Public Schools Not Good Enough For Obama's Children, But You Should Stay Put

The Sidwell Friends School

In a long tradition of hypocritical, limousine liberals, the Obama's have sworn before the NEA and the AFT their unyielding opposition to allowing poor, inner-city families the freedom to seek out better schools for their children. "We need to focus on fixing and improving our public schools; not throwing our hands up and walking away from them," he told them.

But when it comes to his own family, he's not about to subject his children to those schools:

Obama's Girls Will Attend Private School

By Lisa Tolin, AP

President-elect Barack Obama and his wife have chosen Sidwell Friends School for their two daughters, opting for a private institution that another White House child, Chelsea Clinton, attended a decade ago.

"A number of great schools were considered. In the end, the Obamas selected the school that was the best fit for what their daughters need right now," said Katie McCormick Lelyveld, a spokeswoman for Michelle Obama.

She said Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7, "bring with them a number of security and privacy concerns that come with being part of the new first family — and the school they've selected is positioned to appropriately accommodate that."

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WorldNetDaily Launches Petition to See the Birth Certificate

When Barack Hussein Obama was completing a trip to Hawaii, purportedly to visit his ailing mother, Gov. Linda Lingle placed the candidate's birth certificate under seal and instructed the state's Department of Health to make sure no one in the press obtains access to the original document under any circumstances.

While the MSM have ignored the issue, WorldNetDaily continues to ask why the President-elect refuses to end speculation about his eligibility to be President, and why the Governor of Hawaii has taken steps to seal Barack Hussein Obama's birth records. Obama does claim, after all, that his will be the most "transparent" of presidential administrations.

WorldNetDaily has posted a petition to answer the presidential eligibility question. Those wishing to sign the WorldNetDaily petition may do so here.

The Classics Alive and Well at Bowdoin

A DATE WITH HISTORY: Associate Dean of Faculty Development James Higginbotham poses here in front of the Mediterranean collection at the Bowdoin Museum of Art. Higginbotham said growing enrollment in Latin classes at Bowdoin reflects an increasing interest in the ancient world among students.

By Caitlin Beach
Orient Staff

Latin is not a dead language at Bowdoin. In fact, for all intents and purposes, it's alive and kicking.

In accordance with national trends, enrollment in Latin at Bowdoin has spiked in recent years. A Modern Language Association (MLA) study from 2002 to 2006 revealed that Latin enrollments at the collegiate level increased by 7.9 percent.

According to a recent New York Times article, secondary school enrollment numbers also reflect increased interest in Classical Studies. And as of last year, Latin had surpassed German as the third-most popular non-English language studied in American classrooms. This phenomenon, in turn, feeds into the upward trend in language enrollment at colleges.

Associate Dean for Faculty Development James Higginbotham, who has spent considerable time at Bowdoin as an associate professor of Classics, cites the cultural relevance of the language today as a reason for the sudden increase in study of a language that has been considered dead for centuries.

"Interest in Latin has always reflected students' broader interests in ancient culture," he said. "Studying the language is a gateway for appreciating a particular part of the past."

Currently, the Bowdoin Classics Department includes 22 declared majors over a span of three different programs: Classics, Classical Archaeology and Classical Studies. The department employs four faculty positions: one specializing in Latin language, literature and culture; a second concentrating on Greek language; a third focusing on classical archaeology and a fourth specializing in ancient history.

According to Associate Professor of Classics Jennifer Kosak, the department has long existed at Bowdoin as a cornerstone of the liberal arts curriculum.

"Latin and Greek have had a long history here as Classics was central to liberal arts education in the 19th and early 20th centuries," said Kosak. "It is no surprise to see that these languages have maintained a profound influence on education at Bowdoin today."

Kosak attributed the continuing strength of the department at Bowdoin to its interdisciplinary focus as well as the strength of the ancient Mediterranean collection at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art.

"Classics here is truly an interdisciplinary field in that language, literature, social and political history and material culture are all essential pieces in the study of the ancient world," she said.

Traditionally, student interest in 100-level classics and classical archaeology courses has remained strong over the years. Likewise, 200-level Greek and Roman history courses also enjoy consistently high enrollment numbers.

Over the past few years, the department has seen the majority of enrollment increases in the language sector, in parallel with national enrollment increases cited by the MLA.

"If I were to note an upsurge in any particular area of our enrollments in the past few years, it would probably be in elementary Latin," said Kosak. "Many students are eager to take a year of Latin in order to provide a base for their understanding of linguistic systems and of the impact of Latin on the development of English."

Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics Ryan Ricciardi noted a similar increase with enrollment in advanced Latin courses. Students with previous classical training often elect to enroll in advanced courses upon arrival at the College. Ricciardi noted that this phenomenon was similar at the University of Cincinnati, where she previously worked.

"The upward trend in enrollment is remarkably similar at Cincinnati," she said.

This increased student motivation to take Classics courses at the college level can be traced to a number of sources. Kosak noted that many students enroll in courses with hopes of furthering initial interests in classical mythology and history. Others have read Greek and Latin literature in translation and hope to learn more.

For Mary Kelly '10, it was the multi-faceted focus of Classics that piqued her interest. Kelly began taking Latin during her freshman year of high school and has continued to pursue the field at Bowdoin as a major.

"My decision to major in Classics was pretty much made when I came to Bowdoin," she said. "I met with [Henry Winkley Professor of Latin and Greek] Barbara Boyd as a pre-frosh, and the department as a whole really influenced my decision to come here."

"I like Classics as a major because it is inherently interdisciplinary," she added.

Like Kelly, many other Bowdoin students have elected to pursue studies in Classics, and Latin in particular, as a result of forays into the language during high school.

While the instruction of Latin has long been relegated to the halls of preparatory institutions and established public schools such as Boston Latin School, high schools across America have more recently continued to bolster their classical language curricula.

"Taking Latin serves as incredibly good preparation for the verbal sections of standardized tests," said Higginbotham. "Many secondary schools have begun to realize this."

In regards to secondary school instruction, Higginbotham noted that the number of students taking the Advanced Placement Latin examination has doubled over the past five years. He attributes this overall upswing in Classical education to "a new generation of teachers."

"These teachers don't have the stodgy reputation of the typical Classicist," Higginbotham said. "As Latin is taught increasingly as a living, dynamic language, students will become more interested."

It is this shift in focus, which regards Classics as a naturally dynamic and interdisciplinary field, that Higginbotham, Kosak and Kelly see as one of the major factors in the recent surge in enrollment, both across the country and at Bowdoin.

Back at Bowdoin, students in Ricciardi's Roman Archaeology course meet in the Zuckert seminar room of the Walker Art Building to examine ancient artifacts.

They crouch over small boxes, each containing a coin from antiquity. Using magnifying aids, they identify various coins as products of the reigns of Vespasian, Caesar and Marcus Aurelius.

It is firsthand experience such as this, says Higginbotham, which keeps student interest in Classics at Bowdoin thriving. He regularly takes students on excavations, giving them the opportunity for field experience at sites such as Pompeii and Paestum.

"I think that the curriculum here opens up a lot of possibilities to students," Higginbotham said. "Once they get past the grammar and fundamentals, there is a beauty inherent in Classical Studies that will carry many students forward."

—Seth Walder contributed to this report.

Supreme Court to Review Obama Citizenship Arguments

From WorldNetDaily
By Bob Unruh

A case that challenges President-elect Barack Obama's name on the 2008 election ballot citing questions over his citizenship has been scheduled for a "conference" at the U.S. Supreme Court.

Conferences are private meetings of the justices at which they review cases and decide which ones to accept for formal review. This case is set for a conference Dec. 5, just 10 days before the Electoral College is scheduled to meet to make formal the election of Obama as the nation's next president.

The Supreme Court's website listed the date for the case brought by Leo C. Donofrio against Nina Wells, the secretary of state in New Jersey, over not only Obama's name on the 2008 election ballot but those of two others, Sen. John McCain and Roger Calero.

The case, unsuccessful at the state level, had been submitted to Justice David Souter, who rejected it. The case then was resubmitted to Justice Clarence Thomas. The next line on the court's docket says: "DISTRIBUTED for Conference of December 5, 2008."

If four of the nine justices vote to hear the case in full, oral argument may be scheduled.

The action questions whether any of the three candidates is qualified under the U.S. Constitution's requirement that a president be a "natural-born citizen."

According to America's Right blogger Jeff Schreiber, there also was a development in a second case presented to the Supreme Court on the same issue.

His report said the Federal Election Commission now has waived its right to respond to a complaint brought by attorney Philip Berg.

