With Republicans like these what is the difference??

Watch the video HERE along with Mark Levin’s response.

It is no secret that Democrat strongholds are rife with fraud. The vast majority of the dead who vote manage to vote Democrat. The vast majority of districts who have more votes cast than they have voters also vote Democrat. The DoJ dropped charges against Black Panthers who stood outside of polling places armed. The DoJ also refused to investigate districts where the Black Panthers went into voting places, tossed out the inspectors and made sure that 100% of votes cast were cast for Obama.

ACORN, a group tied very closely to the Obama campaign, was prosecuted in multiple states for vote registration fraud.

Sarah Palin did this speech without a teleprompter as it malfunctioned. She winged it.

The video is set to start at 24:59 and no one can deny that her predictions came true by the numbers. If you claim to be open-minded, give it a listen.

“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.”

– H. L. Mencken

A review of the Internal Revenue Service’s compliance with the Freedom of Information Act found the agency intentionally withheld or failed to “adequately search” for requested information in hundreds of cases.

In others, the IRS released more than it was authorized, dispensing “sensitive taxpayer information,” including individuals’ bank records.

Read more at Redstate.

These are some of the most important books ever written and before 30 years ago every graduate would have read most of them. Try to find a public school teacher who has even heard of most of these today. Why do you think that is?

Hillsdale University:

1. Aristotle’s Ethics
“The Nichomachean Ethics offers a theory of the moral life which is richer and corresponds better to human experience than the competing modern theories such as utilitarianism, particularly associated with John Stewart Mill, deontology, which is primarily associated with Emmanuel Kant, and emotivism, associated with Friedrich Nietzsche.”

– Dr. Nathan Schlueter, Professor of Philosophy

2. Plato’s Republic
“The Republic is one of the greatest books ever written on subjects of how to live one’s life and whether there is a standard of reason in nature. It is a fundamental work of Western philosophy. Everyone needs to ponder the life and death of Socrates, and The Republic is a great starting point for that purpose. Of course, the only reason to read a great book is because it has something important to say to you. Otherwise, such a project is merely antiquarian.”

– Dr. Mickey Craig, Professor of Politics

3. Euclid’s Elements
“While Euclid is neither the first nor the last word in geometry, his Elements eclipses all that came before it and serves as the basis for all work that followed. Euclid’s masterpiece, for that is what it is, presents not only the facts of mathematics but also our way of knowing them. Consequently, Euclid’s Elements reaches beyond the boundaries of geometry and mathematics and serves as the example of careful, deductive reasoning from first principles to all those who would practice such in philosophy and science for over 2000 years.”

– Dr. David Murphy, Professor of Mathematics

4. Hayek’s Constitution of Liberty
“The Constitution of Liberty is Hayek’s positive case for liberty (following his critique of socialism in The Road To Serfdom) founded primarily on his recognition of the inherently heavily constrained nature of human knowledge. Hayek explains how through voluntary cooperation we can achieve widespread spontaneous order far more complex than an order consciously designed by government planners, and one much more capable of creating wealth. A tour-de-force of free-market-based social science.”

– Dr. Ivan Pongracic, Professor of Economics

5. The Federalist Papers

“In recommending The Federalist, I will defer to no less an authority than the author of the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson, who wrote in a 1788 letter to James Madison that The Federalist was ‘the best commentary on the principles of government that ever was written.’”

– Dr. Ronald J. Pestritto, Professor of Politics

6. Homer’s Odyssey

“Homer’s Odyssey is the fountainhead for much of Western reflection on wandering and coming home, in cultural milieux both ‘high’ and ‘pop’–from Vergil’s Aeneid to Tennyson’s “Ulysses,” from “The Odyssey” of Symphony X to the Coen brothers’ film O Brother, Where Art Thou? Indeed, it is impossible to write about these themes in the Western literary tradition without working in Homer’s shadow and making use of the imaginative furniture, as it were, that he has bequeathed to us. Homer’s Muse once sang of the ‘man of many turns’; and she sings still. ”

– Dr. Eric Hutchinson, Professor of Classics

7. Augustine’s Confessions
“St. Augustine’s Confessions (c. 397 AD) is commonly known as the first autobiography in Western literature, yet it is so much more than an account of one man’s past. Instead, The Confessions is best understood as an extended, eloquent prayer: as the author addresses God from the depths of his soul, the reader is privileged to listen in, witnessing an act of devotion. At the time of writing, St. Augustine was a middle-aged man with a turbulent past who’d been recently ordained a bishop, and he implores the Lord to help him understand his own unexpected life story, acknowledging that its meaning remains mysterious until illuminated by the light of grace. Thus, as he ‘confesses’ his sins and remembers his slow and painstaking conversion, Augustine simultaneously pours out his gratitude in a hymn of praise, ‘confessing’ his faith and dependence on God’s mercy: ‘You stir us so that praising you may bring us joy, because you have made us and drawn us to yourself, and our heart is unquiet until it rests in you.’”

