Who's Running the Country Bush or Pelosi ?

If anyone needed proof ... last week sealed the deal.

It seems the new liberal Congress on Capitol Hill has made its mark, shown its true colors, and clearly questioned the authority of our President.

With a new Congress in town ... distraction will be the name of the game.

Nancy Pelosi and her team are crying foul over the firings of eight U.S. federal attorneys.

But the hard truth is this: federal prosecutors serve at the pleasure of the President of the United States. It is perfectly legal for him to fire any - or all - of the U.S. attorneys for any reason at all.

In March of 1993, the Clinton administration fired all 93 federal prosecutors with absolutely no fanfare. No controversy. No congressional subpoenas or public hearings.

But the House of Representatives - and now a Senate panel as well - have issued the ''OK'' for subpoenas of key aides to the President. This is a significant issue!

Stand with the ACLJ now in this imperative matter and voice your support of President Bush and his constitutional authority by joining our online COMMITTEE TO DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION.

A constitutional challenge has been issued. The liberal-leaning House of Representatives is pushing hard, putting on the pressure, grasping at whatever means possible to defy the President. True to form, the political spectacle is being led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

This is unprecedented in United States history. The Constitution grants the executive privilege. A move to subpoena the President's top aides, such as Karl Rove or Harriet Miers, and force them to testify under oath sets up a political showdown unlike any we have ever seen.

Make no mistake: if the President's top White House aides are compelled to testify publicly, this issue will end at the Supreme Court of the United States.

And we at the ACLJ are going to be there every step of the way. We will not back down in the face of blatant politicking and political pandering. We ask that President Bush stand firm ... and come out fighting.

Who runs this country ... President Bush or Nancy Pelosi?

I urge you to add your name to our online COMMITTEE TO DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION right now. I want to deliver to the White House tens of thousands of names of United States citizens who will be standing strong beside our President in the face of this significant issue.

Stand with the Constitution and with our President today.

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What book will America base it's values on, the Bible or the Koran?

If the Pope can kiss the Koran, why can't Keith Ellison, D-Minn., the first Muslim elected to the United States Congress, take his oath of office on the Bible? Where is reciprocity ?

America, Not Keith Ellison, decides what book a congressman takes his oath on
By Dennis Prager - Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Keith Ellison, D-Minn., the first Muslim elected to the United States Congress, has announced that he will not take his oath of office on the Bible, but on the bible of Islam, the Koran.

He should not be allowed to do so -- not because of any American hostility to the Koran, but because the act undermines American civilization.

First, it is an act of hubris that perfectly exemplifies multiculturalist activism -- my culture trumps America's culture. What Ellison and his Muslim and leftist supporters are saying is that it is of no consequence what America holds as its holiest book; all that matters is what any individual holds to be his holiest book.

Forgive me, but America should not give a hoot what Keith Ellison's favorite book is. Insofar as a member of Congress taking an oath to serve America and uphold its values is concerned, America is interested in only one book, the Bible. If you are incapable of taking an oath on that book, don't serve in Congress. In your personal life, we will fight for your right to prefer any other book. We will even fight for your right to publish cartoons mocking our Bible. But, Mr. Ellison, America, not you, decides on what book its public servants take their oath.

Devotees of multiculturalism and political correctness who do not see how damaging to the fabric of American civilization it is to allow Ellison to choose his own book need only imagine a racist elected to Congress. Would they allow him to choose Hitler's "Mein Kampf," the Nazis' bible, for his oath? And if not, why not? On what grounds will those defending Ellison's right to choose his favorite book deny that same right to a racist who is elected to public office?

Of course, Ellison's defenders argue that Ellison is merely being honest; since he believes in the Koran and not in the Bible, he should be allowed, even encouraged, to put his hand on the book he believes in. But for all of American history, Jews elected to public office have taken their oath on the Bible, even though they do not believe in the New Testament, and the many secular elected officials have not believed in the Old Testament either. Yet those secular officials did not demand to take their oaths of office on, say, the collected works of Voltaire or on a volume of New York Times editorials, writings far more significant to some liberal members of Congress than the Bible. Nor has one Mormon official demanded to put his hand on the Book of Mormon. And it is hard to imagine a scientologist being allowed to take his oath of office on a copy of "Dianetics" by L. Ron Hubbard.

So why are we allowing Keith Ellison to do what no other member of Congress has ever done -- choose his own most revered book for his oath?

The answer is obvious -- Ellison is a Muslim. And whoever decides these matters, not to mention virtually every editorial page in America, is not going to offend a Muslim. In fact, many of these people argue it will be a good thing because Muslims around the world will see what an open society America is and how much Americans honor Muslims and the Koran.

