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July 02, 2009
The Commonwealth Foundation's "Yes We Can" campaign is gaining steam. The program is geared to having members of the General Assembly literally signing onto the principle that ... [more]
July 01, 2009
Congratulations to Governor Ed Rendell. For the seventh consecutive year he has failed to perform his chief constitutionally mandated duty and have a state budget in place by the first of ... [more]
June 26, 2009
Today is shaping up as a pivotal day on Capitol Hill as the U.S. House of Representatives is preparing to vote on so-called "cap and trade" legislation.
Under the guise of solving ... [more]
June 25, 2009
A new poll released this week by Franklin & Marshall College shows public confidence in elected officials ranging from President Barack Obama to Governor Ed Rendell is eroding.
That is ... [more]
June 24, 2009
Get ready for the next big government boondoggle from the socialists now running Congress.
The votes are apparently lined up for the House of Representatives to pass so-called "cap and ... [more]
Let's all celebrate Independence Day
With picnics, fireworks, parades, flag display.
It might be the last one
'Cause when Obama's done
Our Independence will have gone away.
"In an economy like this," alas,
"The last thing we should do is" to pass
And "raise taxes on the"
Folks of the bourgeoisie
Otherwise known as the "middle class."
The quote is from Barack Obama.
He violated his constitution.
The other branches had a solution -
The one thing they could do
Was remove him by coup.
They did so with firm resolution.
Hugo Chavez and Castro objected -
Their populaces might be infected
With desires to be free
From dictators' decree.
Barack objected, too (as expected).
Zelaya violated the Honduran Constitution in an effort to ignore his term-limited status. The legislature and the Supreme Court authorized a coup in order to enforce constitutional adherence.
With cap and trade, it will come to pass
Rates will skyrocket and they'll surpass
Any you've ever seen.
That's the cost to be "green"
With electricity, oil and gas.
In January 2008, Obama said, "Under my plan of a cap and trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket ... because I'm capping greenhouse gases, coal power plants, natural gas ... you name it ... whatever the plants were, whatever the industry was, they would have to retro-fit their operations. That will cost money ... They will pass that money on to the consummers."
Today's the day the Budget is due.
But, as always with Ed, it's not through.
There'll be payless paydays
While with lives Rendell plays -
State employees, Fast Eddie will screw.
Last updated: Thu, July 02, 2009
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Thu, July 02, 2009Staub
When America's founders gathered in Philadelphia in 1776, they pledged "to dissolve the Political Bands which have connected them to another" and to set the stage for a new nation -- a nation ...
Thu, July 02, 2009Kengor
Will you be celebrating prudence this July 4th? Maybe you should. Or, at the least, it's worth pausing to think about.
Prudence is a timeless virtue never more ...
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Thu, July 02, 2009Newsletter
July 2
On This Independence Day, Sgt. DeJohn Still Waiting for Fair Treatment from Temple
This Saturday, Americans will celebrate the 223rd ...
Thu, July 02, 2009News Release
FAMILY UPDATE
Volume 5, Issue 23
July 2, 2009
The Pennsylvania Family Institute's weekly update to concerned citizens.
Michael Geer, President
Attention: PA Family ...
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Mon, June 29, 2009Ward
The younger voting demographic targeted by president Barack Obama this past election appropriately labeled the GOP as "the party of old white men" but could like wise be stereotyped as being "the ...
Fri, June 19, 2009Kennedy
The North Texas Mean Green repeated as the national champions on the sixth annual Gender Equity Scorecard. The Mean Green of the Sun Belt Conference was the only school of 115 Division 1-A colleges ...
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Wed, July 01, 2009Policy Brief
When the Secretary of Pennsylvania's Department of Community and Economic Development rejected Pittsburgh's petition to have its Act 47 designation lifted last July, he noted that the City needed ...
Fri, June 26, 2009Policy Brief
News magazines apparently do not have enough real news to report so they have taken to creating news by preparing a seemingly endless flood of city rankings. Evidently the competition to produce such ...
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Thu, July 02, 2009Hendrickson
Who won the Cold War? That's a no-brainer. The United States prevailed while the Soviet Union collapsed, and the People's Republic of China dumped Marxism; capitalism (free markets and private ...
Thu, July 02, 2009Van Til
Textbooks have pictured President Coolidge (1923-29) as an accidental, dim-witted president who said little, and thus, was dubbed "Silent Cal." Actually, he was the most popular political figure in ...
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Wed, July 01, 2009News Release
CF Launches "Yes, We Can!" and "We Agree!"
Does your state legislator agree with Pres. Obama, who said, "In an economy like this, the last ...