"There are a number of reasons why the respondents here would choose not to respond. First, because the court only grants between 70 and 120 of the 8,000 or so petitions it receives every year, perhaps they just liked their odds of Berg's petition getting denied. Second, because they have made arguments as to Berg's lack of standing several times at the district court level and beyond, perhaps they felt as though any arguments had already been made and were available on the record. Or, perhaps the waiver shows that the FEC and other respondents do not take seriously the allegations put forth by Berg, and did not wish to legitimize the claims with a response," the blogger speculated.

"Another thing which is not completely clear is whether the FEC is filing for itself or on behalf of all respondents," he added.

"If it were just the FEC filing the waiver, I must say that I'm surprised," Berg told America's Right. "I'm surprised because I think they should take the position that the Supreme Court should grant standing to us. I think they have a responsibility not only to Phil Berg, but to all citizens of this country, to put forth a sense of balance which otherwise doesn't seem to exist.

"However, if this was filed by the FEC on behalf of the DNC and Barack Obama too, it reeks of collusion," he said, noting that the attorney from the solicitor general's office should be representing federal respondents and not the DNC or Obama.

But he noted that "questions surrounding this aspect of Obama's candidacy are seemingly beginning to see the light of day."

Just last week, WND reported on worries over a "constitutional crisis" that could be looming over the issue of Obama's citizenship.

Former presidential candidate Alan Keyes and others filed a court petition in California asking the secretary of state to refuse to allow the state's 55 Electoral College votes to be cast in the 2008 presidential election until Obama verifies his eligibility to hold the office.

The disputes all cite "natural-born citizen" requirement set by the U.S. Constitution.

WND senior reporter Jerome Corsi even traveled to Kenya and Hawaii prior to the election to investigate issues surrounding Obama's birth. But his research and discoveries only raised more questions.

The biggest question is why Obama, if a Hawaii birth certificate exists as his campaign has stated, simply hasn't ordered it made available to settle the rumors.

The governor's office in Hawaii said there is a valid certificate but rejected requests for access and left ambiguous its origin: Does the certificate on file with the Department of Health indicate a Hawaii birth or was it generated after the Obama family registered a Kenyan birth in Hawaii?

Obama's half-sister, Maya Soetoro, has named two different Hawaii hospitals where Obama could have been born. There have been other allegations that Obama actually was born in Kenya during a time when his father was a British subject.

The California action was filed by Gary Kreep of the United States Justice Foundation on behalf of Keyes, the presidential candidate of the American Independent Party, along with Wiley S. Drake and Markham Robinson, both California electors.

"Should Senator Obama be discovered, after he takes office, to be ineligible for the Office of President of the United States of America and, thereby, his election declared void, Petitioners, as well as other Americans, will suffer irreparable harm in that (a) usurper will be sitting as the President of the United States, and none of the treaties, laws, or executive orders signed by him will be valid or legal," the action challenges.

An Obama spokesman interviewed by WND described such lawsuits as "garbage."

The popular vote Nov. 4 favored Obama over Sen. John McCain by several percentage points. But because of the distribution of the votes, Obama is projected to take the Electoral College vote, when it is held in December, by a 2-to-1 margin.

The California case states, "There is a reasonable and common expectation by the voters that to qualify for the ballot, the individuals running for office must meet minimum qualifications as outlined in the federal and state Constitutions and statutes, and that compliance with those minimum qualifications has been confirmed by the officials overseeing the election process," the complaint said, when in fact the only documentation currently required is a signed statement from the candidate attesting to those qualifications.

"Since [the secretary of state] has, as its core, the mission of certifying and establishing the validity of the election process, this writ seeks a Court Order barring SOS from certifying the California Electors until documentary proof that Senator Obama is a 'natural born' citizen of the United States of America is received by her," the document said.

"This proof could include items such as his original birth certificate, showing the name of the hospital and the name and the signature of the doctor, all of his passports with immigration stamps, and verification from the governments where the candidate has resided, verifying that he did not, and does not, hold citizenship of these countries, and any other documents that certify an individual’s citizenship and/or qualification for office.

The "certificate of live birth" posted by the Obama campaign cannot be viewed as authoritative, the case alleges.

"Hawaii Revised Statute 338-178 allows registration of birth in Hawaii for a child that was born outside of Hawaii to parents who, for a year preceding the child’s birth, claimed Hawaii as their place of residence," the document said. "The only way to know where Senator Obama was actually born is to view Senator Obama's original birth certificate from 1961 that shows the name of the hospital and the name and signature of the doctor that delivered him."

