GOP Destroying Tax Vote Looms

SB 1, aka “The Transportation Bill” aka “The Income Destroyer Bill” aka “The Republican Suicide Bill” may be voted on by the Pennsylvania State House this week, reports Teri Adams of the Independence Hall Tea Party Association.

The bill calls for a 30 cent per gallon tax hike on gasoline, among other things. It was approved by the Senate in June but tabled when those crazy Tea Party types in the House put up a fuss. Well, it looks like it’s now time for round two and the establishment “Hey, It’s Not My Money” Republicans seem to think they can make enough of a deal with the “IT’S MY MONEY, GIMME, GIMME, GIMME” Democrats to overcome the Tea Partyers.

Gov. Tom “I Need No Stinkin’ Second Term” Corbet has promised to sign it.

“Just so you know, Governor Tom Corbett and a majority of the PA Senate  refuse to call a gas tax increase of roughly $.30 a gallon a ‘tax.’  Just substitute the euphemism ‘revenue’ for the word ‘tax’ and allow them to take you to the cleaners,” said Ms. Adams.

She notes that the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry also supports the bill as parts of the state’s infrastructure is indesperate need of repair.

“But State Representative Stephen Barrar (R-160) informs us that the $2.5 billion Transportation Bill is laden with pork for bike trails and other parks and recreation spending,” said said. “Representative Barrar suggests that while bridge repair is necessary, the additional spending is not.”

Also, the citizen cannot afford a 30 cent per gallon gas tax hike.

Ms. Adams and her association suggest Governor Corbett and the PA Assembly cut spending elsewhere in the budget or pass the Liquor Privatization Bill and use the fees generated from the sale of liquor licenses to cover the cost of repairing the bridges.

“Why is it that our Governor and State Senators always look to our wallets as the solution to their funding problems.  Do they not understand that our wallets are empty?” She said. “Do our elected officials not know how to prioritize budgetary matters?”

She asks that citizens call House Majority Leader Mike Turzai at 717-772-9943 and tell him to table SB1–the Gas Tax Bill!

“Then call your State Representative and tell him/her to VOTE NO on SB1 if and when it comes up for a vote,” she said.

To find your legislator and/or legislator contact information, visit here.

Ms. Adams thanked  Dom Giordano and Rep. Barrar for bringing this critical issue to light.

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ObamaCare Explained Courtesy AFP-PA

Americans for Prosperity — Pennsylvania (AFP-PA) will host a two-hour information session on how ObamaCare will impact individuals starting 6:30 p.m., Oct. 10 at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 110 W Market St., West Chester 19382.

“Why?  Because we’re winning,” said AFP-PA director Jennifer Stefano, a frequent guest on Hannity.  That might sound crazy, but . . . Polls show that regardless of political party, the more informed people are on ObamaCare, the more they turn their backs.  In other words, the more people understand, the more they reject.  When we talk about the impact that ObamaCare will have on our lives, our families and our health, people listen!”

Questions to be answered include:

How much will ObamaCare cost you?

Will your doctor be able to provide you the same level of care under the new health care law?

What impact will it have on jobs?

What can you do to mitigate the impact ObamaCare has on you and your family?

Find out the answers to these questions and more by joining us for an informative discussion:

Appetizers and refreshments will be served

“Right now, ObamaCare is more vulnerable than it’s ever been,” said Mrs. Stefano. “For the first time in months, this law is on life-support – but we can’t stop it for good, unless we mobilize millions of Americans like you right now.”

To register for the event visit afp-westchester-healthcare.eventbrite.com/

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Pa Congressmen Standing Strong Despite MSM Claims

This is a message sent Oct. 3 by Teri Adams of the Independence Hall Tea Party Association.

Dear Members and Friends,

There have been ‘mainstream’ media reports that many of our Region’s Republican Congressmen are willing to caucus with House Democrats to end the government shutdown by passing a clean Continuing Resolution bill–thereby throwing in the towel.

It appears that only a few of them, led by Congressman Charlie Dent, are willing to do so.

(The tri-state region is represented by PA Republican Congressmen Lou Barletta, Charlie Dent, Mike Fitzpatrick, Jim Gerlach, Pat Meehan, Joe Pitts, Scott Perry and NJ Congressmen Leonard Lance, Frank LoBiondo, Jon Runyan, and Chris Smith.)

We have good reason to believe that most of them, despite how they might personally feel, will remain loyal to the House Republican Caucus and see the CR process through to its logical conclusion.

