Jim O'Neill -- Canada Free Press -- Toronto     sc         Taking back America    The How to Take Back America Conference got underway here today at the Frontenac Hilton. It is sponsored by Phyllis Schlafly's Eagle Forum, which she founded in 1967. This year's assemblage has gathered together a number of different organizations with a unified focus of love for God and America. It is the largest Eagle Forum convention ever held...

KCRG-TV -- Cedar Rapids, Iowa     Drunk illegal alien driver crashes into semi on I-380    A car driven by a drunk driver crashed into a semi on I-380 in Cedar Rapids, slowing traffic on Friday morning. -- A car and semi collided around 10:40 a.m. Friday in the southbound lanes between the H Avenue and Seventh Street exits. Police say no one was injured... [See Crime Watch]

My Budget 360     35 million Americans on food stamps    There are a few statistics that you can look at to see actual human pain in the real economy. You can look at the recent stock market rally yet even a 50+ percent rally is unable to create jobs or stem the economic pain of those at the lower end of the economic spectrum. Looking at food stamp participation from the United States Department of Agriculture shows us a very disturbing picture...

Digital Journal      Will Obama silence the opposition?    In recent weeks, a serious threat has emerged to the liberties of every American with regard to free speech in this country. -- This threat has come in many forms and from many fronts. -- Cass Sunstein, Barack Obama's newly confirmed regulatory czar, believes that the government should be able to force broadcasters to air "diversity" ads... [See Free Speech Watch]

Straight.com -- Vancouver, BC      Study shows a stunning gap between U.S. rich and poor    The rich have left the poor far behind in the United States. -- That's according to data posted on the Web site of the National Union of Public and General Employees. -- It shows that the top one percent of income earners obtained two-thirds of the income gains between 2002 and 2007...

Dallas Morning News       'Diversity panel' gripes about how Irving deals with minorities    Irving's all-white City Council and some of the minority community members it chose for an advisory committee voiced markedly different reactions this week to a study that said it found evidence that Irving police racially profile Hispanics. -- Council members and Police Chief Larry Boyd expressed frustration with, anger about and indifference to the California law school's report...

Right Side News -- Kennesaw, Ga.      Houston P.D. illegal alien sanctuary policies illegal too    Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that it has filed a lawsuit against the City of Houston, the Houston Police Department and Houston Police Chief Harold Hurtt on behalf of Houston Police Sergeant Joslyn M. Johnson related to the department's illegal alien sanctuary policies... [See Sanctuary Watch]

Bill O'Reilly -- Human Events      Obama's wide world of chaos    It may be time to start channeling Noah and begin building an ark. The world is a huge mess, and it's getting worse every day. Iran is on track to develop nuclear weapons, but global warming may incinerate us first. The Israeli-Palestinian hate fest rolls on, and Afghanistan is falling apart...

Russell Pearce -- United for a Sovereign America      Support our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhood Act    The same old lies and misinformation from the Amnesty at any cost crowd. We know the left, open border/anarchist and the cheap labor, profits over patriotism crowd, will sue us. However I have been to court 7 times to defend Proposition 200 and won 7 times (that one was simply to stop voting fraud and welfare fraud and they still sued to stop it from being enforced)...

New York Post      Here's Your 'Change': The dead end kids    The unemployment rate for young Americans has exploded to 52.2 percent -- a post-World War II high, according to the Labor Dept. -- meaning millions of Americans are staring at the likelihood that their lifetime earning potential will be diminished and, combined with the predicted slow economic recover...

St. Louis Public Radio      Schlafly Agrees: Obama pursuing a socialist agenda    Frontenac, Mo. -- Conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly says she agrees with others who claim that President Barack Obama is following a socialist agenda. -- Schlafly is the co-chair of a conference in St. Louis this weekend titled: "How to Take Back America" featuring such speakers as...

Journal-Star -- Lincoln, Neb.      Fremont at center of immigration turmoil    Fremont, Neb. -- "The melting pot" analogy for immigration has taken on new meaning in this city of 25,000. -- It could be said that the heat has been turned up here and that the bubbling contents of the pot are coming apart rather than coming together...

New York Times     U.S. job seekers exceeded openings by record ratio    Despite signs that the economy has resumed growing, unemployed Americans now confront a job market that is bleaker than ever in the current recession, and employment prospects are still getting worse. -- Job seekers now outnumber openings six to one, the worst ratio since the government began tracking open positions in 2000...

Sierra Vista (Arizona) Herald / Review      Watch draws dozens to border    Palominas -- Dozens of people are participating in an event in southern Cochise County to monitor the U.S.-Mexico border for illegal activity and report it to the authorities. -- The border watch event, called Operation Spike, officially started Sept. 19 and is expected to continue until Oct. 15, or possibly be extended to the end of October...

Los Angeles Times      Alleged hit man for Mexican cartel among 9 arrested in gang sweep     Nine members and associates of a Bell Gardens street gang, including a suspected hit man for a Mexican drug cartel, have been arrested on drug trafficking and weapons charges, federal officials said Friday. -- The suspects -- six U.S. citizens and three illegal Mexican immigrants -- were arrested Thursday...