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Ernest Istook
Ernest knows the tricks and gimmicks used by politicians and governments. They can't fool him, so they can't fool you either when you listen to Ernest. He's in recovery from 14 years as a U.S. Congressman, part of his 25 years in public office.
Big Brother is everywhere, and now federal databases could cost seniors their guns. And that's just one of the problems from Big Brother's Big Data. Behind the scenes, the Social Security Administration is preparing to add millions of seniors to the FBI's list of people disqualified from owning a gun. These are seniors who have relatives handle their benefits and finances for them. The reports the White House claims the mental competency of such people is questionable, making them a potential threat to others. Obama will grab any excuse to ignore the Second Amendment and establish gun control Like the Social Security list, Obama uses other gigantic federal databases to snoop on our personal finances, and to micro-manage where we live. Bureaucrats will insist on re-zoning and other local changes wherever there is a mostly-minority population. But housing usually reflects income, not prejudice. And wanting help with your finances does not mean you are mentally unstable. But Big Brother is everywhere, and Obama wants him to control our lives.
Political correctness has become a threat to national defense. The Pentagon's leaders, hand-picked by President Obama, are reversing the long-time rule that transgenders have mental issues and cannot serve. The official and stupid explanation is that ending this debate will free commanders from distractions. This is actually the start of endless new distractions; it was the former policy that avoided those. Start with uniforms: If a man thinks he's Caitlyn Jenner, does he dress like G.I. Joe or G.I. Jane? Fitness tests are gender-normed so women need not run as far or as fast, or do as many pushups. But what are the fitness numbers for a male body that calls itself Sheila? What becomes of common showers and bunking arrangements? Now hear this: They plan for military medicine to cover hormone treatment and sex-reassignment surgery. That guarantees a lot of wannabe-whatevers will want to enlist to get an extreme makeover at taxpayer expense. This is not avoiding distractions. This is creating a ton of new distractions that will weaken our armed forces.
Even when you're innocent, government can find you guilty. By 5-4, the Supreme Court says you can be punished for civil rights violations, even when you never intended to discriminate illegally. They don't want equal opportunity; they want equal results. How? They call it disparate impact. You can be perfectly fair and neutral, but if a minority claims they did not get a fair share of jobs, raises, housing, or loans, then the reasons why don't matter. You can base decisions purely on poor education, lousy credit, bad job performance, even a criminal record, but it doesn't matter. Unless your results show the approved ratios, you must pay. You also can be punished in advance if a statistician or some expert predicts unequal results will eventually occur. The mortgage meltdown that collapsed our economy occurred because lenders were required to make bad loans. With disparate impact, the Supreme Court may make another meltdown happen.
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If you like your religion, can you keep it? President Obama said in 2008 that too many Americans cling bitterly to their guns and their religion. He recently repeated his calls for gun control. Now Obama seems to want people to give up their faith as well. At least the part that conflicts with his politics. The President made the remarks shortly after the Supreme Court proclaimed a new Constitutional right to same-sex marriage. The document has no clear language that says so, unless it's written in invisible ink, like something out of a National Treasure movie. Obama noted how religious people often oppose gay marriage. Then he called for activists to “help them,” presumably help to overcome our faith. Obama once wooed the faithful by saying he believed in one-man, one-woman marriage. Now he brags like he supported same-sex marriage all along. Maybe, just maybe, he lied to get elected. Find more insights online at Former Congressman Ernest Istook is president of .
We lose the democratic process when courts make our biggest decisions for us. Our Constitution provides clear limits on the powers of government. Instead, the Supreme Court uses the Constitution to reduce our ability to make our own decisions through elections. By ignoring public votes and duly-enacted laws, the Supreme Court has given America a new definition of marriage that ignores biology and contradicts the natural marriage of a man and a woman. We are told that centuries-old standards must fall if someone complains that their dignity is at stake. It's the same word games as when Bruce Jenner claims to be Caitlin Jenner because he 'feels' like a woman. We have to wonder what a woman is, if biology means nothing. Now it's the same for marriage. But this new 'tolerance' does not permit dissent. They're already cracking down on anyone, including churches, that fails to celebrate same-sex marriage. Find more insights online at Former Congressman Ernest Istook is president of . .
Once it was Army uniforms that were green. Now it's the whole Pentagon. Global warming is a major national security issue, according to President Obama and his hand-picked general who now run the Pentagon. We still have no strategy to deal with the threats from the Islamic State, but our troops now have a Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap. Over 7,000 bases are under orders to factor-in global warming in all that they do. Evidently the climate impact must be considered before America's troops can even twitch a muscle. , but . Military budgets suffer, but the Navy converts its ships to more-expensive and inefficient green fuels. The same thing for naval aviation. As commander-in-chief, Barack Obama is transforming our troops from war fighters into guardians of the green. Find more insights online at
Tragedies grow worse when politicians pile on. The minister was one of nine killed at a black church in South Carolina. The horrid murders clearly involved a sick person filled with racial hatred. But before funerals could be planned, politicians jumped to urge gun control on all 320-million Americans. Others claimed it proves that most white people are racists. This was a racial attack, but those are less common than activists claim. Cries of hate crime or hate speech are thrown around loosely. Blacks and other minorities commit race-based crimes, also; it's not just whites. More laws will not cure mental illness. False claims that most of us are closet racists will not bring us together. Yes, firearms are used in killings, A wicked act by a racist is not good reason to remove the rights from millions. Find more insights online at
Artificial trans fats are being banned. Trans fat occurs naturally in milk products and in meats like beef. Those are not restricted by the FDA's new ban. Only the “artificial” trans fat is banned. But the grocers and restaurants began phasing those out years ago. What will replace it, and how will it taste? The substitute could be something that itself gets banned years from now. After all, trans fats came in vogue after the feds banned some saturated fats 30 years ago. A better question is the FDA's proper role. Transfat may not be healthy but it's not poison. The Food and Drug Administration is supposed to decide whether things are safe, not whether they're healthy. So watch out, next they'll restrict sugar, salt, and caffeine. If they can tell us what we cannot eat, then they can tell us what we must eat. So bring on the broccoli. Find more insights online at . Former Congressman Istook is president of .
Headlines show that law and order could be collapsing: Murders and shootings are up in big cities where police pulled back after accusations of racist law enforcement. Homicides are up 20 percent in New York City. Shootings have doubled in Baltimore. Shouldn't civil rights protesters aim some of their anger at the thugs who violate the rights of their victims? Since 2010, 121 murders nationwide have been committed by illegal aliens set free instead of detained pending deportation. Didn't President Obama say immigration resources would be focused on dangerous people? Instead, his officials are skipping several steps on checking whether someone is dangerous or not. And Obama's amnesty for illegal aliens extends to the employers who hire them. Enforcement is down to near nothing of the law against employing illegal aliens. When you stop enforcing one law, people figure they don't have to obey the other laws either. Find more insights online at
Political correctness is at new levels of absurdity A man has surgery to look like a woman. He competed in the Olympics. He fathered children. He forever has male DNA. Yet we're told it's shameful unless we call him a her. A white woman leads a chapter of the NAACP. She was born Caucasian. She attended a black university--but sued them claiming mistreatment because she wasn't black. But now she says she's black. So does her opinion about herself override the facts? Are imaginary friends real, because somebody believes in them? Or fairies, like Tinker Belle in Peter Pan? America is now a land of make-believe. TV shows that are taped in exotic locations, with situations created by producers, and edited heavily before airing—are called reality TV. Thinking or desiring something does not make it real. It's time for America to wake up and realize that. You'll find more insights online at
'Tis the season for Washington, DC, to roll out the gimmicks. News stories might make you yawn, saying the House or the Senate just approved a bill to spend umpteen billions of dollars. Now's the time when Congress considers the appropriations bills. Is there any control on spending? No, not much. Most spending is on automatic pilot. Programs like Medicaid, Medicare, disability and Social Security are the biggest programs, and Congress doesn't even vote anymore on the amounts they get. When they do vote, you will hear claims that some program's spending is being cut—to some that's a brag and to others it's a tragedy. But usually, there isn't any real reduction. Washington has its own foreign language: Even if the amount spent on something is more than last year, so long as it's less than somebody hoped to spend, they label it a cut. Gimmicks. For more insights, just go online to
It's hard to get ahead when prices keep climbing. There's a link between rising prices and runaway regulations. Higher costs of doing business hurt the whole economy, and fewer jobs get created. But billions in red tape costs get tacked onto the prices that all us consumers must pay.
