Any progress is good progress...

May 28, 2013

The PRA and the CRPD Both Advance

The Parental Rights Amendment (PRA) has been drafted and is being circulated in the House as Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) secures original cosponsors. We are very pleased with its early progress: in just 4 days before Congress went on recess, the PRA list of cosponsors reached double digits. (Rep. Frank Wolf of Virginia, the tenth cosponsor, signed on last Friday.)

Meanwhile, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) has shown that it is still a threat to American parental rights. Senior staff connected to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee have told Mike Farris face-to-face that a series of three hearings on the CRPD is planned to start sometime in June. Regardless of the exact date, there is no doubt this treaty will be returning soon. The time for action is now!

Action Items: Visit or Call

As alluded to earlier, Congress is on recess this week, so its members are in their home districts. That means that this week is a great time to make a local phone call or visit regarding these two matters.

First, call or visit your congressman and invite them to cosponsor the Parental Rights Amendment. Let them (or their staff) know to contact Patrick Fleming in Rep. Mark Meadows’ office for more information or to sign on in support. If they ask for a bill number, point out that we are seeking original cosponsors – a bill number has not yet been assigned.

If your congressman agrees to cosponsor, let them know that if they include Michael@parentalrights.org on their email to Rep. Meadows’ staff, we will update our website immediately to reflect their support.

To find contact information for your congressman, visit ParentalRights.org/states and click on your state. Then, click on the link to your congressman’s website for specific local offices and give them a call. If you can, try to enlist a few friends to go with you for a brief 5-10 minute visit.

Then, call or visit your senators and urge them to reject ratification of the CRPD. Let them know you care too much about American sovereignty and parental rights to ratify any treaty that would dictate U.S. domestic law over our families. If they deny that the CRPD would have this effect, urge them to take the time to be absolutely sure. And if they tell you our ratification will only create changes in other nations, ask them politely to show you the article that empowers the U.S. to govern other nations if we ratify the treaty.

You can find your senators’ contact information through ParentalRights.org/States by clicking on your state, then on the web link next to your senators’ names. Please gather a few friends and schedule a 5-10 minute visit in your senators’ local offices.

We will keep a close eye on both of these in the days ahead. We will watch with excitement as the list of PRA cosponsors grows, and we will keep you alerted to any movement on the CRPD. (When it arises, we plan to host events in D.C. and locally to help ensure its defeat. Please plan to join us if you can, and we will get you the dates as soon as we know them!)

Please Donate

Our diligence and preparation come at a cost. Defeating the CRPD while driving the PRA forward is neither an easy nor an inexpensive task. If you are able, please donate today to ParentalRights.org to keep both efforts going strong. Only with your help can we preserve parental rights in America for the next generations.

Thank you for standing with us to protect parental rights and American sovereignty from international intrusion.

Sincerely,

Michael Ramey
Director of Communications & Research

Red Handed

His administration has been caught red-handed spying on Associated Press reporters.

The IRS is just now admitting to spying on Tea Party and conservative groups -- and accused of exacting political revenge on others.

Now you and I see, buried deep within the 800-plus pages of the so-called "Immigration Reform" Bill, a new biometric National ID scheme to open the door to more government intrusion the lives of every American . . .

You and I are supposed to believe neither the Obama administration nor career Washington, D.C. bureaucrats will abuse the massive new powers they crave.

But if recent history teaches us anything, it's that they will.

That's why I'm counting on you to fill out your No National ID Petition IMMEDIATELY.

You see, President Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid have already announced "Immigration Reform" could be brought to the U.S. Senate floor in just a matter of weeks.

As I've said, without border security, any deal is dead on arrival.

But another -- and perhaps even more dangerous -- deal-breaker is the institution of a new National ID card.

Under the National ID scheme, the Department of Homeland Security would create a massive new photo database to include names, ages, and Social Security numbers of every single American.

The database would be tied to a biometric National ID card to include information like fingerprints and facial and retinal scans.

Before hiring, employers would be required to check the names against the federal database.

And if you don't get one, you'd be barred from working legally.

Just the federal government knowing every time an American citizen applies for a job is bad enough.

How long before you'd be required to show your National ID card to rent a house, open a bank account or even buy groceries?

How long before you'd be required to be checked against the Department of Homeland Security's National Database before you could buy a firearm?

Such a scheme is only the beginning of Washington, D.C. bureaucrats watching and cataloging our every move.

Once armed with the knowledge of what we eat, what we drink, what we read, what we look at on the Internet and what we buy, how long until federal bureaucrats start making decisions "for our own good?"

I don't want to find out.

If you agree, please sign your No National ID Petition TODAY.

And if you can, please agree to your most generous contribution, as well.

You see, hardly anyone in Congress is talking about the National ID portion of "immigration reform."  The national media isn't touching it.

So I'm going to have to work extra hard to make sure Americans know exactly what's at stake.

That's why I hope you'll make a generous contribution of $100 today.

With your generous financial support, I'll immediately contact up to eight million Americans to alert them to the dangers of a new National ID card.

Once they know the facts, I'm confident the flood of petitions I can generate will show my colleagues in Congress than a new National ID scheme is flat-out unacceptable.

But I'm counting on you to help me send that message.

If $100 is just too much, I hope you'll agree to $50 or at least $35 TODAY.

Every dollar will help even if you can only chip in $10 or $20.

Please sign your No National ID Petition at once and agree to your most generous contribution of $100, $50 or at least $10 or $20 IMMEDIATELY.

In Liberty,

Senator Rand Paul

P.S.   Buried deep within the 800-plus pages of the so-called "Immigration Reform" Bill, is a new biometric National ID card to open the door to more government intrusion the lives of every American.

