Monday, September 30, 2013

Sen. Ted Cruz offers to donate salary to charity if Democrats shut down government

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, announced today he will donate his Senate salary to charity salary to charity for each day Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid forces a government shutdown.

From Cruz's website:
 
"Harry Reid should not force a government shutdown. I hope that Reid stops refusing to negotiate and works with the House to avoid a government shutdown, and, at the same time, prevent the enormous harms that Obamacare is inflicting on the American people.
"If, however, Harry Reid forces a government shutdown, I intend to donate my salary to charity for each day the government is shut down. Elected leaders should not be treated better than the American people, which is precisely why hardworking Americans deserve the same Obamacare exception that President Obama has already granted Members of Congress."

Democrats’ New Outrageous Property Rights Power Grab

Democrats' New Outrageous Property Rights Power Grab | RedState

Political class has it much better than private sector

CBO | Comparing the Compensation of Federal and Private-Sector Employees

There’s no such thing as free health care

Apologies to all you low-information Obama supporters. He lied to you about "free" health care. You're going to pay more for less coverage. Welcome to another failed government program.

There's no such thing as free healthcare

Obama flunks AP Fact Check on health care reform, budget

I am amazed that liberals can continue to support Obama when he has lied to them so many times. The Associated Press offers this latest Fact Check on Obama's dubious claims about Obamacare and the government shutdown. Why would any sane person support a politician who lies to them on a regular basis?

FACT CHECK: Slippery claims on health law, budget - The Item: AP News

Lawmakers call out CNN anchor for anti-GOP tirade

GOP lawmakers call out CNN anchor

Lancaster County officials got pay raises in 2013, even if they didn't want them

It's so easy for politicians to spend other people's money.

Lancaster County officials got pay raises in 2013, even if they didn't want them

Welcome to Obamacare


Your move, global warming alarmists

Your move, global warming alarmists

State-driven Common Core is least we can do to accelerate student learning

State-driven Common Core is least we can do to accelerate student learning

How Obamacare Is Hurting Workers and Small Businesses

How Obamacare Is Hurting Workers and Small Businesses

Obamacare Website Quietly Deletes Reference to 'Free Health Care'

Obamacare Website Quietly Deletes Reference to 'Free Health Care'

Friday, September 27, 2013

Household wealth has yet to recover under Obama

Household wealth has yet to recover

Report: Homegrown Terrorist Plots Have Surged Since Obama Took Office

Report: Homegrown Terrorist Plots Have Surged Since 2009

Who really lost the recovery? A second look at America’s stagnant new normal

James Pethokoukis: Who really lost the recovery? A second look at America’s stagnant new normal

10 more things House GOPers should demand before raising the debt ceiling

James Pethokoukis: 10 more things House GOPers should demand before raising the debt ceiling

Pa. becomes energy giant under Corbett

Only 19 Senators stand with American people to defund Obamacare

Only 19 Senators stand with American people to defund Obamacare

New report undercuts global warming alarmists

Michael Barone: New report undercuts global warming alarmists

Thursday, September 26, 2013

Opinion: Obama presidency hurting more Americans

Mark Caserta: Obama presidency hurting more Americans | The Herald-Dispatch

At 42 months and counting, current job 'recovery' is slowest since Truman was president

Five years and we're still waiting for that recovery Obama promised.

At 42 months and counting, current job "recovery" is slowest since Truman was president

Blame for Both Sides as Possible Government Shutdown Approaches

Blame for Both Sides as Possible Government Shutdown Approaches

Cruz Missile


Pa. naked haunted house ordered to cover up

Shocktoberfest's naked haunted house gets covered up

Democratic Senator Supports Delay of Obamacare Individual Mandate

Democrats are feeling the heat as Obamacare is about to kick in. Keep the pressure up. Vote out every Democrat who supports Obamacare.