Most of that is higher energy costs and more expensive automobiles, appliances, and everything that the government says must be more energy-efficient. That means your toasters, washers, dryers, refrigerators, and everything else cost more. They also tend to wear out before any energy savings make up for the higher prices you paid. So ask yourself, have you gotten back your $11,000 that you pay due to new regulations? Or the thousands more you pay for the old regulations?
Say goodbye to your restroom privacy. Employers should let people use the restroom of their choice, according to new federal instructions. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration calls “guidance” rather than a legal requirement. They won't even admit that men and women are different. Instead, they write that our sex “assigned at birth” can be disregarded. We're told to be sensitive to the emotions of someone who feels trapped in the wrong body, so a male who considers himself female can use the women's bathrooms. The emotions of a transgender person are given more importance than everybody else's right to privacy. It's not just OSHA. The EEOC and some states are forcing schools to let people use whatever restroom they want. And the Obama Administration has decreed that sex change surgery will now be paid for by Medicare. This transgender stuff has gotten mighty messy.
Honey, they've shrunk the middle class. Upward mobility first requires gaining a middle class income, on your way to a higher standard of living.
What happened? Government. Low incomes were exempted from income taxes, then taxes hit hard when you approach middle class. Plus you lose the public assistance benefits awarded to lower incomes. Welfare reform? Abandoned. Also, runaway regulations raise prices, making it harder to make ends meet. Failure to enforce immigration laws increases the ratio of low incomes. First, millions of illegal immigrants arrive poor, although hopeful. Second, they drive down wages, so others find it more difficult to find work. Government encourages low incomes, but punishes efforts to become self-sufficient.
Lots of people getting Obamacare say they still cannot afford health care. A liberal group reports that one-fourth of people covered by Obamacare still avoid seeing a doctor or having tests done because they cannot afford the deductibles or co-pays. That shows how bureaucratic the law is, because even after raising insurance premiums it also raises other out-of-pocket costs. To the left, that's a reason to abolish co-pays. But look closer. Almost every political proposal does nothing about the real problem—that health care costs too much. Sending the bills to government does not make anything more affordable; it only shifts who pays, namely taxpayers. Health care and insurance cost so much because the government controls them with a mountain of red tape. That doesn't improve care; it just adds to the costs. Obamacare created thousands more pages of regulations; red tape makes things more expensive, not more affordable.
If you want to be called PeeWee, then smoking dope is for you. Another medical study confirms that marijuana stunts growth as well as causing brain damage in youth. Boys who smoke marijuana are 4 inches shorter by age 20 than their counterparts, on average. That can earn them nicknames like PeeWee or Runt. But the drug legalization crowd continues to pooh-pooh the medical studies. They ignore the report from the National Institute for Drug Abuse that youth who use weed end up with lower IQ's and less ability to think. It harms memory, ability to learn, and impulse control. So the stereotype of becoming a 'stoner' is based in fact, not fiction. But advocates for legalization are using children, claiming that sick kids need marijuana for medicinal purposes. That foot-in-the-door approach to full legalization puts kids at risk for brain damage and stunted growth.
Imagine arresting a student for supporting the Second Amendment. Students who don't toe the liberal line may face arrest like a West Virginia teenager suffered. A school secretary objected to his T-shirt bearing the logo of the National Rifle Association and told him to turn it inside out. Knowing his rights, the teenager said no. He was hauled to the principal's office and ultimately arrested. The charges got thrown out of court, but now the teen's family is suing the school and its officials for violating free speech rights and unlawful arrest. Sadly, schools promoting leftist agendas often try to suppress any other values. One catchall accusation is that other students feel uncomfortable or somehow it “disrupts” the educational environment. But the same could be said about left-wing ideas. True intellectual freedom allows opposing viewpoints. That standard should not be too hard to teach, and also to follow.
America's divides cannot heal when agitators invent new ways to act offended. At Harvard University, a soda machine made in Israel was removed from campus because Palestinian students claimed it was a microaggression against them. The University of Illinois reports that minorities sense microaggression just from being in a room full of white people. That's even when the white people aren't doing anything. The study says therefore all whites should take sensitivity training. Microaggression is the latest mumbo-jumbo term for being thin-skinned, for getting upset because you presume somebody will discriminate against you. The grievance industry makes its living by preventing harmony between races or nationalities. We get pushed to take make-believe offenses seriously. But when all of attention gets spent on made-up grievances, it makes it tougher to address the real ones when they happen. It's like the boy who cried wolf, except now he cries “Microaggression!”
According to Oklahoma Senator Jim Inhofe, President Obama's goal is to leave a legacy of ending America's use of fossil fuels. That includes coal, natural gas, and oil. Obama condemns anyone who disagrees that global warming is the biggest threat to mankind, above even terrorism. Obama's solution is spending billions of dollars in crony capitalism to reward his friends. The warnings don't match the facts, such as 18 years now of global cooling. Meantime, major oil and gas discoveries have created economic booms across the U.S. The push is on to export more and to lead the world in oil and gas production. We could reap the economic bonanza that boosted the MidEast for a generation. President Obama and his group want to deny us that prosperity. Do you believe Obama? If you like his global warming theories, you can keep them.
Many Americans who bought electric cars are now disenchanted. Billions of tax dollars were spent to induce you to buy an electric car, or at least a hybrid. That includes a $7,500 per car federal incentive, plus state subsidies. Despite the government checks, these remain expensive vehicles. Buyers soon learn that electric cars have limited range because big batteries are super-heavy and a charge won't take you very far. Performance also lags as other cars accelerate past you. Fuel savings? With high gasoline prices it took five years to make up for the costlier sticker price of the car. With gas prices down, now it takes ten years—longer than most people keep a car. No, you do NOT recover the higher purchase price by saving on gasoline.
President Obama promised one million electric vehicles would be on our roads by now. Despite the billions spent, we're still 800-thousand cars short. When Americans choose for themselves, they are not choosing the electric cars. Maybe someday those vehicles will improve, but that time is still many years away.
Guess who's lying about their finances—it's the IRS. The Internal Revenue Service told Congress millions of taxpayer inquiries are ignored because Congress doesn't give the IRS enough money to function.
The IRS deliberately makes taxpayers its lowest priority. Congress gave the agency the same money this year as last year. But the IRS diverted $134-million away from customer service, reducing its customer service budget by 76 percent. Instead, the IRS commissioner gave out more bonuses to workers. He allowed them to spend 500,000 hours doing labor union business instead of IRS business. And the IRS spent over $1.2-billion to implement Obamacare rather than answering phone calls and other requests from taxpayers. It's not that the bureaucrats don't have enough money to do their jobs. It's just that they choose other priorities instead of taking care of the little people—to them, that's what the taxpayers are.
President Obama claims there's an agreement to prevent Iran from getting nuclear weapons. To reach a deal, Obama already:
, Restored $13-billion in assets to Iran, and Evidently agrees to end all trade sanctions on Iran up front, supposedly because they will allow inspections of their nuclear program.
I quote Obama: Now I quote the #2 man in Iran's army:
That sounds like zero agreement exists. Some people have imaginary friends. President Obama seems to have an imaginary agreement.
Is there something wrong with being a taxpayer? A left-wing writer wants to ban the word “taxpayer.” She claims the term benefits conservatives and threatens equality under law, by implying that those who pay for government deserve better treatment than those who do not. Remember that half of America's adults pay zero federal income tax. The word taxpayer is a threat to the system of getting elected by giving government benefits to a majority, sending the tax bills to the smaller group that got outvoted, then borrowing the rest and never worrying about who will pay it back. Words matter in politics. Political correctness confuses us, making things deliberately unclear. Illegal immigrant means more than an undocumented person. Amnesty is more than prosecutorial discretion. The term taxpayer is valuable because it says than somebody has accepted responsibility. If we give up on that word, we're saying that being responsible is no longer important. Listen below.
