4-1-15 Expert Commentators from FrontPage Mag Available for Interviews

Could a Netanyahu Ad Strategy Have Worked for Romney?

By Daniel Greenfield

Netanyahu had a very simple problem going into the election. He was under constant attack by the media, and in this case I mean the Israeli media. The attacks were petty and mean spirited. They contrived to turn Netanyahu into a cartoon monster. The Netanyahu ad strategy turned it around in two ways. [more...]

Bowe Bergdahl, Deserter

By Robert Spencer

U.S. soldier Bowe Bergdahl has been charged with desertion for leaving his unit in Afghanistan and joining up with the Taliban. It's about time. After months of stonewalling as the evidence that Bergdahl was a deserter mounted ever higher, U.S. officials could ignore it no longer. [more...]

CIA: Muslims Joining Islamic State Because of Economics and Illiteracy

By Raymond Ibrahim

Speaking at the Council of Foreign Relations on March 13, CIA Director John Brennan said that "the Islamic State had 'snowballed' beyond Iraq and Syria, estimating that at least 20,000 fighters from more than 90 countries have gone to join the militant group, several thousand of them from Western nations, including the United States." [more...]

3-31-15 Expert Guests for Your Show

1. Joseph Klein: A Message from Pro-Freedom Iranians to Obama

2. Dr. Gerard Lameiro: Bush vs. Cruz - Stark Contrast in Strategy

3. James Hirsen: Indiana Gov. Pence and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act

4. Wayne Allyn Root: Harry Reid: The Poster Child for Term Limits

5. Joe Messina: The UN's Gotta Go

6. Michelle Seiler-Tucker: Governor Pence, No Deed Goes Unpunished... Good or Not

7. John LeBoutillier: The Big Sham inside a Possible Kerry-Iran Nuclear Deal

A Message from Pro-Freedom Iranians to Obama

By Joseph Klein

When the Iranian people rose up in June of 2009 to protest the fraudulent re-election of former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, they were brutally suppressed. Gross human rights abuses have continued during the so-called "moderate" Rouhani's presidency. Journalists, students, women's rights advocates and members of civil society languish in jail. Executions have increased. Thus, President Obama should not hold his breath waiting for a candid response to his message from the Iranian people suffering under their regime's tyrannical rule. However, if they could write him a letter, perhaps it would read something like the following: [more...]

Bush vs. Cruz - Stark Contrast in Strategy

By Dr. Gerard Lameiro

The Jeb Bush strategy appears to be about getting the top Republican donors to support his potential campaign.  That's why he has been following a so-called shock and awe campaign with about five dozen fund-raisers in the early months.  If Jeb Bush manages to snag the bulk of major contributors, it might turn out to be a very small field of presidential candidates after all.  Overall, Jeb Bush's strategy is to leverage the good will associated with his last name, family friends, advisers, and donor network.  Senator Ted Cruz is following a much different strategy.  It appears that he is following a "disruptive strategy" - in other words, following an approach that confuses the competition and throws them off guard.  If followed properly and creatively, it can totally beat the competition and do so before they realize how to react to it.  Ted Cruz's early announcement (before April 1st) is disruptive in nature.  Why?  The answer lies in when donations are reported. Rather than seek to corral the big donors of the traditional Republican establishment, Senator Ted Cruz appears to be seeking a large number of small "retail" donors from small businesses, the tea party, and everyday voters fed up with Washington. [more...]

Indiana Gov. Pence and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act

By James Hirsen

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence recently signed a piece of legislation into law, Senate Bill 101, which is titled the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. The legislation has the specific design of prohibiting government from interference with an individual's right to freely exercise his or her religion. According to Gov. Pence "... it essentially says, if a government is going to compel you to act in a way that violates your religious beliefs, there has to be a compelling state interest. The U.S. Constitution and the Indiana Constitution both provide strong recognition of the freedom of religion but today, many people of faith feel their religious liberty is under attack by government action," Gov. Pence indicated. Responding to critics, he told reporters that the bill was "not about discrimination. If I thought it legalized discrimination in any way I would've vetoed it." [more...]

