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For the first time in a long time, I took time to think about what my true focus should be on in the new year. As I prayed the following words came to my heart.
Dear Lord,
Please make give me a new heart and increase my compassion.
New hands to do the work you want me to do.
New feet to go the places you want me to go.
New eyes to see the things you want me to see.
A new resolve to share the truth with as many people as possible.
Lord in all that I do, may I bring honor and glory to all to you.
In Jesus Name, Amen.
Our nation has an opportunity to change, but it must happen one person at a time. We need to move forward by looking back on things that have not worked and things that have.
Freedom and Liberty should not be given up easily, Men, women and children should not be subjected to being fondled by those whoa were hired to keep airports safe if they refuse to be irradiated by back-scatter devices at the airports.
National ID Cards, national databases, executive signing orders, internet control, food control and many other un-American pieces of legislation needs to be overturned.
It will take a strong resolve and it will take a large number of like-minded Americans to make it happen.
As long as we put our faith and trust in God and we stand together, we can be victorious at the polls and in our state legislators as well as the federal legislatures.
Stand up, Speak Up, Live Free!
GOD'S WORD FOR TODAY
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. 2 CORINTHIANS 5:17 (KJV)
IN THE NEWS
HEALTH ALERT
Labs Seek Clues After 3,000 Birds Die in Ark.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8GfTTOUJMQ
1,000 Birds Fall from Arkansas Sky in Hitchcockian Scene
http://bit.ly/i32OJv
Nightmare: First Birds Drop Dead, Now 100,000 Fish Die In Arkansas River!
http://bit.ly/hz3dCG
USDA Certified Organic’s Dirty Little Secret: Neotame
http://bit.ly/hBLUGc
HEALTH NEWS
Pesticides used in California ‘salad bowl’ growing region destroying health of workers, children
http://bit.ly/g0J3lm
Declassified NZ Defence Force Reports Reveal Chemtrail Linked To Outbreak Of Illnesses
http://bit.ly/bQDegJ
Big Pharma Prepares To Exploit New Swine Flu Scare
http://bit.ly/f5ItEQ
OBAMA CARE
House GOP plans two-pronged assault on health law
http://politi.co/gqeg11
Medicare reg resurrects 'death panels'
http://bit.ly/hkWqw8
OBAMA NATION
Furor Over Obama Appointments; Health Tests Ahead for CBO
http://fxn.ws/gr6Rqj
Obama aide: Don't 'play chicken' with debt ceiling
http://yhoo.it/gyYfVa
POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
Police: State rep stole his personnel file
http://bit.ly/eRINr4
First Candidate Enters Virginia Senate Race
http://bit.ly/dEASeb
'New world order' still in flux, says author
http://bit.ly/hlbwb9
'UK govt. responsible for clashes'
http://bit.ly/gYNoaG
McGuinty sheds light on G20 law controversy
http://bit.ly/eKIxCd
Take That! by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.
http://bit.ly/hpYviH
While You Were Shopping, Congress Attacked! Merry Christmas!
http://bit.ly/gMUgIY
FCC passes first net neutrality rules
http://wapo.st/hka3P0
Kansas town sued for taxing church attendance
http://bit.ly/gfwqSF
POLICE STATE NEWS
United States To Advance Police State in 2011: Rights Denied at Airports Will Spread into Communities
http://bit.ly/hEVGnv
Will TSA Airport Security Be Ending Soon?
http://bit.ly/g5jAJv
Aaron B. Tobey Strips at Airport to Protest TSA...
http://bit.ly/h5iNPo
More TSA Lies In Attempt To Cover Up Security Failures
http://bit.ly/hHLUeI
Blacklisting, No Fly lists in the police state
http://bit.ly/eqNmeJ
America's Police State Mentality in the Electronic Age
http://bit.ly/e7oD8b
TSA, Youth Corps Now Officially part of Obama Gestapo and Marxist Senators vow to Create Official Dictatorship
http://bit.ly/gkCNiQ
Stop the Police State, Repeal the PATRIOT Act
http://bit.ly/fzeXAF
Brian Reed Shot by MPD as Jesse Watson's Family Launches Wrongful Death
http://bit.ly/h3VUX6
‘Big Brother’ police keep millions of innocent people on file who dial 999 to report a crime
http://bit.ly/fuyt6R
Big Sis Photocopies Credit Cards, Confiscates Advent Calendars
http://bit.ly/evtz5K
Gerald Celente: What’s in store for 2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGC7zRxo8k0
Indiana Grandmother, a Muslim Convert, Being Investigated for Possible Terror Link
http://fxn.ws/esvI6F
Related Indiana Grandmother Link
http://bit.ly/fUqRzq
Proposed Law Could Put Black Hats in Stripe City for 10 Years
http://bit.ly/edBRGp
DriveMeCrazy App Lets You Report Bad Drivers to the DMV
http://bit.ly/hlPDAS
US spent billions to set up domestic intelligence network
http://bit.ly/h0WNEb
'FBI, Mossad turn US into police state'
http://bit.ly/hxMKg6
Police State: "Lefty" San Francisco Can Throw People in Jail For Sitting on a Sidewalk
http://bit.ly/h2Bx03
Houston Police Spy Drones: Whatever Happened to Serve and Protect?
http://bit.ly/dSECTc
London arrests based on CCTV identification. Britain adopts Chinese model of policing protest?
http://bit.ly/fjfOuZ
We're all spying on each other
http://bit.ly/fKxhR2
Expanding Surveillance
http://bit.ly/dZ2oZ6
Police State Injustice: Canada's Security Certificate Process
http://bit.ly/eFvMwi
Waffle crackdown exposes Leafs Police State
http://bit.ly/dLfMoU
'European' Police State
http://bit.ly/eAGdLa
Two arrested for posting video clips showing police sweep of nightclub
http://bit.ly/fH2V5V
Man faces five year prison sentence for reading his unfaithful wife's emails
http://bit.ly/ezPeQG
Husband may get Jail Time For Email Snooping
http://bit.ly/gtAO6D
Boo-kashenko: Face of 'Police State' as cops baton crowds in Belarus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rn4aYepU-eM
REAL ID & PRIVACY NEWS
Computer issues halt service at Norfolk, Smithfield DMVs
http://bit.ly/erhyvk
Computer problem slows DMV operations
http://bit.ly/fr4bgG
Camera Issues Cause Headaches For Drivers At N.J. DMVs
http://bit.ly/eIH0Fz
Florida stops online testing for learner's permits
http://bit.ly/eIeycK
ECONOMIC NEWS
Jobs Are Trickling In, But Millions Have Given Up Looking For Work
http://huff.to/gMlz7a
American Cities That Are Running Out Of People
http://yhoo.it/dYBJOC
Oil's surge in 2010 paves the way for $4 gasoline
http://yhoo.it/goUMmB
Apple Forces eBay to Pull Steve Jobs Figurine
http://bit.ly/hjpOcR
FREE TRADE OF THE AMERICAS
State Department Issues Background Note on United Mexican States
http://bit.ly/dPo1Fn
CHRISTIANITY NEWS
EGYPT: Hundreds protest to denounce terrorist attack on Coptic Christians
http://lat.ms/gJdyXr
Christians, police clash after Egypt church bomb
http://bit.ly/fHzsBS
AFTERMATH - Pretty Spooky
Abandoned Six Flags New Orleans Tour
http://bit.ly/apQMnu
IMMIGRATION NEWS
14 states may target birthright citizenship
http://yhoo.it/eD0huR
Immigrant and Civil Liberties Advocates Protest Mass. Participation in DHS "Secure Communities" Program
http://bit.ly/hq5zTz
HACKER NEWS
Genome Hackers Is Your DNA Safe?
