In Case You Missed It: Speak Out Now Against Open Homosexuality in Our Military

Read this Liberty Alert online at www.LC.org

We have just received word that the first key vote on permitting homosexuals to openly serve in the military will likely happen around 5:00 p.m. tonight in the U.S. Senate!

According to the Pentagon's own report issued last week to Congress, 67 percent of Marines and nearly 58 percent of Army soldiers in combat units say that repeal of the "Don't Ask Don't Tell" ("DADT") policy would have negative consequences on unit cohesion in the field or at sea.

In the face of this opposition, the Obama Administration and the lame duck Congress want to prioritize political correctness over the combat readiness and unit cohesion of our troops! Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid confirmed his plan to repeal DADT, which prohibits homosexuals from openly serving in the military during this lame duck session. The ACLU is gloating, "We can win this," but that is not true if you take action now!

Contact your senators to express your support for keeping our military focused and strong. Our military defends us. We must stand with them!

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In Case You Missed It: Lenny McAllister to Host Two Special Editions of the ChicagoLand

 Tonight, political and social commentator Lenny McAllister (host, "Launching Chicago with Lenny McAllister" www.wvon.com/personalities) will host the first of two special editions of the Tribune Company-owned Chicagoland Television (a.k.a. CLTV) episodes at 6 PM local time. The 30-minute shows on CLTV will air live this Thursday and Friday (Dec 9 and Dec 10) and will include viewer interaction through call-ins (at 1-877-358-2588 (1-877-358-CLTV)) and social media (twitter.com/cltvvibe).

McAllister will host guests, field feedback, and offer commentaries on the subject matter of the two shows this week.

"It's an amazing opportunity to be able to do this," McAllister said in a short statement. "I just want people to feel as though they can take advantage of their chance to engage me in the conversations concerning the issues impacting us all."

Despite his moniker as a "Hip Hop Republican", McAllister has been vocal on his support of President Obama's recent tax compromise with Republicans, noting its probability on The Root this weekend and supporting the decision on The Daily Caller.
McAllister was also featured on Black Press USA concerning the latest in politics as we approach 2011; (the piece, "Black Republican commentator anticipates 'a whole lot of gridlock'", was written by veteran journalist Charles Hallman.) The piece is featured on their website as well as on the piece's site of Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder.  He will also be featured as a panelist on "Our World with Black Enterprise" on TV One this weekend (check local listings for times and dates in your area.)

McAllister can be heard regularly on "Launching Chicago with Lenny McAllister" airing each Tuesday through Friday at 5 AM Chicago Time (6 AM EST/3 AM PST) on WVON The Talk of Chicago 1690 AM (streaming online at www.wvon.com). McAllister's official WVON blog ("Lenny McAllister's Launching Pad") is now available via the  section of the WVON website.

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In Case You Missed It: Another Power Grab by GOP Elites

Saturday, December 4, 2010

 Today I attended the meeting of the State Central Committee. The committee was considering a constitutional amendment from Clair Ellis that would essentially give the State Central Committee veto power over the vote of 2/3 of the delegates at convention on constitutional amendments. It seemed astounding to me that the party elite (and make no mistake, the state central committee is made up mostly of consummate party-insiders) would be so bold as to put their stamp on yet another attempt to grab power from the state delegates.

Arguments for the amendment focused around the notion that delegates are more transitory than SCC members (the SCC being composed mostly of long-time party insiders, this is certainly true), and that conventions, as demonstrated by the most recent nominating convention, and the conservative resurgence, can be more "emotional". The clear implication was that delegates are too uninformed and/or disinterested to make and wise and proper decisions.


Opponents of the measure (Lisa Shepherd, Lowell Nelson and Arnold Gaunt) spoke well to the fact that we should trust in the duly elected delegates to make a responsible decision in these matters. They argued that the SCC should not presume to know better than a 2/3 super-majority of the delegates. It was telling that the SCC voted down Lisa Shepherd's request for a roll-call vote. Apparently, most of the SCC did not want to go on record with their vote against the delegates.

