Dead Cats: ReDial!* 03/08/10, (2)28 James Brody
Visit: www.ValleyForgePatriots.org ; www.deadcatsandclippings.com
Join http://www.meetup.com/VFP-TeaParty09/
Join www.912PA.com
Schedule at p. 5.
*Phone lists in Cats, 3/5/10 (last Friday!)
Don Adams: “No” & BO’s Arcadia Visit
“Philadelphia – March 7 - A least a few hundred Tea Partiers are expected to descend on the sidewalks surrounding Arcadia University, tomorrow, to voice their opposition to Obamacare after having been denied a request to hold a Press Conference/Rally on Campus.
“An Arcadia University official, Laurie Bauer, denied the group access to the Campus after conferring with other University officials and, allegedly, the White House.
“‘We had hoped to be given space on campus so that we could better facilitate a Press Conference,’
said Organizer Don Adams. ‘We spoke with University Administrator, Laurie Bauer, around 3 PM on Friday. Ms. Bauer said she would check with unnamed University Officials and the White House. I was told to call her back in an hour.’
“‘When I did so, she replied that the answer was ‘no.’ When I pressed her for permission to hold the
conference on various campus parking lots, she again said, ‘no.’
“The Independence Hall Tea Party Association has scheduled a 9 AM Press Conference to be held on
the sidewalk in front of the stone archway (Arcadia University’s main entrance), Easton Road, Glenside, PA.”
Sam Rohrer News
Petitions: Way to Go!
Sam Rohrer “Say hello to Karen and Patty of Northampton Co.! They brought in 651 signatures they collected! Our petition drive moves forward and encouraging stories like this keep our excitement building!” FaceBook, 3/5/2010, 5:04 PM Go Sam! Go!
Print-Yourself – Sam Rohrer Flyers:
from Paula Stiles, pjstiles@verizon.net
Bob Guzzardi to the Inquirer: “Murtha” Navy Yard a Disgrace
“To the Editor: It is a disgrace to name the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard after the late Rep. John Murtha, who smeared the Marines in Haditha, Iraq, with the unsubstantiated accusation that they “killed innocent civilians in cold blood” in 2006.
Couldn’t they just name a post office or turnpike rest station after him? Bob Guzzardi Ardmore
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/20100307_Letters_.html
Mark Steyn: Disexceptionalizing America
“John O’Sullivan once suggested the entire post-war history of Canada could be summed up in Monty Python’s ‘Lumberjack Song’: The eponymous lumberjack hymning the manly virtues of a rugged life ‘leaping from tree to tree . . . down the mighty rivers of British ColumbiaObamacare would cut the budget deficit, delivered at the Blair House “summit” meeting, has gotten a lot of attention in recent days, and deservedly so. The Wall Street Journal ran the full text of his presentation on its opinion page yesterday and amplified his arguments in an editorial of its own. At Blair House, neither the president nor any other Democrat present offered a direct rebuttal to Ryan’s critique. The president chose to change the subject instead.’ in the preamble has morphed by the third verse into a transvestite in high heels, suspenders, and a bra.”
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=N2ZiYjU4NDI0Y2UyOWVmNWU3YzAyN2Q1YWRkNTg4NGI=
Santorum Blinked
“It was Friday morning and our former Senator spoke to 3.5 million listeners as he filled in for Bill Bennett on Morning in America.
“‘Reconciliation’ is a ‘distractor,’ a ‘head fake.’ The Health Bill must be defeated now in the House before it can be sent to Obama for a signature. Santorum also referred us to a link and a .pdf that listed several dozen representatives and their Washington and local telephone numbers.
“Then a caller threw a well-intentioned question that was a grenade: ‘When are we going to impeach Barack Obama?’” More at http://www.valleyforgepatriots.org/?p=643
A Response…
I’ve listened to Bennett’s radio show for about three years. I have the greatest respect for Dr. Bennett’s production assistant, Seth Leibsohn, who is also a noted political author. I hear Seth’s cadence in this unsigned response, sent to me at 5:29 AM yesterday morning:
“Because it’s not going to happen. Not with a Democratic Congress and it’d be unlikely with a GOP congress as well. There is not specific provision for impeaching the president based on the defined terms of “high crimes and misdemeanors” right now.”