Democratic Senator Supports Compromise to Delay Obamacare's Individual Mandate

Larry Elder: Democratic Party loves ill-informed voters

Columnist Larry Elder on how the Democratic Party relies on low-information voters for support:
Democrats win because their narrative works on an emotional level — us against them. Bad, selfish people — known as Republicans — want to stop the good and the decent — known as Democrats — from their right to health care, right to a job, right to a job with a "livable wage" and the right to not only enjoy one’s own lifestyle but to brand critics as racists, sexists or homophobes.
Democratic Party loves ill-informed voters

The joke that is the renewable fuel standard

The joke that is the renewable fuel standard

IRS loses $67 million out of billion-dollar ObamaCare slush fund

IRS loses $67 million out of billion-dollar ObamaCare slush fund | Human Events

Poll: 65% continue to favor building Keystone XL pipeline

Continued Support for Keystone XL Pipeline

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Vatican: No communion for pro-abortion Nancy Pelosi

No communion for Nancy Pelosi: Vatican court head - Washington Times

Bloggers Should Support Media Shield Bill

Comments: Bloggers Should Support Media Shield Bill | NetNewsCheck.com

Muslims need to confront Muslim evil

Dennis Prager: Muslims need to confront Muslim evil

The EPA's worse-than-useless coal regulations

The EPA's worse-than-useless coal regulations | Human Events

Employers keep workers under 30 hours to avoid Obamacare penalty

Employers keep workers under 30 hours to avoid Obamacare penalty - abc27 WHTM

For Those Who Don't Believe in Election Fraud

Articles: For Those Who Don't Believe in Election Fraud

Mark Levin blasts 'French Republicans' in US Senate

Monday, September 23, 2013

Editorial: Obamacare hurts the middle class

The Lancaster New Era: How ironic will it be if the law that was supposed to help workers — by ensuring they can get health insurance — contributes to the erosion of their already-precarious hold on the middle class?


Obamacare's effect on the middle class

Opt Out - The Exam - Creepy Uncle Sam

Lois Lerner retires with full government pension

Accountability, Obama-style. The woman at the center of the IRS scandal gets to retire with a lifetime government pension.

Lois Lerner retires | Human Events

NRA calls for more armed personnel after Navy Yard shooting

NRA's LaPierre calls for more armed personnel after Navy Yard shooting

Report: Illegal alien population in U.S. may be rising again

Report: Undocumented population in U.S. may be rising

Angry Christians protest Pakistan church bombing; death toll rises to 81

Angry Christians protest Pakistan church bombing; death toll rises to 81

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

CBO predicts debt will reach 100% of GDP by 2038 if continue down Obama's path

Debt Will Rise with Population’s Age, Predicts CBO | Human Events

Dr. Ben Carson: Defund Obamacare

DR. BEN CARSON: This is a moment that defines courage; the direction of our country is not good - Washington Times

IRS targeting guided by political leaders and media

IRS targeting guided by political leaders and media | Human Events

Untested

Record 46.5 million Americans living in poverty under Obama

From Hope Yen of the Associated Press:
The nation's poverty rate remained stuck at 15 percent last year despite America's slowly reviving economy, a discouraging lack of improvement for the record 46.5 million poor and an unwelcome benchmark for President Barack Obama's recovery plans.

More than 1 in 7 Americans were living in poverty, not statistically different from the 46.2 million of 2011 and the sixth straight year the rate had failed to improve, the Census Bureau reported Tuesday. Median income for the nation's households was $51,017, also unchanged from the previous year after two consecutive annual declines, while the share of people without health insurance did improve but only a bit, from 15.7 percent to 15.4 percent.
Poverty stuck at 15 percent _ record 46.5 million | CharlotteObserver.com

New Documents Show Obama Used IRS To Target Political Foes

New Documents Show IRS Flagged Groups Because Of Their 'Anti-Obama Rhetoric'…

Jim DeMint: The president's disdain for his oath

DEMINT: The president's disdain for his oath - Washington Times

Opinion: Rep. Benninghoff panders to special interests

Benninghoff panders to special interests

Opinion: Pro-abortion Sen. Bob Casey doesn't belong at Catholic college

Casey doesn't belong at Catholic college

Monday, September 16, 2013

Democrat Sen. Bob Casey Jr. wants drivers to pay higher gas tax

Pennsylvania's Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Casey Jr. thinks drivers are not paying enough at the pump. (Gas prices have doubled since Casey's pal Barack Obama took office).

Casey is proposing a hike in the federal gas tax, not necessarily to fix roads and bridges but to pump more money into big city public transit authorities to keep paying high wages to those unionized bus drivers and mechanics.

