Save America, Save Hazleton! --HARRISBURG RALLY AGAINST ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS

HARRISBURG PA RALLY AGAINST ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IS RAPIDLY APPROACHING!!!!!!!!!
Saturday, September 1st, 2007 Harrisburg, PA 12:00PM Capitol Building

Save America, Save Hazleton! Support immigration reform! Support Mayor Barletta!

2007 KIPONA FESTIVAL

SEPTEMBER 1 - 3, 2007
An exciting weekend of activities for the whole family, Harrisburg’s Kipona Festival celebration has been named one of the top five festivals in Pennsylvania. Click Here

Finally Superior Court Gets it Right Viewing Child Porn is Illegal in

Last week's decision by the full Pennsylvania Superior Court reversed the bad November decision by a three-judge panel. Under that decision one could legally view child porn on the Internet as long as the images were not intentionally saved on the computer. Click here

Rendell and OSHA Closing down Firearms Sales

The Pennsylvania State Police have announced a shutdown of the Pennsylvania Instant Check System (PICS) set to go into effect Sunday, Sept. 2 at 6 p.m. until Thursday, Sept. 6 at noon. NSSF urges Pennsylvania firearms retailers and residents to voice concern. Click here

Connection to OSHA Click here

Oh, Allah, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz?

Roman Catholic Bishop Tiny Muskens of the Netherlands has decided that the way to ease Muslim-Everybody Else tensions is to start using “Allah” instead of “God." Noting that God does not care what we call him, Muskens thought, why not yield a little to Muslim ways? Or would that be submit, the literal meaning of “Islam"?“Allah is a very beautiful word for God," Muskens said on Dutch television a few days ago. “Shouldn't we all say that from now on we will name God Allah?"....

The Doxology of my Protestant childhood is problematic with the two-syllable Allah instead of the monosyllabic God, but not impossible: Praise Allah, from whom all blessings flow. Praise him, all creatures here below. Not perfect, but workable.America's familiar childhood blessing is downright euphonious: Allah is great, Allah is good, let us thank him for our food. But the Apostle's Creed is a mess: I believe in Allah the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ his only son .... Oops.

Complete article by Kathleen Parker Click here

I have been reading a book by Mark Steyn America Alone. I can only handle bits at a time as Mr. Steyn peels away the sugarcoating over the treat of Islamic imperialism. My only comment to Parker’s article is, “Allah is a false god”. God is the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Not the god Abraham, Ishmael and Mohammad.

Reps. call for Beijing Olympics boycott

Eight Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives have co-sponsored a resolution calling for a boycott of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

House Resolution 610, which was introduced just prior to Congress' August recess, is one of three proposed resolutions calling for a boycott of the Games, citing China's human rights record as the prime motivation behind the possible move.

The resolution by Republican Reps. Dana Rohrabacher, Calif.; Joseph Pitts, Penn.; Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Fla.; Thaddeus McCotter, Mich.; John Doolittle, Calif.; Dan Burton, Ind.; Frank Wolf, Va., and Christopher Smith, N.J., compares the 2008 Games to the 1936 Olympics in Nazi-ruled Berlin. Click here

40 Days for Life-- registrations now live!

There's a groundbreaking new pro-life campaign that I just learned about.It's causing a big stir and generating a track record of proven lifesaving results.The campaign is called 40 Days for Life, and you can get information about the plans for a nationwide rollout at: http://www.40daysforlife.com

