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		<title>Tea Party should target old bulls in House GOP</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Obama and the Democrats who run the Senate are primarily responsible for out-of-control federal spending, but there are 13 old bull House Republicans who share the blame. - Washington Examiner]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>Obama and the Democrats who run the Senate are primarily responsible for out-of-control federal spending, but there are 13 old bull House Republicans who share the blame. &#8211; Washington Examiner</h3>
<h3>By:         <a href="http://washingtonexaminer.com/people/examiner-editorial">Examiner Editorial</a> |          	   12/01/11 8:05 PM</h3>
<p>EXCERPTS:</p>
<p>Huge majorities of the American people have had it with business as usual in the nation&#8217;s capital. That&#8217;s the key underlying reason why they put Republicans back in charge of the House. Yet little has changed on Capitol Hill, which goes a long way toward explaining the single-digit public approval rating of Congress.</p>
<p>Out-of-control federal spending is helping drive what was once the world&#8217;s largest, most productive and liberating economy into another recession, or worse. Nothing will change until voters turn the cardinals out to pasture. The most patriotic thing the Tea Party can do in 2012 is recruit quality primary challengers capable of defeating every tone-deaf old bull, then do everything possible to elect them.</p>
<h3><a href="http://washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/2011/12/tea-party-should-target-old-bulls-house-gop/1966491">FULL ARTICLE</a></h3>
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		<title>Become A Force Multiplier: Five simple tasks for American Activists</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The five tasks that must be done are simple, but require a commitment that must be there from each and every American who wants to stop the Marxist slide toward bigger government, higher and higher taxes to pay for never-ending deficits and debt, and the entitlement culture that the Left has sewn, nurtured and grown.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>The five tasks that must be done are simple, but require a commitment  that must be there from each and every American who wants to stop the  Marxist slide toward bigger government, higher and higher taxes to pay  for never-ending deficits and debt, and the entitlement culture that the  Left has sewn, nurtured and grown.</h3>
<h3>From <a href="http://www.laborunionreport.com/portal">LaborUnionReport.com</a></h3>
<p>After observing the trends on the Left for many years, in early  February 2009, during a meeting with a friend familiar with the “hydra”  that the Left had built, we lamented on how there was nothing on the  Right to combat the behemoth that had been built by unions, the  institutional Left, with the help of the mainstream media, to tear down  the Right and propel Barack Obama and his fellow Democrats to their huge  2008 victories.</p>
<p>Knowing what was on the agenda, “we’re finished as a nation,” was the  overriding feeling. A short time later, the first Tea Party rally was  held.</p>
<div id="attachment_27915" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://usactionnews.com/main/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Boston-Tea-Party.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-27915" title="Boston-Tea-Party" src="http://usactionnews.com/main/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Boston-Tea-Party-300x181.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="181" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">The First Tea Party</p></div>
<p>During the summer of 2009, I attended my first Tea Party meeting as an observer. It was, as they say, <em>beautiful chaos</em>.  People who, for the most part, had been apathetic to politics were  suddenly engaged and outraged. Nevertheless, I left that meeting with  the thought, ‘<em>these people really have no idea what they’re up against</em>.’</p>
<p>A little more than a year later, as we were launching the <a href="http://concordproject.org/concord-resources/put-the-concord-project-to-work/">Concord Project</a> for  the mid-term GOTV , there was opportunity to speak at several other Tea  Party events. As part of the presentation, several slides were devoted  to “what we’re up against” (explaining the leviathan that the Left had  built).</p>
<p>Following that meeting, someone stated that the attendees loved the  information, but it “scared the crap out of them.” This was surprising  since the Tea Party had been in existence for more than 18 months at  that point. <strong><em>How can you fight something you don’t understand? More importantly, how can you expect to win?</em></strong></p>
<p>More recently, having had several occasions to present information  about unions and the Left, attendees began stating, “So, what do we do  about it?”</p>
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<li>Frankly, after the millions in donations* that have gone to Tea  Party groups, it still is surprising that this question gets asked.</li>
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<p>What you are about to read is a PowerPoint presentation that is simply a <em>condensed overview</em> of information, some of the groups on the Left,  and the nature of the  fight Constitution-loving Americans are up against, as well as tasks  that must be done in order to win in 2012. It is, by no means  comprehensive. Hopefully, whether your a member of a Tea Party or a  church (or other) group, <strong>you can use it as a means of sharing information within your group.</strong></p>
<p>Many of the tactics described in this presentation are already in  use—both from inside the Left (sourced, where possible) or have been  gathered from years of observation (and first-hand experience).</p>