The White House is claiming that Iran is no longer a threat to world peace. For decades, Iran has been a rogue nation, sponsoring global terrorism and devoted to destroying Israel. President Obama wants us to believe Iran can now be trusted. He's ready to let Iran keep the capability to make weapons-grade uranium within 2 to 3 months. Obama would remove sanctions from Iran, and he's already freed up billions of dollars for them. Iran has been officially listed as state sponsors of terrorism for 30 years, but Obama is taking them off the list. Obama-appointees tell Congress that Iran can be trusted to honor a deal because . . . otherwise they would be breaking the law. How naïve. Obama thinks that appeasement will bring world peace. He wants a special place in world history. Obama just might succeed, going down as a modern-day Neville Chamberlain.
Net neutrality is a phony term meaning government control. Big government wants to run everything. With President Obama pulling the strings, the Federal Communications Commission is issuing rules and regulations to take over the Internet. In the name of fairness, the ability to buy faster access will end. It's like re-distribution of wealth; every user must be treated equally. That means equally slow Internet speeds. A huge bandwidth user like Netflix needs fast speed and providers need Netflix' business. So they negotiate a price. But now government will dictate prices instead. It will be like the era when government set the passenger fares for all airlines. There was no competition to provide lower airfares, so most flyers were rich people. Only the end of regulation made air travel common among all Americans. Regulating the Internet is not about consumers. It's not neutrality; it's about government control. We should call it 'net nonsense.' Find more insights online at
President Obama says he will push his agenda harder than ever. Saying he will “squeeze every last little bit of change” into his final two years in office, Obama bragged to fellow Democrats that his actions will set the course for America for the next ten years. Obama says his opponents are cynics—that he represents hope and they represent fear. But the hope for millions is that Obama is wrong about that, and won't actually trap our future for the next ten years. Listen below for more. It takes but a single minute:
ISIS has recruited and trained Americans to be terrorists—even to launch attacks within the USA. Despite the ridicule heaped upon those reports by our national media, the FBI confirms it is a fact. The FBI just testified to Congress to describe this threat. Over 3,000 ISIS fighters are from Western nations, including the USA. And we are not tracking them as they fly back here to America. This is a real danger. And it's scary. It would have helped if the media had helped spread the warning instead of ridiculing the very idea. But they didn't think it politically correct to criticize Muslim fanatics.
We have over 4-million federal employees and they're being asked to pitch their friends and family to enroll in Obamacare. Even solders have received official flyers to hand out and postcards to mail. The White House hopes this will add millions of people to those who depend on government--and taxpayer money--to provide their healthcare. Curiously, the federal workers are also being reassured that they are safe, because they are exempt from Obamacare, yet they're supposed to encourage you to sign up. We already spend almost $700-million a year to promote Obamacare, and now millions of workers are asked to spend their time promoting it also.
What's next? A hotline for tax cheats to complain about enforcing tax laws? One for pushers to complain about obeying drug laws? is more than catering to those who break immigration law. Obama is pressuring federal agents to abandon their sworn duty and to obey Presidential amnesty decrees in place of enforcing the law. His goal: That everyone is loyal to Obama and not to the Constitution.
Honesty is supposed to be the best policy—but it's a lost policy today. NBC anchorman Brian Williams is off the air because he told fibs once too often, but he's notour only dishonest public figure. Bernie Madoff stole billions. President Obama's health care lies were treated by media as nothing significant. Temperature readings are revised to support global warming theories. And government reports are designed to deceive. When might it stop? Only when the public rejects the lies and those who tell them.
The Gallup poll's CEO just accused politicians and the media of lying. Jim Clifton, Gallup's CEO for over 25 years, writes that politicians and news media are lying when they claim America's unemployment is only 5.6%. Among other problems, government statistics consider someone is employed if they work as little as one hour a week. And when frustrated job-seekers quit looking for work, it's treated as improving the unemployment rate. It's another example of how government reports are designed to mislead us rather than inform us. We're being manipulated. Listen for more:
We have too few things that Americans enjoy together. The Super Bowl is a too-rare occasion that unites us. On other days, we are overwhelmed by divisions.
Conservatives oppose liberals; even moderates get accused of not having enough principles. Racial divisions have gotten worse. Income inequality is a hot topic.
But when football fans take sides between the Seahawks and the Patriots, it's not a blood rivalry. The smack talk is in the spirit of competition, based on love of the game. Other nations go wild over soccer, which is great. But when our country focuses on the Super Bowl, for once it unites us all and makes us feel very American. We simply don't get enough of that.
Al Gore has a $90-trillion dream. He's involved with the , which wants every city in the world to be re-designed in a way that eliminates automobiles. Substitute public transit for roads. And move everybody into boxes in the cities so they (supposedly) won't need cars. The idea is actually being discussed at the world economic summit in Davos, Switzerland. Starting over is a $90-trillion expense. Minimum. But to meet that cost they would have to cram us all together like livestock, at the cost of our freedoms. Al Gore won't be happy until everybody else has to ride horses instead of cars. Except he'll want to keep his big limo.
President Obama promised that Obamacare “won't add a dime to the deficit?” It's not a dime; it's over a trillion dollars for just the first 10 years, reports the Congressional Budget Office. The costs will be double what Obama claimed. After offsetting the revenue from Obamacare taxes, it still leaves a deficit of $1.3-trillion purely due to Obamacare. So who could trust the things that Obama says today?
Talking about immigration and assimilation, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said that before being allowed into the USA, people should be told, “You can’t come here if you want to overthrow our culture.” He's right that the law of the land must govern, and you cannot bring in Sharia law to replace it.
Regulators say window blind cords strangle 11 children each year (1/10th of 1 percent of accidental child deaths), so a new regulation would require cordless window blinds. Bureacrats admit higher prices would result: It comes out to an extra $1-billion a year on sales of 150 units of blinds.
Are your principles for sale? If you would surrender your honesty, your virtue, or your morality if somebody wrote you a big enough check, then those are not your true values. President Obama is trying to outbid your conscience. He hopes to persuade middle-class Americans to support big government by offering them freebies. Obama believes those who oppose big government are willing to sell out if he just gives them a piece of the giveaway action.
New reports scream that 2014 was Earth's hottest year ever. The goal is to scare us into down-scaling our way of life and approving billions in giveaways to green energy. But I tell you there's been no global warming for 18 years. Here's the secret that reveals why you hear such opposite claims. LISTEN BELOW:
Many Democrats believe government exists to take from some and give to others. Their brand new plan says government should give money to every household that makes less than $200,000 a year. Basically, that's 99% of Americans. A tax on sales of stock and other Wall Street transactions supposedly would pay for it. This is saying that 99% of people will gang up and take money from the outnumbered 1%, with government as the enforcer.
All the push for gun control has backfired. . There's been a remarkable change among black Americans, with 54% of blacks saying guns help protect them from crime. Two years ago, it was only 29%. Events have reminded us that if someone breaks into your home, you have to defend yourself before the police can arrive.
The dream of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is being pushed backwards. Many voted for President Barack Obama believing it would be good to have our first black President. . Obama and buddy Al Sharpton say the problem is that racism is They make it sound like most Americans are racist when in fact very few are.
Egg prices are up by over 40%, because "regs hurt eggs." Your food budget is climbing due to new rights for chickens. California now requires that all eggs sold there must come from chickens that are given more living space. Not knowing where their eggs will be shipped, egg farms everywhere follow California's new regulation. This means doubling the size of cages where hens are kept.
Do you know that your governor is being bribed? And your mayor? State and local lawmakers constantly are "bribed" with federal money. Over 1,100 federal programs offer $640-billion a year if state and local officials will change their policies to run things the way that Washington wants them run.
An investment tip for 2015: Buy red tape. And companies that profit from it. There's explosive growth in government red tape. In 2014, almost 80,000 pages of new regulations were issued. In 2015, President Obama plans an equal number of additional rules and regulations. Companies that work for the bureaucracy are making a fortune. The top 25 federal contractors are being paid $175-billion a year.
Labor leaders begged Congress to allow cuts in retirement benefits for union-run pension funds with underfunding of 20 percent or more, which cover 10-million union members. So Congress and President Obama just changed the law. Some employers are also allowed to reduce pensions. But unions have lost their moral authority to complain that businesses are just greedy. Among unions, companies, and government, a lot of benefits have been promised to win people over—promises that are turning out to be unaffordable.
