Roving Reporter: Diane Canney
Visit: www.ValleyForgePatriots.org ; www.deadcatsandclippings.com
Join Valley Forge Patriots – www.Meetup.com/TeaParty09! Join www.912PA.com
Schedule at p. 3.
”Outside the courthouse on 5th and Vine, there’s a hundred people holding up their homemade signs,
They say they’ll be there, sunshine or rain, till somebody listens, till something’s changed…” Joe Nichols, Believers
TOMORROW! LOBBY IN HARRISBURG: TUESDAY 17 NOVEMBER 2009!
From Diana Reimer
“MEET US BETWEEN 9:30 AM AND 10:00 AM AT THE FRONT OF THE CAPITOL BUILDING IN HARRISBURG (3RD AND STATE STREET). WE HAVE A WHITE PAPER THAT WE WILL BE HANDING TO OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND A PETITION OF GRIEVANCES (available from www.philateapartypatriots.com.)
FEEL FREE TO BRING YOUR OWN LETTERS WITH YOU.” Also check www.ValleyForgePatriots.org, “20 Questions for PA Legislators.”
Late breaking information from Diana: 1) “…below is a link for information for you to view. We are asking everyone to make phone calls – 717-787-2500 – on Monday from 9 AM- 5 PM to Ed Rendell, demanding that he meet with us. 2) If going to Harrisburg, PA on Tuesday, please call Diana Reimer – cell 267-446-7124 – of the PA Tea Party Patriots Coalition. Find your representatives by entering your zip code and county at http://www.legis.state.pa.us/ Call them directly to arrange an appointment and note their room numbers.
11/14/09 March on Harrisburg
2500 avid ranter-chanters and a half-dozen members of the PA Legislature met on the Capitol steps. (I hooked a pass with Paula Stiles and her friends to meet privately with one representative and gave him a Valley Forge acorn instead of a business card… “This is from Valley Forge, please take care of it!”)… Several magnificent talks …”Hi Caliber” sang patriotic rap tunes as some of our least likely members grinned, boogied, and waved flags…four tractor trucks circled the blocks and blasted their horns…several drivers spoke about fuel and tolls on I80… the Irish restaurant learned from us that several thousand might follow (“NOBODY told us!”)…a legislator said to me, “YOU’RE Dead Cats!”…Navy veteran Mark Driver carried the American flag … an old friend and I surprised each other and reminded me that a good hug means far more than a handshake or business card. Finally, a major boost as we left the demonstration: a Freedom Works representative announced seminars about using Alinsky against liberals. I gave the same talk to the Valley Forge Patriots last July…will Freedom Works next give out Valley Forge acorns or picket Republican committees?
Downers: A mike (or a computer keyboard!) elicits a near-universal reflex for rambling too long…we all could have used some ground thumping about climate and energy from former PA representative, John Peterson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1E5U4oWxr0&feature=channel , … Dick Armey couldn’t attend because of weather… 90% of our representatives could have attended but didn’t…likewise for all but six of the blacks in this Commonwealth…the two largest buildings facing the Capitol are said to be teachers’ unions … the rally script sometimes resembled last year’s Volvo ad…talk, talk, talk, then dance and sing before some more talk-talk-talk. As Jim Gerlach advised in D.C., “Meet the other side”….we did little of that in Hbg but might on November 17th (See below). And a good question from a PA legislator: “We’ve seen waves of populism before, how long can we count on you this time?”
Irony: Our representatives all have Think Pads on their legislative desks…
Finally, a guy with a serious lens photographed lots of us and we got a short item in the Harrisburg Patriot News: http://www.pennlive.com/news/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1258251914280450.xml&coll=1
Disgusted Democrat: 11/16/09, 4:35 AM. WLW 700AM, Cincinnati
We have three options, all of them neglected: 1) Trial for malfeasance, misfeasance, or nonfeasance, 2) recall elections, and 3) constitutional amendments. He also wondered why none of these things are happening…
Hear it for yourself: http://www.700wlw.com/cc-common/podcast/single_podcast.html?podcast=late_night.xml, hour 5, about halfway through…
A Different ACORN and Financial Collapse
Via Lou Flanagan. Note that BHO and Hillary were two of the largest recipients of contributions from Fannie and Freddie…
“Fannie and Freddie also acquired $2.2 trillion in subprime loans and private securities backed by subprime loans from 1997 to 2007. Acorn and the other advocacy groups succeeded at getting Congress to mandate “innovative and flexible” lending practices such as higher debt ratios and creative definitions of income. And the serious delinquency rate on Fannie and Freddie’s $1.5 trillion in high-risk loans was 10.3% as of Sept. 30, 2009.