http://bit.ly/fvEDIV
Mobile network cracked by hackers
http://bit.ly/dUNyjd
Security patch for Microsoft Word helps protect against attacks
http://bit.ly/hdAEKo
Is your Internet TV vulnerable to hackers?
http://zd.net/gDiZEQ
Government denies overlooking cyber threats
http://bit.ly/ez45dc
FBI in hunt for pro-WikiLeaks hackers
http://bit.ly/hFiRnq
Operation: Payback Hackers Wanted By FBI
http://bit.ly/eKzwKo
Online scam sets off nightmare scenario for Plainfield man victimized by hackers
http://bit.ly/gFysPv
Honda warns customers of email database breach
http://bit.ly/f1mLRY
What you missed: URL-shortening services gave hackers a new entry point
http://bit.ly/hRPhi4
2011's Biggest Security Threats
http://bit.ly/fxF7a4
Microsoft patches critical Outlook drive-by bug
http://bit.ly/b4kQwB
Microsoft warns of Word attacks
http://bit.ly/foPhbb
Attacks On Microsoft Word Very Possible, Apply Patch ASAP
http://bit.ly/ijtshw
Warning as hackers said to be targeting smartphones and social media platforms
http://bit.ly/fvY2Tz
Hackers to target Google and Apple in 2011
http://bit.ly/g6ojPV
Hackers eavesdrop on GSM phone calls with aid of $15 cell phones
http://exm.nr/gT2eGW
IE 0day accidentally leaked to Chinese hackers
http://bit.ly/hvHkcy
Chinese hackers dig into new IE bug, says Google researcher
http://bit.ly/hrOnPT
Hackers make a mockery of security
http://bit.ly/flwkAs
Female inmates at Bedford Hills prison to staff DMV call center
http://bit.ly/eyDwtb
DMV to alert towns, cities of tax cheats
http://bit.ly/gyaV1W
Ex-DMV employee charged with fraud
http://bit.ly/hOYaLY
No Real I.D. in Nevada
http://bit.ly/ePNCaM
Electronic medical records in the age of WikiLeaks
http://bit.ly/i9Ppt9
State weeks behind in issuing driver's licenses
http://bit.ly/gSMfUy
Real Victory against REAL ID
http://inewp.com/?p=6045
ID cards – RIP
http://bit.ly/dRJlFV
Hackers take control of Pa. woman's online ID
http://bit.ly/eJTNGh
Email Marketing: The Can-Spam Act
http://bit.ly/9dQB0P
FBI raided Texas firm in probe of hackers
http://bit.ly/g2Q1F0
Local Credit Union Members Victimized In International Credit Card Fraud Case
http://bit.ly/fvd31X
Fashion Hacker Nabbed For Leaking Cond© Nast Images; Refuses To Talk About It Unless Compensate
http://bit.ly/g5dKWy
BBB Advises Consumers to Beware of Free Wi-Fi Scam at Airports
http://bit.ly/fbYT6b
Hackers Hit Honda, Steal Millions of Customers' Data
http://bit.ly/gryoEv
Microsoft Cloud Data Breach Heralds Things to Come
http://bit.ly/dYRLyi
Automobile Computers May Soon Be Target Of Hackers Or Worse
http://bit.ly/h68HG9
Hacker blamed for theft
http://bit.ly/gsR8te
Website for Tour company CitySights NY hit by hackers
http://bit.ly/fYK8Ro
Protect yourself from gift card hackers
http://bit.ly/hMCxSR
Cyberbullies and hackers targeting sucessful women
http://bit.ly/gJE4iE
Hackers steal an alleged 5.5 million euros from Dutch bank
http://bit.ly/dFulxv
Germany to set up cyber defence centre against Chinese hackers
http://bit.ly/efFV2B
Hackers target Swedish foreign minister's blog
http://bit.ly/hSAHIR
Beware of hackers when using open networks
http://bit.ly/fZcx2U
Computer Users Jeopardize Security With Poor Password Practices
http://bit.ly/gEsN7U
Most common passwords released
http://exm.nr/eatWlG
Strengthening Your Passwords Can Save You Heartache
http://bit.ly/ha91MH
New York Tour Firm Breached, 110,000 Bank Cards Accessed
http://bit.ly/hMxoJu
Irate hackers bring down sports body's Web site
http://bit.ly/ft0sP6
Hacker's Reason for Poaching Conde Images: Getting Them on the Web First
http://bit.ly/efVHMa
DDOS: Hackers Bad Behavior Threatens World Order
http://bit.ly/fm5UPQ
Indictment says hacker took $274K from Digital River
http://bit.ly/e9b9WX
IE Bug Gives Hackers Control Over Your PC, Microsoft Offers Band-Ai
http://aol.it/flsUGq
MORAL DECLINE
Gastonia Police: Alcohol Sales To Minors Is An Obvious Problem
http://bit.ly/igjkD8
In praise of marriage
http://bit.ly/i2Jy9M
Pope’s child porn 'normal' claim sparks outrage among victims
http://bit.ly/hHRZGR
Man Who Removed Fingerprints To Hide Identity Pleads Guilty To Using Forged Document
http://bit.ly/fcTBNY
Father, son arrested on drug charges
http://bit.ly/g3nMAT
HOMOSEXUAL AGENDA
Selection of 'gay' leader no step toward Christian unity
http://bit.ly/i9gBrZ
Catholic Church silent at wrong time
http://bit.ly/g9PsVv
"Repeal the Real ID Act" is DownsizeDC.org's oldest active campaign.
That's because REAL ID - which is a de facto national ID card - lays the foundation for a future police state.
That's why so many people have fought against it so hard for so long. And thanks to that resistence REAL ID still hasn't been implimented, six years after it became law! A big part of this is because of your pressure.
And now there's more good news . . .
There's a silver lining in the monstrous, 1,926-page appropriations bill (H.R. 3082). This bill rescinds funding for a REAL ID "hub." The House already passed the bill, and the Senate will consider it as soon as TODAY.
This hub would have created a centralized ID verification system, where states share driver information with each other. Without this hub, REAL ID suffers a fatal blow.
That's why we're asking you to tell Congress to support this cut in REAL ID's budget, and to repeal REAL ID altogether.
You may borrow from or copy this letter . . .
I'm glad that the House is rescinding funding for a REAL ID hub in the H.R. 3082 budget bill. My Senators should ensure that this rescission remains in the bill.
But you should do more. Repeal REAL ID entirely.
* REAL ID assumes I am a foreign terrorist or illegal immigrant, and that I must "prove" my innocence
* I am punished with higher fees, more red tape, and longer DMV lines
* And my private information will be centralized, making me more susceptible to identity theft and other dangers
Furthermore . . .
