It's Washington's dirty little secret ...

It allows power-hungry politicians of BOTH parties to spend your money like there's no tomorrow.

It makes deals with foreign countries and foreign banks in complete secrecy.

It bails out "Too Big to Fail" banks and favored corporations, picking winners and losers behind closed doors.

All the while, diminishing the savings many Americans work an entire lifetime to build.

I'm talking, of course, about the Federal Reserve, or "the Fed."

No institution holds more power over the future of the American economy and the value of our savings than the Federal Reserve.

That's why the American people are demanding the Fed be reined in. And there's no better way to start than by a full audit of the Fed.

And that's why I'm proud to champion the "Audit the Fed" bill in the U.S. Senate.

And it's also why I've joined with America's Liberty Committee to help lead the grassroots' effort to get Audit the Fed signed into law.

John Tate and the team at America's Liberty Committee have been fighting alongside me for years, and they are mobilizing millions of Americans to pass Audit the Fed this Congress.

Now is the time to act.

Will you stand with me by signing your petition urging Congress to Audit the Fed right away?

 

By the time Audit the Fed comes up for a vote, every member of Congress must realize the eyes of the American people will be watching.

In January, 2016, my Audit the Fed bill came to a vote in the Senate, garnering majority support, 53-46, but falling short of the 60 votes needed for cloture.

This, after Audit the Fed has overwhelmingly passed the House twice.

You and I should be very encouraged by our progress.

Truth is, it wasn't long ago that Audit the Fed was laughed at and ignored by the Washington establishment and financial elite.

But then, after 3 years of grassroots pressure by good folks like you, during my father's final term in Congress in 2012, Audit the Fed passed the House by an astounding vote of 327-98.

By 2014, its support further increased, leading to another successful House vote of 333-92.

Additionally, President Trump declared his support for Audit the Fed during his 2016 presidential campaign.

Now, I'm pleased to report that Audit the Fed is on the move once again this Congress, but I need your help to bring it to a vote.

Just recently, Audit the Fed was reported out of the House Oversight Committee and added to the legislative calendar, meaning the only step left is for Speaker Paul Ryan to schedule a vote!

That's why it's critical you sign your Audit the Fed petition to House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) right away.

 

You see, passing Audit the Fed and sending it to President Trump's desk for his signature won't be easy.

Draining the Swamp never comes easy.

You can count on the Washington Machine opposing Audit the Fed every step of the way.

Why the opposition, you may wonder?

It's because the Fed can create new money out of thin air and spend it on whatever it wants, whenever it wants -- giving that money to whichever banks or even foreign countries it wants.

Meanwhile, politicians in Washington can keep the Big Government gravy train rolling.

The result -- constant devaluation of the dollar and future generations being swallowed up by TRILLIONS in debt. That's why Audit the Fed is so critical to restoring sound money, a constitutionally-limited government, and our very liberty.

Without the Fed's easy money policies, politicians can't continue kicking the can down the road, bailing out "Too Big to Fail" banks and corporations, or expanding the welfare-warfare state.

And Big Government boondoggles like ObamaCare would implode.

The Federal Reserve is the "enabler" of Washington's spending problem.

Congress knows that if taxing and borrowing can't get them out of a jam, the Fed will be there to bail them out.

Well, it's time Congress knows you and I have had enough of the Fed's secret backroom deals and harmful policy decisions that hurt everyday Americans.

That's why I'm asking you to please sign your Audit the Fed petition to Paul Ryan immediately!

 

The Fed has proven time and again it cannot be trusted and must be audited.

While the banksters' dangerous schemes have been going on for years, the bailouts after the 2008 financial crisis that shook our country exposed the trillions of dollars being stolen from the American people.

It is time to Audit the Fed and shine a bright spotlight on the largest theft in American history.

National opinion polls consistently show that nearly 75% of the American people think it's wrong for the Fed to operate shrouded in secrecy and without accountability!

And it's critical that America's Liberty Committee has your help in demonstrating that grassroots support to Congress.

If the public's attention is fixed on this battle, politicians in Congress will be forced to recognize -- or defy to their peril -- the massive public support of Audit the Fed.

Then we'll see who dares to stand with the Fed...

... And who stands with transparency, sound money, and the American people.

So please sign your petition to Speaker Paul Ryan immediately.

And once you've signed, please pitch in $10 or $25 to help America's Liberty mobilize millions of Americans in support of Audit the Fed.

Your contribution will help counter the coming attacks from opponents of Audit the Fed.

America's Liberty has a plan to pump up pressure and pass Audit the Fed, including:
• TV and radio ads, targeting swing votes in key states and districts;

• Digital media ads, highly cost-effective and impactful micro-targeted ads to constituents most likely to contact their Congressman and Senators at the critical time;

• Contact directly by email and direct mail up to 10 million supporters, urging them to demand their Senators and Representatives vote for Audit the Fed;

• Crank up phone banks in the days before the vote to really make Congress feel the heat;

• A public affairs blitz, including op-eds, talk shows and news conferences in key states and districts.
It's critical that Congress hears loud and clear from the nearly 75% of Americans who support Audit the Fed.

Of course, Congress may choose to keep the easy money flowing by siding with the Fed, rather than the majority of their constituents.

But time and again, when politicians defied the public and voted for Fed secrecy, they've paid the price with the end of their political careers!

Of course, this whole effort will be very expensive. The initial budget for this program is over $1.3 million.

And an all-out media, mail, and phone blitz to mobilize massive public pressure on Congress will cost even more.

To pay for the expensive ads, mailings, phone banks, and other efforts, it's urgent you send a special contribution to America's Liberty Committee today.

Will you pitch in $10 or $25 to launch the next crucial phase for ultimate passage of Audit the Fed?

It's vital you act immediately to put the politicians' feet to the fire to bring Audit the Fed up for a vote.

Unlike the Fed, America's Liberty Committee doesn't have (or want) the power to print money out of thin air.