Harry Reid: The Poster Child for Term Limits

By Wayne Allyn Root

Senator Reid's last few years in the Senate have been so filled with falls, injuries, medical emergencies and embarrassing statements, I actually felt sorry for him. I wish him a wonderful retirement. It's time for golf, grandchildren and cruises to Mexico. Harry Reid clearly made the right decision for the country, the Senate, the people of Nevada and himself. Then there's Harry Reid's record. By moving from a pro-gun, NRA-endorsed, "Conservative Democrat" upon entering the Senate... to Obama's point man for an extreme left radical agenda, Harry did great damage to the U.S. economy, our children's future and his own legacy. [more...]

The UN's Gotta Go

By Joe Messina

Why does the President of these Unites States continue to hold the UN in such high esteem? Talk about a bunch of self-loving, overpowered failures. They get more things wrong than POTUS does. Last year Iran was chosen to head up the UN Human Rights Council... really! That's the same council that, just years before, asked for Human Rights inspectors to be sent to Iran to investigate numerous human rights violations. At the time, Iran refused access to the UN inspectors. Does this sound like a cooperative nation or one that should now be leading the council? I think not. [more...]

Governor Pence, No Deed Goes Unpunished... Good or Not

By Michelle Seiler-Tucker

Indiana Governor Mike Pence stirred up a controversy after signing a religious freedom bill into law this week. The problem is not so much against religious freedom, but rather that the law could be used by people or companies to discriminate against others using religion as the basis of their argument. Critics suggest that this leaves lesbians, gays, bisexuals and trans-genders exceptionally open to being discriminated against (more than they already currently are). The timing of Pence's bill was poor planning on his part, and very bad for state business affairs. This comes right as the NCAA Tournament's final four are about to play, and in the very same year that the nationally popular basketball tournament is based out of the state of Indiana. When businesses are threatening to boycott the state, and the state is already paying mega bucks to host the tournament, it would have been financial suicide for the governor to sit back and wait for the controversial aftermath of a mess to settle down. Therefore, the logical thing to do is to take action. The coming days will show how motivated Governor Pence is towards clarifying the intentions behind his bill. [more...]

The Big Sham inside a Possible Kerry-Iran Nuclear Deal

By John LeBoutillier

As a key component of a possible 2016 campaign for president, Kerry badly wants a nuclear deal with Iran as he believes he might win the Nobel Peace Prize for this accord. And that accomplishment will launch his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. He very well knows that one of the sticking points to this controversial Iran deal will be on-site inspections of Iranian military sites, where it is suspected that secret, underground nuclear weapons development is ongoing in violation of current agreements - despite claims by Tehran that its nuclear program is solely for "peaceful, civilian purposes." How will Kerry handle this on-site inspection issue? [more...]

3-26-15 Excellent Guests for Your Show

1. Bill Tatro: Hillary Will Win

2. Michelle Seiler-Tucker: It Takes More Money than Ideas to Run for President

3. Wayne Allyn Root: The Gestapo is Alive and Well in Obama's America

4. John LeBoutillier: This Week on Political Insiders

Hillary Will Win

By Bill Tatro

Make no mistake, Hillary Clinton will be our next President. The math is all in her favor. Many will vehemently oppose this premise, most of which are in the "I hate Hillary" camp. They will argue that it's a long way until November 2016 and anything can happen. They won't forget her baggage; they will proclaim Whitewater, Benghazi, foreign money, the foundation, e-mails, and even her marriage to Bill. She looks tired, they say, and she'll be old if and when she takes office - all of which is irrelevant. Do the math. Women will see it as their time as it was for blacks in 2008. Anyone on the dole will be concerned that the government checks may stop coming without Hillary. Add it all up: California, New York, Massachusetts, Ohio, Florida and perhaps even Texas will give their electoral votes to the former First Lady, Senator, Secretary of State. Whatever happens over the next 20 months regarding Mrs. Clinton will amount to SOUND AND FURY SIGNIFYING NOTHING. We all, including media, can argue, debate, even have fisticuffs, but the facts are conclusive. [more...]