This argument appeals to all those who believe that one of the greatest goals of America is to be loved by the world, and especially by Muslims because then fewer Muslims will hate us (and therefore fewer will bomb us).

But these naive people do not appreciate that America will not change the attitude of a single American-hating Muslim by allowing Ellison to substitute the Koran for the Bible. In fact, the opposite is more likely: Ellison's doing so will embolden Islamic extremists and make new ones, as Islamists, rightly or wrongly, see the first sign of the realization of their greatest goal -- the Islamicization of America.

When all elected officials take their oaths of office with their hands on the very same book, they all affirm that some unifying value system underlies American civilization. If Keith Ellison is allowed to change that, he will be doing more damage to the unity of America and to the value system that has formed this country than the terrorists of 9-11. It is hard to believe that this is the legacy most Muslim Americans want to bequeath to America. But if it is, it is not only Europe that is in trouble. (End Commentary)

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California Headlines from CalNews.com

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A Wife thinking ahead . . .

Maria in the middle
By Anthony York, Capitol Weekly
While news accounts have focused on the role of Susan Kennedy, Steve Schmidt and Matthew Dowd in Schwarzenegger's one-year turn around, the importance of Shriver's role has been underplayed. But conversations with senior Schwarzenegger advisers illustrate that from the beginning of her husband's reelection campaign, Maria Shriver played a pivotal role -- a role far more Schmidt's who also had experience in national and California Republican politics. [ ... and "pray the news" ]

California Assembly In for Difficult Ride

Assembly GOP leader's style may do more harm than good
"They've rendered themselves a little more irrelevant in the process," said Tony Quinn
By Steven Harmon, Contra Costa Times
The bipartisan glow that enveloped the Capitol this year may give way to partisan rancor, with combative conservative Michael Villines preparing to lead Assembly Republicans in the next legislative session. Villines, a Clovis Republican who was raised in San Jose, seized power by riding the support of conservative lawmakers, who rejected the former minority leader, San Diego Assemblyman George Plescia, who was viewed as overly conciliatory toward Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. But though Assembly Republicans hope the move will make them more of a force to be reckoned with, political observers say the move may marginalize them. "They've gone for a guy who was in Schwarzenegger's face in opposing the bond measures and rendered themselves a little more irrelevant in the process," said Tony Quinn, co-editor of California Target Book, a nonpartisan publication that tracks the Legislature.

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“Exposed: The Extremist Agenda” - TONIGHT on CNN

This is extremely important!

There is going to be a Glenn Beck special report tonight on CNN Headline News at 7, 9 and Midnight Eastern Time – called “Exposed: The Extremist Agenda” - I’m told it will expose what the Middle Eastern leaders are saying on Al-Jazeera and others of their own news programs playing to their own people in their own countries – the real story of their plans - I’m told it really lays it out graphically and that Glenn Beck had to fight hard to get it produced. More information is at www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/beck.extremistagenda. Spread the word to others who should see this.

Our Political System is Amazing . . .

ELECTION 2006 AFTERMATH
America is Great
After-Thoughts about the Election
By Rev. Sheldon

“This election has caused me to marvel at our Constitution and our way of government. We have just been through a revolution and yet there was no bloodshed. Some may have been mad, cried, been depressed, got drunk, etc. but no one was killed. Read More...

"I swear by God to blow up the White House"

DUBAI: The leader of Iraq's Al-Qaeda wing yesterday gloated over forcing outgoing US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to flee the Iraqi battlefield and said his group would not rest until it blew up the White House and occupied Jerusalem. Abu Hamza Al-Muhajir, also known as Abu Ayyub Al-Masri, said in a purported audio recording posted on the Internet that the group has 12,000 armed fighters and 10,000 others waiting to be equipped to fight US troops in Iraq. "I swear by God we shall not rest from jihad until we are under the olive trees of Rumieh and blow up the filthiest house known as the White House," he said. The "olive trees of Rumieh" appeared to be a reference to the Mount of Olive in Jerusalem, or to Christendom as a continuation of the Roman empire. Read More & "prayer the news"

The Frustration of a Lot of People . . .

Like many Americans, I’m really angry. It was bad enough to watch Republicans fall like dominoes this week. Hearing liberal Democrats claim that the election was all about the war when they didn’t offer a single alternative plan was infuriating. But receiving the knock-out punch of Donald Rumsfeld being fired the day after the Democratic Party windfall election is making a lot of us about as mad as we’ve been in a long, long time. Read More ... CPO - and sense the confusing and frustration!