So it depends on generous folks like you.

Some folks have already sent $100 and even more. For others, a contribution of $50 has been as much as they could afford.

Without your contribution of $10 or $25, America's Liberty Committee won't be able to contact 10 million Americans, pay for advertising, or do anything else to pass Audit the Fed and expose the Federal Reserve.

And if you and I don't press forward now, we may never have a chance like this again.

Please help today.

george, don't let the Swamp stop Audit the Fed!

Let's make sure Speaker Paul Ryan brings Audit the Fed to a vote!

Help me flood Paul Ryan's office with Audit the Fed petitions ASAP.

And after you sign, please chip in $10 or $25 to America's Liberty Committee.

President Trump has stated his support for an audit. Let's send Audit the Fed to the president's desk this Congress.

Thank you for your support!

For Liberty,
 
Rand Paul, M.D.
U.S. Senator (R-KY)

P.S. After years of being mocked by the political Establishment and financial elite, Audit the Fed is once again on the verge of a vote in Congress.

All that stands between you and me and the House passage of Audit the Fed is House Speaker Paul Ryan scheduling a vote!

Don't let this historic opportunity slip away. Let's pass Audit the Fed and send it to President Trump's desk this Congress!

The average life expectancy for men was 47 years. Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone. The average US wage in 1910 was 22 cents per hour. Ninety percent of all Doctors had NO COLLEGE EDUCATION! Most women only washed their hair once a month and the shampoo was Borax or egg yolks The population of Las Vegas, Nevada was only 30. Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over the counter at local corner drugstores.

Fuel for cars was sold in drug stores only. The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph. The average US worker made between $200 and $400 per year. Coffee was fifteen cents a pound.  The Five leading causes of death were: 1. Pneumonia and influenza 2. Tuberculosis 3. Diarrhea 4. Heart disease 5. Stroke   There were about 230 reported murders in the ENTIRE U.S.A. !

Only 14 percent of the homes had a bathtub. The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower. More than 95 percent of all births took place at home Sugar cost four cents a pound. Eggs were fourteen cents a dozen.   Two out of every 10 adults couldn't read or write.   Only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated from high school.    It is impossible to imagine what it may be like in another 100 years.

1) Global Warming: "He said. She Said". See my web site section "The Arctic and Global Warming".
2) Wha Hoppen? Vermont is becoming California East. Meanwhile, "New California" is a good idea.
3) "Liberals" and "Lefties". For nearly 30 years before and 30 years since I was abandoned by the Democratic Party, I have been a fiscal conservative with a conscience. Now we have "Lefties"...always irresponsible in their views, and now delusional and vicious.
4) Canada. Untra-Liberal government welcomes all manner of Muslims. America has to consider defending its Northern border for the first time since the American Revolution. And Health Care access there is a joke.
See: "Single - Payer Health Care Isn't Worth Waiting For", by Sally C. Pipes, WSJ Jan. 22, 2018, Opinion, pA17.
5) Mexico. A capital of inequality and corruption...including The Church, which forbade "Liberation Theology" decades ago.
6) South American nations. Also chronically corrupt (see Brazil, Argentina...).
"FOR CHRIST'S SAKE: POOR IS POOR".
7) "Brexit"...and exit from common sense as they invite all manner of immigrants without integration. Probably a guilty conscience.
8) France, Germany. Ditto.
9) Former Eastern European captives of the despotic Soviet Union. Now chafing under the increasingly despotic European Union - and turning to rising nationalism and populism. See Hungary and Poland.
See: "Poland Blots Out Walesa's Historic Role", WSJ Jan. 23, 2018, pA1.
See: "A Fractured World: Nationalism Is Growing - and Changing", WSJ Jan. 23, 2018, pR1.
10) Russia. Always despotic. Never Trust. Never ignore. Always engage.
11) Turkey. Increasingly Muslim, but: "I can't spare that man. He fights".
12) Iraq, Afghanistan. Untrustworthy. America's Eastern Front for decades to come. Unfortunate but true.
13) Iran. A Russia wannabe. Don't trust. Engage aggressively.
14) The entire Middle East. "CAUTION: HOT".
Egypt: sui generis. Assist.
Saudi Arabia. "Trust but verify". Changing...maybe.
Israel. Thank God for Israel.
To paraphrase President Kennedy, in English:
I AM A JEW.
See: Pence Visits Israel's Capital", WSJ Jan. 24, 2018, Opinion, pA19.
India. A boiling cauldron. Handle with Care.
15) Pakistan. Untrustworthy. Act accordingly.
16) China. An adversary more dangerous than Russia, both being oriental nations - neither Occidental. But must always be engaged.
18 - 80) To be continued...

Putin gets standing ovation

You probably WON'T see this in the U.S. news media...
 
No wonder Putin was selected by Forbes Magazine as the most powerful person in the world.
This is one time our elected leaders should pay attention to the advice of Vladimir Putin.
I would suggest not only our leaders, but every American
citizen should pay attention to this advice.
It is a sad day when a communist leader makes more sense than so many of our elected officials in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives, but here it is!
 
Putin addressed Duma (the Russian Parliament) and gave a speech about tensions with minorities in Russia:
 
"In Russia, live like Russians.  Any minority, from anywhere, if it wants to live in Russia, to work and eat in Russia, it should speak Russian, and should respect all Russian laws.  If they prefer Sharia Law, and wish to live the life of Muslims, then we now clearly advise them to go and live in those places where that's the state law.
 
Russia does not need Muslim minorities.  Minorities need Russia, and we will not grant them special privileges, or try to change our laws to fit their desires, no matter how loud they yell 'discrimination'!
 
We will not tolerate disrespect of our Russian culture.
 
We had better learn from the suicides of so-called democracies -- America, England, France, Germany, and Holland -- if we are to survive as a nation.
 
The Muslims are taking over those countries, BUT they will NOT take over Russia!
 