Wed, July 01, 2009& Jake Haulk
Matthew J. Brouillette & Jake Haulk
Editor's note: This is the second in a series of occasional commentaries on how Pennsylvania can turn around its economic fortune. In their first ...
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Fri, June 26, 2009News Release
The Conservative Reform Network
The Newsletter for Independent, Conservative Political Activists
In This Issue
Conservative Reform Network ...
Mon, June 15, 2009Newsletter
The Conservative Reform Network
The Newsletter for Independent, Conservative Political Activists
In This Issue
Conservative Reform Network ...
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Mon, June 29, 2009Kirkpatrick
Despite the lack of evidence that requiring public school educators to be certified results in qualified staff, the idea of decertifying them has not won the approval of the establishment, including ...
Tue, June 16, 2009Kirkpatrick
Public school educators like to consider themselves to be professionals, rather than the publicly employed hired hands that they actually are. Compare them with some of the generally recognized ...
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Thu, June 25, 2009News Release
June 24
Second Annual CFN Conference a Success; Gift Fund Surpassed!
Since October, we have been calling on you to donate to ...
Mon, June 15, 2009News Release
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PRESS RELEASE
Contact: Adam Kissel FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Phone: 215-717-3473 June 11, ...
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Thu, May 21, 2009Freind
Conflicts of interest at the Delaware River Port Authority (DRPA) were taken to a new level at yesterday's board meeting.
Ballard Spahr Law Firm partner John Estey ...
Wed, May 20, 2009Freind
Republican U.S. Rep. Jim Gerlach, who represents parts of Chester, Montgomery, Berks and Lehigh counties in the 6th Congressional District, is in a unique position heading into the 2010 election ...
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Mon, June 29, 2009Luksik
Anyone who has ever played a game with a five-year-old knows that there is only one rule. The five-year-old has to win. Any other rule is just a suggestion if it would result in the five-year-old ...
Tue, June 23, 2009Luksik
French King Louis XIV believed that he had the right to do whatever he desired as the ruler of France. When asked to explain how he thought the king should interact with the rest of the government ...
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Tue, June 23, 2009Meakem
In recent weeks, North Korea test-fired ballistic missiles over the Sea of Japan and exploded its second nuclear bomb. It also convicted two American journalists of "grave crimes" against ...
Fri, May 08, 2009Meakem
Forty-seven percent of those surveyed in a Rasmussen Reports poll last month said "America's best days have already come and gone." That negative feeling increased 6 percentage points in just one ...
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Tue, May 26, 2009Edwards
"I've stopped trying to get everything right."
-- Helen Hunt, Redbook cover piece, May 2008
"The Times 'got it ...
Wed, April 15, 2009Edwards
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"Welcome to the youngest fleet on the planet."
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Thu, June 25, 2009Hanna
Commentary for American Radio Journal
By Colin A. Hanna, President, Let Freedom Ring
Our nation's founders and our Constitution's framers had a radical idea a ...
Wed, June 24, 2009Henry
As the economic recession continues to impact state and local budgets elected officials at all levels are seeking new ways to increase revenue. The schemes to fleece more money from the private ...
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Mon, June 15, 2009Shrader
It has become apparent in recent days that certain members of the Pennsylvania Republican Party's upper brass are doing whatever they can to reduce the likelihood of a contested gubernatorial primary ...
Wed, May 27, 2009Shrader
Let me begin by saying I think John Baer is the finest political writer and reporter covering Pennsylvania politics today.
When I worked for the late Lieut. Gov. ...
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Fri, May 29, 2009News Release
Senate leaders got the message. A 65-member-strong NFIB delegation took to the Capitol Tuesday and helped to convince a majority of senators to hold the line on spending and taxes in the upcoming ...
Fri, May 29, 2009News Release
Small business owners urge legislators to balance the state's books without a tax increase
Contact: Kevin Shivers at (717) 232-8582 or Jason Brewer at (202) ...
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Thu, June 18, 2009News Release
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Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Governor breaks promises again: Seeks to postpone phase-out of Capital Stock and Franchise Tax ...
Tue, June 16, 2009News Release
PRESSRELEASE
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LesleySmith, director ofcommunications, 717 720-5446 or 717 645-2073 (cell)
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Fri, June 19, 2009News Release
FAMILY UPDATE
Volume 5, Issue 21
June 19, 2009
The Pennsylvania Family Institute's weekly update to concerned citizens.
Michael Geer, President
Attention: PA Family ...
Fri, June 12, 2009Newsletter
FAMILY UPDATE
Volume 5, Issue 20
June 11, 2009
The Pennsylvania Family Institute's weekly ...
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Tue, June 09, 2009News Release
Contact: Athan Koutsiouroumbas - athank@comcast.net
Pennsylvania - PA Coalition Launches to Focus on Federal Courts; Sotomayor
Group to address impact of ...
