Listen to Jessica Echard discuss the Equal Rights Amendment

The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) is back. Let’s get the particulars from Jessica Echard, Executive Director of Eagle Forum, a conservative grassroots organization founded by Phyllis Schlafly in 1972.
Host: [Paul Weyrich]
Guest: [JESSICA ECHARD]

Lou Dobbs Special on Ramos and Compean

Lou Dobbs Special -- CNN -- March 27
Rep. Poe (R-Tx) :The government had to chose in this case. They had to chose between prosecuting a drug smuggler bringing in a million dollars worth of drugs, or prosecuting two border agents that didn't. A chief Barker said, follow protocol and fill out certain forms. And the federal government chose poorly. They chose to prosecute the border protectors instead of prosecute the drug smugglers. And now we have apparently learned that the drug smuggler brought in another load.
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Eagle Forum Announces the 14th Annual Collegians Summit

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New Utah Law to Regulate Noncurricular Clubs

The new law gives public school authorities and parents more control overthe noncurricular clubs and their children’s participation in these clubs.
The law requires children to get their parents’ consent before joining a
school club and parents have the ability to review the material presented at
club meetings. The law also gives administrators the authority to refuse to
allow clubs like the Gay Straight Alliance on grounds that homosexual
student clubs violate “the boundaries of socially appropriate behavior.”
Sltrib.com, 3-10-07.

Push under way to pass Equal Rights Amendment

WASHINGTON — Federal and state lawmakers have launched a new drive to pass the Equal Rights Amendment, reviving a feminist goal that faltered a quarter-century ago when the measure did not gain approval by three-quarters of state legislatures. Washington Post, March 27, 2007

Digging Up the Dead-and-Buried ERA

Sen. Kennedy (D-MA), Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), and Ellie Smeal, President of the Feminist Majority have announced plans to re-introduce the ERA in the 110th Congress.

The Equal Rights Amendment was buried in 1982 by the Supreme Court in (NOW v. Idaho, 459 U.S. 809, 1982). Even after an unconstitutional time extension, women's libbers never could muster enough support to overcome honest criticism of ERA. The last state to ratify was in 1977, over 30 years ago. Five states rescinded ratification and nine states voted against it on statewide referendums.

Among many arguments against the ERA is--straight from Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg own book--that the ERA will take away Social Security rights from wives and widows! That's one of the many ways that ERA hurts women.

Bill O'Reilly Ignores Question on NAU

On Friday, March 16, the Fox news host addressed a big fundraising dinner in St. Louis. The first question was from John Shields, a longtime Eagle Forum supporter: "Why is it no red blooded conservative is upset with the Bush administration for secretly giving our sovereignty away with the North American Union between Canada, Mexico and the U.S.?" O'Reilly ignored the question and started talking about another topic. Ignoring the development of the NAU will not stop it.

A Peek into Obama's Radical Church

Obama attends Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago. Illinois Eagle Fran Eaton, who has studied up on Trinity's teachings, found that Trinity encourages its members to "pledge allegiance to all black leadership who espouse and embrace the Black Value System." "I would feel uncomfortable with a church that used the word 'white' instead of 'black' when it talked about these things," said Fran, who writes for the blog Illinois Review. Fran was quoted by the Associated Press on 2-19-07.

YouTube video of Hannity and Comes's guest Erik Rush, a columnist, discussing Trinity's "Afro-centric" teaching.

Idaho lawmakers want out of SPP

Resolution urges Congress to use 'all efforts, energies and diligence'

Lawmakers in Idaho have approved a "joint memorial" that urges the U.S. Congress to use "all efforts, energies and diligence" to get the United States out of the Security and Prosperity Partnership, a multinational plan that opponents believe is being used to blend the U.S., Mexico and Canada. By Bob Unruh, WorldNetDaily.com, March 25, 2007

Illegals to sue imprisoned deputy sheriff

Mexicans say civil rights violated when injured during escape from officer

In a case eerily reminiscent of the controversial jailing of Border Patrol agents Jose Compean and Ignacio Ramos while the illegal-alien drug-smuggler they wounded went free, two illegal aliens are now suing imprisoned Texas Deputy Sheriff Gilmer Hernandez for injuries from shell fragments that struck them as the officer shot at the tires of a van in which they escaped from a routine traffic stop. By Jerome R. Corsi, WorldNetDaily.com, March 24, 2007.