<p>The five tasks that must be done are simple, but require a commitment  that must be there from each and every American who wants to stop the  Marxist slide toward bigger government, higher and higher taxes to pay  for never-ending deficits and debt, and the entitlement culture that the  Left has sewn, nurtured and grown.</p>
<p>There’s not a lot of time left.</p>
<p><a href="http://usactionnews.com/main/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Become-a-Force-Multiplier-5-Simple-Tasks-For-American-Activists.pdf">Become a Force Multiplier-5 Simple Tasks For American Activists</a><br />
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		<title>GOP plan for Obama&#8217;s eviction</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The country is "clearly in a foul mood. You have 75% of the electorate right now that believe this country is on the wrong track. " Obama has lost about 30% approval in key demographic groups that supported him in 2008. RNC political director Rick Wiley offers a strategy on how the GOP will garner enough electoral votes for the 2012 election cycle. Join the fight. "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." - Edmund Burke]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>The country is &#8220;clearly in a foul mood. You have 75% of the electorate right now that believe this country is on the wrong track. &#8221; Obama has lost about 30% approval in key demographic groups that supported him in 2008. RNC political director Rick Wiley offers a strategy on how the GOP will garner enough electoral votes for the 2012 election cycle. Join the fight. &#8220;All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.&#8221; &#8211; Edmund Burke</h3>
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		<title>Glenn Beck: What to do to be prepared</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>Beck outlines some good steps to be prepared for whatever might come.</h3>
<p>Video from <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/captianusa">captianusa</a>:<br />
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		<title>In Politics, Money Talks &#8211; Where&#8217;s Yours?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your favorite candidate needs an investment of your time, effort, and money to win.  Without contributing all three, chances are that your party’s nominee will likely be somebody’s favorite – just not your own.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>Your favorite candidate needs an investment of your time, effort, and  money to win.  Without contributing all three, chances are that your  party’s nominee will likely be <em>somebody’s</em> favorite – just not your own.</h3>
<h3>By Ken Connor at <a href="http://www.centerforajustsociety.org/">Center for a Just Society</a></h3>
<p>They say that money is the mother’s milk of politics, and now that the  field of Republican presidential hopefuls has solidified, the media has  locked onto fundraising numbers as the primary means of measuring the  viability of the candidates.</p>
<p>Not surprisingly, establishment favorite Mitt Romney is far and away  the best funded candidate.  Rick Perry is not far behind.  Ron Paul –  despite his alleged lack of broad appeal – has mastered the art of  social-media driven, small donor-based fundraising.  With several bad  debate performances under his belt, Perry’s star is fading fast, and the  pundits argue that Ron Paul doesn’t have the broad appeal to win the  nomination.  That leaves Romney as the presumptive “man to beat” heading  into the primary season.</p>
<p>There are two points that are important to consider here.  First,  supporters of “underdog” candidates like Herman Cain, Rick Santorum,  Michelle Bachmann, and others must be ready to match grassroots  enthusiasm with tangible financial support.  If these candidates are to  compete effectively, they need money to get their message out and  solidify a national campaign infrastructure.  The media knows this, and  this is why they are dubious about the possibility of any of these  candidates making a serious grab for the nomination.  The emergence of  social media as a communications tool mitigates the money factor to some  extent, but the fact remains that it is extremely difficult to gain  national traction on a shoestring budget.  The logistics of campaign  travel alone cost hundreds of thousands, not to mention the costs of  television, radio and print advertising, campaign materials, test  polling, and the myriad other costs associated with running an effective  campaign.  Bottom line: in the modern American political milieu, money  talks.</p>
<p>Having said this, the second point to be made is that the American  people ought not allow the media to set the odds for the likelihood of  success for any candidate this early in the game.  At the end of the  day, it is the voting public that gets to decide which candidate is best  suited to represent the Republican Party in the next election.  That  the pundits have determined that Mitt Romney is the shoo-in nominee is  not a cause for fatalism among those who would see a different candidate  representing them in the battle to render Barack Obama a one-term  president.  One of the unique blessings of the American political system  is that the citizens have multiple opportunities to contribute their  voice to the conversation before the nomination is finalized.  Simply  jumping on the bandwagon of an establishment media darling is a surefire  way to undermine the full potential of the American political process.</p>
<p>The moral of the story:  Money may be the mother’s milk of politics,  but it ain’t over til the fat lady sings, and she hasn’t even begun  warming up.  There is a lot of time and a lot of opportunity for the  American people to muster enthusiasm and financial viability for any  number of candidates in the field.  What they shouldn’t do is throw in  the towel and give up on their candidate based on the pontifications of  the talking heads in Washington and New York City.</p>
