North Korea threatens missile launch at U.S. on Independence Day
North Korea may launch a long-range ballistic missile towards Hawaii on American Independence Day, according to Japanese intelligence officials. The missile, believed to be a Taepodong-2 with a range of up to 4,000 miles, would be launched from a site on the northwestern coast of the secretive country.

Jews ‘Very Concerned’ About Obama
President Obama’s strongest supporters among Jewish leaders are deeply troubled by his recent Middle East initiatives, and some are questioning what he really believes, Malcolm Hoenlein, executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, tells Newsmax in an exclusive interview.

Democrats’ $1-Trillion Health Care Plan
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) reports that a government overhaul of America’s health care system would cost at least $1 trillion and would mean the loss of private coverage for an estimated 23 million Americans, according to a preliminary analysis.

7 Out of 10 Disagree with Obama’s Policies
But the poll suggests Mr. Obama faces challenges on multiple fronts, including growing concerns about government spending and the bailout of auto companies. A majority of people also disapprove of his decision to close the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Nearly seven in 10 survey respondents said they had concerns about federal interventions into the economy, including Mr. Obama's decision to take an ownership stake in General Motors Corp., limits on executive compensation and the prospect of more government involvement in health care. The negative feeling toward the GM rescue was reflected elsewhere in the survey as well.

Doctors' boos show Obama's tough road
Barack Obama isn't used to hearing boos. The response he got Monday from doctors at an American Medical Association meeting was a sign his road is only going to get rockier as he tries to sell his plan to overhaul the nation's health care system. The boos erupted when Obama told the doctors in Chicago he wouldn't try to help them win their top legislative priority—limits on jury damages in medical malpractice cases.

Sen. Coburn questions 100 stimulus projects
Repairs for rural bridges, an under-highway safe crossing for turtles and efforts to protect the sage grouse population are among 100 projects a Republican senator pointed to Monday as questionable federal stimulus spending. The list by Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., includes projects others would identify as ideal for creating jobs and benefiting generations of Americans: skateboard parks, streetscapes, upgrades of park facilities, bike trails and parking garages. Coburn's list is partially a collection of news stories that questioned local projects to be funded under President Barack Obama's economic recovery program.

ABC: American oBama Company
On the night of June 24, the media and government become one, when ABC turns its programming over to President Obama and White House officials to push government run health care -- a move that has ignited an ethical firestorm! ABCNEWS anchor Charlie Gibson will deliver WORLD NEWS from the Blue Room of the White House. The network plans a primetime special -- 'Prescription for America' -- originating from the East Room exclude opposing voices on the debate. The Director of Communications at the White House Office of Health Reform is Linda Douglass, who worked as a reporter for ABC News from 1998-2006.

Obama Claim of 46 Million Uninsured 'Americans' Includes 10 Million Foreigners
The claim made by the White House this month that 46 million “Americans” lack health insurance is false because that number includes almost 10 million people who are not “Americans” but in fact citizens of foreign countries who happen to be present in the United States, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau.

So much for Obama’s Transparency Promise
The Obama administration is fighting to block access to names of visitors to the White House arguing that a president doesn't have to reveal who comes calling to influence policy decisions. Despite President Barack Obama's pledge to introduce a new era of transparency to Washington, and despite two rulings by a federal judge that the records are public.

Obama takes steps to take over private businesses
The Obama administration this week will propose the most significant new regulation of the financial industry since the Great Depression, including a new watchdog agency. Under the plan, expected to be released Wednesday, the government would have new powers to seize key companies -- such as insurance giant American International Group Inc. -- whose failure jeopardizes the financial system. Currently, the government's authority to seize companies is mostly limited to banks.

Israeli’s Prevent Assassination Attempt on Carter
Israeli security sources said that the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) had learned of plans to target Carter and had passed on the information to the former president's security detail in "real time." According to Palestinian sources, terrorists linked with al Qaida hid a number of improved explosive devices along a road that Carter's convoy was scheduled to travel on inside Gaza. Hamas forces reportedly uncovered the IEDs and destroyed them after the ISA informed Hamas of the threat.

CBO: ObamaCare will cost $1T, still leaves 30 million uninsured
The Congressional Budget Office has tried crunching the numbers on Barack Obama’s plan to reform health care, which Obama says will save money and protect the uninsured. The CBO director on his official blog says, “Wrong!” — on both counts. The reform plan will cost more than a trillion dollars over the next decade, and while it will put 39 million people on insurance plans, it will drive off more than 23 million more from their existing plans.