Watch Out For A Surprise Senate Vote On Embryos!

ADVISORY: Senate votes on S. 5, the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act, and S. 30, the Stem Cell "Alternatives" Bill, will take place on Wednesday, April 11th.


Watch Out For A Surprise Senate Vote On Embryos!Tell your Senators to vote AGAINST increasing federal funding for Embryonic Stem Cell Research! 3-23-07

Illegal immigrants allowed at least five strikes

Documents released in the controversy about eight fired U.S. attorneys show that federal prosecutors in Texas generally have declined to bring criminal charges against illegal immigrants caught crossing the border — until at least their sixth arrest. Houston Chronicle, March 23, 2007

Schlafly program trains volunteers to pin candidates down on issues

Sen. John McCain's new attention to, and possibly new position on, illegal immigration is being credited to a grassroots program implemented by Phyllis Schlafly, who is training Eagle Forum leaders how to question presidential candidates on key national issues. WorldNetDaily.com, 3-22-07

Colorado and Tennessee Reject Bills to Abolish the Electoral College

A Colorado senate committee voted 10-1 to kill the bill that would enter Colorado into an interstate agreement to elect the president by popular vote. A law professor from Regis University, Jim Riley, said the bill’s “effects would be potentially catastrophic for the nation.” Another law professor, Robert Hardaway from the University of Denver, predicts that “without the electoral college, close votes would be a nightmare.” Close presidential elections could result in “recounts in every precinct, in every state.” In Tennessee, a similar bill did not spark enough interest to even receive a hearing. Rockymountainnews.com, 3-8-07.

U.S. Taxpayer Supported Call Center For Immigration Benefits

Lockheed Martin received one of two $120 million contracts to provide call center services for an arm of the Department of Homeland Security called U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). The call centers will handle 10 million callers asking for information on immigration services and benefits. Lockheedmartin.com, 5-9-06.

Mexican Hit Team Gets Another Cop

Texas Sheriff Goes To Prison

Lou Dobbs Tonight -- CNN -- March 19

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Triumph for Parents' Rights in Utah

Utah Governor Jon Huntsman, Jr. signed into law a bill that prohibits school authorities from recommending psychotropic drugs, like Ritalin, to students. The law also protects parents from attempts to remove their children from their custody if they refuse to give their children psychotropic drugs. This is the first law of its kind in the U.S. and a great step forward for parents’ rights. Sltrib.com, 3-10-07.

Congress's Opportunity To Restore Parental Rights

The reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Education Act offers Congress a splendid opportunity to enforce parents' rights that have been outrageously trampled on by the public schools. Phyllis Schlafly column, 3-21-07

HPV vaccine being pushed for teen girls isn't all you may think it is

Republican Texas Gov. Rick Perry set off a nationwide firestorm by issuing an executive order mandating that by the fall of 2008, all sixth-grade girls in his state be given the new Merck Gardasil vaccine for human papillomavirus (HPV), which was developed to prevent some cervical cancers. Although there is a rather involved opt-out provision, parents and legislators were furious at the government interfering with the private health-care decisions of families for their minor children. by Bobbie Patray, Tennessean.com, 3-17-07

ALERT: NO D.C. Voting Rights!

Tell Your Representative to vote NO on H.R. 1433!

Arizona Eagle Senator Karen Johnson tells Lou Dobbs why we don't want a North American Union

Watch as Arizona Eagle Senator Karen Johnson questions whether the United States could merge and harmonize its laws with the oligarchic Mexico and socialistic Canada on Lou Dobbs.

The segment also highlights that at least 12 states that are working to pass resolutions asking Congress to withdraw the United States from the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America and from any other bilateral or multilateral activity that seeks the economic merger of the United States with any other country.