<p>So, if you have a favorite candidate whom you would like to be your  party’s nominee, now is the time to roll up your sleeves and roll out  your checkbook.  Your favorite candidate needs an investment of your  time, effort, and money to win.  Without contributing all three, chances  are that your party’s nominee will likely be <em>somebody’s</em> favorite – just not your own.</p>
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<p><em>Ken Connor is an attorney and co-author of “Sinful Silence: When  Christians Neglect Their Civic Duty”  He is also Chairman of the Center  for a Just Society.</em></p>
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		<title>12 year-old Christian is gang raped for eight months, forcibly converted and then &#8216;married&#8217; to her Muslim attacker</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Police have warned the Christian parents that it would be better to hand over the girl to her 'legal' husband (the rapist) otherwise a criminal case will be filed against them.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>Police have warned the Christian parents that it would be better to hand over the girl to her &#8216;legal&#8217; husband (the rapist) otherwise a criminal case will be filed against them.</h3>
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<h3>From <a href="http://www.humanrights.asia/news/urgent-appeals/AHRC-UAC-199-2011">Asian Human Rights Commission</a></h3>
<p><strong>PAKISTAN: The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has <a href="http://usactionnews.com/main/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/pakistan-flag_266x200.jpg"><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-26773" title="pakistan-flag_266x200" src="http://usactionnews.com/main/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/pakistan-flag_266x200-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a>received  information that A 12-year-old Christian girl was abducted and raped for  eight months. The rapists have not been arrested because of their  affiliation with a militant Muslim organization. The police are also  refusing to order a medical checkup. The Judicial Magistrate of the area  took her statement under section 164 Cr Pc (Criminal Procedure Code)  but has not made any orders for her security. One of the rapist claims  that he has married the girl but she denies that any marriage took place  during her abduction and captivity.</p>
<p>The police have warned the  Christian parents that it would be better to hand over the girl to her  &#8216;legal&#8217; husband (the rapist) otherwise a criminal case will be filed  against them.</strong></p>
<p><strong>CASE NARRATIVE:</strong></p>
<p>Miss  Anna (name withheld), is a 12-year-old Christian girl and the daughter  of Arif Masih. Arif is employed as a street sweeper (scavenger) at  WAPDA. He is a resident of quarter number 44, WAPDA colony, Shahdra,  Lahore, the capital of Punjab province. Anna was kidnapped by two Muslim  men on December 24, 2010, one day before Christmas. According to the  report sent by the Pakistan Minority Movement, on that day in the  morning her friend, Miss Nida, who lives in her neighbourhood, came to  her house and asked Anna to go shopping. According to the plan of the  perpetrators, her friend took her to a street where they waited in a  car. Miss Nida introduced the perpetrator her as her uncle.</p>
<p>Anna  was then taken a long distance and dropped at a house where she was  raped. After two days some women, relatives of the rapists, namely  Mumtaz Bibi.Farzana Bibi, Kiran Bibi along with her friend Nida came  with some papers and told her to sign them otherwise she would not be  released. Eventually she did sign with hesitation but was not released.  The papers were about her marriage to one of the perpetrators, Muhammad  Irfan. She was taken to several places and was forced to convert to  Islam. When she refused she was manhandled and beaten.</p>
<p>After her  abduction, her father filed an FIR against unknown people on 5/1/2011.F  I R NO 18/11. Sr. No 2138 to the Factory area police station district  Shaikhupura, Lahore. However, the police took no action for eight  months.</p>
<p>In the first week of September 2011, more than eight  months after her disappearance, Anna called her family from  Tandianwalla, district Faisalabad, 190 kilometers from Lahore, and told  them that she had been abducted but had escaped and was hiding at a bus  stop. The parents went there and recovered her. She was brought back to  her home and the parents produced her before the First Class Magistrate,  factory area, Shadra, Miss Aasma Tehseen, who recorded her statement  under section 164 of Cr Pc but did not order any action for her  protection or a medical checkup.</p>
<p>The rapists then immediately  contacted the police through their religious group and produced a  marriage certificate showing that one of them, Muhammad Irfan, was  married to her. When Anna&#8217;s parents went to the factory area police  station to change the FIR to include the names of the rapists in the  case the police flatly refuse to allow this and said she that as she had  married and converted to Islam it would be better to hand over the girl  to her legal husband. If they refused they were told that a criminal  case would be filed against them.</p>
<p>The Christian family is in  hiding from the rapists and the police and according to the Christian  community, the religious extremists, who are from a banned organization,  the Lashkar-e-Tayyaba, are searching them. The abductors are claiming  that she is pregnant but her mother denies that this is true. And in  fact, make no difference whatsoever to the girl&#8217;s plight.</p>
<p>The  irony of the matter is that the police never thought to ask the rapists  and their religious groups as to how a girl of 12 could be married when  according to the law marriage under the age of 16 is illegal. This is  yet another example of how the Punjab provincial government is allegedly  patronizing banned militant organizations.</p>
<p><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:</strong></p>