The case also raises the circumstances of Obama's time during his youth in Indonesia, where he was listed as having Indonesian citizenship. Indonesia does not allow dual citizenship, raising the possibility of Obama's mother having given up his U.S. citizenship.

Any subsequent U.S. citizenship then, the case claims, would be "naturalized," not "natural-born."

WND has reported other challenges that have been raised in Ohio, Connecticut, Washington, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Georgia and Hawaii.

Vatican Official Warns of "War" Between Obama Administration and Catholic Church

From LifeSiteNews.com
By John-Henry Westen

The possible signing of the Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA) by President-Elect Barack Obama would be "the equivalent of a war" an unnamed senior Vatican official recently told TIME magazine.

The startling comments make the second time this week that a Vatican official has forthrightly and in the strongest language condemned Obama's extreme policies on abortion. Speaking at the Catholic University of America a few days ago, Vatican Cardinal James Stafford labeled Obama's anti-life policies as "aggressive, disruptive, and apocalyptic," also noting that, "On November 4, 2008, America suffered a cultural earthquake" (see coverage: http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/nov/08111703.html ).

With Catholic, but outspokenly pro-abortion individuals occupying two prominent positions (Joseph Biden as vice president and Tom Daschle as Health and Human Services Secretary) the specter of public excommunication or denial of communion for prominent members of the Obama Administration has arisen.

The focus of the Vatican’s concern, FOCA, is a bill that would do away with state laws on abortion, including laws mandating parental involvement, or banning partial birth abortion. FOCA would also compel taxpayer funding of abortions, and, of greatest concern to Bishops, would force faith-based hospitals and healthcare facilities to perform abortions.

Obama has in the past said that he would make signing FOCA one of the highest priorities of his presidency.

Last week at the meeting of US Bishops in Baltimore, Cybercast News Service asked Chicago Cardinal Francis George, the current president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, if voting for FOCA would bring a penalty of automatic excommunication for Catholic politicians. The Cardinal did not rule it out.

"The excommunication is automatic if that act is in fact formal cooperation, and that is precisely what would have to be discussed once you would see the terms of the act itself," responded Cardinal George. When asked for more, he added: "The categories in moral theology about cooperating in evil, which make you complicit in the evil even though you don't do it yourself, are material cooperation, which is usually remote and therefore doesn't involve you in the moral action except in a very auxiliary and minor way, and formal cooperation, which would involve you even though you are not doing it, in the way that makes you culpable.

"So we would have to take a look at each case, and at each law, to determine whether or not the cooperation is material or formal. We've never done that."

Cardinal George has, however, personally analyzed FOCA and expressed his grave concerns about the legislation. In a message to the Obama Administration at the end of the USCCB meeting George wrote on FOCA, saying it would, "outlaw any ‘interference’ in providing abortion at will. It would deprive the American people in all fifty states of the freedom they now have to enact modest restraints and regulations on the abortion industry. FOCA would coerce all Americans into subsidizing and promoting abortion with their tax dollars. It would counteract any and all sincere efforts by government and others of good will to reduce the number of abortions in our country."

The Cardinal added: "FOCA would have an equally destructive effect on the freedom of conscience of doctors, nurses and health care workers whose personal convictions do not permit them to cooperate in the private killing of unborn children. It would threaten Catholic health care institutions and Catholic Charities." (see coverage: http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/nov/08111209.html )

In light of this possible attempt to revoke conscience rights under the Obama administration, Catholic League president Bill Donohue has urged President Bush to enact regulations, already in draft for months, which would protect the rights of doctors, nurses and health workers from being discriminated against if they refuse to perform or assist in abortions, as well as other morally contentious procedures. "At stake are the religious rights of these professionals," said Donohue.

"To put it differently, were FOCA to become law (it needs to be reintroduced in the House), the culture war that the Vatican official was referring to would come to a boiling point," he warned. "In practical terms, this would mean the closure of every Catholic hospital in the nation: No bishop is going to stand by and allow the federal government to dictate what medical procedures must be performed in Catholic hospitals. Make no mistake about it, the bishops would shut down Catholic hospitals before acquiescing in the intentional killing of an innocent child. Were this to happen, it would not only cripple the poor, it would cripple the Obama administration."

Donohue concluded: "It is for reasons like these that the Catholic League urges President Bush to move with dispatch in instituting rules protecting the religious rights of all health care workers. If Obama wants to undo them, it will set up a confrontation he will surely regret."

