Corsi on Talk Radio
by Robert Homesley

Dear Fellow Tea Partiers,

LONG LIVE AMERICA is on KCEO AM 1000 in San Diego and Orange counties from 8-10 p.m. and LIVE online at www.longliveamerica.com . Call in at (760) 931-1604 to be part of the show.

On Thurs., Aug. 4, LLA will be joined again by Jerome Corsi, Ph.D., to discuss Obama's obvious forgery/"new" birth certificate and the criminal investigation currently pending with the FBI.

Dr. Corsi is the victim of a complete media blackout, seeing as they cannot contest him on any factual level, just like Orly Taitz, yet they are both absolutely CORRECT. You will not hear Dr. Taitz or Dr. Corsi on television or mainstream talk radio. You will only get them on LLA and other independent stations. PLEASE TUNE IN!!!!  

Thank you and God Bless.

Robert Homesley
Long Live America Talk Radio

Congressional Roundup
Congressman Gary Miller, Representing California’s 42nd District

July 22, 2011

This Week in Congress:

Cut, Cap, and Balance – On Tuesday, July 19, the House approved H.R. 2560, the Cut, Cap, and Balance Act, by a vote of 234-190. The Cut, Cap, and Balance Act would limit discretionary budget authority to $1.019 trillion in FY 2012, a reduction of $30.38 billion below the FY 2011 amount. The bill would limit FY 2012 outlays to $1.224 trillion. Excluding funding for Defense, Homeland Security, and Military Construction/Veterans Affairs, discretionary budget authority for FY 2012 would be reduced below FY 2008 levels. However, these levels would serve as discretionary spending ceilings – not floors. This means Congress would still have the authority to lower discretionary spending even further. H.R. 2560 would provide for discretionary authority to be adjusted to $126 billion in FY 2012 for spending related to the global war on terrorism. In addition, the bill places caps on total spending after FY 2012 as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as estimated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), reaching 19.9 percent by fiscal year 2021. If spending caps are breached, automatic spending cuts would be implemented. Finally, the bill prohibits the Secretary of Treasury from increasing the debt limit until the Archivist of the United States transmits to the states a qualifying Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution that has been approved in both chambers of Congress and is ready to be presented to the states for ratification. Under the legislation, a qualifying amendment would include a balanced budget amendment containing a spending limitataion as a percentage of GDP and requires that any vote to increase taxess be approved by a two-thirds vote of the House and Senate.

FAA Reauthorization – On Wednesday, July 20, the House approved H.R. 2553 by a vote of 243-177. The Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2011 Part IV would extend through September 16, 2011, the authorities of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which are currently set to expire July 22, 2011. The bill extends the authority to expend funds from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund through September 17, 2011. In addition, the bill would authorize $3.38 billion to be appropriated for the Airport Improvement Program for the period beginning October 1, 2010 and ending September 16, 2011. The House recently approved a short-term extension by unanimous consent on June 24, 2011. On February 27, 2011, the Senate approved S. 232, a full FAA authorization bill by a vote of 87-8. The House approved an alternative version, H.R.658, the FAA Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2011, by a vote of 223-196 on April 1, 2011. A conference committee is expected to resolve differences between the two legislative proposals soon.

Consumer Financial Protection Reforms – On Thursday, July 21, the House approved H.R. 1315 by a vote of 241-173. The Consumer Financial Safety and Soundness Improvement Act of 2011 would establish a bipartisan, five-member Commission (consisting of a Chairman and four additional members) to carry out the duties that under current law fall to the unelected, unaccountable Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The bill also makes important structural reforms to the CFPB and improves the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) review process of the CFPB’s rulemaking. The bill also amends Section 1062 of the Dodd-Frank Act to delay any further transfer of powers to the CFPB until the date on which the Chair of the Commission of the Bureau is confirmed by the Senate. The CFPB was established by the Dodd-Frank Act as an independent agency within the Federal Reserve, but was designed in a manner that escapes oversight and accountability. Under current law, the CFPB’s director will have the sole authority to spend hundreds of millions of dollars without congressional approval and have sweeping authority to decide which financial products and services are available to consumers and job creators.

