Palin Advances in a New Direction by Richard J. Bishirjian in The Yorktown Patriot. Richard Bishirjian’s choices for advisors are good ones. “The parallels between ancient Rome in its imperial phase and the United States are striking” is a phrase that struck me and scares [...]
Even the Leftist BBC admits there is a debate about anthropogenic global warming and global warming itself.
BBC summarizes the Global Warming debate to date. At the beginning of the Global Warming debate, I don’t recall anyone predicting twenty years of cooling or discussing other factors, [...]
The Imperious Lower Merion Board of Commissioners’ President Bruce Reed , unilaterally, without discussion or consultation, cancels a specially scheduled Building and Planning meeting for his own convenience. The convenience? To watch the Phillies World Series. This prevented citizen participation in Township issues of concern to [...]
The Environmental Protection Agency does what Congress does not can’t or won’t do. The debate on green house gases and global warming seems to have been decided at EPA while others make a case that reducing carbon dioxide emissions is ineffective. One unaccountable elitist agency of [...]
How much CO2 does a gallon of milk produce. Wal-mart want to know. Moms feeding babies are contributing to climate change. Who knew?
This is only one measure of carbon footprint of a cow. It is a very, very uncertain and complicated calculation. [...]
Tim Carson, Vice Chairman
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission acknowledged Friday 31 October 2009 that a state grand jury is investigating the agency and had received a document subpoena from the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General. There is also an ongoing FBI investigation of, apparently, [...]
Wal-mart’s sell-out to the Welfare State SEIU for anti-competitive, “rent seeking” advantage. The much despised Wal-mart adopts Leftist policies that advances its own narrow corporate interests at expense of the Free Market. These Statist policies may help Wal-mart; they do not help people who want to [...]
Three good articles from Wall Street Journal. “The Secret” explains that our mental outlook on events in our lives, often, is most important determinant of what happens. Think Failure and you will fail. All therapy is premised on the patient’s wanting to change, change in outlook, and [...]
Speaker Pelosi: Buy health insurance or we will put you in jail. This is, literally, true. Read the provisions of Pelosi’s 2000 page bill.
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While Nuclear Energy has many attractions as a source of energy in America, it has a major negative: it is unaffordable. The return on investment of nuclear plants is negative as shown by the fact that $18.5 billion dollars is being subsidized by federal government. All [...]
“Freeing corporate speech will lead to what more speech always leads to — a debate. Wal-Mart will support President Obama’s health care reform, as it has done, but [...]
To be forewarned is to be forearmed. Lower Merion has a very professional and effective police department is now using Internet to inform citizens to help us protect ourselves. Given Lower Merion’s proximity to high crime Philadelphia, it is remarkable that Lower Merion police keep crime is so [...]
Walmartstores.com: Walmart’s official Statement Regarding Health Care Reform. Government run health care, the nationalization and socialization of health care providers, is not a Free Market position. Wal-mart is not a friend of the Free Market when it supports this legislation.
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Exelon expects to profit from “Cap and Trade” legislation. Rationally, the largest operator of nuclear power plants responds to the profit incentives in ‘cap and trade’ legislation, the government intervention in the Free Market. Lower energy costs are necessary for the growth of the economy in [...]
Lower prices make books more affordable and more available for more people. Both Wal-Mart and Amazon are tax producers, not tax consumers, producing taxes that support social welfare programs both government and nongovernment. Both companies are innovative and creative and employ 10s of 1000s.
Dan Onorato in his own words, video, less than a minute, Opposed to Abortion but will not change laws. The issue will be: Will he fund Planned Parenthood? Which is not only a billion dollar, a very profitable nonprofit, but also opposes restrictions on Partial Birth [...]
Very close call for Pat Coonahan who won her election by 356 out of 140,874 (133,951 undercount) and a very good showing for uber Leftist Lois Murphy, one vote behind highest vote getter, Carolyn Tornetta Carluccio. It seems, once again, Montgomery County Republican Committee and [...]
Wal-Mart, Amazon Gear Up for Holiday Battle. The Consumer wins. Both are free market companies with little or no government subsidies although Wal-mart sold out on issue of government run Healthcare. The government as my HMO is not a happy thought. Wal-mart is on the [...]
Hershey Co. is a SEVEN BILLION dollar profitable nonprofit with near iconic status in mid state Pennsylvania. Hershey Co. provides many very valuable community services including education. It is, nevertheless, in many respects very analogous to a profitable business and there is a profit motive for [...]