Our Russian customs and traditions are not compatible with the lack of culture or the primitive ways of Sharia Law and Muslims.
 
When this honorable legislative body thinks of creating new laws, it should have in mind the  Russian national interest  FIRST, observing that the Muslim minorities ARE NOT  Russian.”
 
The politicians in the Duma gave Putin a five minute standing ovation.

From a conservative democrat. Remember them?

Here’s an article that ALL Americans should read….

Junk yard dog!

This is what so many of us have been saying...but this guy sure says it better. Love this junk yard dog named Trump!  He is just what we need right now!  Got to read this!
 
Marshall Kamena is a registered democrat and was elected mayor of Livermore, CA.. He ran on the democratic ticket as he knew a Bay Area city would never vote for a republican. He is as conservative as they come. He wrote the following and it is a good read:
Trump's lack of decorum, dignity, and statesmanship
My Leftist friends (as well as many ardent #NeverTrumpers) constantly ask me if I'm not bothered by Donald Trump's lack of decorum. They ask if I don't think his tweets are "beneath the dignity of the office."
Here's my answer:
We Right-thinking people have tried dignity.  There could not have been a man of more quiet dignity than George W. Bush as he suffered the outrageous lies and politically motivated hatreds that undermined his presidency.
We tried statesmanship. Could there be another human being on this earth who so desperately prized "collegiality" as John McCain?
We tried propriety – has there been a nicer human being ever than Mitt Romney?
And the results were always the same. This is because, while we were playing by the rules of dignity, collegiality and propriety, the Left has been, for the past 60 years, engaged in a knife fight where the only rules are those of Saul Alinsky and the Chicago mob.
I don't find anything "dignified," "collegial" or "proper" about Barack Obama's lying about what went down on the streets of Ferguson in order to ramp up racial hatreds because racial hatreds serve the Democratic Party. I don't see anything "dignified" in lying about the deaths of four Americans in Benghazi and imprisoning an innocent filmmaker to cover your tracks. I don't see anything "statesman-like" in weaponizing the IRS to be used to destroy your political opponents and any dissent. Yes, Obama was "articulate" and "polished" but in no way was he in the least bit "dignified," "collegial" or "proper."
The Left has been engaged in a war against America since the rise of the Children of the '60s. To them, it has been an all-out war where nothing is held sacred and nothing is seen as beyond the pale.. It has been a war they've fought with violence, the threat of violence, demagoguery and lies from day one – the violent take-over of the universities – till today. The problem is that, through these years, the Left has been the only side fighting this war. While the Left has been taking a knife to anyone who stands in their way, the Right has continued to act with dignity, collegiality and propriety. With Donald Trump, this all has come to an end. Donald Trump is America 's first wartime president in the Culture War.
During wartime, things like "dignity" and "collegiality" simply aren't the most essential qualities one looks for in their warriors. Ulysses Grant was a drunk whose behavior in peacetime might well have seen him drummed out of the Army for conduct unbecoming. Had Abraham Lincoln applied the peacetime rules of propriety and booted Grant, the Democrats might well still be holding their slaves today. Lincoln rightly recognized that, "I cannot spare this man. He fights."
General George Patton was a vulgar-talking. In peacetime, this might have seen him stripped of rank. But, had Franklin Roosevelt applied the normal rules of decorum then, Hitler and the Socialists would barely be five decades into their thousand-year Reich
Trump is fighting. And what's particularly delicious is that, like Patton standing over the battlefield as his tanks obliterated Rommel's, he's shouting, "You magnificent bastards, I read your book!"
That is just the icing on the cake, but it's wonderful to see that not only is Trump fighting, he's defeating the Left using their own tactics. That book is Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radicals – a book so essential to the Liberals' war against America that it is and was the playbook for the entire Obama administration and the subject of Hillary Clinton's senior thesis. It is a book of such pure evil, that, just as the rest of us would dedicate our book to those we most love or those to whom we are most indebted, Alinsky dedicated his book to Lucifer.
Trump's tweets may seem rash and unconsidered but, in reality, he is doing exactly what Alinsky suggested his followers do. First, instead of going after "the fake media" — and they are so fake that they have literally gotten every single significant story of the past 60 years not just wrong, but diametrically opposed to the truth, from the Tet Offensive to Benghazi, to what really happened on the streets of Ferguson, Missouri — Trump isolated CNN.. He made it personal.
Then, just as Alinsky suggests, he employs ridicule which Alinsky described as "the most powerful weapon of all."... Most importantly, Trump's tweets have put CNN in an untenable and unwinnable position. ... They need to respond. This leaves them with only two choices. They can either "go high" (as Hillary would disingenuously declare of herself and the fake news would disingenuously report as the truth) and begin to honestly and accurately report the news or they can double-down on their usual tactics and hope to defeat Trump with twice their usual hysteria and demagoguery. The problem for CNN (et al.) with the former is that, if they were to start honestly reporting the news, that would be the end of the Democratic Party they serve.
It is nothing but the incessant use of fake news (read: propaganda) that keeps the Left alive. Imagine, for example, if CNN had honestly and accurately reported then-candidate Barack Obama's close ties to foreign terrorists (Rashid Khalidi), domestic terrorists (William Ayers), the mafia (Tony Rezko) or the true evils of his spiritual mentor, Jeremiah Wright's church. Imagine if they had honestly and accurately conveyed the evils of the Obama administration's weaponizing of the IRS to be used against their political opponents or his running of guns to the Mexican cartels or the truth about the murder of Ambassador Christopher Stevens and the Obama administration's cover-up.
So, to my friends on the Left — and the #NeverTrumpers as well — do I wish we lived in a time when our president could be "collegial" and "dignified" and "proper"? Of course I do. These aren't those times. This is war. And it's a war that the Left has been fighting without opposition for the past 50 years. So, say anything you want about this president - I get it - he can be vulgar, he can be crude, he can be undignified at times. I don't care. I can't spare this man. He fights for America!
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How well does  Marshall Kamena articulate exactly WHAT Trump is doing, which we KNOW we like, but are not able to explain WHY!!   Way to go, Marshall.

