(by Randy DeSoto): Pastor John Hagee, founder of Christians United for Israel (CUFI), the largest Pro-Israel organization in America (over 725,000 strong), made it clear that Israel presently does not find the same support in the White House that it has enjoyed in years past. At the group’s 6th annual DC Summit this past week, Hagee pronounced at its “Night to Honor Israel,” “The truth that many Americans do not want to face is this: President Obama is not Pro-Israel!” This brought thunderous applause from the record number of over 5000 attendees, who filled the expansive banquet hall, as Jewish shofars (ram’s horn instruments) wailed out from various corners of the room. Of course, the applause was in agreement with Hagee’s grim, but forthright and bold assessment. Hagee went on to remind President Obama that Israel is not a vassal state of the United States. “Barack Obama does not have the authority to tell the Jewish people what they can and cannot do in the state of Israel.” He added, “The Jewish people are not occupying the land of Israel, they own it.” This too brought huge roars of approval from the crowd.

Hagee shared the stage with Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren that evening, as well as Glenn Beck. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as he has in years past, spoke to the Summit live, via satellite earlier in the day expressing his heart felt appreciation for the work CUFI is doing to support Israel and reaffirming the strong friend the Jewish state has in the United States.

The morning following the “Night to Honor Israel,” summit attendees took to Capitol Hill participating in hundreds of meetings with members of Congress and their staffs encouraging them to stand by Israel in this perilous time.  If Netanyahu’s reception in his speech to a joint session of Congress this past May is any indication, those advocating the support of Israel on Capitol Hill likely found receptive ears. You’ll recall that Prime Minister’s speech came only days after President Obama in his speech in support of the “Arab Spring” called on Israel to return, more-or-less, to its 1967 borders. President Obama was the first President to make a public proclamation stating the 1967 borders should be the basis for negotiating Israel’s borders with a Palestinian state. He said, “We believe the borders of Israel and Palestine should be based on the 1967 lines with mutually agreed swaps, so that secure and recognized borders are established for both states.“ Of course, those lines, among other extremely problematic aspects, included much of the Jewish ancient capital of Jerusalem, including the Temple Mount and the Western Wall in Palestinian hands.

Prime Minister Netanyahu, visiting the United States, quickly responded stating Israel could not return to those borders because they are indefensible. These borders made Israel appear far too vulnerable to its neighbors in previous wars. At the narrowest point, the pre ’67 lines make the nation only 9 miles wide and gave its enemies the high ground and robbed Israel of the natural boundary created by the Jordan Rift Valley.

Two days later, President Obama walked back those comments using a speech to AIPAC (as he has during past controversies regarding Israel) to re-affirm his support for and America’s friendship with the Jewish State, though he didn’t entirely back down from his call for the use of the ’67 borders. One senses there is still an unease on exactly where the President stands on this issue and his support for Israel generally. The crack in his support among Jewish Americans is evidence of this. A new poll came out this week indicating that President Obama is losing support among American Jewish Voters: in 2008, 65% backed Obama, and now his approval is down to 43%.

Read more at Red County HERE.

American Thinker (by Bill Olson, 7/22/11):  There once was a time that elected leaders wanted to be seen as powerful to gain the confidence of their constituents.  But many House Republicans, who now have in their hands total power to end runaway government once and for all, are feigning powerlessness.

These House Republicans claim to be just one-third of the legislative process, unable to achieve anything useful without compromise and a bipartisan consensus.  They grouse that the Democrats in the Senate and President Obama are forcing them to settle for what they can get in exchange for an inevitable and necessary increase in the debt limit.  They claim to need even greater electoral victories in 2012 before they can stop the spending.

The truth is that House Republicans already hold all the cards.  The debt ceiling is already fixed in law, and will remain fixed unless they capitulate.  Rather than just saying no to an increase in the debt limit which would end deficit spending, the GOP has developed “Cut, Cap, and Balance” which it sells as a principled proposal.  Yet, with CC&B, the House Republicans propose to end the deficit spending by the curious method of increasing the national debt by $2.4 trillion (almost 17 percent) to $16.7 trillion.

In increasing the debt ceiling, the House Republicans leaders are doing what comes naturally.  The House leadership historically has not wanted to stop spending — with entitlements like Medicare Part D they have used our own money to buy our votes just like the Democrats.  The motivation behind CC&B is not about cutting current spending, capping future spending, or balancing the budget — it’s about what it’s always been about — the politics of reelection.

Read more at American Thinker HERE.

NIH-Backed Study Examined Effects of Penis Size in Gay Community

Fox News (By Judson Berger):

The federal government helped fund a study that examined what effect a gay man’s penis size has on his sex life and general well-being.

The study was among several backed by the National Institutes of Health that have come under scrutiny from a group claiming the agency is wasting valuable tax dollars at a time when the country is trying to control its debt. This particular research resulted in a 2009 report titled, “The Association Between Penis Size and Sexual Health Among Men Who Have Sex with Men.”

Read more here.

Hide these numbers!

(New York Post):  Many Americans are suffering under the ailing economy — but not those lucky enough to be on President Obama’s executive staff.

Turns out the 454 people on the White House staff were paid a total of $37,121,463 this year.

Yes, that’s 15 fewer staffers and $1.7 million less than taxpayers shelled out for the president’s workforce last year.

But it’s seven bodies more than the White House employed during the last year of George W. Bush’s term — and at a cost of nearly $4 million, or 13%, more.

No wonder the Obama folks tried to bury the news late on a Friday this month: Nearly one in three White House staffers is earning a six-figure salary.

Read more here.