Only In America


1) Only in America could politicians talk about the greed of the rich at a $35,000 a plate campaign fund raising event.

2) Only in America could people claim that the government still discriminates against black Americans when we have a black President, a black Attorney General, and roughly 18% of the federal workforce is black.

3) Only in America could we have had the two people most responsible for our tax code, Timothy Geithner, the head of the Treasury Department and Charles Rangel who once ran the Ways and Means Committee, BOTH turn out to be tax cheats who are in favor of higher taxes.

4) Only in America will you find people who burn the American flag and call America an “imperialist nation,” but who get offended if you say they’re not patriotic.

5) Only in America can we have terrorists kill people in the name of Allah and have the media primarily react by fretting that Muslims might be harmed by the backlash.

6) Only in America could someone drinking a $5 latte and texting to his friends on an iPhone 4 complain that the government allows some people to make too much money.

7) Only in America would people take rappers who brag about shooting people and selling drugs seriously when they complain the police are targeting them unfairly.

8) Only in America would we make people who want to legally become American citizens wait for years in their home countries and pay tens of thousands of dollars for the privilege while we discuss letting anyone who sneaks into the country illegally just become American citizens.

9) Only in America could the people who believe in balancing the budget and sticking by the country’s Constitution be thought of as “extremists.”

10) Only in America could the most vicious foes of successful conservative women be self-proclaimed feminists and the National Organization for Women.

11) Only in America could you need to present a driver’s license to cash a check or buy alcohol, but not to vote.


12) Only in America can we have terrorists fly planes into our buildings and have some people’s first thought be “what did we do to make them hate us?”


13) Only in America would we think teaching kids at college is an appropriate job for communists, terrorists, and other dregs of humanity.

14) Only in America could people demand the government investigate whether the oil companies are gouging the public because the price of gas went up when for every penny of profit the oil companies make, the government tacks on roughly 24 cents’ worth of taxes.

15) Only in America could the first people asked to weigh in on the seriousness of a racial incident by the media be professional race hustlers like Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, and Ben Jealous. In other words, it’s like calling in a car dealer as a neutral source on whether or not you need to get a new car.

16) Only in America does airport security put its hands on your underwear….while you’re wearing it.

17) Only in America could the government force a skating rink to have handicapped parking spots and Braille on the ATM machines.

18) Only in America could the government collect more tax dollars from the people than any nation ever has before in all of recorded history, still spend a trillion dollars more that it has per year, and complain that it doesn’t have nearly enough to money.

19) Only in America could the rich people who pay 86% of all income taxes be accused of not paying their “fair share” by people who don’t pay any income taxes at all.

20) Only in America could the people who approve of slaughtering 25 million females babies via abortion accuse OTHER PEOPLE of waging a “war on women.”

‘Bored’ Unemployed Man Faces Trial For Theft

By Pattie Price

Brendan Meehan, 21, of Newtown, was remanded to the George W. Hill Correctional Facility when he was unable to post $50,000 bail, during an appearance before Magisterial District Judge Lee Hunter, Thursday.

Meehan waived his hearing on the charges of criminal trespass and theft by unlawful taking for an incident 2:35 p.m., Jan. 27, when he entered a neighbor’s home on Rockwood Road, Newtown, Delaware County, Pa. In exchange for the waiver the charge of burglary was withdrawn.

According to the affidavit, Newtown Detective John Newell said the victim called police when she discovered Meehan had entered her home through a window. Once the woman saw Meehan, he fled through the front door of the residence.

Police searched the neighborhood but were unable to locate Meehan. The victim was able to give police a description of Meehan and also the clothing he was wearing. Two weeks prior to this incident, police said Meehan was wearing the same shirt that the victim described.

Newell went to Meehan’s residence and he initially denied any involvement but then decided to “come clean” and admitted being in the home. He told police that he was bored and needed money since he was out of work.

Meehan admitted he knocked on the door several times and when no one answered, he went to the rear of the home and pried off a screen allowing him access to open the window and crawl into the home.

Meehan is scheduled for a May 3 arraignment in Common Pleas Court.

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Kathleen Wilson, 36, of Marple, waived a hearing on the charges of possession of a small amount of marijuana. In exchange for the waiver, the charge of possession of drug paraphernalia was withdrawn. The charges stem from an incident 5:30 p.m., May 16, in the 3200 block of Hilltop Road, Newtown.

According to the affidavit, Newtown Detective John Newell saw Ms. Wilson pull up at the residence and beep her horn. He said she was holding two $5 bills and admitted that she was there to “buy weed.”