See the TIME article:
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1859856,00.htm...

See the Cybercast News article:
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=14369

The Next Time: Huckabee's Book Tour

From GOP Catholics

Perhaps the reason for some of the negative headlines about Huckabee's new book, Do The Right Thing, has to do with a simple fact.

The GOP leadership knows Huckabee is the biggest threat to insider politicians like Mitt Romney for 2012 and wants to stop him before the nomination literally starts falling Huckabee's way.

The leaders of the social conservative movement who helped nominate the closet liberal John McCain by refusing to help one of their own in Mike Huckabee, have realized their mistake of presuming to know who was "viable" and who was "not."

This time around, the conservatives in the party will know whom to support and avoid the fracturing which almost destroyed them during the last primaries. We must show out in force for Mike Huckabee's upcoming national book tour and show the GOP leadership and the media whom we the people want as our next nominee.

For those of you living in Iowa, Florida, Georgia, Virginia, Texas, and North Carolina and South Carolina, I would especially urge you to come out and show your support for Huckabee in these very important primary states.

Alabama
Birmingham, AL
Monday, 12/11 - 12:00-1:00 PM
Books A Million / Brockwood Village, 757 Brockwood Village, Birmingham, AL 35209
(205)870-0213

Alabama
Dothan, AL
Saturday, 11/29 - 8:00-9:00 AM
Books A Million, Northside Mall, 3489 Ross Clark Circle #54, Dothan, AL 36303
(334)712-1341

Arkansas
Bentonville, AR
Friday, 11/21 - 7:00-9:00 PM
Sam's Club** Free Pass, 3500 Southeast Club Blvd., Bentonville, AR 72712
(479)621-5537

Arkansas
El Dorado, AR
Tuesday, 11/25 - 8:00-9:00 PM
Walmart Supercenter, 2730 Northwest Ave., El Dorado, AR 71730
(870)862-2128

Arkansas
Ft. Smith, AR
Wednesday, 11/26 - 12:00-1:00 PM
Books A Million (Pavilions Store), 4145 Phoenix Ave., Ft. Smith, AR 72903
(479)484-5833

Arkansas
Little Rock, AR
Wednesday, 11/26 - 6:00-8:00 PM
Barnes & Noble,11500 Financial Ctr Pkwy., Little Rock, AR 72211
(501)954-7646

Florida
Brandon, FL
Sunday, 12/7 - Church Signing
Bell Shoals Baptist Church, 2102 Bell Shoals Rd., Brandon, FL 33511
(813)689-4229

Florida
Orlando, FL
Monday, 12/8 - 12:00-1:00 PM
Barnes & Noble, Colonial Plaza Market Center, 2418 East Colonial Drive, Orlando, FL 32803
(407)894-6024

Florida
Panama City, FL
Friday, 11/28 - 5:00-6:00 PM
Borders Super Store, 15575 Starfish Dr., Panama City Beach, FL 32413
(850)636-3181

Florida
Pensacola, FL
Friday, 11/28 - 8:00-9:00 PM
Barnes & Noble, The Cordova Crossing, 1200 Airport Blvd., Pensacola, FL 32504
(850)969-9554

Florida
Sarasota, FL
Friday, 11/28 - 7:00-8:00 AM
Books A Million, Gulf Gate Mall, 6591 S. Tamiami Trial, Sarasota, FL 34231
(941)922-7804

Florida
Southwest Ranches, FL
Sunday, 12/7 - Church Signing
Abundant Living Ministries, 14221 SW 72nd St., Southwest Ranches, FL 33330
Phone TK

Florida
Tampa, FL
Friday, 11/28 - 9:00-10:00 AM
Inkwood Books, 216 S Armenia Ave., Tampa, FL 33609
(813)253-2638

Florida
The Villages, FL
Friday, 11/28 - 11:30 AM-12:30 PM
Barnes & Noble, Lake Sumter Market Square, 1055 Old Camp Rd., The Villages, FL 32162
(352)430-3029

Georgia
Albany, GA
Saturday, 11/2912:00-1:00 PM
Books A Million, Albany Mall, 2601 Dawson Rd, Ste 3, Albany, GA 31707
(229)889-0507

Georgia
Macon, GA
Saturday, 11/29/083:00-4:00 PM
Barnes & Noble, The Shoppes at River Crossing, 5080 Riverside Dr., Macon, GA 31210
(478)474-0161

