Apparently politicos, hard core Democrats, and SEIU members were planted at the first street where the parade began to show their support for Biden. After he turned the corner onto Stanwix Street Biden was booed.
Showing posts with label Pittsburgh. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pittsburgh. Show all posts
Obamacare's Sterilization and Contraceptive Insurance Mandate May Force Catholic Charities Free Clinic To Close Doors
A few years back Catholic Charities in Pittsburgh opened a free medical clinic which serves the uninsured in the area. Unfortunately due to Obamacare the clinic may be forced to close. The HHS has issued a mandate which requires all new insurance plans to cover contraceptives and sterilization, which runs counter to Church teachings. The Church will not compromise it's beliefs just to meet some federal mandate which violates both the separation of Church and State and the Church's beliefs. This is so sad because if this mandate goes into effect and forces Catholic Charities medical clinic to close this will not only affect Catholics but will hurt the whole Pittsburgh community. Unfortunately I doubt that this will be the only clinic to close because of this mandate.
Sr. Mary Ann Walsh has responded to this insurance mandate with this:
Health and Human Services must think Catholics and other religious groups are fools.
That’s all you can think when you read HHS’s recent announcement that it may exempt the church from having to pay for contraceptive services, counseling to use them and sterilizations under the new health reform in certain circumstances. As planned now, HHS would limit the right of the church not to pay for such services in limited instances, such as when the employees involved are teaching religion and in cases where the people served are primarily Catholic.
HHS’s reg conveniently ignores the underlying principle of Catholic charitable actions: we help people because we are Catholic, not because our clients are. There’s no need to show your baptismal certificate in the hospital emergency room, the parish food pantry, or the diocesan drug rehab program. Or any place else the church offers help, either.
With its new regulation, HHS seeks to force church institutions to buy contraceptives, including drugs that can disrupt an existing pregnancy, through insurance they offer their own employees. This is part of HHS’s anticipated list of preventive services for women that private insurance programs must provide under the new health reform law.
The exemption is limited, to say the least. The pastor in the Catholic parish doesn’t have to buy the Pill for his employees, but the religious order that runs a Catholic hospital has to foot the bill for surgical sterilizations. And diocesan Catholic Charities agencies have to use money that would be better spent on feeding the poor to underwrite services that violate church teachings.
Whatever you think of artificial birth control, HHS’s command that everyone, including churches, must pay for it exalts ideology over conscience and common sense.
Perhaps HHS is unduly influenced by lobbyists. No surprise there. Certainly a major lobbyist is Planned Parenthood, the nation’s chief proponent of contraceptive services. Contraceptive services make a lot of money for Planned Parenthood clinics, which (again no surprise) provide the “services” HHS has mandated.
HHS and Planned Parenthood are narrow in focus. Respect for religious rights isn’t likely a key concern for them. However, it ought to be a key concern for President Obama, who last year promised to respect religious rights as he garnered support from the church community to pass the health care reform act. To assuage concerns, President Obama went so far as to issue an executive order promising that the health care reform act would not fund abortion or force people and institutions to violate their consciences. HHS is on its way to violating that promise. For the sake of basic integrity – the President’s keeping his word and for the protection of the right to religious freedom – President Obama needs to speak up now.
This insurance mandate violates our religious rights which are guaranteed in the Constitution.
Sr. Mary Ann Walsh has responded to this insurance mandate with this:
Health and Human Services must think Catholics and other religious groups are fools.
That’s all you can think when you read HHS’s recent announcement that it may exempt the church from having to pay for contraceptive services, counseling to use them and sterilizations under the new health reform in certain circumstances. As planned now, HHS would limit the right of the church not to pay for such services in limited instances, such as when the employees involved are teaching religion and in cases where the people served are primarily Catholic.
HHS’s reg conveniently ignores the underlying principle of Catholic charitable actions: we help people because we are Catholic, not because our clients are. There’s no need to show your baptismal certificate in the hospital emergency room, the parish food pantry, or the diocesan drug rehab program. Or any place else the church offers help, either.
With its new regulation, HHS seeks to force church institutions to buy contraceptives, including drugs that can disrupt an existing pregnancy, through insurance they offer their own employees. This is part of HHS’s anticipated list of preventive services for women that private insurance programs must provide under the new health reform law.
The exemption is limited, to say the least. The pastor in the Catholic parish doesn’t have to buy the Pill for his employees, but the religious order that runs a Catholic hospital has to foot the bill for surgical sterilizations. And diocesan Catholic Charities agencies have to use money that would be better spent on feeding the poor to underwrite services that violate church teachings.
Whatever you think of artificial birth control, HHS’s command that everyone, including churches, must pay for it exalts ideology over conscience and common sense.
Perhaps HHS is unduly influenced by lobbyists. No surprise there. Certainly a major lobbyist is Planned Parenthood, the nation’s chief proponent of contraceptive services. Contraceptive services make a lot of money for Planned Parenthood clinics, which (again no surprise) provide the “services” HHS has mandated.
HHS and Planned Parenthood are narrow in focus. Respect for religious rights isn’t likely a key concern for them. However, it ought to be a key concern for President Obama, who last year promised to respect religious rights as he garnered support from the church community to pass the health care reform act. To assuage concerns, President Obama went so far as to issue an executive order promising that the health care reform act would not fund abortion or force people and institutions to violate their consciences. HHS is on its way to violating that promise. For the sake of basic integrity – the President’s keeping his word and for the protection of the right to religious freedom – President Obama needs to speak up now.
