Report From Washington - March 2, 2012

IN THIS ISSUE: Obama's IRS targets the Tea Party / Most Catholic Senators vote against Catholic Church on contraceptives / Senator Blunt's Rights of Conscience legislation / House resolution on death sentence of Iranian pastor / Arizona fights new HHS mandates / Florida passes school prayer bill / Islamic terror in the Philippines and Thailand / Islamic female genital mutilation in Ireland

THE PRESIDENCY 

OBAMA TARGETS TEA PARTY WITH IRS- Using the IRS to target enemies is not new. In the 1990's Bill Clinton had an enemies. The Clinton administration targeted for IRS audit the National Rifle Association, the Heritage Foundation, the National Review, the American Spectator, Citizens Against Government Waste, Citizens for Honest Government, Concerned Women for America and the San Diego Chapter of Christian Coalition. Today, Obama has an enemies list. The IRS is investigating conservative political groups including the Tea Party who oppose Obama's agenda. Read more

CONGRESS

CATHOLIC SENATORS - REALLY? - An amendment to ensure religious freedom against the recent federal contraception mandate was voted down in the Senate with the help of 13 Catholic politicians March 1. Of the 24 Catholic members of the U.S. Senate, 13 Democrats opposed the amendment while 11 Republicans supported it. Senator Roy Blunt (R-MO), expressed his disappointment with the bill's narrow defeat, but said the "fight is not over" and that he would continue to work to protect the First Amendment. Read more
RESPECT FOR RIGHTS OF CONSCIENCE - Senator Roy Blunt, the co-chairman of the Senate Values Action Team (VAT) is not a Catholic, yet he led the way to remove the contraceptive mandate from Obama Care with his Respect for Rights of Conscience Bill. Why? Senator Blunt knows that secularists such as President Obama are using the federally mandated health insurance as the wedge to enter the church door and control the activities of all religious organizations.
RESOLUTION ON IRANIAN DEATH SENTENCE FOR PASTOR - We in America who enjoy the fundamental human right of religious freedom have the opportunity to stand in unity for Iranian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani. On March 1st, the House of Representatives passed H.Res.556, a resolution introduced by Rep. Joseph Pitts (PA-16) condemning the Government of Iran for its continued persecution, imprisonment, and sentencing of Pastor Nadarkhani for refusing to recant his Christian faith. Read more

RELIGION AND CULTURE 

ARIZONA SENATE AGAINST HEALTH MANDATES - Arizona State Senate passes bill to protect religious freedom in face of HHS mandate. The Arizona State Senate passed a bill on Tuesday that would protect individuals from being discriminated against for refusing to provide or participate in services to which they have religious and moral objections. It now awaits action in the Arizona House.
SCHOOL PRAYER IN FLORIDA - A school prayer bill passed the Florida legislature 88-27 on Thursday. The bill allows state school boards to permit student-initiated prayer and other "inspirational messages" at public school assemblies. "As you know, I believe in Jesus Christ, and I believe that individuals should have the right to say a prayer," Gov. Scott said. He is expected to sign the bill next week.

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NEW CHAIRMAN'S REPORT Now available, the Chairman's Report for February 16, 2012. IN THIS ISSUE: Obama's war on individual liberty / Obama Care and the march to central planning / Friedrich von Hayek on central planning / Contraceptive mandate and religious liberty / Air Force erases God from flight patch / Honor killings in Canada / Dubai police chief no longer trusts America / Meet Obama's man in Egypt

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INTERNATIONAL 

PHILIPPINES - The Muslim terror group, Abu Sayyaf planted a bomb that exploded in a commercial district of the southern island of Jolo late Saturday, said provincial police chief Senior Superintendent Antonio Freyra. A street vendor and a schoolteacher were killed and 13 others were wounded when the bomb exploded in Jolo, which has been a stronghold of the Abu Sayyaf for over a decade, police said.

THAILAND - A roadside bomb killed at least one Thai soldier and severely wounded another Friday in an attack by southern Muslim separatists, police said. A unit of eight soldiers was patrolling in Mayo district of Pattani province to protect local teachers when the bomb was detonated with a mobile phone. A Buddhist husband and wife were also murdered in Pattani my Islamic terrorists this week.

IRELAND - More than 2,500 Muslim women and girls living in Ireland are estimated to have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM), according to new research. The number was described as a 'conservative estimate' by Sudha Patel of Duke University, North Carolina, who conducted the research. It is feared that the figure is in fact much higher.

