J W notes
May 3, 2012
From: J. Wright
Hello fellow Americans:
Friday, 4-27-12 ~ Senate Republicans elected Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., to succeed Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., as chairman of the Senate Steering Committee today. Toomey will relieve DeMint in September. DeMint has held the post since November 2006. “I’m honored to lead the historic Steering Committee,” Toomey said. “It is a privilege to be entrusted with this position. Sen. DeMint has been a courageous leader, and I look forward to building on the great work he has done.” Established in 1974, DeMint is one of the longest serving chairmen of the Steering Committee.
THOUGHTS & OPINION:
“After five years with Democrats in control of two-thirds or more of the government, only somebody genuinely ignorant, or a liar, would think Republicans or conservatives have any responsibility for the current state of affairs. The Republicans haven’t had the power to implement their own ideas.” ~ Rush
‘If I wanted America to fail’… If you haven’t seen this video, watch it here:
http://freemarketamerica.org/
COMING EVENTS: (see schedule at www.turnpa.com)
Our next Clearfield Area TEA meeting is on May 10th at 6:30 PM at the Arrowhead Restaurant in Clearfield.
Special Guests:
Dawn Meling, Commonwealth Foundation ~ “Four Alarms” Presentation
Naysa Woomer, Heritage For America ~ State Health Insurance Exchanges
Clfd Co Commissioners discuss Reapportionment of Districts in Clfd County
Meeting Announcement to Pass Along
Thursday, July 12 ~ Clfd Co Republican Party Picnic at Irvin Park (no TEA mtg in July)
RECENT ARTICLES… (You won’t see these reprinted in “The Progress”):
It is Obama who is outsourcing American jobs and downsizing the American economy.
http://news.investors.com/article/610113/201205021856/obama-accuses-romney-of-outsourcing-jobs.htm?p=full
“…one more reason not to vote for Barack Obama: he is a thug who has disgraced the office of the president of the United States by engaging in behavior more befitting of the dictator of a banana republic.”
http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/05/obamas_chicago-style_campaign.html
The whole idea about these cuts to Medicare Advantage is to put the AARP’s competitors out of business. Since the AARP gets a $100 million in free taxpayer money a year, they’re going to do the government’s bidding.
http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/obama-s-senior-swindle_642177.html
Media Circling Wagons to Protect Warren (“Pinocchio-Hontas”’) Over Bizarre Native American’ Flap…
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2012/05/02/inevitable_media_circling_wagons_to_protect_warren_over_bizarre_native_american_flap
Just when you thought things could not get any weirder, a university professor is claiming that it is unethical to eat certain plants….
People for the Ethical Treatment of Soybeans (PETS) lives!!! Stamp out vegans!!!
http://dailycaller.com/2012/05/01/good-grief-now-its-pea-personhood/
Forrest Gumped his way through
April 12, 2012
From: J. Wright
Hello fellow Americans:
“If Newt speaks, they will come” ~ maybe people are still turning out for him because he’s the only one who will actually take on Obama. Maybe because he is the closest to a true conservative who is running? Maybe because he can speak without stuttering, and is so much more eloquent than Obama, there is no comparison. Maybe because he’s a visionary and actually has a plan… blogger opinion
THOUGHTS & OPINION:
“The shape of President Obama’s re-election strategy is coming clear. The key elements: 1) Don’t run on your record; run as if there were no incumbent 2) Stress class warfare; exploit fear of Republican spending cuts. Harp on the negatives. 3) Hide the negatives about your record in a miasma of general pessimism. (Medicare was broken before we got here; headwinds slowed the economy.)…” ~ Dick Morris & Eileen McGann
“You need to continually ask yourself what does the IRS have to do with health care? Why is the Obama administration hiring 4,000 new agents for the implementation? What in the world does the IRS, a tax collection agency, have to do with curing diabetes? What does the IRS have to do with treating cancer? What does the IRS have to do with making sure that, if you’re an automobile accident, you get the best coverage in the ER?” – Rush
Re: Drug Regulation Dilemma ~ If just being stupid gives us an Obama, can you imagine what stoned and stupid will give us? Read the history of China, specifically after the Boxer rebellion and see how legalized opium worked for that society. Or check out what the Chinese did to Tibet. They couldn’t break their will, so they introduced drug dens and prostitution into the society….it is a very effective tool for destroying a civilization.
COMING EVENTS: (see schedule at www.turnpa.com)
Our next Clearfield Area TEA meeting is this evening ~ April 12th at 6:30 PM at the Arrowhead Restaurant in Clearfield. See you there.