You and I are supposed to believe neither the Obama administration nor career Washington, D.C. bureaucrats will abuse the massive new powers they crave.

But if recent history teaches us anything, it's that they will.

This makes no sense

After reading this article @ FoxNews.com, http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/05/23/irs-official-who-refused-to-testify-placed-on-administrative-leave/I became a little pissed off. Now, I generally try NOT to post things that irritate me, because quite frankly it does absolutely no good. But, the question came to my mind--if her pay was taken away (and I feel it should be!) would she then be willing to talk? Why in the hell are we placing someone on "administrative leave with pay" when they will not give us the details we are seeking?

In our lovely state (Arizona), if you do not cooperate such as Ms. Lerner did, you would lose your job. Why? Because Arizona is a "right to work state." If you don't want to do your job, then you don't have one, and believe me, there are plenty of good American's out there who would LOVE a chance to make even a pittance of what she's been pulling in for years. So, why in the world is she still there? On paid leave...collecting a paycheck that we are paying for when she's not giving us the information we desire.

To me, that is just as bad as the Fort Hood Shooter, Major Nidal Hasan, still getting paid while he's been locked up for shooting and killing and maiming American Servicemen and women @ Fort Hood in Texas, all the way back in 2009. He's 'earned' $278,000 since the attack on November 5, 2009, that left 32 wounded and killed 13. His earnings cannot be 'suspended' until he's proven guilty. What's wrong with this picture?! See full article here: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/05/21/fort-hood-shooter-has-drawn-278g-in-salary-since-massacre/

It's absolutely NO WONDER the United States of America is in the dire financial situation it is in. We continually pay people to murder and lie to us. WAKE UP AMERICA! Do SOMETHING before it's too damn late.

--Your Webmaster, Amanda

The next Supreme Court justice...

Dear Amanda,

President Obama and his pro-abortion pals are looking at the U.S. Supreme Court and licking their lips.

They know President Obama’s next high court pick could secure a pro-abortion Supreme Court for decades to come.

And the Abortion Lobby believes, the next radical court nominee could lead to the destruction of virtually EVERY pro-life law in the country, as well!

It's a sickening thought, and there's only ONE WAY to stop it.

Amanda, the National Pro-Life Alliance has made up special Supreme Court Confirmation petitions I’m counting on you to fill out and sign TODAY.

As you’ll see, these petitions insist your U.S. Senators do everything possible to DEFEAT any pro-abortion Supreme Court nominee.

I’ll give you the link shortly, but first I need to make one thing crystal clear . . .

The Abortion Lobby is NOT sitting around on their hands waiting for another Court vacancy to occur before they mobilize.

Right now, the so-called National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL), Planned Parenthood and Emily’s List are working feverishly to ensure President Obama’s next Court pick is his most outrageous nominee yet.

And they plan to ram him or her through the U.S Senate for confirmation before pro-lifers know what hit them!

So unless you and I start preparing RIGHT NOW, it could be too late.

For more than 40 years, the Supreme Court has been anything but a friend to unborn children. But without your help today, I’m afraid things could get much, much worse.

Just as you and I have seen with “ObamaCare” and the Roe v. Wade travesty itself, Supreme Court Justices aren’t above imposing the Abortion Lobby’s radical agenda on America through judicial decree.

And I’m afraid President Obama’s next Court nominee could very well give the Abortion Lobby the Supreme Court majority they need to DESTROY all pro-life laws throughout the country, including:

***  Parental intervention laws to stop abortionists from secretly preying on underage girls by ensuring that parents are legally able stop any abortion on their minor children;

***  Ultrasound Laws to prove to expectant mothers that they are carrying a precious unborn life inside them -- not a meaningless “glob of flesh” as abortionists would have them believe;

***  Bans on sex selection abortions, which prohibit the killing of the unborn just because the a parent didn’t like the sex of their baby;

***  Bans on taxpayer funding for abortions to allow the Abortion Lobby to pick the pockets of every American taxpayer.

I can’t tell you what a tragedy this would be.

While our ultimate goal is to overturn Roe v. Wade and to end abortion nationwide through passage of the Life at Conception Act, through laws like these and others, states are saving unborn lives.

In fact, Time Magazine ran a January 14 cover story entitled, “Why Abortion Rights Activists Have Been Losing Ever Since Roe v. Wade.”

The fact is, when popularly elected representatives decide, the outcome is overwhelmingly pro-life.

That’s why this next Supreme Court pick is so important to them, why they’re not waiting around to mobilize -- and why you and I must prepare to fight back NOW!

Please click here to sign the petition to your Senators right away!

And after you sign, please chip in with a donation of $10, $25 or more.



You see, there will be NO TIME to raise money, mobilize and fight back once a vacancy occurs and a nominee is selected.

President Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) know the key to handing their pro-abortion allies the Supreme Court power they crave is SPEED.

So you and I MUST start fighting back now and be ready to flood the Senate with hundreds of thousands, even millions, of pro-life petitions on DAY ONE of the fight.

Today, while the Supreme Court certainly doesn’t have a pro-life majority -- the most radical wing of the pro-abortion justices on the Court holds only a slim minority.

So Obama’s next pick could tip the scale!

Can you imagine the slaughter in store for the unborn from the Court should the Abortion Lobby get their way with EVERYTHING they want?

You and I will be sure to see the destruction of pro-life laws all over the country!

The good news is, the National Pro-Life Alliance has a plan to WIN, so I’ve agreed to help them. I hope you will too.

I know you and I have heard plenty of U.S. Senators saying there can be no “litmus tests” for Court nominees of the years.

Sadly, many self-described “pro-life” Senators often use the “litmus test” excuse to run scared from any fight with the Abortion Lobby over Court nominees.