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Report From Washington - September 30, 2011

License to kill: Has Obama crossed the Rubicon / Obama surprise: He defends Christian in Iran / Congress supports religious liberty panel / Journalism school says 9-11 comparatively not that bad / The Tax Man's Jihad / The Nashville conference / Spelling error brings blasphemy charge / More evangelicals targeted in Iran / Muslims again attack in Thailand

PRESIDENCY

CROSSING THE RUBICON - This week two very bad men, terrorists Anwar al-Awlaki and Samir Khan, were killed by missiles fired from a CIA operated Predator drone in Yemen. Both were natural born U.S citizens, which poses a question. What safeguards exist when the man setting the guidelines is the man issuing the death warrants? The answer of course is that there are none. Because they are U.S citizens, both men should have been tried for treason in abstensia before a military tribunal. The death sentence should have then been given to the Commander in Chief to carry out. A record would then exist to justify the executions. Rather than that process, we have one single sheet of paper signed by Barack Obama saying, "Kill these guys." The lack of visible process concerns me.
SHOCKER: OBAMA DEFENDS A CHRISTIAN PASTOR - After three years of overtly supporting radical Muslims in the Middle East, President Barack Obama has finally taken a stand in support of a persecuted Christian. This week he belatedly joined other world leaders in condemning the conviction and prescribed execution of Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani who refused to renounce his faith before an Iranian Court. Read more 

THE CONGRESS

USCIRF AUTHORIZATION EXTENDED - For several weeks I have been urging readers to contact Senators to urge them to pass legislation, already passed in the House, to extend the life of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). On September 28th, Democratic Majority Leader Harry Reid finally relented and funding was extended. The USCIRF is a valuable tool to those promoting religious freedom because it issues official reports about the abuses of religious minorities in Communist and Islamic nations.

RELIGION AND CULTURE 

JOURNALISM SCHOOL: 9-11 JIHAD NOT A BIG DEAL - Professors Lawrence Pintak and Stephen Franklin, in a journalism course at Poynter Institute, said that the almost 3,000 who died in the 9-11 Jihad attack represented a small percentage of the 15,000 people murdered in America that year, and that worldwide jihad accounts for "only" one percent of murders each year, and thus jihad should be downplayed in any news story. Wow, and I thought that mass murder was always big news. Read more

THE TAX MAN'S JIHAD - Grover Norquist frequently makes the news as "the conservative" who leads the fight against higher taxes. Seldom or never is it mentioned that he also supports "open borders," that he supported the gay group "Log Cabin Republicans" joining the Conservative Action Conference (which drove away social conservatives), or that he supports the Ground Zero mosque. Now Norguist is supporting a Muslim candidate for public office in Virginia who has changed his first name from Imad Afif to David. The candidate refers to"God" and supports the Ground Zero mosque. Some who talk to him think he is a Christian, but his Middle East backers know he is a Muslim. Who is "David" Ramadan and why does Grover Norguist support him? Read more

NEW: Chairman's Report from Washington, DC for September 22, 2011. IN THIS ISSUE: New York officials try to dampen 9-11 freedom rally / William J. Murray speaks at the 9-11 rally / What is the real reason to remember the 9-11 jihad attack on America? / What Obama does not understand about the Islamists

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INTERNATIONAL 

SPELLING ERROR BRINGS BLASPHEMY CHARGE - Abbottabad (AsiaNews) - A spelling error has led to an accusation of blasphemy, and to serious consequences for a 10-year-old Christian girl and her family in Abbottabad. Faryal Bhatti, the daughter of a nurse named Sarafeen Bhatti, is a student at Colony High School, Havelian POF. On September 22, during an examination she misspelled a word in Urdu, putting the full top in the wrong place. Thus the word, referring to the prophet Muhammad, was transformed from "poem of praise" (naat) to "curse (lanaat). She has been expelled from school and her mother has lost her job as a nurse. (NOTE: This is the city in which Usama bin Laden was found and killed) Read more  
IRAN TARGETING EVANGELICALS - Iranian police have been targeting EvangelicaIism according to an AINA report: In December 2010 and January 2011, security forces arrested about 70 Christians reportedly affiliated with evangelical churches. On July 18, 2010, security forces had arrested 15 Christians in Mashad as they were leaving for a meeting with fellow members in the city of Bojnourd. Authorities rarely charge evangelical Christians with apostasy, and instead rely on more traditional charges such as "acting against the national security," "propaganda against the regime," or "insulting Islamic sanctities." Christian groups claim that authorities have arrested more than 250 Christians throughout Iran between June 2010 and February 2011. Read more
MORE MUSLIM TERROR IN THAILAND - Muslim insurgents disguised as paramilitary rangers attacked troops protecting a school in southern Thailand on Wednesday, killing four soldiers and wounding two more, police said. A 6-year-old boy was shot in the stomach during the assault. A wave of violence has hit the Muslim-dominated southernmost provinces of mostly Buddhist Thailand since an Islamist insurgency erupted in 2004. Government soldiers are often designated to accompany teachers traveling to and from schools in region, as well as monks collecting alms. Read more

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