RenewAmerica newsfeed http://www.renewamerica.com/ Thu, 23 May 2013 11:57:37 -0400 (Alan Keyes) - This morning, I received by email the following press release asserting that when BSA delegates meet in Dallas this week, the votes they cast on the proposal to modify the ban on homosexuality in Scouting will be given by secret ballot... http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/keyes/130523 Alan Keyes Thu, 23 May 2013 11:16:12 -0400 renewamerica.com13516 (Alan Keyes) - Whatever Obama, Hilary Clinton, Susan Rice, and other Obama faction officials were seeking to achieve with their lies about the terrorist murders of U.S. officials in Benghazi; whatever the full extent of the ideologically motivated political abuses at the IRS, one thing is clear... http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/keyes/130524 Alan Keyes Thu, 23 May 2013 11:06:12 -0400 renewamerica.com13517 (Fred Hutchison, RA analyst) - In 1921, Karel Capek wrote the play RUR (Rossum's Universal Robots), about machines that became intelligent and turned against their human masters. The 1984 Hollywood movie The Terminator was based upon the same theme. Intelligent machines, both malevolent and friendly, are standard fare in science fiction, of which Star Wars (1977) and the The Matrix (1999) are perfect examples... http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/hutchison/130523 Fred Hutchison, RA analyst Thu, 23 May 2013 10:56:12 -0400 renewamerica.com13518 (Cliff Kincaid) - Jeffrey Lord's story in the American Spectator about a "smoking gun" in the IRS scandal has backfired. He implied that the head of the IRS union had personally met with President Obama to plot against the Tea Party when there is no evidence of such a meeting or such plotting... http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/kincaid/130522 Cliff Kincaid Thu, 23 May 2013 09:22:57 -0400 renewamerica.com13510 (WorldNetDaily) - With a historic vote on the agenda that could change the iconic organization's century-old policy and allow avowed homosexuals, some 1,400 Boy Scout leaders from across the nation who form the National Council have gathered in Grapevine, Texas... http://www.wnd.com/2013/05/vote-could-gut-famed-boy-scout-program/ WorldNetDaily Thu, 23 May 2013 09:12:57 -0400 renewamerica.com13519 (The Hill) - Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said Wednesday that he doesn't trust members of his own party to negotiate a budget conference report. Cruz's remark came after Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said he thought it was "bizarre" that a member of his own party was objecting to forming a conference committee with the House to work out a budget... http://thehill.com/video/senate/301329-cruz-i-dont-trust-republicans The Hill Thu, 23 May 2013 09:02:57 -0400 renewamerica.com13520 (John Fund) - The 2012 election season was filled with angry cries of "voter suppression," almost all of them regarding attempts by states to require voter ID and otherwise improve ballot integrity. Bill Clinton warned that "there has never been -- in my lifetime, since we got rid of the poll tax and all the other Jim Crow burdens on voting -- the determined effort to limit the franchise that we see today."... http://www.nationalreview.com/article/349116/real-voter-suppression-2012-john-fund John Fund Thu, 23 May 2013 08:52:57 -0400 renewamerica.com13521 (Politico) - Lois Lerner might win the legal battle but she's prolonging the political war. Instead of simply taking the scorn of lawmakers for a day, repeatedly invoking the Fifth Amendment to avoid self-incrimination, and then moving on, she chose defiance... http://www.politico.com/story/2013/05/darrell-issa-irs-lois-lerner-91755.html Politico Thu, 23 May 2013 08:42:57 -0400 renewamerica.com13522