It Takes More Money than Ideas to Run for President

By Michelle Seiler-Tucker

The 2016 race for the While House is starting early this go-round; Ted Cruz is officially the first republican presidential candidate to launch his campaign. He’s selling himself as an unabashed Christian conservative who has the intent to undo a lot of Obama’s agenda. With his preacher-stylized delivery, not only does he plan to eliminate Obamacare, but to place unprecedented restrictions on abortion, empower states to decide about gay marriage independently, and he promises to aggressively tackle illegal immigration and deport all illegals. Despite being a man with a mission, I think Cruz will struggle to raise the funds needed for an effective run. His biggest fan in corporate America is the oil and gas industry, but that industry is not faring very well these days. Cruz will undoubtedly be an underdog in the 2016 fundraising derby, but there is no arguing that this party is only JUST getting started, and this businesswoman cannot say she plans to attend his. Let’s just hope the pickings get a little more favorable in the future. [more...]

The Gestapo is Alive and Well in Obama's America

By Wayne Allyn Root

President Obama is going rogue. If he doesn't like your business, he will "choke off" your ability to stay in business. By every metric, the Obama economy is melting down. We are seeing the beginning stages of another recession at best, or a total economic meltdown at worst. At the moment, there are no decent paying jobs in America. Obama has opened the border and given amnesty to at least 5 million illegal aliens already in the country, thereby putting them in competition with working class and middle class Americans. Think I’m wrong? Did you know the government is giving businesses a $3,000 incentive to hire illegals over native-born Americans? Did you know cities are hiring non-citizens (and even illegal aliens given amnesty by Obama) as police officers? All you need is a work permit. Someone in America illegally can wear a badge and enforce the law against you. [more...]

This Week on Political Insiders

By John LeBoutillier

On this week's POLITICAL INSIDERS, we discussed the 2016 Presidential race and the Iran Nuke Deal. Watch the segments on Sen. Cruz, Iran's supreme leader on Twitter and the Iran deal here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3. [more...]

Obama Nukes Deal "Partner" Ayatollah Khamenei Proves "The Enemy of Your Enemy is Your Enemy"

By Andrew Bostom

Iran's Supreme Leader, theocrat Ayatollah Khamenei - deemed, appropriately, the third most influential contemporary Muslim eminence worldwide - during a speech delivered March 12, 2015 reiterated Iran's conquering, totalitarian Islamic worldview. Khamenei stressed inculcating, even amongst Western youth, "the Islam of jihad and fighting." Such jihadism was to be directed, specifically, at "opponents of this [Islamic] movement and outlook," Khamenei re-stating the Koranic injunctions that Islam compelled Muslims to be "hard to the unbelievers."

Two days after President Obama acknowledged Iran's New Year's celebrations with a conciliatory appeal to the Iranian people, and leadership, Khamenei responded, on March 21, 2015, to what he characterized as the "dishonest things" in the Obama address. Validating an assembled audience's chants of "Death to America," Khamenei stated, "Death to America, of course," while decrying the U.S. as the chief culprit behind economic sanctions on the Islamic Republic.

One day earlier, March 20, 2015 the irrefragable truth of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's recent pronouncement before Congress that, "when it comes to Iran and ISIS, the enemy of your enemy is your enemy," was confirmed. Shiite worshipers from Iran's surrogate minions at the Houthi Al-Hashoush Mosque in Sanaa, Yemen, were engaged in the following exchange just as they were immolated by an ISIS homicide bombing:  "Preacher: Our belief in Allah will increase after today. We will triumph over their deceit and their arrogance. Allah is with us... Worshipers: Death to America. Death to Israel. Curse upon the Jews. Victory to Islam. Allah Akbar." (Then... kaboom! - literally!)

Khamenei could not have been more blunt and explicit in his pronouncements, while the Sunni ISIS on Shiite Iran-proxy murderous violence in Yemen should speak for itself. Nonetheless, one can be certain that the self-evident implications of both Khamenei's words and the Sunni-Shiite internecine jihadist carnage in Yemen will be ignored, obfuscated, or dismissed by a vast swath of the U.S. political, media, academic, and religious establishment. Most assuredly, and ominously, this willful denial applies to the Obama Administration brain trust brokering a dangerous and destabilizing nuclear agreement with Iran, enshrining Iran's "right" to enrich uranium, with simultaneous "quick" economic sanctions relief, and even a partial lifting of the embargo on arms sales to the Islamic Republic. [more...]

