08-03-11: The Willful Tea Party Ignorance of Sarah Churchwell [PLUS: President Issues Statement Marking Ramadan]

A Tranquil Border with Mexico? Immigration News Update Have reduced economic prospects reduced illegal immigration? Illinois introduces law to allow illegal migrants to gain access to private scholarships for college. * VIDEOS * TODAY'S HOT PICKS * 1. VIDEO: Mayor Finds Ingenious Way To Deal With Illegal Parking: Uses Tank to Crush an 'Illegally' Parked Mercedes 2. VIDEO: Rep. Connie Mack [R] To CNN's Piers Morgan: You're Making Your Show A Joke [For Questioning Tea Party Loyalty To Boehner] 3. VIDEO: Are you kidding me: We are mad as hell... 4. VIDEO: MSNBC Scarborough Laments Comparing Tea Party to 'Terrorists,' Ignored Similar Smears on "Morning Joe" Show 5. President Issues Statement Marking Ramadan, But No Easter Statement This Year 6. Italy is Set To Join Belgium and France in Banning The Burka In Public 7. VIDEO: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid [D] Calls Election Of Tea Party Members ‘Unfair To American People' 8. VIDEO: Former President Hosni Mubarak Arrives to Court in Steel Cage 9. VIDEO: Marco Rubio [R] A Generational Choice for Americans on the Role of Government and the Future of Our ‘Amazing' Republic 10. VIDEO: Keith Olbermann Calls for 1960‘s Style 'Hell-Bent' Uprising Against Debt Deal The Willful Tea Party Ignorance of Sarah Churchwell Professor of American Studies at the University of East Anglia Edward Cline Writing in a British leftist newspaper, an academic attacks the Tea Party in a manner that is unworthy for a person who lectures students on "American studies." Stealthily Orchestrating a Pro-Islamic Stance Marilyn Penn The New York Times appears to promote Islamic clerics as funny and boyishly charming, while demonizing a Jewish legal opponent of Sharia law as stout and argumentative. A case of bias? Today's Hot Topics We choose, you peruse. 1. Fears Of Double-Dip Recession Rise: Dow Falls Below 12,000; Consumer Spending Declines [WT] 2. Holder Wants to Keep Secrets in FBI Lawsuit [AP] 3. Mubarak In Court On Stretcher For Trial [SKY NEWS] 4. Media Blames Islamic Expert for Norway Massacre [CBN] 5. 1.6M bolt high-tax state in last decade [NYP] 6. Poll: Americans think elected reps behaved like ‘spoiled children' in debt ceiling negotiations [DAILY CALLER] 7. U.K.: Muslim prison inmates believed to be planning "massive attack," staff nearly lost control after Friday prayers [JIHAD WATCH] 8. Commandments Suit Has No Legal Standing [CBN] 9. Alabama Officials Criticized A Justice Department Lawsuit Challenging The State's Tough New Immigration Law [WT]. 10. TSA to Put Hub Fliers On The Spot: Soon Will Be Carrying Out Sophisticated Behavioral Inspections [BOSTON HERALD] The Deal is Done - Assessing Winners and Losers Roger Aronoff The debt ceiling crisis has reached a resolution before its deadline, but after all the horse-trading, is America better off? Back to Big Government-Spending as Usual Michelle Malkin The American Age of Austerity lasted approximately three minutes, give or take a nanosecond. Islam and Apostasy Traditional Islam is like the Hotel California - you can check in, but can never check out. 1,500 Killings Ordered by Leader of Mexican Murder, Inc. Jim Kouri, CPP A Mexican former police officer turned gangland boss has been captured. He has boasted of ordering the murders of more than 1,500 people. Shocker: Pilot Licenses Issued to 27 on Terror List Michael Cutler Unbelievably, ten years after 9/11, anyone can walk into one of 19,000 general aviation airports in the United States and fly off in an airplane. Click here to sign up for FSM's e-mail updates!