Sebelius: Maybe Ten Years to Ramp Up Government Run Health Care
Covering the uninsured could take several years, maybe up to ten years, even if Congress passes a bill and President Barack Obama signs it into law this fall, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Tuesday.

Insider Trading? Sen. Durbin Sold $115,000 of Stock After Briefing
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), the Democratic Party's Whip, unloaded more than $115,000 worth of stocks and mutual fund shares as the U.S. stock markets plunged last September. The Illinois lawmaker's 2008 financial disclosure statement reveals that he sold mutual fund shares worth more than $42,000 on Sept. 19, the day after then-Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke urged congressional leaders to come up with legislation to aid financially troubled banks.

Gas prices rise for 50th straight day
Retail gas prices climbed for the 50th straight day Wednesday, and crude prices that had slumped all week bounced back. Historically, filling station prices tend to rise during the summer as millions of Americans take to the road. But a surge in crude prices during the past few months and less production from the refiners that make gasoline has added pressure on prices.

DeMint Supports Rubio Over Crist in Florida
Conservative Sen. Jim DeMint, R-SC, is endorsing upstart Marco Rubio over favorite Charlie Crist in the Republican primary of the Florida Senate race. DeMint’s choice illustrates the current tension in the Republican Party between the moderate and conservative wings. Gov. Crist is a moderate, while former state House speaker Rubio is a conservative.

Dealers Say They Were Led Astray in Chrysler's Final Days
Jim Press, Chrysler's charismatic deputy chief executive, went to Capitol Hill last week and spoke solemnly about the "very difficult decision" of terminating 789 of the automaker's dealers across the country. He assured members of a House committee that the company's executives had "taken every step to make this a soft landing for the dealers involved" and promised to help them as much as possible. But many jilted dealers have described it more as a crash landing. After all, they still remember the call.

Local Fines Out of Control: Parking Tickets for Parking in Own Driveway
Although not outlined in the city charter, a city memo has allowed workers with the city of Toledo’s Division of Streets, Bridges and Harbor to issue parking citations to citizens. It was learned over the weekend that Susan Frederick, acting commissioner with streets, bridges and harbor, fined several motorists for parking in their driveways if cars are not parked correctly. "I've lived here 43 years and last Thursday we had our 44th wedding anniversary," said Charles Robertson, who received a parking violation. "I got a present from the city. Isn't that nice?"

Pro-Life Democrat Saves Abortion Funding Limits Obama Suggested Overturning
One of the rare pro-life Democrats in Congress has saved one of the limits on abortion funding that President Barack Obama suggested be removed from the federal budget. When Obama released his budget suggestions in May, he asked members of Congress to allow the Legal Services Corporation to use tax dollars to pay for pro-abortion litigation. The Obama budget recommendation changed the language governing funding for the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) and loosened it to allow LSC grantees to conduct abortion litigation. It prohibited direct funding of abortion litigation but overturned restrictions preventing LSC grantees from shifting other taxpayer funds to a separate account for pro-abortion activities. However, Rep. Alan Mollohan, a pro-life Democrat from West Virginia who is the subcommittee chairman, came to the rescue. When he wrote H.R. 2487, the FY10 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations bill that normally has the LSC abortion litigation limits, he ignored Obama's suggestions and kept the pro-life provision in place.

Priest and two seminarians murdered in Mexico
Archbishop Felipe Aguirre Franco of Acapulco, Mexico has confirmed that one priest and two seminarians were killed last week in the city of Altamirano in the Mexican state of Guerrero.

Parents of sextuplets rejected doctors’ advice to abort
A mother of sextuplets in Northern Ireland says that she and her husband rejected doctors’ advice to abort several of her babies, whom she called “a wonderful gift from God.” All six of Austin and Nuala Conway's children were born 14 weeks early by Caesarean section. They are now in stable health in intensive care. “The Doctors told us about the risks we faced if we went ahead with the pregnancy and that we should abort the babies. Doctors gave us a couple of days to think about it, but we knew without discussion what we both wanted.”

