Stop Internet Sales Tax

Stop Internet Sales Tax — The Independence Hall Tea Party Association is asking all to call the congressman to stop the  Internet Sales Tax bill, known as the ‘Marketplace
Fairness Act,’

The bill passed the US Senate in lopsided vote 69-27 vote but can be stopped in the US House.

“Please continue to call the Capitol Switchboard at 202.224.3121 and ask to be connected to your Congressman/woman.  Tell your Representative to oppose the Internet Sales Tax bill,” says Association President Teri Adams. “Then, use the same number to call Speaker John Boehner and Majority Leader Eric Cantor.  Tell them not to move the bill forward.”

She also suggest a  call be placed to House Judiciary Committee Chairman, Congressman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) as that committee can deal a lethal blow to the tax bill.

 

Stop Internet Sales Tax

Pension Bills Introduced In Pennsylvania

Pension Bills Introduced In Pennsylvania — Governor Tom Corbett was joined by several legislators at the Capitol last week for the introduction of his plan to address rising costs associated with the state’s two public pension systems, the State Employee Retirement System (SERS) and the Public School Employees’ Retirement System (PSERS), reports State Rep. Jim Cox (R-129).

House Bill 1350, and its companion Senate Bill 922, are aimed at providing short- and long-term pension relief, Cox said.

The plan would rebalance the state’s obligations to both pension funds and the General Fund, Cox said. It also would provide short-term budgetary relief to avoid deep cuts in core services and programs. Long-term reforms would produce overall savings to the pension systems.

The legislation contains no changes to current retiree pensions; keeps current employees and retirees in a defined benefit plan; automatically enrolls new employees, including legislators, in a defined contribution plan, similar to a 401(k); and limits the amount by which the state’s employer contributions can be increased to provide short-term budgetary relief.

According to the governor’s budget office, new calculations show the current unfunded liability of SERS and PSERS to be $47 billion. If no reforms are made, pension costs will consume an estimated 60 percent of all new state General Fund revenues in the 2013-14 fiscal year.

 

Pension Bills Introduced In Pennsylvania

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Answer to yesterday’s puzzle: There is no such thing as society: there are individual men and women, and there are families.
Margaret Thatcher

Star Sign From The Theorist

Today’s journey into the whackier side of the  world wide web concerns the internet film “The Theorist” which is an entry in “Operation Paul Revere” a film contest sponsored by Alex Jones’ infowars.com.

This bit of wonder manages to touch on numerous pieces of paranoia including genetically modified foods, artificial sweeteners, fluoride — yes, Mandrake fluoride — and government microphones embedded into compact fluorescent bulbs, which is frankly one we never heard of nor could we even begin to imagine it.

Some nice things to say about it concern the acting of the wife and daughters who actually are quite good.

The movie climaxes with the hero having a nightmare in which his daughters are groped by Nazi-garbed TSA highway-patrol agents after which he goes to his basement studio and lip-synchs a song after which he is shot by a government sniper apparently concerned about the impact the webcasts are having.

Pretty whacky.

So why are we embedding it? We like the song. It starts at 31.25.

Star Sign From The Theorist

Star Sign — aka Little Star –From The Theorist
Star Sign — aka Little Star –From The Theorist

Government Persecution Of Conservatives Not New

Government Persecution Of Conservatives Not New
By Teri Adams

In a rather peculiar and ill-timed statement issued this past Friday, a mid-level IRS administrator publicly admitted that the agency has been harassing Tea Party and Patriot groups who filed for 501c tax-exempt status by forcing them to undergo additional burdensome scrutiny above and beyond the standard application process.

As many news outlets reported, IRS intimidation of conservative groups has been ongoing since 2010.

None of this is news to the Independence Hall Tea Party Association.

Due to our concerns over the Obama Administration’s control of the IRS, the Association decided not to file for tax exempt status.  In addition, unlike most Tea Party groups across the nation, we formed a federal PAC to handle political endorsements and activities–thereby making it less likely that we would become potential government targets.

However, a left-wing, anarchist group called Anonymous did manage to hack into both of our websites during the 2012 primary–taking over the sites for a 24-hour period and posting pornographic images/racial slurs on our home page.

We believe the Anonymous attacks were directly related to our hosting an event with Governor Mitt Romney at the Franklin Institute in which we refused to admit members of Occupy who were threatening to disrupt the Governor’s speech.

(Because of our limited resources, both the Association and the PAC decided only to report the matter to local authorities and to focus our efforts, instead, on our respective educational and political missions.)

As for the IRS, the Association, like everyone else, is waiting for the Inspector General’s full report–which is expected early this week.

The Inspector General’s report, we insist, should signal the beginning of a more thorough investigation–not the last word on this highly explosive scandal.

(Ms. Adams is president of the Independence Tea Party Association.)

 

Government Persecution Of Conservatives Not New

Advice For May 13, 2013

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Cyber Bully Bill Before Full House

Cyber Bully Bill Before Full House — The House Judiciary Committee unanimously approved legislation, May 7, to address cyber harassment of a child, reports State Rep. Jim Cox (R-129).

HB 1163 would make it a third-degree misdemeanor to use electronic communications to repeatedly make statements or offer opinions about a child’s sexuality or sexual activity “whether true or not”. The bill also would make it a misdemeanor to make statements that significantly ridicule, demean or cause serious embarrassment to a child under the circumstances or offer a threat of unlawful harm.

Child is defined as someone under the age of 18.

It exempts communications made for “medical, education or other legitimate purposes, if the actor is an adult”.

House Bill 1163 now goes to the full House for consideration.

 

Cyber Bully Bill Before Full House

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Answer to yesterday’s puzzle: If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.
Matthew

Surf and Turf Mother’s Day Meal

Tonight’s Mother’s Day meal by Chef Bill Sr. was a surf and turf with  scalloped potatoes, and a delicious salad of fresh blueberries, strawberries, and kiwi topped with a honey and cottage cheese sauce.

The dessert was cannoli with a homemade filling.

The wine was a Valdelosfrailes Rose

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Answer to yesterday’s puzzle: As it fell upon a day In the merry month of May, Sitting in a pleasant shade Which a grove of myrtles made.
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