Georgia
Norcross, GA / Atlanta, GA
Sunday, 11/30 - Church Signing
Victory World Church, 5905 Brook Hollow Parkway, Norcross, GA 30071
(770)849-9400

Iowa
Cedar Rapids, IA
Thursday, 11/20 - 12:00-1:00 PM
Barnes & Noble, Northland Square, SC333 Collins Rd NE, Bldg 1, Cedar Rapids, IA 52402
(319)393-4800

Iowa
Des Moines, IA
Thursday, 11/206:00-8:00 PM
Sam's Club ** Free Pass, 1101 73rd St., Des Moines, IA 50311
(515)255-2252

Kansas
Kansas City, MO
Friday, 11/21 - 12:00-1:00 PM
Rainy Day Books, Unity Temple On The Plaza, 707 W. 47th Street, Kansas City, MO 64112
(913)384-3126

Kentucky
Lexington, KY
Tuesday, 12/22 - 12:00-1:00 PM
Joseph Beth, 161 Lexington Green Circle #B, Lexington, KY 40503
(859)273-2911

Louisiana
Bossier City, LA / Shreveport, LA
Tuesday, 11/25 - 12:00-1:00 PM
Walmart Supercenter, 2536 Airline Dr., Bossier City, LA 71111
(318)747-0173

Michigan
Birmingham, MI / Detroit, MI
Wednesday, 12/3 - 12:00-1:00 PM
Borders, 34300 Woodward, Birmingham, MI 48009
(248)203-0005

Michigan
Grand Rapids, MI
Wednesday, 12/3 - 7:30-8:30 PM
Schuler Books (Grand Rapids), 2660 28th St SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49512
(616)942-2561

Michigan
Lansing, MI
Wednesday, 12/3 - 5:00-6:00 PM
Schuler Books (Eastwood), Eastwood Towne Center, 2820 Towne Center Blvd., Lansing, MI 48912
(517)316-7495

Mississippi
Oxford, MS
Monday, 12/1 - 5:00-6:00 PM
Square Books, 160 Courthouse Square, Oxford, MS 38655
(662)236-2262

Missouri
Springfield, MO
Friday, 11/21 - 4:00-5:00 PM
Barnes & Noble, 3055 South Glenstone, Springfield, MO 65804
(417)885-0026

Ohio
Cincinnati, OH
Tuesday, 12/2 - 5:00-6:00 PM
Joseph Beth, 2692 Madison Rd., Cincinnati, OH 45208
(513)396-8960

Ohio
Columbus, OH
Tuesday, 12/2 - 8:00-9:00 PM
Barnes & Noble, Easton Town Center, 4005 Townsfair Way, Columbus, OH 43219
(614)476-8480

Oklahoma
Edmond, OK / Oklahoma City, OK
Saturday, 11/22 - 11:00 AM-12:00 PM
Best of Books, Kickingbird Sq, 1313 E Danforth Rd., Edmond, OK 73034
(405)340-9202

Oklahoma
Tulsa, OK
Saturday, 11/22 - 7:00-8:00 AM
Barnes & Noble, Southroads Shopping Center, 5231 East 41st St., Tulsa, OK 74135
(918)665-4580

South Carolina
Aiken, SC
Saturday, 12/6 - 1:00-2:00 PM
Walmart Supercenter, 2035 Whiskey Rd., Aiken, SC 29803
(803)648-9197

South Carolina
Columbia, SC
Saturday, 12/6 - 3:00-4:00 PM
Books A Million, Harbison Shopping Center, 275-1 Harbison Blvd., Columbia, SC 29212
(803)749-9378

South Carolina
Greenville, SC
Friday, 12/5 - 6:00-7:30 PM
Costco, 1021 Woodruff Rd., Greenville, SC 29607
(864)297-2560

South Carolina
Rock Hill, SC
Saturday, 12/6 - 9:00-10:00 AM
Books A Million, Manchester Village, 540 John Ross Parkway, Rock Hill, SC 29730
(803)985-5362

South Carolina
Spartanburg, SC
Friday, 12/5 - 8:00-9:00 PM
Sam's Club** Free Pass, 200 Peachwood Centre Dr., Spartanburg, SC 29301
(864)574-3480

Tennessee
Chattanooga, TN
Sunday, 11/30 - 3:00-4:00 PM
Books A Million, Hamilton Village, 2020 Gunbarrel Rd, Ste 205-A, Chattanooga, TN 37421
(423)894-1690

