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Celebrate Liberty in Liberty Hill
July 1st - 3rd, 7 - 9 pm
July
4th, 2009 - 9am - Midnight & beyond
Sendero Event Center
Music, Entertainment & Fireworks Nightly
- Freedom Season
Decoration Day through Independence Day
www.americanfamilyreunion.com
- Call to Fall, July 5th
www.call2fall.org
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Central Texas Pastor Conference
Friday, September 11, 2009, 10am - 2 pm
- Worldview Encounter
Saturday, September 12, 2009, 9am - 2 pm
- America Bless God Annual Banquet
Saturday, September 12, 2009, 6 - 9 pm
TOPIC RELATED STORIES:
Homeland Security deals with the boy
Source: www.fwdailynews.com, Wednesday, 24 June 2009
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is in top-notch form. In such good form, in fact, they almost nabbed the boy at the airport in Orlando, Fla. Here’s how the story unfolded …
Color-code terror alerts remain in force
Source: www.dallasnews.com, Thursday, June 25, 2009
Yes. The system, based on a series of warning colors, was unveiled after the 9-11 terrorist attacks. It moved from public obsession to an object of ridicule by some. (McIntyre quoted)
Stories on: http://www.securitymanagement.com/news
- BEST Teams Hope to Stem Smuggling at Three U.S. Ports
- CBP Testing Drone Along Northern Border
- Gates Creates U.S. Cyber Command
- House Homeland Security Committee Passes Antiterrorism Standards for Chemical Facilities
- New DHS Border Radiation Detectors Fare Marginally in Tests, Investigators Say
House Passes Homeland Security Department Appropriations Bill
Source: www.securitymanagement.com, Sherry Harowitz, 06/25/2009
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill granting the Department of Homeland Security a 7 percent increase in its funding, according to an Associated Press story appearing online at The Washington Post. "The House homeland security measure would fund more than 20,000 border patrol agents, about double the number employed before the 2001 terrorist attacks. It also provides $10 billion for the Coast Guard, including $242 million in funding for operations in the Persian Gulf and against pirates off the coast of Somalia,"
START Database at University of Maryland
The seven deadly myths about weapons of terror
Source: http://homelandsecurity.tamu.edu, Dr. Dave McIntyre, Tuesday, June 9, 2009
- REAL ID vs. PASS ID: Janice Kephart, Center for Immigration Studies
- Conflict in the Islamic world, with a focus on Pakistan: Terrorism Analyst – Farhana Ali
- Muslim is not Muslim; As Conservative Christian is not a Liberal Christian …
- Culture trumps religion
- Pakistan
- K-9 Explosive Detection Breeder: Scott Thomas, TSA
- Seven deadly myths about weapons of terror: Sandra Erwin of National Defense magazine
- The implications of security in Mexico for U.S. policy: Agnes Schaefer of RAND
Former U.S. cybersecurity chief appointed CEO of ICANN
Source: www.scmagazineus.com, Chuck Miller, June 26, 2009
The former cybersecurity chief at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is now the head of ICANN, a primary internet governance organization.
Cyber-War: It’s Already Begun
Special Report from News Max Magazine: www.newsmax.com , June 2009
Massive attacks are under way against U.S. government institutions, the Pentagon, our financial institutions, your bank, and thousands of infrastructure systems — including our electrical power grid. These attacks are coming largely from China and Russia.
Czar Prospect Offers Cybersecurity Vision
Source: www.GovInfoSecurity.com, Eric Chabrow, June 27, 2009
Scott Charney wasn't auditioning to be President Obama's cybersecurity adviser, but his appearance Thursday before a House panel shows why the Microsoft executive is considered by some to be a leading candidate for the White House job.
DOD was right, some protests are low level terrorism
Source: www.examiner.com, D. Christian Moore, June 24, 8:32 PM
A question on a written test used by the Department of Defense (DOD) has drawn the fire of the American Civil Liberties Union. The test asks the following question: “Which of the following is an example of low-level terrorism?”
