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Join www.ValleyForgePatriots.org or Valley Forge Patriots – www.Meetup.com/TeaParty09
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Schedule at p. 4.
“The thing about the Internet is: people will call you on your crap. Even if I don’t know exactly what I’m talking about, somebody out there does.” Sean Carroll writes some of the best in biology. http://www.edge.org/q2010/q10_11.html#carroll
Full Text: SOTU
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9DGG71O0&show_article=1
Bob McDonnell: GOP Response
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/01/27/politics/stateofunion/main6148483.shtml
Fox News: “Fact Check” on State of Union Message
President Obama, who once considered government spending freezes a hatchet job, told Americans on Wednesday it’s now part of his solution to the exploding deficit. He didn’t explain what had changed.
His State of the Union speech skipped over a variety of complex realities in laying out a “common-sense” call to action.
A look at some of his claims and how they compare with the facts…
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/01/27/fact-check-state-union-compares-reality/
Mark Steyn on SOTU
“We’ve met here in good times and bad, war and peace, prosperity and depression, Shrove Tuesday and Super Bowl Sunday, riding high in April, shot down in May. We’ve been up and down and over and out and I know one thing. Each time we find ourselves flat on our face, we pick ourselves up and get back in the race. That’s life, pause for applause . . .
There’s no sense that, even as platitudinous filler, it arises organically from who this man is.”
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NGQyYzZlNTY2MTdjZWZhNTU0ZGE4NTNmZGRlZDRkZWQ=
Jonah Goldberg: “Have Some More of Me…”
Maternal genomic imprints in mice lead the mothers to make nests and feed and retrieve wandering pups. They also lead to higher volumes of cerebral cortex. The human equivalents – in males or in females – would be a high verbal aptitude and lots of lectures to us kids while he/she makes us a nest called “government.” For either gender, we call them a “liberal.” JB
“This novel theory allows Obama to stick to his view that there’s nothing wrong with his health-care plan, and anyone who feels differently hasn’t heard or understood the president’s explanations.
“So, he not only implored Democrats not to “run for the hills” on the health-reform bill, but insisted that as “temperatures cool,” hot-tempered opponents will, of course, realize they were wrong about the bill.
“Obama began his presidency insisting that government is the answer to our problems. A year later, he still believes that the era of big government is upon us.
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/obama_answer_for_america_more_of_1IboSZ3t6WFW12qZnpv10J
Alito’s Joe Wilson
Wilson shouted, Alito was caught by a lens. Wilson collected lots of campaign money, what to do about Alito? Are we to reward a judge for telling the truth?
“Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito didn’t like President Obama’s public criticism of the high court’s ruling removing corporate campaign spending limits – and he didn’t try to hide it.
“Alito made a dismissive face, shook his head and appeared to mouth the words “not true” or possibly “simply not true” when Obama assailed the decision Wednesday night in his State of the Union address.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/01/28/MN9C1BP744.DTL#ixzz0e18FWpaU
And George Will at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/27/AR2010012703909.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns
“I’ll just do an Executive Order”
It’s time to end Executive Orders and Czars. Impeach and remove…
As WND reported, Obama’s order establishes a new “Council of Governors” designated to advise on the “synchronization and integration of state and federal military activities in the United States.”
The recent order, posted on the White House website, was accompanied by the explanation that the group is to work “to protect our nation against all types of hazards.” It comes just weeks after the president issued a similarly obscure order vastly expanding INTERPOL’s privileges in the U.S.
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=122689
Also: listen to “Aaron Klein, WABC Radio, 770 AM, 7-9 PM, Sunday night. (Also by streaming from www.wabcRadio.com.) Klein, WND’s Jerusalem bureau chief, said Sunday’s show will focus on his investigations into Obama administration czars as well as exclusive news and updates about Israel and the war on terrorism.
“Klein’s show on WABC 770 AM will air from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Eastern time. He will broadcast from Jerusalem.
“The call in number to speak with Klein during the show is 1-800-848-WABC or 800-848-9222.”