3-24-15 Great Guests for Your Show

1. Allen Kors: Congress’s Budget Proposal to Slash Student Aid

2. Dr. Gerard Lameiro: The Presidential Race Starts with Cruz Announcement

3. Lowell Ponte: Should Voting Be Mandatory?

4. James Hirsen: The Future of Entertainment - Augmented Reality

5. Joe Messina: Israelis Don't Trust Obama

6. Dave Bego: Obama's Disregard for the Constitution

Congress’s Budget Proposal to Slash Student Aid

By Allen Kors

The recent Republican budget proposal to slash student aid by $150 billion represents an egregious elimination of vital support for our higher education system.  The United States faces $1.3 trillion in outstanding student debt, a three-fold increase in tuition cost over the past 30 years, and an increasingly competitive labor market for college graduates.  These variables have created an environment in which a college education is increasingly necessary in order to achieve the "American Dream," though a college education is becoming less accessible than ever before. We cannot sit back and allow this to happen.  These programs are integral to the success of our nation.  Education is a portal to achievement and fundamental to our people’s evolution.  We must put an end to these proposals and unite in support, not abandonment, of our nation’s students. [Sign the petition here...]

The Presidential Race Starts with Cruz Announcement

By Dr. Gerard Lameiro

Yesterday Sen. Ted Cruz officially launched his presidential campaign bid at Liberty University in Virginia.  Calling himself a "courageous conservative," he offered a conservative agenda that includes the complete repeal of Obamacare and the elimination of both Common Core and the IRS.  Also included were a flat tax economic policy, pro-life and pro-traditional marriage policies, as well as strong support for Israel and a tough stance against terrorism.  Sen. Cruz also advocated closing our borders to illegal immigration and voiced strong support for the First Amendment and religious freedom, as well the Second Amendment and the right to keep and bear arms for all law-abiding citizens. But what will he actually do? [more...]

Should Voting Be Mandatory?

By Lowell Ponte

"It would be transformative if everybody voted," as Australians are required to do, President Barack Obama told an audience in Cleveland on March 18. Mr. Obama suggested that mandatory American voting "would counteract [campaign] money more than anything. If everybody voted, then it would completely change the political map in this country." Obama's idea - in effect, a reverse poll tax on non-voters - has cooled as scholars noted that we do not have a national election in America. We have 50 state elections, and a constitutional amendment would need approval of three-fourths of those states to make nationwide voting compulsory. Even so, with the 2016 presidential run beginning, we can learn much from considering President Obama's trial balloon... and from Australia. [more...]

The Future of Entertainment - Augmented Reality

By James Hirsen

Entertainment's future has arrived, and it has come in the form of a developing technology known as augmented reality. Most are already familiar with virtual reality in which technology is utilized to enable a simulated world to supplant the real one. Virtual reality immerses an individual into a complete digital environment without said person having any cognizance of the world that is surrounding him or her. Currently, the most recognized virtual reality devices are headsets made by Facebook's Oculus Rift or Sony's Morpheus. In augmented reality, the physical world is actually added on to through the addition of computer-generated imagery, sound, video, and other sensory stimulus. The result is an overlay of information and digital objects, which creates both an enhancement of the perception of reality and an environment that is interactive. [more...]

Israelis Don't Trust Obama

By Joe Messina

So... Democrats didn't want to get involved with Netanyahu because it was too close to the elections in his country? As if shaking hands with our president would have assured him a win. Although if Obama’s campaign operatives were smart they might have made it happen considering a recent CNN poll showing that the majority of Israelis don’t trust Mr. Obama. Apparently, it’s okay to send the same campaign team that ran and is still involved in the daily social media messaging for the Obama team over to Israel to try to influence an election using the same tactics they use here - you know: bussing in voters, robo-calls twisting the facts (lying) about Netanyahu. They were involved! This administration can’t seem to get the game right. We are the laughingstock of the Middle East. Not ONE leader trusts Obama, therefore they can’t trust the U.S. [more...]