This insurance mandate violates our religious rights which are guaranteed in the Constitution.
John Bolton at NRA Convention, Says Obama is "Following the Mexican Line"
John Bolton is spot on! The Obama administration is simply out to lunch and doesn't get *it* when it comes to the Mexican violence which is now spilling over the border into the United States. If anything, their plan is one which violates our constitutional right to bear arms. But is that really surprising with this administration's track record of trampling all over the constitution?
Pittsburgh Union Thuggery: If You Thought Chicago Was Bad...
On Wednesday I was listening to the Quinn & Rose Show and what I heard had me in shock. If you thought that Union thuggery in Chicago was bad - You ain't seen nothing yet. Pittsburgh is much worse because it is Right Out in the Open with threats and intimidation toward businesses.
There are only three businesses in an area of Pittsburgh called Rankin. One of these businesses just happens to be a non-unionized steel company, called W&K Steel. W&K Steel has been targeted by the local union for years because its employees refused to join the local iron workers union. They don't need the unions. The W&K Steel workers are already very well paid and have excellent benefits. The company gives legal refugees and immigrants the opportunity to learn a new trade as well as learning english as a second language. But these are LEGAL REFUGEES, which is not a "protected" class.
Because all of the attempts by the union to force the company to unionize failed, they resorted to below gutter low and voted that the company be labeled a "sweatshop". There are eight criteria which must be met in order to be considered a "sweatshop", and W&K Steel does not meet any of these criteria. Since W&K Steel has always had a superb record with OSHA one would think it would be impossible for the company to be considered a sweatshop, but because of underhanded tactics, the impossible did happen.
Two disgruntled former employees got into bed with the local union to make this successful non-union business pay. Rich Fitzgerald, a Democrat running for Allegheny County Executive and other Democrats on the County Council held meetings on whether the company would be labelled a sweatshop without notifying the company. Then, at the last minute, the company was notified on about the remaining council meeting that would take place before the final vote would take place. Every current W&K employee showed up at the meeting in support of the company and waited the entire time to be able to testify, but the County Council refused to allow them to offer testimony in that meeting, nor during the sunsequent meeting in which the resolution would be passed. W&K President Ed Wilhelm has understandably characterized the council's action as a "kangaroo court". All eleven Democrats voted to label the non-union steel fabrication firm a "sweatshop" on account of the opportunities it afforded to legal immigrants. All four Republican abstained from the vote, and the motion passed on Tuesday.
As a result of calls from outraged listeners to the Warroom, the Quinn and Rose morning show on WPGB Newstalk 104.7, County Executive Dan Onorato released a statement vowing to veto the County Council's action. He gave three reasons for his decision to veto the council's action, and promised more details supporting his reasons will given in his veto letter. Onorato will have seven days from the time he officially receives the decision of the council in writing to veto it. Unfortunately, all it will take for the council to override Onorato's veto is if ten out of the eleven Democrats who voted for the original motion vote continue to support it.
Please be aware, this isn't just a local issue. Wherever you live, this is your problem, too. These tactics are going to be implemented by unions everywhere.
Note to the Reader: You will hear phone numbers to call during the second youtube clip. Keep in mind that if you call Dan Onorato, it should be to offer moral support for his decision to veto the council's action. He doesn't need to be berated. He got that already and has decided to do the right thing. But if you want to call the County Council number and give them hell, I will not discourage you.
There are only three businesses in an area of Pittsburgh called Rankin. One of these businesses just happens to be a non-unionized steel company, called W&K Steel. W&K Steel has been targeted by the local union for years because its employees refused to join the local iron workers union. They don't need the unions. The W&K Steel workers are already very well paid and have excellent benefits. The company gives legal refugees and immigrants the opportunity to learn a new trade as well as learning english as a second language. But these are LEGAL REFUGEES, which is not a "protected" class.
Because all of the attempts by the union to force the company to unionize failed, they resorted to below gutter low and voted that the company be labeled a "sweatshop". There are eight criteria which must be met in order to be considered a "sweatshop", and W&K Steel does not meet any of these criteria. Since W&K Steel has always had a superb record with OSHA one would think it would be impossible for the company to be considered a sweatshop, but because of underhanded tactics, the impossible did happen.
Two disgruntled former employees got into bed with the local union to make this successful non-union business pay. Rich Fitzgerald, a Democrat running for Allegheny County Executive and other Democrats on the County Council held meetings on whether the company would be labelled a sweatshop without notifying the company. Then, at the last minute, the company was notified on about the remaining council meeting that would take place before the final vote would take place. Every current W&K employee showed up at the meeting in support of the company and waited the entire time to be able to testify, but the County Council refused to allow them to offer testimony in that meeting, nor during the sunsequent meeting in which the resolution would be passed. W&K President Ed Wilhelm has understandably characterized the council's action as a "kangaroo court". All eleven Democrats voted to label the non-union steel fabrication firm a "sweatshop" on account of the opportunities it afforded to legal immigrants. All four Republican abstained from the vote, and the motion passed on Tuesday.