Police have become targets thanks to racial agitators who react with charges of racism rather than checking the facts when police shoot someone. A better use of the agitators' time would be helping to fix this: Young black men are 1% of the population but commit 27% of the murders. (FBI statistics)
After repealing their state law against marijuana, Colorado has decided they should study the impact. One of every eight people in Colorado now smoke marijuana. Yet studies clearly show it causes brain damage. For those in their teens and 20's, it lowers their IQ. For all ages, it impairs memory and the ability to think. The image of dazed laidback stoners is not a myth.
While Congress dithers, President Obama moves amnesty full speed ahead, hurrying to make it a done deal before legislation or the courts can stop him. Already 1,000 new workers are being hired to process millions of amnesty and work permit applications.
For 22 years Uncle Sam has paid tens of billions of dollars to subsidize giant windmills that generate some of America's most-expensive electric energy. Marita Noon tells Ernest why it's time to stop those "temporary" subsidies. She is executive director of Energy Makes America Great.
The President wants body cameras for local police. How about a body cam for Obama? He says body cams can help close the trust gap between police and communities of color. But that's tiny compared to the trust gap between Washington, DC, and the rest of the country. We need to look into the back rooms and compare it with their public statements. The body cams make that possible.
Our economic stimulus isn't coming from government—but from oil and gas. It's a true boost to our economy and to family budgets from lower oil prices, resulting in lower gasoline prices and lower prices on shipping goods and on travel. Each day consumers save $630-million on gasoline compared to six months ago. Over a year, that's $1,100 per household.
It guaranteed trouble when Congress only approved federal spending until December 11th. The most controversial expense at issue is the huge cost of President Obama's amnesty plan.
Obama and others are making racial tensions worse. Lip service against violence and rioting in Ferguson, Missouri, is undercut by words and acts and amplified by a media frenzy.
The police scanner traffic of the St. Louis County Police reveals the chaos of the Monday night rioting in Ferguson, Missouri. Listen to these excerpts.
Rioting in Ferguson should be blamed on pandering more than on racism. Sadly, President Obama gave only lip service to keeping protests peaceful. Instead, he said that the rioters' anger “was understandable.” He never pledged that the rioters, arsonists, shooters and looters would be punished and held accountable under the law.
Just like with Obamacare, the President is using propaganda to promote amnesty Obama has a Constitutional duty to assure that our laws are faithfully executed. That means amnesty is supposed to be judged case-by-case, not by rubber-stamping millions of applicants under his plan.
Uncle Sam needs to quit making bets on wind energy and, in the process, save us all about $10 billion a year. Let the industry rise, fall or spin its rotors based on its own merits, without the crony capitalism government giveaways. It will also save money for consumers. We pay three times because wind energy raises electricity rates, on top of what we pay in federal subsidies and state subsidies. Read more .
Forget amnesty, Obamacare and even terrorism. Our new crisis is that we're running out of chocolate. America has a dangerous dependence on foreign chocolate. Could government subsidies provide an alternative?
Incredibly, President Obama may benefit from race riots that may erupt in Ferguson, Missouri. They would distract media attention from Obama's impending grant of executive amnesty to millions of illegal aliens. Instead, Obama should vigorously use the federal Anti-Riot Act against agitators.
Taxpayer money was used to lie about Obamacare. Now it's being spent to lie about immigration. $2-million of public money was paid to MIT professor Jonathan Gruber, whose Obamacare deceptions are now exposed. Now we're paying for propaganda like President Obama's claim that amnesty will help the economy and boost jobs and his pretense that deportations are at record highs.
Amnesty by Presidential edict for millions of illegals would be impeachable and the worst-ever offense by any President. President Obama uses flimsy excuses. To set this up, he has created a web of lies, deceits, misinformation, and cover-ups. Worse than open borders; he has made ours into imaginary borders.
The Supreme Court has a second chance to end Obamacare. M-I-T's Jonathan Gruber designed Obamacare, charging taxpayers almost $400-thousand. Video shows Gruber admitting it was designed to deceive, “written in a tortured way” he says, to take advantage of “the stupidity of American voters.” Now the Supreme Court is hearing a direct challenge to the billions of dollars of subsidies being paid to buy Obamacare's expensive health care plans.
Totalitarians want to control the Internet. So does President Obama. He says “net neutrality” is to protect us from wicked corporations that are motivated by profit rather than by the good and perfect intentions of those who know best—namely Obama and his liberal buddies. Tyranny always starts with excuses for more government power. Remember, if they can control what you know, they can control what you think, and control what you do.
Michael Bloomberg's $50-million was wasted money. Gun control candidates fared poorly in elections. 63% of Americans now say their homes are safer when they have a firearm for self-defense. That's almost double the support from a few years ago.
Now Obama thinks he's Richard Nixon. Obama claims he can disregard the message from the elections because he still has a new Silent Majority backing him. He says he's listening to them.
Democrats whine the election was rigged because voter ID laws suppressed their supporters from voting.'' They claim the law that protects honest voting is a form of dishonesty. It makes it harder to steal an election. Even President Obama claims he's "listening" to the people who didn't vote. So he disregards the message of those who voted.
Democrats should keep Pelosi and Reid as their leaders in Congress. Why break up a losing team with them and Obama? They (sadly) represent what Democrats have come to stand for. Any replacements would be just as bad, but might deceive the public until people realized this.
Obama refused to learn from the elections.
Is he learning disabled? Deaf to any opinions but his own? So radical he ignores everyone's advice? Or all of the above?
Voters reject Obama's agenda and his allies. Now the GOP majority must be aggressive against Obama's abuses of power.
Gasoline prices plummet. US oil scarcity was a political myth told to give away money to alternatives.
With elections over, President Obama is ready to unleash a triple-punch to the gut of America, including: --Massive amnesty for illegal immigrants --Big new Obamacare rate increases plus cancellations of eixsting policies --Releasing thousands of drug dealers out of prison early and back on our streets
Transgender movement says reality doesn't count. Pick your own sex and society must go along.
Finally school boards are joining the call for Congress to change the new federal dictates on school lunches. They may not have heeded the school kids protesting about the new federal lunch restrictions championed by First Lady Michelle Obama. But they're responding to the finances: Fewer kids buy lunch at school, plus the mandated foods cost more. This will be a fight in the lame duck Congress and beyond.
To sell (or excuse) his amnesty agenda, President Obama is promoting falsified numbers, pretending that large numbers of illegal immigrants are being deported. They are not. The numbers are phony.
From Thursday, Sept 04: Jennifer Kabbany interview on same sex restrooms (TheCollegeFix)
From Thursday, Sept 04: Diana Furchtgott-Roth interview on campus rape survey and legislation
Taxpayers paid for this red tape! Agency takes 17 yrs to study how to label packages of breath mints, then issues 145-page regulation.