Klein authored The Late, Great State of Israel and Schmoozing with Terrorists.
Bob Guzzardi: Earmarks by Congressmen
“As Senator Tom Coburn pointed out: Earmarks are the Gateway Drug to bad legislation. It is how votes are bought. Elected officials fund special projects for special people who support them, or, at the very least, don’t criticize them or work against them. Earmarks are about political power and not about any rational use of taxpayer money.
“The two links below have the Citizens Against Government Waste “Earmark Reform” pledges, one for House and one for Senate. These pledges are the line in the sand showing whether the candidate is committed to reform.
“House Earmark Reform” Pledge US House of Representatives
“Senate Earmark Reform ” Pledge US Senate
“ Here is the Club for Growth list of the 40 US House members and 8 US Senators, Democrat and Republican, who have made NO EARMARK REQUESTS in 2009. These Representatives and Senators did not, in all cases, sign the Citizens Against Government Waste pledge. In many cases, they simply announced that they would not make any Earmark requests.”
More Guzzardi: Carol Aichele
“Chester County Republican Committee Establishment Insiders did not hear the message from Massachusetts… Tea Party does not want ‘business as usual”; we don’t want the parties picking the candidates; we want to have input into the candidates for our government.
Endorsement for Lt. Governor of Carole Aichele was done without interviewing or, apparently, considering any other candidate. “Rigged” is the word I would use to describe excluding input from committee people, activists, and concerned voters. The Chester County Republican Committee, basically, picked the candidates and told voters for whom they could vote.
Robert Samuelson: Bernanke Renewal
Superstition is that Bernanke helped plug our draining economy. Science and economics suggest that our economy would have stabilized itself and recovered without McCain having tremors during an election. Now we have an instance of synchronous behavior in which two players – Bernanke and Wall Street – watch each other. This is fine until one gets nervous at which moment the other will get nervous.
“Now that the Senate has confirmed him for a second term as chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke has, or ought to have, a very simple agenda: improve confidence. This isn’t his job alone, of course. President Obama and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner are hardly bit players. But what Bernanke does and says — how he projects himself and the Fed — matters a great deal, and he faces an exacting challenge.”
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/01/29/bernanke_20_rebuild_confidence_100089.html
See also Garas, Antonios, Panos Argyrakis, and Shlomo Havlin (2008) The structural role of strong and weak links in a financial network. arXiv 0805.2477v1 [Physics.soc.ph], May 16.
Shlaes, A (2008) The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression. NY: HarperCollins.
Krauthammer: Mirandize the Guy!!!
“The real scandal surrounding the failed Christmas Day airline bombing was not the fact that a terrorist got on a plane — that can happen to any administration, as it surely did to the Bush administration — but what happened afterward …We have since learned that the decision to Mirandize Abdulmutallab had been made without the knowledge of or consultation with (1) the secretary of defense, (2) the secretary of homeland security, (3) the director of the FBI, (4) the director of the National Counterterrorism Center or (5) the director of national intelligence (DNI).
“The Justice Department acted not just unilaterally but unaccountably.”
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/01/29/the_real_detainee_scandal.html
See also Marc Thiessen: http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=Yzc5ZDkyYzYwMDVjZTNjYzYwYTViNWMwNTA5YzVkODQ=
Hamas’ 54 Democrat Congressmen
Detroit has our nation’s largest concentration of Muslims?
From Southeast Michigan Patriots
By Daniel Greenfield , January 27, 2010
[A must-read article about Hamas, CAIR, Farrakhan’s Nation of Islam, Free Gaza, the Muslim Brotherhood and how they have infiltrated Congress]
“Of the top 11 CAIR moneygetters in congress, Nick Rahall, James Moran, Darrel Issa, John Conyers, Dennis Kucinich, Jesse Jackson, Jr, John Dingell, Barbara Lee, Carolyn Kilpatrick, Shelia Jackson Lee and Jim McDerrmott—7 out of 11 signed on to Ellison’s letter. That makes the Gaza letter a CAIR project. Five on that list [including Conyers, Dingell, and Kilpatrick] voted against condemning attacks on Israel.