<p>In  Pakistan it is has become a common practice from the religious groups  to abduct girls from religious minority groups and rape them and when  caught they produce marriage certificates and even then do not allow  them to meet their parents. The law enforcement authorities never try to  prosecute such perpetrators because the religious groups are doing  great work in the name of Islam.</p>
<p>Religion can also function both  as a primary motivation and as a determinant of criminal complaint  outcomes. The increase in forced marriage and forcible conversion by  Muslim extremists may owe in part to the aversion of the state to  protecting the rights of religious minorities. The U.S. State Department  2009 Human Rights Report for Pakistan concludes that both organic  reluctance and outside pressure contribute to the courts’ religious  bias: Courts routinely failed to protect the rights of religious  minorities. Judges were pressured to take strong action against any  perceived offense to Sunni orthodoxy. The judiciary rarely heard  discrimination cases dealing with religious minorities. Other  manifestations of religious bias include socially condoned instances of  harassment at work.</p>
<p>Information regarding this incident can also be found from the following links:<br />
<a href="http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=10317283">http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=10317283;</p>
<p>http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=10317283</a>;</p>
<p><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=10317283">http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=10317283</a>;<br />
<a href="http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=10317283">http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=10317283</a>.</p>
<p>As  many as 20 to 25 girls from the Hindu community are abducted every  month and converted forcibly, according to Amarnath Motumal, an advocate  and council member of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. Many  abducted girls are raped, others are never heard from again by their  families; all cases involved a struggle to access their right to  redress. The AHRC has documented numerous cases in which police have  ignored or excused themselves from investigating crimes that involve a  Madrassa or Muslim cleric. The protection of the national religion does  not involve the promotion of its figureheads above the law; this  tendency has simply allowed Islam to become a shield behind which human  rights violations can take place.</p>
<p><strong>SUGGESTED ACTION:</strong><br />
Please  write the letters to the following authorities on the gang rape and  abduction of a 12 years old Christian girl for eight months. Please urge  the authorities that to prosecute the perpetrators and the officials of  the Factory area police station, Lahore for providing protection to  rapists and members of banned religious groups. Also urge to provide  protection to Christian family and the victim and also to the religious  minority who are facing such practices from the extremist Muslim groups.</p>
<p>Please note that the Asian Human Rights Commission has written  seperate letters to the UN Special Rapporteurs on Violence against Women  and on Freedom of Religion or Belief, Chairperson of the Committee on  the Rights of the Child and the Independent Expert on Minority Issues  requesting their urgent interventions on this regard.</p>
<p>To support this appeal, please click here: <a href="http://www.urgentappeals.net/support.php?ua=AHRC-UAC-199-2011"><img src="http://www.urgentappeals.net/images/send_small.gif" alt="" /></a></p>
<p><strong>SAMPLE LETTER:</strong></p>
<p>Dear ___________,</p>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">PAKISTAN: A 12 year-old Christian is gang raped for eight months, forcibly converted and then &#8216;married&#8217; to her Muslim attacker</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Name of victim:</strong><br />
Miss  Anna (not her real name) 12, daughter of Arif Masih, employed as street  sweeper (scavenger) at WAPDA, resident of quarter number 44, WAPDA  colony, Shahdra, Lahore, capital of Punjab province,<br />
<strong>Names of alleged perpetrators:</strong><br />
1. Muhammad Irfan, (rapist) resident of Shadra, factory area, Lahore, Punjab province<br />
2. Muhammad Irshad, (rapist) resident of Shadra, factory area, Lahore, Punjab province<br />
3. Mumtaz Bibi.resident of Shadra, factory area, Lahore, Punjab province<br />
4. Farzana Bibi.resident of Shadra, factory area, Lahore, Punjab province<br />
5. Kiran Bibi resident of Shadra, factory area, Lahore, Punjab province<br />
6. Nida, resident of Shadra, factory area, Lahore, Punjab province<br />
7. Station House Officer (SHO), factory area police station, Shadra, Lahore, Punjab province,<br />
8.  Investigation officer, Arif Masih, employed as street sweeper  (scavenger) at WAPDA, resident of quarter number 44, WAPDA colony,  Shahdra, Lahore, capital of Punjab province,<br />
<strong>Date of incident:</strong> WAPDA Quarters resident of Shadra, factory area, Lahore, Punjab province<br />
<strong>Place of incident:</strong> December 24, 2010</p>
<p>I  am writing to voice my deep concern regarding the gang rape of a young  Christian girl who was then forcibly converted to Islam and then  &#8216;married&#8217; to one of her attackers by the members of a banned religious  organization.</p>
<p>I learned that Anna was kidnapped by two Muslim  men on December 24, 2010, one day before Christmas. According to the  report sent by the Pakistan Minority Movement, on that day in the  morning her friend, Miss Nida, who lives in her neighbourhood, came to  her house and asked Anna to go shopping. According to the plan of the  perpetrators, her friend took her to a street where they waited in a  car. Miss Nida introduced the perpetrator her as her uncle.</p>
<p>Anna  was then taken a long distance and dropped at a house where she was  raped. After two days some women, relatives of the rapists, namely  Mumtaz Bibi.Farzana Bibi, Kiran Bibi along with her friend Nida came  with some papers and told her to sign them otherwise she would not be  released. Eventually she did sign with hesitation but was not released.  The papers were about her marriage to one of the perpetrators, Muhammad  Irfan. She was taken to several places and was forced to convert to  Islam. When she refused she was manhandled and beaten.</p>