Stop Planned Parenthood Tax Funding Petition Signers in Pennsylvania

URGENT ACTION ALERT!! This is an emergency notice and your immediate action is requested!
Planned Parenthood is pushing a bill in Pennsylvania that will require all hospitals and medical personnel to participate in the distribution of abortifacient "emergency contraception" to victims of sexual assault.
You can read House Bill 288 yourself by going to: http://www.state.pa.us
Go to the column on the left and click on Research Legislative Bills. You will get a window, with a box at the top, that says Find Legislation by... Check Bill # and enter HB 288 in the box. You will get a listing of the history of the bill. Choose Current PN and the PDF file and you can see the bill.
That history listing also allows you to access the e-mail for your own House member. You can send him your thoughts in your own words.
Our analysis of this legislation is that there is no "crisis" in dealing with rape victims in health care facilities in Pennsylvania. These suffering victims are currently being handled appropriately throughout the Commonwealth.
There is no demonstrated need for the bill. So the taxpayer-funded cost of the development and distribution of Department of Health materials is unnecessary.
The bill does not require that the health care facility report the crime. Other crimes (e.g., gunshot wounds) must be reported to law enforcement so the perpetrators can be tracked down and prosecuted. Why not this one? Why would we give a "pass" to a rapist?
The bill, as you will read, specifically mentions Plan B. You can access Plan B's own manufacturer information at: http://www.go2planb.com/PDF/PlanBPI.pdf
Go to the third paragraph, Clinical Pharmacology, and you will see where it says Plan B inhibits implantation - which means kills babies in the womb.
HB 288 says that it will only prevent ovulation and fertilization. But since it specifically includes Plan B, the language of the Bill is self-contradictory.
Not only would this bill force religious hospitals to cooperate with the abortion industry, it would force health care workers in any hospital to participate in distributing abortifacients.
The conscience protections of the Pennsylvania Abortion Control Act would not apply because the worker would have to be willing to lose their job (or whatever administrative repercussion they might receive), file and fund a law suit against their employer, and then prove to whatever judge they might wind up in front of that Emergency Contraception is abortifacient in nature. Hardly a viable option.
Even if an effort is made to protect religious hospitals, health care facilities not openly religious in nature but having a pro-life philosophy and pro-life health care workers in any facility would be forced to participate in a practice abhorrent to their deeply held religious and ethical beliefs.
Therefore, your elected representatives need to hear what you think about HB 288.
The vote is expected to happen on Tuesday, June 19, so your immediate action is needed.
P.S.- Please forward this message to other concerned citizens in Pennsylvania ASAP!
American Life League P.O. Box 1350 Stafford, VA 22555 US

PA ACT 1 GOES DOWN in FLAMES. TIME for REAL TAX REFORM!!!!

Pa. voters largely reject Act 1,

HARRISBURG -- Pennsylvania voters said "no deal" to lower property taxes in return for higher local income taxes.

 

http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-a1_5act1-3.5851662may16,0,7566382.story?coll=all-news-hed

New resource to defeat Planned Parenthood

One of simplest and most effective ways of exposing Planned Parenthood’s attack on our children is by directing people to view the material on its youth web site, http://www.teenwire.com/. Typically, people are appalled by the web site at first glance; but the problem is that most parents do not know that it exist.

You can make a difference by signing the petition at:
http://www.StopPlannedParenthoodTaxFunding.com

Casino Free Philly: Sign Up for the Shadow Election

In the last two days 100 new people have signed up to make sure the voice of everyone in Philadelphia can be heard on Election Day, May 15th. 

The Supreme Court is threatening to deny Philadelphians a voice and a vote on whether to have casinos in our neighborhoods. If the state denies our right to vote, we will hold our own shadow election, with our own ballot boxes on Election Day. Though not legally-binding, it will be politically-binding, and give us the mandate to demand action from all of Philadelphia's State Representatives. 

Currently, we have 280 volunteers, and we need your help to reach our internal goal of 500 by Thursday night. If you haven't signed up yet please do so right away at: www.PhillysBallotBox.org. 

STUDENTS OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

Casino-Free Philadelphia is looking for volunteers who can do specific outreach to students. If you are a student at a Philly area university or college and want to help us build a network of student volunteers please email jethro@casinofreephila.org.

U.S. to allow Wiccan symbols on military graves

The Bush administration has agreed to allow Wiccan pentacles in military cemeteries in a court settlement announced yesterday by Americans United for Separation of Church and State.
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Action Alert U.S. House set to vote on “Grassroots Gag Order”

Call, e-mail or letter to your federal Congressman and Sen. Casey and Specter. Contact your representative today to oppose H.R. 984. In January legislation in the U.S. Senate could have silenced grassroots communication. Thankfully, the legislation was defeated after you and other concerned citizens let your voices be heard. Now, the U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote on the same issue.The U.S. House is set to vote on H.R. 984, which would effectively keep every pro-life/pro-family organization in America from providing you information on bills in Congress. Under H.R. 984, we would only be able to provide you information on a bill at a high cost and at great danger of being penalized by Congress. To put it bluntly, members of Congress are tired of getting your e-mails and phone calls, and H.R. 984 is designed to keep information from you that might inspire you to call or write your representative.