More http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/19406
Electromagnetic Pulse Attacks
“Historian William R. Forstchen researched what America would be like in the aftermath of an EMP attack for his novel One Second After. I don’t think I’m spoiling the experience for prospective readers by telling you that Forstchen is convinced the result would be millions of deaths from starvation and disease, a catastrophe from which America would never fully recover.
“The EMP commission also reported that Iran — which is feverishly working to acquire nuclear weapons — has conducted tests in which it launched missiles and exploded warheads at high altitudes. The CIA has translated Iranian military journals in which EMP attacks against the U.S. are explicitly discussed.”
http://article.nationalreview.com/422973/the-sun-also-flares/clifford-d-may
Announcements and Meetings
Thursday, January 28th, Chester County Young Republicans
Executive Meeting Time: 6:30PM to 7:30PM. General Meeting Time: 7:30PM to 8:30PM
Where: 15 South Church Steet, West Chester, PA.
Saturday, January 30th, 9 AM – 3 PM, 2010, Freedom Works, Conshohocken
$25. Washington Fire Co. No. 1, 36 West Elm Street, Conshohocken, PA 19428. Freedom Works and Alinsky
Sunday, January 31, 7-9 PM: Aaron Klein on the “Czars”
WABC Radio, 770 AM, 7-9 PM, Sunday night. By AM transmission or streaming from www.wabc.com.
Sunday, January 31, 1-3 PM: Sestak
Approve the money, then get you hooked on it…
Sunday, January 31st, 1pm-3pm, Delaware County Community College, Academic Building, The Great Auditorium, Room 2225, 901 South Media Line Road, Media, PA 19063-1094.
“This meeting will include an overview of the appropriations process and discussion on the various state and federal resources available to individuals and organizations. You will receive the 3rd edition of the Pennsylvania 7th Congressional District Grants and Resource Directory, which my office has compiled…”
February 3rd, 7 PM, Pottstown 9-12.
$10 per person, Cutillo’s, 2688 E. High Street, Sanatoga, PA 19464, 610.327.2910.
February 4-6, 2009: SARAH & MICHELE!
The National TEA Party meets at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel in Nashville. ($128 per night, conference rate) She speaks at Saturday’s banquet on the 6th. Breaking news: Michele Bachmann will also attend!
Conference Fee $560… http://www.nationalteapartyconvention.com/home.aspx
February 6th,9 AM- 1 PM: How to Run for Public Office
Inquirer Building, 700 Schuylkill River Rd., Conshohocken, PA 19428
Free, open to all.
Pennsylvania Conservative Council: Debate of 6th District Congressional Candidates
Saturday, February 6, 2010, 4 PM to 6 PM,
Great Valley High School, 225 Phoenixville Pike, Malvern PA, 19355
Participation has been confirmed by: Jim Gerlach, Walt Hufford, Pat Sellers, Steve Welch
The debate will be moderated by Superior Court Judge Paul Porreca of Millville, New Jersey
Pre-registration is requested by completing the event registration form found at
http://paconservativecouncil.com/about/upcoming-events/event-registration.
Registration will also be accepted at the door on a first-come basis
For more information concerning the Pennsylvania Conservative Council please visit www.paconservativecouncil.com. Amy Reid, Project Director, areid77@hotmail.com, 856-693-1636
Candidates’ Forum: February 9th, 2010, 6:30-9:30 P.M.
Place: Crystal Tea Room 100 East Penn Square 9th Floor Philadelphia,
Contact Kevin “grace” Kelly of The Loyal Opposition grace522@comcast.net
Tuesday, February 9, 7 PM: West Chester TEA Party
Chester County Government Building, 601 Westtown Rd, West Chester, PA 19382
Thursday, February 11, 3:30-5 PM, VF Patriots: Meet & Greet Sam Rohrer
The Pickering Creek Inn, 37 East Bridge Street, Phoenixville.
