Visit: www.ValleyForgePatriots.org ; www.deadcatsandclippings.com
Join http://www.meetup.com/VFP-TeaParty09/
Join www.912PA.com
Schedule at p. 6.
1933, March 5th: FDR closed the banks for four days to discourage withdrawals.
Call this Week & Next: Health Care “Swing Voters” & “The Stupak 12”
According to Rick Santorum, “no” in the House to the former Senate Bill kills it. A “yes” from the House sends the package, without revision to BO for signature.
“Reconciliation,” if carried out, will last for 5 years; the original Senate Bill has no expiration…
PDF download of numbers from Bill Bennett’s site: http://www.mediafire.com/?nmnjgjkyjvj
Swing Voters (DC OFFICE/LOCAL OFFICE:)
Harry Mitchell (AZ) (202) 225-2190; (480) 946-2411
Gabrielle Giffords (AZ) (202) 225-2542; (520) 881-3588
Ann Kirkpatrick (AZ)(202) 225-2315; (928) 226-6914
Jerry McNerney (CA)(202) 225-1947; 925-833-0643
John Salazar (CO)202-225-4761; 970-245-7107
Jim Hines (CT) (202) 225-5541; (866) 453-0028
Alan Grayson (FL)(202) 225-2176: (407) 841-1757
Bill Foster (IL) (202) 225-2976; 630-406-1145
Baron Hill (IN) 202-225-5315; 812-288-3999
Mark Schauer (MI)(202) 225-6276; (517) 780-9075
Gary Peters (MI) (202) 225-5802; (248) 273-4227
Dina Titus (NV) (202) 225-3252; 702-256-DINA (3462)
Carol Shea-Porter (NH) (202) 225-5456; (603) 743-4813
Tim Bishop (NY) (202) 225-3826; (631) 696-6500
John Hall (NY) (202) 225-5441; (845) 225-3641, x49371
Bill Owens (NY) (202) 225-4611; (315) 782-3150
Mike Arcuri (NY) (202)225-3665; (315)793-8146
Dan Maffei (NY) (202) 225-3701; (315) 423-5657
Earl Pomneroy (SC)(202) 225-2611; (701) 224-0355
Steven Driehaus (OH)(202) 225-2216; (513) 684-2723
Mary Jo Kilroy (OH)(202) 225-2015; (614) 294-2196
Zach Space (OH) (202) 225-6265; (330) 364-4300
Kathy Dahlkemper (PA)(202) 225-5406; (814) 456-2038
Patrick Murphy (PA)(202) 225-4276; (215) 826-1963
Christopher Carney (PA)(202) 225-3731; (570) 585-9988
Paul Kanjorski (PA)(202) 225-6511; (570) 825-2200
John Spratt (SC) (202) 225-5501; (803)327-1114
Tom Perriello (VA) (202) 225-4711; (276) 656-2291
Alan Mollohan (WV)(202) 225-4172; (304) 623-4422
Nick Rahall (WV) (202) 225-3452; (304) 252-5000
Steve Kagen (WI) (202) 225-5665; (920) 437-1954
Abortion: Sustak’s Dozen
Jerry Costello (IL) (202) 225-5661; (618)233-8026
Dan Lipinski (IL) (202)225-5701; (312)886-0481
Joe Donnelly (IN) (202)225-3915; (574)288-2780
Brad Ellsworth (IN) (202)225-4636; (812)232-0523
Joseph Cao (LA) (202)225-6636; (504)483-2325
Dale Kildee (MI) (202)225-3611; (810)239-1437
Bart Stupak (MI) (202)225-4735; (989)356-0690
Jim Oberstar (MN) (202)225-6211 (218)727-7474
Steve Dreihaus (OH)(202)225-2216; (513)684-2723
Marcy Kaptur (OH) (202)225-4146; (419)259-7500
Charlie Wilson (OH) (202)225-5705 (330)533-7250
Kathy Dahlkemper (PA) (202)225-5406 (814)456-2038
BO Passes Through Philadelphia? Monday, March 8th?
“We are feverishly trying to find out the details of this wonderful visit from the big O. In the meantime call your local representative’s offices. Say that you heard that Mr Obama is coming to town and could they give you the details as you really want to be there to meet him.”
