Archive for August, 2009

Cap & Trade’s Negative Impact in Pennsylvania

Sunday, August 30th, 2009

Waxman Markey Cap and Trade HR 2454 : National Association of Manufacturers and the American Council for Capital Formation detail the estimated Pennsylvania Job Loss between low 71,500 to high  97,500 and Pennsylvania Household income would decrease by $148 to $285 per year to 2020 and $926 to $1507 by ...

Another North Penn Strike?

Saturday, August 29th, 2009

  Will there be another teachers’ strike at North Penn School District?   Teachers always strike for more money and more benefits and never for better student learning performance. When the best teacher and the worst teacher, with same seniority, get paid the same and when the government owns the monopoly on ...

41st Senator

Saturday, August 29th, 2009

If elected, Pat Toomey will be the “41st Senator” giving the Republicans the ability to filibuster the excesses of One Party Rule. The Danger of One-Party Rule in Washington     The Harvard Crimson  Published On 6/3/2009     By PAT TOOMEY

Murtha May Face Earmark Scrutiny

Saturday, August 29th, 2009

Pennsylvania Democratic US Representative John Murtha’s own hometown newspaper, Johnstown’s The Tribune Democrat,  reports on the “scrutiny”, the polite word for Congressional Ethics investigation. Republican Challengers Tim Burns and Bill Russell have commented on the news stories and the continuing information from the campaigns may convince the voters of the 12th ...

Pat Toomey: An Opportunist on Judge Sotomayor Nomination?

Friday, August 28th, 2009

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="235" caption="Judge Sotomayor"][/caption] Chris Freind presents an opposing view: Pat Toomey proves he’s just another political opportunist. This is cogently makes the point that Pat Toomey is inconsistent in his position on the nomination of Judge Sotomayor to the Supreme Court. Pat Toomey’s campaign has focused on Free Markets and ...