In Lowell's speech, he challenged proponents of the measure to cite examples of when the delegates had acted irresponsibly in passing an amendment without the SCC's support. One proponent cited, as such an example, the fact that the delegates passed an amendment making Robert's Rules part of the official rules of the party. The SCC did not support that amendment. It is interesting that, Robert's, the definitive work on parliamentary procedure for organizations just like ours--refined over more than a hundred years with the purpose of ensuring efficiency and fairness--would be rejected by the SCC, but overwhelmingly supported by the delegates. And THAT is the example given by the party ruling-class as to why the SCC should effectively have veto power over the delegates.


Where does this leave us? I believe that just as Congress (and the White House) were desperately in need of a "house-cleaning", the same could be said of our insider-laden Utah Republican Party structure.

All state delegates need to plan to attend the June 11th Organizing Convention, and not only vote down this power-grab amendment (it only needs a simple majority to pass, now that it has 2/3 SCC approval), but also to replace the party leadership with a new batch of leaders that are focused on promoting the principles of the party platform, rather than the preservation of power among the party insiders.

Dave Duncan
Chair, Legislative District 58
Utah County GOP

dave@duncans.org
801-224-5329

The following is the full text of the amendment passed earlier today by the SCC (underlined phrase is the proposed addition to the constitution):

PASSED STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE 50-25 12/04/10


Proposed Constitution and Bylaws Amendment
Constitution Article X.


B. Amendments. The Constitution may be amended by a 2/3 vote of the members at a State Central Committee meeting if subsequently ratified by a majority vote of the Delegates present at the State Convention. The Constitution may also be amended by 2/3 vote of Delegates present at the State Convention if subsequently ratified by a majority vote of the State Central Committee.


Rationale - Changes to the foundational Party Constitution should not be made in haste, or on their first reading, or without the opportunity for considerable deliberation, debate and perfecting amendments. Constitutional changes made by the SCC are already subject to further review and ratification by a state convention. This amendment provides that same check and deliberation by the SCC for changes adopted by a state convention, which are always done on first reading and with limited opportunity for debate and amendment. This amendment will ensure that all changes have the benefit of unified action and approval by the state convention and the SCC.


Submitted by Clair Ellis, 155 Silver Fox Circle, Providence UT 84332, 435-753-5553.
C&B Committee action: Amendment forwarded to SCC with unanimous positive recommendation.
Rationale - The C&B Committee recognized the benefit of a system with checks and balances.

In Case You Missed It: A Black Farmer Blows the Whistle on the Black Farmer Settlement

by Jimmy Dismuke


I have 200 acres in Arkansas and have raised hogs.

Pigford is the biggest rip-off this country has ever known, and there are lots of people in positions of power that know it.  Politicians are using it to buy votes.  Trial lawyers are using it to get rich.

I personally know of people who have no connection to farming at all who got Pigford checks.  People with potted plants in their apartments claimed to be farmers and got paid.  I saw an instance where eight Pigford checks went to one house.   There are drug addicts and pushers who have received payments who have never farmed a day in their life.

There was discrimination at the US Department of Agriculture. It needed to be dealt with. I was suing the USDA before Timothy Pigford even filed suit.  I wrote to attorney Al Pires, who eventually filed a class action lawsuit against the USDA,  but he saw that there wasn't going to be a huge amount of money for him.  So he passed. What he did find was a way to work a scam from inside the Star City, Arkansas USDA office by paying a USDA employee to process claimants.   This employee would take from $5,000 to $25,000 for each successful Pigford claim.  Pires was in this totally for the money.  He's made far more money than any black farmer.

John Boyd heads up the National Black Farmers Association and his business isn't straight.  He worked with James Myart and Tom Burrell. Boyd has his agenda and it's making money.  He has 70,000 members now.  He wants people that file Pigford claims to join his group and pay $100 in dues every year.  And when he holds meetings about Pigford and gives updates he sometimes asks for another $100 per person for the updates.  Some of these meetings include hundreds of people so he does okay, if you know what I mean.

