http://FosterFriess.com description text en-us Tue, 07 October 2008 3:30:34 GMT Tue, 07 October 2008 3:30:34 GMT Locale Feed Creator 1.0 info@fosterfriess.com info@fosterfriess.com http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20106/ President Reagan deep-sixed this treaty because it sacrifices U.S. sovereignty Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20106 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20084/ “Environmental extremists, notable politicians among them ... create this wild 'scientific' scenario of the civilization threatening environmental consequences from Global Warming unless we adhere to their radical agenda.” Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20084 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20085/ Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20085 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20086/ The video "Global Warming or Global Governance" challenges the ‘scientific consensus’ on the human contribution to and catastrophic consequences of global warming. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20086 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20087/ Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20087 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20089/ This 4 minute preview features Nobel winner Muhammad Yunus, Hernando de Soto, Johan Norberg, James Tooley and Zhang Jun. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20089 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20028/ Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20028 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20044/ Ayaan Hirsi Ali addresses issues of immigration and pluralism. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20044 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20203/ It accomplishes a simple goal: stop government from using your money to lobby itself.  MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20203 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20204/ Corporal Ryan M. Blaich made this 3 minute video about the difference the surge and the Anbar Awakening has made in the lives of Iraqis and safety of Americans. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20204 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20205/ Available in some cars today, Flex-Fuel capability costs only about $100 more per vehicle. But market share remains low as stations won’t add special pumps before demand grows. With no widespread alternative to gas, the U.S. remains at the mercy of OPEC, Ahmadinejad and Chavez. Because the U.S. is the leading auto maker, a Flex-Fuel standard would have a ripple effect around the world, reducing global dependence on, and power of these volatile regimes. MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20205 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20208/ …citing “tolerance” of Obama’s race and Hillary’s sex, Nicholas Kristof notes it’s still chill to deride Huckabee’s faith. Why the indifference? MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20208 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20004/ As Iranians grow agitated with the current regime, it's no coincidence the mullahs have just carried out the largest wave of executions since 1984.Amir Taheri sheds light on this disturbing situation in his OpinionJournal.com article, Domestic Terror in Iran. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20004 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20207/ The popularity of this alternative to the radical teachings of many madrassas offers hope that younger generations of Muslims will promote peace over jihad. MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20207 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20005/ Featured in the UK Daily Mail, Hassan Butt comments on the state of radical Islam in Britian. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20005 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20048/ The wide discrepancy in birthrates between Western societies and Muslims will metastasize globally in demographic shifts which undermine Western culture in the West. Arnold Toynbee said it best; "Civilizations die from suicide, not murder". Click here to read Steyn's article, “It's the Demography, Stupid!” Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20048 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20007/ The high court was asked to rule on the film after the British Government planned to screen it at the nation's schools. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20007 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20169/ The investigation continues, but there is a deep suspicion that two Dallas-area teens were killed by their father in order to maintain the family's Islamic "purity." These "honor killings" are legal in several Islamic countries, and, while obviously illegal in the US, there still remains a silence from our Islamic communities on this violent practice.   MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20169 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20011/ CFO Pat Campbell said moving these operations overseas will reduce 3M’s overall tax burden to 30.5%. While liberals will cast him as a corporate Benedict Arnold, the move could increase 3M earnings $200 million... Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20011 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20127/ The merits of FairTax and its ardent supporters will keep it in the political forefront. MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20127 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20122/ While governments should provide mosquito nets to the neediest, private sector nets are better cared for and offer long-term economic benefits. More. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20122 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20124/ MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20124 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20010/ 'Al Qaeda's organizing ability in cyberspace is unprecedented; it takes a global network to beat a lethal global network.' Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20010 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20049/ Threatening to bring back all the horrors of the world's earlier experiments with Totalitarian systems. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20049 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20012/ FairTax would eliminate tax loopholes, lobbyist horse-trading and the incredible burden in time and money of individual filing. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20012 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20015/ evokes the 10th Amendment which reserves to states powers not delegated to the federal government; including health policy Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20015 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20016/ developed by the United Way with business and community leaders emphasizes private market, personal responsibility, and maximizing consumer choice while creating strong incentives for efficiency and quality. Click to read the plan. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20016 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20017/ "Health insurance" is something of a misnomer. In the United States, what we really have is collective, prepaid healthcare. The vast majority of our premiums are consumed not by catastrophic injury or disease, but are spent on everyday services including elective procedures. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20017 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20175/ The amendment was proposed by the Organization of the Islamic Conference. Resulting censorship of articles, cartoons or speech involving religion threatens those freedoms (expression, press and belief) which are sacrosanct human rights.  MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20175 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20176/ Newt Gingrich explains the difference between ‘the world that works’ and the morass of federal bureaucracies. (3 min video) Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20176 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20178/ Mark Steyn takes a look at Britain's re-branding campaign, as well as the attack on "3 Little Pigs" out of Islamic sympathies. MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20178 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20304/ Policymakers are quick to jump on the “moderate Islam” bandwagon, but Council on Foreign Relations Fellow, Steven Cook suggests many need to slow down and rethink strategies for supporting moderate Muslims.  MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20304 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20182/ With demand for nationwide pricing, carriers may ‘opt out’ of servicing Arizona customers if their packages don’t comply to new ‘cell phone rights.’ The government should interfere in private contracts only where public interests are truly threatened, not because some users don’t read the fine print on cell phone contracts. MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20182 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20019/ Professor Robert Giegengack of the Department of Earth and Environmental Science at Penn is sharply critical of Gore's film and his alarmist claims. Causality is his big problem with Gore's conclusions... Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20019 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20074/ The entire school is considered 'one classroom' to encourage greater cooperation and team teaching. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20074 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20020/ Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20020 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20187/ Vets for Freedom is about supporting our troops, honoring their commitment, and rallying the country to complete the missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20187 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20022/ Foster and the President of the Czech Republic, Václav Klaus, enjoyed dinner together after Klaus delivered a speech to the U.N. Climate Change Conference. Klaus questioned the wisdom and feasibility Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20022 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20023/ At Hillsdale College’s “Economics and the Environment” conference, atmosphere physicist, Dr. S. Fred Singer directly attacked several of the foundational assumptions used by global warming alarmists. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20023 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20024/ The debate over climate change has devolved into a screaming match of equally improbable claims. ‘Skeptical Environmentalist’ Bjorn Lomborg calls for rediscovery of the middle ground in “Chill Out”. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20024 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20141/ Today's students are tomorrow's economists, so "Extracting these children from the jaws of bias could mean the difference between world prosperity and menacing global rifts."  MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20141 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20025/ To celebrate, Foster asked friends to recommend their favorite charities; he then gave birthday 'gifts' to those organizations. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20025 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20027/ Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20027 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20168/ The US gets only 20% from nukes, but recent Bureau of Labor statistics show it's now safer to work in the nuke industry than financial services.  MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20168 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20043/ Foster thinks we should secure the border first but should we treat all immigrants the same? Can we augment INS with the private sector? Should we simplify legal entry, require English or make consequences more severe? Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20043 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20068/ This school operates as a non-graded program. Students are placed in multi-grade classes based on their development and needs, not on their chronological age. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20068 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20042/ Lynn and I were blown away by the generosity that we saw with the donations during the Tsunami. But when Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, we were presented with another opportunity to help our brothers and sisters in need. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20042 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20183/ President Bush wants to replace 15% of our fuel usage with bio-fuels in the next decade. That would devote ALL of the US corn crop to bio-fuels.  It's time for a reality check.  MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20183 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20029/ Author Victor Davis Hanson writes, "Too many students don't have two parents reminding them of the value of both abstract and practical learning." What an interesting idea! As kids are preparing Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20029 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20041/ Imla, the mother of Foster and Lynn's granddaughter Aleena, is originally from Galle, Sri Lanka. The Friess Family has reached out to help victims of the Tsunami. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20041 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20030/ Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20030 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20241/ With one of America's heaviest tax burdens, NJ is a textbook example of a bloated, inefficient bureaucracy. MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20241 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20240/ If he waited on Canada’s list he very likely would have died. 5 minute video shows that outlawing private healthcare kills Canadians. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20240 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20110/ Hospitals trying to provide equipment and expertise for every procedure drives costs up and results down. Click here to search by region or specialty. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20110 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20132/ When asked at a recent NH debate if they concede that the surge of troops has worked, all refused to answer the question and instead focus on the failures of Iraq. MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20132 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20133/ Employer Free Choice Act has significant Congressional support and would allow unions to collect worker signatures instead; opening risks of harassment. Law could add billions to union treasuries. MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20133 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20238/ Wajiha Huwaidar garners international attention by posting a 3 minute video of her driving illegally.  MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20238 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20134/ New $50 lottery tickets bought by poor. Times writes that "states are encouraging behavior that is too often addictive and ruinous for people." MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20134 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20135/ Melting Arctic sea ice, like an ice cube in a glass, will not change sea levels. And the earthbound ice and snow in Antarctica is increasing as more snow has been falling. Read this explanation from the World Climate Report. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20135 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20136/ In collaboration with the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, Rick Santorum has been touring college campuses this past fall, pleading with students to resist the urge to succumb to political correctness and recognize the growing threat faced from radical Islamists. His recent lecture (94 min) at the University of Virginia can be viewed here. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20136 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20142/ In this piece for left-leaning Slate magazine, Steven Landsburg extols the virtues of a national sales tax and why many on the left just don¹t get it. MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20142 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20143/ Sheikh Mohammed says, "We are engaged in a different type of war that's really worth fighting -- fighting to alleviate poverty, generating better education, creating economic opportunity for people." MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20143 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20144/ Growing up in the projects of both Detroit and Boston, Carson's single mother instilled virtues of hard work and faith. One of the few African American pediatric neurosurgeons, he now directs that department at Johns Hopkins.  MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20144 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20145/ But at nation's largest poultry producer there have been 24 arrests in the last month of hiring staff who knowingly employed illegals by using stolen IDs and Social Security numbers.  MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20145 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20146/ The hottest year on record in the U.S. was actually 1934. The 15 hottest years are spread over seven decades. Eight occurred before carbon dioxide began its sharp rise; seven occurred afterwards. MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20146 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20147/ U.S. energy is 33% coal, 28% natural gas, 18% oil, 12% nuclear, and 9% renewable. Even tripling renewables would leave us short, but U.S. has deep coal and nuclear reserves. MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20147 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20148/ A 10% reduction in human output would cost billions and deny the benefits of electrification to the developing world, and would only lower CO2 production by 0.34%. Will that stop Global Warming? MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20148 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20149/ Cato dispels eight misconceptions about Ethanol. