August 20, 2010 Briefs

MESSAGE FROM MCRC CHAIRMAN ROB HANEY: If you have not mailed in your Early Ballot, take it to the polling place Tuesday, Aug. 24. DON'T MAIL IT NOW. If you cannot personally take it to the poll, give it to a friend. DO NOT give it to a poll worker. Put it in the Early Ballot Box yourself. You do not have to wait on line, go right in to the Poll.
 
GOP HQ NEEDS VOLUNTEERS ON AUG. 23: Help with last minute stuff for party. 10 am-12pm,1-3pm & 4-5pm . Contact Carolyn Leff cleff@azgop.org or 602-957-7770. Arizona Republican Party, 3501 North 24th St., Phx.
 
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED AT SUN CITY WEST GOP OFFICE– Volunteers are needed to man the phone banks at the Maricopa County Republican - Sun City office. The phones are automated and easy to use.  Call 623-977-4532 to volunteer. Or come in anytime. Hours will be determined based on your interest and food and beverage will be provided.
 
DRIVERS NEEDED TO TAKE VOTERS TO THE POLLS ON PRIMARY ELECTION DAY – Tuesday, August 24.  If you are interested in driving, please call the MCRC office at 623-977-4532. 
 
Arizona furlough program closes state offices today   http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/08/19/20100819B1-talker0819.html
Fight is on over another Arizona immigration law: State banishes teaching school students 'overthrow of United States government'   By Bob Unruh   http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=192765
Napolitano: Government pro-active on border security: Homeland Security chief says government is being pro-active http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/08/20/20100820napolitano0820.html#ixzz0xBg742WL
 
Ousted lawmakers seek return to office: It’s tough to find a politician as brazen as Doug Quelland.    http://azcapitoltimes.com/
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sheriff tells US to move detainees: Rips federal agency for ‘lack of respect’; wants immigrants out in 60 days   http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/08/20/sheriff_tells_us_to_move_detainees/
 
Mosque near Ground Zero divides 9/11 relatives   http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/08/20/20100820ground-zero-mosque-families.html
America the 'Expendable'? Sylvester Stallone responds to allegations his hit movie has a patriotic agenda  
 
Memo to Dems  By Rich Galen    Memorandum to Democrat Candidates for House and Senate, From the White House Political Office (the Martha's Vineyard White House), Re: This Whining Has Got to Stop. We at the White House are getting just a little tired of hearing from Democrat candidates across the country about the so-called "problems" that President Obama and our administration are causing for you and your campaigns.   http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/71352
 
M3 Report - Situation In Monterrey Seen As Defining Moment In Mexico’s Struggle Against Organized Crime  (National Association Of Former Border Patrol Officers)
 
http://www.nafbpo.org    Foreign News Report
 
US opposes Seoul’s bid to sell old rifles      Collector items - A total of 86,000 M1 rifles and another 22,000 carbines were to be sold, as the weapons have been mothballed for about five decades in military warehouses. The per-unit price of the M1 rifle is about $220 and the carbine is more than $140, according to the ministry.   M1s were made first in 1926 and used in World War II and the 1954-1975 Vietnam War. The carbines were first produced in 1941 and used during the 1950-1953 Korean War. http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2010/08/205_71329.html
 
Stimulus Cash Helping Cities Spy on Residents? Michelle Malkin on new 'green police' program in Ohio that allows officials to monitor recycling
 
 
Congressional Favorability Ratings: Reid Now Nearly Tied With Pelosi In Terms of Unfavorability   http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/mood_of_america/congressional_favorability_ratings
Obama’s `extremist’ ‘enemies showing patience, not panic: Obama has become the leading player in the Cult of Destruction of the United States of America   http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/26775
Bush was Right about Iraq! He was right to invade Iraq and remove a psychopathic dictator from control of that nation    By Alan Caruba    http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/26776
First They Came for the Terrorists:   Resisting the Ground Zero Mosque   By Daniel Greenfield   http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/26732
Moral Myopia at Ground Zero:  Supporters of the mosque fail to see its true significance.   http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/244269/moral-myopia-ground-zero-charles-krauthammer
Woman Files Complaint Against Disney Over Right to Wear Hijab http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/08/20/muslim-woman-files-complaint-disney-right-wear-hijab/
 