* The REAL ID law still exists as an unconstitutional, unfunded mandate on the cash-strapped states
* 21 states will still be out of compliance when it is scheduled to take effect in May, 2011 http://www.seattlepi.com/local/431425_realid08.html?source=mypi
* By de-funding the verification hub, there's no longer any point in forcing the states to implement REAL ID
This is America, land of the free. It's not the land of "Your papers, please." Help restore liberty to America and repeal REAL ID.
END LETTER
You can send your letter using DownsizeDC.org's Educate the Powerful System.
And please share this good news with your friends. Share this on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/downsizedc
Jim Babka
President
DownsizeDC.org, Inc.
GOD's WORD FOR TODAY
The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.Proverbs 29:25 (KJV)
IN THE NEWS
SOCIAL MEDIA
Facecrook: Offences linked to social networking sites increase 7,000%
http://bit.ly/fZC9MR
HOMOSEXUAL AGENDA
In a historic vote, the Senate overturns ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’
http://yhoo.it/ekrKEf
OBAMA NATION
Obama’s new tax on…Rainwater!?
http://bit.ly/g1733Q
POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
State Employees Don't Have to Pay Bridge Tolls - Yeah That's Fair
http://bit.ly/h9NVCh
North American Union-SPP agenda re-manifests through Knowyourborder.gov
http://bit.ly/iaf9GI
Forget WikiLeaks. How about the photocopier?
http://bit.ly/hvBdCY
G20 fallout resonates
http://bit.ly/dLa0xm
On The Chopping Block - Social Security, Medicare And Medicaid
http://bit.ly/etJDmt
Assange Wined And Dined At US Embassy
http://bit.ly/hWWjGp
Revealed: How the CIA protected Nazi murderers
http://ind.pn/hUbNV3
The Fix Is In - Expect Democrats To Buckle
http://bit.ly/hlr8Ub
OBAMA CARE
Most Driven Into Debt by Medical Bills HAVE Health Insurance
http://bit.ly/hMMxfw
CORPORATE SCHEMES
More Johnson & Johnson Experimentation - But I Thought They Were the Family Company?
http://nyti.ms/gS5kq1
Bags from Gap’s ‘FEED USA’ campaign actually made in China
http://yhoo.it/hAmpYS
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION & BORDER NEWS
DPS urges holiday travelers to avoid Mexico
http://bit.ly/gVDBKq
YouTube - Illegals in my Yard Christmas Song (Unedited Version)
http://bit.ly/7nn1lu
WSSU Professors Asked Faculty to Support DREAM Act
http://bit.ly/fhOfdp
Prof: Hispanics should replace 'old white men'
http://bit.ly/hnovoY
Will Claire McCaskill Suppoer the DREAM Act Or Not?
http://bit.ly/hCO9AB
POLICE STATE NEWS
Monitoring America: How the U.S. Sees You
http://bit.ly/fLjhdZ
Red Light Cameras: Safety Devices or One More Step Toward a Surveillance State?
http://bit.ly/hjlZYr
One more step toward a surveillance state?
http://bit.ly/dZCrA7
U.S. UPS scrutiny of public
http://bit.ly/g2VtPi
U.S. Collecting Information About Americans To Strengthen FBI Investigations
http://huff.to/fuEy18
Local agencies help collect data on Americans
http://bit.ly/ebx8rM
Privacy Courtesy of an Internet Police State? Thanks but No Thanks
http://bit.ly/g83Ati
W.Va. troopers under investigation out of agency
http://bit.ly/fWmC8c
2010 Villain: The G20 Integrated Security Unit
http://bit.ly/goPvrb
Tattle-Tale On Bad Drivers With DriveMeCrazy App
http://bit.ly/hAASkE
Professors: TSA scanners simple to dupe
http://bit.ly/gpD3ZN
iPhone snitch network launched
http://bit.ly/edvSMd
Charges Dropped Against Man Arrested For Saying “Homosexuality Is a Sin”
http://bit.ly/hTWd1u
Heathrow Responds To Big Freeze By Freezing Passengers
http://bit.ly/fQSUwT
TSA under fire after businessman boards international flight with loaded handgun
http://bit.ly/dPDLGW
TSA Too Busy Groping, Perving, Playing God To Notice Guns And Bombs
http://bit.ly/fM4Mf0
The CIA secretly agreed to pay $5 million to shield the architects of its waterboarding programme
http://bit.ly/fj8KI2
Mother's exasperated rant at passport agency call centre worker earns her a visit from the Secret Service
http://bit.ly/fxzcWQ
Washington subway police to begin random bag checks
http://reut.rs/hgHtnV
L.A. dry run shows urban nuke attack ‘a survivable event’
http://usat.ly/gaBAWx
Austin Joins Rebellion Against Naked Body Scanners
http://bit.ly/g3wjre
Warrant needed to snoop on your emails, court finally rules
http://bit.ly/eVEdc8
New Jersey looks to ban TSA searches
http://bit.ly/fa8iKY
‘Birther’ Faces 18 Months in Prison for Refusing Deployment to Afghanistan
http://abcn.ws/e03ldj
New high-tech licenses slow down DMV delivery
http://bit.ly/fmSRbw
Trimming the Powers of the Federal Police Stat
http://bit.ly/fBbDw7
Please don't ignore small restrictions on our liberties
http://bit.ly/fdUvIT
Police Arrested Twelve Year Old Boy for Refusing Vaccine at School
http://bit.ly/g8G6kH
Texans Against Tar Sands - Canadian Company Taking Peoples land in TX
http://on.fb.me/fU6QkJ
Dalton McGuinty's police state: Blizzard
http://bit.ly/dQqgdY
The Potential Cost Of Speaking Out
http://bit.ly/hJJxlY
Activist Calls Wal-Mart: Everyone is a Suspect, The Wal-Mart – DHS Connection (VIDEO)
http://bit.ly/eBPCoX
Violated by TSA at Tampa airport
http://bit.ly/dUH726
Hate to see when police use unreasonable force
http://bit.ly/gTCsqD
Police-state tactics against protesters in Britain
http://bit.ly/dJU9Mz
REAL ID & PRIVACY NEWS
Bridgeport man arrested for paying off DMV worker
http://bit.ly/habc3m
Colorado flunks test of its information security systems
http://bit.ly/elaHgk
Organizations Ask Virginia DMV to Accept Immigrant Work Permits for Licenses Again
http://bit.ly/htn0rZ
Cop Talk: DMV has no reason to check medical records
http://bit.ly/eRCWJH
Another Nail in REAL ID's Coffin
http://bit.ly/eilmPC
Colo. cities concerned, but officials don't lose sleep over cybersecurit
http://bit.ly/gSmGSJ
Audit says Colo. computers at "high risk" of an online attack after hired hackers gain acces
http://bit.ly/exxRP9
Florida DMV to Cancel Online Testing Program, Adding Wait Time to DMV Offices
http://bit.ly/ehOPX4
Expect 2-month wait to get new California driver's license
http://bit.ly/hpsVfW
End of Privacy: Your Facebook ID is marketers' Holy Grail
http://yhoo.it/hp7rF5
House Strips Funding for Secure Driver's License Program
http://bit.ly/hwXQuR
Despite being outmoded, a confidential license plate program keeps growing
http://bit.ly/hmnNPU
POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
Bank of America stops handling WikiLeaks payments
http://bit.ly/dEGKPF
McCaskill Masquerading as a fiscal moderate
http://bit.ly/eUZEGP
FCC Manipulates Net Neutrality With Typical Liberal Trickery
http://bit.ly/fMt6T0
No ‘substantive’ damage from Wikileaks, Biden admits
http://bit.ly/ffGaTd
Indiana Land Owner, Dick Thompson Facing Eviction Sells Land and is Leaving Corrupt County
http://bit.ly/fR9Sdm
The Age Of Rage: Europe Is Exploding
http://bit.ly/f7v5bm
US may charge Assange with conspiring to leak cables: report
http://bit.ly/e0W6oa
Senate GOP likely to force confrontation of FCC net neutrality rules
http://bit.ly/fiGoLD
Chinese rush to gold as inflation fears bite
http://bit.ly/fSl4ss
Halliburton reportedly agrees to pay Nigeria $250 million to drop bribery charges against Cheney, firm
http://bit.ly/fCleAP
Tax package heads toward passage in Senate
http://yhoo.it/ih2T5T
ECONOMIC NEWS
Some Michigan Schools May Not See Inspections
http://bit.ly/fTFVCI
10 Trends for 2011
http://bit.ly/dEa6Rb
Snow storms could put 1,000 firms out of business
http://bit.ly/ijLTWC
America's worst cities for finding a job
http://on.msnbc.com/eTDptd
Desperation Sets In: More Than 100,000 People Apply For Low Paying Flight Attendant Positions
http://bit.ly/gBbQU7
Need A Job? Too Bad! The Good Jobs Are Being Shipped Out Of America
http://bit.ly/gyZAp6
When Americans Lose Everything, They Start To Lose It
http://bit.ly/hukTvq
16 Nightmarish Economic Trends To Watch Carefully In 2011
http://bit.ly/ieTJjG
Yahoo rings in holidays by trimming work force 4% as 600 people lose their jobs
http://yhoo.it/hIpeFa
Sales being lost as lenders adopt much tougher rules for homes' worth
http://on.msnbc.com/gpsvfi
State Employees Don't Have to Pay Bridge Tolls - Yeah That's Fair
http://bit.ly/h9NVCh
North American Union-SPP agenda re-manifests through Knowyourborder.gov
http://bit.ly/iaf9GI
G20 fallout resonates
http://bit.ly/dLa0xm
On The Chopping Block - Social Security, Medicare And Medicaid
http://bit.ly/etJDmt
Assange Wined And Dined At US Embassy
http://bit.ly/hWWjGp
Revealed: How the CIA protected Nazi murderers
http://ind.pn/hUbNV3
The Fix Is In - Expect Democrats To Buckle
http://bit.ly/hlr8Ub
Start A Business? In The United States? Are You Kidding Me?
http://bit.ly/dUfb6h
CHRISIANITY NEWS
Mark your calendars for Jesus' return - A Reason Why you should never make predications like this
http://bit.ly/eSOCvw
Christian broadcaster censored
http://bit.ly/f8dTiy
Chaplain: Congress redefines morality
http://bit.ly/giB5C8
How Great Is That Darkness
http://bit.ly/gosNrU
MORAL DECLINE
White Teen Couple Attacked By Blacks On WA Bus - Was This a Hate Crime?
http://abcn.ws/fLrFbU
Mother killed, 6 hurt in gunbattle at Calif. mall
http://yhoo.it/el6Egw
Police Seize $22,000 in Sex Toys and Other Explicit Items from Spencer’s Gifts
http://bit.ly/gXGtKx
The Death Of Common Sense
http://bit.ly/guZ5jU
Sault Ste. Marie police chief suspended over drunken-driving arrest
http://bit.ly/dIsUVm
Grandma: Teacher Used Duct Tape to Stop 5 Year Old's Thumb Sucking
http://bit.ly/fSzsF2
Utah Girl tied up during Home Burglary
http://bit.ly/hsKQBJ
Woman robbed by 2 people she had considered friends
http://bit.ly/fWyktm
STRANGE NEWS
Randy Quaid's wife misses Calif. court hearing
http://bit.ly/ebnKrc
HEALTH NEWS
EPA Complicit in Colony Collapse Disorder?
http://bit.ly/hiOJmz
Warning: Christmas colored chips, cookies and treats may be poisoning your children
http://bit.ly/hT8k8l
HACKER NEWS
English Defence League member list stolen by hackers
http://bit.ly/g1Mla4
Survey reveals passwords are weakest link in online security
http://bit.ly/gLoT0M
Most hacker attacks are quietly blocked
http://bit.ly/hgVk9D
Researchers Create Controlled Botnet to Foil..
http://bit.ly/h7kpI9
Romanian Police Arrest 42 VoIP Hackers
http://bit.ly/hgOnE2
Performance management - Hackers attack e-retailers on peak shopping days
http://bit.ly/hlHsgt
$4 Million Price Tag to Clean Up after OSU Hacker Attack
http://bit.ly/ifiTFv
CMP tells forum its 'smart' meters are safe from hackers, fire - Yes and Democrats are fiscally conservative
http://bit.ly/hxCykt
Hacker warning over internet-connected HDTVs
http://bit.ly/dIFi8y
Twitter and LinkedIn users among millions told to change passwords after hackers strik
http://bit.ly/g9sDfz
Hacker breaches OSU computers
http://bit.ly/fseApE
13 million deviantART e-mail addresses exposed by hackers
http://bit.ly/eDIr72
FBI Memos Reveal Cost of Hacker Attacks
http://bit.ly/hra36d
McDonald's and Walgreens: email addresses, birth dates stolen by hackers
http://bit.ly/hgynTT
Email, Birthdays of McDonald's Customers Hacked
http://abcn.ws/f0STU5
The Top 50 Gawker Media Passwords
http://on.wsj.com/gRD03P
The legal risks of joining a botnet which is participating in DDoS attacks
http://bit.ly/dJFn9z
Assange granted bail but still jailed, 3 hackers arrested, Air Force blocks access to cables
http://bit.ly/eAgIzf
Iowa's AMBER Alert to be tested
http://bit.ly/hDdltx
'Anonymous' Hackers Take the Battle to Fax Machines
http://bit.ly/gcIZzJ
Pro-Wikileaks hackers face retaliation
http://bit.ly/ewL5An
Gawker, McDonald's, DeviantART Attacks Suggest Massive Hacker Race for Glory: Expert
http://bit.ly/ethc0x
Gawker Media boss to meet with FBI after hackers stole readers' email addresses and passwords
http://bit.ly/eS9Mh5
Gawker security still not solved
http://bit.ly/fGfCtT
Spam Attack Hits Twitter, Tied To Gawker Breach
http://n.pr/giYeiq
Forget WikiLeaks. How about the photocopier?
http://bit.ly/hvBdCY
NY officials want global effort for online attacks
http://on.wsj.com/f9M4F9
Operation Payback has new target: Corporate fax machines
http://bit.ly/eV4YVj
WikiLeaks Indirectly Reveals IT Holes in Data and Payments Protection
http://bit.ly/eQk9c0
Hackers Are Old News: Why All The Hype On Cyber Terrorism
http://bit.ly/fVaSBl
Walgreens warns hackers sent fake emails to customers trying to get credit card numbers
http://bit.ly/gnh0Ui
Hackers could use leaked Gawker info to attack government workers
http://bit.ly/he0zJR
GAWKER HACKED!
http://read.bi/ehoM0k
Hackers Steal McDonald's Customer Data
http://bit.ly/fjL61Z
McDonald's Customer Data Compromised through Contractor
http://bit.ly/gXlj8V
Dream Act supporters want Education on taxpayers dime and a pathway to citizenship.