As a result of calls from outraged listeners to the Warroom, the Quinn and Rose morning show on WPGB Newstalk 104.7, County Executive Dan Onorato released a statement vowing to veto the County Council's action. He gave three reasons for his decision to veto the council's action, and promised more details supporting his reasons will given in his veto letter. Onorato will have seven days from the time he officially receives the decision of the council in writing to veto it. Unfortunately, all it will take for the council to override Onorato's veto is if ten out of the eleven Democrats who voted for the original motion vote continue to support it.
Please be aware, this isn't just a local issue. Wherever you live, this is your problem, too. These tactics are going to be implemented by unions everywhere.
Note to the Reader: You will hear phone numbers to call during the second youtube clip. Keep in mind that if you call Dan Onorato, it should be to offer moral support for his decision to veto the council's action. He doesn't need to be berated. He got that already and has decided to do the right thing. But if you want to call the County Council number and give them hell, I will not discourage you.
Super Bowl XLV Blog Bet: Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Green Bay Packers
Eman, one of my all-time favorite bloggers, is a huge Packers fan and I am a pretty big Steelers fan. I had never been into football, until I moved to Pittsburgh. The Pittsburgh spirit is electric, spreads like wildfire, and before I knew it I was watching football games and cheering for the Steelers. Eman had proposed that we have a friendly blog bet on which team wins the Super Bowl and I thought it would be fun but since he has been too busy or for some other reason he didn't end up proposing a specific bet I am proposing a couple ideas now.
Idea 1: How about the winner picks 6 players for the loser to highlight over a period of 2 weeks?
Idea 2: How about the loser creates a you tube video praising and highlighting the winning team?
Those are the two ideas I came up with so if anyone else has any suggestions they will be much appreciated.
My mother started watching football about the same time that I did but she is a Baltimore Raven's fan. In a recent conversation with her my mom didn't want to hear anything about the Steelers playing in the Super Bowl which I think is totally hilarious. My mom has sour grapes because her team didn't make it to the Super Bowl. My mom said that she is going to be rooting for the Packers. All I have to say to my mom is HA! HA! HA! My Steelers made it to the Super Bowl. That's okay.... The Steelers are ready to kick some Packers butts. Steelers are awesome! If they win, this will be the Steelers seventh Super Bowl win. The Steelers are READY to WIN the SUPER BOWL!
GO! STEELERS GO!!
BIG STORM - Powers Back
Last night my power went out somewhere between 4:30 and 5:00 pm and it wasn't restored until the wee hours of the morning. I wish that I could have visited everyones blogs yesterday but I couldn't. I'll be visiting shortly, though. I have never seen rain that came down in sheets like it did yesterday. I couldn't even see my car! Other than that, it was so, so boring yesterday without any electricity available. I am just thankful that my power is up and running again.
From Tribune-Review - "Wind gusts estimated at nearly 70 mph sent trees crashing onto cars in Mt. Lebanon and Banksville, according to National Weather Service reports and emergency dispatchers. Small hail was reported across the South Hills, the weather service said."
"About 100,000 Duquesne Light and Allegheny Power customers lost power at the height of the storm.
Lightning shattered the steeple at a former South Side church housing the Pittsburgh Action Against Rape offices, sending the wooden, brick and copper structure through the roof and ceilings of the three-story building on South 19th Street."
'"There's a steeple on my chair," said Leah Vallone, the center's supervisor of crisis intervention, who escaped injury because she was in a meeting. "I was religious, but I think I will be even more so now."'
Here is a link to a video showing some of the aftermath of the storm - http://kdka.com/video/?id=76202@kdka.dayport.com
From Tribune-Review - "Wind gusts estimated at nearly 70 mph sent trees crashing onto cars in Mt. Lebanon and Banksville, according to National Weather Service reports and emergency dispatchers. Small hail was reported across the South Hills, the weather service said."
"About 100,000 Duquesne Light and Allegheny Power customers lost power at the height of the storm.
Lightning shattered the steeple at a former South Side church housing the Pittsburgh Action Against Rape offices, sending the wooden, brick and copper structure through the roof and ceilings of the three-story building on South 19th Street."
'"There's a steeple on my chair," said Leah Vallone, the center's supervisor of crisis intervention, who escaped injury because she was in a meeting. "I was religious, but I think I will be even more so now."'
Here is a link to a video showing some of the aftermath of the storm - http://kdka.com/video/?id=76202@kdka.dayport.com
Christianity and Voting for Obama: Compatible?