GUESTS:
Sam Kazman, Competitive Enterprise Institute general counsel Joseph Curl, The Washington Times columnist Chris Farrell, Judicial Watch director of research and investigations Roy Beck, Numbers USA president Hans von Spakovsky, Heritage Foundation legal scholar
GUESTS: William Gheen, president, Americans for Legal Immigration Roy Beck, president, Numbers USA Ramona Cotca, Judicial Watch senior attorney Noah Pollak, Weekly Standard contributor Hans von Spakovsky, Heritage Foundation legal fellow Hear Ernest's live show daily, Noon to 3 pm Eastern, at
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GUESTS: Jessica Vaughn, Center for Immigration Studies policy research director Stephen Dinan, Washington Times U.S. Capitol reporter Brian Faughnan, LIBRE Initiative communications director Rep. Steve Stockman (R, TX) Hear Ernest's live show daily, Noon to 3 pm Eastern, at
GUESTS: Kelly Riddell, Washington Times investigative reporter Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R, OK) Rep. Steve Stockman (R, TX) Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R, VA), Chairman, House Judiciary Committee Dan Gainor, Vice-President, Media Research Center, Newsbusters.org Hear Ernest's live show daily, Noon to 3 pm Eastern, at
GUESTS: Ben Wolfgang, Washington Times White House reporter Rep. Robert Aderholt (R, AL), Chairman, House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture Cully Stimson, Heritage Foundation fellow & attorney Rep. Bob Goodlate (R, VA), Chairman, House Judiciary Committee Jennifer Harper, Washington Times columnist, Inside the Beltway
GUESTS: Dave Boyer, Washington Times White House Reporter Jim Phillips, Heritage Foundation MidEast expert Ramona Cotca, Judicial Watch senior attorney
GUESTS: S.A. Miller, The Washington Times Capitol Hill reporter Tim Graham, Newsbusters executive editor Katie Pavlich, Townhall, author, Assault and Flattery: The Truth About the Left and Their War on Women
GUESTS: Dan Stein, Federation for American Immigration Reform Marita Noon, Energy Makes America Great Jennifer Harper, The Washington Times "Inside the Beltway" columnist Rowan Scarborough, The Washington Times national security reporter
GUESTS (best of): Dan Epstein, executive director, Cause of Action Jenny Beth Martin, co-founder, Tea Party Patriots Bill Federer, author, AmericanMinute.com Jessica Vaughn, policy studies director, Center for Immigration Studies David Boyer, White House reporter, The Washington Times David Kreutzer, energy expert, The Heritage Foundation Cathy Ruse, senior attorney, Family Research Council Jennifer Harper, Inside the Beltway columnnist, The Washington Times
GUESTS: David Boyer, Washington Times White House reporter Chris Versace, Thematic Gowth porftfolia manager David Kreutzer, The Heritage Foundation energy expert Jessica Vaughn, Center for Immigration Studies director of policy studies Bob Moffit, The Heritage Foundation health care expert
GUESTS: Dan Gainor, Media Research Center/Newsbusters Rowan Scarborough, The Washington Times national security reporter Cathy Ruse, Senior Legal Fellow, Family Research Center Jeffrey Shapiro, The Washington Times legal analyst
GUESTS: Genevieve Wood, The Heritage Foundation Dan Epstein, Cause of Action executive director Jeffrey Scott Shapiro, Washington Times investigative reporter and legal analyst Jennifer Harper, Washington Times "Inside the Beltway" columnist Travis Weber, Family Research Council director of Center for Religious Liberty
GUESTS: Jenny Beth Martin, Tea Party Patriots co-founder & national coordinator Chris Farrell, Judicial Watch Bill Gertz, The Washington Times national security reporter Hans von Spakovsky, Heritage Foundation legal scholar
GUESTS: Horace Cooper, co-chair, Project 21 Bill Murray, chairman, Religious Freedom Coalition Jennifer Harper, The Washington Times "Inside the Beltway" columnist Dan Kish, Institute for Energy Research senior vice-president
GUESTS: Peter Morici, University of Maryland economist Jessica Vaughn, policy director, Center for Immigration Studies Jim Carafano, Heritage Foundation V-P for defense and foreign policy Phillip Swarts, investigative reporter, The Washington Times Ryan Anderson, Heritage Foundation, co-author, What is Marriage?
GUESTS: Congressman James Lankford (R, OK), Republican U.S. Senate nominee Lt. Col. (ret.) Steve Russell, Republican runoff candidate for Congress (OK-5) Corporation Commissioner Patrice Doublas, Republican runoff candidate for Congress (OK-5) Julia Seymour, Newsbusters.org John Gizzi, political editor, Newsmax
GUESTS: Judson Phillips, founder, Tea Party Nation Pat MacGuigan, publisher, OKC City-Sentinel Jennifer Harper, Washington Times "Inside the Beltway" columnist Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R, MN) speech from Faith & Freedom Coalition conference Governor Chris Christie (R, NJ) speech from Faith & Freedom Coalition conference
GUESTS: Steve Russell, Republican candidate for Congress (OK-5) Cheryl Chumley, Washington Times reporter and author of Police State USA: How Orwell's Nightmare Has Become Our Reality Hans von Spakovsky, Heritage Foundation legal scholar Guy Taylor, Washington Times national security reporter
GUESTS: Congressman James Lankford (R, OK), Candidate for U.S. Senate Congressman Jason Chaffetz (R, UT) Kelly Riddell, investigative reporter, The Washington Times State Senator Clark Jolley, Republican congressional candidate (OK-5)
GUESTS: Congressman Jason Chaffetz (R, Utah) Lt. Col. (ret.) Oliver North Steve Moore, economist, The Heritage Foundation Shane Jett, Republican candidate for Congress (OK-5)
GUESTS: David Keene, Opinion Editor, The Washington Times Rich Noyes, Research Director, Media Research Center, Newsbusters Jesse Jane Duff, Concerned Veterans for America Patrice Douglas, Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner, Republican candidate for Congress (OK-5)
GUESTS: David Keene, Opinion Editor, The Washington Times Jessica Vaughn, Research Director, Center for Immigration Studies Randy Brogdon, Republican U.S. Senate candidate, Oklahoma Harvey Sparks, Candidate for Congress (OK-5) Gary Schmitt, foreign policy expert, American Enterprise Institute
GUESTS: Tom Guild, Democrat candidate for Congress (OK-5) Stephen Dinan, Capitol reporter, The Washington Times Chris Farrell, Judicial Watch director of research and investigations Hans von Spakovsky, Heritage Foundation legal scholar; co-author, Obama's Enforcer Robert Pascuzzi, author, The Ravine
GUESTS: Congressman Steve King (R, Iowa) Dr. Zuhdi Jasser, president, American Islamic Forum for Democracy Gabe Joseph, president, ccAdvertising Dr. Ted Baehr, publisher, Movie Guide
GUESTS: Congressman Duncan Hunter, Jr. (R, CA) Steve Bucci, The Heritage Foundation Oklahoma State Senator Clark Jolley Ronald Reagan's First Inaugural Address
GUESTS: Larry Nordvig, executive director, Richmond [VA] Tea Party Jessica Vaughn, director of research, Center for Immigration Studies Dan Gainor, vice-president, Media Research Center Rowan Scarborough, Pentagon reporter, The Washington Times Ken Orski, transportation expert
GUESTS: Chris Casteel, Capitol reporter, The Oklahoman Jacqueline Klimas, reporter, The Washington Times Steve Deace, talk show host and author Cully Stimson, The Heritage Foundation
Guests: Hans von Spakovsky, co-author, Obama's Enforcer: Eric Holder's Justice Department Pete Seat, author, The War on Millennials Tom Fitton, President, Judicial Watch Randy Brogdon, U.S. Senate candidate, Oklahoma Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn (R, Tennessee)
Including: Lawsuits against the NFL: Are the players' claims against owners like what the Occupy movement says about the 1%? VA hospitals--how much of the problem is just the notion of government-run health care, staffed by unionized government workers? Pennsylvania's governor says he favors traditional marriage but won't appeal judge's ruling saying same-sex marriage is okay: A sure sign the Guv is having a tough race for re-election. The Tea Party movement is alive, well and about to flex muscles in Mississippi? Get ready: New EPA regulations on coal will send electric bills spiking The Humane Society of the United States gets socked by the court for false claims about treatment of circus elephants. What? The networks didn't tell you? GUESTS: Ryan Anderson, The Heritage Foundation and co-author of What Is Marriage? Judson Phillips, founder, Tea Party Nation Tom Pyle, American Energy Alliance president Will Coggin, researcher for Humane Watch Michael Cannon, CATO institute health policy director
Including: Pres. Obama breaks his silence on Veterans Hospitals scandal, but adopts "wait and see" attitude before taking action How many families will be angered by his claim that none of the 40 deaths were actually linked to delays in seeing a doctor? Election results fail to prove the media's claim that the Tea Party is dead Immigration gets messier with 1,000 illegal alien "minors" housed at Lackland AFB Five Democrats picked by Nancy Pelosi to serve on Benghazi investigation, dominated by those who have already decided it's a wasted effort Rhode Island school shamed out of cancelling event for honor students The hidden ultra-rich financiers of the American Left revealed! GUESTS: John Gizzi, Newsmax political reporter Jim McElhatton, The Washington Times invesitgative reporter Lachlan Markay, Washington Free Beacon political reporter Tim Graham, Newsbusters executive editor Jessica Vaughn, Center for Immigration Studies research director
