- Pennsylvania Among 'Terrible 10' Most Regressive Tax States
- February 4 Non-Partisan Training: HOW TO RUN FOR ELECTION BOARD IN 2013: HOW TO RUN FOR COMMITTEEPERSON IN 2014
- Republican Governors Opt-In to Medicaid Expansion
- The Reports of Unions' Death Are Greatly Exaggerated
- Ask Allyson Schwartz to run for Governor
- Mind the gap: Opting Out of Medicaid Expansion Leaves Low-income Families Behind
- Jan. 14 Workshop:HOW TO RUN FOR ELECTION BOARD IN 2013; HOW TO RUN FOR COMMITTEEPERSON IN 2014
- Seth Williams on Guns, Jasmine Rivera on School Closures @PFC Meetup Wednesday
- PA Revenue Strong Midway Through Year; Tax Cut Could Have Big Impact
- What to Make of the Fiscal Cliff Deal?
Event on right-wing extremism @ Pen and Pencil on Wednesday night
Hey,
Will Bunch, who is a reporter at the Daily News, has written a new book about right-wing extremism in the age of Obama. He'll be appearing on Wednesday night at the Pen and Pencil to talk about the book, joined by Ari Berman of the Nation Magazine. It should be a good event, check out the details below. It does conflict with the beginning of the Phillies game, but I'm sure they'll try to keep the program brief since Will is also a huge baseball fan.
Pen and Pencil is located in Center City @ 1522 Latimer St. Please let me know if you'd like to come!
Thanks
Ben
Wednesday's event at the Pen and Pencil:
Wednesday, Oct. 20, 7:30pm -- Will Bunch & Ari Berman
At the height of the election season, the Pen & Pencil Club brings you a double book event on politics and partisanship. Daily News Senior Writer Will Bunch will discuss his new book, "The Backlash: Right-Wing Radicals, High-Def Hucksters, and Paranoid Politics in the Age of Obama." And Ari Berman of The Nation will discuss his new book, "Herding Donkeys: The Fight to Rebuild the Democratic Party and Reshape American Politics," which traces the evolution of the Democratic Party from Howard Dean to Barack Obama, chronicling how American politics and the country writ large changed during this pivotal period--and how the grassroots fight for political power in America continues to this day.


To Create Jobs, You Must Invest In America
The Pretenders, the GOP/Tea Party's, "mission" is to sell to the American people the "bill of goods" that we Need less government, after all, government will only get in the way of their fraudulent schemes and try to hold them accountable to people and not to corporations!
Then, they pretend that they want to lower taxes for the American people knowing full well that the loopholes they created for the wealthy means that Corporations and wealthy Americans pay very little taxes or No taxes at all, so that every-day Average Americans have to carry and Shoulder all the tax burden.
Then they pretend they want to Create Jobs in America, but to Create Jobs, you must Invest in America. Yet the Party of No always vote Nay to any any spending for America's crumbling and decaying roads, streets, sewer system, infra-structure, high-speed rails, and public education (to further "dumb-down" Americans)! They vote No to any Investment in America's water, air, clean energy and her people. They know that Investing in America means TO CREATE JOBS!
On the otherhand, they don't mind rewarding companies who create jobs overseas or to spend and invest millions of dollars on Wall Street stocks and bonds, phony ponzi schemes and real-estate deals.
They do this while watching America continue to further decline and decay into a third-world country, because the Simple and Awful truth, is that Republicans do not want, and they Fear, a government for the people and by the people. Their desire is for America to go back to the times when the rich get richer and the poor get poorer! That's what they are fighting for, not for average Americans, but for their greedy way of life and for power.
How long before Americans wake up and realize that the Republican Party is a party for the wealthy, and that they will do anything and say anything to keep their power over the people. They pretend to be Christains but everything they say and do is un-Christ like. On the otherhand, the Democratic Party has always been inclusive and a party for the people. When the Democrats try to Invest in America to heal America, they always come up against filibusters, lies, swiftboating, pretense and dishonesty. Now, the Pretenders are trying to "convince" Americans that this depression and loss of jobs began when President Obama took office and that he is to blame for all of America's problems.
For America to turn to her former ways of prosperity and generosity, we must say No to the Pretenders, professional liars without a conscience. We must finally get off this "yellow-brick" road to nowhere but down! We must stop being fooled by the Wizards behind a curtain of deceit! We can vote No the Pretenders on November 2nd and begin to take our country back from greed, dishonesty and deceit.
There are two Tea Parties the Isolationist and the super hawk
It's Pennsyvania not Delaware where a extreme Tea Party Hawk might win,
http://www.phillyimc.org/en/tonight-philly-rejects-racism-temple-u-thurs...
Pen and Pencil makes it seem academic