Tonight’s Agenda attached.
Wednesday April 18 ~ 7 PM Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation
American Legion DuBois, 315 Liberty Blvd.
RECENT ARTICLES… (You won’t see these reprinted in “The Progress”):
“Obama has Forrest Gumped his way through his presidency, except without the success, charm, and endearing sweetness of the original. He has given America three and a half years of farce, even if no one is laughing.”
http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/04/obama_as_farce.html
Remember…these are the same Republicans who promise to keep Romney’s progressive feet to the fire of conservatism…whatever conservatism means to this bunch of entrenched, self-serving, change-averse spenders.
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/04/08/Earmarks-to-Return-if-GOP-Porkers-Get-Their-Way
“Lying. Dissembling. Peddling half-truths. Redefining words. Taking credit for something in which he had no part. Those words/phrases describe what President Barack Hussein Obama has said or done and is now saying or doing….”
http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/04/obama_will_say_and_do_anything.html
The Progressive Left do not believe in dialogue (win-win). They believe in debate (win -lose). They try to win by assassinating our ideas. They do this by stating a false premise and try to build their argument “logically” from there. Their ideology forbids actual communication.
http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/04/time_to_stop_being_intimidated_by_the_left.html
If…then
April 5, 2012
From: J. Wright
Hello fellow Americans:
The American Dream is NOT ‘to be taken care of by the government.’ That’s a part of Obama’s dream. The American Dream is to be independent, successful and free from government interference. Obama’s dream is from each according to their ability, to each according to their needs.
It’s understandable that Obama is unaware of the history of this country because most of the history he’s heard was told to him by assorted communists in his family and acquaintances. Otherwise he would be familiar with the concept of “rugged individualism” that both created and drove this country to reach the achievements it has prior to the arrival of “social Marxism” in the gene pool of Leftist parasites.
THOUGHTS & OPINION:
Though the liberal media and leftist Hollywood are wrapping themselves in “The Hunger Games”, the book series’ pro-individualism, anti-socialist/communist/totalitarianism message has thus far eluded them — maybe there is hope when the young get the message right. The Left says this is about the evil rich against the righteous poor. No, it is about the human spirit rebelling against Communist Utopia.
President Obama’s hot mic moment defined his trip to South Korea and may very well define his reelection bid. The reason his uncensored remark resonates is that it supports a pre-existing narrative that President Obama’s promises are not to be trusted. Before he backed off the campaign trail, no one made this argument more frequently than Newt Gingrich.~ “If he can have a record this bad, unemployment this bad, deficits this bad, policies this bad, gasoline prices this high, and still get re-elected, you can’t imagine how radical he’ll be in his second term.”
COMING EVENTS: (see schedule at www.turnpa.com)
Our next Clearfield Area TEA meeting is on April 12th at 6:30 PM at the Arrowhead Restaurant in Clearfield.
RECENT ARTICLES… (You won’t see these reprinted in “The Progress”):
Lengthy but informative article on the Trayvon Martin case:
http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/04/zimmerman_and_ketman.html
‘Three Amigos’ Summit ~ this from the president who vowed to ‘restore’ America’s place in the world? He can’t even keep the neighbors content – they’re both on a rampage, one over Obama’s energy policies and the other over Obama’s gun policies.
http://news.investors.com/article/606670/201204031900/obama-alienates-mexico-and-canada-over-energy-trade-and-weapons.htm
Personally, I’m sick of being lied to. We thought it was bad when Ahmadinejad came here, looked us in the face, and lied. To have the president of the US do it is not acceptable.
http://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2012/04/04/political_word_games/page/full/
Obama exposed his extreme constitutional ignorance, with his comments on how it would be “unprecedented” for the Court to strike down a law passed by a “strong majority” in Congress..
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2012/04/barack-obama-constitutional-ignoramus.php
Blame Underinflated Tires, They Don’t Talk Back
March 22, 2012
From: J. Wright
Hello fellow Americans:
None of it is Obama’s fault. It was the tsunami. It’s global warming. It’s George W. Bush’s fault. It’s the fault of the American Soldier. Blame ATM’s, blame underinflated tires and blame it on the rain. Just don’t blame the ‘child King’. When are Obama’s supporters going to see the light? Not only does he not take any blame, he cannot make a decision. When he does, he is most always wrong.