Including: Has the federal government reached its tipping point of incompetence? New illegal immigration scam floods the borders with minors (mostly teens) brought in by professional smugglers. "Operation Choke Point"--the backdoor way used for sneak attacks on the Second Amendment. Donald Sterling fights back against the NBA; expect years of legal fights. Hillary's health is "off-limits"? Says who?? GUESTS: Oklahoma State Senator Clark Jolley, candidate for Congress (R, OK-5) David Keene, opinion editor, The Washington Times Kelly Riddell, The Washington Times reporter
Including: State Department action could have prevented many of the 36,000 releases onto America's streets of illegal aliens convicted of dangerous crimes Obama team signals super-sized bailouts ahead for insurance carriers to cover their Obamacare losses Is President Obama "madder than hell" that Veterans Health Administration caused patients to die? Or that he has a hard time passing the buck? Search is on for more VA whistle-blowers. Why does the Department of Agriculture want automatic weapons and body armor for its people? It's another federal agency trying to form its own mini-army. Drug Enforcement Administration head gets called on the carpet by Attorney-General Eric Holder, for her insistence on enforcing marijuana laws. GUESTS: Bishop Rev. E.W. Jackson, Sr., President of Stand America Ramona Cotca, Judicial Watch Senior Attorney Danielle Brian, Project Oversight executive director Hans von Spakovsky, Heritage Foundation legal fellow
Including best of recent interviews: 36,000 ilegal aliens, convicted of major crimes including murder, kidnapping, rape and robbery, turned loose by Obama's immigration officials National Republican Committee tries to wrest control of 2016 Presidential debates away from 'mainstream' media Obama whines to major donors in NYC Obamacare lowers quality of healthcare for middle class while raising the price Google must re-write history, says Europe, or at least delete parts of it Curb Obama's flaunting of immigration laws by taking away his sole control, says House chairman Will the Army be forced to welcome transvestites? Veterans kept waiting for care at VA hospitals--some until they die Tea Party donors audited by IRS at ten times the 'normal' rate So-called medical marijuana can increase suicides, says Congressman/physician Income inequality? Blame it on crony capitalism! GUESTS: Jessica Vaughn, Center for Immigration Studies Ralph Hallow, political writer, The Washington Times Dr. Scott Atlas, The Hoover Institution Cong. Robert Goodlatte (R, VA), chairman, House Judiciary Committee Rowan Scarborough, Pentagon reporter, The Washington Times Mark Flatten, VA reporter, The Washington Examiner Cleta Mitchell, attorney for Tea Party groups Cong. John Fleming (R, LA), physician and former drug abuse counselor Peter Morici, business & economics professor, University of Maryland
Including: To end Obama's ability to thwart immigration enforcement, give states and communities shared power to enforce those laws More IRS lies uncovered: Tea Party targeting WAS run out of Washington, DC, as revealed in documents released by court order Is it more important whether Donald Sterling says racist things? Or whether political correctness is driving out tolerance and dictating overblown punishments? Obama whines to wealthy donors in NYC Watch where you spit: The EPA might declare it a wetland Ernest reveals he's a big fan of Godzilla GUESTS: Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R, VA), Chairman, House Judiciary Committee Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner Patrice Douglas, candidate for Congress (R, OK-5) Peter Morici, Economics & Business Professor, University of Maryland Dr. Ted Baehr, publisher, Movie Guide
Including: 36,000 hardened, convicted criminals let loose rather than deported, yet "major" tame media ignore the story Hollywood ignores radical Islam--until it interferes with gay rights Europe orders Google to help hide history when it's "irrelevant"--time to re-read George Orwell's 1984 Warren Buffet plunks down over $1-billion to promote abortion worldwide Tea Party candidate wins a round in Nebraska Senate race Would NBA players actually boycott games over words, not actions? GUESTS: Clifford May, Washington Times columnist, president of Foundation for Defense of Democracy Jessica Vaughn, Research Director, Center for Immigration Studies Dan Gainor, Vice-President, Media Research Center
Including: Political correctness is taking over sports. punishing NBA owner Donald Sterling and NFL player Don Jones How many Americans would need the same "re-education" the Miami Dolphins require for a player who holds traditional values? Is Magic Johnson backing pressure on LA Clippers owner so Magic can buy the team? Harvard supports free speech, however--to let Satan-worshippers attack Catholics Ethanol subsidy is far greater than supposed subsidies for oil and gas--while it reduces gas mileage and increases fuel costs Transgender activists push Pentagon to open the military to them Can the U.S. help kidnapped girls in Nigeria? Or is it a feel-good reaction to social media? GUESTS: Jason Stverak, president, Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity Rowan Scarborough, Washington Times Pentagon reporter David Boyer, Washington Times White House reporter
Including: Feds turn over 100 foreign killers loose in US instead of deporting them--plus thousands of other convicted dangerous illegal aliens Catholics push back on Harvard for approving on-campus Satanic black mass (So where are all the liberals who claim to oppose disrespect?) Veterans Administration flounders as more fatal scandals pile up Chair of Benghazi Investigating Committee disavows fund-raising off attack & cover-up, but recalls how often Democrats raised money from other scandal Obama's State Department plays games with honoring more document requests Europe gives top singing award to drag queen in gold dress, long hair and a beard. GUESTS: Jessica Vaugh, Center for Immigration Studies Mark Flatten, Washington Examiner Austin Ruse, Catholic Family & Research Institute Chris Farrell, Judicial Watch Tom Guild, candidate for Congress (D, OK-5)
Including: Tea Party donors are losing their life's savings to defend from illegal IRS audits targeting and badgering them Pelosi and Democrats want powers to shut down Benghazi investigation as price of their 'participating' That draconian federal government sequester? One worker lost their job. Only one! Climate change hype. Full of sound and fury, signifying nothing? Republican leaders look for way to stop Presidential candidates from mass suicide by having too many televised debates in 2016 primaries MSNBC claims millionaires don't want their money. They want government to have it. Shall we give up on free speech? Should the penalty for racist remarks be public hanging? Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu tries to blame Republicans for blocking Keystone XL Pipeline! GUESTS: Cleta Mitchell, attorney for tea party and conservative non-profits David Sherfinski, The Washington Times U.S. Capitol reporter Matt Purple, The American Spectator Ross Kaminsky, Heartland Institute Ralph Hallow, The Washington Times political editor
Including: Kevin Durant says he's not the real MVP; his mother is Obama says climate change is real -- and it's spectacular. Sounds fake! Networks go ga-ga to agree with him Super powers for Benghazi committee? They'll need them Sec/State Kerry says sorry, he can't be there as subpoenaed Democrats want to be able to veto committee subpoenaes Hillary says you don't need your gun House votes today to hold Lois Lerner in contempt--but they're copping out on enforcement Networks yawn about IRS scandal. Will they do the same about Benghazi? Obamacare means worse health care for the middle class, but at higher prices High school boys copy the NFL--conducting a draft for prom dates GUESTS: Lt. Col. Steve Russell (Ret.), candidate for Congress (R, OK-5) David Kreutzer, Heritage Foundation expert on energy, environment & climate Rich Noyes, director of research for Newsbusters/Media Research Center Dr. Scott Atlas, Senior Fellow, Stanford University's Hoover Institution
The Obama White House has rolled out an 840-page horror novel, trying to scare America into spending hundreds of billions of Obama's crony capitalism green agenda. The greenest thing about his proposal is the money.
Only a one-vote margin on the Supreme Court decided it's okay to start town council meetings with a prayer from clergy. And the reason cited by the Court shows just how much jeopardy our religious freedoms and traditions are in, as they undergo constant assault.
Liberals in Congress have a new plan to muzzle conservatives: Re-write the First Amendment to allow government to limit everything spent to help or oppose a candidate. That includes restricting your ability to volunteer to help a campaign.
State governments that hit their people with high taxes need to learn a lesson—people can vote with their feet and move away. Many have, but a lot more would like to.
If 300-thousand federal employees in the Veterans Administration can't provide decent health care for our veterans, how can anybody expect that federal bureaucracy can make Obamacare a success?
Here's how ridiculously weak the sanctions are against Russia because of its aggression against the Ukraine: American tax dollars are being spent to pay Russia $1-billion to buy helicopters.
