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New Oral History brings Occupy Wall St alive.

Too often I hear that the Occupy Wall Street Movement lacks a clear message. This misconception that has pervaded through the mainstream media, finally has a challenge. For those who want to get down...

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Did anyone really expect the super committee to succeed?

 With only two days left until the curtain falls on the latest act of Washington theatre, Democrats are looking more and more likely to hope for failure. With no hope whatsoever that Republicans will...

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The Occupy Papers

I have decided to start quite an ambitious project. I believe I am quite capable of accomplishing this work, and whether I am or not I will try. The project I have decided to work on started as a...

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Progressmo Founder Series: Reclaiming the Founders from the Right #1 Thomas...

Thomas JeffersonThe first founder I will discuss is Thomas Jefferson. I feel that Thomas Jefferson, who many times has been hijacked by Conservatives and Tea Partyers, in my opinion spoke to the...

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While Iowa Caucuses, Mitt Romney shows how out of touch he is with the...

With the Iowa Caucus beginning today, the first Republican Primary has finally arrived. After nearly a year of debates, punditry and maneuvering, conservatives in Iowa will take to the ballot box to...

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Mitt Romney picks up surprise endorsement: Philly Area Tea Party PAC

I am not a tea party republican; I am completely on the other side of the spectrum. However, when I opened up my PoliticsPA daily email of political stories throughout the state and saw the Philly Tea...

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The high cost of low voter turnout

The high cost of low voter turnoutWriting topics appear in flashes for me. The flashes are like gusts of wind, in which the sails of my mind try to catch. While I was at the gym today, my mind caught...

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Does it matter what a political party did 50-200 yrs ago?

A few nights ago I was watching hardball, and to my surprise Chris Matthews and his other guest allowed Ron Christie to get away with a comment that absolutely drives me crazy. The comment was to the...

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The Great Disconnect (Observation from two sound off articles in the Lansdale...

Reading the Lansdale Reporter, I noticed two sound off articles that irked me. The article, Let's Occupy the classrooms instead and Pa. in need of education reform shows a disconnect from the solutions...

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Bring back our jobs, or we will outsource your tax break.

Bring back our jobs, or we will outsource your tax break.The message is clear, if you want to take advantage of tax breaks while shipping American jobs overseas in search of cheaper labor then your tax...

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Democracy is Dirty

Democracy is dirty, it is in your face, sweat on your brow and sometimes gas in your lungs. The fight for what we hold dear is not only one of words, it is one of struggle. That struggle is playing out...

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Chrysler and Clint Eastwood offends Karl Rove.

Sixty minutes of great football, some good and mostly decent commercials, the equivalent of eighty million dollars in free publicity for Madonna and one two minute chrysler commercial. That one two...

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Commonwealth Foundation warns of Union "fear mongering campaigns" through...

I once made myself a promise not to write about Corrections. Being a corrections officer, I always said no good could come from writing about Corrections. However, the Commonwealth Foundation, a free...

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Expand Drug Testing to the entire Public Sector; Comical Sense from the PA...

Libertarianism once stood for liberty, a distorted form of liberty in my opinion, but liberty nonetheless. Now that liberty gospel of old has transformed. In an article by Chris Friend, Opposing Drug...

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The Prevailing Wage Act is not an unnecessary law.

The Prevailing Wage Act is not an unnecessary law.Creative Conservatism is at once again in Pennsylvania. Claiming the Prevailing Wage Act is an unnecessary, expensive law that aims to limit...

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I just don't get it...Free flowing rant on Birth Control, Contraceptives,...

I don't know what it is, but I just don't get it. First of all calling a congressional committee meeting on woman's health, and only having two women who both sided with the other nine doesn't sound...

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HB1077...Pre-Abortion UltraSound comes to PA.

It might just be me, but I have noticed the Republican strategy of late to push woman voters away with their attack on woman health is not politically wise. Gov. McDonnell of Virginia has recently, and...