In fact, during the last Supreme Court confirmation fight in 2009, NINE Republican Senators -- many of whom publicly parade themselves as “pro-life” -- crossed party lines to vote for Obama’s radical justice Sonia Sotomayor!

Of course, I understand the incredible power our Founders vested in the presidency.

But I believe no U.S. Senator can uphold our Constitutional liberties while ignoring our God-given right to life!

That’s why your signed Supreme Court Confirmation petition and your generous financial support for NPLA TODAY are so critical.



With your support, NPLA has a massive four-part plan designed to turn up the heat on the U.S. Senate, including:

1)   Contacting up to 12 million pro-lifers and more all over the country using mail, email and phones to alert them to this absolutely critical battle and generate petitions to their U.S. Senators;

2)   Working the talk radio lines, granting media interviews, holding press conferences and launching church tours to ensure every pro-life American is aware of the stakes in the next Supreme Court nominee fight;

3)   Running web ads on heavily trafficked websites, working the blogs, and launching a state-of-the-art Facebook campaign to reach and mobilize up to four million more supporters;

4)   And finally, if funds permit, NPLA will launch a powerful TV ad campaign in the days before each nominee's final vote ensuring every targeted Senator knows his reelection (or even party re-nomination) could ride on his or her Supreme Court confirmation vote.

Such a massive program will be what it takes to win any Supreme Court confirmation battle.

President Obama and the Abortion Lobby have proven they’re willing to play hardball. I believe the unborn deserve our honorably doing the same.

This is NOT a fight pro-lifers like you and me can afford to ignore.

I can hardly make myself think of the horrific results you and I could see if the Abortion Lobby gets their way.

The innocent unborn who will pay the price with their lives.

So please sign your Supreme Court Confirmation petition IMMEDIATELY.



And if you can, please agree to your most generous contribution to help NPLA put their plan to fight back against the confirmation of ANY pro-abortion justice into action. Can you afford $500, $250 or $100?

If that’s too much, please consider $50, $25 or even $10.

Whatever you can do will help tremendously.

This battle will be a defining one for the pro-life movement.

Please sign your petition and contribute as generously as you can TODAY.

For Life,


Congressman Louie Gohmert (R-TX)

P.S.  Right now, the Abortion Lobby is working feverishly to ensure President Obama’s next Court pick is inflexibly pro-abortion.

And the Abortion Lobby believes forcing President Obama’s nominee through Senate confirmation with lightening speed will be the KEY to winning once a vacancy occurs.

So you and I MUST begin preparing to fight back now.

That’s why it’s vital you sign your Supreme Court Confirmation petition prepared by my friends at the National Pro-Life Alliance and agree to your most generous contribution of $500, $250, $100, $50, $35 -- or even $10 or $20 -- IMMEDIATELY to help them build a powerful program to stop Obama's nominee in the Senate.

Grow Hemp in America

Tomorrow, the United States Senate will be voting on the Farm Bill.

Of course, as always, the Farm Bill will include numerous Big Government regulations and new spending.

But instead of increasing Big Government’s power and ratcheting up spending, I think you and I need to fight to get government off of our backs!

That’s why tomorrow I’m going to be offering an amendment to finally legalize a cash crop that could ultimately fuel an economic turnaround here in the United States -- industrial hemp.

But I’m going to need your help to make it happen.

So won’t you please call your United States Senators and urge them to vote “YES!” on my Industrial Hemp Amendment when the Farm Bill comes up tomorrow?

You can reach them at:

(202) 224-2131

If you’ve tried any hemp products, you know their quality can be outstanding.

But they’re often hard to find and expensive.  That’s because hemp isn’t currently grown here in the USA.

In fact, today, China is the largest producer of industrial hemp with Europe also becoming a major supplier.

The United States imports most of our hemp from China.

Well, today, many farmers -- including those in my home state of Kentucky -- tell me they’re in dire need of a new cash crop.

They’ve told me time and again hemp is a no-brainer.

“But it kind of looks like marijuana!,” hemp opponents say.

As silly as that sounds, for years, that’s been the best argument opponents of industrial hemp have been able to come up with.

But industrial hemp isn’t even used as an intoxicant!

Instead, its seeds and strong fibers have many uses, including;

***  Paper, clothing and rope.  In fact, in the days of sailing ships, rope made from hemp was commonly used.  In fact, as recently as 1942, our U.S. government commissioned the film “Hemp for Victory” to highlight the importance of hemp to victory in World War II;

***  Plastics, Composite Materials and Fuel.  Henry Ford created a prototype of an automobile using hemp -- and oils from hemp can now fuel diesel engines;

***  Food and health products.  Whether its soaps, shampoos, or even hemp milk -- which is similar to soy milk -- many Americans have recently become aware of hemp’s value through these wonderful products.

And I’m only hitting some of the uses!

So why can’t we grow industrial hemp here in the United States?

There’s no good reason.  None at all.

Unemployment is still sky-high.  People are hurting for a restoration of liberty in this country.

Yet so many of our politicians seem intent on ignoring the solutions right in front of their faces.

Well, I’m interested in repealing dumb laws -- not ignoring them.

I want to see hemp grown in the United States. I want to see dormant factories come alive.

I want to see jobs created and liberty restored.

Don’t you?

If you agree, please call your U.S. Senators IMMEDIATELY at:

(202) 224-2131

Tell them to vote “YES!” on my Industrial Hemp Amendment to the Farm Bill tomorrow.

Please act at once!

In Liberty,

Senator Rand Paul

P.S.   Tomorrow, I’m going to be offering an amendment to finally legalize a cash crop that could ultimately fuel an economic turnaround here in the United States -- industrial hemp.

