The Right Lane update 7.10.13

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25% of Obama Supporters Think Gov't Should Closely Watch Most Tea Party Groups

Voters think most radical Muslim groups in this country should be under close surveillance by the government as possible terrorist threats but are a lot less suspicious of Tea Party groups. President Obama’s supporters, however, feel similarly about monitoring both groups.  A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 57% of Likely U.S. Voters believe most radical Muslim groups in America should be monitored by the government as potential terrorists. Just 14% think most Tea Party groups should be monitored by the government as possible terror threats.

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Cost of complying with Michelle Obama’s school lunch overhaul? $3.2 BILLION!

WASHINGTON, D.C. – As schools continue to grapple with the school lunch menu overhaul pushed by First Lady Michelle Obama, some are realizing their headache isn’t just from a lack of food. The program involves way too much green – and we’re not talking lettuce and brussel sprouts. We mean the estimated $3.2 billion schools will have to find to implement the new federal regulations. And you, the tax payer will foot the bill.  Many schools are also losing money due the unpopular Obama menu. “New school lunch regulations mean financial losses for Pittsfield Public Schools,” reported The Berkshire Eagle in Massachusetts. The school district expects a program operating loss of more than $100,000 due to a required equipment upgrade, as well as fewer lunches and snacks being sold.

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Obama Commits to Signing UN Arms Trade Treaty While Congress at Summer Recess

The number one goal of the United Nations is to become the political entity that rules all nations or in other words, the one world government.  To accomplish that goal, they have to continue to exert their authority and power over individual countries and they have been quite successful at doing this in recent years. One of the key pieces of international law that needs to be in place before the UN can take over the world is to control all weapons, including handguns, rifles, shotguns, semi-automatic and automatic weapons and ammunition.  Over the past few years, the UN has been pushing one treaty that will help to accomplish that goal.  It is the UN Arms Trade Treaty.

The UN Arms Trade Treaty is a treaty that would regulate the international sale and transfer of all conventional weapons throughout the world.  Conventional weapons are sea and land mines, rockets, missiles, cluster munitions, non-nuclear bombs, shells, small arms and light weapons.  By small arms, they mean handguns, rifles and shotguns of all kinds, regardless of their use or design. A number of Second Amendment supporters and gun rights advocates believe that this treaty could be used to further regulate guns in the US and infringe on the rights of Americans to bear arms.  One hundred and thirty members of Congress jointly signed a letter to President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry, insisting that they reject the UN Arms Trade Treaty, saying:

“As your review of the treaty continues, we strongly encourage your administration to recognize its textual, inherent and procedural flaws, to uphold our country’s constitutional protections of civilian firearms ownership, and to defend the sovereignty of the United States, and thus to decide not to sign this treaty.”

However, Kerry released a statement about the treaty, saying:

“We look forward to signing it as soon as the process of conforming the official translations is completed satisfactorily.  [The treaty is] an important contribution to efforts to stem the illicit trade in conventional weapons, which fuels conflict, empowers violent extremists, and contributes to violations of human rights.”

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney has indicated that President Obama intends to sign the treaty by the end of August.  Speaking on behalf of Obama, Carney said: “We believe it’s in the interest of the United States.  While we look forward to signing the treaty, there are remaining translation issues that need to be resolved.”

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CBO: 20+ Week Fetuses Aborted at Rate of 30 Per Day; Saves Money for Government-Run Health Care

Unborn babies who have reached at least 20 weeks of age in utero are aborted at a rate of about 30 per day in the United States, according to the Congressional Budget Office. The CBO has also concluded that aborting babies at 20 weeks or later in pregnancy saves money for the government-run federal-state Medicaid system. The CBO made these determinations when doing its official “Cost Estimate” of a federal bill that would prohibit abortions at 20 weeks or later into pregnancy (except in cases of reported rape, incest against a minor or to save the life of the mother). “Based on data compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), CBO estimates that, each year, about 11,000 abortions take place 20 weeks or more after fertilization,” said the CBO’s analysis of H.R. 1797, the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. In a 365-day year, 11,000 late-term abortions works out to a little more than 30 per day—counting weekends and holidays. The government cares for you, the Democrats care for you unless you cost too much money.

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73% Oppose U.S. Involvement in Egypt

Despite the growing political chaos in Egypt, U.S. voters remain adamant that the United States should not get involved. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 73% of Likely U.S. Voters believe the United States should leave the situation in Egypt alone. Just 10% think America should get more involved. Seventeen percent (17%) are not sure.

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Florida Sheriff Ready for Riots After Zimmerman Verdict By: Tom Topousis

Would sure hope we have moved beyond this in our country.  Let the system work and then press the system if the verdict does not work for you.  Rioting shows the world we are just like them. NOT. The sheriff of Broward County, Fla., is moving to head off riots following a verdict in the George Zimmerman murder trial. His effort includes a video with teenagers urging people to "raise your voice and not your hands." Zimmerman, 29, who is Hispanic, is charged with second-degree murder in the shooting of Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old black youth. Martin was visiting his father in Sanford, Fla., where Zimmerman was a member of a community patrol, when the two crossed paths on Feb. 26, 2012. They got into a fight and Zimmerman's gun went off, killing Martin. Zimmerman's racially charged trial, which began June 24, has prompted a national debate over the use of deadly force and whether race played a role in the shooting. "We don't have information about a specific event that might take place at the conclusion of the trial, but we encourage everyone to keep any protests peaceful," Sheriff Scott Israel said in a prepared statement unveiling the video and his anti-violence outreach.