Bush hears from Mexican president that U.S. needs to do more

President Bush, working to rebuild strained U.S.-Mexico relations, promised Tuesday he would do his best to get a deeply divided U.S. Congress to change American immigration policies that are hated south of the border.

“My pledge to you and your government, but more important to the people of Mexico, is I'll work as hard as I possibly can to pass comprehensive immigration reform,” Bush said during a sun-splashed arrival ceremony that opened two days of meetings with Mexican President Felipe Calderón in this Yucatan Peninsula tourist haven. SignOnSanDiego.com, March 13, 2007

New Jersy Abortion Clinic Closes Due to Health Code Violations

An inspection report cites problems with infection control and instruments used for sterilization of equipment. In the past five years, only one other medical facility has been shut down by the state. This facility was also shut down in 1993 for infection control problems. The clinic normally performs over 10,000 abortions every year.

Lifenews.com, 3-14-07

Texas Lawmakers Vote on Cancer Vaccine

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas lawmakers are fighting to block the governor's order requiring that sixth-grade girls be vaccinated against the virus that causes cervical cancer, with the House giving final approval to a bill to make the shots strictly voluntary. Associated Press, March 14, 2007.

Bush team raises dangers on highways

While semis and cars keep smashing into each other with alarming regularity from here on the South Beltline Highway to the interstates on the edges of our biggest cities, the Bush administration has now seen fit to open the doors to even more truck traffic. The Capital Times, March 12, 2007.

Calif. Vote Delayed On Mandatory HPV Vaccinations

(AP) SACRAMENTO An Assembly committee on Tuesday put off voting on a bill that would require girls entering the seventh grade to be vaccinated against the cervical cancer-causing human papillomavirus. cbs5.com, Mar 13, 2007.

College of William and Mary Paid High Cost For Removing Cross

The institution lost what would have been a $12 million donation from a formerly dedicated donor who disagreed with the college for removing a brass cross that had stood in the campus chapel for 75 years. Liberty Counsel Press Release, 3-1-07

Indiana's Senate Passes Marriage Protection Amendment with 78% Support

The state already has a statute limiting marriage to one man and one woman, but supporters of a constiutional amendment worry about activist judges striking down the statute. The legislature approved the same amendment in 2005, but to amend the state constitution, an amendment must pass through the legislature twice and then be approved on a statewide ballot. The bill will move to the House, where the outcome is uncertain. Courier Press, 2-12-07.

Bush Opens Our Border To Mexican Trucks

Our federal and state highways and bridges are among America's great assets; they enable us to drive freely and safely all over our country, and they belong to all of us, paid for by our taxes. Phyllis Schlafly Column - 3/14/07

Conservatives balk over Giuliani's judges

WASHINGTON — Rudolph W. Giuliani, in an effort to temper his support for abortion rights and his other socially liberal stances, has been assuring conservatives that as president he would appoint "strict constructionists" to the federal bench, in the tradition of Supreme Court jurists Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, Samuel A. Alito Jr. and John G. Roberts Jr. latimes.com, March 12, 2007

Are Kids Given Antipsychotics Too Often?

Child's Death Reignites Debate Over How Aggressively Kids Should Be Treated With Psychiatric Drugs

Rebecca Riley's death shocked the Boston community. Did her parents deliberately give her overdoses of psychiatric drugs as prosecutors suggest? Or are her doctors to blame — as defense lawyers argue — for prescribing powerful medications when she was just 2 years old?
CBSNews.com, March 10, 2007

MISSOURI ANTI-CLONING RALLY BRINGS 1000 PEOPLE TO STATE CAPITAL

After the slim passage of Amendment 2—the deceptive amendment that misled Missourians to believe it banned human cloning—supporters of a genuine ban on all human cloning showed up to support a new ballot proposal. State Sen. Bartle said that the cloners “have taken on a highly motivated pro-life community that is used to long, protracted battles. We don’t give up. We will not stop until we are successful.”