We are big fans of the Quinn and Rose morning show out of Pittsburgh. On the 28th of July, Rose read an email from an old acquaintance who was taking her to task for a particular controversial position she has aired in recent weeks - that a person cannot be a true Christian and an Obama voter, and that people of faith who voted for Obama need to repent and apologize for their lapse. On the surface, it is easy for a conservative pro-life Christian to agree. But what does Rose really mean by that? On one level, it seems clear that support of abortion is incompatible with faith in Jesus Christ and His teachings. But it is not so clear that every person of faith who voted for Obama was thinking “The hell with the babies, I want government-run health care,” or “Who cares about murdering infants in the womb - we need a black president.” It’s just possible that a person of faith who voted for Obama might focus their thoughts on the second halves of statements like that without considering the abortion issue at all. One might judge their action in this regard as terribly irresponsible and imprudent, and we would not disagree. We might even go as far as to call it a sin - of omission if not one of commission. And there is a limited sense in which any sin is incompatible with faith. But in a broader sense, one which allows for people who love our Lord but still fall into sin on occasion, there remains some doubt whether voting for Obama is on par with driving a pregnant girl to an abortion clinic. Is it really an excommunicable offense? Or is Rose saying something else? I am pretty sure she is not Catholic, so it is open to question whether she believes in the traditional (and Biblical, but that’s another argument) doctrine of mortal sin, a sin that is so serious that by committing such an act a believer can voluntarily extinguish in his or her own soul the light of grace ignited by God, a light that no external force or pressure could be strong enough to put out without the saved soul’s consent. It may be that Rose embraces instead a notion of salvation that would exclude the possibility of a soul truly saved ever being able to commit such a sin, so that if someone does do something really bad, one might say that such a person was never actually saved in the first place (that position renders nonsensical the Protestant Assurance of Salvation doctrine that goes hand in hand with the theological position heretofore described, but, again, that is an argument for another day). In that case, she might think that someone who voted for Obama might not be a believer because that person might never have been saved in the first place. Such an assumption, taken dogmatically, is incompatible with the Catholic faith. It would also be uncharitable to assume any believer who voted for Obama committed a mortal sin. That would necessarily involve a presumption of certain subjective elements in the conscience of the voter which might not have been there and for whose absence they might not be entirely culpable. But if Rose’s assertion is understood as simply saying that no believer in Christ who voted for Obama could have done so in total moral innocence, having fully considered everything that he or she should have before casting such a vote, we wholeheartedly agree with that assertion, so understood. Regardless of whether there is a subjective innocence, there is an objective moral law by which persons who voted for Obama will be judged by God if they do not repent.
- Teresa and Kevin Rice (Teresamerica and The Naked Ontologist)
Here is the audio of that particular segment
of the Quinn and Rose Morning Show:
- Teresa and Kevin Rice (Teresamerica and The Naked Ontologist)
Here is the audio of that particular segment
of the Quinn and Rose Morning Show:
Device Found & Detonated in Pittsburgh; NYC Connection?
Another Black Conservative has been kind enough to allow me to repost his wonderful post.
Fox News: PITTSBURGH -- Police say a suspected device near the finish line of the Pittsburgh Marathon prompted them to halt the race briefly while it was rendered harmless.
Police say the device was found in a small microwave oven on the sidewalk after the leaders had finished the course Sunday morning. Police Lt. Kevin Kraus says several blocks were cordoned off near the original finish line for the marathon and half-marathon and police tried to reroute the race but eventually ended up delaying it for 10 to 12 minutes.
The bomb squad used a robot to disable the device, which Kraus says investigators now believe was not an actual explosive.
The all-clear was given shortly before 11 a.m. About 5,000 people took part in the full marathon.
The disruption comes a day after a car-bomb scare in New York emptied Times Square.
Over at KDKA Channel 2, they have video. They are claiming that there was a pipe bomb inside a microwave oven that was placed in a white box at the end of the Marathon route.
From KDKA: One officer at the scene said that the device was a microwave with a pipe bomb inside. The microwave was in a white box near the entrance of the building.
However, Police Chief Nate Harper would only confirm that there were suspicious contents inside the microwave.
The device was detonated and Liberty Avenue and Grant Street had been blocked off.
Police are looking for who left the device at the location, but police are going to review the surveillance video from security cameras in the area.
From the video at KDKA we once again there are stupid people standing around watching. If this is the American public’s reaction to bomb threats, we are in trouble. People: when bombs are found, leave the area in a calm and orderly fashion. Sticking around to see the action live is beyond foolish.
UPDATE: A Possible Pennsylvania connection?
ABC stated: "I was just watching the mayor's press conference on the Times Square car bomb and noticed this line. Listen to what NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg says about the fireworks found in the Times Square car bomb."
Here is a video
“…it was made up of consumer grade fireworks that you can buy in Pennsylvania and drive into New York …”
This is just way too close to home for me. This is some scary stuff. This crap needs to be clamped down on, stopped, and quick.
NYPD Wants to Know: Have You Seen this Man? (video link below)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2010/may/03/usa-terrorism-times-square-al-qaeda
H/T Another Black Consrvative
Fox News: PITTSBURGH -- Police say a suspected device near the finish line of the Pittsburgh Marathon prompted them to halt the race briefly while it was rendered harmless.
Police say the device was found in a small microwave oven on the sidewalk after the leaders had finished the course Sunday morning. Police Lt. Kevin Kraus says several blocks were cordoned off near the original finish line for the marathon and half-marathon and police tried to reroute the race but eventually ended up delaying it for 10 to 12 minutes.
The bomb squad used a robot to disable the device, which Kraus says investigators now believe was not an actual explosive.
The all-clear was given shortly before 11 a.m. About 5,000 people took part in the full marathon.
The disruption comes a day after a car-bomb scare in New York emptied Times Square.
Over at KDKA Channel 2, they have video. They are claiming that there was a pipe bomb inside a microwave oven that was placed in a white box at the end of the Marathon route.
From KDKA: One officer at the scene said that the device was a microwave with a pipe bomb inside. The microwave was in a white box near the entrance of the building.
