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April 12, 2013

Everything is unexpected in an unserious Washington By: Hugh Hewitt Readers of the New York Times on the morning of Sept. 10, 2001, found a front page lead on how congressional leaders were in talks about economic stimulus and below-the-fold stories on school dress codes and the morning television ratings races. The summer of 1950 was just another post-war summer, and on June 23 the Indians’ Luke Easter hit the longest ball in Cleveland Stadium history, 477 feet, into the upper deck at Muny, the “mistake on the lake,” Section 4. Too Big to Succeed: Obamacare Continues Assault on Jobs By: 60 Plus Association The 60 Plus Association, the acknowledged conservative alternative to the liberal AARP and home to 7.2 million senior citizen activists, today cited the implementation of Obamacare as the cause for the nation’s failure to create new jobs, with the Department of Labor noting only 88,000 jobs were created in March. This comes as 496,000 Americans have left the labor force, making the percentage of Americans actually working the lowest since 1979. Bill Bennett Bill spoke with Sen. Rand Paul talked about his speech at Howard University and the reaction he received. Mike Gallagher Mike talks with Larry Keane, Senor VP and General Counsel for the National Shooting Sports Foundation Dennis Prager The President offers the country free child care. We’ll just raise tobacco taxes to pay for it… Michael Medved Michael talks about the controversy over the Pledge of Allegiance in Schools Hugh Hewitt Hugh interviews Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee, and Michael Medved, film critic and fellow Salem host. Greg Clugston White House Correspondent SRN Correspondent Greg Clugston keeps you informed about all the news coming from the White House. Linda Kenyon Capitol Hill Correspondent (Senate) Reporting from Capitol Hill, Linda Kenyon has updates on what's going on in the Senate. Wally Hindes Capitol Hill Reporter SRN Correspondent Wally Hindes reports the latest events from Capitol Hill. National Journal Why Rand Paul Was Right to Reach Out to Black Voters By: Josh Kraushaar The most important political event on a busy Wednesday in Washington wasn’t the long-awaited release of President Obama’s budget. It wasn’t even the bipartisan Senate compromise on gun control between Joe Manchin and Pat Toomey. It was Rand Paul’s gutsy speech at Howard University making a pitch to a skeptical African-American audience for why they should consider supporting the Republican Party. He was the first Republican politician to speak their since Colin Powell in 1994, according to school officials, and stayed to answer questions after his prepared remarks. Reason.com How Thatcher Liberated Western Europe By: Matt Welch Among the half-dozen or so reasons that liberal journalists these past 24 hours have either tempered their praise for or tramped the dirt down on the late Margaret Thatcher was her skeptical views about Western Europe. “Mrs. Thatcher’s relentless negativism on the European Union and her bullying style of leadership pushed her own party to drive her from office in 1990,” The New York Times wrote in a mostly positive editorial today. “French president François Mitterand,” recalled the CBC’s Don Murray, “told an aide that Thatcher had the smile of Marilyn Monroe and the eyes of Stalin.” The Weekly Standard Obama's Budget to Contradict 'Consensus Among People Who Know the Economy Best' By: Stephen F. Hayes Mark Knoller from CBS News reports this morning that President Obama, in a statement in the Rose Garden, “will stress his budget’s top objective is to boost the economy and create jobs.” To do that, he’ll have to contradict what he previously described as “the consensus among people who know the economy best. Obama’s budget will raise taxes by nearly $600 billion, through a variety of provisions mostly targeting the wealthy – including a 28 percent cap on deductions for the top 2 percent of earners and a requirement that “millionaires” pay at least 30 percent of their income in taxes. School stabbing spree an argument for concealed carry laws? What can we learn from reading the bible? 15-year-old gun rights advocate makes appeal to lawmakers Lavrov: Russia would back NKorea talks in Geneva Mongolian general probed for North Korean jet deal AP source: Immigration bill could exclude many US approves Japan entry into TPP trade talks Spring storm that killed 3 moving to the Carolinas