Why should ANY taxpayer money go to funding any radio station, but less a one sided liberal station that only represents the views of a portion of the American Public. If Soros likes this station so much, let him finance it completely....In this time when we need to cut government spending, this is an easy cut...it won't solve all the problems, but it's a start....
Williams Firing Sparks Calls to Defund National Public Radio
Published October 21, 2010 | FoxNews.com
"I think the U.S. Congress should investigate NPR and consider cutting off their money," said Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who is also a Fox News contributor
Gingrich called the firing "an act of total censorship."
"I think the whole idea that if you honestly say how you feel about Islam -- what he said was very balanced, people should read what he actually said -- the idea that that's the excuse for National Public Radio to censor Juan Williams is an outrage and every listeners of NPR should be enraged that there's this kind of bias against an American," Gingrich said.
NPR President and CEO Vivian Schiller sent an internal memo Thursday seeking to clarify why Williams' contract was terminated, claiming that the remarks he made on Fox News' "The O'Reilly Factor" weren't the problem, he was canned because he's become a pundit rather than an analyst.
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"This isn't the first time we have had serious concerns about some of Juan's public comments," she wrote. "Despite many conversations and warnings over the years, Juan continued to violate this principal (sic).
Speaking at the Atlanta Press Club Thursday, Schiller defended the firing, saying Williams should keep his feelings about Muslims between him and "his psychiatrist or his publicist."
Williams told Fox News that he was fired Wednesday by Ellen Weiss, NPR's vice president for news. He said Weiss told him he made a bigoted statement and crossed a line.
"I said, 'You mean I don't even get the chance to come in and we do this eyeball-to-eyeball, person-to-person, have a conversation? I've been there more than 10 years," Williams said. He said Weiss responded that "there's nothing you can that would change my mind."
But Williams has won considerable support from members in the press and lawmakers. The hosts of ABC's "The View," whose raucous interview with O'Reilly last week sparked a weeklong back-and-forth about making a distinction between Muslims and Islamic extremists, said NPR was wrong to let Williams go.
"I don't think he should have been fired, because, in fact as you pointed out Sherri, lots of people have this idea," said host Whoopi Goldberg.
Host Barbara Walters said Williams perhaps should have been chastised, not fired because he was on the show to give his perspective.
"I think they were very wrong," she said of NPR.
Republican Rep. Peter King went further, calling on Congress to defund NPR "because of its indefensible bias."
"NPR has disgraced itself by caving into CAIR and by firing Juan Williams for exercising his right of free speech," he said. "This is political correctness carried to its extreme form."
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, a Fox News contributor, called on Congress to stop cutting checks to NPR and said he will no longer accept interview requests from NPR "as long as they are going to practice a form of censorship."
"NPR has discredited itself as a forum for free speech and a protection of the First Amendment rights of all and has solidified itself as the purveyor of politically correct pabulum and protector of views that lean left," he said.
NPR says government funding makes up less than 2 percent of it budget with the rest coming from station fees, sponsorships and grants.This week, the radio network received $1.8 million from billionaire investor George Soros to hire journalists to cover legislatures in all 50 states.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations had urged NPR to take swift action against Williams. The group said such commentary from a journalist about racial, ethnic or religious minority groups would not be tolerated.
"NPR should address the fact that one of its news analysts seems to believe that all airline passengers who are perceived to be Muslim can legitimately be viewed a security threats," said CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad.
CAIR national spokesman Ibrahim Hooper told Fox News that the group is "pleased that the network addressed Muslim concerns."
"It was really up to them what to do in response," he said. "I think everyone has recognized now that perhaps it wasn't a good fit between the network and Mr. Williams."
Hooper said he did not think Williams, an African American who has written extensively on civil rights in the United States. But Hooper said, "Everybody's accountable for their words and their actions and when he seemed to legitimize singling out people who are perceived to be Muslim based on their attire on airlines, I think that crosses the line."
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Teacher Out of Control AGAIN!
