Day: February 15, 2011

More Thoughts On Proctor Vs. CAIR


Aaron Proctor is back again writing for Examiner.Com albeit with the restriction that he not write about CAIR or Islam.

His loss of income, and pain and suffering from the incident strikes one as being rather demonstrable.

And that Mr. Proctor found himself in these circumstances as a result of this letter by CAIR-Pennsylvania (or is it CAIR-Philadelphia) Executive Director Moein Khawaja is quite undeniable.

So is it  defamatory to  tell Mr. Proctor’s employer that “as a precaution, CAIR-Philadelphia has taken steps to notify local police of the possibility that Mr. Proctor will be a security threat to our annual banquet  . . .We are particularly concerned as many families with children plan to attend.  We have forwarded his profile picture to police”

It certainly seems so unless Mr. Proctor had advocated violence which he does not appear to have done in the articles to which Mr. Khawaja objected.

Hope no greedy lawyer connects these dots. CAIR-Philadelphia could be on the receiving end of untold aggravation by some hungry quick-buck type looking to take advantage of Mr. Proctor’s plight and make a name for himself as per Ralph Nader and Morris Dees. We certainly wouldn’t want that to happen.



Bill Would Ban Bonuses To Pa Workers


A bill that would ban bonuses to state workers is winding its way through the Pennsylvania Senate.

Senate Bill 103 — a.k.a. The Commonwealth Agency Bonus Ban Act — was introduced by Sen. John H. Eichelberger
 (R-30) on Jan. 12 and would ban bonuses to all state employees. This pointedly includes the legislative branch.

Reimbursements for travel expenses, uniforms, cost-of-living adjustments and such would be exempted.

Another bill not getting much ink is SB 271 which would change the rules regarding nominating petitions. According to Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi (R-9) who introduced it Jan. 26, the the rule changes would make campaign contribution reports available online more quickly.

And in the not-so-clean-and-open category, Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati , R-25, announced that he “always intended” to repay gas driller Consol Energy for Super Bowl tickets, airfare and hotel that the Canonsburg-based firm provided him earlier this  month.

People are watching Republicans. The Pennsylvania Senate should start looking for a new President Pro Tempore.


Hear About The WMDs?

A local television interview of Al Hallor, the assistant port director and Customers and Border Protection officer for San Diego, provided the revelation that a “weapons of mass effect” has been found on American soil.

“At the airport, seaport, at our port of entry we have not this past
fiscal year, but our partner agencies have found those things,” before a PR handler shut him up.

Front page headlines everywhere, right?