“This is about seven times the delinquency rate on the GSEs’ traditional loans. Fifty percent of the high-risk loans are estimated to be CRA loans, with much of the remainder useful to the GSEs in meeting their affordable-housing goals.
“The flood of CRA and affordable-housing loans with loosened underwriting standards, combined with declining mortgage interest rates—to 5% in 2003 from 10% in early 1991—resulted in a massive increase in borrowing capacity and fueled a house price bubble of unprecedented magnitude over the period 1997-2006.
“Now this history may repeat itself as many of the same community groups are pushing Congress to expand CRA to cover all mortgage lenders, credit unions, insurance companies and others financial industry segments. Are we about to set the stage for another catastrophe? More at:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703298004574459763052141456.html
Watch OUR Jack Murtha!
Via Sasha Taylor, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywgUCdefSW8
Sarah Palin to keynote First TEA Party National Convention
Through Lou Flanagan…
First National Tea Party Convention, February 4-6, 2010, Gaylord Opryland Hotel Nashville, TN
“Tea Party Nation is pleased to announce the First National Tea Party Convention. The convention is aimed at bringing the Tea Party Movement leaders together from around the nation for the purpose of networking and supporting the movements’ multiple organizations principle goals. This event will be co-sponsored by other national groups that believe in a responsible and limited federal government that is responsive to all the people. National Taxpayers Union, American Majority, Smart Girl Politics, and SurgeUSA are just a few of the organizations contributing their talents and time to this convention.”
Seniors to Be Hit in Proposed Health Care
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/14/AR2009111402597.html?nav=emailpage
See also Betsy McCaughey: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704795604574519671055918380.html
Or Bob Samuelson on “Obama’s Malpractice”: “There is an air of absurdity to what is mistakenly called “health care reform.” Everyone knows that the United States faces massive governmental budget deficits as far as calculators can project, driven heavily by an aging population and uncontrolled health costs. Recovering slowly from a devastating recession, it’s widely agreed that, though deficits should not be cut abruptly (lest the economy resume its slump), a prudent society would embark on long-term policies to control health costs, reduce government spending, and curb massive future deficits. The administration estimates these at $9 trillion from 2010 to 2019. The president and all his top economic advisers proclaim the same cautionary message.
So, what do they do? Just the opposite.”
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/11/16/obamas_malpractice_99161.html
Mark Steyn: Palin Made Six Mistakes
“If you wonder why American newspapering is dying, consider this sign-off:
“AP writers Matt Apuzzo, Sharon Theimer, Tom Raum, Rita Beamish, Beth Fouhy, H. Josef Hebert, Justin D. Pritchard, Garance Burke, Dan Joling and Lewis Shaine contributed to this report.
“Wow. That’s ten “AP writers” plus Calvin Woodward, the AP writer whose twinkling pen honed the above contributions into the turgid sludge of the actual report. That’s eleven writers for a 695-word report. What on? Obamacare
? The Iranian nuke program? The upcoming trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed?
“No, the Associated Press assigned eleven writers to “fact-check” Sarah Palin’s new book, and in return the eleven fact-checkers triumphantly unearthed six errors. That’s 1.8333333 writers for each error. What earth-shattering misstatements did they uncover for this impressive investment? “Stand well back:”
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MTE2YmEyMDZkM2Y3NjAzYWZjOTRmYjExZDg4MGE0NzE=
Jack Kelly: Our PC Army
Big possibilities: 1) Peaceful times create promotions for guys who cross “t”s and dot “i”s. In war, we have to find the Patraeus, Patton, or Sherman who will do the job and, 2) certain antidepressants when combined with alcohol create mice – and psychiatrists – willing to bell cats or fearlessly go to Allah.
