Monday, March 31, 2014
Saturday, March 29, 2014
Friday, March 28, 2014
Pennsylvania's official language: English or Spanish?
A Pennsylvania state legislator from Philadelphia has introduced a
resolution in the state House calling for "Spanish" to be declared the
official language of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Let me check the
calendar. Nope, it's not April Fool's Day. The screwball state lawmaker
is Rep. Angel Cruz, and of course, he's a Democrat. The resolution
would require all local, county and state government agencies to use
Spanish on all government documents. It appears Cruz's resolution (House
Resolution 666) is in response to a bill by Republican state Rep. Daryl
Metcalfe to designate "English" as the official language of
Pennsylvania. Metcalf's legislation is House Bill 2132.
Pennsylvania's official language: English or Spanish? | Local News - WTAE Home
Pennsylvania's official language: English or Spanish? | Local News - WTAE Home
Viguerie Blasts Boehner, GOP Congressional Leadership
In response to news that House Speaker John Boehner and the Republican Congressional
leadership will meet with the anti-tea party group, Mainstreet Advocacy, at the Ritz Carlton, ConservativeHQ founder Richard Viguerie
offered the following response:
"Since the purpose of the weekend meeting at
the Ritz Carlton on Amelia Island in Florida is to raise money and
strategizing as to how to defeat limited-government constitutional
conservatives in Republican primaries, this meeting is an act of war by
John Boehner, Eric Canter and the Republican Congressional leadership."
"By fighting conservatives, Republican
congressional leaders are publicly acknowledging they do not share the
core values of conservatives and Tea Partyers, including
limited-government, fidelity to the constitution, lower taxes, balanced
budget, significantly reducing the size, scope and reach of the federal
government."
Thursday, March 27, 2014
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Pa. Gov. Corbett Meets With Pope Francis
Pennsylvania Governor Corbett and First Lady Susan Corbett Meet Pope Francis (via PR Newswire)Pennsylvania gifts presented from Doylestown, Glenshaw, Philadelphia, Camp Hill HARRISBURG, Pa., March 26, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In Rome for meetings on behalf of the World Meeting of Families, Governor and Mrs. Corbett today met with Pope…
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Monday, March 24, 2014
PA GOP: 250,000 Pennsylvanians have lost their health care coverage due to Obamacare
"Four years ago, President Obama and the Democrats rammed through legislation which created health care insecurity for millions of Americans and caused 250,000 Pennsylvanians to lose their health care coverage," Gleason said. "Over the course of the past four years, Pennsylvanians have watched as Obamacare has hurt small businesses, costs jobs and separated families from their doctors. It seems like each time we pull back a layer of the Obamacare law, there is another disastrous consequence.
"Now, President Obama and the Democrats are ignoring the Constitution and delaying provisions of ObamaCare by fiat for blatant partisan political gain. No matter how hard the Democrats wish away their role in Obamacare, voters will hold them accountable for their role in this mess in November."
According to the Governor's Office, more than 250,000 Pennsylvanians have lost their health care coverage due to ObamaCare. (Office of the Governor, "Governor Corbett Calls on President Obama for Permanent Solutions to Affordable Care Act Issues and to Protect Pennsylvanians' Health Care," 11/14/13)
HARRISBURG –
Republican Party of Pennsylvania Chairman Rob Gleason released the
following statement regarding the fourth anniversary of Obamacare.
“Four years ago, President Obama and the Democrats rammed through legislation which created health care insecurity for millions of Americans and caused 250,000 Pennsylvanians to lose their health care coverage,” Gleason said. “Over the course of the past four years, Pennsylvanians have watched as Obamacare has hurt small businesses, costs jobs and separated families from their doctors. It seems like each time we pull back a layer of the Obamacare law, there is another disastrous consequence.
“Now, President Obama and the Democrats are ignoring the Constitution and delaying provisions of ObamaCare by fiat for blatant partisan political gain. No matter how hard the Democrats wish away their role in Obamacare, voters will hold them accountable for their role in this mess in November.”