However, Police Chief Nate Harper would only confirm that there were suspicious contents inside the microwave.
The device was detonated and Liberty Avenue and Grant Street had been blocked off.
Police are looking for who left the device at the location, but police are going to review the surveillance video from security cameras in the area.
From the video at KDKA we once again there are stupid people standing around watching. If this is the American public’s reaction to bomb threats, we are in trouble. People: when bombs are found, leave the area in a calm and orderly fashion. Sticking around to see the action live is beyond foolish.
UPDATE: A Possible Pennsylvania connection?
ABC stated: "I was just watching the mayor's press conference on the Times Square car bomb and noticed this line. Listen to what NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg says about the fireworks found in the Times Square car bomb."
Here is a video
“…it was made up of consumer grade fireworks that you can buy in Pennsylvania and drive into New York …”
This is just way too close to home for me. This is some scary stuff. This crap needs to be clamped down on, stopped, and quick.
NYPD Wants to Know: Have You Seen this Man? (video link below)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2010/may/03/usa-terrorism-times-square-al-qaeda
H/T Another Black Consrvative
Will Comcast Air Kelsey Grammer's 'Right Network?'
Here is Scott Baker and Liz Stephans of the B-Cast discussing on whether Comcast will air Kelsey Grammer's 'Right Network.' It looks like it would be good and hope it is aired.
Pittsburgh Tax Day Tea Party-- Rose Tennant, Declaration of Independence Explained & Pastor C.L. Bryant
Here are a few videos of me attending the Pittsburgh Tea Party:
There were two buses heading from Pittsburgh to Washington D.C., and Reverend C.L. Bryant actually rode on our bus part of the way to D.C. It was exciting!! He was so insightful into the politics of Barack Obama and talked about the difference between Obama's Czars and Bush's Czars. He also shared how he became involved with the Tea Party movement. He is such a brilliant and inspirational speaker!!
There were two buses heading from Pittsburgh to Washington D.C., and Reverend C.L. Bryant actually rode on our bus part of the way to D.C. It was exciting!! He was so insightful into the politics of Barack Obama and talked about the difference between Obama's Czars and Bush's Czars. He also shared how he became involved with the Tea Party movement. He is such a brilliant and inspirational speaker!!
Tax Day Tea Party Time!
I am feeling better today so I will be attending a couple Tea Parties today. First, I am attending our local Pittsburgh Tea Party. Then, I will be heading on a bus and attending the D.C. Tax Day Tea Party. Everyone have a wonderful time and beware of "Party Crashers" at your local Tea Party. One suggestion: Inviting the Tea Party Crashers to find out about the Tea Party movement or ignoring them may prove to be more effective than getting into an argument and yelling ensuing.
Pictures of Snowmageddon in Pittsburgh
Here are some photos that I shot during the most recent massive snow storm that blanketed the east coast along with some of the mid-west, including in Pittsburgh.
Snow, Glorious Snow! Or Not? -- Father Knows Best
It was one heck of a journey getting home from classes today. SNOW!, Glorious, SNOW! . Or NOT? Thank God for there being a neutral gear. The neutral gear is very useful in inclement weather. While driving home, and what seemed to be before the snow plows and salt trucks made it to the back roads, I almost went swivy swervy into the next lane. Well, may dad has given me great driving advice over the years. My dad was a great driving instructor!!! He has always emphasized to me the importance of using neutral when going sliding in the snow. As the saying goes, Father knows best! And, it is oh, so true! Then, while traveling on a busier route a dang truck splashed a huge amount of slush and snow right on my windshield and I couldn't get my wipers to work for a few seconds. Well, I was close to panicking. I tell you, those moments felt like an eternity to me at the time. Thank goodness I got my wipers to work, and I didn't crash into anyone in front of me and no car crashed into me either. I do believe that God was watching out for me. It ended up taking me about three times the normal amount of time it usually takes for me to get home. The back roads were awful. I was lucky there weren't too many cars out on the road. We are forecasted to get anywhere between 10 and 14 inches. My husband gets done with work at midnight and I am supposed to be picking him up tonight. Oh BOY! We'll see how picking him up goes. Round 2 with SNOW, glorious, SNOW., or NOT? He might end up calling a cab and I hope the cab drivers will still be working with the snow accumulating like it is, because I really hate driving in the snow. I am home, safe, warm and in my apartment relaxing for now.
Here is an episode from the T.V. show, Father Knows Best:
Here is an episode from the T.V. show, Father Knows Best:
OVARIES: Lock 'Em Away!
From Pittsburgh-Tribune, a Pittsburgh woman is accused of leaving her baby in the car: PITTSBURGH (AP) -- A Pittsburgh woman is accused of leaving her baby girl locked in a car in subfreezing temperatures.
Twenty-five-year-old Dori Lee Zielmanski was arrested after she returned to the car Monday evening.
Police say she told them she left the baby in the car while she went to the bathroom. Investigators say a passer-by noticed the child and called police.
Authorities say the baby was left alone for at least 15 minutes in the car in the Bloomfield neighborhood.
Zielmanski faces charges including child endangerment. She was arraigned early Tuesday morning. It was not immediately clear if she was still in custody.
The baby was transported to a hospital to be checked out. Social workers are now caring for the girl.