Police confiscated a small amount of marijuana, numerous vials and baggies containing marijuana residue and cocaine residue, a smoking pipe, and over 100 different pills. They also found a blank prescription.

Ms. Wilson was released and is scheduled for a May 3 arraignment in Common Pleas Court.

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Anthony Bonifacino, 23, of Kennett Square, waived a hearing on the charges of possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. In exchange for the waiver the charge of possession with intent to deliver or manufacture a controlled substance was withdrawn. The charges stem from an incident 12:15a.m., Jan. 4, at Chestnut Street and Summit Avenue.

According to the affidavit, Newtown Officer Dan Dougherty saw Bonifacino standing outside a white truck with a flashlight. Bonifacino said he dropped something and was looking for it. Dougherty saw two small straws commonly used for snorting narcotics on the center console, a piece of plastic with a white powdery substance, an American Express card with white residue, a small piece of metal with white residue, and a few pills in a cylinder.

The driver of the truck was removed from the vehicle and patted down. Confiscated from the driver were one-and-a-half pills. 

Bonifacino, a passenger, admitted they were snorting a Percocet and when he dropped some and got out of the truck to look for them.

Also confiscated from Bonifacino’s pocket were a razor blade, $782, and a tally sheet.

Bonifacino was released and is scheduled for a May 3 arraignment in Common Pleas Court.

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Jason Claus, 27, of Philadelphia, waived a hearing on the charges of forgery, access device fraud and receiving stolen property. The charges stem from an incident 11:32 a.m., May 13, at a home in the unit block of Radnor Drive.

According to the affidavit, Newtown Officer Dan Dougherty was called to the victim’s home when the woman discovered her purse had been stolen from the trunk of her car which was parked in her driveway.

The purse contained numerous personal items, $240, car keys, numerous credit cards, debit cards and savings bonds. Police discovered her Citizens Bank card was used 4:43a.m., May 13 to purchase gas on Island Avenue; at 5:21a.m., made a purchase at McDonald’s on 69th Street; and again at 6:03a.m., to purchase gift cards for $125 from the 7-11 on Garret Road. 

After reviewing surveillance tapes at the businesses, one of the employees identified Claus.

Police learned Claus was arrested in Philadelphia in a stolen car that contained some of the victim’s property. Police went to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania where Claus was in custody and interviewed him. Claus admitted to the thefts and said he suffers from drug addiction, smokes crack and is basically homeless.

Claus was remanded to the George W. Hill Correctional Facility when he was unable to post 10 percent of $25,000 bail. He is scheduled for a May 3 arraignment in Common Pleas Court.

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Robert Randolph, 32, of Philadelphia plead guilty to disorderly conduct during a hearing Thursday. In exchange for the guilty plea, the charges of possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of a small amount of marijuana. The charges stem from an incident 3:51p.m., Feb. 13, on West Chester Pike at Tuxedo Avenue in Newtown.

Randolph was fined and ordered to pay court costs. 

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Charges of burglary, criminal trespass, possession of a controlled substance, and possession of drug paraphernalia were dismissed against Robin Rowan, 23, of Newtown.

The charges stem from an incident 4:15 p.m., Sept. 23, 2011, at her Newtown residence.

Why We Need Voter ID

To illustrate why we need voter ID, guerilla political activist James O’Keefe sent one of his crew to Attorney General Eric Holder’s precinct during the District of Columbia’s primary election day, April 3, and asked for his ballot.

Holder is a famous black man and is in charge of making sure our elections are fair. The faux voter was an unknown white man. Was he given the ballot?
Yes, we need voter ID.
Yes, we need to change who is in charge.

Inky Endorses Obama-Supporter For GOP Race — Just Like The GOP Did

Tea Party activist Bob Guzzardi notes that the endorsement of  state GOP-supported Obama-supporter Steve Welch for the  GOP U.S. Senate primary election in yesterday’s Philadelphia Inquirer, now an owned property of the Democrat Party,  backfired as it ended up saying nicer things about one of his opponents, Tom Smith.

“Smith, 64, of Plumcreek Township, in Armstrong County, was a coal miner who started his own coal company. He credits his success to hard work and good employees. He is a grain farmer who owns car washes and a trucking company. While his life story is remarkable, Smith doesn’t seem as open to closing the party divide in Congress, which is essential to curing government of its paralysis” Guzzardi quotes the Inky as saying.

He notes gridlock keeps Congress from doing harm to the rest of us.