Diane Reimer 267-446-7124,Tea Party Patriots National Coordinator, National Leadership Council. PA State Coordinator, Philadelphia Tea Party Patriots Organizer
www.philateapartypatriots.com
Krauthammer: “Why the Health Care Bill Is a Failure”
“Unfortunately for Democrats, that seven-hour televised exercise had the unintended consequence of showing the Republicans to be not only highly informed on the subject, but also, as even Obama was forced to admit, possessed of principled objections — contradicting the ubiquitous Democratic/media meme that Republican opposition was nothing but nihilistic partisanship.
Republicans did so well, in fact, that in his summation, Obama was reduced to suggesting that his health care reform was indeed popular because when you ask people about individual items (for example, eliminating exclusions for pre-existing conditions or capping individual out-of-pocket payments) they are in favor.
Yet mystifyingly they oppose the whole package. How can that be?
Allow me to demystify.”
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/03/05/the_health_care_bill_is_a_failure.html
Also at: http://article.nationalreview.com/427015/onward-he-said-regardless/charles-krauthammer
Andy McCarthy: Gitmo Closure in Return for Military Tribunals?
“President Obama is not caving on military commissions. He has already caved on them: He failed (thankfully) to abolish them, Congress enacted legislation endorsing them again in 2009, and the administration has already directed a commission trial for the Cole bombers.
“The real agenda here is to close Gitmo. That’s the ball to keep your eye on. The Post is trying to soften the opposition to shuttering the detention camp by portraying beleaguered, reasonable Obama as making a great compromise that will exasperate the Left. The idea is to strengthen Sen. Lindsey Graham’s hand in seeking reciprocal compromise from our side.
“This, however, is a matter of national security, not horse-trading over a highway bill. You don’t agree to do a stupid thing that endangers the country just because your opposition has magnanimously come off its insistence that you do two stupid things that endanger the country.”
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZTEzYmFjYzMwZjA4ODZmZTQxOGNkYjYxNWY4M2FkNDk=
Coulter on Giles & O’Keefe vs. ACORN Innocence
“This week, Hynes announced that “no criminality has been found” after his investigation of the videotapes made by investigative journalists James O’Keefe and Hannah Giles, which show ACORN employees counseling the pair on getting a mortgage for a house of prostitution.
“(They got a choice of government loans: Phat Fannie Mae, Prince Freddie Mac or Barney Fresh Daddy Frank … aka “Sir Fix-A-Lot.”)
“I’m just glad to know that Hynes conducted a thorough “investigation” first. Who did he have screen the videotapes, Gov. Paterson?
“If his investigators had actually watched the videotapes, they would have found ACORN employees apparently advising a pimp and prostitute on how to defraud mortgage lenders, deposit prostitution money in a bank, hide money from the government and avoid detection while running a whorehouse with teenage girls from El Salvador.
“I’m not a lawyer — oh, wait, yes, I am — but I count approximately a half-dozen state law crimes being discussed on those tapes, from money laundering to advancing prostitution.”
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=35886
WSJ: “Paul Ryan vs. the President”
“’Every argument has been made. Everything that there is to say about health care has been said, and just about everybody has said it,” President Obama declared yesterday as he urged Democrats to steamroll his plan through Congress. What hasn’t been heard, however, is even a shred of White House honesty about the true costs of ObamaCare, or its fiscal consequences.
Nearby, we reprint Wisconsin Republican Paul Ryan’s remarks at the health summit last week, which methodically dismantle the falsehoods—there is no other way of putting it—that Mr. Obama has used to sell “reform” and repeated again yesterday. No one in the political class has even tried to refute Mr. Ryan’s arguments, though he made them directly to the President and his allies, no doubt because they are irrefutable. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704548604575097602436388116.html
See also: “Revenge of the GOP Nerd”
“What do these three Republican rising stars have in common: Paul Ryan, Mitch Daniels and Bobby Jindal? You can imagine all at a Star Trek convention.
“For Republicans, the nerd might not be the new jock. But the GOP jocks are increasingly letting the nerds in on the party.”
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/03/04/revenge_of_the_gop_nerd__104647.html
Four Tales: BO sez “Push” and offers a Judgeship, Dems not so sure, GOP Plans Blitz
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9E7DKNG0&show_article=1
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9E7MK100&show_article=1
Horatio at the Bridge: Why Jim Bunning Took His Stand
“For too long, both Republicans and Democrats have treated the taxpayers’ money as a slush fund that does not ever end. At some point, the madness has to stop.