THOUGHTS & OPINION:
RE: voter ID ~ what I find interesting is that the “groups” the democrats want to “protect” don’t seem to mind being called the dumbest people on the face of the earth. Then I realized they probably voted for BO and as it turns out they probably are the dumbest people on earth. I had no idea that Blacks and Hispanics never did the following: open bank accounts, fly, go to R rated movies, visit a doctor’s office, pick up certain prescriptions & cold medications, buy alcohol, get a library card, rent a movie, join a gym, go to Canada or Mexico, buy smokes, drive a car, apply for welfare, cash a check . . . It must be scary to be them.
COMING EVENTS: (see schedule at www.turnpa.com)
Friday March 30th ~ Public Town Hall Meeting Discussing National Defense Authorization Act, @ 6 PM at the DuBois Senior and Community Center, 120 West Park Avenue Du Bois
US Rep. GT Thompson, at the behest of the Clearfield County Commissioners, will be coming to discuss Sections 1021 and 1022 of the 2012 Defense Authorization Act and will take questions from the public afterwards.
Our next Clearfield Area TEA meeting is on April 12th at 6:30 PM at the Arrowhead Restaurant in Clearfield.
RECENT ARTICLES… (You won’t see these reprinted in “The Progress”):
“The Road We’ve Traveled” has all been downhill. You can’t blame a little boy for lying to attempt to hide his failures but it’s so pathetic and un-presidential.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304724404577295601147645884.html?mod=opinion_newsreel
What manufactured crisis will the Democrats create to cause this to go into effect? You know this is possible with this regime.
http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/45336
They Call These Accomplishments?
http://townhall.com/columnists/davidlimbaugh/2012/03/20/they_call_these_accomplishments/page/full/
I wish more people read and listened to Sowell. This has been a sad political season; the insiders and consultants of the RNC decide the candidates that will run, and the talking heads propagandize to create fear in order to swing voters to the preferred. All the games and self-serving of RNC people make an election by the people meaningless…
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/03/19/the_inevitability_vote_113517.html
They don’t know what it means to be middle class
March 15, 2012
From: J. Wright
Hello fellow Americans:
At a recent fund-raiser, Joe Biden tells 87 couples who paid a minimum $10,000 for dinner that Republicans are out of touch… “These guys don’t have a sense of the average folks out there. They don’t know what it means to be middle class.” ???
THOUGHTS & OPINION:
“The most insidious part about the Sandra Fluke fiasco, other than that the fact that President of the United States exploited the situation for cheap political gain, is that Ms. Fluke’s attitude and mindset is a frightening example of a generation addicted to costly entitlements, at a time when the nation is going bankrupt.”
Silencing and destroying Rush Limbaugh has long been a priority for the Left. They are not going pass up a chance to stifle and suppress political opinion with which they disagree. The alleged issue here -the S word- is not the issue. The issue is that the Left has long feared and loathed Rush Limbaugh and sees this crisis as a heaven sent chance to destroy and silence him once and for all.
Leftists always try to silence and intimidate political opponents, either through political correctness, speech codes, ginned up offense and indignation, and of course advertiser boycotts. They see absolutely nothing wrong in trying to prevent others from expressing opinions they themselves do not share. Indeed, they are proud of themselves for such attempts to suppress free expression of ideas! Leftists see political disagreement with their ideology as a form of ‘hate speech’ which they would like to have banned under hate crime laws.
COMING EVENTS: (see schedule at www.turnpa.com)
Our next Clearfield Area TEA meeting is on April 12th at 6:30 PM at the Arrowhead Restaurant in Clearfield.
Movie coming this summer… perhaps a few of us need to see it. Here’s a 14 minute preview:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6QOscKvUjU
RECENT ARTICLES… (You won’t see these reprinted in “The Progress”):
“… liberal policies of overregulation forcing the looting of the banks for subprime loans under threat of discrimination suits that caused the recession…” Shouldn’t this be a major focus?
http://spectator.org/archives/2012/03/14/the-worst-economic-recovery-si
Gas drilling isn’t harming reservoir water, IUP tests show…
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/regional/s_785917.html
“…Ms. Fluke’s attitude and mindset is a frightening example of a generation addicted to costly entitlements, at a time when the nation is going bankrupt.”
http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/45182
This article explains what we feel is completely irrational thinking by 0bama and his regime regarding the XL pipeline. Very sadly, it explains exactly why they are doing this. It is extremely frustrating and depressing they purposefully want to destroy this country.
http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/03/removing_the_keystone_pipeline.html
The value of drawing upon the expertise of the citizens
The State College Area School Board acknowledges the value of drawing upon the expertise of the citizens of the district in the processes of problem solving, strategic and financial planning and policy development. A prime vehicle for citizen involvement is their Citizen Advisory Committees (CACs).
