Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s press conference on Obama’s eligibility attracting AP, Reuters, NBC, CBS, ABC, many other media outlets

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Poll after poll in recent months has indicated that Americans have a high level of concern over Barack Obama’s eligibility to be president, with one poll showing fully half of the nation wants Congress to investigate the question.

But reporters for the traditional media – networks, major newspapers, major news corporations and conglomerates – mostly have giggled when talk turns to the serious question of just what the U.S. Constitution requires of presidents.

Nevertheless, media organizations from all political persuasions are seeking admittance to a news conference to be held by Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Ariz.

The event is tomorrow at 1 p.m. Mountain Standard Time in Phoenix, 3 p.m. Eastern, and will be live-streamed by WND.

The topic of discussion will be an investigation by Arpaio’s Cold Case Posse into concerns about Obama’s eligibility. It’s the first time an official law enforcement report has addressed many of the allegations about the presumptive 2012 Democratic nominee for president.

Read more at WND.com HERE.

Stunning testimony: Obama admin. wants higher gas prices

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With the national average of gas prices hitting $3.65 a gallon, nearing $6 in some parts of the country, and poised to head even higher, America’s families are wondering when the bleeding at the pump will stop. But for Secretary of Energy Stephen Chu, those steep prices aren’t even a concern. In fact, he says his goal is not to get the price of gasoline to go down.

Chu delivered those stunning remarks in testimony before Congress yesterday. When Rep. Alan Nunnelee (R-Miss.) asked Chu whether it’s his “overall goal to get our price” of gasoline lower, Chu said, “No, the overall goal is to decrease our dependency on oil, to build and strengthen our economy.”

As shocking as his remarks are, they shouldn’t come as a surprise. Chu has a long record of advocating for higher gas prices. In 2008, he stated, “Somehow we have to figure out how to boost the price of gasoline to the levels in Europe.” Last March, he reiterated his point in an interview with Fox News’ Chris Wallace, noting that his focus is to ease the pain felt by his energy policies by forcing automakers to make more fuel-efficient automobiles. “What I’m doing since I became Secretary of Energy has been quite clear. What I have been doing is developing methods to take the pain out of high gas prices.”

One of those methods is dumping taxpayer dollars into alternative energy projects like the Solyndra solar plant. Another is subsidizing the purchase of high-cost electric cars like the Chevy Volt to the tune of $7,500 per car (which the White House wants to increase to $10,000). In both cases, those methods aren’t working. Solyndra went bankrupt because its product couldn’t bear the weight of market pressures, and Chevy Volts aren’t selling, even with taxpayer-funded rebates. What’s the president’s next plan? Harvesting “a bunch of algae” as a replacement for oil.

Meanwhile, the Obama Administration is seemingly doing everything it can to make paying for energy even more painful by refusing to open access to the country’s oil and gas reserves and blocking new projects that would lead to the development of more energy in America. Case in point: the president’s decision to say “no” to the Keystone XL pipeline, a project that would have delivered hundreds of thousands of barrels of oil from Canada to Texas refineries, while bringing thousands of jobs along with it.

Read more at Heritage.org HERE.

Drudge in the Dregs Again

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Republican Establishment media alert: On the eve of the Michigan and Arizona primaries, the Establishment’s new favorite enforcer, Matt Drudge, was at it again. As I have chronicled so many of The Drudge Report’s clever, and cleverly timed, manipulations over the course of this primary season, I trust no one will have the gall to suggest that this latest batch of “headlines” is merely coincidental, or to defend Drudge with the feigned naiveté argument that Drudge himself does not write the stories, but merely posts links to whatever is available.

(To this last argument, which I have heard several times, I will only note the obvious: Have you noticed any loving defenses of Obamacare on Canada Free Press lately? If not, why do you think that is? Surely there are many leftists out there writing articles to justify socialized medicine. And yet, strangely, none of them seem to find their way to CFP’s homepage.)

On the night of Monday, February 27th, TDR’s above the logo headline was this: “Newt on Rick: ‘Big Labor Repub’.”

Why does Newt Gingrich, who is running way down in the polls for both Michigan and Arizona, and whose campaign TDR was instrumental in knifing to death when he seemed a threat to Romney, suddenly warrant banner headline status again? The headline itself answers the question. Gingrich is being used as the Establishment’s surrogate to destroy his own replacement in the anything-but-Romney sweepstakes. After all, hasn’t Gingrich made criticisms of Romney at least as sharp (and at least as justifiable) as this one against Santorum? So why does this remark in particular warrant headline treatment, and on the eve of two primaries in which Gingrich is not a player? You know why.