Evidence Surfaces on Hitler Plot to Kill Pius XII
Rumors have persisted for a long time that Adolf Hitler wanted to kidnap or kill Pope Pius XII, but facts have come to light supporting the theory, adding to ever-growing evidence clearing the wartime pontiff’s name. According to his account, a secret meeting took place July 29-30, 1943, in Venice to inform the head of Italian counterintelligence, Gen. Cesare Ame, of the Führer’s wish to punish Italians for the arrest of Benito Mussolini by kidnapping or killing Pius XII and the king of Italy. The news is further testament to a well-known fact in church circles: Pius XII was certainly no friends of the Nazis. It follows a growing groundswell of opinion, also among many prominent Jews, that Pius XII not only did all he could to save Jews during World War II but also risked his life to help them.

Don’t Call Me Ma’am!
At a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee chairwoman, Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), had a request for Army Corps of Engineers division leader, Brigadier General Michael Walsh. During a terse exchange, as Boxer pressed Walsh on why the levees in New Orleans are still not repaired nearly four years after Hurricane Katrina, she said to Walsh: "Could you say 'senator' instead of 'ma'am? It's just a thing. I worked so hard to get that title. I'd appreciate it." Hey Senator, military and law enforcement are trained to be respectful and from day one are taught to say Ma’am or Sir. It’s a sign of respect!

Senator DeMint lets Senator Boxer of it over Ma’am remark
From today’s “America’s Morning News” with John McCaslin and Melanie Morgan, a stark reminder that the conservative base’s favorite senator, Jim DeMint of South Carolina has never let collegiality keep him from speaking his mind.

Obama's sculpted face heads to Mt. Rushmore Park
Mount Rushmore National Memorial's famous stone carvings of Presidents Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt are about to receive a sculpted visitor: a massive bust of Barack Obama. According to Black Hills Today, the statue is made of steel and concrete, tops 20 feet tall and weighs roughly 12 tons. Crafted by artist David Adickes of Houston, Texas, the Obama bus is scheduled to be put on display at Mount Rushmore.

This week TKF will focus on Obama’s Alternative to Gitmo:

Gitmo Terrorists: Life in paradise in Bermuda
They look like ordinary tourists as they stroll along the seafront on the British territory of Bermuda, but these four men are far from regular sunseekers for they have spent the last seven years locked up in Guantanamo Bay. The former terror suspects are Uighurs - members of China's Muslim Turkic-speaking minority - and hail from a rugged province in the far west of the country.

America's 'Bermuda solution' angers Britain
Senior aides to President Barack Obama accompanied four Uighur prisoners as they were flown from Guantanamo Bay to the British colony of Bermuda, without the UK being informed, it was revealed yesterday. In an escalating diplomatic row over the transfer of the former terrorist suspects, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton discussed the transfer with British Foreign Secretary David Miliband in what was said to be an uneasy conversation. Privately Whitehall officials accused America of treating Britain, with whom it is supposed to have a "special relationship", with barely disguised contempt.

Palau to get some GITMO prisoners despite citizen’s upset
Palau is one of the world's smallest countries, with some 20,000 people scattered over 190 square miles (490 square kilometers) of lush tropical landscapes. Its economy depends heavily on tourism and foreign aid from the U.S., Japan and Taiwan. The island made headlines last week after agreeing to President Barack Obama's request to take the 13 Uighurs after other countries turned Washington down. But the citizens of Palau are upset with the US for sending the terrorists to their tiny island country. Rumors speculate now on payoffs to the Palau government for accepting the inmates.

Kansas helps Obama Hand Out the Pork
Kansas officials were notified Thursday that the state will receive $69 million in federal stimulus funds for unemployment benefits. “It was less than one month ago that I was joined by aviation and business leaders in Wichita, signing the legislation that qualified Kansas for these funds, and already, we’re seeing how swift action can achieve swift results,” said Gov. Mark Parkinson. “These resources will help out-of-work Kansans put food on the table while they learn new skills for a new job, and that is a critical step in turning our economy around,” he said.

Conservative Teacher Gets Job Back!
A teacher who said his contract was not renewed because of his conservative political beliefs will return to his Lawrence High School government and history classes for the 2009-2010 school year.

Traveling salesman charged in bizarre case involving Shawnee woman, husband
Johnson County prosecutors charged a traveling salesman Tuesday for allegedly holding a Shawnee woman at her home at gunpoint and stealing from her. Police said they are still investigating the man’s claims that the woman’s armed husband forced the salesman to perform a sex act. Shawnee police said Gaviltta soon went to Overland Park police and told them the woman’s husband had invited him in, pulled a gun on him and demanded oral sex. Gaviltta told police, they said, that the husband passed out during the sex act, Gaviltta grabbed the gun and the woman returned home about then.

