House acts to curb Obama’s imperial presidency

House acts to curb Obama’s imperial presidency:

"The Heritage Foundation has issued a report of the details, describing the “Top 10 Abusive Executive Actions,” including “inventing labor law ‘exemptions’ in violation of the WARN Act so that workers would not receive notice of impending layoffs days before the 2012 election.”

Now Congress is preparing to try to rein in the president, with legislative plans that would authorize even legal action against the White House if the circumstances require.

It’s parallel to a move already under way among the states calling for a constitutional convention, or a convention of the states, in which citizen legislatures can propose constitutional amendments. They could include term limits for Congress and the Supreme Court or a limit on executive orders through a process that bypasses the president, Congress and even their own governors."

Watch: Detroit Police Chief Goes All Common Sense on Guns, Puts Thugs on Notice | TheBlaze.com

Watch: Detroit Police Chief Goes All Common Sense on Guns, Puts Thugs on Notice | TheBlaze.com:

"Detroit Police Chief James Craig shared plenty of common sense wisdom on guns in a recent interview with WDIV-TV. Even though plenty of anti-gun city officials are on record urging residents to call the police rather than use a firearm, Craig knows that is not always a viable option.

Craig also said he wants criminals in Detroit to know they shouldn’t just be afraid of the police — they should also be afraid of responsible gun owners who are prepared to defend themselves and their homes.

“A lot of good Detroiters are fed up,” Craig said. “The message should be that, you know, people are going to protect themselves.”"

Ben Carson Bolsters Conservative Activists: ‘Don’t Let The Left Shut You Up!’ | TheBlaze.com

Ben Carson Bolsters Conservative Activists: ‘Don’t Let The Left Shut You Up!’ | TheBlaze.com:

"Speaking in low and steady tones and pacing for applause, Dr. Ben Carson on Saturday encouraged conservative activists to get involved in their local elections and to not cower in the face of heated criticism.

“Don’t let the left shut you up!” he said, prompting applause from the audience.

Carson told attendees at the Conservative Political Action Conference held just outside Washington, D.C. this year, that Americans with common sense have been “beaten into submission” by the left and the liberal media.

“Stop being intimidated,” he said, pleading with his audience.

“I will continue to defy the PC (politically correct) police who have tried, in many cases, to shut me up. I actually find them pretty amusing,” he added."

U.S. Justice Dept. sues Philly school district over beard-length rule

U.S. Justice Dept. sues Philly school district over beard-length rule:

 "The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the School District of Philadelphia, claiming a rule regulating the length of employees’ beards constitutes religious discrimination.

According to the suit filed Wednesday, the district in October 2010 instituted a new grooming policy preventing school police officers and security guards from having beards longer than a quarter of an inch.

School police officer Siddiq Abu-Bakr maintained an untrimmed beard for the 27 years he worked at the district, the suit states. Abu-Bakr is a member of the Islamic faith, which he says requires that he not cut his beard."

History for March 9

History for March 9 - On-This-Day.com

1454 - Amerigo Vespucci was born in Florence, Italy. Matthias Ringmann, a German mapmaker, named the American continent in his honor. 


1793 - Jean Pierre Blanchard made the first balloon flight in North America. The event was witnessed by U.S. President George Washington. 


1796 - Napoleon Bonaparte and Josephine de Beauharnais were married. They were divorced in 1809. 










1820 - The U.S. Congress passed the Land Act that paved the way for westward expansion of North America. 


1822 - Charles M. Graham received the first patent for artificial teeth. 


1832 - Abraham Lincoln announced that he would run for a political office for the first time. He was unsuccessful in his run for a seat in the Illinois state legislature. 


1862 - During the U.S. Civil War, the ironclads Monitor and Virginia fought to a draw in a five-hour battle at Hampton Roads, Virginia. 


1863 - General Ulysses Grant was appointed commander-in-chief of the Union forces. 



1916 - Mexican raiders led by Pancho Villa attacked Columbus, New Mexico. 17 people were killed by the 1,500 horsemen. 


1936 - The German press warned that all Jews who vote in the upcoming elections would be arrested. 


