Tag: politics

Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – Gov’t too big, unless we want it to be that way

Pennsylvania lawmakers are at it again.  Today, we have HB 2400, introduced by Rep. Marsico and unfortunately supported by both sides of the aisle:  MARSICO - R, CALTAGIRONE - D, STEPHENS - R, TURZAI -R, AUMENT -R, BAKER - R, BARBIN - D, BARRAR - R, BOBACK -R, BOYD -R, CLYMER - R, D. COSTA … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – Gov’t too big, unless we want it to be that way →

Not so polite dinner conversation – Voting, religion and the usual PA nonsense

Went and voted today here in the primary election ofPennsylvania.  I had been registered independent but changed back to Democrat so I could participate.  In PA, we have a lot of what I suppose could be called DINOs, Democrats in name only, at least when it comes to women’s issues (Senator Bob Casey for one, … Continue reading Not so polite dinner conversation – Voting, religion and the usual PA nonsense →

Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – Let People Vote

The ACLU, and their new campaign Let People Vote, has an excellent infographic:  http://www.aclu.org/let-people-vote/infographic/  that does a lot to show exactly why there has been a tide of voter ID legislation supported by the GOP and TP.  Funny how it was by registering interested voters the Obama campaign did well and took the White House and … Continue reading Not So Polite Dinner Conversation – Let People Vote →

Not so polite dinner conversation – Saccone is at it again

As one can see from my post below, I have little patience for Pennsylvanialegislators wasting time lying about how “Christian” the US is.  Representative Saccone saw fit to be “shocked, shocked” that anyone took issue with his bill, and made even more poor arguments.  You can see his further claims that were published here and … Continue reading Not so polite dinner conversation – Saccone is at it again →

Not so polite dinner conversation – PA HR 535

The following was submitted to the local newspaper as an op-ed, and was also posted on the WWGHA forum: "Thou Shalt Pander to a small ignorant sect of one religion" House Resolution 535 has been introduced, and passed unanimously in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Again, some of our legislators (Representative Saccone from Allegheny Co. … Continue reading Not so polite dinner conversation – PA HR 535 →