– Dr. Lorraine Eadie, Professor of English

8. Shakespeare’s King Lear
“A tragedy of passion, plotting, and terrible pride, King Lear inspires wonder over questions close to Shakespeare’s heart and mind: What is the relationship between love and reason, between prudence and charity, in human life? Are they enemies? What kind of education does humanity need to avoid tragedy and to turn in a happier direction? How does our human nature relate to the ‘mystery of things,’ to the divine? Shakespeare’s King Lear commands our attention — and educates on these subjects — like no other play.”

– Dr. Stephen Smith, Professor of English

9. Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment
“In his notes for Crime and Punishment, Dostoevsky writes: ‘Man is not born for happiness. Man earns his happiness, and always by suffering.’ In his harrowing depiction of Raskolnikov’s egoistic and murderous philosophy, eventually overcome and transformed by Sonya’s wisdom of love, we witness Dostoevsky’s poetic mastery of human psychology. Brilliant.”

– Dr. Justin Jackson, Professor of English

10. C. S. Lewis’s Abolition of Man
“Russell Kirk named The Abolition of Man as the first book to be read by a young person seeking to understand himself and the world (Polanyi’s Personal Knowledge was the second). After dozens of encounters with The Abolition of Man, what emerges for this reader as its primary contribution is the teaching that ‘man’ is the creature that is able and willing to live in accordance with principle, coupled with the forceful reminder that this capacity is always in jeopardy and therefore the disappearance of ‘man’ remains a permanent danger. Only constant vigilance in the form of careful education of the young shields us from the darkest fate. Faith is indispensable, but so too is the hard and necessary work, through careful initiation of those who follow us, of preserving the inestimable legacy of the past, the most vital element of which is ‘man’ itself.”

– Dr. Jon Fennell, Professor of Education

Washington Post:

President Obama was at Northwestern University on Thursday to deliver an economic speech that, he and his team hoped, would lay out the case for why the public is better off today than they were six years ago — even if they didn’t feel it in their everyday lives. Instead, Obama just gave every Republican ad-maker in the country more fodder for negative ads linking Democratic candidates to him.

Here are the four sentences that will draw all of the attention (they come more than two thirds of the way through the speech): “I am not on the ballot this fall.  Michelle’s pretty happy about that.  But make no mistake: these policies are on the ballot.  Every single one of them.” Boil those four sentences down even further and here’s what you are left with: “Make no mistake: these policies are on the ballot.  Every single one of them.”

Katrina Pierson is a communications and messaging genius. If only the RNC had someone like her.

Yet another fine example of gross government incompetence. Notice how many times our bureaucrat, Julia Pierson, attempts to distract and or answer a different question than the one asked.

There is something about school administrators. An abnormally large number of them have no concept of and indeed show a great hostility to the First Amendment protection of freedom of speech.

Between FIRE, the ACLU, the ADF and other civil rights organizations, the complaints and legal victories over public schools and universities who flagrantly and illegally work to crush freedom of speech are so frequent that civil rights are swamped with cases. School administrators, out of spite, drag out and appeal many cases they know are hopeless as you, the taxpayers, pay the bill.

The laws need to be changed so that the worst examples of school administrators gone wild are held personally liable for their illegal actions.

Via EAG News:

EASTON, Pa. – Easton County taxpayers are now on the hook for a $385,000 settlement after a four-year legal battle over the school district’s attempt to ban “I Heart Boobies” cancer awareness bracelets.

Brianna Hawk and Kayla Martinez sued the Easton Area School District with the help of the American Civil Liberties Union after school officials in October 2010 disciplined the former middle school students for wearing the popular wristbands, the Allentown Morning Call reports.

The girls argued the district’s policy violated their First Amendment rights, and the U.S. District Court and 3rd Court of Appeals agreed, ruling that the bracelets are protected speech because they are a social or political statement. Despite the legal losses, district officials attempted to appeal the case to the U.S. Supreme Court, but were forced to acknowledge defeat after the high court refused to hear the case in March, according to the news site.

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The grand total comes to $385,000 paid in three installments over the next nine months, which is on top of the $110,000 the district has already spent defending the case, though the school district’s insurance company covered most of that expense, according to the news site.

They fight dirty. How dirty? Read this:

A good read and yet another example of Goldman Sachs’ incredible influence over both political party’s and the banking system. The corruption is both sickening and disturbing.

Carmen Segarra is a hero.

Via Pro Publica:

Former bank examiner Carmen Segarra vaulted into public consciousness earlier this month when she filed a wrongful termination lawsuit alleging that the Federal Reserve Bank of New York fired her after she refused to go soft on investment banking behemoth Goldman Sachs.