The SCSD did, in fact, back five years ago invite community feedback through newspaper ads, a special edition of their Horizon publication, and a response form on their web site. This appears to be the beginning of the CACs. The invitation in March, 2007, appeared as follows:
Dear Community Member,
You are invited to help shape the future of the State College Area School district. During the spring and summer of 2007, the District will be developing a new six-year strategic plan. As our world continues to change at an increasingly rapid rate, determining the District’s future needs, activities, and objectives is a challenging task. It is a task that requires our best thinking and a sound decision-making process.
Our mission is to “prepare students for lifelong success through excellence in education.” We will accomplish this by carefully balancing continuity and change, taking thoughtful and purposeful action to build upon current system strengths, redefining what is possible in public schools, developing our organizational creativity, maintaining positive partnerships with parents and our community, and, above all, keeping our eyes on the future for which we are preparing our students.
With high quality educational programs for all students as our goal, we expect to develop a six-year plan that is dynamic and productive. We hope you will choose to accept our invitation to become a planning partner by participating in the State College Area School District’s Futures Forum or sharing your perspectives to the four questions that will be discussed in the Forum’s small group breakout sessions.
Sincerely,
Patricia L. Best
Superintendent of Schools
Please Consider Participating by:
Attending the District’s Futures Forum
You are invited to participate in the Futures Forum on Saturday, March 31, 2007 from 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at Mount Nittany Middle School. The morning will open with a general session focused on opportunities and challenges in preparing our students for their futures. Speakers include the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Education (via videotape) and leaders from higher education and our business community. Following the general session, breakout groups will meet to offer ideas and provide feedback to the four key questions. Summaries of the responses will be shared with the Strategic Planning Leadership Team to support their work.
Please register by Monday, March 26, either by phone 231-1062 (24 hours a day) or via email to Cathie Kenny, Registrar, at cjk12@scasd.org.
· Sharing Your Perspectives With Us …
Please take a few minutes to share your ideas on these four questions by emailing info@scasd.org:
1. In your opinion, what are we doing well that we should continue doing?
2. In what areas could we do better?
3. What should we be doing that we are not currently doing?
4. Of all the possible directions we could take during the next five to ten years, which ones do you think offer the greatest promise of meeting the future educational needs of our students?
contributed by Roland Bechtel, DuBois Area School District Director
One Woman’s Point of View
One Woman’s Point of View
Posted on March 6, 2012 by PLuksik
You will notice the title of this week’s column – one woman. That is what I am, and in the end, that is the only entity that I can speak for. As a woman, I am insulted by the comments made in Washington over the debate defending the government’s intrusion into the rights of religious institutions. Those comments continue to be offered in the name of “the women of America”, as if we women were a monolithic group incapable of independent thought and in need of the services of these self-appointed advocates.
The advocates call contraceptives a “critical preventative health benefit”.
A common sense definition of a health benefit would be something that improves the condition of one’s health. That implies that the health of the person in question needs improvement in some fashion. For example, insulin would be considered a health benefit since it improves the health of an individual with diabetes.
So, are these folks saying that the natural hormonal cycles of women are detrimental to their health? And are they claiming that the contraceptives in question will improve the health of the women taking them?
The rhetoric surrounding the defense of contraception is based on the premise that a woman’s natural hormonal cycles are somehow detrimental to her because they do not allow her to be available to men for sexual activity at all times without the risk of pregnancy. That natural lack of risk-free availability is the perceived health problem for which contraception is the proposed cure.
So the “healthful” thing for the woman to do is to tamper with her natural hormonal balance to correct this problem.
The following list is directly quoted from the “Physicians Package Insert” for the commonly prescribed oral contraceptive called Ortho Tri-Cyclen.
“An increased risk of the following serious adverse reactions has been associated with the use of oral contraceptives.