And why would the state GOP endorse an Obama-supporter?

The primary is April 24. Smith is a fine man. So is Sam Rohrer who has my support.

House Sends Senate Bill To Cut Representation

State Rep. Jim Cox (R-129) notes that the House sent to the Senate last week a measure to reduce the size of the Legislature. 

The bill allegedly aims to increase efficiency, streamline government and increase effectiveness of the House by reducing the number of members from 203 to 153. 

On the other hand, others note that it decreases representation and makes it harder to fire poor performing legislators.

An amendment to the bill was approved to also reduce the size of the Senate from 50 to 38 members. 

Changing the size of the legislature would require an amendment to the state constitution, which means the same bill must be debated and passed in two consecutive legislative sessions, and subsequently approved by referendum vote of the people of Pennsylvania.

 

Christos Voskrese 2012

Christos Voskrese 2012Father John Ciurpita  gives the traditional blessing of the baskets Easter Sunday outside Saints Peter and Paul Ukrainian Catholic Church on Penn Street in Clifton Heights, Pa. 
Christos Voskrese 2012 — Christos voskrese, which means Christ has Risen, is the Easter greeting in Church Slavonic which brings the response Voistinu voskrese or Indeed, He has risen.
Easter, of course, celebrates the Resurrection of the Lord Jesus and the salvation of Man.
The date for Easter is the Sunday following the first full moon after the spring equinox, which is always reckoned, regardless of astronomical observations, to be March 21 as per the Western churches that use the Gregorian calendar, so Easter always falls between March 22 and April 25.
The dating for Easter correlates with the means the Jews once used to set the date for Passover, which correlates with Scripture since Scripture indicates that the Crucifixion of the Lord occurred as the lambs were being slaughtered for the celebration of that holiday.
In fact, in most Western languages the name for the day is a cognate of the Pesach which is the Hebrew name for Passover. In Latin it would be Pascha so Paschal lamb would be Passover lamb.
In English and German, the word comes from Eostre month, which was basically April, and which the pagans who spoke Germanic languages had named for the goddess Eostre much as our own March and April are named for the Greek god and goddess Mars and Aphrodite, respectively.
In Slavic, the holiday is called “Great Night” (Velikonoce in Slovak) or “Great Day” (Velikden in Ukrainian).
There are some caveats regarding the date. The Eastern churches that use the Julian calendar set the equinox  at April 3, and, of course, the spring equinox is based on that of the Northern Hemisphere.
So, Christos Voskrese.

What I Learned From The Easter Bunny

Courtesy of Cathy Martin
All I need to know
I learned from the Easter Bunny!
 
Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.
Everyone needs a friend who is all ears.
There’s no such thing as too much candy.
All work and no play can make you a basket case.
A cute tail attracts a lot of attention.
Everyone is entitled to a bad hare day.
Let happy thoughts multiply like rabbits.
Some body parts should be floppy.
Keep your paws off of other people’s jelly beans.
Good things come in small, sugar coated packages.
The grass is always greener in someone else’s basket.
To show your true colors, you have to come out of the shell.
The best things in life are still sweet and gooey.
May the joy of the season fill your heart.
AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU! 
Happy Easter!

R.I.P. James Herr

James S. Herr of Nottingham, Chester County, died April 5. He was 87. 

Mr. Herr  was the founder of Herr Foods Inc., He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Miriam Hershey Herr; five children,  20 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.   
Mr. Herr was an active member of Mount Vernon Mennonite Church and served on numerous boards dedicated to evangelism, philanthropy, and free enterprise.
And he made fantastic potato chips.

Motorists Must Now Give Cyclists 4 Feet In Pa.

A new law that aims to improve safety for bicyclists recently went into effect in Pennsylvania, notes State Rep. Jim Cox (R-129) 

Act 3 of 2012 establishes minimum safe-passing distances and requires the operator of a motor vehicle to pass to the left of a bicyclist within not less than 4 feet at a careful rate of speed. The new law also requires bicycle operators to use reasonable efforts so as not to impede the normal and reasonable flow of traffic and calls for them to operate on the far right side of the roadway when proceeding at less than the prevailing speed. 

Pennsylvania has now joined 18 other states in enacting such provisions.

Off The Internet — Legit Questions For The President

Off The Internet courtesy Fran Coppock

This election has me very worried. So many things to consider. I voted for Obama. McCain was a Washington insider and we don?t need any more of them. I have changed my mind three times, since then. I watch all the news channels, jumping from one to another. I must say this drives my husband crazy. But, I feel if you view CNN, and  Fox News, you might get some middle ground to work with. I started thinking “where does all the money come from for President Obama”?

