FSM Security Update: 4-16-09 *Exclusive: Somalia Operations – Lessons Learned*

April 16th Obama's dithering on pirates. Obama wants more of your inheritance! Daily Mail - a nuclear-free world MORE deadly. Santorum: 'Obama has ‘deep-seated antipathy toward American values.' BHO now CEO of corporations - why not take over universities? Reclaiming Our America through TEA'd Off Parties Christopher Adamo When a public entity initially established to uphold citizens' rights becomes the biggest threat he faces, it's time to say we're TEA'd off and we're not going to take it anymore! UK Group Defines Jihad as ‘Armed Resistance' The Global Muslim Brotherhood Daily Report Our government calls terrorism "man-caused disasters." The UK is now calling Jihadism "armed resistance." When will we all wake up and smell the coffee? Exclusive: Strength, Respect and Influence - The Foundation of Foreign Policy William R. Hawkins Weakness is not respected. It invites attack. Does President Barack Obama understand the importance of respect built on strength as the foundations for alliances? Exclusive: Somalia Operations - Lessons Learned Colonel Kenneth Allard (US Army, ret.) America's brush with the recent surge in piracy off the coast of Somalia offers some valuable lessons - if we are prepared to learn from them. Today's Blog Topics VIDEO: Michelle and Cavuto at the Sacramento tea party VIDEO: Olby's coverage of tea parties...... VIDEO: MSNBC Ties 'Right-Wing Radical Threat' To Tea Parties VIDEO: Pelosi on Tea Parties: "We Call it Astroturf" VIDEO: Did Rick Santelli envision this? VIDEO: CNN Correspondent Blasts FOXNEWS, Claims Tea Parties 'Anti-government,' 'Anti-CNN'... The Politicization of the Department of Homeland Security Wealthy Foundation To Stop Funding Amnesty? Tancredo Shut Down The Energy Crisis is an Artificial One, Created by Bad Policies. Newt Gingrich 'Cap and Trade' would have the effect of an across-the-board energy tax on every American. Exclusive: Is Rolling Stone's Tim Dickinson Polishing Obama's Cowboy Boots? Ben-Peter Terpstra Bush is out, Barry is in, and the left should be happy. So why won't the MSM allow Bush Derangement Syndrome (BDS) to die? Keep the Embargo, O Peter Brookes Obama would be unwise to lift the Cuban embargo, which has provided useful leverage against the Castro brothers for decades. Exclusive: Review: The 5000 Year Leap - The 28 Great Ideas That Changed the World by W. Cleon Skousen Martha Gies-Chumney Samuel Adams said, "Utopian schemes of leveling wealth and central ownership of the means of production and distribution are...arbitrary, despotic, and, in our government, unconstitutional." Really? Tell today's political leaders. From a Midnight Ride to a Pre-Dawn Airstrike W. Thomas Smith, Jr. Military Milestones from a midnight ride to a pre-dawn airstrike. Caption Contest April 16 - 21 Will your caption come in at number one? Today's Hot Topics: 4-16 We choose, you peruse. •1. No, We Can't: US Military Requests SBX Radar During North Korean Missile Launch, DENIED •2. (Tens of) Thousands of Anti-Tax 'Tea Party' Protesters Turn Out in U.S. Cities •3. American Sailors Who Clashed With Pirates Return to U.S. •4. Nicolas Sarkozy puts Barack Obama in the doghouse •5. Somali pirates vow to hunt down, kill Americans •6. Napolitano stands by 'rightwing extremism' report •7. Russia ends Chechnya anti-terror operation •8. Texas Gov. Rick Perry fired up an anti-tax "tea party" •9. Request for Guard on border under study •10. IAEA nuclear team quit North Korea •11. Frightened Liberals Sling Mud at Grassroots Tea Party Movement •12. Republicans and the Tea Parties (By Karl Rove) •13. Pirates Vs. the Rest of Us •14. Speaking Truth to Muslim Power •15. Iran's Latest U.S. Hostage •16. France nabs 11 pirates: U.S. targeted •17. Nothing Stimulating about Defense? •18. Gates Clips Air Force Wings •19. Poverty Creates Terrorists? •20. Obama Sacrifices American Sovereignty •21. Homeland Insecurity •22. The Islamic conference's 20-year campaign against freedom of speech. FSM Wants Your TEA PARTY Photos! Send your best photos from today to pr@FamilySecurityMatters.org