THE LAWYERS' PARTY!

Very interesting.

A LAWYER WITH A BRIEFCASE CAN STEAL MORE THAN A THOUSAND MEN WITH GUNS.

This is very interesting! I never thought about it this way.

The Lawyers' Party, By Bruce Walker

The Democratic Party has become the Lawyers Party.

Barack Obama is a lawyer. Michelle Obama is a lawyer.

Hillary Clinton is a lawyer. Bill Clinton is a lawyer.

John Edwards is a lawyer. Elizabeth Edwards was a lawyer.

Every Democrat nominee since 1984 went to law school (although Gore did not graduate).

Every Democrat vice presidential nominee since 1976, except for Lloyd Bentsen, went to law school.

Look at leaders of the Democrat Party in Congress:

Harry Reid is a lawyer. Nancy Pelosi is a lawyer.

The Republican Party is different.

President Bush is a businessman.

Vice President Cheney is a businessman.

The leaders of the Republican Revolution:

Newt Gingrich was a history professor.

Tom Delay was an exterminator. Dick Armey was an economist.

House Minority Leader Boehner was a plastic manufacturer

The former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist is a heart surgeon.

Who was the last Republican president who was a lawyer? Gerald Ford, who left office 31 years ago and who barely won the Republican nomination as a sitting president, running against Ronald Reagan in 1976.

The Republican Party is made up of real people doing real work, who are often the targets of lawyers.

The Democrat Party is made up of lawyers. Democrats mock and scorn men who create wealth, like Bush and Cheney, or who heal the sick, like Frist, or who immerse themselves in history, like Gingrich. The Lawyers Party sees these sorts of people, who provide goods and services that people want, as the enemies of America . And, so we have seen the procession of official enemies, in the eyes of the Lawyers Party, grow.

Against whom do Hillary and Obama rail?...Pharmaceutical companies, oil companies, hospitals, manufacturers, fast food restaurant chains, large retail businesses, bankers, and anyone producing anything of value in our nation. This is the natural consequence of viewing everything through the eyes of lawyers. Lawyers solve problems by successfully representing their clients, in this case the American people. Lawyers seek to have new laws passed, they seek to win lawsuits, they press appellate courts to overturn precedent, and lawyers always parse language to favor their side.

Confined to the narrow practice of law, that is fine. But it is an awful way to govern a great nation. When politicians as lawyers begin to view some Americans as clients and other Americans as opposing parties, then the role of the legal system in our life becomes all-consuming. Some Americans become adverse parties of our very government. We are not all litigants in some vast social class-action suit. We are citizens of a republic that promises us a great deal of freedom from laws, from courts, and from lawyers.

Today, we are drowning in laws; we are contorted by judicial decisions; we are driven to distraction by omnipresent lawyers in all parts of our once private lives. America has a place for laws and lawyers, but that place is modest and reasonable, not vast and unchecked. When the most important decision for our next president is whom he will appoint to the Supreme Court, the role of lawyers and the law in America is too big.

When House Democrats sue America in order to hamstring our efforts to learn what our enemies are planning to do to us, then the role of litigation in America has become crushing.

Perhaps Americans will understand that change cannot be brought to our nation by those lawyers who already largely dictate American society and business. Perhaps Americans will see that hope does not come from the mouths of lawyers but from personal dreams nourished by hard work. Perhaps Americans will embrace the truth that more lawyers with more power will only make our problems worse.

The United States has 5% of the world’s population and 66% of the world’s lawyers! Tort (Legal) reform legislation has been introduced in congress several times in the last several years to limit punitive damages in ridiculous lawsuits such as spilling hot coffee on yourself and suing the establishment that sold it to you and also to limit punitive damages in huge medical malpractice lawsuits. This legislation has continually been blocked from even being voted on by the Democrat Party. When you see that 97 % of the political contributions from the American Trial Lawyers Association go to the Democrat Party, then you realize who is responsible for our medical and product costs being so high!

Fellow Senior Citizens. Take 6 minutes and see what Obama and the Congress have done this time.

Looks like Obama has Snuck another one in on us!!!

IF YOU NEVER WATCH ANOTHER 6 MINUTE VIDEO - WATCH THIS ONE! DR. DAVID JANDA FROM ANN ARBOR AND A NATIONALLY KNOWN HEALTH CARE EXPERT SPOKE TO US ON SUNDAY, OCT. 10TH IN SALINE, MI. THIS IS WHAT IS 'GOING' TO HAPPEN IF OBAMACARE IS NOT REPEALED. DR. JANDA, AS HE STATES IN THE VIDEO, TESTIFIED BEFORE CONGRESS AND THIS IS WHAT HE WAS TOLD. THIS WILL SEND CHILLS DOWN YOUR SPINE - GUARANTEED.
CARE ENOUGH ABOUT YOUR FAMILY, FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS, CO-WORKERS AND SEND THIS TO THEM ALSO.

LAUS DEO - Do you know what it means?

One detail that is never mentioned is that in Washington , D.C. There can never be a building of greater height than the Washington Monument.



With all the uproar about removing the ten commandments, etc., this is worth a moment or two of your time. I was not aware of this amazing historical information.

On the aluminum cap, atop the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., are displayed two words:

Laus Deo.



No one can see these words. In fact, most visitors to the monument are totally unaware they are even there and for that matter, probably couldn't care less.
 
Once you know Laus Deo's history, you will want to share this with everyone you know. These words have been there for many years; they are 555 feet, 5.125 inches high, perched atop the monument, facing skyward to the Father of our nation, over looking the 69 square miles which comprise the District of Columbia, capital of the United States of America.

