04-19-12: The Rocks in Tom Friedman's Head (Plus: 3 out at SS prostitution scandal)

Today's Hot Topics We choose, you peruse. · 1. 3 out at Secret Service in Columbia prostitution scandal as congressman warns 'it's not over' · 2. Pentagon condemns 'inhuman conduct' of soldiers who posed for Taliban trophy photographs · 3. House clears highway bill with Keystone pipeline mandate, thwarts Obama · 4. India test-fires long-range missile · 5. Belief in God is highest among older people and increases with age · 6. U.S. factory decline suggests economy losing steam · 7. U.S. Housing Starts Drop to Five-Month Low · 8. ALEC Changes Tone, Lefties Crow About "Progressive Victory" PLEASE DONATE TO FSM ! 2012 Fund Raising Campaign FamilySecurityMatters.org publishes over 50 Contributing Editors whose expertise and experience on various topics is both valuable and costly. FSM also publishes a wealth of information you can use to join the fight to keep our families and our nation safe and sovereign. To help us carry these and other operating expenses, we ask that you be as generous as you possibly can during our 2012 Fund Raising Campaign. We need your tax-deductible support now more than ever! Just go here and fill out the form. You'll be able to charge a tax-deductible donation on your credit card or to send us a check - and please remember, every little bit helps! Read FamilySecurityMatters.org Contributing Editor J. Christian Adams' SHOCKING new book! Buy it here	* VIDEOS * TODAY'S HOT PICKS * 1. ACTION ALERT - Best Buy: TV's, Computers and Hamas - Ailing Retail Giant Sponsors Hamas-Linked Islamist Group, Refuses to Rule Out Future Funding to Islamic Radicals 2. VIDEO: Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner ‘We Can't Tell Yet' If Growth Has Stalled 3. VIDEO: DOE's Vehicle Fleet Roughly The Size of Its 15,000+ Staff, Inspector General Calls The $60,000,000 (taxpayer dollars) it Spends Annually on Travel a ‘Paltry Amount' 4. VIDEO: Standardizing Schools - Heritage Foundation fellow on the debate over national school standards. 5. VIDEO: Inside the GSA 'Swag Bag' - Griff Jenkins gets his hands on the gift bag GSA employees enjoyed during their infamous trip to Vegas 6. VIDEO: Dick Clark, 1929-2012 - A look back at the life and legacy of the broadcasting legend 7. VIDEO: LA Times ‘pure voyeurism' in publishing photos of troops with dead suicide bomber 8. Will Obama Fine Catholic Institutions Into Oblivion? 9. VIDEO: Heated Debate: In the Wake of the GSA Spending Scandal, O'Reilly Asks Why Americans Should Give the Government More of Their Hard-Earned Money Obama's Eco-Lies Alan Caruba The Rocks in Tom Friedman's Head Dr. Michael Widlanski Healthcare Reform Peter Katt The Real GSA Scandal: Job-Killing Big Labor Payoffs Michelle Malkin Who Decided It Would Be A Good Idea.... The American Dream Interview with Deneen Borelli-Author of Blacklash Roger Aronoff Calming the Storm of Martin/Zimmerman-related Racial Violence Lloyd Marcus If Sarkozy Thinks FT Is a Free Market Newspaper, He's More Extreme Than We Realized Daniel Hannan