Tips For Christmas Time Giving

Tis the season for making charitable donations, notes State Rep. Jim Cox (R-129). To ensure your money will benefit the people, organization or community you intend, the Pennsylvania Department of State offers the following tips: 
Never give to a charity you know nothing about. Do not hesitate to request written information from the charity regarding its programs and finances.
Never commit to donate over the phone unless you are familiar with the organization, and hang up the telephone on aggressive and harassing solicitors.
Never give cash, credit card numbers or bank account numbers; always write a check payable to the charity so you have a record of your donations.
Be wary of “guaranteed” sweepstake winnings in exchange for a contribution. Participation in sweepstake offers is voluntary, and donors are in no better position to win the sweepstakes than non-donors.
Don’t be fooled by a convincing name or one that sounds like the name of a well-known charity.
Don’t make assumptions when you hear words like “police” or “firefighter” in an organization’s name. Although an organization claims it has local ties or works with local police or firefighters, it doesn’t necessarily mean contributions will be used locally.
Don’t feel guilty about not supporting all the charities that ask you for a contribution.
Be aware of statements such as “every penny will go to the charity.” All charities have expenses, so check carefully and know where your money goes.
The Department of State’s Bureau of Charitable Organizations administers the state’s charitable solicitation law and maintains a registry of organizations in Pennsylvania. To find out if a charity is registered, search the online database or call 1-800-732-0999.
One charity that we whole-heartedly recommend is Honor Flight Philadelphia. There are no administrative salaries or benefits.

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Answer to yesterday’s puzzle: I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them. 
Thomas Jefferson

Praise For Christie’s Veto Of Health Insurance Exchange Bill

The Independence Hall Tea Party Association, with thousands of members and friends in Central and South Jersey, is praising Gov. Chris Christie  for vetoing the latest Health Insurance Exchange bill to reach his desk.

Christie vetoed the bill with hours to spare before the deadline. 

 “At least 21 states are now refusing to set up exchanges and we are glad Governor Christie has joined Governors John Kasich (R-OH), Scott Walker (R-WI), and others in rejecting this burdensome feature of ObamaCare,” said Association President Teri Adams.  

“Implementing a state Health Insurance Exchange could have prove extremely costly–especially when one considers the federal mandates that could apply,” said Burlington County resident and Association Board Member Bill Green. “We realize the Federal government will attempt to set up exchanges for states that refuse to do so.  But state refusal to implement exchanges will make the implementation of ObamaCare much more difficult.”

 

 

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Answer to yesterday’s puzzle: To understand is hard. Once one understands, action is easy.
Sun Yat-sen

Michigan Passes Right To Work

Michigan, which was the cradle of the union movement, is about to become the nation’s 24th “right to work” state, reports Bryan Preston of PJMedia.com

The state House passed the legislation this afternoon, Dec. 6, with a 57-50 vote and the senate quickly followed it with a 22-16 vote approval to send it to Gov. Rick Snyder (R) for his expected signature.
Right to work laws prohibit agreements between unions and employers that make union dues a condition of employment.
Pennsylvania also has a Republican-controlled state legislature. When is it going to follow suit?

Norquest Pledge Video About Treason Gone Viral

Norquest Pledge Video — Robert Thurman, Professor of Buddhist Studies at Columbia University, released a video that questions the patriotism of several of the Republican Senators and Representatives who signed the Norquist Pledge to not raise taxes no matter what the condition of the United States.

According to Thurman, and common sense, when a person is elected to office they pledge to place the well being of the nation and the people above all other
entanglements.

In this case, since many who have signed a pledge with a person who has openly said that his plan is to “starve the beast” referring to the U.S. democratically elected government, so he can “drown it in the bathtub,” Thurman sees this as a conflict of interest and understands the desire to destroy the U.S. Government in order to carry out a pledge to a leader in corporate American as treason.

Why did Thurman make this video?

Thurman felt that this was something obvious, but something that no one was willing to say openly. When we look at the facts, as presented by Thurman and the news outlets, concerning the signing of this pledge not to raise taxes, and the actions that allowed the U.S. to be forced to pay billions of dollars more on debts because of purposeful coercion by the signators to not raise the debt ceiling until the tax breaks for the top 2 percent of the people continued, and the driving toward the fiscal cliff by the signatures now to force cuts in medicare and social security to maintain the tax breaks for the top 2 percent again, we must ask why it is so important to be more faithful to this pledge than one’s sworn government responsibilities, and what they are getting for being faithful to the pledge. Perhaps following the money trail can help us understand a bit more. Is it treason, or just being more faithful to someone other than the U.S. Citizenry?

Thurman’s video is at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fl0L

Lucky Elsie’s Hodge Podge

This hodge podge is a great family Christmas favorite that we have been making for many, many years.

Ingredients

2 Cups coarsely copped walnuts

1 Cup dates

2 Cups cocoanut

1 Cup brown sugar

2 eggs beaten

Mix dates and nuts and add 1 1/2  cups cocoanuts and the beaten eggs. Shape into balls and roll in the remaining cocoanut. Bake on a greased sheet at 350 degree F for 10 -12 minutes. Makes four dozen cookies.

Lucky Elsie’s Hodge Podge

DeMint Shrugs

Jim DeMint of South Carolina, a tea party favorite and Republican, has announced that he will leave the Senate in January, which is two years before his term expires.

When you see a train wreck coming you get off the train, it seems.
Or maybe he feels that S.C. is a better place to prep than D.C.

His replacement will be picked by Gov. Nikki Haley, a fellow Republican, and will have to stand for election in 2014.

Happy Birthday, Judy McGrane

Best birthday wishes to contributor Judy McGrane.

How old is she? Think of February during a leap year.

Internet Sorta Confirmation Of The Day — Latham Ford

A Ford Dealer’s Report – From Tom Selkis’ (Latham Ford) Facebook has been flying around the internet since at least October. 
We called the dealership in Latham, N.Y. Yes, Mr. Selkis is the owner. Yes, the receptionist knew about the piece. She laughed about it, quickly said she she would neither confirm nor deny it, and then said she had to take another call.
Hat tip Judy McGrane. Here it is:
“I’ll try to make this as short and to the point as I can.
One of my salesmen here had a woman in his office yesterday wanting to  lease a brand new Focus.
As he was reviewing her credit application with her he noticed she was  on social security disability.
He said to her you don’t look like you’re disabled and unable to work.
She said well I’m really not. I could work if I wanted to, but I make  more now than I did when I was working and got hurt (non-disabling  injury).
She said the gov’t sends her $1500.00 a month in 1 check. And she gets  $700.00 a month on an EBT card (food stamps), and $800.00 a month for  rent.
Oh yeah, and 250 minutes free on her phone.
That is just south of $3500.00 a month.
When she was working, she was taking home about $330.00 per week.
Do the math and then ask yourself why the hell should she go back to  work.
If you multiply that by millions of people, you start to realize the  scope of the problem we face as a country.
Once the socialists have 51% of the population in that same scenario,  we are finished.
The question is when do we cross that threshold if we haven’t already,  and there are not enough people working to pay enough taxes to support  the non-working people? Riots?? Be prepared to protect your homes.
She didn’t lease the Focus here because the dealer down the road beat  our deal by $10.00/month.
Glad to know she is so frugal with her hard earned money.”