We Demand the Truth by Rand Paul

It's bad enough they steal your hard-earned money...

But now the IRS is targeting you and your allies just for being conservative.

If you describe yourself as a patriot, then you would be an IRS target.

As you may know, it was recently revealed the IRS has been deliberately targeting conservative groups applying for tax exempt status for "extra scrutiny."

And it gets worse.

The IRS forced conservative groups to give up confidential information like donor lists -- which ended up in the hands of their political opponents.

Somebody must be held accountable for this outrageous abuse of power.

You and I must DEMAND an investigation and full disclosure regardless of how high up the ladder this goes!

That's why I'm counting on you to sign your "We Demand the Truth" petition IMMEDIATELY.

Amanda, this entire debacle should honestly come as no surprise.

The Obama Administration has a history of using the IRS to target known conservatives.

Since President Obama took office, there have been countless claims of politically-motivated IRS audits on conservative groups.

In 2010, a White House official revealed private tax information of a famous conservative entrepreneur to reporters.

And in 2012, a conservative group's private tax files were leaked to a group with ties to President Obama's reelection campaign.

Amanda, nobody has ever been held accountable for any of these politically driven, unlawful acts.

This time won't be any different unless you and I force President Obama's hand.

That's why it's vital you sign your "We Demand the Truth" petition IMMEDIATELY.

The absolute reality of this scandal is the IRS is exploiting their authority by means of discrimination based on political views.

And let us not forget -- this is the very agency assigned to enforce ObamaCare starting next year!

The intentional targeting of conservative groups by the IRS is an egregious attack on our Constitutional rights.

And just like with every other scandal involving this administration, President Obama is claiming ignorance and feigning outrage.

Well, that just isn't good enough.

I am demanding a full investigation and detailed disclosure.

And I will not back down until everyone involved is held accountable.

So please stand with me by signing your "We Demand the Truth" petition.

And if possible, please make a generous contribution of $100, $50, or $25 TODAY.

Your contribution will help me circulate this petition to as many freedom-loving Americans as possible.

You and I can start a wave of public outrage that will force President Obama's hand.

So please sign your "We Demand the Truth" petition and make your most generous contribution TODAY.

Thank you for all that you do.

In Liberty,

Senator Rand Paul

P.S. The Obama Administration has a long history of using the IRS to target political opponents.

And nobody has ever been held accountable.

A Poem Worth Reading and Remembering

A Poem Worth Reading and Remembering

He was getting old and paunchy
And his hair was falling fast,
And he sat around the Legion
Telling stories of the past.

Of a war that he once fought in
And the deeds that he had done,
In his exploits with his buddies;
They were heroes, every one.

And 'tho sometimes to his neighbors
His tales became a joke,
All his buddies listened quietly
For they knew whereof he spoke.

But we'll hear his tales no longer,
For ol' Joe has passed away,
And the world's a little poorer
For a Soldier died today.

He won't be mourned by many,
Just his children and his wife.
For he lived an ordinary,
Very quiet sort of life.

He held a job and raised a family,
Going quietly on his way;
And the world won't note his passing,
Tho a Soldier died today.

When politicians leave this earth,
Their bodies lie in state,
While thousands note their passing
And proclaim that they were great.

Papers tell of their life stories
From the time that they were young,
But the passing of a Soldier
Goes unnoticed and unsung.

Is the greatest contribution
To the welfare of our land,
Some jerk who breaks his promise
And cons his fellow man?

Or the ordinary fellow
Who in times of war and strife,
Goes off to serve his country
And offers up his life?

The politician's stipend
And the style in which he lives,
Are often disproportionate,
To the service that he gives.

While the ordinary Soldier,
Who offered up his all,
Is paid off with a medal
And perhaps a pension, small.

It is not the politicians
With their compromise and ploys,
Who won for us the freedom
That our country now enjoys.

Should you find yourself in danger,
With your enemies at hand,
Would you really want some cop-out,
With his ever waffling stand?

Or would you want a Soldier

His home, his country, his kin,
Just a common Soldier,
Who would fight until the end.

He was just a common Soldier,
And his ranks are growing thin,
But his presence should remind us
We may need his likes again.

For when countries are in conflict,
We find the Soldier's part
Is to clean up all the troubles
That the politicians start.

If we cannot do him honor
While he's here to hear the praise,
Then at least let's give him homage
At the ending of his days.

Perhaps just a simple headline
In the paper that might say:
"OUR COUNTRY IS IN MOURNING,
A SOLDIER DIED TODAY."

DEMAND Accountability

--a special email from Paul Ryan

I’m sure you’ve seen the news. If the headlines are any indication, this administration has engaged in grave misconduct: The IRS has admitted to targeting groups for political reasons. The Justice Department has told the Associated Press that it seized reporters’ phone records. Key witnesses have contradicted the White House’s account of the Benghazi attacks. And the Secretary of Health and Human Services is reportedly soliciting funds for Obamacare from private companies that her department regulates.

These stories raise serious questions—questions the President must answer.

But these stories aren’t simply about bureaucratic incompetence.  They raise questions about abuses of power.

All of this news can be overwhelming. It can be downright frustrating. But while we work to hold the administration accountable, I'm still optimistic about America's future. With your help, we can clean up the mess in Washington.

Today we are seeing the dangers of bigger, more intrusive government and a Washington that believes they know better than you. Last week, I made the case for an alternative future at the American Enterprise Institute and at Benedictine College. I invite you to take a look at my remarks. Our vision promises effective, limited government—one that gives our communities, and the families in them, the space they need to thrive. In our vision, we share a common purpose: the pursuit of happiness. And public servants share one goal: the common good. Clearly, we need to get our message out—especially to the people in Washington.
 