Congressman accused of dissing 1st Amendment: Perriello's sign ban challenged as unconstitutional   By Bob Unruh   http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=192817
 
Congressman restores speech rights at town hall meetings: Ban on signs challenged as violation of 1st Amendment   http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=193357
 
 
And Now: The Stealth Obama Ocean Grab    by  Michelle Malkin    http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=38642
 
 
Poll: Nearly 6 In 10 Oppose Afghan War   A majority of Americans see no end in sight in Afghanistan, and nearly six in 10 oppose the nine-year-old war as President Barack Obama sends tens of thousands more troops to the fight, according to a new poll.
 
Opposition to Afghanistan conflict not just a liberal issue anymore   http://thehill.com/homenews/news/115111-opposition-to-afghan-conflict-no-longer-just-a-liberal-issue
 
Sen. Kerry: 'Very active' efforts under way to reach settlement with Taliban   http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/115239-kerry-very-active-efforts-to-reach-settlement-with-taliban
 
 
A new poll out Thursday from the Pew Research Center shows nearly one in five Americans believe President Barack Obama is a Muslim.    http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=38633
 
Obama officials' ties to Ground Zero imam: Adviser discussed with Rauf U.S. as 'ideal place for renewal of Islam'   http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=192989
 
How many names does the president have? White House passport image raises further questions   By Jerome R. Corsi  http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=192917
 
Pat Condell on Ground Zero mosque: "Is it possible to be astonished, but not surprised?"   http://www.jihadwatch.org/2010/06/pat-condell-on-ground-zero-mosque-is-it-possible-to-be-astonished-but-not-surprised.html
 
Associated Press: Don't call it 'Ground Zero mosque' - 'Useful ... to note that Muslim prayer services have been held since 2009 in the building'   http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=193637
 
 
9/11 mosque website gets 'Abu-scrubbed': Muslim initiative removes photos, key information   By Aaron Klein   http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=192769
Arab TV chief: 9/11 mosque would be 'monument' to terror: Says world's Muslims don't want to give hijackers 'source of pride'   By Drew Zahn   http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=192585
 
 
 
 
 
'Cloud of suspicion' over Lockerbie bomber release   A group of US senators says a "cloud of suspicion" still hangs over the release a year ago of the man responsible for the 1988 Lockerbie bombing. Senator Robert Menendez called on Britain and Scotland to answer a number of "outstanding questions" over the case of Abdelbasset Ali al-Megrahi.   http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11041526
 
France expels Gypsies to Romania for second day   By Catherine Gaschka (AP) – PARIS — About 100 Gypsies, or Roma, were put on a charter flight headed to their native Romania on Friday, the second day in a row that France has expelled Roma in a much criticized government crackdown.   http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gv2_xRO_mIx6Y6d8yIXX2dBc9QJwD9HN9IV01
Ann Coulter slams Farah as 'swine,' 'publicity whore': WND's dropping of pundit from Miami event ignites intense backlash   http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=192885
 
I guess I hit a nerve   by Joseph Farah   http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=193297
Report Obama 'propaganda' on trains, planes, highways: Congressman urges citizens to send in photographic evidence of 'stimulus' signs   By Jerome R. Corsi   http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=193517
Stimulus? $1 million to streak nude in front of Obama: Billionaire: 'He just happens to be the wrong president at the wrong time'   By Joe Kovacs   http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=192821
 