And Some Defiance:
1) $300,000 has been lifted from each of my grandchildren. I think that’s very high crime.
2) We impeached Bubba not for porking an intern in my Oval Office but for lying-under-oath to a judge. (I’m personally not angry about his lie or what he did but where he did it!)
3) “Values” is not about making money but about honesty in our dealings with each other. Straighten out “right and wrong” and leave the economy alone to recover itself. (For a starter, see Amity Shlaes: The Forgotten Man.)The same is true for every one of us: Keep politician’s fingers out of our pockets and off of our fannies.
4) In every group that I attend, “impeachment” elicits cheers and sometimes standing ovations from one-third to one-half the audience.
Pushers and sociopaths know by instinct not to fret so long as the other side complains. Echoes of “impeach and remove” will evoke better conduct from our national candy man.
Bottom lines: Our strictest criteria for our representatives must be their willingness to act rather than talk, including the acts of impeach and remove…and our electorate must act as smart parents do towards a defiant son: skip the lectures and give him immediate, consistent, personally relevant consequences!
Health Care
Andrew Napolitano on Health Care
Thanks Paul!
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=7n2m-X7OIuY Hear also, Tevi Troy on Health Reform: http://www.billbennett.com/michaelmedved/player.aspx?g=aHR0cDovL21lZGlhLnRvd25oYWxsLmNvbS90b3duaGFsbC9iZW5uZXR0L1RldmlUcm95NC5tcDM^!^
Krauthammer: ObamaCare a Tragedy in Its Fifth Act
“So the yearlong production, set to close after Massachusetts’ devastatingly negative January 19 review, saw the curtain raised one last time. Obamacare lives.
“After 34 speeches, three sharp electoral rebukes (Virginia, New Jersey, and Massachusetts), and a seven-hour seminar, the president announced Wednesday his determination to make one last push to pass his health-care reform.
“The final act was carefully choreographed…”
http://article.nationalreview.com/427015/onward-he-said-regardless/charles-krauthammer
James Capretta: BOCare A Budgetary Disaster
“Congressman Paul Ryan’s systematic dismantling of the argument that
“This week, however, top administration officials have come forward with a belated defense — of sorts.”
http://healthcare.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MmRmNzg2NDM4MGJiMWIzMTAzMzY1YWQ0Mjc5ZTJkYTc=
Steyn: Worth the Cost
“So there was President Obama, giving his bazillionth speech on health care, droning yet again that “now is the hour when we must seize the moment,” the same moment he’s been seizing every day of the week for the past year, only this time his genius photo-op guys thought it would look good to have him surrounded by men in white coats.
“Why is he doing this? Why let “health” “care” “reform” stagger on like the rotting husk in a low-grade creature feature who refuses to stay dead no matter how many stakes you pound through his chest?
“Because it’s worth it. Big time. I’ve been saying in this space for two years that the governmentalization of health care is the fastest way to a permanent left-of-center political culture. It redefines the relationship between the citizen and the state in fundamental ways that make limited government all but impossible. In most of the rest of the Western world, there are still nominally “conservative” parties,…”
http://www.ocregister.com/opinion/health-237719-care-government.html. Also http://license.icopyright.net/user/viewContent.act?clipid=463440836&mode=cnc&tag=3.7280%3Ficx_id%3D%2Fnews%2F2010%2Fmar%2F07%2Fits-not-about-health-care%2F
Geo Will: the Court and Our Guns
“It probably will result in a routine ruling that extends a 2008 decision and renders dubious many state and local gun control laws. What could — but, judging from the justices’ remarks during oral argument, probably will not — make the ruling momentous would be the court deciding that the two ordinances at issue violate the 14th Amendment’s “privileges or immunities” clause. Liberals and conservatives submitted briefs arguing, correctly, that this clause was intended to be a scythe for slicing through thickets of state and local laws abridging fundamental liberties.”