Click the following link to sign the petition: http://www.gop.com/w/demand-accountability/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=sc&utm_campaign=20130518_sharon-day_email-sc&utm_content=body_text_sign-the-petitionGovernment must be held accountable.

Thanks for all you do.

Paul Ryan

P.S. To further support our fight, contribute $25 or whatever you can today to ensure we have the resources to hold the President accountable.


 

 

Coincidence? I think not...hahahaha

-->In 1863 a Democrat shot and killed Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States. 

 

--> In 1983 a registered Democrat shot and wounded Ronald Reagan. 

 

-->In 2007 a registered Democrat named Seung-Hui Cho shot and killed 32 people in Virginia Tech.  

 

-->In 2010 a mentally ill registered Democrat named Jared Lee Loughner shot Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and killing 6 others. 

 

--> In 2011 a registered Democrat named James Holmes went into a movie theater and shot and killed 12 people. 

 

--> In 2013 a registered Democrat named Adam Lanza shot and killed 26 people in a school. 

 

-->One could go on, but you get the point, even if the media does not.

 

Clearly, there is a problem with Democrats and guns. 

 

ANSWER: It should simply be illegal for Democrats to own guns.

 

 

BEST IDEA I’VE EVER HEARD!

What a Crock!

It's bad enough they steal your hard-earned money...

But now the IRS is targeting you and your allies just for being conservative.

If you describe yourself as a patriot, then you would be an IRS target.

As you may know, it was recently revealed the IRS has been deliberately targeting conservative groups applying for tax exempt status for "extra scrutiny."

And it gets worse.

The IRS forced conservative groups to give up confidential information like donor lists -- which ended up in the hands of their political opponents.

Somebody must be held accountable for this outrageous abuse of power.

You and I must DEMAND an investigation and full disclosure regardless of how high up the ladder this goes!

That's why I'm counting on you to sign your "We Demand the Truth" petition IMMEDIATELY.

This entire debacle should honestly come as no surprise.

The Obama Administration has a history of using the IRS to target known conservatives.

Since President Obama took office, there have been countless claims of politically-motivated IRS audits on conservative groups.

In 2010, a White House official revealed private tax information of a famous conservative entrepreneur to reporters.

And in 2012, a conservative group's private tax files were leaked to a group with ties to President Obama's reelection campaign.

Nobody has ever been held accountable for any of these politically driven, unlawful acts.

This time won't be any different unless you and I force President Obama's hand.

That's why it's vital you sign your "We Demand the Truth" petition IMMEDIATELY.

The absolute reality of this scandal is the IRS is exploiting their authority by means of discrimination based on political views.

And let us not forget -- this is the very agency assigned to enforce ObamaCare starting next year!

The intentional targeting of conservative groups by the IRS is an egregious attack on our Constitutional rights.

And just like with every other scandal involving this administration, President Obama is claiming ignorance and feigning outrage.

Well, that just isn't good enough.

I am demanding a full investigation and detailed disclosure.

And I will not back down until everyone involved is held accountable.

So please stand with me by signing your "We Demand the Truth" petition.

And if possible, please make a generous contribution of $100, $50, or $25 TODAY.

Your contribution will help me circulate this petition to as many freedom-loving Americans as possible.

You and I can start a wave of public outrage that will force President Obama's hand.

So please sign your "We Demand the Truth" petition and make your most generous contribution TODAY.  http://www.rand-2016.com/IRS.aspx?pid=0515

Thank you for all that you do.

In Liberty,

Senator Rand Paul

P.S. The Obama Administration has a long history of using the IRS to target political opponents.

And nobody has ever been held accountable.

A Plea for Help from Michelle Bachman

It's about to get ugly.

Next week the House of Representatives will vote to repeal Obamacare.

Those of us who have been on the front lines fighting this disastrous piece of legislation will be mercilessly attacked from every corner of the country.

Chris Mathews' tingling leg is about to go numb. Rachel Maddow is going to have a cow. And Ed Schultz will probably explode once again.

There is no doubt that the rest of the left-wing media attack machine will be attacking me in full force.

As you know, I was the first member of Congress to introduce legislation to repeal Obamacare the day after it was signed into law... and this year I re-introduced it on the very first day of the new Congress.

So while I am thrilled that we are taking the first important step to repealing Barack Obama's signature piece legislation, I am under no illusion that it will be easy or that it won't come at a very high price. That's why I'm asking you to stand with me today.

Will you make a special contribution to my campaign so I can launch an all-out counter offensive against the liberal media's attacks?

This fight is going to get ugly. I need to know you are still standing with me in this fight and can help me with the resources to fight against the liberal media who will undoubtedly be unmercifully trashing me next week.

As we both know Obamacare is not only another government invasion into our personal lives, but it will bankrupt our nation unless it is fully repealed.

You have my word that I will not rest until we repeal Obamacare entirely and enact true Constitutional, conservative reforms that will lower the cost of healthcare, bring down our national debt, protect our nation from foreign threats, and help preserve traditional values.

It is because of my effectiveness in Congress that the national Democrats and their lap dogs in the media are in full attack mode. In fact, the national Democrats and Nancy Pelosi have already singled out our campaign as one of their #1 targets for defeat in 2014. They are working overtime to support my opponent, and even though he has a personal fortune worth up to $111 million, he is already accepting their funds.

Amanda, next week is going to be especially tough.

While I'm fighting tooth and nail on the House floor to repeal Obamacare… my opponent and his allies in the liberal media will be cementing lies in the minds of anyone who will listen.

I can only rely on you to help set the record straight, combat their lies and tell the American people the truth.