However, in the very near future, the Continuing Resolution phase will have to give way to
the Debt Ceiling negotiations.

As Senator Pat Toomey and others have advised us, it is during this phase that House Republicans will have the upper hand–we should win some important concessions on
ObamaCare and other government fiscal issues.

Steve Bucci Provides Inside 9/11 Insight

 Steve Bucci Provides Inside 9/11 Insight

With Steve Bucci (second from right) are Delaware County Patriots Mary Ellen Jones, Chuck Martini and Lisa Esler.

The Delaware County Patriots drew a crowd of 100 to the Newtown Square Knights of Columbus Hall, Sept. 11, to hear a man who had a front row seat of the first 9/11.

Steve Bucci, a former Special Forces officer who now heads the Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies at Heritage Foundation, became an assistant to then Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld in July 2001. His wife, a nurse practitioner, was looking for work and he suggested her for the clinic at the Pentagon. The day of her interview, she put on a nice dress, high heels and jewelry and rode in early with her husband. It was Sept. 11.

Bucci was breakfasting with congressmen with the television on when they saw the first plane hit the World Trade Center. They felt it was pilot error. They were then watching what they thought was a replay when it dawned on them that it was a second plane. Bucci said they quickly determined we were under attack and went to a secure site in the building to plan a response.  It was there he felt the building shake when the third plane struck. He looked for Rumsfeld and was told the Secretary went to the crash site.

“It was not a photo op,” Bucci said. Rumsfeld was manning stretchers to take away the wounded when he found him. He said he wasn’t worried about his wife getting hit by a strike as he knew where the plane crashed which was opposite from the clinic. He became concerned, though, when he realized his wife might also be assisting at the crash site. She was and in high heels and jewelry. It was a dangerous place. Bucci said the rescuers worked on an unstable floor to evacuate the wounded which they did before it collapsed 45 minutes after the attack

Bucci had much to say also about the second 9/11 one year ago in Benghazi, Libya. He noted that when he worked for Rumsfeld, the government would ramp up security on that date as it was obviously a symbolic target. That policy appeared to end when the Obama administration took over.

Bucci said our embassies are especially vulnerable. He noted that in 2012 a career State Department officer noticed the British, Red Cross and others abandoning Benghazi and requested additional security. He was repeatedly rebuffed.

When the attack came, Bucci described it as a “well planned, well executed military operation.” He noted the skillful use of mortars by the Islamic attackers which indicated significant training. He said the justification for the failure of our military to intervene — that the firefight would be over and that intervention was “dangerous” — was “crappy”. He also said the administration knew within hours that it was not a spontaneous protest over an internet video but a planned attack.

He said he believed the Obama administration ignored security and hid the terrorism because it was trying to maintain a narrative during the home-stretch of the election that it had made the world safe.

Regarding the ongoing crisis in Syria, Bucci expressed  sympathy for the rebels noting that Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad was a “horribly evil dictator.” He said that the Obama administration declined to act for two years resulting Assad’s killing of 100,000 of his citizens. He said, however, that intervention was a tricky thing as the best and most dedicated fighters of the rebels are led by a faction that is likely worse than Assad. He said many of those supporting Assad do so out of fear of the rebels rather than love for him.

He noted that there is a part of the rebellion that would be worthy of support but didn’t seem confident that would end up running things if the Assad were overthrown.

He said Putin is no friend of the United States and took pleasure in making Obama look foolish.

Bucci patiently answered questions from the audience ranging from 9/11 conspiracy theories — which he treated respectfully — to the state of Homeland Security, which he said is much improved over what it was in 2001. He noted that one of the biggest dangers we face is political correctness and the fear of tying Islamic extremism to terrorism. He cited Obama’s unwillingness to call the Fort Hood murders an act of terrorism as an example.

He said that Hezbollah and Al-Qaeda both have made contacts with Mexican drug lords and others in Latin America.

Bucci continued to answer questions after the event ended.

 

Steve Bucci Provides Inside 9/11 Insight

Real Liberty Medal Honorees Announced

Real Liberty Medal Honorees Announced
Remember when Jeb Bush presented her the Liberty Medal in Philadelphia?

Real Liberty Medal Honorees — In response to tonight’s presentation by prominent Republican Jeb Bush of Philadelphia’s Liberty Medal to prominent Democrat Hillary Clinton at the Constitution Center, the Independence Hall Foundation has announced that the names of those who will be getting its Defender of Liberty Medal this afternoon on Independence Mall.