Obama's Disregard for the Constitution

By Dave Bego

It is apparent that people like the President and organizations like the SEIU understand that there is a large percentage of the population that is naive and easily misled and their collective efforts are to brainwash these people to their thinking, and to use them in their attempt to ensure the decline of American exceptionalism, its free enterprise system, and to replace it with socialism / totalitarianism. All Americans need to wake up now and understand before it is too late that the problem with America is the President's total disregard for the Constitution. We are at war and it is worth the time Identifying The Devil at Our Doorstep who is intent on The Taking of American Freedoms. [more...]

3-19-15 Expert Guests for Your Show

1. Daniel Greenfield: The Media has to Accuse Israel of Racism to Protect its Fake Polls

2. Robert Spencer: Norquist's Alliances with Islamic Radicals

3. Raymond Ibrahim: CIA Chief John Brennan: Deceptions about Islam

4. Lowell Ponte: The Fed Just Made a Big Move That's Great for Big Business, But Awful for You

5. Wayne Allyn Root: Obama Loves America Just Like Castro Loves Cuba

The Media has to Accuse Israel of Racism to Protect its Fake Polls

By Daniel Greenfield

The media’s polls and even its exit polls showed Netanyahu losing or breaking even with the left. The actual results were a solid Netanyahu victory. This isn’t an unusual event. There is often a gap between reality and the Israeli media’s polls that is biased in favor of the left. The media spin is that their poll numbers were real, but that Netanyahu’s "racist" appeals dramatically tilted the results. They’re not liars. Israel is racist. [more...]

Norquist's Alliances with Islamic Radicals

By Robert Spencer

It has now been over eleven years since FrontPage Magazine first published revelations about what David Horowitz described as Republican Party kingmaker Grover Norquist's "alliances with prominent Islamic radicals who have ties to the Saudis and to Libya and to Palestine Islamic Jihad, and who are now under indictment by U.S. authorities." Nothing has changed in the intervening years. Norquist has dismissed concerns about his ties to Islamic supremacists as "bigotry" and "hatred," and this has apparently satisfied the Republican establishment and prominent conservatives... until now. [more...]

CIA Chief John Brennan: Deceptions about Islam

By Raymond Ibrahim

By constantly projecting Western standards on Islamic jihadis, CIA head John Brennan has come to epitomize the U.S. intelligence community's intellectual failures concerning the true sources of the jihad. Last Friday, March 13, Brennan insisted that Islamic State (IS) members are not Islamic. Instead, "They are terrorists, they're criminals. Many of them are psychopathic thugs - murderers who use a religious concept and masquerade and mask themselves in that religious construct." [more...]

The Fed Just Made a Big Move That's Great for Big Business, But Awful for You

By Lowell Ponte

How did political appointees take control of our economy? Can we ever find our way back to free markets and honest money? Would the Federal Reserve keep a key interest rate at or near zero, continuing to give free money to the biggest corporations and banks, the casino known as Wall Street, and the growing federal government? Business networks counted down to the economy-shaking Fed announcement: the easy cash will keep coming until at least June – and perhaps until 2017. [more...]

Obama Loves America Just Like Castro Loves Cuba

By Wayne Allyn Root

I believe Obama loves America the same way Castro has loved Cuba for the past half century. And I believe Obama loves America the same way Hugo Chavez loved Venezuela... the same way Stalin loved Russia... the same way Ho Chi Minh loved North Vietnam... and the same way the Socialist presidents of insolvent, bankrupt European Union countries like Greece, Spain and France today love their country. I'm sure Obama loves America the same way they all loved their countries and their people. Yet these men managed to destroy their countries and economies. That's what socialism, communism, or Marxism (whatever you want to name it) does. It destroys everyone and everything it touches. Ask the people of Detroit now living in an abandoned city. [more...]