That's why with your help I'm launching a counter offensive on the airwaves and the internet -- an offensive to set the record straight. But I need your immediate help to do it.

Will you agree to make a special, immediate contribution of $25, $50 or even $100 today to help fund my counter offensive? https://support.michelebachmann.com/donate/?initiativekey=8PQI4ZYTBIIQ

The more you give the harder we can hit back.

I will never be intimidated or back down from fighting against their socialized medicine and debt-laden policies. We need true conservative leaders in Washington who aren't afraid to stand up to President Obama and the tax-and-spend liberal Democrats in Congress. I have never been one to back down because I was scared or worried about how the liberal media would react. I am in Washington to fight for smaller government, lower taxes, American job creation, national security and your family's future, and Amanda that will never change.

As I fight for our futures in Washington, I hope I can count on your continued support.

-Michele

We NEED this is Arizona--not the status quo!

   This is how a real state notifies

its visitors.  They don't want to surprise

anyone.  

 

 

Rand Paul on Roe v. Wade

Dear Friend,

For 39 years, nine unelected men and women on the Supreme Court have played God with innocent human life.

They have invented laws that condemned to painful deaths without trial more than 56 million babies for the crime of being "inconvenient."

In 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade ruling forced abortion-on-demand down our nation's throat.

In the past, many in the pro-life movement have felt limited to protecting a life here and there -- passing some limited law to slightly control abortion in the more outrageous cases.

But some pro-lifers always seem to tiptoe around the Supreme Court, hoping they won't be offended.

Now the time to grovel before the Supreme Court is over.

Working from what the Supreme Court ruled in Roe v. Wade, pro-life lawmakers can pass a Life at Conception Act and end abortion using the Constitution instead of amending it.

That is why it's so urgent you sign the petition to your Senators and Congressman that I will link to in a moment. 

You see, in the coming year it is vital every Member of Congress be put on record.

And your petition today will help do just that.

Signing the Life at Conception Act petition will help break through the opposition clinging to abortion-on-demand and get a vote on this life-saving bill to overturn Roe v. Wade.

A Life at Conception Act declares unborn children "persons" as defined by the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, entitled to legal protection.

This is the one thing the Supreme Court admitted in Roe v. Wade that would cause the case for legal abortion to "collapse."

When the Supreme Court handed down its now-infamous Roe v. Wade decision, it did so based on a new, previously undefined "right of privacy" which it "discovered" in so-called "emanations" of "penumbrae" of the Constitution. 

But never once did the Supreme Court declare abortion itself to be a constitutional right.

Instead the Supreme Court said:

"We need not resolve the difficult question of when life begins . . . the judiciary at this point in the development of man's knowledge is not in a position to speculate as to the answer."

Then the High Court made a key admission:

"If this suggestion of personhood is established, the appellant's case [i.e., "Roe" who sought an abortion], of course, collapses, for the fetus' right to life is then guaranteed specifically by the [14th] Amendment."

The fact is, the 14th Amendment couldn't be clearer:

". . . nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty or property, without due process of law, nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the law." 

 rthermore, the 14th Amendment says:

"Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article."

That's exactly what a Life at Conception Act would do.

But this simple, logical and obviously right legislation will not become law without a fight.

And that's where your help is critical. 

http://nationalprolifealliance.com/rlacd_petition.aspx?pid=sb24&npla=I1AKAB13I 

By turning up the heat on Congress in 2013 through a massive, national, grass-roots campaign, one of two things will happen.

If you and other pro-life activists pour on enough pressure, pro-lifers can force politicians from both parties who were elected on pro-life platforms to make good on their promises and ultimately win passage of this bill.

But even if a Life at Conception Act doesn't pass immediately, the public attention will set the stage to defeat radical abortionists in the next election.

Either way, the unborn win . . . unless you do nothing.

That's why the National Pro-Life Alliance is contacting hundreds of thousands of Americans just like you to mobilize a grass-roots army to pass a Life at Conception Act. The first thing you must do is sign your petition by clicking here.

They are the key ingredient in the National Pro-Life Alliance's plan to pass a Life at Conception Act. They'll also organize:  

... Hard-hitting TV, radio and newspaper ads to be run just before each vote, detailing the horrors of abortion and mobilizing the American people.

... Extensive personal lobbying of key members of Congress by rank and file National Pro-Life Alliance members and staff.

... A series of newspaper columns to be distributed free to all 1,437 daily newspapers now published in the United States.

... An extensive email, direct mail and telephone campaign to generate at least one million petitions to Congress like the one linked to in this letter.

Of course, to do all this will take a lot of money.

Just to email and mail the letters necessary to produce one million petitions will cost at least $460,000.

Newspaper, TV and radio are even more expensive.

But I'm sure you'll agree pro-lifers cannot just sit by watching the slaughter continue.

The National Pro-Life Alliance's goal is to deliver one million petitions to the House and Senate in support of a Life at Conception Act.

When the bill comes up for a vote in Congress, it is crucial to have the full weight of an informed public backing the pro-life position.

I feel confident that the folks at National Pro-Life Alliance can gather those one million petitions.

But even though many Americans who receive this email will sign the petition, many won't be able to contribute. That's why it's vital you give $10, $25, $50, $100, or even more if you can.

Without your help the National Pro-Life Alliance will be unable to gather the one million petitions and mount the full-scale national campaign necessary to pass a Life at Conception Act.

A sacrificial gift of $35 or even $100 or $500 now could spare literally millions of innocent babies in years to come. But if that's too much, please consider chipping in with a donation of $10.

You should also know that a National Pro-Life Alliance supporter wants to make your decision to give easier by agreeing to match your donation, no matter the size, increasing its value by 50%!