April 22-25 in Washington, DC.Rally on Immigration Debate.

The four-day rally features a number of events, including sessions on how to lobby Congress, press conferences, interviews with members of Congress, and a screening of the movie “Border” by Chris Burgard on Monday, April 23. The screening will feature opening remarks by G. Gordon Liddy, himself a national radio host. Click Here

The Club for Growth’s 2006 Congressional Scorecard

The Club's 2006 Congressional Scorecard
Club for Growth is publishing this scorecard so our members and the public can monitor the actions and the voting behavior of members of Congress on economic growth issues.
2006 CONGRESSIONAL SCORECARDHOUSE SENATE
2005 CONGRESSIONAL SCORECARDHOUSE SENATE
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Delirious? Tour a Must See!!!

Delirious? Rebecca St James and Vicky Beeching started their 2007 revolve tour. There was no watering down this tour. I give it 5 STARS! The tour had a great world view and very mission minded. The splendid artist flare of the lyrics projected over head quickly pulled you in to sing alone. Click here for Tour Dates

SPECIAL REPORT: The PHEAA Scandal

Since Jake Corman is my senator. He voted for the pay raise then tried to give it back. Then lost Perry county in his last bid for election... Time to resign!!!! I say NO more perks!!!!

Democracy Rising PA News

March 4, 2007 tim@democracyrisingpa.com

SPECIAL REPORT: The PHEAA Scandal
Background
Who's Responsible for This Outrage?
The Dirty Little Secret
The Official Response
The Unofficial Solution
Background
Harrisburg has yet another new scandal. It's been brewing for years, and its source is familiar: the Pennsylvania General Assembly.
It joins the list of scandals that, in just the last 20 months, has included:
" The pay raise and the repeal of the raise.
" The Supreme Court's resurrection of the pay raise for judges alone.
" The lame-duck enactment, without public knowledge or public hearings, of unlimited free alcohol for slots players.
" The secret deals that surrounded the election of the Speaker in January.
" The secret deal to appoint a former lawmaker as CEO of the Liquor Control Board.
" The revelation of $215 million in surplus legislative accounts.
" State Sen. Vincent Fumo's indictment on 139 counts.
" The bonus scandal now under investigation by Attorney General Tom Corbett.
The Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA) is a public agency that this year is receiving $526 million from taxpayers. Established in 1963, its original mission was to oversee grants and loans to college students.
Since then, it has branched out to manage student loans in many other states and recently has become the largest student loan agency for Caribbean countries. 2004 annual report (the most recent available on its web site) says, "We have a unique vision among our competitors in the student loan industry. With no corporate shareholders to consider, we use our earnings to provide the best possible programs and services to the higher education community while providing affordable access to education to student and families."
Apparently, PHEAA also thinks it has no taxpayers to consider. For years PHEAA has refused to release records of its spending. The Harrisburg Patriot-News, Pittsburgh's WTAE-TV and the Associated Press had to file a lawsuit to get access to the records. Last fall, Commonwealth Court ordered PHEAA to release the records. Two weeks ago, the state Supreme Court refused to hear PHEAA's appeal. Here is a summary of the dispute between PHEAA and the news media.
Which bring us to last week when PHEAA released a confusing flood of nearly 13,500 documents about its spending. A team of 30 PHEAA lawyers blacked out much of the information, making it impossible to know what some expenses really were, who was responsible, who benefitted and what was purchased. Worse, the information was released in no particular order and represented only about half of what was requested. Among the revelations so far: " A single dinner costing $1,734 for 15 people at an Arizona restaurant that advertises itself as a place "where price doesn't matter" " A tuxedo rental for a staff member " A business trip to a casino in the Dominican Republic " Expensive brunches, baseball games and golf outings to entertain clients " Chartered Lear jets for business trips
Among the information not released are records of some $885,000 spent on "retreats" for board members at lavish resorts in Pennsylvania, California, Virginia, Maryland and West Virginia. Read today's story by Patriot Capitol Bureau Chief Jan Murphy.