"...better put our uteruses in a lockbox...!" Camryn Manheim on her fellow liberal pro-choicers at the 2004 Abortion Yes! rally (so-named because --of course-- pro-choicers are not pro-abortion, right?)
FEMINAZI
Alright, stupidity is the word of the day. How can women, mothers specifically, but also people in general lack, be so lacking in common sense and turn into irresponsible nitwits? Did common sense go out the window? AAAHHHH!!! (scream) Some people are too stupid or not raised properly by their parents to know how to take care of babies and kids of their own. These people who are stupid should not engage in "safe" sex. It makes me think of the image below. It comes to us from Sig94 at Goomba News Network. He came up with this funny slogan in response to N.O.W. and other pro-abortion groups who are against the Tim Tebow ad airing during the Super Bowl. I think it is most appropos for this situation also. First of all, who in the heck in their right mind would leave a baby or child in their car? In an unsafe neighborhood? Bloomfield is an okay neighborhood, but in my opinion it is not an extra specially safe neighborhood. But, regardless, anyone with any amount of parenting skills whatsoever would NEVER, and I'll repeat this, would NEVER leave their child in a car, let alone in a freezing car. In today's society is there some stupidity contest going on? It sure seems like it. In a poster below you will see that Should women in our society who display a blatant lack of respect for human life, or de-valuing of human life, and nonsensical women who lack the necessary skills to properly take care of their children be sent off to the school of morality & common sense? Sending them off to a school that teaches morals, values, and the difference between right and wrong would really help our society.
Twenty-five-year-old Dori Lee Zielmanski was arrested after she returned to the car Monday evening.
Police say she told them she left the baby in the car while she went to the bathroom. Investigators say a passer-by noticed the child and called police.
Authorities say the baby was left alone for at least 15 minutes in the car in the Bloomfield neighborhood.
Zielmanski faces charges including child endangerment. She was arraigned early Tuesday morning. It was not immediately clear if she was still in custody.
The baby was transported to a hospital to be checked out. Social workers are now caring for the girl.
"...better put our uteruses in a lockbox...!" Camryn Manheim on her fellow liberal pro-choicers at the 2004 Abortion Yes! rally (so-named because --of course-- pro-choicers are not pro-abortion, right?)
FEMINAZI
Alright, stupidity is the word of the day. How can women, mothers specifically, but also people in general lack, be so lacking in common sense and turn into irresponsible nitwits? Did common sense go out the window? AAAHHHH!!! (scream) Some people are too stupid or not raised properly by their parents to know how to take care of babies and kids of their own. These people who are stupid should not engage in "safe" sex. It makes me think of the image below. It comes to us from Sig94 at Goomba News Network. He came up with this funny slogan in response to N.O.W. and other pro-abortion groups who are against the Tim Tebow ad airing during the Super Bowl. I think it is most appropos for this situation also. First of all, who in the heck in their right mind would leave a baby or child in their car? In an unsafe neighborhood? Bloomfield is an okay neighborhood, but in my opinion it is not an extra specially safe neighborhood. But, regardless, anyone with any amount of parenting skills whatsoever would NEVER, and I'll repeat this, would NEVER leave their child in a car, let alone in a freezing car. In today's society is there some stupidity contest going on? It sure seems like it. In a poster below you will see that Should women in our society who display a blatant lack of respect for human life, or de-valuing of human life, and nonsensical women who lack the necessary skills to properly take care of their children be sent off to the school of morality & common sense? Sending them off to a school that teaches morals, values, and the difference between right and wrong would really help our society.
STOP Terror Trials in Pittsburgh; Tim Murphy Vows NO Terror Trials
The safest place to try these terrorists and achieve justice without breaking the government's piggy bank and increasing the deficit, and keeping everyone in the United States safe is at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. Having the trials at Gitmo would take care of all the issues revolving around these trials for enemy combatants or terrorists. Murphy vows NO PITTSBURGH TERROR TRIALS. Everyone in the Pittsburgh area and in PA must stand up and say no terror trials HERE. This cockamamie B.S. Must stop!!! The Obama administration seems to be doing everything in their power to undermine our national security. And, by having the trials anywhere within the United States proper they are endangering U.S. citizens' lives and exposing the United States to an increased possibility of another major terrorist attack.
For anyone to think that these extremely dangerous terrorists who plotted to kill 3000 innocent Americans, who were captured on a foreign battlefield, should receive the same rights as civilians living within the United States is absurd, despicable, irresponsible, and plain callous with respect to American lives and our safety. These people lack the necessary intelligence and conceptual ability to understand about how our military system works as opposed to the laws of common criminals within the United States. These terrorists do not have miranda rights. People who are applying American rights to terrorists captured on a foreign battlefield are displaying cultural imperialism of the worst kind.This lunacy must stop!!! We must stop these terror trials from being located in Pittsburgh or any other city within the United States. These terrorists must be tried in front of a military tribunal.
As the Obama Administration seeks to move the trials of self-professed 9/11 plot mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his four accomplices out of New York City to the Western District of Pennsylvania, Congressman Tim Murphy (PA-18) released the following statement:
“The forum shopping by the Justice Department for the Khalid Sheikh Mohammed trial clearly reveals the underlying problems in trying international terrorists and enemy war combatants as domestic criminals in the U.S. criminal justice system.