And please help with a contribution of at least $25 or $35. Some people have already given as much as $500. Others have given $50 and $100.

But no matter how much you give, whether it's chipping in with $10 or a larger contribution of $150, I guarantee your contribution is urgently needed and will be deeply appreciated.

That's why I hope and pray that you will not delay a moment to make a contribution of $1000, $500, $100, $50, $25, or even $10 if you can.

Your contribution to the National Pro-Life Alliance and your signed petition will be the first steps toward reversing Roe v. Wade and waking up the politicians about where our barbarous pro-abortion policy is taking us.

Sincerely,

Rand Paul,
United States Senator  

A Humorous and Accurate Observation

1. The sport of choice for the urban poor is BASKETBALL.

2. The sport of choice for maintenance level employees is
BOWLING.

3. The sport of choice for front-line workers is FOOTBALL.

4. The sport of choice for supervisors is BASEBALL.

5. The sport of choice for middle management is TENNIS.
            And...

6. The sport of choice for corporate executives and officers is
GOLF.

            THE AMAZING CONCLUSION:

            The higher you go in the corporate structure, the smaller your
balls become.
            There must be a boat load of people in Washington playing
marbles.

EA Courier Letter to the Editor

LETTER TO THE EDITOR:

 

            THE GOVERNOR'S TEAM WAS HERE, DID THEY SUCCEED THIS TIME?

                                          (...To gain support for Expanded Medicaid.)

 

For some reason our Republican Governor sent her "A team" here to our Valley last Thursday, May 2nd, to express her "financial reasons" to support her non conservative, progressive desire to Expand Medicaid.  If Medicaid is expanded it will assist the Obama Administration in it's frenzied attempt to make Obamacare fully implemented.

 

How will that happen, you say? Expanded Medicaid is one of two legs needed by Obama to make his wish come true of socializing our state and nation's medical system. So far, it appears, he isn't making people happy as they realize their take home pay has been reduced by increased taxes, medical restrictions have occurred, perhaps they have had to find a new doctor, or perhaps they have lost their medical insurance all together.

 

And just think, Obamacare isn't fully implemented until 2014! But, remember our dear friend Nancy Pelosi told us it had to be fully implemented to know what it contained. 

 

It is understandable that Obama would want to socialize our medical system, most socialists do, but why our Republican Governor?

 

The Brewer's "A team" came here at the behest of our Graham County Republican Chair, it appears. And again the same question could be asked as of him, why?

 

Look who supports Brewer in her attempt:

1. All the Democratic Legislators, except one or two.

2. All the states Liberals, both in and out of politics.

3. At least two or three RINO Republican State Senators, who almost always vote with the Democrats.

 

Look who is opposing Brewer in her attempt:

1. 70% of all Republican voters as noted in recent Polls.

2. All of the Republican Legislative Districts (LDs) in the State.

3. All Republican Senators with the exceptions of those noted in number three above.

4. Almost all of the State County Republican Committees, but one. Which County Republican Committee isn't opposing Brewer? See the Note below:

 

NOTE: It is worth understanding that our County Republican Chairman says our County Republican Committee (all elected Republican PCs), and all his Executive Committee is said to be Neutral in this debate. Really, seeing that when most actually express themselves, they are against implementation of Expanded Medicaid. It is rumored, also, that some of his Executive Committee may be against expansion.

 

So why the Big Ongoing Debate in our State over Expansion?

 

Brewer, and her supporters as listed above, say that we can't afford not to take the Federal money "because it will be good for our State", and "if we don't take it, some other state will." That is pretty much a slippery slope when one contemplates the money isn't available to support the states to implement this monstrosity for Obama. Oh, he could borrow it from China for awhile longer, or the Fed could crank up the printing presses again. But even then, does one believe the Federal Government, and more recently the Obama Administration, to make good on many things? If the Administration defaults, our State will be on the hook to pay for this out our now meager state funds, which of course are our tax dollars. Remember when our outgoing Governor Napolitano (D) dropped this type financial problem on the state?

 

Those opposing Expansion, as listed above, say the money from Obama isn't there. This comes from our own Washington US House Delegation, personally, to Brewer.

 

If implemented, it will add at least an additional 400,000 people, legal and illegal, to the Medicaid rolls and will double the funds required. When the cost doubles, it will require up to 40% of our total state budget. That 40% number is about one and a half billion dollars. What happens to our State when the Obama Administration stops sending "our tax money" back to us to pay for our Medicaid bill? Can we say State Bankruptcy?

 

Is it an honest humanitarian effort to promise that which we can't provide? This empty promise, because it is purely political, will cause chaos in our streets as the "trigger", Brewer says she has in place, kicks in and terminates Medicaid for 400,000+ people, when the Obama Administration stops paying.

 

That is the Big Debate. Who will win? I'm being told that our Legislature has placed a balanced Budget on the Governor's desk for her signature. I'm also told she will not sign the Budget because it doesn't contain provisions to Expand Medicaid.

 

Brewer's "A team" came to get support, and the team was turned away by our brave County Leaders.

 

Now its up to WE THE PEOPLE! Tell the governor to sign the balanced budget, as is required by our State Constitution, and listen to her constituents. Cowboy Up, Governor!

Common Core: "The State-Led Myth"

Common Core: The 'State-led' Myth

Since its introduction in 2008, the Common Core State Standards Initiative, or “Common Core” (CCSSI) has been touted as a “voluntary, state led” initiative to adopt a common set of academic standards for all states in the country. As it turns out, the development of Common Core was not state-led, and participation, while technically voluntary, was very strongly coerced.