<p>It is  very distressing that after her abduction, her father filed an F I R  against un known people on 5/1/2011.F I R NO 18/11. Sr. No 2138 to the  Factory area police station district Shaikhupura, Lahore. But police did  not take action on the case for eight months.</p>
<p>Further to my  information, in the first week of September 2011, after more than eight  months of her disappearance, Anna called her family from Tandianwalla,  district Faisalabad, 190 kilometers from Lahore, and told them that she  had been abducted but had escaped and was hiding at a bus stop. The  parents went there and recovered her. She was brought back to her home  and the parents produced her before the First Class Magistrate, factory  area, Shadra, Miss Aasma Tehseen, who recorded her statement under  section 164 of Cr Pc but did not order any action for her protection or a  medical checkup.</p>
<p>The rapists then immediately contacted the  police through their religious group and produced a marriage certificate  showing that one of them, Muhammad Irfan, was married to her. When  Anna&#8217;s parents went to the factory area police station to change the FIR  to include the names of the rapists in the case the police flatly  refuse to allow this and said she that as she had married and converted  to Islam it would be better to hand over the girl to her legal husband.  If they refused they were told that a criminal case would be filed  against them.</p>
<p>It is appalling to know that this Christian family  is in hiding, not only from the rapists but also the police and  according to the Christian community, the religious extremists who are  from a banned organization, the Lashkar-e-Tayyaba, are searching them.  The abductors are claiming that she was pregnant but her mother denies  that this is correct.</p>
<p>The irony of the matter is that the police  never thought to ask the rapists and their religious groups as to how a  girl of 12 could be married when according to the law marriage under  the age of 16 is illegal. This is yet another example of how the Punjab  provincial government is allegedly patronizing banned militant  organizations.</p>
<p>In Pakistan it is has become a common practice by  the religious groups to abduct girls from religious minority groups and  rape them and when caught they produce marriage certificates and even  then do not allow them to meet their parents. The law enforcement  authorities never try to prosecute such perpetrators because they are  told that the religious groups are doing great work in the name of  Islam.</p>
<p>I am shocked that the government who always claim that  religious minorities are enjoying full security and rights as equal  citizens turn a blind eye to the actual situation which is that the  religious minority groups have no protection, even by the law  enforcement authorities, who prefer to work under the pressure of  religious groups.</p>
<p>The situation of rule of law is that the  police also accept the marriage of a 12-year-old girl and her forcible  conversion to Islam whereas according to Pakistan law that no girl can  be married before the age of 16 years.</p>
<p>I urge you to investigate  the case of Miss Anna and prosecute all the perpetrators involved in  the gang rape of a 12 years old girl for eight months. The police  officers who failed to act of the complaint of the father must be  prosecuted for their negligence. The tolerance of the government toward  the actions of the religious militants and the forcible conversation of  minorities must be brought to a halt. The government must put a halt to  the abduction, rape and forcible conversion of young girls.</p>
<p>I also urge you to provide full protection to the girl and her family and all possible medical and counseling treatment.</p>
<p>Yours sincerely,</p>
<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br />
<strong>PLEASE SEND YOUR LETTERS TO:</strong></p>
<p>1. Mr. Asif Ali Zardari<br />
President of Pakistan<br />
President&#8217;s Secretariat<br />
Islamabad<br />
PAKISTAN<br />
Tel: 92-51-9204801-9214171<br />
Fax 92-51-9207458<br />
Email: publicmail@president.gov.pk</p>
<p>2. Mr. Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani<br />
Prime Minister<br />
Prime Minister House<br />
Islamabad<br />
PAKISTAN<br />
Fax: +92 51 922 1596<br />
Tel: +92 51 920 6111<br />
E-mail: secretary@cabinet.gov.pk or pspm@pmsectt.gov.pk</p>
<p>3. Federal Minister for Human Rights<br />
Ministry of Human Rights<br />
Old US Aid building<br />
Ata Turk Avenue<br />
G-5, Islamabad<br />
PAKISTAN<br />
Fax: +92 51 9204108<br />
Email: sarfraz_yousuf@yahoo.com</p>
<p>4. Mr. Lateef Khosa<br />
Governor of Punjab<br />
Governor House<br />
Mall Road<br />
Lahore<br />
PAKISTAN<br />
Fax: +92 42 99203044<br />
Email: governor.sectt@punjab.gov.pk</p>
<p>5. Mr Nasir Mehmood Khosa<br />
Chief Secretary of Government of Punjab<br />
Punjab Secretariat<br />
Lahore<br />
PAKISTAN<br />
Fax: +92 42 7324489<br />
E-mail: chiefsecy@punjab.gov.pk</p>
<p>6. Mr. Rana Sana Ullah<br />
Minister of Law<br />
Government of Punjab<br />
Punjab Secretariat<br />
Ravi Road<br />
Lahore<br />
PAKISTAN<br />
Fax: +92 42 99212004<br />
E-mail: law@punjab.gov.pk</p>
<p>7. Dr. Faqir Hussain<br />
Registrar<br />
Supreme Court of Pakistan<br />
Constitution Avenue, Islamabad<br />
PAKISTAN<br />
Fax: + 92 51 9213452<br />
E-mail: mail@supremecourt.gov.pk</p>
<p>8. Mr. Tariq Saleem<br />
Inspector-General of Police, Punjab<br />
Police Head Office, Lahore, Punjab province<br />
PAKISTAN<br />
Fax: +92 42 9921006</p>
<p>Thank you.</p>
<p>Urgent Appeals Programme<br />
Asian Human Rights Commission (<a href="mailto:ua@ahrc.asia">ua@ahrc.asia</a>)</p>