Claims that it is not fair to deny a child who was brought into the country illegally has spewed forth without considerable thought.
Not surprisingly, Ousted house members Republicans and Democrat supported the Legislation of the bad Dream.
It may not be the child's fault that their parents have broken the laws of this land but it is also not the fault of hardworking taxpayers who are bursting at the seams with high taxes and high unemployment.
Americans do not want to pay for the education of those who entered into this country regardless of how it happened. They certainly do not want reward lawbreakers with a pathway to citizenship.
Sorry, but as a child, if my parents made bad finacial and or legal choices, the whole family suffered including the children. Yet, we are supposed to reward them?
Tell your senators, to stop this bad dream and prevent it from being a nightmare.
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm?
GOD'S WORD FOR TODAY
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. John 14:27 (KJV)
IN THE NEWS
OBAMA NATION
Michele's $635 Pair Of Toeless Shoes
http://bit.ly/eqFSdi
OBAMA CARE
More Health Waivers - HMMM INTERESTING
http://bit.ly/gtBqMW
POLICE STATE NEWS
Khloe Kardashian slammed for comparing TSA searches to rape
http://bit.ly/eDk9sd
Fingerprint scanner use raises privacy concerns in N.C.
http://bit.ly/eraQfC
UPS to require photo IDs for shipping packages
http://yhoo.it/i51m3P
TSA: No more overseas airmail packages over one pound allowed
http://bit.ly/hHKB6u
Alabama students sue authorities over alleged police brutality
http://bit.ly/gQY45O
Toronto journalist witnessed police brutality
http://bit.ly/fSOUJM
Attention Wal-Mart shoppers You're now living in a police state
http://bit.ly/dJj02C
Critics Of Big Sis/Wal-Mart Spy Campaign Branded Insane
http://bit.ly/hcfK1i
Boycott Wal-Mart If You Want to Help Save America From Big Brother
http://bit.ly/easUGr
REAL ID & PRIVACY NEWS
DMV won't renew license that veteran has had for 40 years
http://bit.ly/gk3keq
Two get probation for manipulating vehicle emissions test results
http://bit.ly/dEyk64
POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
Democrats attempt to revive food safety bill
http://bit.ly/hH0fL1
State still says 'no way' on new federal ID rules
http://bit.ly/gESyeX
Senate Democrats plan vote on 'don't ask, don't tell'
http://bit.ly/gq7GHr
States Must Boot Federal Dept. of Education
http://bit.ly/g0WHiP
Durham council off to a colourful start
http://bit.ly/eMnaOd
House Democrats' bill freezes most agency budgets
http://bit.ly/fJT03k
Tea Parties Boil Over in Orlando
http://bit.ly/eRgpt3
Little Sarko Requests 'Short' Security Men For India Visit
http://bit.ly/iaXGtc
IMMIGRATION & BORDER NEWS
Immigration measure faces stiff headwind in Congress
http://wapo.st/eCAWsh
Protestors Arrested at Chicago ICE Office
http://bit.ly/fTYmUf
ECONOMIC NEWS
Oil prices hit $90 milestone
http://bit.ly/ftawWA
Euro at risk of collapse, says Treasury watchdog as economic crisis sweeps Continent
http://bit.ly/hKUvny
MORAL DECLINE
Pagan prisoners given time off to worship the Sun God
http://bit.ly/e1mfAV
Parents on trial for praying while sick child died
http://bit.ly/dIPY5Y
College teacher accused of flashing class
http://bit.ly/i2icAf
'Naughty' joke gets Santa Claus fired from Macy's
http://bit.ly/fjePIK
GLOBAL WARMING
Fort Lauderdale breaks cold record for Dec. 7
http://bit.ly/fM8epN
WIKILEAKS NEWS
Judge denies WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange bail
http://bit.ly/eBVnfK
Hackers Defend WikiLeaks by Attacking PayPal and PostFinance
http://on.mash.to/h6Zcg6
Hackers take down website of bank that froze WikiLeaks funds
http://bit.ly/gnOKIk
Assange Accuser Worked with US-Funded, CIA-Tied Anti-Castro Group
http://bit.ly/f8nmXG
Wikileak Wars: Facebook supports them, Twitter is shaky, hackers take down Swiss bank that refused them
http://bit.ly/eBv0Sx
Anonymous hacker activists defend Julian Assange & WikiLeaks
http://bit.ly/i8WvPV
HACKER NEWS
Iowa's AMBER Alert back online after hacker attack
http://bit.ly/ffu1ug
NASA's wrist slapped for security breach
http://bit.ly/fHqNh6
Legal firm hit by hackers
http://bit.ly/hJfbqi
MasterCard.com (and Visa.com) Taken Down By Wikileaks-Supporting Hackers?
http://bit.ly/i6iYFh
How internet browsers can be hacked so firms know every website you have visited
http://bit.ly/gEx3HB
$200,000 hacked from Gregg County
http://bit.ly/gkSUKv
Hacker fails in attempt to cancel Pearl City High classes
http://bit.ly/eEFwqn
Read the Bills Act and Food Safety: What Happens When Your Senators Don't Read the Bill
Posted by John Markley
A funny thing happened on the way to the "food safety" bill's passage. As the letter below says, Senators violated a provision of the Constitution when they passed their version (S.510), and House leaders will not accept this violation.
We are pleased with this development, because it makes final passage of the dangerous "food safety" bill much more difficult.
But it should also be pointed out that if DownsizeDC.org's Read the Bills Act (RTBA) had been in force, the Senate would not have made this mistake. And so we're asking you to tell Congress to introduce and pass the Read the Bills Act.
You may borrow from or copy this letter . . .
The "food safety" bill that passed the Senate, S.510, is further proof that we need the Read the Bills Act (RTBA). S.510 includes new taxes, whereas the Constitution requires all tax bills to originate in the House.
This means the 73 Senators who voted for it either . . .
* Knowingly violated their oath of office to support the Constitution, or . . .
* They didn't read the bill!
The Read the Bills Act (RTBA) would have prevented this . . .
* It requires all bills that come to a vote to be read before a quorum in each chamber
* It also requires that they be posted online, in their final form, seven days before a final vote
If the RTBA was in force, surely many people would have caught this mistake BEFORE the bill's passage.