According to the Governor’s Office, more than 250,000 Pennsylvanians have lost their health care coverage due to ObamaCare. (Office of the Governor, “Governor Corbett Calls on President Obama for Permanent Solutions to Affordable Care Act Issues and to Protect Pennsylvanians’ Health Care,” 11/14/13)
- See more at: http://www.pagop.org/2014/03/chairman-gleason-releases-statement-fourth-anniversary-obamacare/#sthash.hg4GyPl8.dpuf
“Four years ago, President Obama and the Democrats rammed through legislation which created health care insecurity for millions of Americans and caused 250,000 Pennsylvanians to lose their health care coverage,” Gleason said. “Over the course of the past four years, Pennsylvanians have watched as Obamacare has hurt small businesses, costs jobs and separated families from their doctors. It seems like each time we pull back a layer of the Obamacare law, there is another disastrous consequence.
“Now, President Obama and the Democrats are ignoring the Constitution and delaying provisions of ObamaCare by fiat for blatant partisan political gain. No matter how hard the Democrats wish away their role in Obamacare, voters will hold them accountable for their role in this mess in November.”
According to the Governor’s Office, more than 250,000 Pennsylvanians have lost their health care coverage due to ObamaCare. (Office of the Governor, “Governor Corbett Calls on President Obama for Permanent Solutions to Affordable Care Act Issues and to Protect Pennsylvanians’ Health Care,” 11/14/13)
- See more at: http://www.pagop.org/2014/03/chairman-gleason-releases-statement-fourth-anniversary-obamacare/#sthash.hg4GyPl8.dpuf
Sunday, March 23, 2014
Saturday, March 22, 2014
Liberal Newspaper Editor Backs Voter ID Law in Pa.
Here's something you don't see every day. The editor of one of the
most liberal newspapers in Pennsylvania actually supports a Voter ID
law.
From a recent column by Reading Eagle Editor Harry Deitz:
From a recent column by Reading Eagle Editor Harry Deitz:
I don't understand why people shouldn't have to show identification to vote.
It's one of our most important responsibilities as citizens, and it must come with rules that assure it is secure.
The issue of voter ID in Pennsylvania has been a long-running battle in the courts. Proponents argue that it prevents fraud. Opponents claim there is no evidence of fraud and that providing an official ID is a burden on some citizens.
I see those as lame and unfounded excuses. Can they legally drive a car without a license?
Can they refuse to provide an ID if requested to cash a check? Can anyone go into a bar or liquor store and make a purchase without valid ID if requested? Can they get on a commercial airline without identification?
None of those come close to the importance of voting. If you go for medical tests, you need an ID. If you apply for a job, you need ID.
How do we assure that the person voting is who he says he is? No system is perfect. But there have to be checks. There must be rules.What are they afraid of? What are they trying to hide?Harry Deitz: Five things I don't understand and likely never will | NEWS
Friday, March 21, 2014
Tea Party Group Calls For Impeachment of PA Attorney General Kathleen Kane
While Kane has been using her office for political grandstanding since she took office last year, her decision to pull the plug on a sting operation that caught prominent Philadelphia politicians allegedly accepting bribes has caused a political firestorm across the Keystone State.
Kane is now threatening to sue Pennsylvania's most liberal newspaper - The Philadelphia Inquirer - for exposing the botched sting operation, but the controversy is not going away. Watchdog groups and citizen activists are calling for investigations of her actions.
Today, the Independence Hall Tea Party Association is calling for Kane's impeachment.
From a press release issued by the group:
The Independence Hall Tea Party is calling on the Pennsylvania State Legislature to immediately remove Katherine Kane from her duties as Attorney General of Pennsylvania."In the recent past, Attorney General Kane has refused to enforce the PA Marriage Act and to indict Philadelphia area elected officials caught on tape accepting monetary bribes," said Association President, Teri Adams."Ms. Kane's refusal to do the right thing in order to protect her political allies and friends is even more frightening than the bribery itself."Corruption begets corruption."But we have held back our fire until Ms. Kane instigated her most chilling move to date - hiring Philadelphia's most feared attorney to intimidate the press - in particular the Philadelphia Inquirer - and others - from examining her record."What she hopes to achieve by hiring Dick Sprague is an end to the scrutiny of her very questionable - possibly even criminal behavior - and the silencing of her critics."This is a veiled assault on the First Amendment of the United States Constitution--on freedom of the press and freedom of speech," said Ms. Adams."This is not a partisan issue. It's one that should concern Pennsylvanians of all political persuasions and backgrounds.""As organization who is named for the building which gave birth to the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution, we will not be silenced by Kathleen Kane or her Attorneys."