The Extinct Quagga
Tracey Specter’s RCLMN has not adopted the anti card check resolution of Pennsylvania Republican State Committee . Democrat Arlen Specter receives a huge amount of union support, particularly in Philadelphia, which accounts for his support of Card Check. Pat Toomey, and all [...]
The focus of the Free Market is the Consumer. Lower prices mean a higher standard of living for the average American. More goods and services are accessible to more people. Competition and choice are the consumer’s friend. Higher taxes reduce capital available for investment [...]
The Government sues the Government. A government cartel controls milk prices in Pennsylvania favoring producers over consumers, reducing competition and consumer choice.
The Forgotten Taxpayer cries for mercy. Substantively, lower milk prices mean it costs mothers less to feed their children and, actually, less to feed the [...]
Debt, Deficit and Spending can sink Lower Merion: Many do not think this is likely or possible
On the other hand:
The Titanic did sink.
The Bismarck did go to the bottom of the sea
Lehman Brothers did go bankrupt.
Lower Merion is headed toward an iceberg and there are those [...]
This made me smile:
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CNN Drops to Last Place Among Cable News Networks (Fox News is #1)
By Bill Carter October 26, 2009, 1:42 pm
Individually, the CNN shows were beaten resoundingly by all the Fox News programs, but also [...]
Man’s industrial & fossil fuel burning productions are puny in comparison to nearly any of the major natural climate changing events and processes, contributing only about 1/20th of 1% of total CO2 at any time. That CO2 is NOT a statically accumulating amount, but rather part of the [...]
Pennsylvania’s milk board and Pennsylvania’s milk producers are a government cartel that raises the price of milk to mothers with babies. What is the point of that? The purpose of production is consumption and raising prices by government fiat does not benefit the consumer. Letting [...]
“It’s for the children….” Democratic House Majority Leader Todd Eachus “I told them, ‘Sorry, the money went into lines to help people,’ to cover the socially vulnerable populations of people that we all along said we were fighting for,” Eachus said. “These weren’t just talking points.” [...]
Republican Candidate Michael Landau of Lower Merion represented by Montgomery County Republican Committee Chair Bob Kerns, Esq. has filed suit to block the Bully with a Badge Steven Sokoloff from assuming office. The details are set forth in the complaint. It is a disgrace this man has [...]
The Law needs to be grounded in morality but the law of man is not the laws of God or Nature. This is not a simple matter. Law is the power of the Sovereign to impose force and coercion on citizens.
China FlagIndia FlagGlenn Beck
What do India, China and Glenn Beck have in common?
Gold
“Gold prices continued to rise on Wednesday extending the all-time highs which followed [...]
Charlie Allnut: A man takes a drop too much once in a while, it’s only human nature.
Rose Sayer: Nature, Mr. Allnut, is what we are put in this world to rise above.
Some espousing “Philadelphia Justice” excuse criminal behavior [...]
The cost of Pennsylvania’s General Assembly is ONE MILLION dollars per legislator per year and they have not passed a budget on time in the last seven years! The Forgotten Taxpayer asks why does he and she have to pay for something provides them with no [...]
Dodo
The Republican Committee of Lower Merion Narberth, Tracey Specter, chair, risks becoming as irrelevant at the Dodo. One of the hottest races in the country is Republican Pat Toomey’s campaign for Senate against either Democrat Arlen Specter (as a tribute to the power of bipartisan pork, [...]
In politics, it is often those whom you rely on to protect you, to represent you, to care about you and your values, who betray your trust and your core values. “It wasn’t him, Charley, it was you.”
The General Assembly shameless uses The Forgotten Taxpayer’s money to build political organization to maintain power. Think of these as mini-Citizens’ Alliance that Vince Fumo built and misused. Please note: Dwight Evans is not under investigation by Federal or State Government.
Philadelphia Democrat House Appropriations Chair Dwight [...]
Fed’s Fiat created $2,000,000,000 new currency-and some benefitted more than others from the Federal Reserve, the central government’s central bank, controlling a cartel of banks, currency and credit and the means of financing the means of production.
In addition to Debts, Deficits, Spending and Taxes, there is [...]
Obama Pelosi Democrat John Murtha is not good for his district. Pennsylvania House 12
On climate control, the CBO tells us “industries that produce or use fossil fuels like coal ‘intensively’ could see their employment levels decline due to a cap on carbon.” The employment [...]
Roger Kimball of Pajamas Media comments on Anita Dunn, Maoist in the White House.
“N.B.: Anita Dunn is not just an Obama hanger-on. She is part of his inner circle, one of his top aides, along with David Axelrod, Rahm Emmanuel, and Robert Gibbs. What does it [...]
