The Wrap at Ask Marion 12.29.13 Thru 1.05.14

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Quote of the Week: “Only in America can you find a movement of People who aren’t satisfied with the Freedom they have to Believe or Not Believe, but rather have to go on the attack against the beliefs of others.”

The Atheist War on Christmas and Religious Freedom – WoC 2013/14

Read this normally… and then read it again from the bottom up.

•  An American Depression: Extreme Haircut Edition
• The Council Has Spoken!! This Weeks’ Watchers’ Council Results Posted 01.03.14
• The Atheist War on Christmas and Religious Freedom – WoC 2013/14
• Iraqi Army Shells Fallujah As Street Fights Rage In Ramadi
• Eleven AGs slam Obama’s healthcare fixes; Greg Abbot says Obama is acting like a king
• Alert: Rand Paul Sues Obama… Join Class Action Suit
• Welfare Warpath
• War on Christmas is really part of war on-going religion – WoC 2013/14
• Krauthammer on Obama: "The Great Irony…He Has Created the Greatest Inequality"
• Sandy Hook Elementary Now Leveled…
• Election 2014 and 2016… All Sewn-Up or the Battle(s) for Americas Life
• Obama’s Top Violations of the U.S. Constitution
• RUSH: Every Problem That Exists In New York Derives From Liberalism
• Sarah Palin: "The Eyes Of The Nation Are Really Opening Up"
• Recapping 2013 with Strategies for 2014 and Beyond
• The Twelve Days of Christmas – WoC 2013
• New York Gets The Communist Leader It Deserves
• Watcher’s Council Nominations – Snappy Happy New Year Edition
• Where Do We Go from Here America? Will there be Anything Left?
• New Year 2014 – 2013 Wrap – AskMarion WoC Series
• Watcher’s Forum: What Are Your Predictions For 2014?
• Willie and Korie Robertson Joins Fox’s New Years Eve Special 12-31- 2013
• Happy New Year 2014 From Ask Marion
• Progressive Racism and Stupidity Know No Bounds
• New Years Eve – WoC 2013 
• Rep. Trey Gowdy: New York Times Doing PR Work For Hillary, White House On Benghazi
• Inside TAO… NSA Intercepts Your Mail
• Everyone Has at Least One Book in Them, Between Christmas and New Years is a Good Time to Start Yours – WoC 2013
• The Wrap at Ask Marion 12.22.13 Thru 12.29.13

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• HEALTHCARE REFORM'S FIRST BIG TEST 
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• Happy New Year 2014 From True Health Is True Wealth
• How The Grinch Stole Healthcare
• Are Young Americans Signing Up For Obamacare? 
• Iditarod Trail Race Headquarters, Palin and Alaskan Tourism
• Conga Dog Project [photo] 
• Lucy Pet Foundation’s Rose Parade float promotes pet spay/neuter – Features Daniel 
• Happy New Year 2014 From Just One More Pet
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• Dogs slaughtered for meat in Vietnam… Stop the Dog Meat Trade
• Stop the Pain… Get-Involved and Speak Up Whenever You Suspect Abuse, Of Any Kind
• True Meaning Of Family – Stray Cat Takes Day-Old Puppy Off The Streets

Book of the Week – Lethal Engagement

“The Iraq/Afghani War Has Cost Nearly 3-Trillion Dollars and 51,778 U.S. Casualties, Including 4489 Killed…” So Why Would We Have Pulled Out Against the Advice of All The Leadership and Troops on the Ground?  It Makes No Sense!