Laus Deo! Two seemingly insignificant, unnoticed words. Out of sight and, one might think, out of mind, but very meaningfully placed at the highest point over what is the most powerful city in the most successful nation in the world.

So, what do those two words, in Latin, composed of just four syllables and only seven letters, possibly mean? Very simply, they say 'Praise be to God!'

Though construction of this giant obelisk began in 1848, when James Polk was President of the United States, it was not until 1888 that the monument was inaugurated and opened to the public. It took twenty-five years to finally cap the memorial with a tribute to the Father of our nation,
Laus Deo
'Praise be to God!'

From atop this magnificent granite and marble structure, visitors may take in the beautiful panoramic view of the city with its division into four major segments. From that vantage point, one can also easily see the original plan of the designer, Pierre Charles l'Enfant ..... a perfect cross imposed upon the landscape, with the White House to the north. The Jefferson Memorial is to the south, the Capitol to the east and the Lincoln Memorial to the west.

A cross you ask? Why a cross? What about
separation of church and state? Yes, a cross;
separation of church and state was not,
is not, in the Constitution.
So, read on. How interesting and,
no doubt, intended to carry a profound
meaning for those who bother to notice.
When the cornerstone of the Washington Monument was
laid on July 4th, 1848 deposited within it were many items
including the Holy Bible presented by the Bible Society.
Praise be to God!
Such was the discipline, the moral direction, and the
spiritual mood given by the founder and first
President of our unique democracy
'One Nation, Under God!

I am awed by George Washington's prayer for America ..... Have you ever read it? Well, now is your unique opportunity, so read on!

'Almighty God; We make our earnest prayer that Thou wilt keep the United States in Thy holy protection; that Thou wilt incline the hearts of the citizens to cultivate a spirit of subordination and obedience to government; and entertain a brotherly affection and love for one another and for their fellow citizens of the United States at large. And finally that Thou wilt most graciously be pleased to dispose us all to do justice, to love mercy, and to demean ourselves with that charity, humility, and pacific temper of mind which were the characteristics of the Divine Author of our blessed religion, and without a humble imitation of whose example in these things we can never hope to be a happy nation. Grant our supplication, we beseech Thee, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.'

Laus Deo!

Donald Trump Is Not a Racist
By Christopher Ruddy

When I was young in the '70s, my dad told our oversized family to hop in the station wagon. He was driving us from Long Island to Great Adventure, a theme park much less expensive than Disney World, but just as fun. At least it was for us.

During the past year, I find myself back in the fantasy land of Great Adventure, with a free pass to the best rides, no less.

Today, we even have Beltway bumper cars, media water slides and twittering carousels.

Today's latest ride erupted Thursday night with The Washington Post's "no-named" sources story saying the president used profane language to describe Haiti, El Salvador and some African countries.

At this point, it almost doesn't matter that the president was speaking in a private conversation, the full context of his comments, or that other presidents (think Johnson, Nixon) have said far, far worse in the White House.

A rock has been thrown into the pond and the ripples are echoing worldwide.

We've passed the point to calm people down, because the reporting, accurate or not (Senator Durbin claims the reports are true), echoes a president who likes to speak his mind and who comes from a generation that didn't go to sensitivity training classes.

I decided to take a peek on how our press reports on the president's alleged comments were impacting the countries mentioned.

In Haiti, for example, one of the country's largest newspapers editorialized that President Trump's comments have "no place in the relations between nations or people, even less so in the mouth of a president of a friendly nation."

In Africa, the African Union issued a statement saying it is "alarmed at the statements ... considering the slave trade ... and flies in the face of all accepted behavior and practice."

The most stinging comments, however, come from a white columnist at the influential South African website Times Live.

Remember, South Africa was, just over two decades ago, the apartheid state that imprisoned Nelson Mandela.

Yet the South African people have worked hard to overcome their past to bring people of all colors together. They did so because of the leadership of Nelson Mandela.

I have been inside Mandela's tiny cell on Robben Island. There I glimpsed into his pain. After that experience, I was in awe of how he demonstrated courage and leadership by uniting his people, despite every reason to do otherwise.

So, from this country, Times Live columnist Tom Eaton writes: "On the rarefied world of untransformed and unrepentant racists, my tribe walks shoulder to shoulder with the best of the worst, whether they be Russians sniffing out Jewish tendencies, Indians obsessing over caste, or Chinese gaping at black people. All of which makes me particularly qualified to tell you something important. You are the real deal, Donald … a gold-star racist."

I understand Mr. Eaton's anger. But his assessment of Trump is wrong.

Over many years, I have been in the company of Donald Trump in public moments and many private ones.

I have been with him on his plane for hours; I was there with him in Scotland when he opened his world-class club; I've been with him for the Miss Universe pageant and too many times to count.
I don't know what President Trump said at the White House meeting. He may have made some inappropriate comments. But I know one thing for sure: Donald Trump is not a racist.

Inside this great man with a brusque exterior, you will not find a racist bone.

Even in his most off-guarded moments, long before he was running for president, I have never heard him utter any racist remarks, anti-Semitic comments or ethnic slurs of any type. Sure, he has occasionally used profanity through the years, but it was very rare.

Truthfully, Trump has prided himself on his good relations with minorities. He is someone with a proven track record of developing racial harmony.

But these facts don't matter because we are in fantasy land; everyone sees their own reality. Clearly, people around the world have been hurt — whether accidentally, deliberately or otherwise.
A simple beer in the Rose Garden won't make this one go away.

But the president can take steps to make the people of the world know that he and America stands with them, to make this place called Earth a better place, and to let them know the real Donald Trump.

Christopher Ruddy, a noted journalist and entrepreneur, is CEO and president of Newsmax Media Inc., one of the nation's leading news media companies.