FY 2012 Legislative Branch Appropriations – On Friday, July 22 the House approved H.R. 2551 by a vote of 252-159. The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act of 2012 provides $3.32 billion in discretionary budget authority for all non-Senate Legislative Branch activities, which represents a decrease of $227 million, or 6.4 percent, from the FY 2011 enacted level and a decrease of $472 million, or 12.4 percent, from the President’s requested level. Traditionally, the House and Senate determine their own funding separately and concur with each other’s funding level in a conference committee. According to the House Report which accompanies the legislation, the Senate appropriations estimate is $1.058 billion, bringing the total amount of discretionary budget authority for all Legislative Branch activity to approximately $4.38 billion in FY 2012. H.R. 2551 reduces spending in this title by 9 percent from FY 2010 spending levels, returning this Subcommittee’s spending levels to $111 million below FY 09 levels. This marks the largest-ever, two-year reduction for this bill, totaling $329 million.

Next Week (for the week beginning July 25):

FY 2012 Department of Interior Appropriations — Next week, the House is scheduled to consider H.R. 2584, the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. The bill includes a total of $19.9 billion in funding for the agencies, nearly $2 billion below last year’s level, and $6 billion below the President’s FY 2012 funding request. It should also be noted the bill is $700 million below the FY 2008 spending level. The bill provides funding for a number of agencies, including the Department of Interior, the EPA, the Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the National Park Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Indian Health Service, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Smithsonian. The bill contributes to an overall level of discretionary budget authority of $1.019 trillion for FY 2012, a reduction of $30.3 billion below FY 2011.

Energy Security — The House is also expected to consider H.R. 1938, the North American-Made Energy Security Act. The bill would expedite a final decision on the Keystone XL pipeline, a project that would allow millions of barrels of Canadian oil supplies to flow into U.S. markets. Specifically, the legislation would require the President to issue a final Presidential Permit decision by November 1, 2011. Completion of the pipeline extension would increase America’s access to safe and secure energy supplies. The project would more than double the current pipeline’s capacity, bringing more than 1.2 million barrels per day into U.S. markets and creating more than 100,000 American jobs.

Protecting Jobs from Government — Finally, the House next week is scheduled to consider H.R. 2587, the Protecting Jobs from Government Interference Act. The bill would prohibit the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) from ordering an employer to restore or reinstate any work or employee, or from requiring investment in a particular plant or facility. This legislation is in response to a complaint filed in April 2011 by the NLRB against Boeing for its decision to locate a production facility in South Carolina – a right-to-work state. The NLRB is seeking to force the company to keep its production in Washington State, where the workforce is unionized. This bill will prevent federal bureaucrats from reversing business decisions of employers, giving them the certainty they need to expand and create new jobs.

Cut, Cap, and Balance

• Hitting the debt limit is just a symptom of the real problem – we have too much debt.
• By racking up a national debt of $14.3 trillion, Washington has mortgaged the future of every American child born today to the tune of $46,000.
• Over the last two years, Washington Democrats have recklessly pursued an ideological agenda that has accumulated more than $3.5 trillion in new debt.
• By the end of the year, our national debt will grow larger than our entire economy.
• Investors and job creators know that massive government spending and debt will inevitably lead to inflation, higher borrowing costs, and tax increases.
• These fears have the private sector playing defense, taking fewer risks, and creating fewer jobs.
• Raising the debt limit without a credible plan to get the budget into balance and restrict future government overspending will continue to hinder job creation and future economic growth.
• Washington’s refusal to deal with the debt has endangered America’s AAA credit rating
• According to credit rating agencies S%P and Moody’s, even if the debt limit is raised today, the U.S. will lose its AAA credit rating without real, long-term debt reduction.
• Cut, Cap, and Balance makes the essential cuts and reforms needed to get the debt under control and protect the economy from a loss of our stellar credit rating.
• Based on the Congressional Budget Office’s March baseline, the Cut, Cap, Balance Act saves $111 billion in Fiscal Year 2012 and around $5.8 trillion over ten years.
• The Act also enacts enforceable caps on spending to reduce the size of government. Breaking the caps triggers automatic spending cuts.
• Cut, Cap, and Balance would grant the President’s request for an increase in the debt limit only after Congress has cut up the nation’s credit cards by passing a Balanced Budget Amendment.
• 49 states currently have some form of requirement to balance their budgets – and so should the federal government.
• A Balanced Budget Amendment will force some much needed discipline on the federal government.
• While spending cuts made today can vanish tomorrow and promises to cut future spending can be broken, a Balanced Budget Amendment is permanent.
• Cut, Cap, and Balance finally forces Washington to do what families and businesses must do every day – balance the budget.
• Unfortunately, President Obama has stated that he would veto the Cut, Cap and Balance Act. In fact, he has said, “we don’t need a constitutional amendment to do our jobs.” This President clearly does. Since he took office in January 2009, the debt has soared by $3.7 trillion.
• To put that into perspective – it took the United States from 1776 to 1992 to accumulate the same amount of debt that President Obama has accumulated in two and a half years.
• Now is the time to act. America cannot afford to wait any longer.
• Cut, Cap, and Balance will create a future of better opportunities for our children.
• Paying down the debt will mean lower taxes, more jobs, and a brighter future for hardworking American families.

