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Posted: Monday, September 2, 2013 6:00 am

I applaud my rich businessmen friends who allowed us “little folks” to use the tiny little indoor YMCA pool at Chandler Hall in Newtown. And I will fight with them to prevent that evil socialist Christian organization to set up a low cost family-friendly YMCA in Newtown. Onward!

Steve Cickay, Newtown

Don't kid yourself. Obama only answers questions at real town hall meetings that have been planted by his people and he already knows the answers. Remember, this man still uses a teleprompter. To believe otherwise is just too naive.

Dave Rizzo, Bensalem

Corbett and his cohorts have already paid Philadelphia law firm Drinker Biddle more than a half million dollars (our money, not his) to defend his indefensible voter ID law. That is in addition to what taxpayers pay attorneys employed by the state.

Jane K Curry, Newtown

Northampton Democrat supervisors raid Open Space fund to repair recreation center. Where is the Park and Recreation fee income going?

Antonio Albano, Richboro

It's insulting that in filing its brief opposing Montgomery county's issuance of same sex marriage licenses, the Corbett administration compares the adult same sex couples wanting to marry to 12-year-olds wanting to marry.

John Mesure, Langhorne








Welcome to the discussion.


  • posted at 1:50 pm on Mon, Sep 2, 2013.


    None of those things that require ID have anything to do with the right to vote and are therefore irrelevant to the discussion. Moreover, PA already requires ID to register to vote. Registered voters should not have to provide additional ID at the polling place. It's a Republican attempt at voter suppression. Those who would suppress the right to vote should be executed.

  • posted at 1:45 pm on Mon, Sep 2, 2013.


    Good one, McFill, really clever and amusing and original, and a good way to avoid citing evidence and engaging in an intelligent discussion.

  • posted at 1:41 pm on Mon, Sep 2, 2013.


    Greetings, Mike. You need to learn the meaning of "double negative." As for "overspending," you raise a not unreasonable point (that was a double negative). One could consider that any federal budget that has a deficit means that the government is overspending. But if a president takes office and inherits a $1.2 trillion annual deficit and that $1.2 trillion deficit is reduced, then one could argue that spending is being reduced and there is no overspending. Those of us who are worried about the deficit and the debt should applaud the lowering of the deficit, but I understand that certain people can never give Obama credit for anything, just as some people could never give Bill Clinton credit for anything and some could never give G.W. Bush credit for anything. It's a stupid way to look at politics, but there it is.

  • Jessup posted at 1:38 pm on Mon, Sep 2, 2013.

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    Now let someone educate you: Not a single thing you itemized is a right defined in a constitutional amendment. And, placing prior restraints on constitutional rights is generally considered verboten.

    What is it with these people who just LOVE having to have their papers in order, and apparently can't be asked for them, too many time is a day?

  • BC Mike posted at 1:23 pm on Mon, Sep 2, 2013.

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    Argue, sorry to point out the double negative in your reasoning, but here goes. You use the word "deficit" in the context of , the "deficit is dropping", and then question the "deficit" by using the word "overspending". The word "deficit" connotes "overspending"! The only question being when will we run out of reserves--now or later?

    Enjoy your Labor Day! Don't let the national debt get you down. It doesn't seem to bother many members of Congress. Why should it bother you? Oh! That's right, we have to pay for it!

  • posted at 1:17 pm on Mon, Sep 2, 2013.


    I asked for evidence, not an uninformed smear by another Obama hater. Still waiting for evidence. Reagan did not write most of his own speeches (I doubt he wrote any of them, certainly not while he was president), although I have no doubt he was involved in drafting them. Peggy Noonan was one of Reagan's speechwriters and is credited with his justifiably famous post-Challenger-disaster speech.

  • mcfilline posted at 1:12 pm on Mon, Sep 2, 2013.

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    whatever you're smoking Argu, please send me some. I would very much like to join you on your fantasy island.

  • mcfilline posted at 1:10 pm on Mon, Sep 2, 2013.

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    John, Pennsylvania has not recognized same sex marriages. Therefore, no license for one can be considered legal nor can any attempt at such a marriage be performed by any civil or clerical servant.

  • mcfilline posted at 1:07 pm on Mon, Sep 2, 2013.

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    Jane - you wouldn't be complainigf about the voter ID law are you? Let me educate can't get SS benefits without can't get Medicaid without can't get welfare without can't get a mortgage without can't get a loan without can't buy a car without can't use a check at the post office without can't collect certified mail at the post office without fact you can't claim a package at the post office without can't open a bank account without can't rent a car without ID... you can't put something on lay away without ID... you can't cash a check without fact you can't even buy sudafed without ID at the pharmacy. So if you're trying to state that ID requirements put an undue burden on the citizens of this state, you're being moronic. This isn't the 1950s...everyone has ID and if they don't then they are not really interested in exercising their voting franchise.

  • mcfilline posted at 12:56 pm on Mon, Sep 2, 2013.

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    because his handlers would never allow him to answer off the cuff because it too often turned into a foot in mouth situation.

    BTW, Reagan wrote most iof his own speeches..,especially the important ones

  • posted at 12:37 pm on Mon, Sep 2, 2013.


    Some examples, please. Considering that the deficit is dropping, where is the alleged "overspending"? Also, are you intelligent enough to realize that the recent recession automatically triggered spending (e.g., unemployment benefits) that would have occurred no matter who was president?

  • posted at 12:34 pm on Mon, Sep 2, 2013.


    Mr. Rizzo, what's your evidence that "Obama only answers questions at real town hall meetings that have been planted by his people and he already knows the answers."? Also, Obama, like Ronald Reagan, uses a teleprompter when he gives speeches, not when he does a press conference or a town hall meeting. To believe that someone could use a teleprompter at a town hall event is just too stupid.

  • Jessup posted at 11:40 am on Mon, Sep 2, 2013.

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    Okay, we've established that pols conduct dog-and-pony shows that are completely staged. On to the next chapter of our "Reality Civics" textbook.

    My question is, why do we waste our time, breath, or keyboard keys on them? Republican or Democrat, teleprompter or not, if their lips are moving they are lying to us.

  • buckscorider posted at 8:20 am on Mon, Sep 2, 2013.

    buckscorider Posts: 214

    Good point Dave- you really can’t call them answers though. It’s just blaming others and political doublespeak. There no leadership unless you consider overloading the entitlement systems and overspending to gain democrat votes leadership.


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