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Dear Valued Subscriber,
As you know, PragerU’s videos are available on a number of platforms, one of which is YouTube. And as you may also know, YouTube has chosen repeatedly to restrict some of our videos for violating their “Community Guidelines.”  Those guidelines are meant to protect users against viewing sexual content, violent or graphic content, and hate speech.
As a PragerU viewer, you know as well as I do that our videos contain nothing even remotely close to any of these categories.
To date, YouTube has restricted nearly 40 PragerU videos, addressing topics ranging from religion and freedom of speech to the history of the Korean War.
More than a year ago, we filed a complaint with YouTube, hoping that there was some kind of innocent mistake.
That’s when we were told by YouTube that after reviewing our videos, they determined that they were, indeed, “not appropriate for a younger audience.” Of course, we have this in writing.
Think about the millions of actually inappropriate videos on YouTube, and then ask yourself, “Why is our content restricted?”
Unfortunately, the answer is rather obvious, isn’t it?  YouTube has restricted PragerU videos for only one reason: ideological discrimination.
Of course, YouTube is owned by Google, which was founded to, ironically, “Organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.”

YouTube has made some of our most important videos inaccessible to the very audience PragerU seeks to reach: young people.

Let me be clear: they don’t like what we teach, and so they intend to stop us from teaching it. This kind of censorship is what we have seen on college campuses for years. But it is far more dangerous in this circumstance, because the internet is where the world goes to get informed.
 
Can you imagine if the left owned the internet the way they own our universities?
Can you imagine what the world would look like if Google is allowed to continue to arbitrarily censor ideas they simply don’t agree with?

Well, this is why Prager University filed suit against YouTube and Google. We are not fighting this only for PragerU—we are taking this on for America and possibly the world.
Can we count on your support as we fight to end the censorship of our conservative ideas by Google/YouTube?

Now, I have to tell you ... this was not an easy decision.
Over the summer, former Governor of California, Pete Wilson — who has been a longtime supporter of PragerU — approached us and posited the idea: “We have to sue them,” he said. “Google is hubris.”
Those words weighed heavy on our entire team as we considered our options.
Obviously, a fight with Google will be hugely difficult and costly, and we hate the idea of deploying energy and resources away from producing more content and reaching new audiences.  We simply cannot do that.
So, before taking any such action, we decided we’d attempt a more diplomatic approach one last time. On the one-year anniversary of Google blocking our content, or the “BANniversary,” as we had come to call it, we renewed our complaints to YouTube, and re-circulated an online petition urging Google to change course. Many articles have been written, and many people, including many very prominent and influential people, rallied in support of our cause. To date, well over a quarter-of-a-million people have added their names to our petition.
What was the result of our efforts?
Nothing. YouTube ignored us. In fact, they have since restricted 11 more PragerU videos.
With our hands tied, we knew Governor Wilson was right—Google’s hubris had to be challenged.
So, we have built an all-star legal team, including Governor Wilson’s law firm, Eric George, Alan Dershowitz, Barak Lurie, Kelly Shackelford, Mat Staver, and more.
It’s an impressive group, because this is an important case; not only for PragerU, but for the fundamental American right to freedom of speech.
But this is not going to be easy and it isn’t going to be cheap.
Despite the fact that our amazing attorneys have agreed to reasonably cap their legal fees, there will be additional personnel, research, marketing and public relations costs to PragerU.
This case will be tried in the court of public opinion as much as in the courtroom, and we intend to win in both venues.
However, we cannot deplete our operating budget to fight this case. Thanks to you, PragerU has reached more than 1-out-of-4 Americans on the internet. Sixty-three percent of them are under 34. We plan to continue to focus on this growth and reach 3 out of 4 Americans. We can’t let up now.

We are fully committed to the lawsuit but we won’t let them slow the growth of PragerU.

This is why our board of directors and many staff members have donated, in addition to our annual gift, to what we are calling the “YouTube Action Fund.” Dennis Prager, Allen Estrin, and I have all given extra this year.

Now, here is how you can help:
1.    Please go to our website and sign the petition against YouTube censorship. It already has over 400,000 signatures; please add yours if you haven’t done so already, and ask 10 of your friends to do the same.
2.    More importantly, please contribute to our action fund if you can, over and above your planned support for PragerU. Our initial goal for the legal fund is $1 million, and we think we can reach that goal with your help.
Many of you have already given so generously and I am embarrassed to ask for more. But if you think this fight is important please support us in whatever way you can.

It seems like a lot to ask…until you consider how much we have to lose.

Perhaps Goliath could teach Google a little bit about where hubris leads ... when a David comes slinging.

Thank you, and God bless you.

Marissa Streit
CEO, PragerU

Letter From a Heart-broken Mother
 
Get OFF YOUR KNEES
Daily Inter Lake, by Eileen F. Cosgrove
 
This Sunday, it was 11 years since two Marines showed up at our door to tell us that my husband’s first child, my stepson and our two children’s brother, Lance Cpl. Christopher B. Cosgrove III, 23, was killed by a suicide bomber at a checkpoint in Iraq.   He should have been out of Iraq but he volunteered to stay behind to train the new Marines coming to replace them.   Christopher left behind his mother, father, stepmother and stepfather, his brothers and his fiancée.
 
I watched as they informed my husband that his son, the love of his life, died in the line of duty.   I watched the strong man I married be reduced to a puddle of tears.   When I sat our children on the couch to tell them that Christopher was gone, I watched as my previously carefree 13 year-old son curled into a ball and began sobbing as if I just punched him in the stomach, and I had to look at my innocent 9 year-old son and answer his question, “Why didn’t Christopher shoot the bad guy first?”
 
Several days later, we had the privilege of attending his “dignified transfer” at Dover Air Force Base.   I’m sure you have seen it depicted on television or in the movies.   Viewing it reduces most people to tears.   To actually experience it is indescribable.   The gut-wrenching, raw emotion of the experience is not anything an individual can prepare themselves for. The sound of “Amazing Grace” as you walk behind the casket, the sound of the 21 gun salute, the playing of “Taps” and the presentation of the flag at his graveside cannot be described because there are no words that can ever appropriately describe any of those moments.   Looking up and seeing the Patriot Guard Riders lining the street to the church and the cemetery is breath-taking. However, in the end, the family goes home to live with the grief and loss for the rest of their lives.
 