Who's Responsible for This Outrage? Speaking of the board of directors, these are the people who are legally responsible for PHEAA's spending and its refusal to release public documents. So who's on it?
Can anyone be surprised that 16 out of the 20 board members are current lawmakers and two more are former lawmakers? Here they are:
Rep. William Adolph, R-Delaware, board chairman - voted for the pay raise
Rep. Ron Buxton, D-Dauphin - voted for the pay raise
Former Sen. Doyle Corman, R-Centre - voted for the pay raise
Sen. Jake Corman, R-Centre - voted for the pay raise
Rep. Craig Dally, R-Northampton - voted against the pay raise
Sen. Jane Earll, R-Erie - voted against the pay raise
Sen. Vincent Fumo, D-Philadelphia - voted for the pay raise
Sen. Vincent Hughes, D-Philadelphia - voted for the pay raise
Sen. Sean Logan, D-Allegheny - voted against the pay raise
Rep. Sandra Major, R-Susquehanna - voted for the pay raise
Rep. Jennifer Mann, D-Lehigh - voted against the pay raise
Rep. Joe Markosek, D-Allegheny - voted for the pay raise
Sen. Michael O'Pake, D- Berks - voted for the pay raise
Former Rep. Roy Reinard, R-Bucks - retired before the pay raise
Sen. James Rhoades, R-Schuylkill - voted for the pay raise
Rep. James Roebuck, D-Philadelphia - voted for the pay raise
Rep. Jess Stairs, R-Westmoreland - voted against the pay raise
Sen. Robert Tomlinson, R-Bucks - voted against the pay raise
There are two other seats on the PHEAA board. One is reserved for the Secretary of Education. The other is currently vacant but was held by former Rep. Elinor Z. Taylor, R-Chester, who has the distinction of collecting the highest pension of any former lawmaker - $131,000 a year on top of a one-time withdrawal of $187,000 from the retirement system.
The Dirty Little Secret For years, appointment to the PHEAA board has been the plum of all appointments for lawmakers precisely because of the lavish retreats at resorts all over the country - and because they believed the records would never become public. Because of all the lawmakers on PHEAA's board, and because our General Assembly exempted itself from the state's open records law, PHEAA has argued that the spending records should not have to be released. This is the argument that failed at Commonwealth Court and the state Supreme Court.
Question: Do these lawmakers really have the expertise to direct an international agency that claims to manage more than $57 Billion in assets?
The Official Response PHEAA's President and CEO Dick Willey, himself a former legislative staffer, expressed outrage at the revelations. Of the $128 charge for a tuxedo rental, Willey told Patriot reporter Jan Murphy, "When I saw that, I was livid." He also claimed to be "pissed off" about other expenses.
This is something of an about-face for Willey, who has been on notice for more than a year and a half that there were questions about PHEAA spending. In the past, he has personally defended withholding the information from reporters and citizens. On nearly every occasion that reporters have exposed PHEAA's lavish spending, Willey has lashed out at the media instead of taking action to make the public agency more publicly accountable.
Willey also argues that the costs of board retreats are paid by earnings on investments, not by tax dollars. However, as advocates such as Common Cause's Barry Kauffman points out, the earnings used for board retreats and bonuses for PHEAA officials could be used to support the education of many more students, which is the reason PHEAA exists in the first place.
The Unofficial Solution It conspicuously violates the Constitution's separation of powers to have lawmakers serve on the board of executive agencies, much less constitute 80% of the board of an agency to which they appropriate hundreds of millions of tax dollars a year. It is a recipe for self-serving that has produced exactly the gravy train that the Constitution wisely seeks to prevent.
Every lawmaker and former lawmaker who sits on the PHEAA board should resign for violating the Constitution. If there is a law requiring lawmakers to serve on PHEAA's board, it should be amended to replace lawmakers with a combination of citizens and professionals from the financial services industry who will run PHEAA like a public business, not like a private country club.
Keep the faith! We can do this! Join us at www.democracyrisingpa.com.