“We aren't talking about shoplifters or tax evaders, these terrorists are murderers of thousands of innocent Americans and have committed unspeakable acts of war against our country.
“No amount of federal funding can compensate for the risk that this trial would place on the people of Pennsylvania or any other state in our Union. It is outrageous, insensitive and misguided for the President and the Attorney General to unnecessarily jeopardize the safety of U.S. citizens by moving these trials to anywhere outside of the military base at Guantanamo.
“We are seeing universal rejection across party lines and state lines because the American people do not want the government treating terrorism as a U.S. law enforcement issue. Bringing terrorists into Pittsburgh for trial would put a target on our local judges, jurors and all the citizens of our region for a terrorist attack and is a move that that I will fight on all fronts to stop.”
From the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review:
Politicians began lining up Friday against a potential trial of 9/11 terror suspects in Western Pennsylvania, where one of the hijacked airliners crashed.
"Although we are not dead set against it, we would have to hear two things," Gov. Ed Rendell said after New York's top police official said he thinks the trial won't take place there. "First, why it would be safer for Western Pennsylvania than for New York City; and second, what portion of the cost for security and other things would the federal government absorb?"
The Obama administration is drafting plans to move out of Manhattan the trials of professed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four alleged accomplices, two administration officials said.
"As Pennsylvania directly experienced part of the attack on September 11th, we are acutely interested in seeing the perpetrators brought to justice," said Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato. "However, the last thing Pennsylvania needs is a terrorist trial that raises security concerns and places even more of a burden on our taxpayers."
The Sixth Amendment dictates that civilian trials for the suspects must be held in one of the areas where planes crashed Sept. 11, 2001, according to Bruce Antkowiak, a law professor at Duquesne University. That leaves the Southern District of New York, the Eastern District of Virginia -- the location of the Pentagon -- or the Western District of Pennsylvania, which includes Somerset County, where United Flight 93 crashed.
"The presumption is the trial should take place in the district that the crime was committed," Antkowiak said.
Officials in this district's three federal courthouses in Downtown, Erie and Johnstown said they had no word of a move to Pennsylvania. Chief U.S. District Judge Gary Lancaster said he couldn't comment on any matter that might come before the court. Federal agencies in Pittsburgh referred questions to the Justice Department.
Justice spokesman Dean Boyd said he couldn't confirm whether the trial would move, or where it would go.
"We are considering our options," he said.
Mary Beth Buchanan, the former U.S. attorney for Western Pennsylvania, said holding the trial in this district would be expensive and drain resources.
"It's impossible to predict how long this trial might take," she said, noting the complicated charges. It would tie up U.S. marshals who protect courtrooms, she said.
"It would be outrageous to put the financial burden of these trials on the citizens of Western Pennsylvania," Buchanan said.
Sens. Bob Casey Jr. and Arlen Specter said they had no information the trial would move to Pennsylvania, but they oppose the idea and told the Obama administration.
"Mayor Bloomberg has given good reasons why the trial should not be held in New York City, and that same reasoning would apply for Pennsylvania as well," said Specter, D-Philadelphia.
Specter's opponent in the May primary, U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak, said he supports civil trials in U.S. courts for terror suspects, no matter the location. Republican Senate candidate Pat Toomey opposes holding the trial anywhere but before a military tribunal.
"Holding Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's trial in New York City was a terrible idea from the beginning, due to the many security concerns, but moving the trial elsewhere does not solve the problem," Toomey said.
The plan to hold the trial in New York started to unravel when police Commissioner Raymond Kelly detailed costs and logistical challenges of ensuring security at the Federal Courthouse in lower Manhattan, he said.
Criticism of the plan that Attorney General Eric Holder announced last year reached a crescendo this week when Mayor Michael Bloomberg reversed his earlier support.
New York Gov. David Paterson said he was "elated that our concerns are being considered by the president and the federal government."
Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl would have similar concerns, his spokeswoman said.
"The same ones outlined by Mayor Mike Bloomberg -- that the trial could put our citizens in danger, as well as the exorbitant costs associated with the trial, something that we could not withstand," spokeswoman Joanna Doven said.
Hosting such a high-profile trial poses a slew of security challenges, from international terrorist organizations seeking to disrupt it to domestic hate groups, said Danny Defenbaugh, a security consultant and 33-year veteran of the FBI. The threats remain the same no matter where the trial takes place, he said.
"An example that is much less magnified is when we moved the Oklahoma City bombing trial from Oklahoma City to Denver," Defenbaugh said. "We still had the same types of hate groups (to guard against). It didn't matter to them whether we were in Oklahoma City or St. Louis, Mo."
Moving the trial would be a setback for President Obama. His administration spent weeks defending its handling of terror threats after the attempted Christmas Day bombing of a Detroit-bound airliner, which reignited the debate about whether terror suspects should face civilian or military justice.
Obama long has supported trying some terrorists in federal, civilian court, while Republicans argue terrorists should be tried in military tribunals where other Guantanamo Bay detainees will be judged.
White House spokesman Bill Burton said Obama believes Mohammed and his alleged accomplices could be successfully and securely brought to justice in a federal court.
Here is a Channel 4 news video on this matter (unfortunately embedding was disabled).
