Hello Everybody!

I have accepted a new assignment with JBS and now serve in the capacity as Executive Director of Freedom Generation (our youth outreach program). As such I have moved to Appleton, WI. I will still monitor the group but it would be helpful if someone could serve as an assistant to monitor and add content to the group.

Let me know if you can help out.

Sincerely,

Sam

Wishing everybody a great Independence Day! God Bless America!

I'll be in North Hollywood tonight at "America's Economic Meltdown" presented by John McManus. Hope to see all my LA-area Birch friends there!

Three McManus Speaking events in Southern California! Be sure to RSVP today!

America's Economic Meltdown
Bailout, after bailout, after bailout!

When will it all stop!

What are the solutions?

What can you do?

Join John McManus as he clearly explains money, inflation, free market economics, and sound currency during his America's Economic Meltdown presentation.

Learn the solutions needed to take us out of this mess and create a better tomorrow for ourselves and future generations.

Mark your calendars and purchase tickets today. Tickets are limited and advanced reservations required!

Mr. John F. McManus serves as President of The John Birch Society and Publisher of The New American. He is known throughout the nation as a seasoned public speaker, writer, and an expert on the topic of the U.S. Constitution.

Date:

Friday, June 26, 2009

Location:

The Hilton Hotel San Bernardino
285 East Hospitality Lane
San Bernardino, CA 92408
(909) 889-0133

Check In:
7:15 PM

Program:
7:45 PM

Ticket Rates:

$10 (Advance Purchase)
$15 (At The Door)
$5 (Full time Students)
Buy 4 tickets and get the 5th one for free! (must be purchased all at the same time)

To reserve a ticket please contact:

Ed Nemechek
760-246-8059 or

Sam Antonio
(619) 585-1984
samantonio@att.net

Advanced reservations required, mail your check to:

Sam Antonio
374 E. H Street #A PMB 207
Chula Vista, CA 91910-7496

America is in dire straights…facing hard economic times not seen since the Great Depression.

Even with increasing government stimulus packages and interventions, the reality is that unemployment continues to rise; families face tougher times; and retirement funds are being ransacked.

How did we get here? How will America get through these times? And what can each of us do to make a difference?

Get the answers you need, at a special presentation called “America’s Economic Meltdown”, Thursday, June 25th, 7PM, at the Beverly Garland Holiday Inn, in North Hollywood.

This special evening is presented by John McManus (President of the John Birch Society and author of “Overview of America” and “Dollars and Sense”.)

There is hope. Don’t miss “America’s Economic Meltdown”, Thursday, June 25th, in North Hollywood.

For ticket information and a free “Dollars and Sense” DVD, call
818-421-65-84 or email dollarsdvd@gmail.com.

Article from the San Francisco Chronicle. In a recent article in the Wall Street Journal Shelby Steele asks the question: How does a "post-racialist" president play identity politics?

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Judge Sonia Sotomayor once described herself as "a product of affirmative action" who was admitted to two Ivy League schools despite scoring lower on standardized tests than many classmates, which she attributed to "cultural biases" that are "built into testing."

On another occasion, she aligned with conservatives who take a limited view of when international law can be enforced in U.S. courts. But she criticized conservative objections to recent Supreme Court rulings that mention foreign law as being based on a "misunderstanding."

Those comments were among a trove of videos dating back nearly 25 years that shed new light on Sotomayor's views. She provided the videos to the Senate Judiciary Committee last week as it prepares for her Supreme Court confirmation hearing next month.

The clips include lengthy remarks about her experiences as an "affirmative action baby" whose lower test scores were overlooked by admissions committees at Princeton University and Yale Law School because, she said, she is Latino and had grown up in poor circumstances.

"If we had gone through the traditional numbers route of those institutions, it would have been highly questionable if I would have been accepted," she said on a panel of three female judges from New York who were discussing women in the judiciary. The video is dated "early 1990s" in Senate records.

Her comments came in the context of explaining why she thought it was "critical that we promote diversity" by appointing more women and minority judges, and they provoked objections among other panelists who pointed out that she graduated summa cum laude from Princeton and had been an editor on Yale's law journal.

But Sotomayor insisted that her test scores were subpar - "though not so far off the mark that I wasn't able to succeed at those institutions." Her scores have not been made public.

"With my academic achievement in high school I was accepted rather readily at Princeton and equally as fast at Yale, but my test scores were not comparable to that of my classmates," she said. "And that's been shown by statistics, there are reasons for that - there are cultural biases built into testing, and that was one of the motivations for the concept of affirmative action to try to balance out those effects."

Sotomayor's approach to affirmative action has been the subject of intense scrutiny. Conservatives have criticized her remarks in speeches that her personal experiences will influence her judging.

We had a great Seminar and Council Dinner in Costa Mesa, CA this past weekend! I'll be posting some photos in the next couple of days.

Chase/J.P. Morgan and Chrysler are both "Corporate sponcers" to the CFR,
and yet Chase is trying to liquidate Chrysler.
The infighting amongst the CFR membership is interesting.

Wall Street Journal Headline: Obama Outlines Plans for GM, Chrysler.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123841609048669495.html

So the Obama administration ousts GM Chief Executive Rick Wagoner. What's next for the Obama administration? Will they be designing your next car?!

Let me hear your thoughts...