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Apology for previous post

I wanted to take a quick moment to apologize for one of my previous posts. It has come to my attention (and I agree) that I went off topic and may have implied a message that wasn't meant. My writing...

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Could ALEC be behind Pennsylvania's UltraSound Bill?

Earlier this week I wrote an article on Pennsylvania House Bill 1077, The Woman's Right to Know Act. A bill, which would require medical providers to offer an ultrasound prior to an abortion. HB1077...

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The uneasy feeling in Rick Santorum's stomach is the truth

Rick Santorum is at it again....His lack of understanding of the Constitution and the history of this nation is proving to reach the realm of Michelle Bachmann or Sarah Palin. ThStating in an interview...

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PA Senate to vote on ALEC Modeled Voter ID Bill Tomorrow

Tomorrow the Pennsylvania State Senate will vote on HB 934, the Voter ID Act passed last summer by the Pennsylvania House. This bill, which aims to address so called voter fraud in the Commonwealth,...

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PA Senate passes voter suppression bill

Despite passioned appeals from the twenty member Democratic Senate Caucus, the Pennsylvania State Senate sent HB934 back to the house with the GOP stamp of approval 26-23 today in Harrisburg.Senator...

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First the workers, then women, then the voters and now same sex marriage. Who...

Representative Daryl Metcalfe (PA-Butler) has finally made me question the sanity of social conservatism in Pennsylvania. I mean, I never understood the point of letting fear control my every action,...

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PA Senate Dems put forward a resolution opposing Citizens United v FEC

Democrats in the Pennsylvania State Senate proposed a resolution on Friday March 16th, 2012 opposing the majority decision in Citizens United v FEC, and supporting Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Saving...

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Mitt Romney on planned parenthood "if you want free stuff, vote for the other...

Mitt Romney has introduced a new player into the struggle between the haves and have nots; the don't cares. In response to a women asking about Romney's recent comments on defunding planned parenthood...

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Reflections on Trayvon Martin

Race matters, because as a society we allow it to matter. Race matters because no matter how enlightened, or free, or Christian we claim to be, we have decided to embrace the differences in each other,...

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Ryan Budget is not a fraud, it is what they actually believe.

I usually agree with many of Paul Krugman's points that he makes. Liberals owe great minds like his much due and credit for their abilities to formulate the economic thought we believe in. However, I...

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Orin Hatch claim that Democrats will attack Romney on his Mormon Faith....

Last week when I read an article that Senator Orin Hatch (R-UT) was spreading the word that Democrats would attack Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney on his Mormon faith, I wondered why...

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Silence justifies the unjustifiable

In politics I have learned that it is not what is heard, but what is not heard that is important. Lately, the silence has been quite loud from the right, even though the spectacle is still there. When...

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Throwing Rocks at Fiscal Houses: My rant of the week.

I'm really getting tired of Republicans crying about the "fiscal house" needing to get in order. Hearing a former Bush 43 staffing pulling that meaningless term on hardball tonight really burned me up....

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The Empire Strikes Back

The empire is striking back. That is the empire of greed, control and entitlement. This year will be a make-or-break election for the GOP, not for the GOP many Americans grew up with, but rather the...

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Reflection on the dumbest anti-public education bumper sticker I ever saw.

I might have just seen the dumbest political bumper sticker. Yes, I am guilty of having really bad bumper stickers on my car, at one time or the other. But this one takes prize.Public School Survivor:...

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Could ALEC be behind PA HB2191 (Payday Loansharking Bill)

The American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC has been making more and more news of late. ALEC which prides themselves as a:"Nonpartisan individual membership organization of state legislators...

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American Exceptionalism?

This morning I read another article, about another Republican who got himself in a bit of trouble questioning the legitimacy of the Obama Presidency. I have come to the conclusion that even a video of...

