CEI Daily - Human Achievement Hour, High-Speed Rail, and Hilda Solis

Human Achievement Hour

CEI will celebrate our annual "Human Achievement Hour" on Saturday, March 26, from 8:30 pm to 9:30---during the World Wildlife Fund's "Earth Hour."

Policy Analyst Michelle Minton explains the purpose of Human Achievement Hour.

"HAH is an annual event meant to recognize that this is the greatest time to be alive and that we have come so far only because people have been free to use their minds and the resources in their environment to experiment, create, and innovate. Participants in HAH recognize the necessity to protect the individuals from government coercion in order to continue innovating and improving our lives and the world around us."

 

High Speed Rail Advocates of high-speed rail projects claim that the projects will create new American jobs. Policy Analyst Marc Scribner responds. "The United States would probably be better off using the “stimulus” ARRA funds to pay thousands of people to dig one hole and then fill another. At least then future generations would be spared from having to keep these trains to nowhere on government life support for perpetuity."

Hilda Solis

In a speech over the weekend, Labor Secretary Hilda Solis confessed that she's biased toward unions.

Policy Analyst Vincent Vernuccio reacts to Solis' admission.

"Solis, Obama, and the DNC union favoritism is not new, but the brazen talk of an open bias is shocking. The lack of impartiality shows that business and non-union workers cannot get equal or fair treatment by this administration."



BLACK FORUM, THE STATE OF BLACK AMERICA - A BLACK HISTORY MONTH PRESENTATION

Bi-Partisan Coalition Formed to Discuss and Take Action on Issues in the Black Community

New York, NY…February 22, 2010 – The Henrietta Wells Livermore School of Politics (Host Committee), Manhattan Republican Community Coalition, New York Urban League Young Professionals and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., Alpha Gamma Lambda Chapter, have joined to tackle important issues during Black History Month. An impressive and diverse panel has been assembled. Community outreach is broad and a diverse audience is expected to attend.

The bi-partisan forum will focus on Employment, Business, Education, Healthcare and Crime, not just politics.

There will be a press conference at 6:00pm. A bloggers row is also available. The forum will be webcast live and available on-demand at www.blackforum.info (under construction). C-SPAN will tape and rebroadcast the Black Forum.

Date:                     Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Time:                    6:00 – 9:00pm (6:15pm – doors open; 7:00pm – program begins)
Location:             3 West 51^st Street (at 5^th Avenue) in Manhattan

Confirmed Panelists:

Charles Payne                   CEO Wall Street Strategies, FOX Business Contributor www.wstreet.com
Marc Lamont Hill              Professor of Education, Columbia University www.marclamonthill.com  
Tara Dowdell                      Business and Political Strategist www.taradowdell.net
Janks Morton                    Documentary Filmmaker, Activist wbmt.wordpress.com  
Jehmu Greene                 President, Women's Media Center www.womensmediacenter.com  
Niger Innis                          National Spokesman, Congress Of Racial Equality www.core-online.org
George Holmes                                Executive Director, Congress Of Racial Equality www.core-online.org
David Banks                        President, The Eagle Academy Foundation www.eagleacademyfoundation.com
Vincent Morgan               Congressional Candidate, NY-15 www.morgan4congress.com
Michael Faulkner             Congressional Candidate, NY-15 www.faulknerforcongress.com

NRN Blog Alert: Action Needed on Hate Crimes Bill

Dear Fellow Blogger,

The Obama push to force through his biased "hate crime" legislation just went into high gear -- and we need to alert all of our readers to call their Senators now!

Here is the urgent note I just received from Lanier Swann, the special assistant to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell:

Friends,

Moments ago Majority Leader Reid filed a hate crimes amendment to the DOD Authorization Bill. He then filled the tree, which means no amendments can be offered to his amendment, and filed cloture on the amendment.

Thanks,

Lanier

In other words, Reid -- under the thumb of Obama and Holder -- is attaching the bill to an unrelated defense bill, in order to force senators to vote for it if they want to protect our troops. He is allowing no amendments. And he is calling for cloture to rush the bill through before any debate can take place.

As I pointed out yesterday in the column by ALG Executive Editor Carter Clews, the Obama "hate crimes" bill may be one of the most dangerously bigotted pieces of class warfare legislation ever to come before Congress.

We need to stop it now. So, please sound the alarm to all of your readers!

NRN Blog Alert: Hate Crimes Bill in Congress

Fellow Bloggers,

While the Sonia Sotomayor hearings are progressing this week, some politicians are also trying to sneak through a Hate Crimes bill that will destroy equal justice. NetRight Nation is staying up to speed on the issue and has just released a story on the matter.

Click here to read about the Hate Crimes bill that the Senate does not want you to know about.

The bill has already been brought to the floor of the Senate, so make sure to cover this on your blogs! Please urge and alert your readers about this issue and have them call their Senators. The number for the Senate switch board is 202-225-3121.

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