Ethics

Yet another discriminatory bill passes

Sunday, June 27th, 2010

The Philadelphia Inquirer published this article on the house passing a campaign spending bill.  Here is a quote from the article:

The original exemption was limited to groups with more than one million members, active in all 50 states, that derive no more than 15 percent of their funds from corporations, and have existed for more [...]

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Real Financial Reform

Wednesday, April 28th, 2010

House and Senate representatives, please stop the nonsense already and address the real reasons for our financial dilemma.  Instead of building a $30/billion dollar “bailout fund” (that’s what it really is) and looking for ways to control businesses that are too big to fail,   why not consider:

Letting them fail.  If we let Goldman Sachs, AIG, [...]

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James Jones survives petition challenge from Gloria Calineo

Sunday, April 11th, 2010

In this  article, the Intelligencer reports that James Jones has survived a petition challenge by Gloria Carlineo.  What really caught my attention, was the following quote:
The judge based today’s decision on the fact that she did not like the rules the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has put forth with regard to the form to be used [...]

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Murphy touted for key position

Thursday, April 8th, 2010

This Intelligencer article reports that Patrick Murphy is being considered for a position on the prestigious Appropriations Committee.   This seat is vacant due to the death of  John Murtha.  Since the two are cut from the same corrupt mold, this doesn’t surprise me, but it does disgust me.
House Democrats are trying to save Murphy by waiving [...]

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Common Sense – Campaign Finance Reform

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

If you want to know why we need campaign finance reform, visit http://opensecrets.org and http://fec.gov and look up your representative and senators.  While you’re at it, check out the “leaders” in the house and senate.
On the upper right side of Opensecrets.org is a search box.   Enter the name of the person you want to [...]

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