“Over a month ago, Democrats passed and President Obama signed into law the “Pay-Go” legislation. It calls on Congress to pay for bills by not adding to our debt. It sounds like a common sense tool that would rein in government spending. Unfortunately, Pay-Go is a paper tiger.”
http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2010/03/column-why-i-took-a-stand-.html
Also: “How utterly bizarre is our political system? This bizarre: It’s now considered an act of outright heresy for a member of Congress to propose something as radical as the notion that lawmakers should not approve legislation that isn’t paid for.”
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/mar/05/bipartisan-folly/
Ed Morrissey: “House Republicans Propose Federal Spending Amendment”
“This amendment would limit spending to one-fifth of the economy (our historical spending average since World War II). The limit could only be waived by a declaration of war or by a two-thirds congressional vote.
“As with other constitutional amendments, Congress would be given the authority to enforce and implement it. But for the first time, the federal government would have a limit on its size and scope. The Spending Limit Amendment does not promise a particular spending plan about what programs to restrain and by how much. Rather, it puts a legal constraint on lawmakers present and future.
“Some will say it should not be done now. But if not now, when?
“Our spending problems are tantamount to generational theft and fundamentally alter the American ethic. We cannot have both unlimited government and unlimited opportunity.”
http://hotair.com/archives/2010/03/03/house-republicans-propose-federal-spending-amendment/
Murtha Navy Yard
Health Insurance Fee on Restaurant Tabs
“Nothing succeeds in the travel industry like a bad idea. The latest hidden mandatory add-on is a “health” charge added to restaurant bills. As far as I know, this scam cropped up first in San Francisco, but you can count on it to spread.
“The rationale for this one is to cover the employers’ mandatory contribution to the City’s “Healthy San Francisco” health-coverage system. The charge actually is levied on employers, but at least some restaurants are adding a few dollars or percentage points to each customer’s bill to cover this charge.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/travel/family/ct-trav-0228-health-charge-20100226,0,6658174.story
Chicago Gun Case
“It’s about to get easier to shoot people in Chicago.
“Actually, it’s about to get easier to shoot — and be shot by — people in the rest of the country, too.
“The robed ones on the Supreme Court left no doubt about that Tuesday morning, making clear that they will strike down the 28-year-old ban on handguns in Al Capone’s town. The only questions are: Which legal theory will the pro-gun majority use to arrive at the outcome it desires, and which class of arms — machine guns, perhaps? — will it allow Americans to bear next?”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/02/AR2010030203474.html
Iran: Brazil’s “No” to Hillary
“Brazil vowed Wednesday not to “bow down” to gathering international pressure to impose new economic penalties on Iran over its nuclear program if further negotiations might be fruitful.
With visiting U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton standing beside him, Brazil’s foreign minister said his country is concerned about Iran’s nuclear intentions.
“But Foreign Minister Celso Amorim (SELL-so ah-more-EEM) says Brazil will make its own decision on Iran.” http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9E7AK3O0&show_article=1
Dutch Gains for Anti-Immigration
“Dutch voters went to the polls in local elections Wednesday, with political parties opposing Muslim immigration expected to make gains before national elections in June.
“The elections in 394 cities in theory cover matters such as parking fees and taxes on dog ownership. But national politicians have put their stances on the NATO mission in Afghanistan and immigrant crime on display in hopes of influencing the local vote.”
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hkcXnYfQSPUksbhuaKnsoXMGFuVAD9E73R4G0 Also Mark Steyn’s thoughts at:
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZTM5ZTVkYTlmMDU2ZTdjYTMxYThjYzY5NGM2OTYyNjg=
Geo Will: Self Esteem, Self-Destruction
“…the theory that praise, self-esteem and accomplishment increase in tandem is false. Children incessantly praised for their intelligence (often by parents who are really praising themselves) often underrate the importance of effort. Children who open their lunchboxes and find mothers’ handwritten notes telling them how amazingly bright they are tend to falter when they encounter academic difficulties. Also, Bronson and Merryman say that overpraised children are prone to cheating because they have not developed strategies for coping with failure.” Geek Comment: Another story is that anxious children train mothers to do such things, mothers who are trainable because of their own levels of anxiety…
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/03/04/self-esteem_self-destruction_104644.html
Political Ads
Jonathan Jenkins: THE constitutional candidate running for the 26th Legislative District
“…we are seeking to remove a 17 year incumbent who voted himself a massive mid-night pay raise, a 50% increase in his pension, but is unavailable to those he was supposed to serve.”