…and she was in jail for a month. She should sue and sue big time. Why? As one commenter put it so ably:

Possession of a spoon is not probable cause! Over 300 million Americans own spoons. And I am certain a large percentage use spoons in their cars. Now a lighter, that is a different story. I am certain anyone who owns a lighter will use it for nefarious reasons. (Rolls eyes…) What ever happened to innocent until proven guilty?

Via The Daily Signal:

A Georgia woman has been released after she was arrested for possession – of SpaghettiOs.

According to the Gainesville Times, police arrested Ashley Huff, 23, when they found a “suspicious residue” they believed to be meth on a spoon inside the car she was riding in.

Huff was subsequently charged with possession of methamphetamine.

Huff repeatedly told police that there was “no way in hell” that the substance was drug residue, according to Hall County assistant public defender Chris van Rossem.

Huff was unable to afford her bail and spent more than a month in jail while her attorney attempted to arrange a plea bargain.

She was released only after the crime lab finally came back with the results of its substance analysis.

It was spaghetti sauce.

“I think she said it had been SpaghettiOs,” said van Rossem.

Jordan Richardson, a visiting legal fellow at The Heritage Foundation, said police are generally within their rights to make an arrest when there is probable cause, but did raise concerns about the plea deal Huff was considering before the results came back from the crime lab. “The scary thing is that when she was confronted with jail and a fine, even though she turned out to be innocent, it was easier to take the punishment,” said Richardson.

According to KRON 4, Huff is considering legal action.

…And that is not including premiums and co-pays – YOU, each and every tax payer, are paying this bitter pill whether you bought Obamacare or not.

Via Rare:

Health coverage was never so costly until President Obama decided to make it “affordable.”

Bloomberg News has tallied up the total cost to taxpayers of Obamacare so far: $73 billion and counting. What Bloomberg didn’t do is compare that cost to the government’s latest estimate of the number of people who have obtained Obamacare coverage: 7.3 million, and possibly falling.

That means taxpayers have shelled out $10,000 per insured person.

Only a relatively small portion of that $73 billion went for actual subsidies to help people afford coverage, according to Bloomberg. The large majority of the money was spent on health IT, exchange grants to get the state websites up and running, and contractor spending. Most of those outlays have been miserable failures.

Oh, and Bloomberg rightly included the $25 billion Democrats stuck in their nearly $800 billion February 2009 stimulus plan to push doctors and hospitals to adopt electronic health records (EHR). Virtually everyone involved concedes that effort is still a “work in progress.”

BUT, that $10,000 per insured person also excludes a number of things. That’s only what taxpayers have spent; it doesn’t include how much those newly insured people are coughing up out of their own pockets for their premiums, which can be thousands of dollars a year.

Nor does it include the money that left-leaning private sector groups funneled to the Obamacare rollout efforts. I don’t think anyone has a good estimate on how much was spent, but it was surely in the millions.

Nor does it include money that then-Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Kathleen Sebelius tried to squeeze from health insurance CEOs to promote Obamacare. She apparently stopped the shakedown when news stories emerged about her practice and how unethical, not to mention illegal, it was for a federal regulator to ask for donations from the very companies she’s regulating.

Read more at http://rare.us/story/obamacare-costing-taxpayers-10000-per-insured-person-and-counting/#efY3o1RtKu0b1FTQ.99

Phony rhetoric set up as a distraction seems to be the rule among political elites. Some people are pushing back.

Via Americans for Shared Prosperity

And yet immigration both unskilled and skilled is at record levels.

The Weekly Standard:

A new chart from the minority side of the Senate Budget Committee shows a startling fact: Almost 1 in 4 Americans between the ages of 25-54 (or prime working years) are not working.

Here’s a chart showing those in that age group currently employed (95.6 million) and those who aren’t (28.9 million):

“There are 124.5 million Americans in their prime working years (ages 25–54). Nearly one-quarter of this group—28.9 million people, or 23.2 percent of the total—is not currently employed. They either became so discouraged that they left the labor force entirely, or they are in the labor force but unemployed. This group of non-employed individuals is more than 3.5 million larger than before the recession began in 2007,” writes the Republican side of the Senate Budget Committee.

“Those attempting to minimize the startling figures about America’s vanishing workforce—workplace participation overall is near a four-decade low—will say an aging population is to blame. But in fact, while the workforce overall has shrunk nearly 10 million since 2009, the cohort of workers in the labor force ages 55 to 64 has actually increased over that same period, with many delaying retirement due to poor economic conditions.

“In fact, over two-thirds of all labor force dropouts since that time have been under the age of 55. These statistics illustrate that the problems in the American economy are deep, profound, and pervasive, afflicting the sector of the labor force that should be among the most productive.”