Christopher loved his life.   He loved being a Marine and he loved this wonderful country. He lit up a room when he walked into it.   His laugh was infectious. Instead of watching football today, we decorated his Memorial Tree with orange lights and pumpkins for Halloween, which will be replaced by red, white and blue lights at Christmas time.   We no longer watch the NFL. They’re not worth our time.
 
I ask all of you taking a knee: Do ALL black lives matter or just some? Because if they do, why do you only protest the black lives lost as a result of police action?   Michael Brown was a thug.   Trayvon Martin was a thug. Anthony Lamar Smith was a heroin dealer.   How many lives he destroyed in the black community will forever be unknown.   Did any of you show up at the trial of MS-13 gang members who killed three innocent black teenagers and seriously wounded a fourth in a school yard in Newark in 2007 to comfort the families or any of the other trials of defendants who killed innocent children?    Did you ever show up at any of the marches against violence by preachers and parents who have lost children that are held in the inner cities around this country?
 
Do you care about the 506 people who have been killed in Chicago this year alone, and the 751 killed last year?   Did the Chicago Bears go out en masse to support those families?   Have any of you taken the millions of dollars you make playing a game and establish scholarships to private schools for inner city youth who are desperate for a way out of their current circumstances with a mother or father working several part-time jobs because their one full-time job was eliminated by Obamacare requirements?   Have any of you engaged in anti-gang violence programs in the inner cities you live closest to?   Gangs claim more black lives than police ever could or will.
 
Did any of you take a knee when your fellow NFL player Aaron Hernandez lured a young black man to a desolate place before he executed him because he didn’t trust him?   If you did, I must have missed it.   Did that black life not matter because he was taken by one of your own?   What about his other victims?   Did their lives not matter either?
 
What about Cpl. Montrell Jackson assassinated in Baton Rouge?   Did his black life not matter?   What about his infant son who will grow up without his father because of the actions of followers of BLM?   What about the five Dallas Police Officers killed by a sniper?   Did they deserve to die because they were protecting the BLM marchers rallying against them?   Did Officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu deserve to be ambushed in N.Y. after BLM marched in the street chanting, “What do we want?   Dead cops! When do we want it?   Now!” Oh, I’m sorry.   I forgot. I guess “blue” lives don’t matter to members of the NFL, except to their credit, the Dallas Cowboys.
 
I will not begin to presume how Christopher would feel about what the NFL is doing now by disrespecting the national anthem and the country for which he sacrificed his life.   I can only share how I feel.
 
I’ve watched 8-year-old children emulating you as they took a knee as the national anthem played.   Do you know that the tradition of playing the national anthem began in 1862, during the Civil War?   Do those 8-year-olds know that the man they are disrespecting our flag and country for was a heroin dealer who fled the police in a high-speed chase?   Whether you believe there was a gun or not, a gun was recovered in the vehicle.   Do they know that, or are you teaching them that all cops lie?   Did his coach portray him to them as an innocent black man randomly shot by the police or was he honest with them?   What do you think?
 
I know what Christopher’s death did to our family.   I know what the families of all those innocent children in Chicago and around the country are going through, because we have been there.   I know what it is to wake up every day having lost a part of your family and knowing that your life will never, ever be the same.
 
So while you are busy taking a knee, ask yourselves: Do all Black Lives Matter?   Or only the black lives killed by police officers trying to protect the very same community from the crime that surrounds them, frequently committed by the very individuals who are killed by the police?
 
Here’s my suggestion for all of you.   You should be on your knees thanking God for giving you the talent to play a game millions of young men would give their right arm to be talented enough to play at the professional level.   Thank God for the ability to make more money in a single game than many of those police officers protecting you and your communities will make in a lifetime.   Thank God for having been blessed to have been born in a country that gives you that opportunity for the sole reason that you are a gifted athlete.   Most of all, thank God for men like my stepson who fought in 120 degree heat in full military gear and died to defend your ability to live freely in this country.   Get off your damn knees.   Stand for the American flag and national anthem that represents the country and those who have died defending her to give you this opportunity, and DO something to prove that black lives actually DO matter to you.   Put your money where your knee is.
 
Get engaged in the inner-city communities around you.   Act as a role model and mentor to these kids.   Set up your own scholarship funds at decent schools.   Take a ride-along with those officers you are protesting and see what they face every day as they do their best to protect ALL lives. Take a “Shoot, don’t shoot” class and see how difficult it is for officers to make that split-second decision, knowing that if they are wrong they will either die or go to jail.   Meet with the families of children killed in random drive-by shootings and support them instead of those committing the crimes.   Get to know some police officers and actually talk with them and, more importantly, listen to what they have to say.   Support anti-gang initiatives.
 
As for me, once an avid football fan on every level, I haven’t watched you play since Kaepernick started this protest last year.   I’ll watch college games, which are more fun anyway.   If college students start participating in these protests, I can easily live without football.   Your privileged, self-important, hypocritical attitudes disgust me and millions of other patriotic Americans. I owe it to Christopher and every other fallen soldier and veteran to stand up against your blatant disrespect of our country, our flag, our anthem, our military and our police officers.
 
Good riddance.
 
Eileen Cosgrove, of New Providence, N.J., is a retired attorney and author of “The Fighting Hawks at D-Day” and “The Fighting Hawks at Pearl Harbor,” a time-travel adventure series for children 8 and up, so they can learn and understand the sacrifices made by our military over the years.

Senior citizens are constantly being criticized for every conceivable deficiency of the modern world, real or imaginary. We know we take responsibility for all we have done and do not try to blame others.