Other high-ranking news from the campaign featured on TDR on the same evening:

“RASMUSSEN POLL: Obama Approval at 45%, Lowest in Month—Falls Behind Romney, Paul….”

As it is now widely acknowledged that the Paul campaign is working together with the Romney campaign to wedge out any challenger to Romney—that is, any anti-Establishment candidate—this poll, coming from a source at least as much in the tank for the Establishment scenario as TDR, is right on cue. Notice that, as with the Gingrich headline, in can only help one person. Paul, like Gingrich, is out of contention in both of the states up for grabs on February 28th. Producing a poll result at this moment that shows both Paul and Romney beating Obama in a head-to-head matchup does little or nothing for Paul, as the result will be nullified by any contrary result released before a primary or caucus where Paul is considered a contender. On the other hand, the result creates bad optics for Santorum—Romney’s only rival in these two states—suggesting that even during his big “surge” of the moment he “cannot” defeat Obama.

Read More at Canada Free Press By Daren Jonescu, Canada Free Press

The New Blacklist: How Hollywood Turned ‘Valor’ Into ‘Triumph of the Will’

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Hollywood is aghast at the success of “Act of Valor,” which came in first place over the weekend with $24.5 million. The reviews for the film have been uniformly terrible – and more than that, the reviews have either stated or implied that the film is propaganda. Try this critique on for size:

In case you missed it, they called the film “straight-up propaganda.” And that’s not uncommon. Dax Shepherd, star of “Parenthood” (NBC), wrote on Twitter, “Saw ‘Triumph of the Will’ tonight, oh wait, I mean ‘Act of Valor’ great action.” Barry Falls of NinerOnline suggested that the film was “nothing more than a propaganda piece instead of a realistic insight into SEALs’ lives.” Christian Toto has summed up the reviews here. And the general consensus from the left seems to be that this is “Battleship Potemkin” stuff.

Odd that this should be the left’s reaction – and typical, as Toto points out, since the Hollywood left despises openly positive portrayals of the military. But there’s something else at work here: Hollywood and the movie critics want to put the subtle word out that if you make a pro-military film, you will be slandered as a Nazi-esque propagandist.

This is how the Hollywood blacklist works. “Act of Valor” opened huge over the weekend, confounding all expectations – it’s already in the black. But will the directors, Mike “Mouse” McCoy and Scott Waugh, get the invites to the posh clubs? Will they get multi-movie deals from the studios? They didn’t require a huge budget to make a huge action flick, but will they be placed in rarefied Michael Bay territory?

Of course not. They will be blacklisted, the same way Mel Gibson was after “The Passion of the Christ,” but long before his insane drunken ranting. They will be characterized as extremists, as wackos interested only in recruiting new “killing machines.” Nobody calls the creators of “Green Zone” propagandists on behalf of the anti-Iraq War movement; but make a pro-military movie, and you are portrayed as a pariah.

Read More at Big Hollywood By Ben Shapiro, Big Hollywood

Lesbian Wants Priest Removed After She Was Denied Communion at Her Mother’s Funeral

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Barbara Johnson and her family are calling for Rev. Marcel Guarnizo of St. John Neumann Catholic Church in Gaithersburg, Maryland, to be removed from his ministry. The family is making bold proclamations after Guarnizo reportedly denied Johnson, 51, communion at her mother’s funeral on Saturday.

Johnson, a lesbian, was joined at the church by her partner to celebrate her mother’s life. Just before the service, Guarnizo apparently learned about her sexuality and relationship. Then, during the service, when Johnson stood up to receive communion, the priest openly denied her.

“He put his hand over the body of Christ and looked at me and said, ‘I can’t give you Communion because you live with a woman, and in the eyes of the church, that is a sin,’” she explained following the incident.

When he refused her, Johnson said she was shocked and stood in front of him, thinking that he’d change his mind.

“I just stood there, in shock. I was grieving, crying,” she explained. “My mother’s body was behind me, and all I wanted to do was provide for her, and the final thing was to make a beautiful funeral, and here I was letting her down because there was a scene.”

Read More at The Blaze By Billy Hallowell, The Blaze

Gun Walking Caused Death of ICE Agent Zapata

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Watching Congressman Darrell Issa, Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Senator Charles Grassley, Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee go up against Eric Holder’s Justice Department is like watching Golding’s Piggy try to reason with Jack’s bloodthirsty gang of sow-worshipping killers.

