National Popular Vote Bill attacks U.S. Constitution - Take Action

The National Popular Vote Bill was circulated for cosponsorship today. 

This is a direct attack on our U.S. Constitution.  Long story short it would change the way we elect our President.  It would create a situation in which a President could be elected with only 20% of the voting population instead of the current 51%.  If there are 20 candidates running for president the winner would only need a majority (which could be 20% or less depending on how the votes are split up) in order to win.  The candidates would only need to focus on the high populous areas in order to win, creating a VERY slanted playing field.  How would you like CA, FL and NY being the biggest players in deciding who our President would be?  For more information and talking points, click here.


 Contact your WI State Legislators immediately and tell them NOT to support the National Popular Vote Bill.


NOTE - CORRECTION:  It would create a situation in which a President could be elected with only 20% of the voting population instead of the current 51% of the electoral college.

Schlafly Denounced ALA's Banned Books Week - Calls it "Bullying"

Curtsy to Safelibraries:


Transcription of commentary:

A few weeks ago, the American Library Association announcedwith much fanfare that it was celebrating the ridiculous event called “Banned Books Week.” This announcement accused Americans of being “zealots and bigots who live in fear of discourse” and of being “screamers and book banners and book burners.” This Association arranged events and set up displays at libraries all over the country to pretend we have a problem with censorship.

The American Library Association puts out a list of books that it claims are being censored, which is a fraud because only government can engage in censorship and I assure you that our government is not censoring books. A so-called list of “banned books” was created by crying “censorship” anytime library patrons or parents of public school children complain about risque books being given to their children. The American Library Association claims that there were 186 cases of supposed censorship last year. But those were merely cases of ordinary people filing complaints with schools or libraries. Nearly all of these challenges to books took place at schools, and the rest of the complaints involved books available in the youth or children’s section of public libraries. These complaints had nothing to do with any book read by an[y] adult. These people accused of being “book banners” are just ordinary parents who want to limit their own children’s exposure to material they consider harmful or obscene.

Banned Books Week is not a celebration of free speech. It's a way for leftwing bureaucrats to bully ordinary citizens by stigmatizing those who complain with nasty names such as ‘bigots,’ ‘screamers,’ and ‘book burners’. The purpose is to intimidate parents from ever complaining about books that are given to their own children.


Listen to entire commentary HERE.

West Bend Citizens for Safe Libraries received Eagle Award from Schlafly for West Bend Library Battle

Here I am receiving the Eagle Award from Phyllis Schlafly of Eagle Forum at the How To Take Back America conference in honor of the work we did on behalf of the parents in West Bend regarding the sexually explicit books in the West Bend Library.

Blogging from Eagle Forum, St. Louis, "Take Back America"/ Price breaks out HR3400

Spending the weekend in balmy St. Louis at the Eagle Forum "How To Take Back America" conference.

Congressman Tom Price spoke tonight.  He stated that more government is the wrong answer.  Formed Republican Study Committee.  Pointed people in direction of HR3400.

Said he actually read the health care bills before congress, and he has a medical treatment (Price is also an M.D.) for it:  "It qualifies for medical malpractice."

Price said, "It's not about health care; it's about power and freedom."

Price further went over the principles in health care stating"none are improved by the further intervention of the Federal goverernment:

Affordability, accessibility, quality, responsiveness, innovation and choices (the last three being his personal additions.)

From RSC:

Less Government - Does the bill tend to reduce government regulations, size of government, or eliminate entitlements or unnecessary programs?
Lower Taxes - Does the bill promote individual responsibility in spending, or reduce taxes or fees?

Personal Responsibility - Does the bill encourage responsible behavior by individuals and families and encourage them to provide for their own health, safety, education, moral fortitude, or general welfare?

Individual Freedom - Does the bill increase opportunities for individuals or families to decide, without hindrance or coercion from government, how to conduct their own lives and make personal choices?

Stronger Families - Does the bill enhance the traditional American family and its power to rear children without excessive interference from the government?

Domestic Tranquility, National Defense - Does the bill enhance American security without unduly burdening civil liberty?

SOLUTIONS = HR3400 - because:
1.  It's financially feasible.
2.  It will solve the insurance challenges, i.e., people will own their insurance policy regardless of who pays for it.
3.  It will be written into law that patients, their families and doctors will make medical decisions, NOT government.
4.  It will solve lawsuit abuse challenges.
5.  There will be no use of federal funds for provision of abortion.
6.  There will be no tax raise.

More later.

Eagle Forum's Education Reporter now available online

The Eagle Forum's newspaper "The Education Reporter" has now been made available online.


Some interesting reads this issue:

• Obama Unveils Plan to Send Every Student to College
  
• California ACLU Strives to Ban Abstinence Education
  
• Republicans Return to Conservative Roots in Choice of Education Policy Leader
  
• Traditional History Courses Are in Decline
  
• 'Stimulus' Requires States to Put All Students on a Database