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/03/07/case_for_a_scythe_104668.html
Stage 4: Kansas City to Close ½ Its Public Schools
“Stage 4” applies to collapsing social organizations broken into components that are scavenged…
“Kansas City was held up as a national example of bold thinking when it tried to integrate its schools by making them better than the suburban districts where many kids were moving. The result was one school with an Olympic-sized swimming pool and another with recording studios.
“Now it’s on the brink of bankruptcy and considering another bold move: closing nearly half its schools to stay afloat.”
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9E9USCG0&show_article=1
Spending Ceiling?
“And now from the Department of Common Sense comes a proposed constitutional amendment to cap federal spending at 20 percent of the annual gross domestic product. Actually, the idea originated with Thomas Jefferson, but it doesn’t take a renaissance man like our third president to figure out that government spends too much and won’t stop until it is forced to do so. The amendment proposal was introduced earlier this week by Reps. Mike Pence of Indiana, Jeb Hensarling of Texas and John Campbell of California, all Republicans.”
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/Why-wait-for-a-spending-limit_-86417047.html#ixzz0hNq1Jwnb
“Obama Committed to the ‘Heavy Lifting’ on Immigration, Lawmakers Say”
By Michael A. Fletcher
A bipartisan group of lawmakers emerged from a White House meeting with President Obama today confident that the president is ready to put his political weight behind an comprehensive overhaul of the nation’s immigration laws.
“I don’t think he could have be clearer today or more committed today that he wanted to make comprehensive immigration reform a reality,” said Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez (D-Ill.), who had previously expressed disappointment with Obama’s commitment to the issue.
“He led today. He was the president of the United States and he led today.”
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2009/06/25/obama_committed_to_the_heavy_l.html
Secretaries of State: Tipping Points and Soros Knows About Them!
Thanks Patriots of SE Michigan!
“Since 2006 the Democracy Alliance, a left leaning influence group funded by George Soros among others, has had remarkable success in targeting and claiming Secretary of State’s offices in 11 of 13 critical states they targeted, including Ohio, Minnesota and Iowa.
“Called the Secretary of State Project (SOSP) its aim is to target and capture the obscure, often overlooked office and implement election rules changes that give democrats a better chance of winning a plurality. Among those changes that SOSP calls “election protection,” are a loosening of voter registration requirements and a lessening of efforts to prevent fraudulent voting, according to Matthew Vadum, a political analyst with the Capitol Research Center.
“’The thing that is amazing is that they can get the office for as little $100,000 in campaign funding because no one pays attention to it, and they get to control election opportunities in a state. It is cheap,” Vadum said.
“He said SOSP is currently targeting three states in the 2010 election: California, Michigan and Minnesota. In total they count for 82 electoral votes.”
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/01/29/states-secretaries-state-tipping-balance-power/
Geert Wilders Speaks to Parliament despite Islamic Death Threats
Thanks Patriots of SE Michigan! Encouraging note: Wilders was recently denied admission to the UK. Things change….
Wilders’ speech: http://lionheartuk.blogspot.com/2010/03/geert-wilders-speech-house-of-lords.html
Death threats: http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2009/10/muslim-protestors-insult-geert-wilders-threaten-wilders-with-death.html
A New Game: “Bullshit BINGO”
Thanks Nils,
Rules:
1. Before President Obama’s next televised speech, prepare your “Bullshit Bingo” card by drawing a square (5″ x 5″ is a good size) and dividing it into columns –five across and five down. That will give you 25 1-inch blocks.
2. Write one of the following words/phrases in each block: Restored our reputation; Strategic fit; Let me be clear; Make no mistake; Back from the brink; Signs of recovery; Out of the loop; Benchmark; Job creation; Fiscal restraint; Win-win; Affordable health care; Previous Administration; Greed on Wall Street; At the end of the day; Empower (or empowerment); Touch base; Mindset; Corporate greed; Ballpark; Game plan; Leverage; Inherited as in “I inherited this mess”; Relief for working families.