“The 26th Legislative District consists the city of Coatesville, as well as the municipalities of East Coventry, East Nantmeal, East Vincent, Elverson, Honey Brook Borough, Honey Brook Township, North Coventry, Spring City, Valley, Wallace, Warwick, West Caln, and West Nantmeal.
1) If you wish to sign his petition or to identify other Republicans who want to sign, please email the campaign at Jonathan@vote4jenkins.com.
2) “Last Chance to get Jonathan on the Ballot!” Rally on Saturday, March 6 at 1:00- 6:00 pm
64 Ebelhare Road Pottstown, PA 19465
To see more details and RSVP, follow the link below:
http://www.facebook.com/n/?event.php&eid=336546659778&mid=1f7750dG5af318c04aecG735186G7
Thank you and Semper Fi!
Jonathan Jenkins, your candidate for the 26th LD District Jonathan@Vote4Jenkins.com.
Bob Guzzardi: Lieutenant Governor
“Bob Guzzardi supports Pat Toomey for Senate; Bob Guzzardi supports Sam Rohrer for Governor.
“I am running as Republican independent of the party Establishment Insider Network. I am running to be the eyes and ears of The Forgotten Taxpayer and Small Business Person in Harrisburg. I am Not Business “As Usual. I am seeking the endorsement of Republican Voter, not the Business as Usual Establishment.
“Pennsylvania is headed toward a fiscal iceberg and it needs new people in the wheelhouse to change course. The iceberg is the revenue shortfalls and the pension bomb, about 10 billion in a 28 billion general fund budget. The State budget is 160 billion.
“My focus is on bringing value to the voter – information he and she needs to make informed decisions about government policies and candidates. The Lt. Governor office can be a venue of open and transparent government.” http://crnblog.org/ ; http://www.bobguzzardi.com/
Announcements and Meetings
March 5th, 5-8 PM: Petition Signing: Toomey, Rohrer, Sellers…
Others welcome. Valley Forge Patriots, 2nd Floor, Molly McGuires, Phoenixville. Notary on site!
195 Bridge Street, Phoenixville, PA 19460-3401, (610) 933-9550
March 6th, Noon. King of Prussia Mall Blvd & Rt. 202
Corner of Mall Blvd and Rt. 202, King of Prussia, PA 19406. Park in the large lot near Wachovia Bank
March 6th, Noon: Independence Hall – Freedom Festival and Tea Party
Independence Mall, 5th and Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19106.
“Come fully clad in patriotic garb with signs and all at this Tea Party event which is more than just a rally but also a discussion and a convention on amendments to the Constitution. Any amendments made or suggested at this event will be sent to both houses of Congress and every state legislature in the nation for review. Join us and be a part of history.”
Speakers: Keynote – Michael Johns, Tea Party Leader and former speechwriter for President George H.W. Bush, David McCleary, Author “The Flawless Leader Papers,” Robert Allen Mansfield and Sam Rohrer, Gubernatorial Candidates, Russ Diamond and Steve Johnson, Candidates for Lt. Governor,
Peg Luksik, for U.S. Senate, Clayton Grabb, for PA’s 3rd Congressional District, Congressman Jim Gerlach, PA’s 6th Congressional District, James Jones, for PA’s 8th Congressional District, William Russell, for PA’s 12th Congressional District, Josh Quinter, for PA’s 13th Congressional District, Frank Ryan, for PA’s 17th Congressional District
March 6th, 1-6 PM: “Last Chance to Get Jonathan on the Ballot”
64 Ebelhare Road Pottstown, PA 19465. To see more details and RSVP, follow the link below:
http://www.facebook.com/n/?event.php&eid=336546659778&mid=1f7750dG5af318c04aecG735186G7
March 6th, 4 PM: Safari Club Banquet
Westover Country Club, Jeffersonville. Registration required: Bob Spanger, 609-944-7816.
March 6th, 7:30-9:30 PM: Bucks Cty TEA Party Meet, Greet, & Petition Signing
Holiday Inn 4700 Street Rd. Trevose PA 19053
Keynote speaker – Russ Diamond, candidate for Lt. Gov., founder of PaCleansweep and Proponent of PA Constitutional reform. Hear Russ’s view on the nightmare that is Harrisburg.
Candidates for Congress in the Crossfire –James Jones, Ira Hoffman, and Gloria Carlineo.
A lively give and take ‘interview’ led by a Special Inquisitor.
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
http://dsf.chesco.org/election/cwp/view.asp?A=3&Q=644864
March 9th: Last day to file nomination petitions. (Do it earlier, risk a challenger.)
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
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/