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		<title>Rep. Duncan Hunter tries to give military free speech</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>[I]f he can&#8217;t protect national security by stopping the repeal from taking  effect, he can at least protect the right of conscience of the  servicemen and women who are afraid their opposition to homosexuality  will be used against them.</h3>
<h3>From <a href="http://www.frc.org/washingtonupdate/hunter-gatherer-of-signatures">Family Research Council</a></h3>
<p>Just because President Obama says homosexuals can openly serve  doesn&#8217;t mean <a href="http://usactionnews.com/main/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Duncan-Hunter_CA.jpg"><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-25911" title="Duncan Hunter_CA" src="http://usactionnews.com/main/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Duncan-Hunter_CA-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a>others can&#8217;t openly object&#8211;not if Rep. Duncan Hunter  (R-Calif.) can help it. Over the next two weeks, the fellow Marine  veteran will be sprinting to beat the &#8220;Don&#8217;t Ask, Don&#8217;t Tell&#8221; repeal  with a bill that would protect the troops&#8217; right to free speech. As far  as Hunter is concerned, if he can&#8217;t protect national security by  stopping the repeal from taking effect, he can at least protect the  right of conscience of the servicemen and women who are afraid their  opposition to homosexuality will be used against them.</p>
<p>Although the new policy doesn&#8217;t take effect until September 20,  Hunter and other conservatives are already fielding complaints from the  branches about the Pentagon&#8217;s progressive training materials. The  California Congressmen says he&#8217;s talked to dozens of active duty  personnel, who say the Defense Department is &#8220;<a href="http://www.armytimes.com/news/2011/08/military-hunter-dont-ask-dont-tell-083011w/">pushing the line</a>&#8221;  in its implementation of the new rules. &#8220;It is a legitimate concern,&#8221;  Hunter&#8217;s office explained, especially as the Pentagon works on  &#8220;disciplinary policies for people who don&#8217;t agree with this decision.&#8221;  Under Hunter&#8217;s bill, the troops have to abide by the repeal&#8211;but they  don&#8217;t have to like it. &#8220;The military always falls in line,&#8221; a spokesman  for the Congressman&#8217;s office <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/09/06/military.dadt/">said</a>,  &#8220;but that doesn&#8217;t mean that the men and women who serve in its ranks  should suddenly be forced to personally accept [homosexuality].&#8221;</p>
<p>Essentially, the legislation would ensure that &#8220;members of the Armed  Forces are not pressured to approve of another person&#8217;s sexual conduct  if that sexual conduct is contrary to the personal principles of that  member.&#8221; These &#8220;conscience protections&#8221; would give our troops just as  much right to voice their opinions as others have to flaunt their  sexuality. With just 13 days to go before the military opens its arms to  gays and lesbians, the time to push Hunter&#8217;s bill is now. <a href="http://www.frc.org/contact-elected-officials">You can help by calling your members</a> and encouraging them to cosponsor the legislation. Our troops promised to obey orders&#8211;not surrender principles.</p>
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		<title>Florida school suspends &#8216;Teacher of Year&#8217; over his support for natural marriage</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>It&#8217;s worth noting that Florida&#8217;s constitution prohibits recognition of same-sex marriage, the exact view Mr. Buell supports. In essence, he is now being accused of hate speech for expressing a view enshrined in the state constitution.</h3>
<h3>From <a href="http://action.afa.net/Detail.aspx?id=2147510915">American Family Association </a></h3>
<h3>This kind of flagrant, unconstitutional and unconscionable anti-Christian bigotry must not be allowed to stand.</h3>
<p>August 22, 2011</p>
<p>A Florida teacher has been <a href="http://www.onenewsnow.com/Education/Default.aspx?id=1413842">suspended and removed</a> from the classroom in Mount Dora, Florida, for comments made on his  Facebook page against homosexual &#8220;marriage.&#8221; Liberty Counsel will be  representing the teacher in court.</p>
<p>In response to New York&#8217;s  passage of a same-sex marriage bill, Jerry Buell criticized the new law  in a pair of Facebook posts. He wrote, &#8220;If they want to call it a union,  go ahead. But don&#8217;t insult a man and woman&#8217;s marriage by throwing it in  the same cesspool of whatever. God will not be mocked. When did this  sin become acceptable?&#8221;</p>
<p>Just minutes later, he added, &#8220;I will never accept it because God will never accept it. Romans chapter one.&#8221;</p>
<p>This reference to Scripture and man-woman marriage has now been labeled as a &#8220;code ethics violation&#8221; by school officials.</p>
<p>Mr. Buell is currently subject to an Inquisition-type investigation. <strong>The school will not let him back into the classroom</strong>,  says a school official, &#8220;until we do all the interviews and do a  thorough job of looking at everything &#8211; past or previous writings.&#8221;</p>
<p>Says  Mr. Buell, &#8220;It was my own personal comment on my own personal time on  my own personal computer in my own personal house, exercising what I  believed as a social studies teacher to be my First Amendment rights.&#8221;</p>
<p>It&#8217;s  worth noting that Florida&#8217;s constitution prohibits recognition of  same-sex marriage, the exact view Mr. Buell supports. In essence, he is  now being accused of hate speech for expressing a view enshrined in the  state constitution.</p>
<p><strong>TAKE ACTION</strong></p>
<p><strong><a href="http://secure.afa.net/afa/activism/TakeAction.asp?id=400">Send an email today to the Lake County school superintendent and school board</a></strong>, insisting that Jerry Buell be returned to the classroom immediately and that no disciplinary action be taken against him.</p>