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20149 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20150/ Congress subsidizes 51 cents a gallon, adds a 54 cent tariff on imports and mandates we burn 7.5 billion gallons by 2012. Ethanol can’t provide energy security and subsidies distort both food and energy markets.  MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20150 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20153/ Listen to a "musical fatwa" against religious hatred & terrorism that became the #1 hit in Indonesia (the world's largest Muslim population).  MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20153 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20033/ Human beings are comprised of three elements: body, mind, and spirit. Read Foster's thoughts on the importance of developing that third part of your personality and dealing with fundamental issues we all have to face Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20033 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20034/ If your car insurance worked like healthcare coverage, you'd pay a $1 copay at the pump, but the premiums would kill you! Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20034 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20035/ Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20035 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20036/ With the recent 6th year anniversary of 9/11, we join with the rest of our country to show respect for those who lost their lives. We would like to encourage people to not give up the fight. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20036 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20037/ Watch this touching video, which speaks volumes about the love, honor and respect that, we as free Americans, should show everyday for our brothers and sisters who are serving in our armed forces... Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20037 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20047/ "In the first place we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us... Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20047 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20039/ leaving 22% that feel suicide bombings are a) justified sometimes, b) justified rarely or c) they didn’t know and/or refused to answer the question. 1 in 5 U.S. Muslims are either 'for' or 'on the fence' about suicide bombings! Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20039 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20040/ 'Lay Your Hammer Down' was delivered by Ed Feulner recently at the Hillsdale College commencement address. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20040 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20199/ Rowan Williams allows "private" sharia law courts in England without really going into the judgments they hand down. Not all law systems are the same and rarely are they meant to co-exist. MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20199 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20050/ Rick Santorum identifies the threat, and those that support the ideology. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20050 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20051/ This 3 minute video illustrates the scale of problems using a representative 'global village' of 100 people. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20051 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20052/ Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20052 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20053/ Click here to read David Bresnahan's letter from a hypothetical tourist who plans to visit Mexico without proper documentation. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20053 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20055/ Rep. Charlie Norwood highlights two Hispanic extremist organizations: La Raza (The Race) and MEChA, "one of the most anti-American groups in the country" according to Norwood. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20055 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20054/ The greatest gift is love, not just for those you know but for all humanity. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20054 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20307/ Sick and tired of radical Imams here in the United States, a group of Muslim students have launched their own organization, Project Nur, which helps build bridges between Muslim and non-Muslim students on university campuses by promoting co-existence, tolerance, and understanding.  MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20307 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20109/ "It's gotten to the point where I am tired of trying to make sure everyone is happy but students — when they should be the first ones on the list."   David Harsanyi explains in, Listen to schools, not union whines." Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20109 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20056/ In his article, Lessons in Gratitude at the Basement Sink, Stein relates his personal experiences of growing up and clarifies what really matters in life. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20056 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20057/ Watch this 5 minute video of J-Mac, as he scores an amazing 26 points in the closing minutes Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20057 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20059/ Humorous mock letter to 'Tax Lovers of America.' Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20059 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20060/ Leo Linbeck serves up harsh criticism of the President's Advisory Panel on Tax Reform, claiming they are protecting the corrupt tax code and those who benefit from it. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20060 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20061/ Senator Mack suggests that any form of National Consumption Tax was ruled out before the “study” began. This calls into question the creditability and objectivity of the entire Panel’s deliberations. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20061 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20062/ Scroll to the bottom to see all those who supported FairTax in 2005. Visit www.FairTax.org to see all the new supporters since then! Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20062 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20160/ Virulent email claims Barak Obama is a radical Muslim in sheep’s clothing, but the facts contradict these claims. MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20160 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20075/ Lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, 47 million uninsured Americans and rising costs are statistics commonly used to convince America we need to throw out our current system and let the government ‘make it better.’ The most dangerous part of these figures is they are accurate; but politicians attach the wrong causality and draw faulty conclusions which could make the quality of our system much worse. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20075 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20070/ Eliminating age based grade levels and moving to shorter learning modules would allow kids to learn at their own pace in each subject. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20070 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20071/ Alberta has billions of barrels trapped in oil sands and thanks to high prices, new technology and good policies they stand to make a bundle. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20071 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20076/ Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20076 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20242/ MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20242 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20164/ …next up: a decree expected by years end, allowing women to drive. Seen by many in the West as a small, yet significant step for women’s rights, there are many opposed to the idea. A recent letter in Al-Watan newspaper declared, "Allowing women to drive will only bring sin. The evils it would bring - mixing between the genders, temptations, and tarnishing the reputation of devout Muslim women - outweigh the benefits.”  MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20164 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20251/ In this 12 min video Horowitz expresses a different history of Israel, Gaza and the West Bank and  purports that a political two state ‘solution’ has little chance of stopping terrorists. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20251 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20165/ Does this knowledge constitute a valuable ‘early warning’ or is this just ‘genetic odds-making’ which will lead either to hypochondria or overconfidence? Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20165 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20166/ "I am not surprised that you British are facing so many problems with extremists after what I saw in those mosques in Blackburn. What I saw would not be allowed here in Iraq - it would be illegal." MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20166 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20081/ Includes details you won't find in mainstream media. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20081 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20206/ Legislative next steps: increase the limit on corporate tax credit donations and raise the maximum scholarship amount to keep up with public school funding and rising private tuition. MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20206 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20126/ Pete Wehner explores the transformation of this group and the impact it will have on Christianity and politics in Among Evangelicals, a Transformation. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20126 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20235/ MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20235 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20185/ Climate scientists agree that "variability of solar emissions" have far greater impact on global temps than human activity.  MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20185 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20200/ Over 33,000 companies have volunteered to participate in the "E-Verity" program - running the social security numbers of their workers.  MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20200 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20201/ As much as Gates wants to help African coffee farmers, structural issues like open markets and rule of law continue to prevent capitalism's positive impact in the developing world.  MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20201 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20202/ From slower progress towards assimilation to greater disparities in education compared with earlier generations, current illegal immigrants appear to be a greater benefit to their home country than the United States. MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20202 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20094/ Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20094 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20107/ This approach builds developing economies and demands accountability from grant recipients, in contrast to traditional giving which focuses only on relief. Read this AEI Report for details on these new organizations. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20107 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20096/ Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20096 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20097/ He advocates putting health decisions back in hands of consumer. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20097 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20099/ Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20099 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20100/ Sick & Sicker shows the reality of universal healthcare. Click here to visit the movie's website. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20100 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20189/ Directly refuting the two central claims of the global warming doomsayers, more scientists are concluding that the sun has a greater impact on temperature change than CO2, and the earth may, in fact, be cooling, not warming.  MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20189 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20190/ As European business leaders learn the true costs of global warming compliance, environmentalist EU officials hint at tougher measures. MORE Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20190 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20191/ Women still can't vote, and have few legal protections, but with educational empowerment spurring economic freedom, the kingdom is changing.  MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20191 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20192/ In countries like Algeria, Iraq, and Jordan, Muslims are indicating a desire to reduce the influence of Mullahs on political decisions. Are Muslims beginning to agree with Madison and Jefferson?   MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20192 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20193/ The political defeat of a massive tax bill shows that Brazil is growing weary of capital confiscation, and not all of Argentina is going the way of Chavez. MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20193 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20196/ “Of the billion people who live on less than $1 a day, three-quarters are small farmers. And often it is actually the woman who is doing her best to both create crops for eating and earn some cash to buy other things.” Global poverty can be overcome through private sector solutions on this micro-scale combined with greater access to knowledge and less government intrusion. MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20196 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20197/ Middle Easterners often blog at their own risk but even in Iran, blogging is an increasingly popular vehicle for free speech. Despite the threat that Blogger will be used to spread radical ideas, it will give peaceful, rational individuals trapped by oppressive regimes and dominating religious cultures the chance to express themselves and change the future. MORE Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20197 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20103/ Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20103 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20174/ Evidence supporting Iranian imperial ambitions outweighs the ambiguous and ephemeral reassurances about its nuclear program. MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20174 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20172/ including, ‘it’s dangerous, wasteful and expensive,’ are dispelled as UK announces first new plant since 1995. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20172 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20215/ MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20215 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20216/ The new University Prep Science and Math Middle School is set to open this fall in Detroit. Founded by philanthropist Bob Thompson and education expert Doug Ross, the school could be one of the first in new wave of charter schools in the Motor City.  MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20216 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20210/ Regardless of your politics, they deserve our gratitude as you will witness in this two minute video. MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20210 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20105/ ...as an impediment to women's rights in Islamist societies. Her 39 minute interview at Phoenix's Goldwater Institute is a must-watch display of candor and bravery, with answers impacting your future. Her book, Infidel, heralds her Somali upbringing, experience as a Dutch parliamentarian and why she lives with 24-hour security. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20105 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20246/ MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20246 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20154/ It's a prickly question, but a major voice for reform in K-12 says that unless kids and parents are held to account, the US educational system will continue to falter.  MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20154 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20156/ Young British conservatives ‘understood that the failure of appeasement would result in a worse war and that the longer you lied about reality, the greater the disaster.’  MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20156 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20157/ Revised EPA estimates (using realistic acceleration and highway speeds) lower Prius’ gas mileage and nickel battery manufacturing devastates environment. MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20157 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20158/ MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20158 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20162/ As Newt Gingrich writes, the 3 promises of the last major immigration "reform" package were all broken, and now Washington is gearing up to try the same thing again.  MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20162 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20112/ From Madrid to Berlin, formerly tax-heavy Euro governments are reducing or eliminating taxes. Bloomberg News proclaims: A tax-cut war is spreading across Europe. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20112 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20113/ After decades of mismanaged price controls and wasteful Medicaid spending, New York¹s hospitals are now fighting State plans to reduce costs by closing/regionalizing empty hospitals. Read. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20113 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20114/ Charter school expert Andy Smarnick argues that current growth strategies won't work, so we must replace the district-based system in America's large cities with fluid, self-improving systems of charter schools. More. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20114 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20115/ …lambast Bush 41 for not being tough enough with Saddam and “looking the other way” while Iraq worked to acquire wmd’s. (9 min) Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20115 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20116/ questioning the media’s unfair treatment of religious candidates. Presidential candidates are running for Commander in Chief, not Chief Theologian. Read Connor’s “Huck Finned by USA Today”. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20116 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20118/ despite skeptical scientists facing threats and intimidation. Climate alarmism has "co-opted" and radicalized the green movement. MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20118 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20163/ Watch or read “I Have a Dream” by Martin Luther King Jr. Every law-abiding citizen deserves freedom and equal civil rights. (Text or 17 minute video) MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20163 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20119/ Clinton, Edwards, Reid, Dean, Pelosi, Rockefeller, Biden, and Bayh all supported disarming Sadam. Now they all call the war a mistake and want to pull our troops out. (4 minutes) Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20119 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20120/ Temperature readings show no significant uptick since 2001. Former BBC Science Correspondent, David Whitehouse writes: "We must explain why global warming has stopped."  More. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20120 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20121/ Research on reporting of a study in Nature Magazine debunking the glowarm/hurricane connection shows dramatic media bias towards perpetuating hysteria. More. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20121 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20211/ …after Congress threatened to withhold federal funds.  MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20211 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20212/ Highlighting the stark differences between Western & Islamic societies. MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20212 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20214/ MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20214 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20217/ Called the "save-the-planet tax", a new levy on small and large businesses is supported by the San Francisco's Bay Area Air Quality Management District. Is California again setting an example of bad global warming policy?  MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20217 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20218/ “Washington and other capitals should declare the experiment in Gazan self-rule a failure and press President Mubarak of Egypt to help, perhaps providing Gaza with additional land or even annexing it as a province.” Daniel Pipes explores this opportunity to revert to the situation of 1948-67.   MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20218 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20219/ MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20219 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20220/ “Economic growth doesn’t result from money being moved around, it comes from enhanced productivity and wealth creation.”  Sarb-Ox was the Congressional ‘solution’ to the last financial ‘crisis’ after the collapse of Enron.  Benefits have been debatable and compliance costs are many times more than SEC’s original estimates.  MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20220 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20221/ MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20221 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20222/ MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20222 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20223/ MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20223 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20224/ MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20224 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20225/ MORE. (5 min video.) Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20225 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20226/ MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20226 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20227/ IBM collaborating with nine partners to help providers, clinics and hospitals improve productivity, increase quality and reduce costs. MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20227 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20228/ MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20228 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20229/ MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20229 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20231/ "But it will be handled by the Iraqis, not by us." MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20231 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20232/ Three steps Congress should take to control rising costs.  MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20232 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20234/ Randy Pausch, a 47-year old married father of three battling pancreatic cancer brings life to Galatians 5:22; "The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control." Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20234 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20236/ 3 min video.  MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20236 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20237/ MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20237 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20243/ MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20243 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20244/ MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20244 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20245/ In this 18 minute video, Bjorn Lomborg prioritizes global solutions by cost effectiveness. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20245 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20247/ MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20247 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20248/ Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20248 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20249/ Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20249 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20250/ Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20250 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20252/ Watch the 3 min video. MORE. 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Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20277 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20278/ Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20278 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20279/ Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20279 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20280/ Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20280 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20281/ MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20281 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20282/ The US is the world's third largest oil producer, but outsized environmental concerns have prevented important exploration.  MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20282 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20283/ MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20283 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20284/ Senator (and doctor) Tom Coburn says that government cost controls usually leads to "rationing."  MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20284 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20285/ MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20285 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20286/ Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20286 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20287/ Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20287 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20288/ Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20288 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20289/ Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20289 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20290/ Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20290 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20291/ Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20291 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20292/ Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20292 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20293/ Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20293 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20294/ Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20294 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20295/ Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20295 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20296/ Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20296 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20297/ Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20297 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20298/ Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20298 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20299/ Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20299 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20300/ Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20300 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20301/ Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20301 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20302/ MORE. (4 min video) Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20302 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20303/ MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20303 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20305/ Senate Minority Whip, Jon Kyl, reviews newly released, “Party of Defeat” putting partisan spin into context.  MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20305 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20306/ On the technicality that some pizza ingredients came from other states, the Circuit Court upended a 2000 Supreme Court decision that local law enforcement is a State right.  This opens the door to unchecked federal police power under the guise of interstate commerce.  MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20306 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20308/ Supported by Bausch & Lomb and Johnson & Johnson, the Foundation’s mission is to establish a global network of clinics to deliver this miraculous technology.  MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20308 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20309/ Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20309 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20311/ Trying to reinforce that “religions heal rather than wound”, more than 140 sheikhs, ayatollahs, pastors and priests are trying to find common ground between their two faiths.  All of this coming just days after Al Qaeda threatened all Muslims engaging in interfaith dialogue.  MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20311 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20312/ The lessons will be taught in mosque schools beginning fall 2008. MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20312 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20313/ In this three minute video, Pipes suggest that while harmony is possible, it is much more likely that Muslims come to dominate European culture and society, or a conflict between Europeans and immigrant Muslims erupts. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20313 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20314/ But London's Sunday Times called it "the culmination of one of the most spectacular victories of the war on terror."  MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20314 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20315/ Rather than just saying what they ‘stand for’, candidates should level with America and tell us: what they will do, who’s going to pay for it, how they’ll get it through Congress and the economic impact.  Despite some of his unpopular policies in NYC, such as the smoking ban and increased taxes to pay teachers, the city is now in better shape.  Americans are smart enough to understand there is no free lunch.  Watch this 3 min video. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20315 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20316/ Cites examples of recent episodes in Denmark and Holland, where potential double standard exists for humorists poking fun at Islam. Most think of Europe as an emerging stronghold of secularism and tolerance.  Yet, reparations made by governments seem to indicate otherwise.   WSJ article shares story of Dutch cartoonist, Gregorius Nekschot, arrested at his apartment in Amsterdam after being “suspected of sketching offensive drawings of Muslims.”  Whatever happened to freedom of speech? Reminds me of similar scenarios in the states, from “Piss Christ”, featuring a crucifix in urine, to “The Holy Virgin Mary”, featuring Mary covered in elephant dung.  Yet, we didn’t arrest these artists.  Do you think a double standard exists?  It seem the creators of South Park TV show constantly poke fun at Christian figures (Virgin Mary, Jesus Christ), yet when they feature Muhammad, their own network censors the show.   Click here to read WSJ article, Why Islam Is Unfunny for a Cartoonist. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20316 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20317/ The proposed 3.1 square miles (0.01% of ANWR) is arctic tundra containing no trees, deepwater lakes or mountain peaks and wildlife still thrives around similar wells.  Learn more about the energy potential and real impact of drilling in ANWR.  MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20317 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20318/ But London's Sunday Times called it "the culmination of one of the most spectacular victories of the war on terror."  MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20318 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20319/ The Atlantic staff and readers engage in debate about the relation between capital gains tax rate and the resulting revenue.  MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20319 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20320/ Mr. Pickens launches new website encouraging renewable energy development, backed with $10 billion to build wind farms. This Private Sector Solution does much more than governments energy plan to move us towards lessened energy dependence. MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20320 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20321/ Claiming a 70% ‘conversion rate’ turning potential militants away from al-Qaeda.  MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20321 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20322/ MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20322 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20323/ Zainab Al-Suwaij, granddaughter of Basra’s leading cleric, shares insights that both Obama and McCain need to embrace in order to effectively engage the American Muslim community.  MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20323 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20324/ As Obama flip-flops on accepting public campaign funds, we should be asking: ‘why do we allow the government to confiscate our income for increasingly expensive presidential campaigns.’  MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20324 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20325/ …citing how government has grown under Republicans, Beck makes the case for “conservatism” over “Republicanism”.  MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20325 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20326/ Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20326 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20327/ The father carrying his quadriplegic son across the finish line of the Ironman triathlon embodies Job 19:25 ‘But as for me I know that my Redeemer liveth, and at last he will stand up upon the earth.’ Click here to view the 4 min video. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20327 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20328/ Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20328 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20329/ Dubai is a strange crossroads where sacred meets secular.  For young, aspiring Muslims from across the Middle East, it serves as a place where they can escape the 7th century mindset that still reigns prevalent and seek jobs and opportunity in hope of a better life.  Click here to read the article. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20329 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20330/ A Chicago neighborhood is rocked by a looming scandal that left many community members wondering what happened.   Adhering to the Islamic tradition of Sharia, 200+ Muslim families and businessmen invested their savings with Salman Ibrahim.  But he wasn’t just another investor, he was a member of the Sharia Board of America, a group of Islamic clerics who advise Muslim investors.  MORE. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20330 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20332/ Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20332 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20333/ FedSpending.org, OpenCongress, PolitiFact Truth-o-Meter, Project Vote Smart, and OpenSecrets.org can help clear away the spin and distortion of the Mainstream Media.  The Sunlight Foundation, along with legislative information experts, congressional staff, and others, paved the way for Congress to change their rules on Representatives using the Internet.  The Franking Reforms passed October 2nd promoting public access to Congressional work and members.  Read more at www.theOpenHouseProject. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20333 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20334/ The Chicago Tribune reports: “[In] 1996, operatives for Barack Obama … began the tedious process of challenging hundreds of signatures on the nominating petitions of state Sen. Alice Palmer, the longtime progressive activist from the city's South Side.  And they kept challenging petitions until every one of Obama's four Democratic primary rivals was forced off the ballot…. A close examination of Obama's first campaign clouds the image he has cultivated throughout his political career: The man now running for president on a message of giving a voice to the voiceless first entered public office not by leveling the playing field, but by clearing it.” All of this was perfectly legal and Obama justifies it by saying: “If you can win, you should win and get to work doing the people’s business.”  (Freddoso.  The Case against Barack Obama) More from the Toronto Star on Obama’s efforts disqualifying opponents. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20334 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20335/ Obama’s campaign staff clarified "Senator Obama has always been a critic of vouchers." - NY Sun Both McCain and Obama send their children to private school, but McCain supports vouchers which would give all students a chance to attend a better school: "Everybody should have the same choice Cindy and I and Sen. Obama [had]," McCain told the National Urban League – Townhall.com Education is one of Obama’s favorite topics, yet Chicago schools produce dismal results thanks in part to his protection of teachers’ unions.  Chicago public schools spend $10,550 per pupil (20% above the national average) and have the shortest school day of any major city in Illinois.  In 2007 the union took on Mayor Daley and came away with no extra hours but significant pay increases for the next four years.  Obama: “I owe those unions.  When their leaders call, I do my best to call them back right away.  I don’t consider this corrupting in any way; I don’t mind feeling obligated…” Obama offers mild rhetoric about merit-pay for teachers but reassures them that such “merit” will not be determined by student achievement, but instead by a measure chosen by the teachers unions, and only in exchange for six-figure salaries.  (Freddoso) Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20335 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20336/ Obama originally stated that he “strongly supports public financing…you can change the rules on lobbying here in Washington, but if we’re still getting financed primarily from individual contributions, then those with the most money are still going to have the most influence.”  (Freddoso) He then became the first presidential candidate in history not to take matching funds for the general election.  On June 19th, with record contributions, Obama realized “those with the most money are still going to have the most influence,”… but now, Obama had the most money. Obama explained he might need the extra money to compete with outside “527 groups.”  Although in 2004, pro-Democrat 527s outspent pro-Republican groups $282 million to $111 million. This video highlights Obama’s hypocrisy on Public Financing.  Watch Obama try to explain himself. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20336 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20337/ “The media have uncritically applied to [Obama] the ‘reformer’ label because of his promises to change Washington.  It seems unimportant that he has done virtually nothing while in Washington to change it.” (Freddoso) Washing Times reports, Records show McCain more bipartisan: “Since 2005, Mr. McCain has led as chief sponsor of 82 bills, on which he had 120 Democratic co-sponsors (220 total), for an average of 55%. He worked with Democrats on 50 of his bills, and of those, 37 times Democrats outnumber Republicans as co-sponsors. Mr. Obama, meanwhile, sponsored 120 bills, of which Republicans co-sponsored just 26, and on only five bills did Republicans outnumber Democrats. Mr. Obama gained 522 total Democratic co-sponsors but only 75 Republicans, for an average of 13% of his co-sponsors.” Fifteen earmark related bills have come before the Senate during Obama’s term.  He only voted on six of these, and voted against four of the reforms bills.  After Katrina, Sen. Coburn twice proposed pulling earmarked money (for things like baseball stadiums and visitor’s centers) to shore up levees in N.O., Obama voted against redirecting these earmarks twice.  After the bridge collapse in MN, Coburn tried to redirect federal bike path earmarks to bridge maintenance.   Obama voted to keep the bike path earmarks safe.  Taxpayers for Common Sense: Obama was the sole sponsor for earmarks totaling $10.7 million in fiscal 2008.  In 2007, Obama earmarked $1 million for U of Chicago Medical Center.  His wife is vice president of the center and received a pay raise ($121,910 to $316,962) the same year Obama was elected to the Senate.   When questioned about this earmark, Obama replied it was “probably something that we should have passed on to [IL Senator] Durbin.”  Suggesting that if his earmark could be seen as corrupt, the solution was to hide is by having a friend sponsor it. One TV ad gives Obama credit for welfare reform in Illinois which, the ad proclaims, reduced the rolls by 80%. But there’s one problem - Obama opposed the 1996 welfare reform act at the time. The Illinois law, for which he takes credit, was merely the local implementing law the state was required to pass, and it did, almost unanimously.  (Real Clear Politics) Watch the original ad: Obama: Dignity  Then watch: “Dignity” TV Ad, Caught in A Lie Version Read more about Barack Obama's Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac Connection from Fox News. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20337 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20338/ Obama wants to include those who lack insurance but make too much to qualify for Medicaid or SCHIP in a new government dictated health insurance plan.  He claims this program would have “affordable premiums, co-pays and deductibles,” and subsidies for those who need them.  Parents’ insurers would be required to cover children to the age of 25.  He proposes a new “non-insurance tax” (unspecified flat percentage of company payroll) which creates a “moral hazard” by incentivizing companies to drop their coverage and accept the tax.  The only way to remove this hazard is to make the new tax prohibitively high, which would drive more business out of the U.S. as the business environment becomes uncompetitive. Obama’s plan contains five methods for “reining in medical costs” but none produce enough revenue to pay for the program.  In 2000 Obama gave a speech advocating price-controls for prescription drugs.  (Remember the results of government price-controls during the 70s?) In his book, Obama worries about the creation of tax-exempt Health Savings Accounts “What if you work for an employer who doesn’t offer a health-care plan?”  HSAs are personal and portable and allow you to save money before taxes.  How is this program detrimental to those with (or without) insurance? Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20338 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20339/ Does your mother deserve the best doctor in the state, or the doctor the state deems ‘best’?  Many Canadians can’t get the care they need because they are placed on waiting lists or prohibited from seeking medical care outside the state controlled system. Watch these frightening videos about the unintended consequences of National Healthcare at www.FreeMarketCure.com  Should the future financial viability of Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security be resolved before we add an unfunded National healthcare liability? Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20339 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20340/ This bill protects abortion survivors from being shelved to die in hospital soiled utility rooms.  Obama not only voted against Born Alive, he was the sole senator to speak against it on the senate floor - 2 years in a row. The federal version of Born Alive passed unanimously 98-0 in the US Senate with Sens. Kennedy and Boxer speaking in support on the senate floor. It passed overwhelmingly by voice vote in the US House. President Bush signed it into law on August 5, 2002.  As chairman of the IL Senate Health & Human Services Committee, Obama singlehandedly stopped the identical wording of the federal bill from being introduced in IL in 2003. Watch this CNN report. Watch this 1 minute video summarizing Obama’s position on Abortion. Watch “Kill and Destroy” which includes a heart-wrenching testimony from a nurse who held dying infant. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20340 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20341/ Obama is a big supporter of Ethanol.  His energy plan would outlaw new cars that can’t run high-ethanol blends.  Ethanol has been shown to drive up food prices, exhaust water supplies, exacerbate smog and drive up gasoline prices.  It takes the energy equivalent of four gallons of ethanol to farm, ship and process just five gallons of ethanol.  In 2007 Federal and state subsidies totaling between $6.3-$8.7 billion amounted to about $9.00 in subsidies per gallon of ethanol produced.  Congress has since doubled the ethanol mandate with Obama voting for the bill. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20341 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20342/ Obama: “The U.S. has 3% of the world’s oil reserves.  We use 25% of the world’s oil.  We can’t drill our way out of the problem.”  But focusing on domestic reserves ignores the fact that America is the third-largest oil producer in 2006 and we currently produce about 40% of our annual consumption. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20342 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20343/ Watch this 40 sec video of Obama's Flip-Flop on Dipping Into Strategic Oil Reserves. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20343 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20344/ This 40 sec video highlights Obama’s opposition to many viable energy security initiatives.  He opposes more Nuclear energy until it is “clean and safe” but gives no indication as to how the industry can prove this. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20344 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20345/ Obama:  “The truth is, in order to get things like universal healthcare and [a] revamped education system then someone is going to have to give up a piece of their pie so someone else can have more.” Obama just voted for a budget that would raise the taxes on single persons with income above $32,000 He has voted dozens of times to raise federal taxes and pays no heed to the concept that lower marginal tax rates help to promote investment and employment, instead concluding that the government needs more money and the rich should be happy to contribute.    Obama:  “Let’s be clear, the rich in America have little to complain about.” Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20345 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20346/ Obama stated in an interview that if elected he plans to raise the top capital gains rate from 15% to somewhere between 20% and 28%, although he has since flip flopped several times on capital gains.  Watch this 30 sec video. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20346 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20347/ Obama voted to preserve Illinois death tax and he proposes raising the federal death tax to 55%. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20347 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20348/ In The Audacity of Hope Obama derides American demands that “developing countries eliminate trade barriers that protect them from competition, even as we steadfastly protect our own constituencies from exports that could help lift poor countries out of poverty.”   This did not prevent him from voting for the farm bill which protected American interests over the alleviation of global poverty.  The bill even bars the U.S. from providing food aid by purchasing crops from the developing countries we try to feed.  Bush vetoed the bill demanding this provision be changed.  Obama voted to override the veto.  (Freddoso) Without rejecting free trade in principle, Obama has rejected it in almost every instance.  He has only voted for one free trade agreement, with the Sultanate of Oman, opposing agreements with Colombia, Panama and South Korea.  Obama states: “government policies can boost workers’ wages without hurting the competitiveness of U.S. firms,” and he proposes“ a new tax on small businesses that do not provide health care to their employees,” ignoring the fact that many of them simply cannot afford to provide this benefit.  He voted in 2003 to repeal tax credits for “educational and vocational” employee training, but voted “no” on the Central American Free trade agreement in order to “register a protest against what I considered to be the White House’s inattention to the losers from free trade.”   As if the government had the monopoly on providing worker training. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20348 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20349/ During his Senate campaign, Obama backed federal legislation that would ban citizens from carrying weapons, except for law enforcement.  Obama: “[This] will prevent other states flawed concealed weapons laws from threatening the safety of Illinois residents.” Obama, a former constitutional law professor, supported the D.C. gun ban and declared it constitutional.  Watch this 3 min Fox News Clip about this 2nd Amendment flip-flop from Obama. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20349 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20350/ Watch this compilation of different positions on withdrawing from Iraq (50 sec), all from Senator Obama. Mr. Obama bases his campaign on his superior judgment, and that in turn is based on his speech against the war in Iraq. Of course, he never made a vote against the war, as at the time he was in the Illinois legislature, not the U.S. Senate. He gave the speech at an anti-war rally in the liberal Hyde Park section in Chicago. Since he's been in the Senate, he's been wrong on every issue related to Iraq. He claimed that the Anbar Awakening took place as a result of Democrats' congressional victories, but it began in September 2006, two months before the voting took place. He opposed not only the troop surge, but also the strategic changes that took place along with it, that did so much to enable the victory. He said the American military had nothing to do with the Anbar Awakening or with the retreat of the Sadr militia, something denied by the Iraqi military and by the Iraqi Sunnis themselves. To bolster his foreign policy credentials, he picked Sen. Joe Biden as vice president. Sen. Biden voted for the war in Iraq, which vote Sen. Obama views as the symbol of bad judgment.  So even Sen. Obama admits Sen. Biden has bad judgment. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1q9Q0OtJ4g  (3:47) Sen. Biden also comes up with wacky ideas of his own such as splitting Iraq into three parts for the Kurds, Shias, and Sunnis. He also voted against the first Gulf War, even after Iraq had invaded Kuwait and threatened Saudi Arabia and the rest of the Middle East. He opposed the surge. He opposed Reagan's build-up to fight international communism. Experience clearly does not equate to good judgment. Watch: An Iraq Veteran has a personal message for Barack Obama. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20350 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20351/ In a July 2nd speech, Obama said: “We cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives we’ve set.  We’ve got to have a Civilian National Security Force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.”  Secretary of Defense Robert Gates came up with the idea for a more modern State Department and a "civilian national security force" that could "deploy teams that combine agricultural specialists and engineers and linguists and cultural specialists who are prepared to go into some of the most dangerous areas alongside the military."   Watch this (15 sec) clip from Obama’s speech.  Obama’s camp inexplicably deleted references to the initiative from his website while others mysteriously disappeared from transcripts of the speech distributed by the campaign. Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20351 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20352/ Obama called for negotiations without preconditions with Ahmadinejad of Iran, Chavez of Venzuela, and Castro of Cuba. Even Senator Obama recognized the folly of this idea, so he backed off of it after an explosion of criticism. He thinks sweet talk solves all problems, and when a problem calls for something beyond sweet talk, he’s stumped. He speaks loudly and often, but carries a toothpick-size stick which he is afraid to use.  Another example of Mr. Obama's naiveté was his comment that Iran is a small country not to be feared. Obama flip-flopping on Iran: Iran is no threat… Iran is a grave threat (37 sec) Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20352 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20353/ Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20353 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20354/ Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20354 http://www.FosterFriess.com/articles/20026/ Recently, Foster Friess, founder of Friess Associates and the Brandywine mutual funds, spoke at an iPriority-sponsored event on the subject of balance and priorities in our personal, professional,... Tue, 30 November 1999 0:00:00 GMT 20026