This is disgraceful and unlawful behavior by the school district....this is voter tampering and needs to be addessed by law enforcement. How could the school say they did nothing wrong?......I admire that they are encouraging students to vote, but to prejudice their opinion about who to vote for and to deliver them to the polling place goes way too far.....Another example of the liberal teachers union/department of education in appropriately using their influence over children and breaking the law. If I were a parent of one of these students, I would be screaming at the school. If this happened on the Republican side there would be insurrection in the streets, but my guess is you will hardly hear about this on the national State-Run media.
School Buses Students to Vote, Gives Them Democrat-Only Sample Ballot
By Joshua Rhett Miller Published October 21, 2010 | FoxNews.com
The Cincinnati Public Schools system "expressly denies" that it did anything wrong when it allowed a group of high school students to be bused during school hours to the Board of Elections, to be shown sample ballots that included only Democrats, and then to vote.
And it promises never to do it again.
Thomas Brinkman, a Republican candidate for county auditor, and a group called the Coalition Opposed to Additional Spending & Taxes filed a legal complaint after three van loads of students from Hughes High School were bused on Oct. 13 to the Hamilton County Board of Elections. The students, all registered voters, were given sample ballots that listed only Democratic candidates -- "clearly with the intention of instructing [them] how to vote," according to the complaint -- before they cast their ballots.
Then the kids were then taken for free ice cream, a move Brinkman and the coalition said was tantamount to "bribery."
Brinkman's attorney, Chris Finney, said a teacher at the high school coordinated with Gwen Robinson, a former principal within the district, to allow a local church to provide three vans to transport the students to a local polling location.
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On Wednesday, attorneys for the school district and Brinkman filed an agreed order that calls for the district to "not use any personnel or property" for advocating any particular political candidate or party.
We want these kids exposed to the full range of ideas, and this order from the judge requires that," Finney said.
He isn't convinced, however, that the busing is limited to Cincinnati.
"We suspect this activity is going on throughout the state of Ohio," said Finney, who was unable to provide additional details. "And it just needs to stop."
The agreement, which was signed by Hamilton County Common Pleas Court Judge Beth Myers, states that "All future efforts to transport students of the Cincinnati Public Schools to a polling place so that those students may vote as part of an educational activity shall comply with all policies of the Cincinnati Public Schools and Ohio law concerning field trips for students."
But school officials "expressly" denied any wrongdoing, and Finney said a lawsuit against the school system will continue despite Wednesday's order. It seeks to have the incident declared a violation of Ohio law and district policy and to have a permanent injunction issued to never allow students to be subjected to partisan political activities during school hours. It also seeks to have Cincinnati Public Schools pay Finney's attorney fees, or at least $10,000. The case is scheduled to continue on Nov. 30.
"We're going to use this lawsuit to expose the depth of collusion between the Cincinnati Public Schools and the Democratic Party, who, in a one-sided way, seeks to indoctrinate the children for their electoral purposes," said Finney, who alleges that some school system employees are explicitly tasked to "turn out the vote" for Democratic candidates during election season.
"We intend to put a stop to that once and for all," he said.
Mark Stepaniak, an attorney for Cincinnati Public Schools, acknowledged that the district transported about a "score" of students to the polling place, an arrangement put in place by Robinson and a teacher he declined to identify.
In previous years, Stepaniak said, students were transported using donated bus tokens from a local YMCA. But due to budget shortfalls, the YMCA was unable to provide the tokens this year, prompting Robinson to arrange to have buses from a local church transport the students. He acknowledged that the students were given sample ballots by Robinson as they exited the buses.
"In isolation, it's like, 'How'd that happen?' But the district is not interested in partisan politics," he said. "That's not what they're supposed to do and that's not what they did."
Stepaniak said the activity was not occurring at other schools in the district.
"No one from the district distributed campaign material, or knew that campaign material would be distributed or sought to advance a political candidate," he said. "It happened the way it happened. We're now on alert to make sure that everything's tightened down."