Reforming the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

• The Dodd-Frank Act created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) as an independent agency within the Federal Reserve – ensuring that there would be virtually no oversight of this powerful new bureaucracy.
• Its status within the Fed precludes presidential oversight, and thee Fed is by law prohibited from “intervening” in CFPB affairs. Furthermore, the CFPB budget is not subject to congressional oversight.
• Unlike most independent agencies, the CFPB is led by a single unelected, unaccountable Director with sweeping decision-making authority to ban certain financial services or products that consumers and small businesses may obtain from credit providers.
• While the Dodd-Frank Act does allow the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) to review rules issued by the agency, the requirements they must fulfill to do so make it nearly impossible.
• Currently, the FSOC may only review proposed CFPB rules if it would threaten the entire U.S. financial system, and a 2/3s of the FSOC must vote to overturn a CFPB rule.
• Beginning this week, the CFPB will assume consumer protection responsibilities from seven federal agencies despite the lack of a Senate-confirmed Director, as required by the Dodd-Frank Act
• The House approved this week H.R. 1315, a bill that will bring accountability, transparency, and oversight to the CFPB and make it less onerous to repeal rules that could endanger the U.S. financial system.
• The House bill replaces the CFPB director with a bipartisan commission of five members, who will be presidentially-appointed and subject to Senate confirmation.
• H.R. 1315 establishes a meaningful review process of CFPB rules, by requiring only a simple majority of the FSOC to stop proposed rules that endanger the safety and soundness of U.S. financial institutions.
• These important reforms will enhance consumer protection and promote certainty for our economy by ensuring that rules issued by the CFPB are consistent and do not endanger the safety and soundness of financial institutions.
• H.R. 1315 replaces the Dodd-Frank Act’s unaccountable agency led by an unelected bureaucrat with the authority to limit consumer choice, reduce credit to our nation’s job creators, and increase the cost of credit with a bipartisan commission that will ensure that different points of view are considered before rules are proposed or action is taken by the CFPB.
• While House Republicans support consumer protection, we do not need another unaccountable Administration credit “czar.”

Non-government Events

Following is a sampling of events and activities that are not funded by taxpayers or promoted by the Nanny State. Please support private enterprise.

Carden Academy, K-8, now enrolling for the fall term beginning Sept. 7, call for information and a tour of the school, 24741 Chrisanta Dr., Mission Viejo, (949) 458-1776, http://www.cardenacademy.com

U.S. Open of Surfing, extreme sports, concerts, events. Free and open to the public, Aug. 1-7, Huntington Beach, http://www.usopenofsurfing.com/info.cfm

First Thursdays Artwalk, Aug. 4. More than 40 Laguna Beach art galleries are participating in the 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. walk, with some offering refreshments. Free admission to the Laguna Art Museum, 5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m., (949) 683-6871, http://firstthursdaysartwalk.com

“Foreverland” Concert, a tribute to Michael Jackson, Lake Mission Viejo, Sat., Aug. 6, 7:30 p.m. Open only to Lake Association members and their guests. Concert hotline (949) 770-1313, ext. 311, http://www.lakemissionviejo.org

“Mystic Florals,” floral arrangements class, Aug. 10, 9:00 a.m., Sherman Gardens, 2647 E. Coast Highway, Newport Beach, (949) 673-2261, http://slgardens.org

Exhibit, “Class Works 2011,” through Aug. 19, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Founders Hall Art Gallery, 1st Floor, Soka University, 1 University Drive, Aliso Viejo, (949) 480-4000, http://www.soka.edu/news_events/events/default.aspx

“I Left My Heart” salute to the music of Tony Bennett, performances through Aug. 21, Laguna Playhouse, 606 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, (949)497-2787, http://www.lagunaplayhouse.com

45th Annual Sawdust Art Festival, through Aug. 28, 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., 935 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, (949) 494-3030, http://www.sawdustartfestival.org , and Art-A-Fair, through Aug. 28, 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Sun. – Thurs. and 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Fri.-Sat., 777 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, (949) 494-4514, http://www.art-a-fair.com

Arroyo Trabuco Golf Club and O’Neill’s Bar and Grill weekly schedule, Mon. – Kids Eat for Free; Tues. – Pizza & Vino; Fri. – Live Jazz; Sat. – Blues & Motown; Sun – Champagne Brunch. 26772 Avery Parkway, Mission Viejo, (949) 305-5100, http://arroyotrabuco.com/calendar.aspx

Michaels, 25310 Marguerite Parkway, (949) 770-5001, schedule of art and crafts classes can be found at http://www.michaels.com/Store-Events/store-events,default,pg.html

Farmers Market, San Juan Capistrano, Wednesdays from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Historic Town Center Park, (949) 493-4700.

