Good afternoon.

These days, America is hearing a lot about civil rights. And I believe deeply that America must always be making sure it is protecting the civil rights of its citizens.

After all, we affirmed this purpose in our Declaration of Independence. “All men are created equal, [and] they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights.”

These words can only mean one thing. God endows mankind with rights, and it is the duty of America to defend those rights for its citizens.

Today, I cast my eyes a century back, to the struggle for civil rights. I look at that chapter of America’s history, and what it teaches us.

And I look for heroes, people whose example inspire us today – and give us hope for tomorrow.

I don’t have to look far.

Booker T. Washington was born in 1856, the son of a slave woman named Jane. His father was a white plantation owner. He began life at the lowest rung of the ladder in America.

But he rose quickly up that ladder. And by his own efforts, he became America’s premier voice for full civil rights in his time.

He founded the Tuskegee Institute. He was a champion for the legal challenges to Jim Crow. He attracted the financial support of John Rockefeller, Julius Rosenwald and others, so that Southern blacks could build good schools.

He was an adviser to presidents, and they listened to his advice.

And over the course of his lifetime, he planted the seeds that became the civil rights movement of Martin Luther King Jr.

He was a giant and he taught us important lessons about what for civil rights really means.

Booker T. Washington understood the realities of his time. He knew there were bigots and racists all over America. In the South AND in the North.

He was not naïve. And he knew that the fight for equality would take generations.

There were four things he focused on. Four things that he said would lead to full civil rights for blacks. Four things that he said black Americans had to do.

Industry. That means work and invention. And so he trained generations of black Americans, men and women both, to be trained engineers, architects and other skilled professions. That way, white America would see that black Americans would work hard. He also wanted black Americans to see the dignity and reward that comes with hard work.

Thrift. That meant savings and investment. Booker T. Washington saw that communities that didn’t invest in themselves went nowhere. So when someone wanted to build schools in Southern black communities, he insisted that half the money came from the community. The lesson was clear: When a community contributes to its own future, it has a future.

Intelligence. One of the great sins of racism was the theory that blacks were not as smart as whites. This view persists among bigots today. Washington knew that the only way to fight that falsehood was with truth – so he made sure black Americans could learn … and learn well. He was an educator all his life, because he believed that intelligence means power. He was right.

Property. Black Americans sometimes didn’t own property because they couldn’t. But sometimes, they wouldn’t. He insisted that blacks exercise their property rights because he knew that citizenship begins with the right of a man to own something. In property there is freedom.

I think of these lessons because they apply today.

They apply to all of us. Even those of us who think of our civil rights as secure.

If we don’t demonstrate industry… practice thrift… develop our intelligence… and assert our rights to private property, what claim do we have to freedom?

What good are civil rights if we don’t act as good citizens?

Liberty and freedom and dignity may be guaranteed to us. But we still have to use our rights.

God does not grant us equal rights so that we can do nothing. He wants us to be his agents of freedom.

Booker T. Washington knew that civil rights are not bestowed by man. They are earned. And they are earned not once, in one generation, but every day, by every generation. Every American must understand that the strength and durability of their civil rights depend on what they do with their lives.

That’s how this country became great. That’s how black Americans won what was their right. And that is how we will see better tomorrows.

Thank you, may God bless you and may God bless the Republic.

You know the answer to that question – a resounding ‘no’. In fact, they are probably the most catered to because of all the PC dolts after 9/11 who thought Americans would just start beating muslims on the streets. That of course didn’t happen, but that hasn’t stopped radicals from declaring a war on Muslims… how big do their exaggerations go?

Zead Ramadan, President of CAIR-NY, said:

Intolerant extremist voices come out and it seems as they come out in the times of elections because some groups think that they can get large groups of religious followers to side with them if they say negative things about other people. And the easiest target, the minority, the easiest target has been the Muslim people. In Nazi Germany, they targeted the minority, the Jewish minority, and unfortunately it went from only philosophy to rhetoric to action. And that’s not where we want to go in America

“This is the head of CAIR. Who’s he speaking to? Iranian TV. Okay. So he’s saying now that the easiest target in America is the American Muslim. That’s the most ridiculous noncommon sense thing I’ve ever heard. That’s the easiest target in America? No, it’s not. That’s one of the most protected targets in America. That’s a protected minority,” Glenn said.