They are Sean Smith, Tyrone Woods, Glen Doherty, and Ambassador Christopher Stevens who were murdered  in a planned terrorist attack in Benghazi one year ago tomorrow, Sept. 11.

Mrs. Clinton, then Secretary of State,  initially blamed an an amateurish video placed on the internet for inspiring the attack, and managed to get its creator thrown in prison. She excoriated any and all who suggested it was planned terrorism despite it occurring on the anniversary of 9/11.

It became eventually became apparent that it was a premeditated attack  by Islamic supremacists.

Mrs. Clinton also dissuaded security measures from being instituted in Benghazi before the attacks that likely would have prevented them. Even more damning, attempts to provide military assistance to the embattled Americans were ordered cancelled by the Obama administration.

Yet, Mrs. Clinton will be honored by the establishment and rehabilitated.

Real Liberty Medal Honorees

Steven Bucci 9/11 Speaker For Delco Pats

Steven Bucci,  a former Army Special Forces officer who has a doctorate in international relations, will be the speaker at an event to commemorate 9/11 sponsored by the Delaware County Patriots,  7 p.m., Sept. 11 at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 327 N. Newtown Street Road (Route 252) Newtown Square, Pa. 19073.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Bucci is director of the Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies at Heritage Foundation and a senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation for issues involving homeland security and sefense.

Bucci who commanded the  3rd Battalion, 5th Special Forces,  led deployments to eastern
Africa, South Asia and the Persian Gulf — including Operation Desert
Thunder in 1998 in response to Saddam Hussein’s threats to violate the
no-fly zone over Iraq.

He was at the Pentagon on 9/11.

To register for the event visit here.

Can GOP Take N.J. Legislature?

Independence Hall Tea Party PAC President Don Adams will discuss “Does Christie Have Coat-tails?  Can Republicans Win the Jersey Senate and Assembly” with the Cherry Hill Tea Party, 7 p.m., Sept. 9 at Covenant Presbyterian Church, 520 S. Kings Highway, Cherry Hill, N.J, 08034

It’s free and open to the public.

Clinton Liberty Medal Receipt Brings Biting Response

Clinton Liberty Medal — The new  Independence Hall Foundation will denounce Philadelphia’s Liberty Medal bestowment upon  disgraced former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at a “What Difference Does It Make” press conference, 4 p.m., Sept. 10 on Independence Mall.

“As all of you undoubtedly know, much of the blame for the Obama Administration’s failure to contain the Benghazi attack and the scandalous handling of its aftermath, can be traced directly to (then Secretary of State) Ms. Clinton,” said Teri Adams of the affiliated Independence Hall Tea Party Association. “Indeed, a Congressional investigation regarding Ms. Clinton’s role in the cover-up of the Administration’s failure is still ongoing.”

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush will present the medal.

During the conference, the Foundation will name its choice of recipients for the  2013 Defender of Liberty Medal.

WPHT talk show host Dom Giordano will headline the presser and we certainly hope you will consider joining us.

A 5 p.m.,  Prayer Vigil for the victims of the Benghazi attack will immediately
follow the press conference.

Ms. Adams noted that , later that evening, Dom Giordano and WPHT are hosting an evening with a genuine American hero, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, at the Valley Forge Military Academy details for attending can be found here.  Attending this affair will be another way to counter the National Constitution Center ceremony, Ms. Adams said.

She also noted that Sept. 10 is the birthday of the Assocation’s co-founder, Don Adams.

Happy birthday, Don.

Clinton Liberty Medal

Common Core Dead, Pennsylvania Wise?

With State Rep. Bill Adolph (second from right) are Delaware County Patriots Bill Lawrence, Regina Scheerer and Maria Heider.

Common Core Dead Pennsylvania Wise?
State Rep. Bill Adolph (R-165) told a contingent from the Delaware County Patriots , this morning, Aug. 28, that Common Core is likely dead in Pennsylvania.

He said that a draft of Pennsylvania academic standards being considered by the State Board of Education will specifically include the wording “There will be no required reading lists and curriculum will remain strictly a local decision by our school boards.”
He noted the name of the standards will be changed to PA Core Standards.

He distributed a memo from State House Education Committee Chairman Paul Clymer (R-145) that in the standards “there will be no national tests or assessments, except if one is deemed necessary for special education students and then only in consultation with parents, teachers and other interested parties.”

He said the action was prompted by House Resolution 38 which passed unanimously.