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		<title>Rich Dad, Poor Dad, Prepper Dad? Even Robert Kiyosaki Is Warning That An Economic Collapse Is Coming</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>As even more prominent Americans start warning that an &#8220;economic  collapse&#8221; is coming do you think that the American people will finally  wake up and start paying attention?</h3>
<h3>By Michael T. Snyder</h3>
<p><a href="http://usactionnews.com/main/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Robert-Kiyosaki-237x250.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-24365" title="Robert-Kiyosaki-237x250" src="http://usactionnews.com/main/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Robert-Kiyosaki-237x250.jpg" alt="" width="237" height="250" /></a>Are you familiar with Robert Kiyosaki?  He is best known for the  &#8220;Rich Dad, Poor Dad&#8221; series of books.  Over 26 million books authored by  Kiyosaki have been sold and he is recognized as a financial expert by  millions of people across the globe.  Well, guess what?  Even Robert  Kiyosaki is warning that an economic collapse is coming.  In fact,  Kiyosaki and his team of financial experts are encouraging Americans to  stock up on food, guns and precious metals.  This is yet another sign of  just how close we are to the total collapse of the U.S. Economy.   Kiyosaki, who once co-authored a book with Donald Trump entitled &#8220;Why We  Want You To Be Rich&#8221; is now a full-fledged prepper.  As even more  prominent Americans start warning that an &#8220;economic collapse&#8221; is coming  do you think that the American people will finally wake up and start  paying attention?</p>
<p>The statements that Robert Kiyosaki makes in the video posted below  are absolutely jaw-dropping.  Once upon a time he was all about teaching  people how they could get rich, but now he is talking about storing  food, buying guns, investing in precious metals and preparing for the  coming crash.</p>
<p>The following are 11 of the best Kiyosaki &#8220;sound bites&#8221; from the video below&#8230;.</p>
<p><strong>#1</strong> &#8220;when the economy crashes as we predict&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>#2</strong> &#8220;the crowds come rushing in to buy gold and silver&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>#3</strong> &#8220;we could either go into a depression or we go to hyperinflation&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>#4</strong> &#8220;or we could also go to war&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>#5</strong> &#8220;buy a gun&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>#6</strong> &#8220;I&#8217;m preparing&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>#7</strong> &#8220;I&#8217;m prepared for the worst&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>#8</strong> &#8220;so come to my house and I&#8217;m armed and dangerous and I&#8217;ll welcome you&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>#9</strong> &#8220;we have food, we have water, we have guns, gold and silver, and cash&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>#10</strong> &#8220;the credit card system shuts down, the world shuts down&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>#11</strong> &#8220;the supermarkets have less than 3 days supply&#8221;</p>
<p>If you have not seen this video yet, it is definitely worth the 8  minutes that it takes to watch it.  Robert Kiyosaki seems to be  extremely alarmed about the future of the U.S. economy&#8230;.<br />
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It certainly seems as though the entire financial culture in America is changing.</p>
<p>Once upon a time everyone wanted to know how to get rich.</p>
<p>Now everyone wants to know how to survive the collapse that is coming.</p>
<p>As I have written about previously, even people like <a href="http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/even-tony-robbins-is-warning-that-an-economic-collapse-is-coming">Tony Robbins</a> and <a href="http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/even-donald-trump-is-warning-that-an-economic-collapse-is-coming">Donald Trump</a> are warning that an economic collapse is coming.</p>
<p>Economic pessimism is seemingly everywhere and almost every recent survey indicates that the American people are <a href="http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/losing-faith-in-the-u-s-economy">losing faith</a> in the U.S. economy.</p>
<p>For example, in a recent article I noted that 48 percent of Americans believe that it is likely that <a href="http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/48-percent-of-americans-believe-another-great-depression-is-likely-in-the-next-12-months-19-reasons-why-they-are-not-completely-crazy">another great Depression</a> will begin within the next 12 months.</p>
<p>According to Gallup, the percentage of Americans that lack confidence in U.S. banks is now at an all-time high <a href="http://www.gallup.com/poll/148244/Record-High-Americans-Lack-Confidence-Banks.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=syndication&amp;utm_term=All%20Gallup%20Headlines">of 36%</a>.  Back in 2007, just 14% of Americans lacked confidence in U.S. banks.</p>
<p>In order for society to function correctly, people need to be able to  trust each other and they need to be able to trust the major  institutions that hold society together.</p>
<p>Once confidence in our major societal institutions is gone, it is going to be incredibly difficult to get it back.</p>
<p>Sadly, the reality is that many of our major financial institutions  have been untrustworthy for a very long time.  It is just that the  American people are only just now starting to wake up to that fact.</p>
<p>For example, <a href="http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/19-reasons-why-the-federal-reserve-is-at-the-heart-of-our-economic-problems">the Federal Reserve</a> has been at the heart of our economic problems for decades but most Americans have not realized it.</p>