Supreme Court Rejects Case to Stop U.S.-Mexico Border Fence
The high court announced Monday it is refusing to consider a challenge to the Homeland Security secretary's ability to expedite border fence construction by waiving it from federal and local laws.
Source: www.FOXNews.com, Lee Ross, Monday, June 15, 2009
The Supreme Court will not jump into the contentious debate over the construction of a 500 mile-long fence on the United States-Mexico border.
FBI: Shooting Was Domestic Terrorism
Source: www.myfoxdc.com, Sherri Ly, Thursday, 11 Jun 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C - On Thursday, the FBI called the shooting that took place at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum on Wednesday an act of domestic terrorism, a reminder of the threat within our own borders.
Man who aired Hezbollah TV shows sentenced in NYC
Source: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap, AP, June 24, 2009
NEW YORK (AP) — A man who helped the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah by broadcasting its television programs in New York City has been sentenced to more than a year in prison.
GOVERNMENT POLICY
SBC praises Obama's election, criticizes policies, in resolution
Source: www.abpnews.com, Bob Allen, Wednesday, June 24, 2009
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABP) -- Messengers to the Southern Baptist Convention passed a resolution June 24 applauding the election the first African-American president, while criticizing policies of Barack Obama.
Obama Set for First Step on Immigration Reform
Source: www.nytimes.com, GINGER THOMPSON and DAVID M. HERSZENHORN, June 24, 2009
WASHINGTON — President Obama is expected to meet with Congressional leaders of both parties on Thursday to begin laying the political groundwork for sweeping immigration legislation, even though its passage this year is considered very unlikely.
EDUCATION POLICY
Incentives vs. Virtue
What Money Can't Buy
Source: www.breakpoint.org, Chuck Colson, 6/22/2009
Across the country, school systems are paying children to do better in school. In New York, fourth and seventh graders can get up to $500 for improving their scores on the city’s math and English tests. Schools in Georgia pay eighth and 11th graders $8 an hour to attend an after-school learning program.
Obama wants to trim complex college aid form
Source: www.google.com, LIBBY QUAID, AP, June 25, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration plans to simplify the federal college aid form, which at 153 questions drives millions of families to give up before they finish it.
Texas Reworks School Accountability, Budgeting
Source: www.edweek.com, Mary Ann Zehr, June 26, 2009
Texas Gov. Rick Perry has signed legislation that will make some significant changes in the state’s accountability system and budgeting requirements for schools, including tougher high school graduation standards and elimination of a requirement that school districts must spend 65 percent of their operating budgets on classroom instruction
Bullying Top Issue for School Safety Chief
Source: www.edweek.com, Michele McNeil, June 23, 2009
To lead the federal effort to keep schools safe, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has tapped a Southern Baptist preacher’s gay son who turned a childhood of prejudice, taunts, and harassment into an activist career that’s sought to expand tolerance, safety, and opportunities for gay and lesbian students.
Note: This relates to kiddie hate crimes legislation
Home Schooling Goes Mainstream in America
Source: www.newsmax.com, Friday, June 26, 2009
COLUMBIA, Maryland — When Elizabeth Dean was four, her mother took her out of kindergarten to teach her at home because she could already read the children's classic "Charlotte's Web" while the other kids were just learning how to write the letter "C".
ECONOMIC POLICY
Obama Signs 'Cash for Clunkers' Into Law
Source: http://usnews.rankingsandreviews.com, Jun. 25, 2009
President Obama has signed the controversial "Cash for Clunkers" bill into law. The provision, the AP notes, was attached to "a measure keeping the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan from running out of money."
RELIGION
Phoenix Police Raid a Local Pastor’s Home For Holding Church Services
Source: www.phoenixnewtimes.com, Sarah Fenske, June 16, 2009
Last Thursday, a swarm of police officers descended on Michael Salman's northwest Phoenix home. Armed officers herded Salman, his wife Suzanne, their five young daughters, and their visiting friends into the living room — and kept them under watch for 90 minutes while other city officials searched the grounds.
*** NOTE: Watch for follow-up info; The above story does not tell the full picture.
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