The video released Monday encourages people to speak out peacefully, while steering clear of violence. "Raise your voice," a teenage girl says, "and not your hands," adds a teenage boy, with Israel, several sheriff's deputies, and other teens standing behind them. "We need to stand together as one, no cuffs, no guns," the girl says. "Let's give violence a rest, because we can easily end up arrested," the boy says.
"I know your patience will be tested," the girl says, before the two teens say in unison: “but law enforcement has your back.” With a verdict expected this week or next, the Sheriff’s Office said its Strategic Investigation Division has been “monitoring the pulse of the situation, maintaining open lines of communication with community leaders, civic activists, members of the clergy, as well as local, state and federal agencies.”  The Sheriff’s Office said it is working closely with Sanford police and other local police agencies to coordinate a response plan ahead of the verdict. Broward County, which encompasses Fort Lauderdale, is about 200 miles from Sanford, where the trial is being held. "Freedom of expression is a constitutional right. While raising your voice is encouraged, using your hands is not," the Sheriff’s Office said. The public-service announcement was produced with the help of teens from the Jason Taylor Foundation, H.A.N.D.Y. (Helping Abused, Neglected, Disadvantaged Youth) and Miami Heat player James Jones.

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Harry Reid: Insufficient Government Spending Hurts U.S. Economy By Ryan Kierman

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said in a press release Friday that insufficient government spending, caused by Republican "austerity policies" is hurting the U.S. economy and preventing a quicker recovery. “We need to continue advancing policies that spur growth and create jobs," Reid said. "It's time for Republicans to let go of their failed austerity policies that weigh down our economy and prevent a speedier recovery. We simply can't cut our way to prosperity." During President Barack Obama's first three years in office (2009, 2010, and 2011), according to the White House Office of Management and Budget, the federal government spent 25.2 percent, 24.1 percent, and 24.1 percent of GDP. That level of federal spending was unprecedented during a period when the nation was not in a World War. In 2012, under President Obama, federal spending was 22.8 percent, down from the 24.1 percent the federal government spent in 2011, but still at a very high level. Since World War II, there have been only two years--other than when Obama was president--that the federal government spent more than 22.8 percent of GDP. Those years were 1982 and 1983, when the government spent 23.1 percent and 23.5 percent.

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‘Gasland Part II’ director uses hoax as evidence against fracking by Michael Bastasch

Filmmaker and anti-fracking activist Josh Fox’s new film “Gasland Part II” uses a Texas environmentalist’s hoax to show hydraulic fracturing allegedly contaminating water. The Washington Free Beacon reports that the controversial anti-fracking sequel features a scene where a Texas landowner is able to light the contents of his garden hose on fire. This is then used as evidence that nearby oil and gas operations  caused the contamination. However, a Texas court ruled that the scene was a hoax concocted by an environmental activist  engaged in a prolonged battle with a local gas company. The environmentalist sought to inflate the dangers of fracking. Texas’ 43rd Judicial District Court found last year that the Texas landowner,  “under the advice or direction” of environmental activist Alisa Rich, “intentionally attach[ed] a garden hose to a gas vent — not a water line” and lit it on fire. “This demonstration was not done for scientific study but to provide local and national news media a deceptive video, calculated to alarm the public into believing the water was burning,” the court ruled. The ruling was in response to a defamation complaint brought by gas company Range Resources, which has fracking operations in the area. According to the Free Beacon, Rich worked with the Environmental Protection Agency to issue an endangerment order against Range Resources. The order was withdrawn once the agency could not prove that local water pollution came from oil and gas operations. “Gasland Part II” is the sequel to Fox’s Oscar-nominated 2010 anti-fracking film “Gasland,” premiering Monday night.

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When is a coup not a coup; when POTUS decides it is not - from (CNSNews.com)

As Egypt continues to grapple with the violent aftermath of the ousting of its president, the debate over how the United States should respond is blurring traditional party political and ideological lines, especially regarding the future of U.S. aid. U.S. law prohibits funding for “the government of any country whose duly elected head of government is deposed by a military coup d’etat or decree,” or by “a coup d’etat or decree in which the military plays a decisive role.” The Obama administration is in no hurry to determine whether the removal of President Mohammed Morsi constituted a coup and would therefore mandate a suspension of aid worth some $1.5 billion a year, most of it earmarked for the military.  “We do not believe it is in our interest to make a precipitous decision or determination now,” White House press secretary Jay Carney told reporters.

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Two Democrats pitch national park on the moon

With the weight of so many national issue facing the country two morons are left to worry about many MOONS from now.  Two House Democrats have proposed legislation that would establish a national historical park on the surface of the moon to mark where the Apollo missions landed between 1969 and 1972. The bill from Reps. Donna Edwards (D-Md.) and Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas) would create the Apollo Lunar Landing Sites National Historical Park. The park would be comprised of all artifacts left on the surface of the moon from the Apollo 11 through 17 missions. The bill says these sites need to be protected because of the anticipated increase in commercial moon landings in the future.

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"If in the opinion of the people the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment in the way which the Constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation; for though this in one instance may be the instrument of good, it is the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed. The precedent must always greatly overbalance in permanent evil any partial or transient benefit which the use can at any time yield."

--George Washington, Farewell Address, 1796

"But should the people of America once become capable of that deep simulation towards one another, and towards foreign nations, which assumes the language of justice and moderation while it is practicing iniquity and extravagance and displays in the most captivating manner the charming pictures of candor, frankness, and sincerity, while it is rioting in rapine and insolence, this country will be the most miserable habitation in the world; because we have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."

--John Adams, To the Officers of the First Brigade of the Third Division of the Militia of Massachusetts, 1798

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