Casey made his plea for higher taxes at a press event flanked by the general manager of SEPTA, the always financially-strapped Philadelphia transit authority, and Montgomery County Commissioner Josh Shapiro, another tax-and-spend liberal who wants to be governor of Pennsylvania some day.
Casey, flanked by SEPTA general manager Joseph Casey and Montgomery County Commissioner Josh Shapiro, said transit agencies and local transportation planners need to know how much money to expect and when to expect it.
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/business/transportation/20130917_Casey__Congress_should_consider_raising_gas_tax.html#VlRkMVLiurzcImPi.99
Casey, flanked by SEPTA general manager Joseph Casey and Montgomery County Commissioner Josh Shapiro, said transit agencies and local transportation planners need to know how much money to expect and when to expect it.
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/business/transportation/20130917_Casey__Congress_should_consider_raising_gas_tax.html#VlRkMVLiurzcImPi.99
Casey, flanked by SEPTA general manager Joseph Casey and Montgomery County Commissioner Josh Shapiro, said transit agencies and local transportation planners need to know how much money to expect and when to expect it.
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/business/transportation/20130917_Casey__Congress_should_consider_raising_gas_tax.html#VlRkMVLiurzcImPi.99
Casey, flanked by SEPTA general manager Joseph Casey and Montgomery County Commissioner Josh Shapiro, said transit agencies and local transportation planners need to know how much money to expect and when to expect it.
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/business/transportation/20130917_Casey__Congress_should_consider_raising_gas_tax.html#VlRkMVLiurzcImPi.99
Casey, flanked by SEPTA general manager Joseph Casey and Montgomery County Commissioner Josh Shapiro, said transit agencies and local transportation planners need to know how much money to expect and when to expect it.
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/business/transportation/20130917_Casey__Congress_should_consider_raising_gas_tax.html#VlRkMVLiurzcImPi.99

Casey: Congress should consider raising gas tax

Why Christians have much to fear in Syria

Why Christians have much to fear in Syria

Sinking


ObamaCare's Desperate Defenders

You can put all the lipstick you want on a pig, but it's still a pig. Obamacare is more unpopular today that it was three years ago when Democrats shoved down the nation's throat. Voters can thank Congressional Democrats in 2014 by voting all of them out of office.

ObamaCare's Desperate Defenders

Obama Admin releases illegal immigrants who are sex offenders

U.S. releases illegal immigrants who are sex offenders - Washington Times

How House can defund Obamacare

How House can defund Obamacare

Saturday, September 14, 2013

Obama Wants Inclusion of 'Social and Behavioral' Data in Health Records

It's not about health care, it's about control of the people by a central government.

Our worst nightmares will come true when Obama takes controls of the health system.

Have we not learned anything about Obama? He has used the IRS and the NSA to harass and spy on Americans who disagree with him. It's only the beginning.

From The Washington Free Beacon:
Health care experts say the proposal raises additional privacy concerns over Americans' personal health information, on top of worries that the Obamacare "data hub" could lead to abuse by bureaucrats and identify theft.
Ronald Reagan warned us about the coming of a tyrant like Obama:
"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free."
  Government Seeking Inclusion of 'Social and Behavioral' Data in Health Records

Conservative group launches campaign to 'fire Boehner' over Benghazi response

Conservative group launches campaign to 'fire Boehner' over Benghazi response - The Hill's Global Affairs

Weekly GOP Address: Stopping Obamacare fraud and abuse

Friday, September 13, 2013

Obama's America: 18M U.S. households were 'food insecure' in 2012

Thinking about food stamps and food insecurity and labor force participation

How much did the Great Financial Crisis cost America? Nearly $30 trillion

How much did the Great Financial Crisis cost America? Nearly $30 trillion

Another study shows the anti-job impact of minimum wage hikes

Another study shows the anti-job impact of minimum wage hikes

Huge crowd turns out for property tax forum in Bucks County

Huge crowd turns out for property tax forum - phillyburbs.com: Local

Albright College Presents International Film Series

Albright College Presents International Film Series

The epic meltdown of the gun-grabbers

Michelle Malkin: The epic meltdown of the gun-grabbers

Lois Lerner, 2011: The Tea Party is 'very dangerous'

These are the kinds of partisan hacks Obama has appointed to key government positions.

Lois Lerner, 2011: The Tea Party is "very dangerous" | Human Events

The first tattooed Miss America?