· Thrombophlebitis and venous thrombosis with or without embolism
· Arterial thromboembolism
· Pulmonary embolism
· Myocardial infarction
· Cerebral hemorrhage
· Cerebral thrombosis
· Hypertension
· Gallbladder disease
· Hepatic adenomas or benign liver tumors
The following adverse reactions have been reported in patients receiving oral contraceptives and are believed to be drug-related:
· Nausea
· Vomiting
· Gastrointestinal symptoms (such as abdominal cramps and bloating)
· Breakthrough bleeding
· Spotting
· Change in menstrual flow
· Amenorrhea
· Temporary infertility after discontinuation of treatment
· Edema
· Melasma which may persist
· Breast changes: tenderness, enlargement, secretion
· Change in weight (increase or decrease)
· Change in cervical erosion and secretion
· Diminution in lactation when given immediately postpartum
· Cholestatic jaundice
· Migraine
· Rash (allergic)
· Mental depression
· Reduced tolerance to carbohydrates
· Vaginal candidiasis
· Change in corneal curvature (steepening)
· Intolerance to contact lenses”
Those don’t look like health benefits to me. In fact, they look like health detriments.
And while there are some illnesses in which the side effects listed above are outweighed by the benefits of this medication, the overwhelming majority of women are not affected by those conditions.
For the vast majority of women, the natural hormonal cycles of their bodies are not illnesses. And since they are not illnesses, they do not require medical treatment. They require respect.
In fact, in the opinion of this one woman, a culture that calls turning a woman’s body into a chemical factory solely so that she can be constantly available to a man for sexual activity is not providing a medical benefit to her – it is committing a medical malpractice on her.
This entry was posted in Abortion, Birth Control, entitlements, Governmental Control, Morality, Religion, Responsibility, Women’s Choice, Women’s Health and tagged Women’s Health. Bookmark the permalink.
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Passively ignoring America’s cultural rot
March 8, 2012
From: J. Wright
Hello fellow Americans:
The Pentagon is struggling to meet President Obama’s demands for more diversity in officer-ranks because a stunning 80% of minority teens who might consider military service are ineligible because of bad grades, criminal records, obesity and drug use, the head of the Military Leadership Diversity Commission revealed Tuesday. White kids aren’t much better, with 70% unable to meet military standards, said retired Gen. Lester Lyles, head of the commission…
THOUGHTS & OPINION:
“The Fluke contraception controversy is Democrat inspired. It is yet another example of Democrats promoting and trying to force all Americans to fund behavior many Americans would consider to be sinful. We taxpayers are minding our own business. We are, for the most part, passively ignoring America’s cultural rot. (Snip) Ms Fluke, Americans do not care how many out-of-wedlock sexual encounters you may have. But, when you go before Congress in an attempt to demonize us for not subsidizing your activities, you are infringing on our freedom and forcing your values down our throats.” ~ Lloyd Marcus
Although Georgetown Law student Sandra Fluke testified to the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee last month that contraception can cost a law student $3,000 over three years and that some of her fellow students could not afford it, a Target store only 3 miles from the law school currently sells a month’s supply of birth control pills for only $9 to people who do not have insurance plans covering contraceptives. That would make the total cost for birth control pills for a student who decided to use them for all three years of law school just $324. ~ Cybercast News Service, by Gregory Gwyn-Williams, Jr.
COMING EVENTS: (see schedule at www.turnpa.com)
Our next Clearfield Area TEA meeting is this evening ~ March 8th at 6:30 PM at the Arrowhead Restaurant in Clearfield. See you there.
March 9th 11:00am-12:30pm ~ Coffee w/ Sam Rohrer
Eat N Park, Rte 255 N and Shaffer Rd. DuBois, PA
March 24th at 12:00pm ~ “Road to Repeal Rally”, Upper Senate Park, Washington, DC
A national rally at the U.S. Capitol to protest ObamaCare ~ see: www.roadtorepeal.com
RECENT ARTICLES… (You won’t see these reprinted in “The Progress”):
Rush addresses the misinformation on his radio sponsors…
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2012/03/07/clearing_up_misinformation_on_our_sponsors
There have been many, many insults thrown at Michelle Malkin by the leftist trash that represents the Democrat Party, a great deal of it racist and based on her appearance. What penalties have they paid?
http://townhall.com/columnists/michellemalkin/2012/03/07/the_war_on_conservative_women/page/full/
We’ve seen this PR stunt before, going back to the Clarence Thomas hearings twenty years ago.
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2012/03/the_fluke_gambit_pays_off_for_dems.html
Most of this administration is composed of people who have never run anything, built anything, done anything other than speechifying. Class warfare is so easy. It’s reflexive with this bunch, and it has worked in the past.
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2012/03/why-cant-the-obama-administration-make-its-case-without-disseminating-hate.php