I saw the fraud coming.  Whenever you put money out there, people are going to take advantage. I told John Boyd about this and he told me I wasn't being a team player. John Boyd, Tom Burrell, and James Myart know about the massive fraud. I don't know what team they are on, but I'm not going to be on any team that ignores widespread fraud.

Congress needs to investigate Pigford immediately.  I believe that probably 80 to 90% of Pigford claims are fraudulent. I know that its at least 300 cases in Arkansas alone. By investigating this fraud we are opening up a can of worms.  But it needs to be done.  Justice demands it.

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Dr. Timothy F. Johnson to Speak at "Delta Week " Event

WASHINGTON, DC - Timothy F. Johnson, Chairman and Founder of the Frederick Douglass Foundation, has been invited to be a part of Delta Chi Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc's "Delta Week"; on the campus of Elizabeth City State University in Elizabeth City, NC.

It was expressed by the Program and Planning Committee Chairperson for the Delta Chi Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc; Ms. Cassidy Cannon, that she was saddened by the lack of enthusiasm within the student body when it pertains to the community. She states, "We as College students have become so consumed with the typical college lifestyle partying, Greek Life, Athletics, etc.; that we have forgotten to realize that there is a world outside of this University which we will soon enter."

Ms. Cannon states she sought out Dr. Johnson to do a keynote address for his many accomplishments, charismatic intellect and ability to connect with students.

The event entitled, "Black Men Empowered: Will the Real Men Please Stand?" will be held Tuesday January 11th, 2011 on the campus of Elizabeth City State University.

We, at the Frederick Douglass Foundation, commend Chairman Johnson for his dedication to the mission of the Frederick Douglass Foundation and continued commitment to educating our youth.

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In Case You Missed It: The Next Chairman of the RNC

By: Joseph Farah| World Net Daily Commentary    
December 03, 2010

Michael Steele is about to be dumped as chairman of the Republican National Committee, but his successor is not likely to be any better.

Why?

Because the same business-as-usual forces responsible for selecting Steele are lining up to pick the new face of the RNC.

How does that work?

Look who is sponsoring the first debate between those eager to replace Steele - FreedomWorks and the Conservative Steering Committee.

FreedomWorks is the organization run by Dick Armey, the self-positioned leader of the tea-party movement who insists that movement avoid any discussion or promotion of so-called "social issues" as part of its agenda. Only economic issues are appropriate for the tea-party movement, says the organization that is well-funded by libertarian interests. So narrow is Armey's definition of "economic issues" it does not include illegal immigration, which he considers to be a divisive issue. What he really means is that tea-party activists want to deal with the open border, while he prefers amnesty for the lawbreakers.

Don't miss Joseph Farah's newest book, "The Tea Party Manifesto: A Vision of American Rebirth," in which he sets out a clear agenda for the movement he predicted would arise in response to Barack Obama.

Meanwhile, the Conservative Steering Committee is headed by James Bopp, a strong proponent of Mitt Romney for president. Nominating Mitt Romney as the Republican candidate for president in 2012 will ensure that Barack Obama's policies as president will never be reversed. Even worse, Romney's history as governor of Massachusetts strongly suggests he will take the Republican Party in a direction that will make it indistinguishable for most Americans from the Democratic Party. As I have written in the past, Romney may well be the most dangerous man in America, because, if he becomes the next president, he will most assuredly enshrine most of the Obama agenda as a permanent legacy for the country.

But, as far as the selection of the next RNC chairman, it only gets worse from here.

After Bopp and Armey put their stamp of approval on the next RNC leader, it will be Grover Norquist's turn in January. His Americans for Tax Reform will hold another debate between the candidates for the position. Norquist sits on the board of GOProud, the Republican homosexual activist group that promotes same-sex marriage, hate-crimes laws and open homosexuality in the military. He is also, ironically, an ally of the Islamist agenda in the U.S.