One of the contestants in this year's Miss America Pageant will stand out during the swimsuit competition. Miss Kansas Theresa Vail is believed to be the first contestant in the 93-year history of the pageant to display a tattoo - actually two of them. It was much easier for women to hide tattoos when Miss America required a one-piece bathing suit, but now that the girls compete in bikinis, it's a lot harder to conceal the body art. A recent Harris Poll revealed that one if five American adults have tattoos. Women are slightly more likely than men, for the first time since this question was first asked, to have a tattoo (now 23% versus 19%), according to Harris. In case you're wondering what the tattoo on Ms. Vail's side says, it's the Serenity Prayer (God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, The courage to change the things I can, And wisdom to know the difference.) The other tattoo on her body is the insignia for the U.S. Army Dental Corps on her left shoulder. This is what Ms. Vail told People magazine about her decision to compete: "Why am I choosing to bear my tattoos?" Vail says. "My whole platform is empowering women to overcome stereotypes and break barriers. What a hypocrite I would be if I covered my ink. How can I tell other women to be fearless and true to themselves if I can't do the same? I am who I am, tattoos and all." Here's something else you probably didn't know about Ms. Vail. The 23-year-old is a sergeant in the Kansas Army National Guard. Miss America will be crowned Sunday from Atlantic City, N.J.

Vladimir Putin: Leader of the Free World?

Vladimir Putin: Leader of the Free World? | FrontPage Magazine

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Poll: 7 in 10 Tea Party-affiliated Republicans disapprove of GOP leadership

Poll: Tea Party dissatisfaction with GOP leaders spikes - The Hill's Blog Briefing Room

Study: Obamacare has been amended or delayed 19 times

Obamacare has been amended or delayed 19 times: Study - Washington Times

Democrats blame 'voter suppression' for humilating losses in Colorado

Top Dem: Colorado losses due to 'voter suppression, pure and simple' - The Hill's Ballot Box

Not A Good Sign


Pa. Congressmen Still Skeptical of Obama Syria Policy

Here's what two Southeastern Pennsylvania members of Congress had to say about President Obama's muddled Syria policy following Obama's Tuesday address:

From Rep. Joe Pitts, R-16th Dist.:
"While I’ve listened closely to the President and his advisors, I do not support using military action in Syria. Had the President pushed for a vote on authorization this week, I would have voted no. My main concern is that we could make matters worse, potentially harming innocent lives and possibly sparking a regional war. We should certainly be skeptical of the new Russian proposal, but we must investigate all potential diplomatic efforts to eliminate Syrian chemical weapons. We must not forget that the Russians have been blocking efforts in the United Nations and supplying the regime with weapons."

From Rep. Jim Gerlach, R-6th Dist.:
"I am hopeful that the President's pivot to diplomacy will succeed in stopping future chemical weapons attacks in Syria and that our country will not be forced to put the brave men and women of our military in harm's way.  The President’s speech still leaves many questions unanswered about the scope, justification, and necessity for U.S. military involvement in the Syrian conflict.  The President may have called a timeout, but I'm still unconvinced that the Administration has an effective game plan for Syria.  Nothing I heard from the President tonight has changed my opposition to our military involvement in Syria."

9/11: America's unfinished business

Michelle Malkin: 9/11: America's unfinished business

Obama wants your sexual history

Betsy McCaughey: Obama wants your sexual history

Democrat promises more failure

The Democratic mayor of failing Pa. city (Allentown) brings his campaign for governor to another failing city mayor brings gubernatorial campaign to another failing city (Reading) run by Democrats. He'd like to spread failure across the entire state.

Allentown mayor brings gubernatorial campaign to Reading

Rep. Mark Gillen: 'End the tyranny of the current property tax system' in Pa.

Debate on property taxes disappoints many

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Monday, September 09, 2013

Americans Being Forced to Pay for Al Jazeera

Americans Being Forced to Pay for Al Jazeera

Follow the red lines


A no vote on Syria may cripple Obama's domestic agenda too

Lawrence Kudlow: A no vote on Syria may cripple Obama's domestic agenda too

AP poll: 4 in 5 Americans oppose strike on Syria

Opposition to his policies has never stopped Barack Obama before (think Obamacare), but an overwhelming number of Americans oppose U.S. military action in Syria. While Obama may ignore the American public, will members of Congress who have to face re-election in 2014, follow Obama over the cliff?

AP poll: Most Americans oppose strike on Syria

BlackJax American Pub and Grill opens Monday in Douglassville

You probably haven't seen anything like this: A new $1.2M dining/entertainment complex opens Monday along Route 422 east halfway between Reading and Pottstown.