Full constitutional rights for foreign Islamic terrorist detainees. Apologies to the Muslim world for American 'misdeeds,' and promises to make amends even if the security of the American people is placed in peril. Welcoming radical Muslim sympathizers into high positions of authority. Abridging freedom of expression. And much, much more. Lethal Engagement documents how in these and other ways President Barack Hussein Obama has forsaken the oath of office he took to 'preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.' Lethal Engagement exposes how radical Muslims are re-branding their barbaric ideology to fool their gullible audience in the West and how they play the racism victim card, all with President Obama's help. Lethal Engagement systematically lays out the dangerous entanglement of Obama with the United Nations, which radical Muslims are manipulating to promulgate international law to their liking, and how his nomination of more activist judges willing to throw away the Constitution allows radical Muslims to subvert American law. Lethal Engagement also reveals the radical Muslim plan to destroy the value of the dollar and use the United Nations to replace it with a new global reserve currency, all helped along by the Obama administration's disastrous economic policies. After connecting all these dots, Joseph Klein explains the steps 'we the people' must take to rescue our country.

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Critical time for ideological debate

By Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) - 04/24/12 06:03 PM ET  The Hill – h/t to MJ

Much has been made of my recent response to a question from a constituent and my assertion regarding so-called “communists” in the Congressional Progressive Caucus. I am pleased it has inspired so much passionate debate, for that was precisely the point.

When I was studying for my two master’s degrees in political science at Kansas State University and at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff Officer College, the very best professors were those who would begin each lecture with a challenging assertion. It engaged discussion and analysis, and was the best way to uncover the essence of the particular subject of the day.

As Americans, we must bring to the fore this fundamental discussion of what we want our country to be. Do we veer from our Founders’ vision of a constitutional republic that preserves and protects the individual sovereignty of its citizens, along with the free market and the rights of the several states, or do we continue to slide down this path of expanding the secular welfare state, nationalizing production and enforcing economic equality?

My colleagues in the Congressional Progressive Caucus have taken umbrage with my equation of their ideals with those of communists. Why? Why shouldn’t we have this discussion? What part of their agenda are they trying to hide?

We must be able to openly discuss how our fundamental freedoms are being slowly chipped away by an over-reaching nanny state that has bit by bit slipped its tentacles into every aspect of our lives, from the types of light bulbs we can use to the size of our toilet tanks.

We must be able to challenge the mandates being handed down by un-elected officials, which threaten our constitutional right to practice religion however we see fit.

We must be able to question tax policies predicated on “fairness” that punish job creators and do virtually nothing to reduce our spiraling debt and deficit.

Specific “party” affiliation is not the point of the discussion — it is rather affiliation with a set of ideals. Conservatives adhere to the ideals of individual responsibility and freedom, limited government, a free market and a strong defense. Those on the liberal left adhere to a collective ideal, directed and controlled by a centralized government to guarantee and enforce social and economic justice.

You can call this what you wish. The esteemed scholar and author Mark Levin calls it “statism.” In our lifetime, the unpalatable and pejorative brands “socialist” and “communist” have been replaced with the more user-friendly “progressive” term.

But this is not a discussion about labels. It is a discussion far more important and grave, for it affects our nation’s future, our security and each and every one of us. The dialogue must be about the future and direction of these United States. It is about the choice between two futures: a constitutional republic or a bureaucratic nanny-state.

As a nation, we must directly confront those issues that are most critical. We must be able to openly and candidly discuss how we will move forward to preserve our nation’s greatness, reduce our debt and deficit, put Americans back to work, take full advantage of our domestic energy resources and ensure our security.

I do not believe we can achieve those goals with larger and larger government, centralized economic planning and redistribution of wealth. Those methods have failed miserably everywhere they are been tried. I will not stand by and watch this nation I love be remade slowly into a government-directed, bureaucratic collective — whether it is termed communist, socialist, progressive or any-other-ist.

I am not a politician by trade. I learned to communicate on the battlefield, where “nuance” is not at all useful and can in fact be dangerous, if not fatal.

These are dangerous and critical times for our country. We must be unafraid to discuss and confront the challenges we face and ensure we keep our focus on the fundamental issues rather than become distracted by semantics. I gladly welcome this debate in the arena of political ideologies of governance.

West serves on the House Armed Services Committee and is a member of the Congressional Black Caucus.

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