Our research into the standards themselves is ongoing, but frankly that is a secondary concern. ParentalRights.org stands opposed to the process by which Common Core has come to be. Its creation and administration have violated constitutional principles and rob parents of the right to oversee the education of their children.

Private Roots

In 2007, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Eli Broad Foundation pledged $60 million dollars into a campaign to infuse education into the 2008 political raceⁱ. In May, 2008, the Gates Foundation awarded a $2.2 million grant to the Hunt Institute for Educational Leadership and Policyⁱⁱ which, one month later, hosted a symposium alongside the National Governors Association (NGA) on education strategies.

Later the same year, NGA and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) began accepting federal grants with which to launch Common Core. In December, 2008, NGA, CCSSO and Achieve – their contractor in Washington, D.C. – laid out a vision for Common Core standards in a document called Benchmarking for Success. This report, like so much of the process leading to it, was funded by the Gates Foundationⁱⁱⁱ, and it was given to the Obama administration as part of his transition to the White House.

According to a 2012 white paper from the Pioneer Institute and the American Principles Project (upon which this article is based), “Through 2008, the Common Core Initiative was a plan of private groups being implemented through trade associations, albeit trade associations that have ‘official’-sounding names. Since 2007, NGA, CCSSO, and Achieve accepted more than $27 million from the Gates Foundation alone to advance the Standards and the connected data-collection and assessments.”^iv

To this day, “the Standards are owned and copyrighted by nongovernmental entities unaccountable to parents and students in the individual states.”^v

Federal Coercion

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (or “Stimulus Bill”) was enacted on February 17, 2009, and provided the next key component in the drive toward Common Core. Through this bill Congress earmarked $4.35 billion for states that make “significant progress” toward four education-reform objectives.

One week after the bill was passed, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan rolled out the federal “Race to the Top” program through the Department of Education (DOE). In a C-SPAN interview, Secretary Duncan explained, “We want to get into this game…. There are great outside partners – Achieve, the Gates Foundation, others – who are providing great leadership…. I want to be the one to help it come to fruition.”^vi

From there, the timing was telling^vii:

In March, 2009, the DOE announced that “Race to the Top” funding would be rewarded through two rounds of competitive grants.

On June 1, NGA and CCSSO officially launched their Common Core Standards Initiative.

“Race to the Top” required states to commit to a common set of K-12 standards by August 2, 2009 – at which time the newly-launched “Common Core” was the only such effort in existence. States that did not commit to the program stood no chance of winning any of the grant money.

Phase I applications were invited in November, 2009, with a due date of January 19, 2010. “[A]pplicant states were required to demonstrate their commitment to Common Core without having seen even a draft of the standards.”

On February 22, President Obama in a speech revealed his intent to tie all Title I funding to this same Common Core commitment, essentially cutting off nearly all federal education funding to states that opt out. A March, 2010, DOE report stated that this cut off would occur by 2015.

In March of 2010, two months after applications had been received committing states to the standards, the first draft of Common Core was finally released by NGA and CCSSO.

Phase 2 applications were due June 1 of 2010, and the final draft of Common Core was not released until the following day. Applicants of both phases committed to the standards without even knowing what they would be.

What is more, the Race to the Top application stipulates that states must adopt and implement Common Core word for word. They can add to it only provided the additions do not amount to more than 15% of the material taught, but they cannot take away from it by any means.

Conclusion

In short, far from being state-led, Common Core was developed in such a way as to keep the states completely in the dark. It was created and is still owned and copyrighted by private organizations with no accountability to the parents or students of any state. Neither are they accountable to the states themselves. The federal government used tax-payer monies to coerce the states into adopting the standards sight-unseen, contrary to the interests of the tax-payers.

While proponents advertised Common Core as a “voluntary, state-led” initiative, the states have been following blindly from the start. Not one citizen-elected legislative body has had any input into the standards or the system of development by which those standards came to be.

What Is To Be Done?

This initiative clearly violates the right of parents to direct the education of their children. As the Pioneer Institute’s report points out, “If the states no longer have control over education, neither can the parents in those states.” “The best way to stop this scheme,” the paper also asserts, “is for the individual states to refuse to participate.”

We will continue to push forward, first with our efforts to pass the Parental Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. This amendment will defend the fundamental right of parents to direct the education of their children.

We will also continue to shine light on this devious power grab. The more who know what is going on, the stronger the voice that will rise up to oppose it.

And we will continue to work with volunteers, organizations, and state lawmakers to pass statutes that would protect the rights of parents in the individual states. This will include supporting legislation that would roll back participation in Common Core, and resisting legislation that would formalize it, in any given state.

We trust you will stand with us in these efforts as they arise. Could you also make a generous donation today to help us continue our mission of protecting children by empowering parents, not only with the Parental Rights Amendment, but also with knowledge about threats like the Common Core?

Sincerely,

Michael Ramey
Director of Communications & Research

NOTES:

i. http://www.gatesfoundation.org/Media-Center/Press-Releases/2007/04/Strong-American-Schools-Campaign-Launches-to-Promote-Education-Reform-in-2008-Presidential-Election
ii. http://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database/Grants/2008/05/OPP50361
iii. http://achieve.org/files/BenchmarkingforSuccess.pdf (accessed 4/22/2013), p. 2
iv. http://pioneerinstitute.org/download/controlling-education-from-the-top/ (accessed 4/22/2013), p.4
v. Ibid, p. 2
vi. http://www.c-span.org/Events/Education-Sec-Arne-Duncan-interviewed-by-Libby-Quaid-AP-and-Michele-McNeil-Education-Week/12961/ (accessed 4/22/2013)
vii. http://pioneerinstitute.org/download/controlling-education-from-the-top/, pp. 4-8