If you take your oath of office seriously, you wouldn't knowingly pass a bill that clearly violates the Constitution. The RTBA would prevent that from happening. I therefore expect you to introduce this bill soon.
END LETTER
You may send your letter using DownsizeDC.org's Educate the Powerful System.
We also invite you to add your blog or website to the Read the Bills Act Coalition. By joining, you help spread the word about the RTBA, and in return we will list your site on our blog and announce it in a Downsizer-Dispatch reaching over 30,800 readers. You may learn more and join here.
This month we welcome Live Free Radio to the coalition.
James Wilson
Assistant Communications Director
DownsizeDC.org
GOD'S WORD FOR THE DAY
Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest. (Joshua 1:9 KJV)
IN THE NEWS
CHRISTMAS SCROOGE
Chase orders Southlake bank to remove Christmas tree - Don't Use Your Chase Credit Card This Christmas
http://bit.ly/hLq7Dx
CHRISTIANITY NEWS
Repeal could cost military chaplains
http://bit.ly/gX6zXM
New Yorkers see 'light at the end of the tunnel'
http://bit.ly/eJdB6T
Pastor: Church should have fought civil unions
http://bit.ly/eTwwiV
Park Service: Dissing Christians just dandy
http://bit.ly/ikhfPF
Pastor, ministry aim to set Skid Row free
http://bit.ly/gA3eUp
MORAL DECLINE
NC bar gives up license after patrons seen having sex, police say
http://bit.ly/hUmnmq
ABORTION NEWS
Restricting pro-life clinics out of business
http://bit.ly/gu2IeS
State's attorneys support parental notice
http://bit.ly/g5BHkT
OBAMA NATION
Obama's 'vendetta' against domestic energy productio
http://bit.ly/hcmQKz
OBAMA CARE
ObamaCare on its way to Supreme Court?
http://bit.ly/hcua7f
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
EC launches antitrust probe against Google
http://bit.ly/ikAUlX
Google offering $5.3 billion for Groupon?
http://bit.ly/hOs7A2
HEALTH NEWS
Mobile Phones and Cancer
http://bit.ly/eVs3Wq
POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
Clock ticking on food safety act
http://bit.ly/gP8CcM
Home schoolers don't want CEDAW
http://bit.ly/gIspGe
Death tax - bad for customers, 'cash cow' for insurers
http://bit.ly/eeAWph
Deficit-cutting commission gets it wrong
http://bit.ly/i3YqLD
Judicial activism - a major constitutional threat
http://bit.ly/hnbcoo
Mosque developers 'adding insult to injury'
http://bit.ly/eF2vSB
State turns up heat in power clash with feds
http://bit.ly/eE9Yue
Texan calls for jail time for enforcing Obamacare
http://bit.ly/eMwpIU
Senate vote kills off two separate bids to extend tax cuts for 'average' Americans
http://bit.ly/g4756a
ALERT: Public Comments Sought on Federal "Fusion Centers"
http://bit.ly/eg8fq6
The humiliation of Charles Rangel: U.S. House censures veteran Democrat over ethics violations
http://bit.ly/gTTSLy
Trillions In Secret Fed Bailouts For Global Corporations And Foreign Banks
http://bit.ly/fgi3f8
Anti-'insulting' act imposing on free speech
http://bit.ly/gsSw0T
Peace & Justice League Protests SOA in G.A
http://bit.ly/elkeM2
Our rights and freedoms make us a democracy
http://bit.ly/hvS6a9
New Brazilian government ratifies Lula da Silva regional foreign policy - FTAA
http://bit.ly/fARZwA
Fox News Guest Threatened For Opposing Dream Act Amnesty
http://bit.ly/e2GGjb
Euro soars on possible US support for more IMF aid
http://bit.ly/fWcDIs
Courts: Using another's SSN not a crime
http://bit.ly/gY3uVt
List of Senators Who Passed the S-510 Food 'Safety' Nightmare Bill
http://bit.ly/egy3da
Feds won't end drilling ban off Fla.
http://bit.ly/gxYe8f
Lawmakers stand firm on taxes as talks start
http://bit.ly/hGomLd
Hot mic catches senator saying lame duck agenda is "all rigged"
http://bit.ly/hpxklX
WIKILEAKS NEWS
Latest Updates on Leak of U.S. Cables, Day 9
http://nyti.ms/ieNuyo
Columbia students told job prospects harmed if they access WikiLeaks cables
http://bit.ly/gxg5uo
These leaks spell doom for web freedom
http://bit.ly/ePTXgi
WikiLeaks will release encrypted ‘doomsday file’ if site blocked
http://bit.ly/i5h2Rc
Wikileaks Cables Fallout: There is No International Consensus on an Attack Against Iran
http://bit.ly/bIMFML
PayPal cuts WikiLeaks from money flow
http://bit.ly/eRflWi
Julian Assange's lawyers say they are being watched
http://bit.ly/i803Xq
WikiLeaks sold classified intel, claims website's co-founder
http://bit.ly/fuKvCR
Clinton uses WikiLeaks disclosures to draw a laugh
http://bit.ly/h5U0QM
POLICE STATE NEWS
Senior citizen arrested at DMV by Capitol Police
http://bit.ly/hNzZqC
Ventura Show FEMA Episode Censored: Watch It Here While You Can!
http://bit.ly/eCWU4A
KC police's raid, use of stun grenade draw probe
http://bit.ly/hx4cIy
Pattern emerging on police violence
http://bit.ly/eX213O
You can't hide from prying eyes
http://bit.ly/dXGOxO
Schumer introducing legislation to make distribution of body-scanner images illegal
http://nydn.us/h7TGlU
NFL commercial makes joke of TSA selective screening
http://bit.ly/fODau2
TSA-Style Pat Downs Hit The Streets
http://bit.ly/gHduBL
Intelligence Contractor Floats Body Cavity Bomb Propaganda
http://bit.ly/eGG016
FEMA Camps: 3 Million Americans Live in Nuclear Plant Danger Zones
http://bit.ly/hsNUoN
Angry boss walks through police cordon and grabs ‘bomb’ to prove it’s just bag of old clothes
(and is arrested under the Terrorism Act)
http://bit.ly/ibKeLW
Hold the brownies! Bill could limit bake sales
http://yhoo.it/fJpIK3
Students Say Schools' Use of Mace Creates a 'Police State' in Birmingham
http://bit.ly/hfK6gL
Clearwater, FL approves red light cameras
http://bit.ly/f7HbOK
Radiation scientists agree TSA naked body scanners could cause breast cancer and sperm mutations
http://bit.ly/ifAZLR
TSA checkpoints coming to bus stops
http://bit.ly/hbANnb
Body scans unsafe, obtrusive
http://bit.ly/eAzfNt
The Web becoming a police state courtesy of US Government and Entertainment business
http://bit.ly/f9jaad
Forum: America has become a police state
http://bit.ly/fBIQvt
The TSA, Interposition and the Spirit of 1809 Tenth Amendment Center
http://bit.ly/gJ5LG0
The TSA and the State House(s)
http://bit.ly/h1T752
Feds tracking credit cards, store purchases without warrant: report
http://bit.ly/hTo37o
CNN Reporter Put On Watch List After Criticizing TSA
http://bit.ly/eeMmrx
Google Admits Doing Evil - Pays $1
http://bit.ly/g1WcVB
TSA Makes Woman In Wheelchair & Lingerie Miss Flt
http://bit.ly/h9D5Of
Huckabee calls for leaker to be executed - What a Christian
http://bit.ly/eWuSVN
Bob Barr Investigates TSA Stand Down On National Opt Out Day
http://bit.ly/dFJzft
Black Eyed Peas singer Fergie gets the TSA treatment at LAX
http://bit.ly/efE6bf
In bra, panties and wheelchair, woman goes through Oklahoma City airport screening
http://bit.ly/gJ0bwB
REAL ID & PRIVACY NEWS
DMV looks at ears, eyes, mouths as well as faces
http://bit.ly/fQVK7V
Nationwide Alert Issued to Find Fraud Suspect's Real Identity
http://bit.ly/gkxQ47
'Don't Tread on Me' License Plates Become a Growing Trend in the U.S.