Kelly, nonetheless, makes sense about the PC manners in our military…
“Some liberal journalists and Obama administration officials say they cannot yet identify a motive for Maj. Hasan’s murder spree at Fort Hood. This is much more than a failure to connect the dots. It’s like looking west from Denver on a bright and sunny day, and claiming to be unable to see the Rocky Mountains.”
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/11/16/todays_pc_army_99172.html
Thanksgiving & Our Military
By way of Leslie Peppelman,
Touching, beautiful, a greeting card that will take you a few minutes…
http://www.cpmsglife2.org/MSG/Pres/td/td1.html
Meetings/Announcements
November 18th, 7:30-9:30 P.M. Swine Flu (H1N1): Challenges to the Immune System and Vaccines
Via Karin Stocking: Stephen Marini, Ph.D., D.C., Charity Lodge #190, Burnside Ave, Jeffersonville, PA (across from the entrance to Norristown High School) $6.00 per person. 610-630-0912 or e-mail themighty-oak@hotmail.com
Saturday, November 21, 2009 11:00 AM: DelCo Patriots
Mr. Sestak’s Campaign Office, 252 and Baltimore Pike, Media, PA 19063, Deb: 610-299-4874
Saturday, November 21st, Harrisburg. Million Med March
Time: November 21, 2009 from 12pm to 3pm. Location: PA. Capital Steps.
Organized By: MillionMedMarch, UnitePa, Docs4PatientCare
See more details and RSVP on Conservative Allies of PA:
http://www.conservativeallies.com/events/event/show?id=2654303%3AEvent%3A41795&xgi=55Cqz4E3JL7adq Also www.meetup.com/PennsylvaniaMillionMedMarch
Sunday, November 22nd: Campaign for Liberty, “End the Fed”: 10 AM- 3 PM
Philadelphia City Hall (West Side), Market St and N 15th St, Philadelphia, PA 19102.
10:00 AM: Gathering (west side of City Hall) – 11:22 AM: March to the Federal Reserve -
1:00 – 3:00 PM: Indoor Rally. www.EndTheFed.us.
Featured Speakers: Dr. James “Liberty” Allen, Mr. Scott Davis (www.PennsylvaniaRevolution.com), Mr. Jake Towne (www.TowneForCongress.com), Mr. William Kern (www.KernForCongress.com), Mr. Larken Rose (www.LarkenRose.com), Mr. Jacob Hornberger (www.FFF.org)
November 28, Noon-4 PM, 912 @ Berkshire Mall
1665 State Hill Rd, Wyomissing, Reading, PA 19610. Bring your signs! Bring your flags! It’s time to wake up your neighbors! (Park in the mall parking lot on Boscov’s side away from the store, close to State Hill Road.)
November 30, 6:30 PM. Pottstown 912 Monthly Meeting
Price: $5.00 per person. Trinity Evangelical Congregational Church, 66 South Limerick Road, Royersford, PA 19468. carlnamapex@comcast.net,
December 11, 6:30 PM. Valley Forge Patriots, Pickering Creek Inn, Phoenixville.
Save the Date!
December 12th 2009, “Season of Unity” Christmas Party
PLEASE SEND PAULA YOUR RESERVATION AND CHECK BY 11/30!
KoP FIREHALL. Room for 200. (170 Allendale Road). 7 pm until 11 pm for dinner (please bring a dish), Cash bar (non-alcoholic beverages included in your $10) and music. Liberal bashing allowed! $10 per person. Please send your check to: Paula Stiles, 444 Cardigan Terrace E., West Chester, PA 19380. Make check payable to her. ALSO, please put the names of everyone who you are paying for in a small note with your check. Please include a phone number and e-mail address. Let her know that you received the invitation from Karin. KarinStocking@msn.com
Recurring Events
Every Saturday
West Chester: Sheep Dogs, Courthouse Steps, 11-Noon. RichDavis53@comcast.net
Exton: Rt 30 at Rt 100, 12:30-3 PM: RichDavis@comcast.net. (CANCELLED until the sidewalks are done)
King of Prussia: Mall Blvd & Rt 202. Noon-2, 2-4 PM. VF Patriots & 912. Lou Flanagan louis@apo146.com,
Every Monday
Chadds Ford: Intersection of 202, 1, & 322, 4–6 P.M. Signs wait for you! carlnamapex@comcast.net