Is Obama Leading Us into Civil War? by Roger Fredinburg   If I told you I was getting so angry at all the stupid stuff going on around me, in fact so mad that I wanted to rip peoples heads off, squeeze the last breath out of their dying carcass, tear off their limbs and feed them to my dogs, many of you would relate to the emotional tug and applaud my desire to slap the morons silly. Regardless of your position in the Left-Right paradigm, both sides of the great American debate are.........
http://www.newswithviews.com/fredinburg/fredinburg128.htm

Conservatives Must Lead Not Mimic   by Laurie Roth    We must court and pull in ALL the right leaders, county after county, state after state and at the federal level. It will take us in some cases running for all kinds of offices, researching the issues of real concern in our areas and getting behind the real, principled, fighters. We have seen nothing but political compromises everywhere and that has been almost the death knell of the conservative party as they struggle to be the........
http://www.newswithviews.com/Roth/laurie228.htm

Despite Record Spending, Congress Failed to Fund Detention Space to Hold Captured Illegals From Terror-Sponsoring Countries   (CNSNews.com) - Even as Congress increased overall federal spending in fiscal 2010, it appropriated only enough funds for the Homeland Security Department to provide a fraction of the additional 40,000 detention spaces for illegal aliens that had been authorized by a 2004 immigration law. Because it lacked adequate detention space, DHS says it was forced over the last three years to release hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens who were being processed for deportation.

DOT Asked Contractors to Post Signs 'Solely Used to Publicize' Obama's Stimulus Law, IG Report Says (CNSNews.com) – The Transportation Department imposed strict guidelines for the placement, size, and visibility of signs promoting the $862-billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (stimulus law), according to a review by DOT’s inspector general released on Thursday. The IG review came in response to questions by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) about the cost and propaganda aims of the Recovery Act signs.

Despite Record Spending, Congress Failed to Fund Detention Space to Hold Captured Illegals From Terror-Sponsoring Countries (CNSNews.com) - Even as Congress increased overall federal spending in fiscal 2010, it appropriated only enough funds for the Homeland Security Department to provide a fraction of the additional 40,000 detention spaces for illegal aliens that had been authorized by a 2004 immigration law. Because it lacked adequate detention space, DHS says it was forced over the last three years to release hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens who were being processed for deportation.

DOT Asked Contractors to Post Signs 'Solely Used to Publicize' Obama's Stimulus Law, IG Report Says (CNSNews.com)

 – The Transportation Department imposed strict guidelines for the placement, size, and visibility of signs promoting the $862-billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (stimulus law), according to a review by DOT’s inspector general released on Thursday. The IG review came in response to questions by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) about the cost and propaganda aims of the Recovery Act signs.

Congressmen Urge State Department to Return Vietnam to List of Human Rights Violators (CNSNews.com) - “I fear that when the U.S. granted Vietnam normal trade relations in 2001, we lost crucial leverage that puts pressure on the Vietnamese government to improve a very poor record on human rights,” Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.) said at a congressional hearing on Wednesday. “Over the last year, we’ve seen Vietnam’s record on human rights and religious freedom take a turn for the worse.” 

Hillary Clinton Downplays Concerns About Militants Exploiting Pakistan Emergency (CNSNews.com) – Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday played down concerns that militants could take advantage of the floods in Pakistan to extend their influence, although that is exactly what some analysts say happened after the last big natural disaster in the region. Clinton implied that the concerns were being raised as part of politically motivated criticism of the Pakistani government.

Congressional Budget Office Predicts 2010 Deficit Second Largest Since WWII (CNSNews.com) – The Congressional Budget Office, in its mid-year budget update, has projected that the 2010 budget deficit ($1.3 trillion) will be the second highest on record since the end of World War II, eclipsed only by the deficit of 2009 ($1.4 trillion). All told, CBO projects that the government will run up a total of $6.2 trillion in new deficits between 2011 and 2020.

Struggling Workers Increasingly Tapping 401(k) Accounts for Needed Cash   http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/71369