Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Monday, April 29, 2013
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Sen. Bob Mensch among legislative per diem kings and queens for March
What is Pennsylvania State Sen. Bob Mensch, a Republican, doing on the list of the Top 10 per diem recipients in Harrisburg? The other 9 are Democrats.
Sen. Bob Mensch among legislative per diem kings and queens for March
Sen. Bob Mensch among legislative per diem kings and queens for March
Saturday, April 27, 2013
Economic crisis sets back peace in divided Cyprus
How ironic. For years, the Turks living in Turkish-occupied Cyprus wanted to reunite with the more prosperous Greeks in Cyprus, but after the country's economy collapsed this year, nobody is talking about reuniting the island, which has been under Turkish occupation since 1974.
Economic crisis sets back peace in divided Cyprus
Economic crisis sets back peace in divided Cyprus
Friday, April 26, 2013
Obama's hubris problem
Definition of hubris: exaggerated pride or self-confidence. Yep, sounds like Obama.
Opinion: Obama's hubris problem - Keith Koffler - POLITICO.com
Opinion: Obama's hubris problem - Keith Koffler - POLITICO.com
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Dr. Benjamin Carson to speak in Pottstown, Pa.
The speech, "Faith of Our Fathers: The Role of Faith in American Schools," will take place on Oct. 13 at Sunnybrook Ballroom in Pottstown, Pa.
Dr. Carson is a world-renowned neurosurgeon and the director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore as well as a motivational speaker, philanthropist and best-selling author.
He catapulted to national prominence in February after delivering the keynote speech at the 61st Annual National Prayer Breakfast, which was attended by President Obama and Vice President Biden.
Dr. Carson used his time at the podium to talk about the great challenges facing America today - specifically moral decay and fiscal irresponsibility - comparing the U.S. to the decline of ancient Rome.
"I think particularly about ancient Rome. Very powerful. Nobody could even challenge them militarily, but what happened to them? They destroyed themselves from within. Moral decay, fiscal irresponsibility. They destroyed themselves. If you don’t think that can happen to America, you get out your books and you start reading."
Dr. Carson criticized Obamacare as well as the growing dependency on government programs during the Obama administration.
The National Prayer Breakfast speech has been viewed more than 2.7 million times on YouTube.
Doors open at 4:30 p.m. for the Oct. 13 fundraiser. Dinner will begin at 5:15 p.m., followed by Dr. Carson's speech.
Reservations are being accepted for what is anticipated to be a sold-out event. Tickets are $150 per person, but can be reserved at the early-bird price of $100 per person until May 15.
Visit www.CoventryChristian.com or call 610-326-3366 for ticket information.
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Sen. Toomey: Obama White House Wants Flight Delays
In remarks on the Senate floor Tuesday, U.S. Senator Pat Toomey (R-Pa.)
countered assertions from the White House and Majority Leader Harry Reid
(D-Nev.) that current flight delays and furloughs are the unavoidable result of
the sequester's spending cuts.
Sen.
Toomey reminded the chamber that he and Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) had
previously introduced a bill to give the administration broad flexibility to
reconfigure the spending cuts to avoid this kind of economic disruption, but
President Obama threatened to veto it.
"The
flight delays, the furloughs among air traffic controllers, the shutting down
of air traffic towers is entirely, utterly unnecessary," Sen. Toomey said. "This is a willful choice being made by this administration in order to inflict
as disruptive a process as possible on the American public and on our economy
all to further a political agenda. And the political agenda is to try to
convince the American people that there are no circumstances under which we can
ever cut spending at all."
A
full transcript of Sen. Toomey's remarks is available here:
"I would like to respond to the comments from the Leader about the sequester that has gone into effect. I want to be very clear about this: the flight delays that are occurring, the furloughs among air-traffic controllers, the shutting down of air-traffic towers is entirely, utterly unnecessary."This is a willful choice being made by this Administration in order to inflict as disruptive a process as possible on the American public and on our economy – all to further a political agenda and to try to convince the American people that there are no circumstances under which we can ever cut spending at all."Now, if you question why I say that this is a willful decision on the part of this Administration, I would refer you to legislation that Sen. Inhofe and I offered prior to the beginning of this sequestration. That legislation would have granted to the Administration complete flexibility in how they achieve the savings of the sequester."What did we hear from the Administration, Administration officials and White House spokespeople? What we heard was 'that this is terribly unfortunate but they have no choice, they have no alternative, the law requires that they make these cuts.' But when Sen. Inhofe and I introduce legislation to explicitly grant them all the flexibility they could ask for – complete flexibility – to find the most wasteful, the most redundant, the most unnecessary programs and to cut there instead of cutting essential services, what did the Administration say? They said 'if you send us that legislation we’ll veto it.'"The White House put out a statement of administrative policy insisting that this was a terrible idea – a terrible idea to give them the flexibility to avoid exactly what they are doing."I don’t know how one can come to any conclusion other than this Administration wishes to impose this inconvenience, this disruption, and this cost on the American people and our economy, because they had it within their ability to accept the device we offered to avoid this entirely. I am extremely disappointed that the Administration would choose to inflict this kind of harm to our economy, this kind of inconvenience to our travelers, all for the purpose of furthering a political agenda. This is no way to run this government."I would suggest that what we do is revisit the legislation that Sen. Inhofe and I offered. Our bill would have allowed us to cut some of this waste, excess and duplication and would have avoided all of this inconvenience."This is entirely unnecessary and it is unacceptable. The proper function of any executive, including the President of the United States, is to look throughout the spending over which he or she has control to find the lowest priority, the least necessary, the least disruptive way to achieve the savings that we need."We are running unacceptable deficits. The very modest savings of the sequester could be achieved in a way that wouldn’t be disruptive at all. We have a federal budget that has more than doubled in size in the last 12 years. To suggest that it’s not possible to find two and a half percent savings is simply ridiculous. And it’s not true."So I would urge my colleagues: Let’s fix this. We know how to do it, we have the tools available. Sen. Inhofe and I offered an approach. But we need to achieve the savings of the sequester and we need to do it in a way that is not disruptive, and that can be done."
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