3. Check off the appropriate block when you hear one of those words/phrases.
4. When you get five blocks horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, stand up and shout “BULLSHIT!”
Testimonials from past satisfied “Bullshit Bingo” players:
> “I had been listening to the speech for only five minutes when I won.” – Jack W., Boston
> “My attention span during speeches has improved dramatically.” – David D., Florida
> “What a gas! Speeches will never be the same for me after my first win.” - Bill R., New York City
> “The atmosphere was tense in the last speech as 14 of us waited for the fifth box.” – Ben G., Denver
> “The speaker was stunned as eight of us screamed “BULLSHIT!” for the third time in two hours.” – Harry A, Chantilly
> “This is the most fun I have ever had with my pants up!” Robert H. Portland
Announcements and Meetings
Pat Toomey Speaks: March 8th. 45th Annual Lincoln Day Dinner
Republican Committee of Lower Merion and Narberth
Merion Tribute House, Merion Station, Pa. www.LincolnDinner2010.com
Also, Bob Guzzardi will have copies of his petition. He runs for Lieutenant Governor.
Chester County Elections: March 9th: Last day to file
http://dsf.chesco.org/election/cwp/view.asp?A=3&Q=644864
March 9th, 7 PM: West Chester TEA Party
John Emmons, Coalition for Advancing Freedom, speaks about our ballooning national debt.
Government Services Building, Room 170, 601 Westtown Road, West Chester, PA 19382.
Brandon Boyd, www.WestChesterTeaParty.com
March 10th, 7-8 P.M. Last Stand to Stop Health Care
Rep. Tim Holden Office, 4918 Kutztown Road, Temple PA 19560
First Event: “Candlelight Vigil and Protest,” Wednesday March 10 Wear your whitecoats or scrubs. Bring your signs against Healthcare! Bring your Candles!
Second Event: “Sidewalk Surge” Thursday March 11 4:00 to 6:00 pm Bring your signs! Bring your Family!
Third Event: “Sidewalk Surge” Tuesday March 16 4:00 to 6:00 pm Bring your signs and your friends!
Fourth Event: “Sidewalk Surge” Thursday March 18 4:00 to 6:00 pm Ratchet it up Patriots, last day before they vote! http://www.meetup.com/912-PA/calendar/12815247/
Friday, March 12th, 6-9 PM, VF Patriots, Candidates Forum
The Franklin Commons, 400 Franklin Avenue, Phoenixville, PA 19460, in the conference room at the Grant Street entrance. Moderated by GOP Committeeman Brian Peppel.
7 PM: State Representatives for PA Districts 26th, 150th & 157th
8 PM: Federal candidates for the 6th, 7th & 13th Congressional Districts. DianeCanney@verizon.net
March 13th, 3-5 PM: Sam Rohrer Meet & Greet
Kennett Square VFW 5467: 704 W. Baltimore Pike Kennett Square, PA 19348. Coalition for Advancing Freedom.
March 23rd, 7-9 PM: Bill Bennett, Michael Medved, & Joey Vento – “America Unplugged” Keswick Theater, Glenside.
Moderated by Colin Hanna of Let Freedom Ring. $20 + $6.50 general admission; $50+ up- front, early reserved seating; $80+ gets you into Medved’s broadcast for the prior three hours.
Tickets: 877-840-0457. Or at http://www.wntp.com/pages/America%20Unplugged%20March%202010
TEA Party Express: 3/27-4/15/2010.
Starts in Nevada, stops in DC….http://www.teapartyexpress.org/ Thanks, Amy Kremer!
April 15th, 5-9 P.M.: 2nd Annual Tax Day Tea Party
Rally at the corners of Bridge & Main Street in Phoenixville. Please bring your TEA (Taxed Enough Already) signs. We have the second level of Molly Maguire’s set aside to enjoy some food, drink and merriment before, during and after our rally. Speakers to be announced.
July 15-17th: National TEA Party Unity Convention
Tea Party Nation is pleased to announce the National Tea Party Unity Convention, to be held in Las Vegas. http://www.teapartynation.com/
August 28th: The Guy who won’t go to Washington, Beck at Lincoln’s knee… “Restoring Honor.”
Donate to Special Operations Warriors (http://firstgiving.com/glennbeck).
Ride a bus! karinstocking@msn.com $35.00 Karin Stocking, 1939 West Marshall St Norristown, PA 19403.