Including: Author of Benghazi Special Committee bill sees effort getting result Obama says climate change is real. And you can keep your doctor. White House goes all out with 840-page report on climate change. Is it Global Cremation! Are we all about to die? Judge Ken Starr joins Ernest for special interview. His focus now: religious freedom Narrowness of 5-4 prayer ruling shows how precarious things are for our religious traditions and freedoms Supreme Court is 6 Catholics, 3 Jews; what's the significance? Hillary prepares her excuses: It seems that sexists are out to get her GUESTS: Congressman Frank Wolf (R, VA), author of Benghazi resolution State Rep. Mike Turner, candidate for Congress (R, OK-5) Judge Ken Starr, President & Chancellor, Baylor University David Barton, author & head of WallBuilders
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Sleepers awake! "Mainstream media" discover White House Benghazi deceptions "Obama's reputation was more important than the truth," says reporter White House changes story on why "smoking gun" email was withheld GOP wakes up; Speaker Boehner backs special investigation committee What difference does it make? Only to those seeking honest government. Get ready for revival of Watergate history Death penalty foes had role in botched Oklahoma execution Who wants a statue of Satan on the State Capitol grounds? What's bigger? Running for Congress or having a baby? Congressman says end bureaucrats' private SWAT teams Jobs report better--but not good enough How Hollywood changed Jamie Foxx
GUESTS:
Shane Jett, GOP candidate for Congress (OK-5) Peter Brookes, Heritage Foundation national security expert Cong. Chris Stewart (R, UT) Ted Baehr, publisher, www.movieguide.org
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Democrats want to say goodbye to the First Amendment's freedom of speech--at least in politics White House says Benghazi talking points weren't about Benghazi, and what difference does it make? Voting with their feet: Poll shows people eager to escape Illinois, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey Lethal drug execution botched--but what is the best way to apply the death penalty? Zero growth--it's the economy, stupid, not population. 'Medical marijuana' at VA hospitals could lead to more veteran suicides, says Congressman/physician
GUESTS:
Tom Guild, College professor and Democrat candidate for Congress (OK-5) Curtis Dubay, Heritage Foundation Eric Schiffer, CEO, Patriarch Equity Stephen Dinan, political editor, The Washington Times Rep. John Fleming (R, La), Congressman and physician
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Does Sterling's punishment fit his crime? Is he punished for racist acts or racist thoughts? White House can't explain Benghazi email or why it was withheld from Congress $121-M to fix Obamacare website, but no amount can fix Oregon's Did Veterans Administration create "death panels" even before Obamacare? We're the champs! America's red tape burden is bigger than the whole economy of Canada!
GUESTS:
State Sen. Clark Jolley, Republican candidate for Congress (OK-5) Deroy Murdock, FOX News Contributor/National Review Online Editor Tim Graham, Executive Editor, Newsbusters Gunnery Sgt. Jessie Jane Duff, USMC, Ret., Concerned Veterans of America
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Bombshell: Internal White House email shows official Benghazi communications plan was to 'make Obama look good' and prepare Susan Rice to give a false story to the country Double execution in Oklahoma--the victims received cruel and unusual punishment, NOT their killers NRA convention attracted 80,000 Americans and boggled the minds of "mainstream" reporters Obama won't sanction Russia's state-run arms dealer. Instead, he has us buying $1-billion of helicopters from them Obama polling drops to its lowest yet Congressman Michael Grimm indicted on 20 counts. So what's it like when a Congressman becomes a convicted felon? Ernest talks to one. Speaker Boehner still on hot seat over immigration That book the Left keeps praising, Capital in the 21st Century, is a cookbook--to cook the geese that lay the golden eggs. Banned for life? Does the punishment fit the crime?
GUESTS:
Patrice Douglas, Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner, , OK-5 David Sherfinski, The Washington Times Bob Ney, former Congressman Tom Fitton, president, David Harsanyi, Senior Editor,
Including: Tornadoes strike: These are REAL victims--but resilient people who will rebound Media hurts minority students: They stir up race controversy but ignore Supreme Court message that study and effort are keys to success--not race preferences If owner is a racist, take the NBA team from him and give it to Al Sharpton? Bad for Boehner: Speaker ridicules Republicans who take the tough stand against pro-amnesty pressures Obama team keeps laying groundwork to slow deportations almost to a halt Running for Congress: Hundreds are doing it. Close-up on Harvey Sparks, GOP candidate for OK-5 (Ernest's former seat in U.S. House) NY Congressman Michael Grimm indicted--skimmed off $1-M? Paid illegal workers in cash? Big changes ahead for major college football schools: Can they fight off unions with more rules that help players? White flag: Oregon surrenders its state Obamacare effort We're paying over $4,000 per person to sign people up for Obamacare--even BEFORE we pay their health care insurance! Michael Bloomberg against the NRA--but women aren't softies like he thinks Bloomberg should spend his money more wisely--go build his own football stadium GUESTS: , GOP candidate for OK-5 Joseph Curl, editor and Washington Times columnist Mike McCarville, author of Hon. Ken Starr, president, Baylor University
Including: Regrets by those who treated Cliven Bundy as a hero But that doesn't excuse the actions of the federal BLM (Bureau of Land Management) Why wasn't Al Sharpton ever raided over what he owes the government? VA wastes hundreds of millions while veterans get sub-standard care Oklahoma governor enforces death penalty for killers who committed cruel and unusual murders Beware Obama's next move to reduce deportations Democrat candidate denounces her own party's War on Women No good new movies this week? But wait--Mother's Night Out is coming. Re-cap of Eric Holder's no-show in Oklahoma City GUESTS: Philip Swarts, The Washington Times Horace Cooper, Co-Chairman, Project 21 Ted Baehr, publisher, The Movie Guide Oklahoma State Rep. Paul Wesselhoft (encore)
Including: Oklahoma legislators protest A-G Eric Holder's visit to Oklahoma City. He cancels. LIVE reports from the protest site. American Heart Association journal reports marijuana causes cardiovascular damage (on top of brain damage reports) California may tell judges: Quit the Boy Scouts or quit the bench Are you ready for thousands of drug dealers to be back on the streets? Will crime rates go back up? GUESTS: Oklahoma State Rep. Paul Wesselhoft (Holder protest co-sponsor) Bob Dani (Holder protest co-sponsor) Peter Sprigg, Family Research Council
Including: Obama and Eric Holder want amnesty for illegal aliens, and now for drug dealers, too Supreme Court seems skeptical about letting politicians limit free speech in Ohio elections--so why let IRS try to limit it in other elections? Al Gore gets filthy rich (It's Green!) from prophesying Doomsday. Hollywood's Earth Day hypocrisy US troops hit the ground in Eastern Europe--but it's too late to help Ukraine GUESTS: Jacqueline Klimas, The Washington Times Dan Gainor, Media Research Center Vice-President John Malcolm, Legal Center Director, The Heritage Foundation Nile Gardiner, Director Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom, The Heritage Foundation
It's about life, the universe and everything: President Obama has two big initiatives expected this week to re-shape our society by not fully enforcing our laws: Letting massive numbers of drug dealers out of prison early, "to save money" and "to combat racist drug laws" Reducing our already-low deportation rates, "to save money" and "to end inhumane deportation policies" The Supreme Court rules 6-2 that Michigan voters acted properly to adopt color-blind policies in place of affirmative action in education, hiring and contracting Marijuana-related deaths in Colorado put a needed focus on the myths being told about legalizing that drug The U.S. House need not rely on Eric Holder to enforce contempt sanctions against Lois Lerner. It has the clear power to act on its own to arrest and jail her until she agrees to testify about the IRS scandal. IRS revokes the tax-exempt status of a conservative group. Will this move have a chilling effect on other groups? Is more to come? GUESTS: Kelly Riddell, The Washington Times Horace Cooper, Co-Chairman, Project 21 Black Leadership Network Bob Dane, Federation for American Immigration Reform David Evans, Drug-Free America Foundation