Tennessee
Memphis, TN
Monday, 12/1 - 8:00-9:00 PM
Davis Kidd, 387 Perkins Road Extended, Memphis, TN 38117
(901)683-9801

Tennessee
Nashville, TN
Sunday, 11/30 - 6:00-7:00 PM
Davis Kidd, The Mall at Green Hills, 2121 Green Hills Village Dr, Ste 281, Nashville, TN 37215
(615)385-2645

Texas
Amarillo, TX
Sunday, 11/23 - Church Service
Address TK
Phone TK

Texas
Arlington, TX
Saturday, 11/22 - 5:00-6:00 PM
Costco, 600 West Arbrook Blvd., Arlington, TX, 76014
(817)417-1603

Texas
College Station, TX
Monday, 11/24 - 12:00-1:00 PM
Barnes & Noble, Lone-Star Pavilion, 711 Texas Ave., College Station, TX 77840
(979)764-8955

Texas
Dallas, TX
Saturday, 11/22 - 7:00-8:00 PM
Borders, 10720 Preston Rd., Dallas, TX 75230
(214)363-1977

Texas
Houston, TX
Monday, 11/24 - 8:00-9:00 PM
Books a Million (Pavilions Store),1201 Main St., Houston, TX 77002
(713)353-5496

Texas
Killeen, TX
Sunday, 11/23 - 6:00-7:00 PM
Hastings Books, 2200 E Veterans Memorial, Killeen, TX, 76549
(254)680-5313

Texas
Lubbock, TX
Sunday, 11/23 - 2:00-3:00 PM
Barnes & Noble, 6707 Slide Rd., Lubbock, TX 79424
(806)798-8990

Texas
San Antonio, TX
Thursday, 12/11 - 2:00-3:00 PM
Barnes & Noble,18030 HWY 281N, Ste #140, San Antonio, TX 78232
(210)490-0411

Texas
Texarkana, TX
Tuesday, 11/25 - 5:00-6:00 PM
Books A Million, Central Mall, 3501 Mall Dr., Texarkana, TX 75503
(903)838-3848

Texas
The Woodlands, TX
Monday, 11/24 - 5:00-6:00 PM
Barnes & Noble, The Woodlands Mall, 1201 Lake Woodlands Dr, #3008, The Woodlands, TX 77381
(281)465-8744

Virginia
Arlington, VA / Washington, DC
Wednesday, 11/19 - 12:00-1:00 PM
Costco, Pentagon City, 1200 South Fern St., Arlington, VA 22202
(703)413-2324

Virginia
Bristol, VA
Friday, 12/5 - 12:00-1:00 PM
Books a Million, 16700 Highlands Center Blvd., Bristol, VA 24202
(276)669-2115

Virginia
Lynchburg, VA
Thursday, 12/45:30-6:30 PM
Barnes & Noble, Wards Crossing, 4024-C Wards Rd., Lynchburg, VA 24502
(434)239-8688

Virginia
Roanoke, VA
Thursday, 12/4 - 8:00-9:00 PM
Books a Million, Cross Roads Mall, 1515 Hershberger Rd., Roanoke, VA 24012
(540)366-6682

West Virginia
Charleston, WV
Thursday, 12/4 - 12:00-1:00 PM
Books a Million, Dudley Farms Plaza, 212 RHL Blvd., Charleston, WV 25309
(304)746-2984

Bad Omen for Border Security: Napolitano May Run DHS

From American Patrol Report

According to the Arizona Republic, "Gov. Janet Napolitano is President-elect Barack Obama's choice to lead the Department of Homeland Security, multiple news agencies reported late Wednesday."

Napolitano opposes the border fence and supports a guest worker program.

There is very strong evidence that the border fence has helped cut smuggling to such a degree that Mexican drug cartels are fighting over remaining corridors. "The drug cartel war in Mexico is the direct result of our border security measures, especially fences and barriers, and, as we finished the job, they will eventually burn themselves out," said Glenn Spencer of APR.

"Americans will find it difficult to believe that Obama would push a guest worker program when millions of them are unemployed, but that looks like where we're headed," Spencer said.

"This is a very bad omen for the people of Arizona and the entire nation," Spencer said. "I now understand why the Arizona Republic ran a ridiculous report that ladders were being used on the border," he said.

Spencer said American Border Patrol would work to get its border assessment report to the Senate Committee that will consider Napolitano's appointment.