Stepaniak continued, "I wouldn't say it's much ado about nothing, but it's definitely a one-off event and not emblematic of Cincinnati Public Schools to advance a particular party or candidate.
"You can see where the worry was, but this wasn't some massive plan by the district."
School Buses Students to Vote, Gives Them Democrat-Only Sample Ballot
By Joshua Rhett Miller Published October 21, 2010 | FoxNews.com
The Cincinnati Public Schools system "expressly denies" that it did anything wrong when it allowed a group of high school students to be bused during school hours to the Board of Elections, to be shown sample ballots that included only Democrats, and then to vote.
And it promises never to do it again.
Thomas Brinkman, a Republican candidate for county auditor, and a group called the Coalition Opposed to Additional Spending & Taxes filed a legal complaint after three van loads of students from Hughes High School were bused on Oct. 13 to the Hamilton County Board of Elections. The students, all registered voters, were given sample ballots that listed only Democratic candidates -- "clearly with the intention of instructing [them] how to vote," according to the complaint -- before they cast their ballots.
Then the kids were then taken for free ice cream, a move Brinkman and the coalition said was tantamount to "bribery."
Brinkman's attorney, Chris Finney, said a teacher at the high school coordinated with Gwen Robinson, a former principal within the district, to allow a local church to provide three vans to transport the students to a local polling location.
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On Wednesday, attorneys for the school district and Brinkman filed an agreed order that calls for the district to "not use any personnel or property" for advocating any particular political candidate or party.
We want these kids exposed to the full range of ideas, and this order from the judge requires that," Finney said.
He isn't convinced, however, that the busing is limited to Cincinnati.
"We suspect this activity is going on throughout the state of Ohio," said Finney, who was unable to provide additional details. "And it just needs to stop."
The agreement, which was signed by Hamilton County Common Pleas Court Judge Beth Myers, states that "All future efforts to transport students of the Cincinnati Public Schools to a polling place so that those students may vote as part of an educational activity shall comply with all policies of the Cincinnati Public Schools and Ohio law concerning field trips for students."
But school officials "expressly" denied any wrongdoing, and Finney said a lawsuit against the school system will continue despite Wednesday's order. It seeks to have the incident declared a violation of Ohio law and district policy and to have a permanent injunction issued to never allow students to be subjected to partisan political activities during school hours. It also seeks to have Cincinnati Public Schools pay Finney's attorney fees, or at least $10,000. The case is scheduled to continue on Nov. 30.
"We're going to use this lawsuit to expose the depth of collusion between the Cincinnati Public Schools and the Democratic Party, who, in a one-sided way, seeks to indoctrinate the children for their electoral purposes," said Finney, who alleges that some school system employees are explicitly tasked to "turn out the vote" for Democratic candidates during election season.
"We intend to put a stop to that once and for all," he said.
Mark Stepaniak, an attorney for Cincinnati Public Schools, acknowledged that the district transported about a "score" of students to the polling place, an arrangement put in place by Robinson and a teacher he declined to identify.
In previous years, Stepaniak said, students were transported using donated bus tokens from a local YMCA. But due to budget shortfalls, the YMCA was unable to provide the tokens this year, prompting Robinson to arrange to have buses from a local church transport the students. He acknowledged that the students were given sample ballots by Robinson as they exited the buses.
"In isolation, it's like, 'How'd that happen?' But the district is not interested in partisan politics," he said. "That's not what they're supposed to do and that's not what they did."
Stepaniak said the activity was not occurring at other schools in the district.
"No one from the district distributed campaign material, or knew that campaign material would be distributed or sought to advance a political candidate," he said. "It happened the way it happened. We're now on alert to make sure that everything's tightened down."
Stepaniak continued, "I wouldn't say it's much ado about nothing, but it's definitely a one-off event and not emblematic of Cincinnati Public Schools to advance a particular party or candidate.
"You can see where the worry was, but this wasn't some massive plan by the district."