A new dining destination is ready to open in Amity

Saturday, September 07, 2013

Boots off the ground: American workforce loses another 300,000 people

Boots off the ground: the American workforce loses another 300k people | Human Events

Nobel Peace Prize Winner Barack Obama Calls For Military Action in Syria

Syria is only a symptom of Obama's failed foreign policy

T.J. O'Hara: Syria is only a symptom of a failed foreign policy

Patriot Act's author files court papers to stop 'frightening' Obama abuses

Patriot Act's author files court papers to stop 'frightening' Obama abuses - Washington Times

Hitler Find Out About Common Core State Standards

Christians in the cross hairs in Muslim countries

Nat Hentoff: Christians in the cross hairs

Factcheck: Obama's blurry red line

Factcheck: Obama's blurry red line

Friday, September 06, 2013

Obama's America: 18M U.S. households were 'food insecure' in 2012

Thinking about food stamps and food insecurity and labor force participation

Obama's red line


Historical Society of Berks renamed Berks History Center

Historical Society of Berks renamed Berks History Center

Protesting Pa. Property Taxes $1 At A Time

Pa. man pays school property tax — all $7,143 of it — in $1 bills

Let’s face it: The US job market is dead in the water and not getting better

James Pethokoukis: Let's face it: The US job market is dead in the water and not getting better

Obama's 'red line' undermines U.S. power

Michael Barone: Obama's 'red line' undermines U.S. power

Time for John Boehner to go

Poll: Half of GOP voters in Boehner's district welcome primary challenge to speaker | Human Events

Thursday, September 05, 2013

Catholics protest Sen. Bob Casey visit to Alvernia University

Allentown Diocese critical of senator's appearance at Alvernia

Whatever happened to global warming?

No 90-degree days recorded in Berks County, Pa., in August

Where are protests against murders of Christians in Egypt and Syria?

NAT HENTOFF: Where are protests against murders of Christians?

Pa. Bar releases ratings of judicial candidates

Vote 'No' on retention of Pa. Chief Justice Ronald Castille this November. His activist court often overrules the will of the people: Voter ID is best example.

Pa. Bar releases ratings of judicial candidates

Pew Poll: Public Opinion Runs Against Syrian Airstrikes

Public Opinion Runs Against Syrian Airstrikes

Al-Qaeda vows to slaughter Christians after U.S. ‘liberates’ Syria

Al-Qaeda vows to slaughter Christians after U.S. ‘liberates’ Syria

Ann Coulter: A community organizer goes to war

Community organizer goes to war

Pa. Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz calls for higher taxes

Schwartz calls for extraction tax on gas - Bucks County Courier Times: Bucks County | Local news | Breaking News

Opinion: The real threat to America: People stupid enough to vote for Obama twice

What a great opinion piece by Pennsylvania resident Nicholas Cemprola: "The United States of America can survive Obama, but it is much less likely to survive the electorate that made him president."

Opinion: The real threat to America - Bucks County Courier Times: Bucks County | Letters To The Editor

Obama's America: 49M in U.S. didn't have enough food in 2012

49 million Americans didn't have enough food in 2012

Wednesday, September 04, 2013

More than just a media watchdog


RNC Launches ObamaCareCosts.org To Inform Voters, Hold 2014 Democrats Accountable

Every Congressional Democrat who voted for Obamacare should be kicked out of office in 2014.

RNC Launches ObamaCareCosts.org To Inform Voters, Hold 2014 Democrats Accountable | RedState

The Millennial Generation Is Abandoning Liberalism

Chriss Street: The Millennial Generation Is Abandoning Liberalism

Planned drone command center in Pa. protested

Drone protesters gather for monthly demonstration in Horsham - phillyburbs.com: Willow Grove

Who loves Obamacare?


Gun company finds bullseye in PA after NY restricts sales

Gun company finds bullseye in PA after NY restricts sales

Bishop Paprocki warns against rise of anti-Christian bigotry ...

Newspaper slams Pa. property tax reform scheme by Rep. Grove

House Bill 76, sponsored by Rep. Jim Cox, with 90 co-sponsors, is the best chance for eliminating school property taxes in Pennsylvania. A "alternative" bill sponsored by Rep. Seth Grove is a distraction by career politicians who favor the status quo. That's why the Times-Tribune newspaper in Scranton calls Grove's bill a "sham" in the editorial below.

Rearranging furniture isn't tax reform - Opinion - The Times-Tribune

What did Hillary Clinton know about Benghazi and when did she know it?

Book: Clinton's State told Benghazi was a 'terrorist attack' minutes after it began | WashingtonExaminer.com

Seven steps to replace Obamacare with something that works

Seven steps to replace Obamacare with something that works | WashingtonExaminer.com