Casino Free Philadelphia Gets 20,000 Signatures

Congrats!!!! Casino Free Philadelphia petitions were accepted by the City Clerk and the City Solicitor's office, this means that:
1) This legally-binding referendum has been looked at by the city's lawyers and is approved, from their perspective, to be voted on by Philadelphians (legally speaking, something closer to, "with no certainty can the City Solicitor say this is not in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution or laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania");
2) Now starts the 7-day period when casinos could challenge the City Clerk's acceptance of our signatures, and try to stop voters from having a say on casinos; we suspect they may go this route;
3) Today Council president Anna Verna introduced our referendum and a hearing is scheduled for it -- March 2nd at 10:00am.
Therefore, the actions to take:
1) Write to all your Councilpersons to support the referendum when it comes to a vote; let them know we are watching them and will watch carefully their votes. (Note that at this point at councilpersons have been briefed and have received letters and calls from us about this issue.) You can see the status of councilmembers (and click to write to them one at a time) at: http://www.casinofreephila.org/ Or send faxes to all your city councilmembers automatically from Hallwatch.org
2) Very important: Join us for the referendum's hearing on March 2nd at 10am, room 400. We will not go as long as we did last time, but plan to be there to show our community's support for passage of this referendum. What: City Council hearing on our referendum Where: Room 400, City Hall When: Friday, March 2nd at 10:00am
3) We are working on our structure, to be more transparent internally and to be better at helping people plug-in to our campaigns. We are having a major strategy retreat on March 3rd -- please come and find out how you can get more involved and help us tighten up as we move into the next phase of our campaign work to protect our neighborhoods! What: Strategy Retreat Where: TBA When: Saturday, March 3rd from 10am to 2pm (lunch provided)
And media for the day
KYW (2/22): DiCicco Fires Back at Philly’s Proposed Slots Parlors

Philadelphia Daily News (2/22): Anti-casino forces closer to getting spot on ballot

Philadelphia Inquirer (2/22): Public vote on casinos is discussed

The Evening Bulletin (2/22): Council Weighs Casinos As Neighborhoods Protest

Metro (2/22): Casino opponents air their concerns

The referendum also got mentioned by Fox 29 and WHYY.
And congratulations team. People did not expect us to get this far (heck, many of us did not always expect to get this far). It's each of us playing our part together that's going to make this work.
If you have time, please write letters to the editor to support the referendum and clarify some of the reporter's factually incorrect information. Namely, this ours is a legally binding referendum and, while some may claim it will be trumped by the state, this is not a certainty and we believe untrue. Our referendum was written with the utmost care to be balanced, fair, and uphold a legal challenge.
Hope to see you all next Saturday.
Daniel Hunter, Anne Dicker, and Jethro Heiko

"Enough Enough Enough" cries Nancy Eshelman

The Patronizing News aka Patriot News was tossed on my door step this past Sunday. I glanced at the front page on the way to the trash can. Words from Nancy Eshelman article (Click here) like “Natives are Restless” and “Enough” count my eye. A conservative article I grasped and hungrily read on. When I see people like Eshelman getting on board with government waste, my activist heart begins to stir. Then I wonder how can we renew our resolve. I turned to S. Kierkegaard

A road well begun is the battle half won. The important thing is to make a beginning and get under way. There is nothing more harmful for your soul than to hold back and not get moving.The path of an honest fighter is a difficult one. And when the fighter grows cool in the evening of his life this is still no excuse to retire into games and amusement. Whoever remains faithful to his decision will realize that his whole life is a struggle. Such a person does not fall into the temptation of proudly telling others of what he has done with his life. Nor will he talk about the "great decisions" he has made. He knows full well that at decisive moments you have to renew your resolve again and again and that this alone makes good the decision and the decision good. S Kierkegaard

Where is our next decisive moment? I need to regain and renew my resolve.

Sprint® 'The Baby Killing Network'

Sprint Nextel Teams With Planned Parenthood to Provide 'Pro-Choice' Wireless Service Sprint® 'The Baby Killing Network'NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) has announced the launch of a wireless service that actively connects consumers to the people and causes they care about. The service, Planned Parenthood Wireless (PlannedParenthoodWireless.com by Sprint® network*), will provide an impressive 10% of revenues generated directly to PPFA, transforming a simple phone call into a personal act of support. Full story...
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