PA Representative Sam Rohrer has been one of the leading voices for state government reform and constitutional principles. Son of a steelworker, Rohrer promotes the role of parents in education, opposes tax increases on employees and workers, and crafts legislation to eliminate school property tax.
“As the Republican chairman of the Game and Fisheries Committee, he is an outspoken proponent of commonsense conservation policies that respect private property and protects the rights of tens of thousands of hunters and anglers. Because of his uncompromising support for Second Amendment freedoms he has earned the consistent backing of sportsmen and gun owners. (And, hopefully, from those interested in freedom of speech!)
Open to the Public. Please RSVP to Diane Canney 610-933-1296 or dianecanney@verizon.net
Friday, February 12th, 6 PM: Valley Forge Patriots – Patrick Henry Sellers
Pickering Creek Inn. 37 East Bridge St, Phoenixville, PA 19460, 610-933-9962
“Sellers entered the race to represent Pennsylvania’s 6th Congressional district because no other
candidate holds values close enough to those he finds important – individual liberty through self reliance, limited constitutional government, sound money, property rights, free markets and a non-interventionist foreign policy. He believes supporting the Constitution is important, because it is the ultimate defense of the individual against the government.
“He will speak about running for congress as well as our money and the Federal Reserve System.”
Tuesday, February 16th, 6:30 PM: Souderton 9-12
Price: $5.00 per person. Hennings Market, 290 Main St, Harleysville, PA 19438, 215-256-9533
Building on the momentum of our first meeting in 2010! Lots to do to get ready for the 2010 elections and keep up the successes we recently saw in Massachusetts.
The $5 cost includes sweets, fruit, and beverages.
Wednesday, February 17th, 6 PM: “Dump Murphy”
Roman Delight, 255 East Street Road, Warminster, PA 18974, 215-957-6465
“We are pleased to be joined at this meeting by several of the GOP hopefuls to replace Congressman Patrick Murphy.
“First we replace the man who voted for Cap and Trade, Stimulus, Healthcare, and every other multi-thousand page bill that his staffers abridged for him. Then, like a hawk over a fat mouse, we watch his replacement.”
Pat Toomey Speaks: February 25th, Thursday. 45th Annual Lincoln Day Dinner
Republican Committee of Lower Merion and Narberth
Merion Tribute House, Merion Station, Pa. www.LincolnDinner2010.com
February 27th: Joe Sestak Gives Away Some More
Eeagh!
“I am committed to once again networking the regional organizations chartered to help citizens weather difficult times…This Summit will include a service fair that connects community members with government agencies, non-government organizations, and local resources. Exhibitors will cover a variety of issues including housing relief, employment, health services, adult education, credit counseling, legal issues, elder and child care, Veterans benefits, and more. I am hopeful that this summit will give families full access to all available aid and assistance as well as the opportunity and resources to fight through this recession and plan for a secure future.”
The event will be held at Interboro High School (16th and Amosland Ave, Prospect Park, PA 19076) on February 27, 2010. Guest sign-in will begin at 10:30AM and the event will run from 11:00AM - 1:00PM.”
Chester County Elections
http://dsf.chesco.org/election/cwp/view.asp?A=3&Q=644864
February 16th: 1st date to circulate nomination petitions. (You need only 15 sigs.)
March 9th: Last day to file nomination petitions. (Do it earlier, risk a challenger.)
April 16- 18th, 2010, 11 AM, “The Patriot Caucus”
Price: $5.00 per person
Valley Forge Convention Center, 1160 First Avenue, King of Prussia, PA 19406, 610)354-8212
“Our floor capacity will be approximately 1,000. The conference will be set up theatre style and there will be no meal breaks. Each individual will be responsible to leave the room and eat whenever possible. This is done to ensure we keep the event free and low cost, and that we utilize all time possible.” http://www.meetup.com/912-PA/calendar/12227504/
August 28th: Beck at Lincoln’s knee… “Restoring Honor.”
Donate to Special Operations Warriors (http://firstgiving.com/glennbeck).