senate health care reform bill, the Democratic National Committee cut a $459,000 check to the Nebraska Democratic Party, which was promptly used to tout Nelson’s "courageous" vote. Three days later, the DNC sent the Nebraska party another $20,000.

Canadian Leader Flees to U.S. for Surgery

Newfoundland Premier Williams set to have heart surgery in U.S.
By Kenyon Wallace
National Post (Canada)
February 2, 2010


"A decision to leave Canada for the surgery, especially if it is available [in Canada], raises questions about the Premier's confidence in Newfoundland's health care system."


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President Obama’s budget seeks an end to tax break for the middle class

Grappling to contain record deficits, President Barack Obama is seeking to end a middle-class tax break he once said would be permanent.

The $3.8 trillion budget request rolled out by the White House on Monday would renew the Making Work Pay tax credit for fiscal 2011, but then would have it sunset.

That’s a switch from last year, when Obama’s budget called for making the tax credit permanent.

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More Reasons Health Care Bill Must Be Rejected

Here are four more reasons why Obama's health care legislation should be rejected.

1. We are told that "everybody" will now be covered, but actually the health care bill creates a few winners but lots of losers. Universal health insurance will be achieved by forcing young people to pay the additional costs, and by rationing care for the elderly.

Obama budget aims at solidifying women's support

WASHINGTON — With women's advocacy groups voicing growing unease with administration policy, President Barack Obama will propose a $3.8 trillion budget on Monday that would exempt programs for women and girls from spending restrictions he's proposed for other programs.

Obama aides denied that political calculation was behind the emphasis on programs for women and girls, detailed in a budget document obtained by McClatchy entitled "Opportunity and Progress for Women and Girls."

"We're looking at a lot of significant funding increases for women's programs in a year when the president has ordered a three-year, non-security, discretionary spending freeze," Kate Bedingfield, a White House spokesman, said.

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U.S. patent overhaul shouldn't be rushed

By William J Jones
June 28, 2007

Reform of the nation’s patent system, the 218-year-old wellspring of American innovation and material progress, has become a rush project in Congress. Leading the way is the Senate Judiciary Committee with a bill that could cripple American innovation.

Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) is trying to hustle his bill (S.1145) through committee, apparently to please several powerful information technology firms – even though testimony at the bill’s one hearing revealed serious flaws in the legislation.

Two Abortion Bills Advance in Legislature in Utah

(KCPW News) A bill aimed at giving women who seek an abortion the choice to see an ultrasound of their unborn child first cleared the House Health and Human Services Committee on Friday. Dalane England, Vice President of the Utah Eagle Forum, testified in favor of the bill on behalf of a woman who had an abortion, then later regretted it.

“A couple of years later, she was looking through a magazine and saw the different stages of development of an unborn child,” she said.  “She was horrified that not only that she had an abortion, but that she was not given the proper information.”

Republican Representative Carl Wimmer’s bill requires abortion providers that perform ultrasounds to allow a woman to see it and have it described to her, if she desires.

Donna Hearne — Educational Policy Conference 21

An important conference on education will take place in St. Louis, Missouri on February 4 through 6. The chairman of this unique event will join Phyllis in the studio to talk about the impressive lineup of experts who will speak on what kids are learning and NOT learning in public schools today.

Constitutional Coalition

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Four Reasons Health Care Bill Must Be Rejected

Here are four reasons why Obama's health care legislation should be rejected.

1. The American people are against it almost 2 to 1 in the CNN poll. Other polls also show lopsided opposition. Public opinion is against the bill because of its obscene costs in higher taxes, burdensome debt, anti-freedom mandates, and rationing for seniors. The American people have awakened to the fact that Obamacare is transformational legislation that will drag us against popular will into European-style Socialism.

Spending Freeze Backed on Eve of Obama Budget

A senior administration official and a top House Republican have different views of the budget President Barack Obama will unveil Monday. The New York Times reports it will total $3.8 trillion. (Jan. 31)