<p>But now that is starting to change.  According to one recent poll, <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/his_two_left_feet_feat_myx77BB64tdNaLXTpqpoKN">only 30%</a> of Americans currently view Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke favorably.</p>
<p>The American people are becoming increasingly dissatisfied with an  economic system where the vast majority of the rewards flow to Wall  Street, the big banks, the biggest corporations and the ultra-wealthy.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/business/income-inequality/">According to the Washington Post</a>,  the top 0.1% of all income earners in the United States took home 2.6%  of the nation&#8217;s earnings in 1975.  By 2008, the top 0.1% were taking  home 10.4% of the nation&#8217;s earnings.</p>
<p>The Washington Post <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/business/income-inequality/">also says</a> that after adjusting for inflation, the average income of the top 0.1%  of all Americans jumped by 385 percent between 1970 and 2008 while the  average income for the bottom 90 percent of all Americans actually fell  by one percent.</p>
<p>The sad truth is that <a href="http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/will-the-banksters-and-the-corpocracy-eventually-own-it-all-29-statistics-about-extreme-income-inequality-in-america-that-will-blow-your-mind">income inequality</a> in the United States has become a major problem.  A very small sliver  of the population is reaping almost all of the rewards and the middle  class is being ripped to shreds.  Conservatives, liberals, Democrats,  Republicans and libertarians should all be alarmed by this.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, the <a href="http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/national-debt">national debt</a> continues to explode.  Right now, U.S. government debt is expanding at a rate of <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/us-politics/8598451/Dont-be-distracted-by-Greece-Americans-must-also-face-financial-facts.html">$40,000 per second</a>.</p>
<p>Every single minute we steal another 2 million dollars away from our children and our grandchildren.</p>
<p>But if we stop this theft it would throw the U.S. economy into a  horrible economic crisis that would be far worse than what we are  experiencing right now.</p>
<p>That is why the vast majority of our politicians do not have the guts to do it.</p>
<p>We truly are caught between a rock and a hard place.</p>
<p>But people like Robert Kiyosaki can see what is coming, and they are getting prepared.</p>
<p>Are you prepared?</p>
<p>Many of our young people have come up with their own versions of an  &#8220;economic stimulus plan&#8221;.  In past articles I have documented many of  the signs that <a href="http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/12-more-signs-that-society-is-collapsing">society is collapsing</a>, including the disturbing rise of the &#8220;mob robbery&#8221; phenomenon.</p>
<p>Well, just the other day there was another very shocking mob robbery in the city of Philadelphia.</p>
<p>On Thursday, a mob of 40 teens and young adults <a href="http://www.delcotimes.com/articles/2011/06/26/news/doc4e0696aaf127f552097776.txt?nstrack=sid:3501255%7Cmet:300%7Ccat:0%7Corder:1">invaded a Sears department store on 69th Street</a>, grabbed all of the merchandise that they could carry, and stormed right back out again.</p>
<p>We are starting to see these kinds of large scale crimes happen from coast to coast.</p>
<p>So what is going to happen to America if the economy experiences the  kind of full out collapse that Robert Kiyosaki is talking about?</p>
<p>We live in very interesting times.</p>
<p>I hope that you are getting prepared.</p>
<p><em>Michael T. Snyder has an undergraduate degree in Commerce from  the University of Virginia and I  have a law degree from the University  of Florida law school.  He also  has an LLM from the University of  Florida law school. He worked for  some of the largest law firms in  Washington D.C., but now mostly focuses   on trying to make a difference  in the world. He blogs at </em><a href="http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/">http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/</a></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>A Republican voting for Goodwin Liu is more than just going against  their party of choice, it is being a participant in stabbing our country  in its heart, the Constitution. 202- 224-3121</h3>
<h3>By Jerry McConnell at <a href="http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/36660">Canada Free Press</a></h3>
<p>EXCERPTS:</p>
<p>This man has no regard of our Constitution and wishes to rewrite and  revamp it to fit his radical lifestyle beliefs and dispense justice from  his warped sense of foreign loyalties and foreign law. It could even be  possible that he will go along with the Islamic efforts to install  Sharia Law in place of our Constitution, the oldest and longest lasting  Constitution ever written in the world.</p>
<p>Goodwin Liu, the person in the spotlight here is not your average Mr.  American; he is a flaming liberal socialist-communist with very close  ties to the deplorable and un-Constitutional, anti-Christian communist  leaning American Civil Liberties Union or (ACLU), which by it itself is  justification for refusing this man a seat on the bench of a federal  court.</p>
<p>In addition, he is very much in favor of bypassing our Constitution  and interpreting laws as HE sees fit, utilizing many foreign country  legislative writings which are in contrast with our Constitution.  He is  a strong proponent of gay marriages while opposed to a traditional  marriage amendment and he believes that courts should be tools to  redistribute wealth in our society.  Liu is strongly a promoter and  believer in abortion on demand opposing the recently proposed pro-life  Amendment and laws that would ban the hideous partial birth abortions.</p>
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