Farmers Market, Laguna Hills, Fridays from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Laguna Hills Mall, (714) 573-0374.

Saddleback Lanes bowling alley, events throughout the week. Saddleback Lanes has been in business since 1974; great gathering place with special discounts for groups, 25402 Marguerite Pkwy, Mission Viejo, (949) 586-5300, http://www.saddlebacklanes.net

Movies, Edwards Kaleidoscope Stadium 10 in Mission Viejo, 27741 Crown Valley Pkwy, (949) 582-4020, get show times, watch movie trailers, see what's coming soon at
http://www.moviefone.com/theater/edwards-kaleidoscope-stadium-10/32/showtimes

Political and Government Events Calendar

El Toro Water District Community Advisory Group Meeting, Thurs., Aug. 4, 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., 24251 Los Alisos Blvd., Lake Forest, (949) 837-0660, http://www.etwd.com

South Orange County Republican Assembly, Thurs., Aug. 4, Sarducci’s Capistrano Depot, 26701 Verdugo Street, San Juan Capistrano. To attend the dinner before the meeting, arrive 5:30-6:15 p.m. The meeting begins at 7:00 p.m., featuring guest speaker Brad Dacus, president and founder of Pacific Justice Institute. RSVP to mdcthick@cox.net   or (949) 395-1049.

Concert, pianist Mary Au, Richard Nixon Library, Sun., Aug. 7, 2:00 p.m. No charge for admission. Doors open at 1:15 p.m. Refer to the website for updates. The Richard Nixon Foundation, 18001 Yorba Linda Blvd., Yorba Linda, (714) 364-1126, http://events.nixonfoundation.org/concerts

Capistrano Unified School District Board of Trustees, regular meeting, Mon., Aug. 8, 33122 Valle Road, San Juan Capistrano, agenda and supporting documentation are published on the website 72 hours prior to a meeting, (949) 234-9200, http://capousd.ca.schoolloop.com

Orange County Board of Supervisors, Tues., Aug. 9, 9:30 a.m., Board Hearing Room, First Floor, 333 W. Santa Ana Blvd., Santa Ana, (714) 834-3100. http://www.ocgov.com/ocgov/Government/Board%20of%20Supervisors

Rush Limbaugh Club of Orange County, Sat., Aug. 13, 8:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., breakfast meeting with guest speaker Brad Dacus of Pacific Justice Institute, Casta Del Sol Golf Club, 27601 Casta Del Sol Golf Club, Mission Viejo, RSVP to Joe Snyder by Aug. 10, (949) 487-5288 or limbaughcluboc@aol.com , http://www.rushlimbaughcluboc

Moulton Niguel Water District Board meeting Thurs., Aug. 18, 5:30 p.m., 27500 La Paz Road, Laguna Niguel, (949) 831-2500, http://www.mnwd.com/board-of-directors/agenda.aspx

Atlas PAC will host a Day at the Races, Sat., Aug. 27, Del Mar Race Track, 2260 Jimmy Durante Blvd., Del Mar, 12:30 p.m., transportation arrangements via train to Del Mar will be available, special guest speaker. Contact rsvp@atlaspac.org

South Orange County Community College District Board of Trustees, Mon., Aug. 29, Ronald Reagan Board of Trustees Room, Room 145, Health Sciences/District Offices Building, Saddleback College, 28000 Marguerite Parkway, Mission Viejo, (949) 582-4999, https://www.socccd.edu

Commemoration of 9-11 at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, Sept. 5 – Sept. 11, a week-long series of ceremonies, patriotic concerts and special displays commemorating the 9-11-01 terrorist attacks and the effort to combat global terrorism,18001 Yorba Linda Blvd., Yorba Linda, (714) 993-5075, : http://nixonfoundation.org

Saddleback Valley Unified School District board meeting is scheduled Tues., Sept. 13, 6:15 p.m., 25631 Peter Hartman Way, Mission Viejo,(949) 586-1234, http://www.svusd.k12.ca.us

Taste of Capo – save the date – Capistrano Valley High School, Oct. 21, 6:00 p.m., $15 presale and $20 at the door. More than 20 booths, good-size samples of food from each restaurant, 26301 Via Escolar, Mission Viejo, (949) 364-6100.