HOWEVER, upon reflection, we would like to point out that it was NOT senior citizens who took:
The melody out of music,
The pride out of appearance,
The courtesy out of driving,
The romance out of love,
The commitment out of marriage,
The responsibility out of parenthood
The togetherness out of the family,
The learning out of education,
The service out of patriotism,
The Golden Rulefrom rulers,
The nativity scene out of cities,
The civility out of behavior,
The refinement out of language,
The dedication out of employment,
The prudence out of spending,
The ambition out of achievement or
God out of government and school.
And we certainly are NOT the ones who
eliminated patience and tolerance from
personal relationships and interactions with
others!
And, we DO understand the meaning of patriotism, and remember those who have fought and died for our country.
Just look at the Seniors with tears in their eyes and pride in their hearts, as they stand at attention with their hand over their hearts, as the American Flag passes by in a parade!
YES, I'M A SENIOR CITIZEN!
I'm the life of the party.....Even if it lasts until 8 p.m. I'm very good at opening childproof caps.....
With a hammer.
I'm awake many hours before
my body allows me to get up.
I'm smiling all the time,
because I can't hear a thing you're saying.
I'm sure everything I can't find is
in a safe secure place, somewhere.
I'm wrinkled, saggy, lumpy,
and that's just my left leg.
I'm beginning to realize that aging is not for wimps.
Yes, I'm a SENIOR CITIZEN and I think I am having the time of my life! Now if I could only remember who sent this to me, I wouldn't send it back to them.
Or, maybe I should send it to all my friends anyway.
They won't remember, even if they did send it.
Spread the laughter Share the cheer. Let's be happy while we're here.

MAY GOD BLESS AMERICA AND MAY AMERICA
CONTINUE TO THANK GOD!!
Go Green - Recycle Congress!!!!

By Jeff Foxworthy:
 
If plastic water bottles are okay, but plastic bags are banned, — you might live in a nation (state) that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
 
WE DO LIVE IN SUCH A DUMB COUNTRY!!
 If you can get arrested for hunting or fishing without a license, but not for entering and remaining in the country illegally — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
 
If you have to get your parents' permission to go on a field trip or to take an aspirin in school, but not to get an abortion — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
 
If you MUST show your identification to board an airplane, cash a check, buy liquor, or check out a library book and rent a video, but not to vote for who runs the government — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
 
If the government wants to prevent stable, law-abiding citizens from owning gun magazines that hold more than ten rounds, but gives twenty F-16 fighter jets to the crazy new leaders in Egypt — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
 
If, in the nation's largest city, you can buy two 16-ounce sodas, but not one 24-ounce soda, because 24-ounces of a sugary drink might make you fat — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
 
If an 80-year-old woman who is confined to a wheelchair or a three-year-old girl can be strip-searched by the TSA at the airport, but a woman in a burka or a hijab is only subject to having her neck and head searched — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
 
If your government believes that the best way to eradicate trillions of dollars of debt is to spend trillions more — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
 
If a seven-year-old boy can be thrown out of school for saying his teacher is "cute" but hosting a sexual exploration or diversity class in grade school is perfectly acceptable — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
 
If hard work and success are met with higher taxes and more government regulation and intrusion while not working is rewarded with Food Stamps, WIC checks, Medicaid benefits, subsidized housing, and free cell phones — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
 
If you pay your mortgage faithfully, denying yourself the newest big-screen TV, while your neighbor buys iPhones, time shares, a wall-sized do-it-all plasma screen TV and new cars, and the government forgives his debt when he defaults on his mortgage — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
 
If being stripped of your Constitutional right to defend yourself makes you more "safe" according to the government — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
 
THINK BEFORE YOU VOTE IN ALL UPCOMING ELECTIONS. MOST OF THE IDIOTS RUNNING THIS COUNTRY SAY ONE THING AND DO THE OPPOSITE KNOWING THAT THE PEOPLE WHO VOTED THEM IN DO NOT PAY ATTENTION
 
LET'S SEE IF I GOT THIS RIGHT!
 
 IF YOU CROSS THE NORTH KOREAN BORDER
 ILLEGALLY YOU GET 12 YEARS HARD LABOR.  
 
IF YOU CROSS THE IRANIAN BORDER
ILLEGALLY YOU ARE DETAINED INDEFINITELY.
 
  IF YOU CROSS THE AFGHAN BORDER
ILLEGALLY, YOU GET SHOT.
 
IF YOU CROSS THE SAUDI ARABIAN BORDER
ILLEGALLY YOU WILL BE JAILED.
 
 IF YOU CROSS THE CHINESE BORDER
ILLEGALLY YOU MAY NEVER BE HEARD FROM AGAIN.
 
IF YOU CROSS THE VENEZUELAN BORDER
ILLEGALLY YOU WILL BE BRANDED A SPY AND YOUR FATE WILL BE SEALED.
 
  IF YOU CROSS THE CUBAN BORDER ILLEGALLY
YOU WILL BE THROWN INTO POLITICAL PRISON TO ROT.
 
IF YOU CROSS THE CANADIAN or AMERICAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU GET…
 
SOCIAL INSURANCE CARD, WELFARE,
SUBSIDIZED RENT,
FREE EDUCATION, FREE HEALTH CARE,
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS PRINTED IN YOUR LANGUAGE
THE RIGHT TO CARRY YOUR COUNTRY'S FLAG WHILE YOU
PROTEST THAT YOU DON'T GET ENOUGH RESPECT
 
IT'S TIME TO WAKE UP AMERICA / CANADA!

The other day I saw an amazing football game:
 
1) The player's hair fit under their helmets.
2) No tattoos could be seen.
3) There were no outlandish end zone celebrations.
4) There was no taunting.
5) Opposition players helped each other up after a play.
6) Footballs were not spiked or left for the referee to retrieve; they were handed to the referee.
7) No one took a knee on the sidelines.
9) Players stood at attention during the playing of the national anthem.
10) It's great to watch an Army Navy game.

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