Eagle Forum working with legislators to halt globalists' plans

A dozen states are working on resolutions that would oppose not only the implementation but the idea of a "North American Union," or other plans that would lead to the integration of the United States into a larger structure. WorldNetDaily.com, March 9, 2007

ALERT: Feminists Up To No Good!

Tell the Senate NOT to Ratify CEDAW!

With the new Democratic majority in the House and Senate, feminists across the country are pressuring Congress to ratify CEDAW, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. Signed by Jimmy Carter in 1980, and repeatedly promoted by Bill and Hillary Clinton, it has wisely never been ratified. CEDAW is a far-reaching international version of the ERA that has used its power to pressure 44 nations to legalize or increase access to abortion.

Operation save U.S.

“The North American ‘Soviet’ Union” article generated many emails requesting information on what Americans can do to stop our nation’s unconstitutional “border-dropping” merger into the North American ‘Soviet’ Union. By Charlotte Iserbyt,
NewsWithViews.com, March 7, 2007

Sheriff sees pattern in border agents' cases

A Texas sheriff says a 2001 case against another U.S. Border Patrol agent set the pattern that was used by U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton in his recent cases against Agents Jose Compean and Ignacio Ramos, who now are serving prison terms for shooting at a drug smuggler fleeing back into Mexico, as well as Deputy Sheriff Gilmer Hernandez. by Jerome R. Corsi, WorldNetDaily.com, March 6, 2007

Experimenting On Teen Girls

It all looked so easy. Just hire lobbyists who have access to the right public officials, make strategic campaign contributions, and finance a front for women to carry your message. Phyllis Schlafly column, 3-07-07

Corsi co-hosts Liddy show on border agents today

It will be an all-star lineup today when U.S. Reps. Dana Rohrbacher, R-Calif., Ted Poe, R-Texas, and Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., join National Border Patrol Council chief T.J. Bonner, Rocksprings, Texas, Sheriff Don Letsinger, Andy Ramirez of Friends of the Border Patrol and others for a three-hour discussion on the court cases against former Border Patrol Agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean. WorldNetDaily.com, March 7, 2007

Arizona ERA Bills Dead

Both the House and Senate versions of the Arizona Equal Rights Amendment bills are dead. Neither bill received a hearing in committee, and the deadline has pass for either being heard.

Traditional Marriage Wins Another Victory in Hawaii

A House Judicial Committee will not vote on a bill establishing civil unions for homosexual couples, which is a signal that the bill does not have enough support to become law.

In 1998, Hawaiians amended their state constitution to limit marriage to heterosexual couples after the Hawaii Supreme Court ruled in favor of same-sex marriages.

Bush in a quandary over border agents' case

WASHINGTON — For weeks, defenders of the two former Border Patrol agents imprisoned for shooting a Mexican drug trafficker have bombarded the White House with calls, e-mails and petitions.
Houston Chronicle Washington Bureau, March 3, 2007

Freedom to Dictatorship in 5 years

From her own experience, Mrs. Kitty Werthmann will help you see we are walking the same path as the Nazi’s. She was 12 years old living in Austria. At that time, there was order, prayer and pictures of Jesus. Hitler took over and all that was removed! Unemployment rose to 35%, bank loans rose to 25%, unions called strikes, all this with 98% of the people claiming to be Catholic!

Duncan Hunter beats John McCain in S.C. straw poll

With 81 of 92 precincts reporting, Giuliani garnered 158 votes. California Rep. Duncan Hunter was a close second with 152 votes, and Arizona Sen. John McCain was third with 116 votes, according to county GOP officials.
LasVegasSun.com, 3-01-07

Far right feeling left out

Leading American conservatives are fed up with President Bush and the Republican establishment, and they don't give a toss for the party's 2008 presidential front-runners, either. Houston Chronicle, March 2, 2007

Texas Senate hearing on Trans-Texas Corridor

Whether toll roads are a road to riches or not is about to be determined in Texas, where public private partnerships involving such roadways are coming under increasing fire during the 80th Legislature.
WaxahachieDailyLight.com, 3-01-07