3-18-15 Great Guests for Your Show

1. John Casey: FL Governor Rick Scott, Secretary of State John Kerry Both Lose Spat over Climate

2. Joseph Klein: Obama Whitewashes Iranian Terrorism

3. Bill Tatro: In the End, the Government Wins Again... if You Let Them

4. Michelle Seiler-Tucker: NFL Early Retirement

5. John LeBoutillier: The Kerry for P.O.T.U.S. '16 plan

FL Governor Rick Scott, Secretary of State John Kerry Both Lose Spat over Climate

By John L. Casey

We can only laugh and shake our heads to see the antics of both Secretary of State Kerry and Florida Governor Rick Scott as they throw darts at each other’s party and their knowledge, or lack thereof, on the subject of climate change. The latest spat is driven by comments from the ever incredulous Secretary of State John Kerry when he indirectly condemned Governor Scott’s apparent silent policy of prohibiting state employees using terms like "climate change," and "global warming." Kerry’s counter to Scott’s unwritten policy came via a diatribe at the Atlantic Council this week. Kerry said " ...by what right do people stand up and just say 'I dispute that’ or 'I deny that’ ...when science tells us that our climate is changing and human beings are largely causing that change." It was a media sop that would have carried even more weight if he were right about the "science" of climate change. Sadly, he was not.

In his new book, Dark Winter: How the Sun is Causing a 30-Year Cold Spell, scientist John L. Casey, a former White House national space policy advisor, NASA headquarters consultant and space shuttle engineer, tells the truth about ominous changes taking place in the climate and the sun. [more...]

Obama Whitewashes Iranian Terrorism

By Joseph Klein

The Obama administration is shamelessly whitewashing the Iranian regime’s state sponsorship of global terrorism, no doubt to help soften Iran’s image in preparation for trying to foist a bad nuclear deal on the American people. It also did the same thing for Iran’s jihadist proxy terrorist group, Hezbollah. The administration’s most recent unclassified version of the Worldwide Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community report published on February 26, 2015, delivered to the U.S. Senate by National Intelligence director James Clapper, conspicuously omitted any reference to the ongoing terrorist threat posed by Iran and Hezbollah. While acknowledging that Iran remains "an ongoing threat to U.S. national interests," the report noted Iran’s "intentions to dampen sectarianism, build responsive partners, and deescalate tensions with Saudi Arabia." The report also noted Iran's commitment of more resources to the fight against the Sunni extremists of the Islamic State. [more...]

In the End, the Government Wins Again... if You Let Them

By Bill Tatro

When it comes to wills, most people procrastinate.  They say, "I’ll get to that later," "I don’t have enough money to worry about," or "It’s way too expensive."  Most recently a colleague of mine quoted an appalling statistic - appalling because for over 30 years I have been calling out to America through radio, television, newspapers, seminars and the Internet, to get their legal/financial affairs in order. The statistic he quoted was that in 2014, 72% of all the deceased in America passed away without so much as a simple will.  Was he accurate?  I have no reason to believe he wasn’t but if even only half of his statistic was true, the number is stunning. The reality is that procrastination is a decision - to allow the government, the courts and attorneys to determine the what, who and how of the distribution of your assets and even the guardianship of your children. [more...]

NFL Early Retirement

By Michelle Seiler-Tucker

It’s the American dream to become your own boss and own your own business. Additionally, it’s an American idealistic fantasy to be able to retire in your 20’s, but surprisingly it’s not the typically logical path if you are a signed athlete with the National Football League. It must be the love of the game for these men that keeps them going season after season. Perhaps it’s the adoration and addiction to fame, or the notoriety and power; or perhaps it is because football is all they know and they don’t know how to handle the ridiculous amounts of money they make. Whatever it is, the NFL is an American favorite, and very few of these professional athletes opt out of their contracts early... until now. [more...]

The Kerry for P.O.T.U.S. '16 plan

By John LeBoutillier

In 2004, John Kerry lost to President George W. Bush, but came close - if 50,000 votes had switched sides in Ohio, John Forbes Kerry who, back at St. Paul's School in Concord, N.H., patterned himself after the first JFK all the way down to the hairstyle and extra-long shirt cuffs - would have been the 44th president of the United States. As a competitive politician, Kerry has never given up the dream of living at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Now, as secretary of State, he sees a path to the White House. [more...]