Adolph, echoing earlier remarks by state Sen. Ted Erickson (R-26) said liquor-sale privatization will likely occur albeit the likely result will not be as strong as he had hoped.

He said he expects the legislature to vote next June to change the state’s pension system to a 401K-type defined contribution one from its present defined benefit one.

He said he expects, unfortunately, to see a transportation bill pass that will feature either gas tax increases or more roads tolled. He said the state roads and bridges are in that bad of shape.

Adolph said he had some confidence in the passage of reform to the state’s prevailing wage law — namely raising the exemption level of work from $25,000 where it has been since the law was passed in 1961 to $185,000 which is today’s equivalent taking into account inflation.
It’s a relatively minor reform but it’s progress.

He said Medicaid expansion will not happen unless Gov. Corbett can negotiate a lesser cost-per-recipient with the Obama Administration. As of now, Pennsylvania pays about $7,500 per recipient which is one of the highest in the nation. He said the state can’t afford to accept the expansion at that rate. He said hospital administrators have been lobbying hard for the governor to accept it.

He said he supported paycheck protection legislation that would end union dues be involuntarily deducted from workers paychecks, and that he supported bills banning teacher strikes.

Adolph said legislation will be presented calling for the impeachment of Attorney General Kathleen Kane, who has refused to defend the Pennsylvania’s law restricting marriage to members of the opposite sex. He said the action has her worried. He pointed out that her refusal to enforce a law with which she disagreed is subverting the rule of law.

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Sen Ted Erickson Gives Legislative Rundown To Delco Pats

With Sen Ted Erickson (third from left) are Delaware County Patriots Marie Heider, George “Whitey” Coyne, Regina Scheerer, Cathy Craddock and Bill Lawrence

 

 

Pennsylvania State Sen. Ted Erickson (R-26) gave a contingent from the Delaware County Patriots a private rundown, this morning, Aug. 13, on  legislative issues about which they had concerns. While not everything about what was happening and where he stood on things was what the group wanted to hear, there was a significant amount of agreement.

Erickson also listened to the explanations the group offered with regard to why these issues were a concern and he appeared sincere in his attentiveness.

The Patriots is one of the many groups that started in the nation in response to the Democrat Party’s drive to take over the nation’s health care system under Barack Obama. The prescient wisdom of these groups is become more apparent daily, unfortunately.

The first issue discussed with Erickson was Common Core, the rather underhanded attempt to federalize the educational system that is causing grassroots opposition pop up through out the nation. Gov. Tom Corbett has stopped the implementation of it in this state.

“I don’t know what will happen right now,” said Erickson in regard to the program. “I’m willing to look at Common Core and go from there.” He said as a former educator he was strongly in favor of school accountability, and that No Child Left Behind was a failure. He said, however, he was fine with pending legislation in the State House that would maintain Pennsylvania’s independence in developing its own curriculum.

Much discussion was had over the failure to privatize Pennsylvania’s sale of liquor and wine. Erickson noted the Senate passed a bill to do so and placed the blame on the House for failing to agree to certain amendments. He said his big issue with the House bill was the way it overestimated the proceeds of the sale — $2 billion versus $400 million — from the state stores and that it would spend the money at once.

He said the issue is not dead and will be revisited.

He said he supported increases in gas taxes and tolls to raise money to repair infrastructure.  The Patriots made it clear that this was a very bad idea, would cause an enormous amount of suffering among the populace and that they were very much against it.

They pointed out that a better idea would be to pass legislation ending prevailing wage, the existence of which adds an estimated 20 percent to the cost of construction projects.

He said the unions were too strong in the state, at which point the success of pro-citizen legislation in even more union-strong states like Michigan and Wisconsin was brought up. The members of the group noted that this is why many Pennsylvanians who are inclined to vote Republican are becoming very upset with the party as it controls the legislature and the governor’s office.

Erickson noted that he does not oppose paycheck protection — a law ending forced deductions from workers’ paychecks to pay for the salaries of union officers and lobbyists — and would vote for such a bill.

Erickson also said the looming ObamaCare changes are going to place a great burden on the people of the state, and have a major and negative impact on health care.

He noted that legislation he created and fought for establishing community-based health care clinic has finally become law and will help ease some of the suffering. The Patriots noted that was an excellent idea and praised him for it.

Erickson indicated he agreed with many of the groups fiscal concerns as well as those regarding the way some government officials seem to be shunting aside the rule of law. He expressed a willingness to work with the group on areas of common interest.

 Sen Ted Erickson Gives Legislative Rundown To Delco Pats