This is on the lighter side and makes a point. If you like it, you might like the attached one minute video. This is the ethics of promoting government run HMO.
Curtis & Leroy saw an ad in the Starkville Daily News Newspaper in Starkville, MS. And bought [...]
Republican Bill Russell, who is challenging Democrat John Murtha US House-12, has raised more money than any other Pennsylvania Congressional candidate this quarter.
Patrick Murphy’s haul is not surprising when looking at all contributions in Bucks and Montgomery counties of $200 or more to federal candidates, parties [...]
I am being honored by the Zionist Organization of America on 13 December in Manhattan.
This honor is a humbling experience. I am overshadowed by Giants. Rabbi Boteach will give the d’Var Torah. Forty years ago Gary Erlbaum and I sat next to each other in law [...]
In my opinion, Scott Zelov is a Specter Republican, a DIABLO- Democrat in all but label only- and supported by RCLMN Old Guard Specter Republicans-DIABLOs who should follow their leader into the Democratic Party where they might do some good.
If Scott Zelov is the nominee, the Democrats [...]
None of us is an island. We are interconnected. What LMBOC does with budget and taxes is within the context of national policy which has its perils. Jobs, Jobs, Jobs and growing America are what we need. Not growing government debt and deficit. The Forgotten Taxpayer [...]
From the Toomey Campaign:
What a week! With the help of Team Toomey and many people like you across the state, Judge Joan Orie Melvin and 5 other Republican statewide judicial candidates were elected to the Pennsylvania courts on Tuesday. One other race is in a [...]
First day for former Democratic House Member Sean Ramaley. The charge is that Sean Ramaley’s 2004 general election campaign was financed by government tax dollars and, in particularly, then Pennsylvania State employee, Stephen Webb, while on government payroll, worked full time on Sean Ramaley’s 2004 campaign. The [...]
The outcome of the challenge of fanatical Iranian Mullahs with nuclear weapons is not entirely within our control as we need to remind ourselves. Baruch HaShem.
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Political analyst Charlie Cook had rated Pennsylvania Leaning Democrat but changed his rating.
Polling indicates that Pat Toomey’s Reaganesque message can win if Pat Toomey can raise enough money to communicate that message to voters. The financial support from Senator Orin Hatch and from former Governor Romney [...]
Graph with chronological listing of polls through October 13th. Arlen Specter is a great politician whose time and style have passed. The [...]
The “invitation” to testify before the Grand Jury is usually a prelude to indictment. Todd Eachus is a majority leader and Bill DeWeese is majority whip and Steve Stetler is the Secretary of Revenue. Representative Eachus and Representative DeWeese are [...]
Consistently Centered on the Constitution Republican Pat Toomey Talks Health Care with Sean Hannity
Opportunistic Democrat Arlen Specter on Health Care – on this particular day
Committed Leftist Democrat Joe Sestak Debates Pat Toomey at Muhlenberg College
Rep. Joe Sestak’s extreme Leftist Big Government Break [...]
It appears that Attorney General Corbett is about to announce, maybe this week, the “stunning” indictments that he promised six months ago. Career state prosecutors Frank Fina and Anthony Krastek referenced in this article by Tribune Review’s Harrisburg reporter, Brad Bumsted. The questions are: Will AG [...]
Lower Merion commish considering 6th District GOP run
The Republican primary in the 6th Congressional District could soon go from crowded to absolutely jam-packed.
Lower Merion Township Commissioner V. Scott Zelov confirmed Friday evening that he is thinking about getting into the race. In a brief interview [...]
The best movie ever made. And all of these people are now dead. Casablanca – some background presented here. Who directed Casablanca?
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Here is the Toomey Campaign’s analysis of the significance of the Ned Lamont endorsement. Toomey Sestak, A Clear Choice November 2010
The Great Specter-Sestak Race to the Left:
Sestak Takes the Lead with Lamont Endorsement
Allentown, PA – While the pollsters frequently measure who is ahead in the [...]
Arlen Specter: Can He Be Trusted? Quote of the Day from WSJPoliticalDiary “[Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen] Specter, who faces a serious challenge from his left flank in the Democratic primary, has been even more of a party loyalist [since switching from the GOP last April]. . . [...]
The Toomey campaign put out the following post election analysis. The Republican “brand” is not completely lost but the TEA PARTY is very, very viable and volatile. It should be noted that preliminary numbers show that Judge Joan Orie Melvin was outspent by three to one [...]