Who is it easier to target? The media seems to have no problem taking potshots at the Tea Party while protecting Islamic Extremists.

“CAIR is growing in influence. CAIR is infiltrated all of our media, CAIR has infiltrated our government, our Pentagon. CAIR is a front group for the Muslim Brotherhood. I’m convinced of it. They have’s unindicted co‑conspirators. That’s not me saying that. That’s a federal judge in the Holy Land trial. They are not friends of the United States but they are friends of this administration. This administration is putting Muslim Brotherhood members into our own Department of Defense, into our Homeland Security, into the TSA,” Glenn said.

Glenn emphasized, however, that there is a stark contrast between the majority of practicing Muslims in America and the Islamic Extremists who want to see the downfall of the West. Early in the monologue, he said that many of these practicing Muslims are ignored when they call out extremists and fundamentalists in their faith as dangers, a point he made again later.

“I don’t know anybody who hates Muslims. I do know a lot of people that hate people that want to blow us up. They want to blow up shopping malls or office buildings or want to put Sharia law and replace our Constitution. I know a lot of people that hate that,” Glenn said.

But still, many of these extremists are gaining power and influence with this administration. Is that the kind of change you wanted four years ago?

The media is obsessed with a story about Mitt Romney supposedly attacking a fellow student in high school. Now the media, is trying to claim that the victim was gay and it’s a sign that Romney hates homosexuals and they all better file behind Obama or else. But neither Mitt Romney nor the victim’s family (he’s now deceased) can verify if it’s even true. Meanwhile, they are ignoring stories about the ties that Bill Clinton, John Kerry, and Barack Obama all have to Communists and Socialists in their past. These guys ALL have or had access to vital classified information. What’s that all about? Glenn explains and gives his reaction on radio.

So a few years ago Glenn started saying that he was convinced that Hillary Clinton would end up being the Democratic candidate for President in 2012. But Glenn’s running out of time to make his prediction come true – and today Stu finally called him out on it. So how long did it take Glenn to find a way to get Hillary in the Presidential seat if she isn’t at the top of the ticket in November?

“It took me about two seconds,” Glenn joked about the challenge.

“And here it is. This is something that is really bothering me and I haven’t figured it out yet. But what’s bothering me is have you noticed the press is all of a sudden doing their job? All of a sudden the press is saying ‑‑ I can’t say they’re doing their job. They’re kind of doing their job. They’re standing up for, like, an unfair attack ad on Mitt Romney. What? Wait a minute. Ashleigh Banfield, MSNBC is standing up against a Barack Obama ad that is so wildly out of step, so wildly out of step with the truth and dignity and honor that it’s amazing. And all of a sudden they’re coming out? CNN has come out and done, you know, “Hey, this president is a little out of control.” Really? All of a sudden now? So that’s bothered me.”

“Yesterday Bill Clinton was out campaigning ‑‑ remember this ‑‑ campaigning for Barack Obama. Now, you’re not kind of neutral on somebody that you’re out campaigning for, right? Am I right? Think about it. You’re not neutral. You’re clearly saying you’ve got to vote for this guy. What did he do? Yesterday he’s like, ‘Look, you’ve got to vote for this guy and, you know, even though on his economic policies, woof, boy, I really disagree with him on that. I mean, look what he’s doing with the debt. Who runs up this kind of debt?’ Wait a minute. Hold on. You’re off script here.”

“Now Bill Clinton knows exactly what he’s doing. Bill Clinton is no man’s dummy,” Glenn said.

Glenn also mentioned that Van Jones has come out and admitted that he hasn’t spoken up about the BP oil spill because Obama was President.

Jones has said, “You’ve never seen the environmental movement more quiet during an oil spill. I guarantee you if John McCain had been president, with that oil spill, or George Bush had been president with that oil spill, I’d have been out there with a sign protesting. I didn’t, because of who the president was.”

“I don’t think they’re all being honest all of a sudden,” Glenn explained.

Instead, Glenn thinks that by calling out the President they are going to force him to be the President they want him to be. This is a strategy Van Jones endorsed in his new book.