In other words, it looks like the fix is in. The RNC is not likely to deviate from its propensity to support only establishment Republican candidates under its new leadership because those involved in selecting the next leader are the same forces that chose Steele. New face, same old RNC.

However, there is still time for right-thinking Republican activists to wake up and take action on a matter that will greatly impact the next election.

It's just this simple: Don't be led astray by Grover Norquist, Dick Armey and James Bopp. They all have their own narrow agendas. The next chairman of the RNC needs to be someone who:

understands the historic opportunity the tea-party movement represents for real change in this country and will embrace it for what it is, not just use it for the empowerment of the Republican Party;

• understands the historic threat represented by Islamic jihadism

• understands the absolute sanctity of marriage - how it is literally the bedrock of self-governance and the future of America;

• understands why the Republican Party and the conservative movement must never embrace immorality in any form - including, but not limited to, the homosexual activist agenda

• understands that Americans will not accept business as usual from the Republican Party and that if that's what they see, Republicans will lose the next election and be back in the political wilderness

• understands that all issues are social issues and all issues are moral issues - including those we think of as economic

• understands that America's problems transcend economics and that we cannot address those other issues by focusing only on materialistic issues

• understands that the glue that holds our country together can be found in the Declaration of Independence, where it says: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness"

• understands that the Constitution is the absolute law of the land and that we must adhere to it and defend it and never permit the federal government to exceed its limitations on power.

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In Case You Missed It": That's mighty McCain of you, Mr. President

 
Published:12/02/2010
By: Lenny McAllister| The Daily Caller

Although being a new media-based political figure is a good way for a relatively-unknown candidate to mobilize his base, it has its disadvantages. For one, the comments that new media-based candidates make tend to live on a little longer than one would hope. Furthermore, these candidates have a hard time changing positions on issues - even if doing so makes sense - without coming across as hypocritical.

This is the problem that President Obama faces with his proposed two-year freeze on federal employees' wages.

Just two years ago, during his presidential run, when John McCain (R-AZ) advocated a freeze on non-vital spending until the financial crisis was resolved, President Obama's response noted the need not to act with "a hatchet when a scalpel will do." Well, after mocking McCain's proposal to freeze federal employees' wages in 2008, the electorally-strung Democrats - led by the White House's recent admission that, perhaps, the Obama administration should have reached out more to Republicans (which would include the president's former 2008 rival) - seem to be subtly giving a "mea culpa."

Both the actual proposal - and the implied admission - are probably not enough. The proposal to freeze federal wages comes from a desperate White House that is rapidly running out of ideas and support, even from its allies. The move makes the administration look weak and uncertain.

Just two years ago, McCain was being criticized for the confusion his campaign created around the first presidential debate, which Senator McCain initially refused to attend, only to later acquiesce to participating - a move that reeked of caving in to the competition after trying to draw a line in the sand.

For President Obama, his line in the sand was drawn in early 2009, when he informed Congressional Republicans that he had won the election, then proceeded to give Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Harry Reid (D-NV) the keys to the Congressional kingdom. Today, the president's plan to freeze federal spending makes it look like he is admitting to having chosen the wrong policies over the first half of his presidential term. Worst still, the president's political concession this week to the Republicans - much like McCain's concession to him during the controversy over the first presidential debate in September 2008 - says a lot about the perceptions of power and vulnerability in Washington these days. If this is what the Democrats have to look forward to for the next two years, Obama won't be reelected in 2012.

Sadly for the president's legacy, this week's political admission stands as merely another example of Mr. Obama eating political crow so soon after ruling the roost. Whether the president can recover in time for the 2012 election remains an open question.

Lenny McAllister is a syndicated political commentator and the host of "Launching Chicago with Lenny McAllister" at 5 AM on WVON The Talk of Chicago 1690 AM (www.wvon.com) He is the author of the upcoming edition of the book, "The Obama Era, Part I (2008-2010: Diary of a Mad Black PYC (Proud Young Conservative)." Follow him at www.twitter.com/lennyhhr and on Facebook at www.tinyurl.com/lennyfacebook .

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