 I have four daughters who went to College, and we were middle class, and money was tight. We (including my girls) worked hard and there were lots of student loans. I started looking into Obama’s history for my own peace of mind.

Around 1979 Obama started college at Occidental in California . He is very open about his two years at Occidental, he tried all kinds of drugs and was wasting his time but, even though he had a brilliant mind, did not apply himself to his studies.

“Barry” (that was the name he used all his life) during this time had two roommates, Muhammad Hasan Chandoo and Wahid Hamid, both from Pakistan . During the summer of 1981, after his second year in college, he made a “round the world” trip. Stopping to see his mother in Indonesia , next Hyderabad in India , three weeks in Karachi , Pakistan where he stayed with his roommate’s family, then off to Africa to visit his father’s family.

My question – Where did he get the money for this trip? Nether I, nor any one of my children would have had money for a trip like this when they were in college. When he came back he started school at Columbia University in New York . It is at this time he wants everyone to call him Barack – not Barry. Do you know what the tuition is at Columbia ? It’s not cheap! to say the least. My girls asked me; where did he get money for tuition? Student Loans? Maybe it?s none of my business?

After Columbia , he went to Chicago to work as a Community Organizer for $12,000 a year. Why Chicago?

Why not New York ? He was already living in New York . By “chance” he met Antoin “Tony” Rezko, born in Aleppo Syria , and a real estate developer in Chicago. Rezko has been convicted of fraud and bribery several times in the past and in 2011. Rezko, was named “Entrepreneur of the Decade” by the Arab-American Business and Professional Association”. About two years later, Obama entered Harvard Law School . Do you have any idea what tuition is for Harvard Law School? Where did he get the money for Law School? More student loans? His family has no money that?s for sure.

After Law school, he went back to Chicago . Rezko offered him a job, which he turned down.

But, he did take a job with Davis, Miner, Barnhill & Galland. Guess what I discovered?

They represented “Rezar” which is Rezko’s firm. Rezko was one of Obama’s first major financial contributors when he ran for office in Chicago . In 2003, Rezko threw an early fundraiser for Obama which Chicago Tribune reporter David Mendelland claims was instrumental in providing Obama with “seed money” for his U.S. Senate race.

In 2005, Obama purchased a new home in Kenwoood District of Chicago for $1.65 million (less than asking price). With ALL those Student Loans – Where did he get the money for this property? On the same day Rezko’s wife, Rita, purchased the adjoining empty lot for full price. The London Times reported that Nadhmi Auchi, an Iraqi-born Billionaire loaned Rezko $3.5 million three weeks before Obama’s new home was purchased. Obama met Nadhmi Auchi many times with Rezko.

Now, we have Obama running for President. Valerie Jarrett, was Michele Obama’s boss.

She is now Obama’s chief advisor and he does not make any major decisions without talking to her first.

Where was Jarrett born? Ready for this? Shiraz , Iran! Am I going nuts or is there a pattern here?

On May 10, 2008 The Times reported, Robert Malley advisor to Obama was “sacked” after the press found out he was having regular contacts with “Hamas”, which controls Gaza and is connected with Iran .

This past week, buried in the back part of the papers, Iraqi newspapers reported that during Obama’s visit to Iraq, he asked their leaders to do nothing about the war until after he is elected, and he will “Take care of things”. What the heck does that mean?

Oh, and by the way, remember the college roommates that were born in Pakistan ?

They are in charge of all those “small” Internet campaign contribution for Obama.

Where is that money coming from? The poor and middle class in this country?

Or could it be from the Middle East?

And the final bit of news. On Sept. 7, 2009, The Washington Times posted a verbal slip that was made on “This Week” with George  Stephanopoulos. Obama on talking about his religion said, ” My Muslim faith”. When questioned, “he make a mistake”.  Some mistake huh?

All of the above information I got on line. If you would like to check it – Wikipedia, encyclopedia,

Barack Obama; Tony Rezko; Valerie Jarrett: Daily Times – Obama visited Pakistan in 1981;

The Washington Times – September 7, 2008; The Times May 10, 2008.

Now the BIG question – If I found out all this information on my own.   Why haven’t all of our “intelligent” members of the press been reporting this? Is this a Kettle of Fish??

As Arseno Hall would say.—-HUMMMMMMM!  Does something stink or is it my imagination?

 

These are legitimate questions for the president.