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Mon, March 30, 2009News Release
Dates have been announced for the 2010 Pennsylvania Leadership Conference. The 2010 conference will be held on April 16th and 17th at the Four Points Sheraton near ...
Thu, March 26, 2009News Release
The 2009 Pennsylvania Leadership Conference will be broadcast by the Pennsylvania Cable Network (PCN).
PCN will broadcast live from the Pennsylvania Leadership ...
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Mon, June 01, 2009News Release
PMA praises PA Senate leaders for courageous pro-growth, pro-taxpayer stand
(Harrisburg) May 6, 2009 -The $27.3 billion balanced budget approved 30 to 20 by the ...
Fri, January 30, 2009News Release
HARRISBURG, Pa., January 29, 2009 - With little more than a week remaining until Governor Ed Rendell's 2009-2010 budget address to the General Assembly, CompetePA is calling for state leaders to ...
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Thu, July 02, 2009Newsletter
July 1, 2009
Pennsylvania Pro-Life Online News from the Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation
A twice-monthly ...
Mon, June 15, 2009Newsletter
June 15, 2009
Pennsylvania Pro-Life Online News from the Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation
A twice-monthly publication of the Pennsylvania Pro-Life ...
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Thu, June 25, 2009Staub
Sources in Washington have informed us that the proponents of the sneakily misnamed Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) may try to run some "compromise" version of the nationwide unions' #1 ...
Thu, June 04, 2009Staub
"For decades U.S. organized labor insisted that secret ballots were a
sacrosanct necessity in determining whether workers wanted to join in unions. Now labor bosses want to chuck the ...
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Thu, January 22, 2009News Release
PHILADELPHIA and PITTSBURGH, Jan. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Highmark Inc. and Independence Blue Cross (IBC) announced today that they have withdrawn their applications to the Pennsylvania Insurance ...
Thu, October 30, 2008News Release
Rep. Josh Shapiro Responds to PAPA's Newsletter
* Rep. Shapiro's Response
In our last newletter, we indicated State ...
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Wed, July 01, 2009Reiland
SEA ISLE, N.J. --- After the age of 20, they say we lose about 50,000 brain cells a day. That means you'll probably lose a couple hundred just during the few minutes it takes to read this ...
Tue, June 23, 2009Reiland
SEA ISLE, N.J. --- The big news here is that Simba, our 1 1/2-year-old golden retriever, just won "Best of Show" in this year's dog show on the boardwalk.
"Paws ...
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Mon, June 29, 2009Zito
President Barack Obama made news at a press conference last week - by planting a question with a blogger, not by offering anything new in spite of taking his sharpest questions to ...
Tue, June 23, 2009Zito
Democrats in West Virginia are gravely concerned about the health of their senior U.S. senator, 91-year-old Robert Byrd, who has been hospitalized since May with a series of ...
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Wed, April 22, 2009Campbell
STOPTEACHERSTRIKES, INC.
Testimony on Teacher Strikes
Presented To The
Pennsylvania Senate ...
Tue, September 02, 2008News Release
The Pennsylvania teachers' union (PSEA) are back in action. Today, two school districts see their doors shut following the summer break.
Dusquesne in Allegheny ...
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Fri, June 19, 2009News Release
BEHIND THE HEADLINES is a television production of The Susquehanna Valley
Center for Public Policy
www.susvalleypolicy.org
For the weeks of June 22, 29, July 6, 2009: It's ...
Mon, June 08, 2009News Release
BEHIND THE HEADLINES is a television production of The Susquehanna Valley
Center for Public Policy
www.susvalleypolicy.org
For the weeks of June 8 and 15, 2009: Kelly Lewis of ...
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Thu, January 08, 2009Newsletter
VOLUME 2, ISSUE 1
Quick Links
Volunteer Information
Company Advisor Sign Up
EITC Tax Credit Info.
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Tue, February 10, 2009News Release
Urban Family Council cordially invites to you to attend our
"SEND ME!" Spring Fundraising Banquet & Silent Auction
Thursday, March 26, 2009
6:00 p.m. - Reception and ...
Wed, January 28, 2009Newsletter
eNews January 2009
Quick Links
Impact Thrift Store
New Life Thrift Shop
UFC Website
United Way of SEPA
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Wed, June 10, 2009Newsletter
THE WESTMORELAND WATCHMAN
A PUBLICATION OF THE WESTMORELAND COUNTY CONSERVATIVE COALITION
Wed, May 20, 2009Newsletter
THE WESTMORELAND WATCHMAN
A PUBLICATION OF THE WESTMORELAND COUNTY CONSERVATIVE COALITION
VOLUME 1, NUMBER 5 MAY, 2009
160 MAUS DRIVE ...