But in addition to forcing the President to the extreme (way way extreme) left, they are also making him look weak.

“You make him so weak and you put him behind in the polls and you’ve tried all your game‑changer things and they’re not working,” Glenn said. He specifically mentioned the gay marriage announcement as a game changing move that didn’t catch fire with the American public.

So what’s left? Push out Biden and name Hillary VP.

“So now what do you do? You come to the convention and you say, ‘Joe Biden, I’m sorry, but you’re insane. Hillary should be the (Vice President),’” Glenn said.

Now, is Glenn going to stake his career on this prediction? No. But is this one possible way that his yet to come true “Hillary as President in 2012″ prediction could happen? Sure. After all, this whole segment was about proving to Stu it’s still possible.

Now all Glenn has to do is come up with a NEW way for it to work after the convention.

Either way, let’s hope Barack Obama ends up a one term President no matter what!

In a scary bit of news from Europe (who would have thought it could get any worse?), several news outlets are reporting that a large number of Greek police officers have cast their support behind the Golden Dawn Party…aka the Nazis! Why? Glenn had the story and his reaction on radio.

“Only 3% of the American population is paying attention to this, but I’m grateful that you listen to this program because I know that you pay attention to this kind of stuff,” Glenn told the radio audience to kick off the segment.

“There’s two disturbing trends in Greece. One, by far the No. 1 party that was voted for by the police, the Nazis. So, it was ‑‑ the police unions and the police men are tired of the bull crap and tired of getting rocks to the head and so they were looking for somebody that will stop it and the No. 1 person that they voted for was the Nazi. That should be disturbing to most people, that the police would be the first to go to the Nazis. Why? They go because as we have said on this program, eventually people cry out for anybody who will make it stop and the police are the ones on the front lines and they’re, like. Somebody has got to stop these anarchists and these communists and they thought the one that would have the strength to do it would be the Nazis,” Glenn said.

Russia Today (yes, Putin’s propaganda outlet) reported:

More than half of all police officers in Greece voted for the far-right ultra-nationalist party Golden Dawn – described by many as neo-Nazi – in the elections on May 6. This gave them a record 7 per cent of the vote, securing 21 seats in parliament.

The analysis published by the country’s To Vima (The Tribune) newspaper reveals much of the contribution came from the country’s police officers.

The journalists studied the voting results in several constituencies in Athens, where 5,000 police officers in service in the Greek capital cast their ballots.

At some polling stations, the party obtained a striking 19 to 24 per cent of votes. According to the newspaper, at the 11 polling stations (numbered from 806 to 816) located near the police station Ellas, the neo-Nazis received most votes. The four polling stations located near the riot police station MAT, used by the police, recorded percentages of between 13 and 19.

The newspaper underlines these figures are impressive.

Based on the electoral lists, 550 to 700 people voted at each of these voting stations, of which 20 to 30 per cent were police officers.

The newspaper then calculated that 45 to 59 per cent of police officers voted for Golden Dawn.

The ultra-nationalist Golden Dawn, whose flag closely resembles the Nazi swastika, got a share of around 7 per cent of the vote, which threw it from obscurity to winning 21 seats in parliament – the first time to pass the threshold to enter the legislative body.

What’s the other disturbing trend?

“So, here’s a country that is a relatively small country.  Now, imagine if the New York City ‑‑ half of the New York City area had a run on the bank, what kind of ripple it would send and spread out.  If they ‑‑ half of New York City decided, ‘We’ve got to take our money out of the bank’, imagine what that would send the next day to the rest of the country, if half of New York said, ‘Get your money out of the bank’, and there was a run on the bank and they took out a million dollars in savings.  That’s what happened yesterday, a billion dollars taken out of the banks from those ‑‑ from 11 million people in Greece, 11 million people, enough of them went to the bank yesterday to cause a run on the banks and take a billion dollars out.  That’s not going to last long.”

“There’s a run on the bank and the signals are being sent now, prepare for an impact now, put your seat in the upright position and secure your tray tables because the Euro is coming apart and coming down.”