1959 - Mattel introduced Barbie at the annual Toy Fair in New York. 


1964 - Production began on the first Ford Mustang. 


1965 - The first U.S. combat troops arrived in South Vietnam. 


1967 - Svetlana Alliluyeva, Josef Stalin's daughter defected to the United States. 


1975 - Work began on the Alaskan oil pipeline. 


1983 - The official Soviet news agency TASS says that U.S. President Reagan is full of "bellicose lunatic anti-communism." 

Rick Perry Gives Fiery Anti-Obama Speech: ‘It’s Not Too Late for America’ | TheBlaze.com

Rick Perry Gives Fiery Anti-Obama Speech: ‘It’s Not Too Late for America’ | TheBlaze.com: "

“This economic recovery is absolutely stagnant,” he said. “Our place in the world is weakened. So, I have a simple solution: It’s time for a little rebellion on the battlefield of ideas.”

Perry went on to contrast the policies in states run by Republican and Democratic governors. He said “red states” (including his own) have cut taxes, saved on budget and resisted business regulation while “blue states” have government “playing an increasing role” in Americans’ lives.

Perry gave positive name checks to his fellow Republican governors Nikki Haley of South Carolina, Bobby Jindal of Louisiana, Scott Walker of Wisconsin and Rick Scott of Florida.

On the other hand, he said, states with Democratic governors, like New York, are “implementing the tired old recipe of back-breaking taxes.”"

Video: Governor Who Signed Gun Registration Bill in Conn. Mentions the Constitution at Town Hall, Gets Called Out Perfectly by Heckler | Video | TheBlaze.com

Video: Governor Who Signed Gun Registration Bill in Conn. Mentions the Constitution at Town Hall, Gets Called Out Perfectly by Heckler | Video | TheBlaze.com:

"Gov. Malloy has faced intense criticism over his support of Connecticut’s new gun registration bill, which many believe is unconstitutional.

The bill has technically turned gun owners who legally purchased semiautomatic rifles into felons overnight after many have refused to register their guns and high-capacity magazines.

The state has yet to announce how or if they plan on enforcing the new law with criminal charges and arrests. According to some estimates, as many as 100,000 gun owners are in violation of the new gun control law."

Obamacare blocks patients paying for treatment

Obamacare blocks patients paying for treatment: "“These standards are specifically designed to limit the funds that Americans may choose to spend on health care so that they cannot keep up with the rate of medical inflation. Treatment that a doctor and patient deem needed or advisable to save the patient’s life or preserve or improve the patient’s health, but which runs afoul of the imposed standards, can be denied, even if the patient is willing and able to pay for it,” the study warns.

The study says that means that Washington “bureaucrats” will set a national standard for care “that is designed to limit what private citizens are allowed to spend to save their own lives.”

“On its face, the law maintains that this limitation does not amount to ‘rationing.’ Indeed, the [law] states, ‘The proposal [by the IPAB] shall not include any recommendations to ration health care.’ … However, the law never actually defines what it means by the word ‘ration.’"

Watch Russia Today Anchor Boldly Quit Her Job on the Air: ‘I Am Proud to Be an American’ | Video | TheBlaze.com

Watch Russia Today Anchor Boldly Quit Her Job on the Air: ‘I Am Proud to Be an American’ | Video | TheBlaze.com: "“I am very lucky to have grown up here in the United States,” she said. “I am the daughter of a veteran, my partner is a physician at a military base, where he sees everyday the firsthand accounts of the ultimate prices that people pay for this country.”

“That is why personally I cannot be part of a network that is funded by the Russian government that whitewashes the actions of Putin. I am proud to be an American and believe in disseminating the truth. And that is why after this newscast I am resigning,” Wahl concluded."

History for March 8

History for March 8 - On-This-Day.com

1618 - Johann Kepler discovered the third Law of Planetary Motion. 


1862 - The Confederate ironclad "Merrimack" was launched. 


1880 - U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes declared that the United States would have jurisdiction over any canal built across the isthmus of Panama. 


1887 - The telescopic fishing rod was patented by Everett Horton. 