But instead of a conch shell, the two men are writing letters — lots of letters demanding the most corrupt Attorney General in history answer for the murders of two federal agents and hundreds of Mexican civilians.

The latest Issa/Grassley inquisition, a letter sent to AG Holder on February 27, focuses on a third Texas straw purchaser with ties to the murder of ICE Agent Jaime Zapata.

Records indicate that ATF opened a case against Manuel Barba in June 2010,[6] approximately two months before he took possession on August 20, 2010, of the rifle which was later trafficked to Mexico and also used in the murder of Agent Zapata.[7]

Additionally, the documents show that ATF had indications in October 2010 that Barba was obliterating serial numbers on weapons, the possession of which would have been a prosecutable offense.[8]

Read More at American Thinker By M. Catharine Evans, American Thinker

Guantanamo Bay Detainees to Receive $750k Soccer Field while Obama cuts Military Health Benefits

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Accused terrorists at Guantanamo Bay will be getting a brand new $750,000 soccer field. This news comes the same day that the Pentagon is talking about where to cut billions of dollars from the defense budget. Chief Intelligence correspondent Catherine Herridge reported from Guantanamo Bay with more on this story.

She said earlier today after going out to the detention camp, she saw that Camp 4, which is the outdoor camp, had been shut down. She explained that it was very popular with the detainees because it allowed them to play soccer and basketball outside. All those detainees have now been moved over to Camp 6, where she found a major renovation underway.

The soccer field was signed off in April of last year and expected to be completed this spring. Catherine said the detainees at Camp 6 will now have three recreation centers: the existing inside and outside facilities, and by spring the new one that is being called the super recreation center.

She described it, telling Megyn Kelly that it’s about half the size of an American football field. In addition, it has some interesting specifications, including trails so that the detainees can travel from the indoor detention center to the outdoor field without being escorted by U.S. military personnel.

On the tour, Catherine was told that one of the reasons they wanted to build a soccer field was because in encourages detainees to follow the rules and they also felt it was in keeping with the number of detainees who like communal style living.

Read more at FoxNewsInsider.com HERE.

For story on Obama’s intent to cut military health benefits, click HERE.

NBC Reports Quran Burnings Latest in ‘Long Line of Insults’ to Afghanistan by U.S.

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Reporting on violent protests in Afghanistan following accidental Quran burnings for Monday’s NBC Today, correspondent Atia Abawi declared the incident “…follows a long line of insults that has intensified the public outrage towards the U.S., including last year’s intentional burning of a Koran by a pastor in Florida and the video of U.S. Marines urinating on the corpses of Taliban fighters.”

Compare that declaration to how Abawi portrayed Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai as the peace-keeper amid the crisis: “Karzai once again tried to diffuse the anger, saying, ‘Our emotions were shown all over the country regarding this, it is time now to return to calm and keep it.'” There was no mention of Karzai’s demand that the soldiers responsible for destroying the religious texts should be put on trial and punished.

Also missing from Abawi’s Monday report was any mention of reports that the Qurans in question were being used to spread violent extremist messages among detained terror suspects in U.S. custody in Afghanistan.

In addition, criticism of President Obama’s apology for the incident was left out of the report.

Here is a full transcript of the February 27 report.

Read more at MRC.org HERE.

New GAO Report: US wasting “tens of billions” on duplication, overlap

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As lawmakers across the Capitol hear appeals Tuesday from Obama administration secretaries pleading for their budgets, duplication and overlap in dozens of areas of government is wasting “tens of billions of dollars annually,” a new government report shows.

According to the Government Accountability Agency’s 2012 annual report, nearly every department of the Executive Branch has room for improvement.

The report, which gives 51 areas and recommends 130 actions, follows a 2011 GAO report that showed 81 areas and 176 actions to be taken to “reduce or eliminate unnecessary duplication, overlap, or fragmentation or achieve other potential financial benefits.”

“Collectively, these reports show that, if the actions are implemented, the government could potentially save tens of billions of dollars annually,” Gene Dodaro, comptroller general for the U.S., said in remarks prepared for Tuesday’s hearing in the House Oversight and Government Relations Committee.

Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., also a witness Tuesday, estimated that waste and duplication costs taxpayers more like $100 billion per year.

Read more at FoxNews.com HERE.