“What you remember, thank goodness, is we told you it would happen and now it is and so you’re prepared, but what everybody else is failing to tell you is not only what’s really happening in Greece, what’s really happening in Europe, but now they no longer will remind you that as Europe goes, so do we.  It might help us for a short period of time, but the thing to do is be informed and ready to go because the world doesn’t end.  Jesus isn’t coming back.  I mean, well, he is, but I don’t know when he’s coming back and I prefer not to be planning my whole life around Jesus coming back.”

“Life goes on it.  It always does.  It went on in the 1930′s whether there was a crash in the United States and there was a crash in Europe.  Life goes on.  It just depends on what we look like at the end of it.”

How does this administration really believe that it can win in November? It’s as if they know something that we don’t know, along with a few things they wish we didn’t know, Glenn explained to listeners this morning – like a George Soros meeting in Florida on how to defeat Mitt Romney.

“There’s also something else, and every president controls three of these things, but Barack Obama has added a fourth,” Glenn said. “If you’re really good at playing ‘the game,’ this is how you win. This is how a president wins reelection.”

The first thing that Barack Obama controls is the calendar. Glenn pointed to the current debate about student loan interest rates as an example. The White House set up a win-win situation – either we cost ourselves close to a billion dollars in interests that would be lost and add another free giveaway, or the Republicans look like they’re against students, college, children and learning. And, they time this all to come up right before the election, setting up the opposing side to look bad.

The second thing that the president controls is events. “In other words, no matter what’s going on in the world, he can say, “Hey, look who’s going to look who’s going to Afghanistan today.”  And no matter what else is happening, no matter what the topic is, he now controls the news.  He now can put an event in that everybody’s got to pack up their crap and get onto a plane and go over to Afghanistan, and he controls the news cycle for at least a day,” Glenn explained.

The military is the third thing. Glenn explained that while he didn’t believe this, many people accused Bill Clinton of doing this. However, Barack Obama has practically been dancing all over the grave of Osama bin Ladin. His death has been used in campaign ads, campaign speeches, etc.

“So he controls the military and any military operation,” Glenn explained. “That’s a big deal, especially when a country is at war, or the world is on the precipice. What happens to a presidential rating if all of a sudden we’ve got to go to war or something happens overseas, and we’ve got to look tough?”

The final thing that Barack Obama controls, and has never been controlled by a United States – the press. “The president has never controlled the press, but this one does. This one has them so spooked, so mesmerized, and so in the bag that he can pretty much count on the press to help him in every possible way,” Glenn said.

“So the things that you have to be aware of with this president and really any president, but this one especially when it comes to this time in an election, the things that he can control: the calendar, spontaneous quote/unquote events, the military, and the press,” Glenn said.

“Mitt Romney has a huge uphill battle, huge uphill battle and so do we. The thing that we talked about in our morning meeting today is how many people voted for Barack Obama that will not vote for him this time. He’s lost a lot of people.”

President Obama has lost millions of voters that pulled the lever for him over ‘hope and change.’ “Every poll shows that,” Stu said. “He’s not going to get the same percentage, at least not at this point.”

“Hot many has he gained?” Glenn asked. “How many are like, ‘I voted for John McCain last time but I’m going to go for Barack Obama.  He’s kind of changed my mind’.”

That answer is a fairly obvious ‘none,’ Glenn noted.  President Obama is still pulling from the same group of people, and many of his supporters are abandoning him. “So what is he going to do to win?” Glenn asked.

On top of the four things Glenn noted that the President controls, he also controls our perception of things.  Glenn noted what the administration is doing with jobless number. They pull the number from their computers, where they control what numbers are used in the equations.

“I mean, they control the stats and the way we look at stats, before it’s given to the press.  Mitt Romney has got to get the people who didn’t vote last time plus the people who did vote plus the ones that were so disenfranchised,” Glenn told listeners. “Those guys are going to be hard to get.”

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Last week on GBTV, Glenn ran one of his most popular and important shows – an episode dedicated to peeling back the mask of Barack Obama. On what will be only the first in a series of specials that will focus on the President, Glenn focused on the lies that Obama and his inner circle have told in order to create the narrative of a man who represents hope and change – when nothing could be further from the truth. Barack Obama’s story as told by the media has been one of half-truths, cover ups, and outright lies. His story is a fairy tale to help accomplish one thing: the fundamental transformation of the country.

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