http://fxn.ws/ejcWOz
Homeland Security wants your driver's license name and your Social Security name to match
http://bit.ly/g0L5r1
CHP officer punched at Stockton DMV office
http://bit.ly/fN2gZS
ECONOMIC NEWS
Silvergoldsilver.com Runs Out Of All Precious Metals In Hours
http://bit.ly/eNdMhX
Irony: Printing Presses Break Leaving $110 Billion In Worthless $100 Bills
http://bit.ly/ih3QZN
No end in sight to U.S. economic crisis as ‘scariest jobs chart ever’
http://bit.ly/fu6Kz2
Market Celebrates Just Announced Record Foodstamp Usage By Closing At 2010 Highs
http://bit.ly/hZJnPQ
Jobless Recovery?: 25 Unemployment Statistics That Are Almost Too Depressing To Read
http://bit.ly/gRcWnn
Stress & Worry: American Dream is ‘to pay my rent’
http://bit.ly/eKs3Kb
Is the College Debt Bubble Ready to Explode
http://yhoo.it/fbyXFX
Unemployed, and Likely to Stay That Way
http://yhoo.it/h7EUWv
City Lays Off Quarter Of Its Entire Work Force
http://bit.ly/fUmMvV
The Gold Confiscation Con
http://bit.ly/g4bqj1
Chinese Gold Imports Surge By 500% Through October
http://bit.ly/hq9rfh
12 Simple Things You Can Start Doing Right Now To Prepare For The Coming Financial Apocalypse
http://bit.ly/9BsY2v
Delaying Tax Vote Could Crash Stock Market
http://bit.ly/he7LhG
AP Video More bad economic news
http://bit.ly/etj9Rf
“Like The Great Depression”: Hundreds Line Up In Freezing Cold For Federal Aid To Pay Heating Bills
http://bit.ly/fYIElm
Manufacturing expands for 16th straight month
http://bit.ly/i7oH2p
BUSINESS NEWS
Want JP Morgan to crash? Buy silver
http://bit.ly/hZQ0ZW
HOMOSEXUAL AGENDA
Ex-'gay' speaks of 'purification' journey
http://bit.ly/gg9wcz
Prop. 8 - all eyes on Ninth Circuit panel
http://bit.ly/ebiin7
Evangelicals counter-culture on homosexuality
http://bit.ly/fglKsj
Who will get last word on Prop. 8?
http://bit.ly/hcgEwB
CRIME NEWS
AP Video Toddler rescued from rapist
http://bit.ly/dVYeJh
HACKER NEWS
Indo-Pak cyber war intensifies
http://bit.ly/hJ1XB8
Chinese hackers 'slurped 50 MB of US gov email
http://bit.ly/guqNjA
China's `Patriotic Hackers' Attack U.S. Sites Including Google, NYT Says
http://bit.ly/fB1nXo
Hackers Steal Music From Lady Gaga & Other Top Artists
http://bit.ly/g7yW88
Computer voting ripe for hackers
http://bit.ly/fsb39R
Leaked US embassy cables: Diplomats fear that China used Microsoft source code for cyber warfare
http://zd.net/hPBA8E
Beijing used hackers to find US secrets
http://bit.ly/e0XUi5
US works to secure networks as hackers advance
http://bit.ly/hxHvSA
23-Year-Old Russian Hacker Responsible Was for One-Third of Global Spam
http://gaw.kr/fIrpg2
What security wrought in 2010
http://bit.ly/hr925Y
GAO Finds Hackers Could Exploit Wireless Vulnerabilities
http://bit.ly/guHQIK
HISD: Hacker gained access to personal data of all students, employees
http://bit.ly/dWkI02
Hackers issue bogus Amber Alert
http://bit.ly/ghe72A
Cops probe star hacker ring
http://bit.ly/hZsf5A
China, and hackers, react to WikiLeaks release
http://bit.ly/fFjAZq
Hackers attack government Web sites
http://bit.ly/g3VeIN
Don't let crooks, hackers trash your good name
http://bit.ly/fqC8ul
Chad Ochocinco Blames Hackers for Tweet Insulting NFL for Recent Rule Changes
http://bit.ly/hAhP7y
Experts suspect 'patriotic' hacker behind attacks on WikiLeaks site
http://wapo.st/hTRsBL
China arrests hundreds of hackers, says situation grim
http://bit.ly/fICX6Z
Businesses must educate staff and upgrade security, expert warns
http://bit.ly/i8LwJh
Indian cyber group hacks 36 Govt websites
http://bit.ly/fQ9UQO
Hacker Fail: Two College Kids Discover Police Are Not as Dumb As They Thought
http://bit.ly/gnykXB
Hackers blackmailed major pop stars
http://bit.ly/e6kNJn
Hack of alert system shows vulnerabilities
http://bit.ly/hYhcTl
Canada vulnerable to hacker threat, experts warn
http://bit.ly/egDm3L
Most New Malware Disappears Within A Day: Study
http://bit.ly/e9x9bX
Google, Microsoft, Yahoo!, Nasa And The World Bank Team Up With Hackers From Around The World
http://bit.ly/fpGY0u
OIL SPILL NEWS
Updates on the continuing problems from the BP oil rig disaster
http://bit.ly/9n9ENN
Peak Denial About Peak Oil
http://bit.ly/aNIvxq
The Truth About ANWR Drilling
http://bit.ly/d31x73
Toxicologist now dealing with at least three autopsies in Gulf
http://bit.ly/czSsUo
Obama Nominates Rabid Anti-gunner to Head the ATF
Gun Owners of America
http://gunowners.org
Monday, November 29, 2010
It was not a good sign that Barack Obama kept his nominee to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives a secret until after the midterm election --- and then quickly announced that anti-gun zealot Andrew F. Traver would be named to fill the slot.
After being blasted before November 2's election by the liberal New York Times for failing to beef up the ATF by appointing a director --- for fear of the wrath of the "gun lobby" --- Obama gets right past the election and, presto chango, a nominee appears. How 'bout that?
And not just any nominee.
As special agent in charge of Chicago's ATF field division, Traver had taken the lead in calling for a ban on semiautomatic firearms.
