Saturday, August 9, 2014

GOP USA MIDDAY REPORT 08/09/2014

Judge rules Ten Commandments monument must go
image The city of Bloomfield violated the constitutional ban on establishment of religion by erecting a Ten Commandments monument on the lawn of city hall, Senior U.S. District Judge James A. Parker said in a 32-page opinion filed Thursday.

IRS says 99 churches worthy of 'high priority examination'
image Churches might want to be aware that some of them are under investigation by the IRS. Kristina Arriaga, executive director of The Becket Fund, points out that a lawsuit filed against the IRS by an atheist group has revealed the IRS is investigating some churches for allegedly violating the Johnson Amendment.

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President Carter aligns himself with terrorists
image Former President Jimmy Carter, who once accused Israel of being an "apartheid state" worse than South Africa, has gone even further, rebuking the Jewish State for the way it has waged war with Hamas while actually siding with the terrorists.

Obama bombs terrorists in Iraq
image U.S. fighters dropped bombs on Islamic militants in Iraq Friday, the Pentagon said, carrying out President Barack Obama's promise of military force to counter the advancing militants and confront the threat they pose to Iraqi civilians and Americans still stationed there.

Gay Games 9 to begin Saturday in Ohio
image If Cleveland and Akron seem like odd choices to host the international Gay Games, that's because they are. The eight previous hosts for this quadrennial affair have been gay-friendly cities with identifiable "gayborhoods" — places where those who identify themselves as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgendered feel comfortable living and hanging out.

Compromise isn't possible
image It's time to revisit the widely disseminated myth that compromise in politics and governance is the highest virtue. Members of Congress, the argument goes, just need to get together, put aside their partisanship and get something done. After all, even couples going through an acrimonious divorce can sit down in the same room, close the doors and work out some agreement.

Have You Taken Your Obama Oath?
image Jonathan Alter at The Daily Beast has an idea that will infuse the president's "economic patriotism" rhetoric with some bite: Compel companies to take "loyalty oaths" to prove their patriotism.

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