Thursday, March 20, 2014
Pa. Democrat Tom Wolfe endorses Obamacare
Democrat Tom Wolfe, who is running for Pa. governor, is a supporter
of Barack Obama and likes what he's seen of Obamacare so far.
From the Republican Party of Pennsylvania:
Wolf is also a multi-millionaire who doesn't have to worry about paying for his health care.
From the Republican Party of Pennsylvania:
Today, Tom Wolf stated that a law that cost 250,000 Pennsylvanians their health care coverage is “a step in the right direction.” Perhaps Tom Wolf was too busy calling for new taxes on energy to notice how ObamaCare is hurting small businesses, driving up health care costs for our local governments, and costing families their doctors. Tom Wolf’s statement that ObamaCare was a step in the right direction just proves that he would have voted for the law and he would rubberstamp its disastrous effects that would lead to more health care insecurity for Pennsylvanians.Pennsylvania voters should know what they're getting with this tax-and-spend, big-government liberal.
Wolf is also a multi-millionaire who doesn't have to worry about paying for his health care.
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Pelosi, Dems doubling down on ObamaCare
Make this November's election a referendum on Obamacare. Vote out every Democrat on the ballot.
Pelosi, Dems doubling down on ObamaCare | TheHill
Pelosi, Dems doubling down on ObamaCare | TheHill
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Monday, March 17, 2014
Report: 3 top Pa. liquor board executives violated ethics rules
Another reason Pennsylvania should get out of the liquor business.
Report: 3 LCB executives violated ethics rules
Report: 3 LCB executives violated ethics rules
Sunday, March 16, 2014
Saturday, March 15, 2014
Friday, March 14, 2014
Sen. Toomey to oppose Obama's radical Surgeon General nominee
U.S. Senator Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) on Friday issued the following
statement about Dr. Vivek Murthy, President Obama's nominee to be the
Surgeon General.
"The Surgeon General is the most prominent government spokesperson on matters of public health and is responsible for overseeing more than 6,700 uniformed members of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.Toomey recently led a successful bipartisan effort in the Senate to block another controversial Obama nominee - a lawyer with ties to a convicted cop killer - for a key Justice Department position.
"President Obama's nominee for the position, Dr. Vivek Murthy, has had a relatively short career in medicine that is rather lacking on public health issues for a position of this stature. Instead, Dr. Murthy, as the president of a partisan political organization, has been an active promoter of ObamaCare - a law that I believe is fundamentally wrong in its approach to improving our nation’s health care system. Dr. Murthy also has advocated for policies that would erode our important Second Amendment rights. For these reasons, I will oppose Dr. Murthy's nomination for Surgeon General."
Thursday, March 13, 2014
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Republican Jolly wins crucial Florida bellwether special election
Today's special election in Florida was widely seen as a referendum
on Obamacare. Judging from the results, it's not going to be a good year
for Congressional Democrats who have to run with the Obamacare
albatross around their necks in November.
Republican Jolly wins crucial Florida bellwether special election | TheHill
Republican Jolly wins crucial Florida bellwether special election | TheHill
Monday, March 10, 2014
Sunday, March 09, 2014
Antietam MS/HS Presents 'Oklahoma!'
Saturday, March 08, 2014
Friday, March 07, 2014
Guest column: If Obamacare is so great ...
Guest columnist
This week at a town hall meeting, the President again reiterated that he is "very proud" of Obamacare. He and his administration have some very odd ways of showing that pride.
If Obamacare is so great, then why does the administration keep delaying its implementation in various ways? More than 30 times the administration has announced various delays to pieces of the law, some of them quite essential to its administration.
Just this week, the President announced a two-year delay in the elimination of certain insurance plans that don’t meet the requirements of Obamacare. According to the law, these plans are now illegal. Insurers aren't supposed to be able to sell plans that don't meet the essential minimum benefits requirement.
The problem is that the President was less than clear about what Obamacare would do to the insurance market. He told everyone that if they liked their plan, they would be able to keep it. Meanwhile, anyone who actually read the law could see that this wasn’t the case.