The Buzz

Wonder why taxes are so high? The salaries and benefits of just three city employees in Mission Viejo total $780,128. Two of the three are in the county’s top 10 in their category: 1) Mission Viejo city finance director, $263,709, 2) Mission Viejo community development director, $207,633, and 3) Mission Viejo city manager, $308,786.

1) http://taxdollars.ocregister.com/2011/06/29/who-has-the-highest-paid-city-finance-director/86707
2) http://taxdollars.ocregister.com/2011/07/14/oc-cities-paid-community-development-execs-6-4-million/88855
3) http://taxdollars.ocregister.com/2011/07/29/a-dozen-o-c-city-managers-hit-300k-plus-club/90419

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As the California Republican Assembly rights itself, some issues are still to be resolved. The Ladera Ranch unit has existed only on paper from the time of its 2006 inception. On July 23, CRA’s directors imposed a relatively light penalty on the master of “paper” units in Orange County, Scott Voigts of Lake Forest, http://www.rightondaily.com. The specifics of Voigts’ disservice to CRA have not been announced. The penalty was given prior to information coming out on a blog about the extent of the fraud in one of the phony units, Ladera Ranch.

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Blog writer Geoff Willis admitted in his comments last week that his name was put on the Ladera Ranch membership list without his knowledge, and he never became a member or paid dues. CRA records show Willis as a dues-paying member who was appointed as an alternate to the unit’s delegation at the CRA state convention in April. According to Willis’ blog comment, Greg Woodard asked him if he was “interested” in CRA, and Willis said yes. Somehow, Willis’ name mysteriously appeared as a paid member, and he mysteriously became an alternate.

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CUSD Supt. Joe Farley was formerly superintendent of the Anaheim Union High School District. The new Capo High School principal, Kevin Astor, was a co-worker of Farley’s in Anaheim. Astor’s merit will soon be known in his high-visibility position at Capo. His background, however, was known beforehand, and he has no experience as a high school principal. On July 1, CUSD hired Jason Allermann, another of Farley’s former co-workers in Anaheim, as the Dana Hills High School principal.

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A Capo news item has been reported by OC Weekly, the coach kickback scheme,
http://blogs.ocweekly.com/navelgazing/2011/07/cusd_confirms_elaborate_kickba.php . “In early May, a report from PBS SoCal shed light on a possible kickback scandal involving numerous OC high school and junior college athletic coaches, and a Laguna Niguel-based athletic equipment retailer. The receipts in a box labeled "Slush Fund" pointed to tens of thousands of dollars being overpaid for athletic equipment from Lapes Athletic Team Sales and then given back to the coaches.” The OC Register ran a similar article, http://m.ocregister.com/news/coaches-308203-district-capistrano.html

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Two coaches in CUSD were named in the district’s internal investigation, Chi Chi Biehn (a former Capo High coach and current social science teacher) and Eric Patton (a football coach at San Clemente High). A CUSD constituent commented, “Those who are allegedly involved are still on the job and in front of the kids when they could be on administrative leave. I want to compare this with the no-tolerance practice applied to students, such as allegations of cheating and computer hacking. I see students held to a higher standard than adults, and I am asking why. I am well aware the parents’goal is education for their children, and the district’s goal is about employment and benefits.”

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The Great Park of Irvine quickly became The Great Pork, and everything else is developing slowly. Mission Viejo activists participated in four initiatives, which took nearly a decade, to prevent the former El Toro Marine base from becoming a commercial airport. No one seems to care whether it’s a great park or a great pork, just as long as it isn’t a great big airport.

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If anyone still wonders why newspapers are falling off the planet, check out a story in the July 31 OC Register about conspiracy theories, http://www.ocregister.com/news/-132270-ocprint--.html . Maybe the people who formerly subscribed to newspapers expected reporting, not political bias. Register writer Martin Wisckol writes about “cultural Marxism” and then throws in Obama’s birth certificate issue as an example of what – cultural Marxism? Wisckol says the issue – (actually, one aspect of the debate is whether Obama has produced anything but phony documents) – has already been dismissed by “academic experts, media outlets and the majority of the American public.” If so-called media outlets had vetted the guy in the White House, who would be president today? Better luck to the American public in November 2012.