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Conservatives secret weapon in the war on Labor

The singing, the marching, the get out the vote is over for the time being. Even though Scott Walker survived the recall, 16 months of tireless activism has swung a 20-12 Republican Majority in the...

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Great article from Provocation on Paul Ryans claim that God grants Rights,...

I wonder why our fellow Christians in other nations don't have the right to bear arms, right to speedy trial, right to an attorney, right to remain secure in our homes from unwarranted searches, right...

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MomsRising thanks Senator Casey for standing up for Clean Air

MomsRising AD thanking Senator Casey for voting against SJ 37Bernie Sanders to Sen. Inhofe "STOP POISONING OUR CHILDREN"MomsRising, a grassroots organization that tackles many important issues facing...

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Seven Terms, Two Bills, Faithful Servant of Corporations, George Bush and a...

I know, quite a mouthful but in the words of Big Ed "Let's get to work".With all the news out with the selection of Paul Ryan as Mitt Romney's running mate my favorite so far is definitely by Jennifer...

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You will never guess where I had my greatest culture shock on my Southern...

Just got home from an amazing road trip of the South and I'm not going to lie, I was expecting to feel the same culture shock that I had when attending a country music festival in North Carolina.   I...

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Why isn't anyone asking the right questions when Republicans rely on Gay...

Driving home yesterday from the airport I saw a billboard which kind of made me chuckle and now makes me wonder. The billboard I saw was on the Pennsylvania Turnpike around mile marker 350 and it...

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No sir, it's not just about a Photo ID

I lose patience in the argument over Voter ID. If it was only about requiring an ID to clamp down on non existent voter impersonation in Pennsylvania that would be one thing, however when you throw in...

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Am I ever going to see a counter AD in Montgomery or Bucks County?

The question is pretty simple, but the silence is quite thunderous. Am I ever going to see a counter AD, or a Pro-Obama AD anywhere in Montgomery or Bucks County? I thought this was a swing...

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Restore Americas Voice Foundation and Mike Huckabee wants your Affordable...

That's right Pennsylvania Call Now!!!Mike Huckabee wants to protect his freedom not to be concerned with another Americans health care. New AD from Restore Americas Voice Foundation at the expense of...

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Have we really reached the point where Paul Ryan can just lie and it's ok?

If anyone wondered if Romney aide Neil Newhouse was just joking around when he stated“We're not going to let our campaign be dictated by fact-checkers” Received a thunderous response from Romney's VP...

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New Pennsylvania Voter ID AD compares love of country with possesion of Photo ID

After fumbling on the previous Pennsylvania Voter ID AD, which to say the least was little more than a donation to a consulting firm stocked with GOP Staffers, the Corbett Administration is spending...

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Romney/Ryan math skills trickling down ticket to Justin Simmons

Rep Justin Simmons (R-Lehigh) is far to young to have fallen this far off his rocker. Simmons one of the rising stars of the Pennsylvania Tea Party, the 21st century version of the Nineteenth Century...

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PA House GOP walk out to prevent vote on HB520

The Wisconsin 14 got me back into politics and the Pennsylvania 112 is making me laugh at Politics. I am still in shock after reading an email from Keystone Progress in regards to the PA House...

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Mitt Romney thinks it's good business to intimidate workers into voting for...

One of the best pieces I have seen written on the few, the greedy, the American CEO was in Keystone Politics this afternoon. You have no rights at work by Jake Blumgart helps expose the unchecked power...

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Lets GOTV on Nov 6th and actually Let Freedom Ring

With three days to go until the election, I have seen quite a few intriguing campaign signs float up around Skippack, Lansdale, Towamencin and Montgomery Twp. My absolute favorite are from the Let...

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Stand with the #WalmartStrikers in Boothwyn, PA

Stand with Walmart Workers in Boothwyn, PAFor those interested in getting involved, or who believe the Walmart Workers Black Friday strike is only happening in another part of the country; look no...

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