1894 - A dog license law was enacted in the state of New York. It was the first animal control law in the U.S. 


1911 - British Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Gray declared that Britain would not support France in the event of a military conflict. 

1917 - Russia's "February Revolution" began with rioting and strikes in St. Petersburg. The revolution was called the "February Revolution" due to Russia's use of the Old Style calendar.
 

1933 - Self-liquidating scrip money was issued for the first time at Franklin, IN. 


1941 - Martial law was proclaimed in Holland in order to extinguish any anti-Nazi protests. 


1965 - The U.S. landed about 3,500 Marines in South Vietnam. They were the first U.S. combat troops to land in Vietnam. 


1982 - The U.S. accused the Soviets of killing 3,000 Afghans with poison gas. 

Teen Wakes From Coma When Family Sings Hymns | ABC News Blogs - Yahoo

Teen Wakes From Coma When Family Sings Hymns | ABC News Blogs - Yahoo:

Lawmaker Accuses Republicans of Secretly Wanting to Abort Biracial Babies - Yahoo News

Lawmaker Accuses Republicans of Secretly Wanting to Abort Biracial Babies - Yahoo News:

After Alabama lawmakers passed four antiabortion bills this week, one African American Democrat turned to an unusual form of race-baiting, telling his white Republican colleagues that they'd feel differently about the procedure if their daughters were pregnant with a black man's baby.

Wait, what?

“Ninety-nine percent of all of the white people in here are going to raise their hand that they are against abortion,” state Rep. Alvin Holmes, D-Montgomery, said on the floor, as recorded by AL.com. “On the other hand, 99 percent of the whites who are sitting here now, if their daughters got pregnant by the black man, they are going to make their daughter have an abortion.”

The topic turned to race soon after Rep. Mary Sue McClurkin, R–Indiana Springs, the author of one antiabortion bill, compared her legislation to Brown v. Board of Education, the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that desegregated public schools by ruling that separate is not equal. The 1954 ruling resulted in social tumult in Alabama and other Southern states and is believed to have helped usher in the civil rights movement. 

Defiant NRA Chief Draws Line Against Washington, ‘Media Elites’: We Will Never Surrender or Submit | TheBlaze.com

Defiant NRA Chief Draws Line Against Washington, ‘Media Elites’: We Will Never Surrender or Submit | TheBlaze.com: "

“America is already in trouble. Reckless government actions have consequences. When government breaks faith with the peoples, everything is in jeopardy,” he added. “Political and media dishonesty have joined forces to misinform and deceive the American public.”

LaPierre said “political and media elites” are lying to Americans, and that the “political elites” pass laws they haven’t even read while the “media elites” defend them.

“Rather than expose government dishonesty like they used to, the media elites whitewash it all,” he said. It has gotten so bad, he added, the “IRS is now a weapon.”

Then there’s the media treatment of the NRA. “They’ve never been honest about the NRA. They hate us. The media’s intentional corruption of the truth is an abomination,” he said."

Here's What Obama Said to Putin During Their Hour-Long Phone Call - Yahoo News

Here's What Obama Said to Putin During Their Hour-Long Phone Call - Yahoo News:

President Obama warned Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone today that his country's intervention in the Crimean Peninsula is in violation of Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity.

Obama urged Putin during an hour-long phone call this afternoon to embrace a diplomatic resolution "which addresses the interests of Russia, the people of Ukraine, and the international community," according to the White House.

"As a part of that resolution, the governments of Ukraine and Russia would hold direct talks, facilitated by the international community; international monitors could ensure that the rights of all Ukrainians are protected, including ethnic Russians; Russian forces would return to their bases; and the international community would work together to support the Ukrainian people as they prepare for elections in May," the White House said

Editorial: Mercy Health Muskegon's plan for $220 million center huge bet on community's future | MLive.com

Editorial: Mercy Health Muskegon's plan for $220 million center huge bet on community's future | MLive.com:

MUSKEGON, MI – The significance of Mercy Health Muskegon’s plan to invest $220 million on a new medical center for this community can’t be overstated.