It's about life, the universe and everything: The media did it right on "Boston Strong" ceremony at Fenway Park. President Obama isn't fooling anyone with his perpetual delays of the Keystone XL Pipeline. Jay Carney claims President Obama believed his own "Lie of the Year"--but that's no excuse for telling it to the American people. Don't take cheap shots on how President Obama and Nancy Pelosi observed Easter. It's wrong and it makes it harder to sell conservative values. "Private armies" are expanding within federal agencies that have NO role in law enforcement; they have become SWAT teams for bureaucrats. Former Supreme Court Justice wants to take away 1st and 2nd Amendment rights. Boy Scouts of America kick out a Seattle troop for having a gay leader--and how media have mis-reported whether 'gay scouts' have actually been allowed. GUESTS: Congressman Lee Terry (R, Nebraska) Mike Gonzalez, The Heritage Foundation Vice-President John Fund, National Review writer, best-selling author Scottie Nell Hughes, Tea Party News Network
It's about life, the universe and everything: President Obama proclaims Obamacare a success--he grades it by how many people are becoming depending on it Will Republicans have the guts to arrest Lois Lerner until she testifies about the IRS scandal? (Yes, the House of Representatives has the right and the power and doesn't need Eric Holder or the courts to do this for them.) Michael Bloomberg says he's bound for heaven--he bought his way in Polls show most Americans believe Obama lies to them--so why do some of those same people support him anyway? People are getting tired of Obama's aggressive pace--but does that mean they'll quit resisting? GUESTS: Michael Tanner, CATO Institute Senior Fellow Liz Peek, FOX News Contributor and Fiscal Times columnist Lisa Curtis, Heritage Foundation Senior Fellow Donald Lambro, Washington Times contributor and syndicated columnist Judson Phillips, president of Tea Party Nation and Washington Times contributor
It's about life, the universe and everything: Newly-surfaced emails show IRS and Justice Department worked together, seeking to find a way to prosecute a Tea Party group or person "They wanted to put us in jail," says Tea Party leader Jenny Beth Martin FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) lawsuit by Judicial Watch reveals emails that IRS had not turned over to Congressional investigators Report shows that key IRS (former) official Lois Lerner could be confined until she agrees to testify, with Congress by-passing the need to get Justice Department to prosecute her. "Mainstream" media continue to ignore IRS scandal; they praise Michael Bloomberg's millions spent on anti-gun campgians while criticizing conservative donors Unrest in Ukraine over Russian threat shows continuing futility of Obama Administration's approach to foreign policy GUESTS: Chris Farrell, Judicial Watch director of research and investigations Jenny Beth Martin, co-founder, Tea Party Patriots Tim Graham, Newsbusters Executive Editor Dan Kochis, Heritage Foundation research assistant
Grand Deception: Enforcement of immigration laws is in total collapse Obama claims record-high levels of deportation--but it's a phony numbers scam Obama's plan: Pretend to be deporter-in-chief to aid passage of amnesty Healthcare.gov returns to its roots: The Obamacare website goes down on this supposed 'last day' for signup Is it a deliberate ploy to extend the signup deadline again? Can you trust that number about 6-million Obamacare signups? How many are people who were kicked off their old policies and forced to turn to Obamacare? How few were previously uninsured? Valerie Jarrett comes clean: Her Hollywood trip was to help get pro-Obama messages written into movie and TV scripts Did you hear Michelle Obama's ad about momma's nagging us until we get Obamacare? Every time you buy gasoline, you're giving somebody else a ride on mass transit--details of a big money black hole Young Americans (18 to 29) much less likely to be white, much more likely to be Democrat (says Gallup), than 20 years ago Since NSA is so intrusiveness, are we lucky that they seem to be incompetent? Our spies say they couldn't tell what Russia was doing around the Ukraine! If unionizing brings big bucks to college football, federal law (Title IX) could require them to share with the women athletes Piers Morgan's parting shot as he leaves CNN GUESTS: Jessica Vaughan, Director of Policy Studies, Center for Immigration Studies Randal O’Toole, Cato Institute Fellow in mass transit Megan McArdle, Bloomberg columnist focused currently on Obamacare Liz Peek, columnist for FOX News and The Fiscal Times
Huh? Biden says 11-M illegals are already U.S. citizens! President & Pope: Together at different meetings? Catholic League bashes Obama White House downplays Obama's secular vision Are Obamacare signups like Crimea joining Russia? No other options! WH claims millions & millions served Only 26% of us like it; we found out what was in it Democrat Senators Want Obamacare 2.0 Ukraine asks us for help; we send “thumbs up” photo Obama says pretty please, Mr. Putin, send your troops home Gun control lawmaker busted--for trying to smuggle guns Re-writing 'Noah'? Ernest picks Bill Cosby’s version over Russell Crowe’s Jury will decide libel lawsuit over 'pink slime' stories; judge refuses to rule for ABC Randy Brogdon’s US Senate candidacy in Oklahoma GUESTS: Paul Howard, Manhattan Institute Bill Donohue, Catholic League Dave Boyer, White House reporter for The Washington Times Bob Dane, Federation for American Immigration Reform Randy Brogdon, candidate for US Senate, Oklahoma
The I-R-S tells Congress it will take years to turn over subpoenaed emails Imagine how slow it would be if this were snail mail. Do NOT take that long with your taxes; I-R-S has no sense of humor. Congress is mad, as they should be FYI, contempt of Congress is a process that also takes years Ernest tells how to get I-R-S' attention: Cut off their money! Gun law craziness in Washington, DC - "Attempted possession" of ammunition gets businessman convicted--but it wasn't even ammunition! Players can cross the goal line but not the picket line--NLRB says yes to unions for college football Like father, like son-in-law: Osama-bin-Laden's son-in-law convicted on terrorism charge Americans agree: We're getting weaker Russia has a plan to assimilate the Ukraine without firing a shot. (Are the Borg in Kiev?) How Obamacare undercuts American values Movie CEO blasts Obamacare GUESTS: Emily Miller, Senior Editor, The Washington Times, author, Emily Gets Her Gun Tony Perkins, president, Family Research Council Larry Pratt, president, Gun Owners of America Lt. Col. (ret.) Tony Shaffer, former intelligence officer, fellow, The London Center Congressman Jim Jordan (R, Ohio) Jenny Beth Martin, national coordinator, Tea Party Patriots
Girls gone wild! Supreme Court's lady justices on the Hobby Lobby case! Another Obamacare delay--How long are people waiting in line? Halbig case: You never heard of this Obamacare case, but it could unravel everything Why aren't people paying for Obamacare? Are they deadbeats? NOT the Sweet 16: Obama to meet Pope Francis Cardinal labels Obama anti-Christian on eve of his meeting with Pope Francis Military Bracket-ology (Russia up; US down) Ban Bossy? Who is she? Ban Internet gambling? Oh, we know what that is. But who ARE those anonymous players? GUESTS: Kent Masterson Brown, healthcare lawyer extraordinaire Bill Gertz, national security editor for The Washington Times Katie Yoder, Culture and Media Institute Jim Thackston, software engineer (deciphers poker websites) Michael Cannon, Cato Institute healthcare expert
Obama claims conquest of Crimea proves Russia is weak Downsizing our military keeps us strong? Obama plans to end our Tomahawk and Hellfire missile programs Romney was wrong about Russia, Obama insists; they're just a puny regional power Chicago welcomes dead people at the polls. Vote early and often. (Yes, someone is trying to fix this.) Homeless must get private rooms, judge tells Washington, DC How about room service? What does it mean when Virginia's governor says hold him accountable for bad decisions--yet he won't face the voters again? Malaysia Flight 370 was a tragedy--and so is the media hype about it Obama tells Europe our NSA will respect their rights the same as it does Americans'. How is that reassuring? Ernest previews the Supreme Court arguments in the Hobby Lobby religious freedom/Obamacare case. Insights from his attendance at other major oral arguments. But another Obamacare appeal could take away the program's money Hot race for open US Senate seat in Oklahoma GUESTS: TW Shannon, US Senate candidate, former Speaker Oklahoma House James Lankford, US Senate candidate, Oklahoma Congressman David Sherfinski, Virginia state capitol reporter, The Washington Times Tom Fitton, president, Judicial Watch
President Obama says he will veto an effort to let Congress have the Courts decide when the President has exceeded his Constitutional authority. Leading the effort is Congressman Trey Gowdy (R, SC), whose legislation was approved by the House of Representatives on Wednesday.