When cancellation notices went out across the nation last year, the deception became clear and the outcry led the President to proclaim that these plans could keep running for another year. This would have meant that people with these plans would have again received cancellation notices, and right before the November mid-term election. At-risk Senate Democrats have been quietly pushing the President to extend the exemption and they got their wish this week.
Just a few weeks ago, the administration announced further delays to the employer mandate to purchase insurance for employees. They created a new category of businesses with between 50 and 99 employees. These businesses won’t have to comply until 2016. There's no legal authority for further delay and no authority to create another category of employers. This just adds to the legal chaos that is making it hard for employers to grow their business and expand hiring.
If the law is so great, then why does the definition of success keep having to change? Before the health insurance exchanges opened, Health and Human Services Secretary Sebelius was asked what success would look like. She said, "Well, I think success looks like at least seven million people having signed up by the end of March 2014."
After the disastrous rollout of the website, it became apparent that that goal would not be met. Just recently she changed her tune: "First of all, seven million was not the administration. That was a CBO, Congressional Budget Office, prediction when the bill was first signed. I'm not sure where they even got their numbers."
If she wasn't sure how CBO arrived at that number, how was it ever considered the standard for success?
If Obamacare is so great, then why is approval of the law at an all-time low in many polls? Many Americans have been shocked by expensive new coverage, or know someone who had problems purchasing coverage through the exchanges.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid recently claimed that every Obamacare horror story was untrue. The New York Times, Washington Post, and every major news network have all featured stories of people who have had difficulty purchasing care or affording it. Apparently, Reid is skeptical of every single one of those reports.
I oppose Obamacare, but I recognize that the law created winners and losers. Some people are getting a better deal on health insurance, but that is because the law raises costs on tens of millions of Americans to pay for new subsidies. I think heath reform should have had benefits for every American, not just a few.
I understand that the President and supporters of the law are heavily invested in its success. But if the law was so great, then why is the implementation of it such a mess? In fact, this week the Government Accountability Office announced that it would investigate how more than $304 million dollars was wasted on Cover Oregon, the state-based health insurance exchange that doesn’t work. Not a single person was able to enroll through the website created by the program.
No one should be proud of the rolling disaster of Obamacare implementation. We can do better, but we have to start with getting rid of a bad law.
US Rep. Joe Pitts is a Republican who represents Pennsylvania's 16th Congressional District in parts of Berks, Chester and Lancaster counties.
Newspaper: Evan Democrats couldn't stomach radical Obama nominee
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review gets it right on the Senate rejection of Obama's radical nominee for the Justice Department:
The unvarnished truth for Debo Adegbile was that he had engaged in a blatant case of race-baiting. And that was too much for even seven Senate Democrats — among them, Bob Casey of Pennsylvania — who joined with every Senate Republican — led by Pennsylvania's Pat Toomey — to block the nomination of Mr. Adegbile to lead the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division.The Adegbile nomination: Rejecting race-baiting
Thursday, March 06, 2014
Wednesday, March 05, 2014
Senate rejects Obama nominee who helped defend cop killer
This might have been the only time Pa. Sen. Bob Casey Jr. voted the right way since he joined the Senate in 2007.
Senate rejects Obama nominee who helped defend cop killer | TheHill
Senate rejects Obama nominee who helped defend cop killer | TheHill
Tuesday, March 04, 2014
Obama budget raises spending, taxes
Barack Obama apparently does not understand
the first rule of holes. When you're in a hole, stop digging. Instead,
his new budget raises taxes and increases spending. Following his usual
path of fiscal mismanagement, the federal debt will reach $27 trillion
within a decade.
the first rule of holes. When you're in a hole, stop digging. Instead,
his new budget raises taxes and increases spending. Following his usual
path of fiscal mismanagement, the federal debt will reach $27 trillion
within a decade.
Obama to insurance companies: Keep selling those 'bad apple' plans to save Democrats in the midterms
Obama insults the intelligence of the American people ... but then again, so many people were stupid enough to vote for this guy ... twice!
Obama to insurance companies: keep selling those 'bad apple' plans to save Democrats in the midterms | Human Events
Obama to insurance companies: keep selling those 'bad apple' plans to save Democrats in the midterms | Human Events
Monday, March 03, 2014
Sunday, March 02, 2014
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