The announcement was stunning last month in that the consolidated hospital system in Muskegon will forgo a phased consolidation of medical facilities and move right to a new nine-story medical center on the Mercy Campus at U.S. 31 and East Sherman Boulevard.

The move shows that Mercy Health Muskegon’s ownership, CHE Trinity Health, probably has more confidence in this community’s future than we do ourselves. Make no mistake: The Trinity decision to plan the medical center project is a huge bet on Muskegon.

A Fed Chief Admits: We’re ‘Very Worried’ About Consequences of Money Printing Policies | Video | TheBlaze.com

A Fed Chief Admits: We’re ‘Very Worried’ About Consequences of Money Printing Policies | Video | TheBlaze.com:

 "Philadelphia Federal Reserve President Charles Plosser is “very worried” about the potential for unintended consequences of the Fed’s massive quantitative easing program.

Plosser told CNBC that the U.S. was still suffering from “lasting effects” of the recession and “may never return” to its previous growth rates – and warned that policy should not bet on growth returning to previous rates, saying it could be “many, many years”.

With gross domestic product expanding at a 2.4 percent annual rate, according to the Commerce Department last Friday, Plosser said that the country was “pretty close” to its steady state growth and may never get back to where it once thought it could be. “To keep trying to think that we’re going to do that, means that we keep trying to overplay our hand in terms of policy,” he added."

C.I.A. Employees Face New Inquiry Amid Clashes on Detention Program - NYTimes.com

C.I.A. Employees Face New Inquiry Amid Clashes on Detention Program - NYTimes.com:

 "WASHINGTON — The Central Intelligence Agency’s attempt to keep secret the details of a defunct detention and interrogation program has escalated a battle between the agency and members of Congress and led to an investigation by the C.I.A.’s internal watchdog into the conduct of agency employees.

The agency’s inspector general began the inquiry partly as a response to complaints from members of Congress that C.I.A. employees were improperly monitoring the work of staff members of the Senate Intelligence Committee, according to government officials with knowledge of the investigation.

The committee has spent several years working on a voluminous report about the detention and interrogation program, and according to one official interviewed in recent days, C.I.A. officers went as far as gaining access to computer networks used by the committee to carry out its investigation."

Obama compared to most evil men ever

Obama compared to most evil men ever:

"When it comes to his policies favoring gun control, President Obama is being compared to some of the most reviled names in history, including dictators such as Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin and North Korea’s Kim Jong Il."

History for March 7

History for March 7 - On-This-Day.com
0322 BC - Aristotle, the Greek philosopher, died. 



1854 - Charles Miller received a patent for the sewing machine. 


1876 - Alexander Graham Bell received a patent (U.S. Patent No. 174,465) for his telephone. 


1908 - Cincinnati's mayor, Mark Breith announced before the city council that, "Women are not physically fit to operate automobiles." 


1927 - A Texas law that banned Negroes from voting was ruled unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court. 


1933 - The board game Monopoly was invented. 


1936 - Hitler sent German troops into the Rhineland in violation of the Locarno Pact and the Treaty of Versailles. 


2002 - A federal judge awarded Anna Nicole Smith more than $88 million in damages. The ruling was the latest in a legal battle over the estate of Smith's late husband, J. Howard Marshall II. 

Advocacy groups ask Girl Scouts to end partnership with Barbie - NY Daily News

Advocacy groups ask Girl Scouts to end partnership with Barbie - NY Daily News:



The Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood and the Center for a New American Dream slammed the doll as a poor role model and said the Barbie-themed patches will turn the girls into 'walking advertisements.' However, Girl Scouts of the USA said it will continue its partnership with Mattel.

NEW YORK — America’s top doll, Barbie, finds herself in controversy once again, this time over a business partnership between her manufacturer, Mattel, and the Girl Scouts.

On Thursday, two consumer advocacy groups often critical of corporate advertising tactics — the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood and the Center for a New American Dream — criticized Barbie as a flawed role model for little girls and launched a petition drive urging the Girl Scouts of the USA to end the partnership. The Girls Scouts said they would not do so