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Elliot Spitzer shouldn't be on TV!.....get him a prostitute!
Elliot Spitzer doesn't deserve to be on TV....and to even imply that he isn't a flaming liberal and totally biased is nuts....another example of national media and it's State-Run bent....
Vote Against Obama, his agenda and the Democrats!
Get out and Vote and vote for everyone that DOES NOT SUPPORT Barack Obama, his Agenda or the Democrats!!!!
Obama is Destructive to America.....If you don't feel threatened, read the article below...
IF you don't feel threatened by Obama and Left, then you are just not paying attention....this man and his agenda is anti-American....he may call himself a Christian and not a Muslim, but his actions do NOT prove that....He,his agenda and his supporters have to be stopped of we will not recognize this great country. These midterm elections are very important to send a clear message that the American People will NOT stand for this....Vote Conservative Republican...it's our only chance to stop Obama and his destructive Agenda!.....and the next time Michelle goes out on the campaign trail and asks for folks to "pray" for Barack...don't take her seriously....!
From today's Heritage Foundation -
What the Left Doesn't Understand About America
Monday night in Rockville, Md., President Barack Obama told Democratic Senate candidate donors: "As wonderful as the land is here in the United States, as much as we have been blessed by the bounty of this magnificent continent that stretches from the Atlantic to the Pacific, what makes this place special is not something physical. It has to do with this idea that was started by 13 colonies that decided to throw off the yoke of an empire, and said, 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that each of us are endowed with certain inalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.'"
At first blush, that seems like a fine statement about what makes America exceptional. But look at President Obama's "quote" from the Declaration of Independence again. Here is what the Declaration actually says: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." If you think that President Obama's abandonment of the Creator was an accident, think again. Monday was the third time in a little over a month that President Obama wrote the Creator out of one of our nation's founding documents. He omitted the exact same phrase at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute's 33rd Annual Awards Gala on September 15 and again at a September 23 fundraiser in New York City.
Remember this is the same President who admonished "small towns in Pennsylvania" and "a lot of small towns in the Midwest" because they "get bitter" and "cling to guns or religion." And the President is not alone. MSNBC's new "Lean Forward" Progressive Movement branding campaign also leaves out "by their Creator" from their reading of the Declaration. Again, this is no accident. Writing faith in God out of the public sphere allows and encourages Big Government to replace it. The Heritage Foundation's Ryan Messmore explains:
[G]overnment power is inherently limited by the role of other social institutions, such as families, religious congregations, schools, and businesses. The rightful authority of these institutions helps to check the authority of the state. ... As government claims responsibility for more tasks, it absorbs the allegiance that citizens once placed in other relationships and forms of association. When the federal government assumes more responsibility for fulfilling the moral obligations among citizens, it tends to undermine the perceived significance and authority of local institutions and communities.
This encourages citizens, instead of looking to their families, churches, or local communities for guidance and assistance, to depend on the government for education, welfare, and various other services. As individuals begin to look more consistently to the government for support, the institutions that are able to generate virtues like trust and responsibility begin to lose their sway in the community. Excessive bureaucratic centralization thus sets in motion a dangerous cycle of dependence and social decay.
For far too long the American people have allowed the Progressive Movement to read out of existence the checks that America's Founders placed in our founding documents. That is why The Heritage Foundation is now distributing a series of pamphlets titled "Understanding America" that explores how the United States’ commitment to the universal truths of human equality and the right to self-government—as proclaimed in the Declaration of Independence—requires a vigilant defense of the cause of liberty, both at home and abroad. In the first volume, Heritage's Matthew Spalding writes:
America's principles establish religious liberty as a fundamental right. It is in our nature to pursue our convictions of faith. Government must not establish an official religion, just as it must guarantee the free exercise of religion. Indeed, popular government requires a flourishing of religious faith. If a free people are to govern themselves politically, they must first govern themselves morally.