And Chicago, of course, has been the epicenter of anti-gun government activism. It is not surprising that Traver has also been active in the virulently anti-gun International Association of Chiefs of Police, which has worked to empower Handgun Control-type activists and has commissioned panels to:
* support one-gun-a-month and lock-up-your-safety laws, as well as "ballistic fingerprinting" files on all firearms;
* espouse an "effective" ban on .50-caliber firearms, and a redefinition of "armor-piercing" ammunition that could effectively ban handgun use;
* mandate gun-destruction policies for law enforcement and enhanced funding to go after guns;
* prohibit all private gun sales and make "prohibited persons" out of a much wider variety of persons committing simple misdemeanors;
* back a repeal of the Tiahrt amendment; and,
* allow federal health and safety oversight of the firearms industry (through agencies such as the Centers for Disease Control, the Consumer Product Safety Commission and the Food and Drug Administration).
It is disconcerting that ANY organization espousing these views would be taken seriously. That an activist in such an organization would be put in charge of the ATF is truly troubling.
ACTION: Contact your Senators. Urge them to support a filibuster of the Traver nomination to head the ATF. You can use the Gun Owners Legislative Action Center to send your Senators the pre-written e-mail message below.
----- Pre-written letter -----
Dear Senator:
It was not a good sign that Barack Obama kept his nominee to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives a secret until after the election -- and then quickly announced that anti-gun zealot Andrew F. Traver would be named to fill the slot.
As special agent in charge of Chicago's ATF field division, Traver had taken the lead in calling for a ban on semiautomatic firearms.
And Chicago, of course, has been the epicenter of anti-gun government activism. It is not surprising that Traver has also been active in the virulently anti-gun International Association of Chiefs of Police, which has worked to empower Handgun Control-type activists and has commissioned panels to:
* support one-gun-a-month and lock-up-your-safety laws, as well as "ballistic fingerprinting" files on all firearms;
* espouse an "effective" ban on .50-caliber firearms, and a redefinition of "armor-piercing" ammunition that could effectively ban handgun use;
* mandate gun-destruction policies for law enforcement and enhanced funding to go after guns;
* prohibit all private gun sales and make "prohibited persons" out of a much wider variety of persons committing simple misdemeanors;
* back a repeal of the Tiahrt amendment; and,
* allow federal health and safety oversight of the firearms industry (through agencies such as the Centers for Disease Control, the Consumer Product Safety Commission or the Food and Drug Administration).
It is disconcerting that ANY organization espousing these views would be taken seriously. That an activist in such an organization would be put in charge of the ATF is truly troubling.
Please support a filibuster of the Traver nomination to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Sincerely,
___________________________________________________________________
GOD'S WORD FOR TODAY
Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not. Romans 12:14(KJV)
IN THE NEWS
POLITICS & GOVERNMENT
Congress Shuts Down Two Music Sites with COICA Bill
http://bit.ly/fjEYgG
Any U.S. attempt to dictate to Latin America would set back democracy movement
http://bit.ly/hldujy
Illegals to Get Taxpayer Funded Debit Cards
http://bit.ly/hJKCyC
Union Rep. Calls for Seizing Private Property & World Socialism
http://bit.ly/esBJhM
National insecurity at new high
http://bit.ly/fjYhgu
Power-Mad Bureaucrats and the Men Who Encourage Them
http://bit.ly/hI6v4j
Tea party hackers keep palin dancing
http://bit.ly/9cYgR3
Can Congress Repeal Health Care And Get America On Track Again
http://bit.ly/aF3H1P
Civil Disobedience Summary
http://bit.ly/gWi6iv
Latest from the No More Mosques Period campaign
http://bit.ly/e4gfot
POLICE STATE NEWS
Airport security the PC way
http://bit.ly/hOVBw5
Are you feeling all comfy and safe yet?
http://bit.ly/e6dqRH
Janet Napolitano Considers Advanced Screenings for Mass Transit
http://bit.ly/i4KrrB
Police State USA and the TSA Gestapo Empire
http://bit.ly/gXcJ7a
Czars U.S.A: Illusion of Democracy Grim, Dry Run for Military Police State
http://bit.ly/dEo62y
Sign the Petition to Congress to Investigate the TSA
http://bit.ly/g23aOI
Police State - Barack Obama
http://bit.ly/gGL8qO
How easily we shuffle toward a police state
http://bit.ly/hGfASI
Police abuse abhorrent
http://bit.ly/e60GFQ
NATO: The Armed Fist Of The Global Police State
http://bit.ly/ahV4tH
The U.S. Police State Outrages Continue
http://bit.ly/9Cdz3m
UK police want new censorship powers
http://bit.ly/ifVeon
Moving ever more toward police state
http://bit.ly/gMChV3
How to Navigate Body Scans and Pat-Downs Bend Over & Take It
http://bit.ly/gllHnS
UK: Official! The Police no longer need a warrant!
http://bit.ly/97Mue0
Blanket-law mania creates police state, not justice
http://bit.ly/flz7Ys
Whoopi Goldberg: TSA Pat-Downs Are Necessary
http://huff.to/c6pO9l
REAL ID & PRIVACY NEWS
DMV Worker Fired For Snooping On Crystal Bowersox Returning To Work
http://bit.ly/gXg2Bf
'Fake' DMV Employee Arrested in Los Angeles, Police Search for Potential Victims
http://bit.ly/hvg5Hh
California DMV delayed in processing licenses
http://bit.ly/fyWe0S
ECONOMIC NEWS
Federal Regulators, the snag in the economy
http://bit.ly/g5hjAc
The Stench of US Economic Decay Grows Stronger
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Online Holiday Shopping Tips
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CHRISTIANITY NEWS
Religious beliefs cost British doctor her job
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MORAL DECLINE
Contractor found guilty of swindling customers in York County
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Former Muslim guilty in church embezzlement
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HACKER NEWS
Tech War: ICE vs. Online Hackers
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How To Prevent "Electronic Pickpocketing"
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Twitter Hacker Sends Out Fake Tsunami Warning
http://bit.ly/g2u9HH
Wikileaks 'hacked ahead of secret US document release'
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'Patriotic' hacker claims credit for WikiLeaks attack
http://on.msnbc.com/h52zvL
Cyberthieves fleece Detroit-area firm
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Two former students charged in university hack in MO
http://bit.ly/eVqA2z
Malware Authors Crank Engines, Reach 20 Million Mark in 2010
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Android phones hit by SD Card data stealing flaw
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Targeted Trojans: The silent danger of a clever malware, from Symantec
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Scottish hacker jailed for 18 months after widespread malware attack
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Hacker jailed for 18 months: Matthew Anderson spied on computer users using webcams
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Federal Reserve Hacker Indicted
http://bit.ly/8YVlSB
Feds Nab Hacker Suspected of Stealing 400,000 Credit Card Numbers
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Credit Card Crooks Target Hotels
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Cyberthieves use human money mules for risky work
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Heath Department Tracking Down Hackers
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Cyberthieves still rely on human foot soldiers
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With Kinect Controller, Hackers Take Liberties
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Computer expert faces jail term
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