Mystery surrounds case of man found bleeding in Mission Hills
Police for now are not investigating a crime related to a mysterious man found face down and bleeding in Mission Hills early this morning. The man remains unconscious and in critical condition this afternoon, said Prairie Village police, who patrol Mission Hills. There is no evidence of a crime, they said, and the 23-year-old homeless man has a history of mental illness. He stays with various different family members, they said.

"The Americans were fully aware of the foreign-policy understanding we have with Bermuda and they deliberately chose to ignore it. This is not the kind of behavior one expects from an ally."

– Senior British Official on Obama sending Gitmo terrorist to Bermuda without UK’s permission

From Proverbs 16:15
In the light of the king's countenance is life, and his favor is like a rain cloud in spring.

Gospel According to St. Matthew 6:7-15

7 And when you are praying, speak not much, as the heathens. For they think that in their much speaking they may be heard. 8 Be not you therefore like to them, for your Father knoweth what is needful for you, before you ask him. 9 Thus therefore shall you pray: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. 10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. 11 Give us this day our supersubstantial bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors. 13 And lead us not into temptation. But deliver us from evil. Amen. 14 For if you will forgive men their offences, your heavenly Father will forgive you also your offences. 15 But if you will not forgive men, neither will your Father forgive you your offences.

I’ve Had Enough

I saw a bumper sticker the other day that read “Had Enough? Vote Democrat”. An ignorant statement like that would typically bring my blood to a boil, but because our God given right to liberty is being replaced by a corrupt system of political correctness, I found myself wondering if it really mattered. I am a life-long conservative Republican who believes in the ideals that made our country great! I am a devout family man who believes in the sanctity of marriage between a man and a woman because that is what God intended. My wife and I, along with our three children, are all Christians who believe in the preservation of life, and oppose abortion. And now, according to the elitists of Washington DC, I am a potential threat to society because I am a US Marine Corps veteran who serves God.

Well, the bumper sticker was half right, I have had enough of the limp-wristed leaders of both political parties. The biggest majority of them have abandoned America’s foundation by promoting socialistic and communistic ideals. Democrats never saw an entitlement they did not take, and Republicans continue to talk out of both sides of their mouths by continually increasing the size and scope of government. The Democrats are great at that too, but at least they’re honest about it. Like President Reagan warned, “Government is not the solution to the problem, government is the problem.” We cannot have huge government and abundant freedom simultaneously.

America does not need more politicians, we need patriots and statesmen. We must return to the principles of liberty that our Founding Fathers established for us. No where in the Constitution will you find the word democracy. Despite the propaganda, America was not founded as a democracy, but as a constitutional Republic, a representative form of government with extremely limited powers. These powers were to be confined within the parameters expressly set forth by the supreme law of the land, the Constitution itself. When I enlisted in the US Marine Corps, as well as started my career in law enforcement, I swore an oath before God to uphold that very Constitution. Adolph Hitler once said, “We are freeing men from the responsibilities of freedom, which only a few men can bear.” Our leaders are systematically allowing this to happen by disarming law-abiding American citizens and their right to protect themselves. The Second Amendment is explicity clear about our right to keep and bear arms, yet the far-reaching hand of our oppressive government continues to infringe on that very right.

At a glance, these concerns may seem radical, but keeping my oath and standing up for freedom have always been radical things to do. Remember, our Founding Fathers were all considered radicals because they believed in God and guns. I ran for Sheriff of Johnson County in 2008, because I understand that the most important aspect of the Sheriff’s authority is that he is elected by, for, and of the people. Throughout my campaign I made it very clear that I was not a bureaucrat, and that I had no intentions of staying inside the political mainstream. I was not, nor am I now, interested in the perpetual cesspool of corrupt politics. I’m only interested in keeping my oath and not allowing anyone or anything to violate the rights of my boss, the citizens of Johnson County.

I’ll leave you with this quote from President George Washington, “Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the American people’s liberty teeth and keystone under independence. To secure peace, security and happiness, the rifle and the pistol are equally indispensable. The very atmosphere of firearms everywhere restrains evil interference – they deserve a place of honor with all that is good.”

Ken Smith is a Lieutenant on the Mission Police Department and US Marine. In 2008 he was a Republican Candidate for Sheriff of Johnson County, Kansas.