The United States did not grow from a small thirteen colonies to a vast 50 states that produce almost a quarter of the world's wealth due to an all powerful federal government. It was American civil society, led by families, churches, businesses, communities and associations that built this country. According to the latest Gallup poll, 58% of Americans believe that "the government is trying to do too many things that should be left to individuals and businesses." Contrast that with President Obama who recently told a Democratic campaign rally in Philadelphia, the very place where the Declaration of Independence was signed, that the United States Chamber of Commerce was "a threat to our democracy." With all due respect to the President, the American people have a much different view of where the threat to our democracy is coming from.
From today's Heritage Foundation -
What the Left Doesn't Understand About America
Monday night in Rockville, Md., President Barack Obama told Democratic Senate candidate donors: "As wonderful as the land is here in the United States, as much as we have been blessed by the bounty of this magnificent continent that stretches from the Atlantic to the Pacific, what makes this place special is not something physical. It has to do with this idea that was started by 13 colonies that decided to throw off the yoke of an empire, and said, 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that each of us are endowed with certain inalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.'"
At first blush, that seems like a fine statement about what makes America exceptional. But look at President Obama's "quote" from the Declaration of Independence again. Here is what the Declaration actually says: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." If you think that President Obama's abandonment of the Creator was an accident, think again. Monday was the third time in a little over a month that President Obama wrote the Creator out of one of our nation's founding documents. He omitted the exact same phrase at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute's 33rd Annual Awards Gala on September 15 and again at a September 23 fundraiser in New York City.
Remember this is the same President who admonished "small towns in Pennsylvania" and "a lot of small towns in the Midwest" because they "get bitter" and "cling to guns or religion." And the President is not alone. MSNBC's new "Lean Forward" Progressive Movement branding campaign also leaves out "by their Creator" from their reading of the Declaration. Again, this is no accident. Writing faith in God out of the public sphere allows and encourages Big Government to replace it. The Heritage Foundation's Ryan Messmore explains:
[G]overnment power is inherently limited by the role of other social institutions, such as families, religious congregations, schools, and businesses. The rightful authority of these institutions helps to check the authority of the state. ... As government claims responsibility for more tasks, it absorbs the allegiance that citizens once placed in other relationships and forms of association. When the federal government assumes more responsibility for fulfilling the moral obligations among citizens, it tends to undermine the perceived significance and authority of local institutions and communities.
This encourages citizens, instead of looking to their families, churches, or local communities for guidance and assistance, to depend on the government for education, welfare, and various other services. As individuals begin to look more consistently to the government for support, the institutions that are able to generate virtues like trust and responsibility begin to lose their sway in the community. Excessive bureaucratic centralization thus sets in motion a dangerous cycle of dependence and social decay.
For far too long the American people have allowed the Progressive Movement to read out of existence the checks that America's Founders placed in our founding documents. That is why The Heritage Foundation is now distributing a series of pamphlets titled "Understanding America" that explores how the United States’ commitment to the universal truths of human equality and the right to self-government—as proclaimed in the Declaration of Independence—requires a vigilant defense of the cause of liberty, both at home and abroad. In the first volume, Heritage's Matthew Spalding writes:
America's principles establish religious liberty as a fundamental right. It is in our nature to pursue our convictions of faith. Government must not establish an official religion, just as it must guarantee the free exercise of religion. Indeed, popular government requires a flourishing of religious faith. If a free people are to govern themselves politically, they must first govern themselves morally.
The United States did not grow from a small thirteen colonies to a vast 50 states that produce almost a quarter of the world's wealth due to an all powerful federal government. It was American civil society, led by families, churches, businesses, communities and associations that built this country. According to the latest Gallup poll, 58% of Americans believe that "the government is trying to do too many things that should be left to individuals and businesses." Contrast that with President Obama who recently told a Democratic campaign rally in Philadelphia, the very place where the Declaration of Independence was signed, that the United States Chamber of Commerce was "a threat to our democracy." With all due respect to the President, the American people have a much different view of where the threat to our democracy is coming from.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
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