If they are so smart, then… Barack Obama graduated Harvard Law School. These pseudo-intellectual, self-absorbed narcissistic Know It All elitist snobs seem to make some big mistakes. President Obama’s financial advisor, the expert economist Lawrence Summers, director of President Barack Obama’s National Economic Council, was president [...]
GOP Sets Sights on House Power Brokers for 2010. This tells me that the professional odds makers have done extensive polling in the district and find John Murtha vulnerable in 2010. Pat Toomey will [...]
Casablancapa has aggregated every news article and open source information on Bonusgate is an invaluable research resource on Bonusgate. Ugarte and Signor Ferrari inform. Some have said this site is run by former Democratic House Minority Leader Mike Veon and his top aide Brett Cott. Perhaps, [...]
Republican John Kennedy for Lt. Gov!
In my opinion, Pennsylvania needs someone making the case for the Tax Producers. The Tax Payers who build businesses, innovative businesses, people which employ and produce, particularly, small businesses.
The Lt. Gov. presides over the Senate and has an office, access to [...]
Terrific 2:49 minute video. If Arlen Specter were as independent as he says, he could have run as an Independent as did Senator Joe Lieberman. Instead he is running, opportunistically, for the sake of his own career as a registered Obama Democrat with the backing [...]
Josh Drobnyk
Representative Joe Sestak does not have to have more money than Senator Arlen Specter. Sestak needs to have enough money to get his message out. Sestak’s simple message is that he is a Principled Leftist and Arlen Specter has no principles other than to get re-elected. [...]
Representative Joe Sestak’s Position on Health Care is Too Liberal for Pennsylvania
To add to the Toomey Campaign’s point, how does bankrupting businesses, the tax producers, help workers find jobs? Only expanding market economy provides jobs, not government stimulus, the economy on ‘droids.
For immediate release—October 30, 2009 [...]
This is an astounding poll. Poll figures like this are very unusual. 94% do not consider the Obama Administration supportive of Israel. Note that 36% think the Obama Administration is neutral, 50%, think the Obama Administration is Pro-Palestinian and 69% oppose freezing ‘settlements’ in Judea and Samaria, that is, oppose [...]
From Publishers Weekly:”In France, this damning reckoning of communism’s worldwide legacy was a bestseller that sparked passionate arguments among intellectuals of the Left. [...]
Pat Toomey offers positive plan to counter the anti-growth, job destroying policies of the Obama Administration and Democratic leaders Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid and their lockstep, groupthink Democratic caucus.
NOV 24th 2009 Rasmussen Generic Congressional Ballot When President Obama took office in January of [...]
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck is commenting on Arlen Specter’s self-centered opportunism.
The “evolved” Arlen Specter. I think that it is significant that a national talk show host would comment on one politician . The Toomey Senate campaign will be a marquee race. It will be NY-23 amplified 20 [...]
We do know how Opportunistic Democrat Arlen Specter will vote and we know how Principled Leftist Democrat Joe Sestak will vote and we know that Pat Toomey is making the case for realistic, free market solutions to health care delivery and would be the “41st [...]
Many of these same ideas are presented by Michael Ledeen. Dr. Ledeen is a leading expert on Iran.
Jonah Goldberg makes the solid point that it nukes in the control of the radical, extremist, fanatical Mullahs that is the fear. Changes to regime to America Friendly and [...]
The bill is being sponsored by Senators Evan Bayh (D-IN), Joe Lieberman (ID-CT), Jon Kyl (R-AZ), Kit Bond (R-MO), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Sam Brownback (R-KS), Richard Burr (R-NC), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Tom Coburn (R-OK), Susan Collins (R-ME), Russ Feingold (D-WI), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), James Inhofe (R-OK), Mike Johanns (R-NE), [...]
Democratic candidate for Governor Tom Knox has a platform and, as an independent, self-financed outsider, he may be able to carry out his plan. As an inexperienced politician, he may have the knowledge and skills to carry this plan out. It takes more than an [...]
More Desperation from the Right from Robert Reich’s blog October 14, 2009
Lou Dobbs, Sean Hannity, Rush, and the right-wing blogosphere seem interested in a talk I gave in September, 2007 to students in a political science class here at Berkeley, in which I played the [...]
Ideas and Ideals energize and unite. Pat Toomey makes the case that they win elections, too.
“Ideas matter in this election,” says Toomey. “These ideas are resonating. We’ve seen a huge lurch to the left by the Democrats in Washington. Republicans have become bystanders as the [...]
Please thank Representative Mark Kirk for his leadership on this issue. I am very scared. This is all going in the wrong direction and the Administration and the Leftist Democrats are blocking this important initiative.
From: Richard Goldberg <richardalister@gmail.com>
To: richardalister@gmail.com
Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 9:59:51 AM
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Now that fiscal conservatives have a majority for, at least, two years, at the West Chester Area School District, it is incumbent that they focus on student learning. PSSA curve is bending downward. The purpose of schools is to educate and they seem to be failing [...]
Screwed
Oddly, the contracts approved on November 18th for Ludington Renovation Expansion were not in 2009 budget or even, so far, the unapproved on 2010 budget. It does seem this expenditure, like the Ardmore Mini Mall expenditures, are wired. The government knows best LMBOC elitists with their enablers the Republican [...]
Robert Reich’s Berkeley, Calif., audience applauded the idea of taxing the young, killing the old, and stifling lifesaving innovations. One suspects that these ideas would not be greeted as warmly in most other American locales, which is why elected politicians who are actually trying to sell [...]
Simon Campbell and Kathleen Zawacki won 12 out of 12 precincts. We beat our opposition 60-40 including many precincts where Democrats have a voter registration advantage.
The taxpayers spoke.
Pennsbury School District SD Region 1:
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In my opinion, Representative Mark Kirk, a commissioned Naval Officer serving in US House of Representatives and candidate for US Senate from Illinois, has a sophisticated, realistic and nuanced view of the Middle East and its challenges and sees clearly the threat of Nuclear Weapons in the [...]
Real world real estate tax collections have increased from $18,090 ,000 in 2002 to $26, 862,000 in 2008 which is $8,772,000 increased revenue or a 48.50% increase in property tax revenues. I do not think many will say that they are getting 48.5% better government or [...]
Medicare Fraud – How you, too, can profit from government run health care. Risk Free This may be your only opportunity if the Obama Administration’s ideas for economic recovery don’t work out.
Obamanomics: Taking from the productive for the “general welfare” and for those connected to [...]
Susquehanna Polls October 14 and Rasmussen October 14. The trend is Pat Toomey up and Arlen Specter down. Pat Toomey can win if he can communicate his positive message of Free Markets for Free People to voters and to activists.
Below is an email from Lower Merion resident and taxpayer Stephen Gleason who makes some excellent points with regard to Lower Merion budget and, in particular, the $11 million dollar Ludington Library Renovation which is part of the $24 million dollar library renovation.
I would add to what [...]
Obamanomics taking from the productive for the “General Welfare” and to those connected to the elected.
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Ideas and Ideals Unite and Energize Free Markets for Free People
Republican Party of Pennsylvania – A RESOLUTION opposing CARD CHECK RESOLVED, That we, the members of the Republican State Committee of Pennsylvania, do hereby strongly call upon the entire Pennsylvania Congressional Delegation to show their support [...]
AIPAC supports Iran Refined Petroluem Sanctions Act of 2009. Representative Mark Kirk of Illinois has been a leader on this and other foreign policy issues.
“The Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act (H.R. 2194 in the House and S. 908 in the Senate) could have a dramatic [...]
Real world real estate tax collections have increased from $18,090 ,000 in 2002 to $26, 862,000 in 2008 which is $8,772,000 increased revenue or a 48.50% increase in property tax revenues. I do not think many will say that they are getting 48.5% better government [...]
It would be interesting to know what other Organized Labor Organizers receive in compensation and perks not to mention the many perks and why not? Don’t they earn it in protecting their workers. Other workers may be worse off, but the Union Worker, with political muscle, [...]
Sneh
Former Deputy Defense Minister Ephraim Sneh to the Sunday Times in which he said that if Iran were not further sanctioned by this Christmas Israel would attack the country.
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Senartor Kay Bailey Hutchinson
Citizens Against Government Waste makes the case succinctly and with humor.
“Sen. Hutchison is repeating the same old insidious quackery about the earmarking process: that it can be made accountable and that it somehow levels the spending playing field,” [...]
Cave Lion
Lower Merion Republicans can avoid irrelevancy by taking a strong stand, along with Commissioners Brown and Rosenzweig, against increased Lower Merion Township spending and increased taxation. Pulling millions of tax dollars out of the Lower Merion community has a real world impact. It would [...]
Mort Klein, President of the Zionist Organization of America, speaks clearly to the facts that evidence the intentions and the strategies of Arabs. It is clear that the establishment of another Arab terrorist state in the Middle East will not reduce terrorism, violence or war in the [...]