Planning February 6th Protests Against KSM's Civilian Trial in NYC
Since hearing the news from Eric Holder God has inspired me and I have felt called to do something in response to this agriegous act being perpetraited by our own government. I came up with the idea to have a day of protests in both New York City and in the Pittsburgh/Shanksville area. The protests will take place on February 6, 2010. Michael Johns, the National Tea Party Leader and a friend from twitter, and Greg a friend from the group PCRG which I joined earlier this year is helping out with the planning this event. I would love it if you would attend one of the protests. The plan is for the protest in New York City to start at 11:00am and the one in Pittsburgh will start at 3:00pm. Michael Johns has most generously agreed to speak at both protests. Pamela Geller from Atlas Shrugs has been most gracious and agreed to be a speaker in NYC. I have emailed Glenn Beck and will email Sean Hannity today. I have started a facebook group also. I hate asking for donations but being a college student of financially limited means, we are looking for donations in order to pay for the protest fees and sound systems. Any amount would be greatly appreciated. And, if you have any ideas on how to promote this great cause I appreciate any and all ideas.
There is no good reason for the decision to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in a New York City civil court room. Everything was in place to have these terrorists tried in front of a military commission. At no time in history have our military been required to give our enemy miranda rights which are required for a defendent who has a civilian trial in America. So, are all their admissions of guilt going to be thrown our because of not being mirandized? Is this what Eric Holder and Obama want? I don't know. If they truly loved this country and cared about the American people's safety Holder and Obama would have let the military commission proceed with their trials against these terrorists- our ENEMY. Eric Holder and President Obama are extending rights to KSM and the other terrorists as if they were civilians living in the U.S., or U.S. citizens, when they were actually captured on a foreign battlefield. I will say this again: This is unconscionable!!
Here is both the definition of an unlawful enemy combatant and the explanation of the jurisdiction of military commission as outlined by the Military Commissions Act of 2006. With these provisions in place to try terrorists in front of military commissions there is absolutely no good reason why KSM and the four other terrorists are being tried in a New York City civilan court room.
‘‘In this chapter:
‘‘(1) UNLAWFUL ENEMY COMBATANT.—(A) The term ‘unlawful
enemy combatant’ means—
‘‘(i) a person who has engaged in hostilities or who
has purposefully and materially supported hostilities
against the United States or its co-belligerents who is
not a lawful enemy combatant (including a person who
is part of the Taliban, al Qaeda, or associated forces);
or
‘‘(ii) a person who, before, on, or after the date of
the enactment of the Military Commissions Act of 2006,
has been determined to be an unlawful enemy combatant
by a Combatant Status Review Tribunal or another competent
tribunal established under the authority of the
President or the Secretary of Defense.
‘‘(B) CO-BELLIGERENT.—In this paragraph, the term ‘cobelligerent’,
with respect to the United States, means any State
or armed force joining and directly engaged with the United
States in hostilities or directly supporting hostilities against
a common enemy.
‘‘§ 948d. Jurisdiction of military commissions
‘‘(a) JURISDICTION.—A military commission under this chapter
shall have jurisdiction to try any offense made punishable by this
chapter or the law of war when committed by an alien unlawful
enemy combatant before, on, or after September 11, 2001.
‘‘(b) LAWFUL ENEMY COMBATANTS.—Military commissions under
this chapter shall not have jurisdiction over lawful enemy combatants.
Lawful enemy combatants who violate the law of war are
subject to chapter 47 of this title. Courts-martial established under
that chapter shall have jurisdiction to try a lawful enemy combatant
for any offense made punishable under this chapter.
‘‘(c) DETERMINATION OF UNLAWFUL ENEMY COMBATANT STATUS
DISPOSITIVE.—A finding, whether before, on, or after the date of
the enactment of the Military Commissions Act of 2006, by a
Combatant Status Review Tribunal or another competent tribunal
established under the authority of the President or the Secretary
of Defense that a person is an unlawful enemy combatant is dispositive
for purposes of jurisdiction for trial by military commission
under this chapter.
‘‘(d) PUNISHMENTS.—A military commission under this chapter
may, under such limitations as the Secretary of Defense may prescribe,
adjudge any punishment not forbidden by this chapter,
including the penalty of death when authorized under this chapter
or the law of war.
Here are the first three parts Hannity's special episode called Terror on Trial:
I will post the other parts of the episode soon.
G-20 and The Pleasant Face Of Martial Law
The Wednesday before the G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh, my husband Kevin, a friend, and I went down to Pittsburgh to look for protesters. Instead, we ended up finding the "green Jobs" rally. It was quite interesting. The music was pretty good. Meanwhile that same day there were Green Peace protesters who decided to act a little nutty and dangle off the West End Bridge. Earlier in the week I had heard about something very disturbing regarding the protesters. The police had found barrels of piss and feces in a warehouse near the Convention Center, where the G-20 was being held last week. And, I couldn't find anything definitive online and then one of my neighbors said someone had encountered a water gun with piss in it on a road near us. Then, there were the violent G-20 Resistance protesters who were illegally protesting and causing major havoc for our fine police officers.
Then, on Friday during the G-20 Summit we traversed to downtown Pittsburgh again. We looked for protesters once again, but only ended up finding a few clusters of protesters. Thanks heavens, these protesters were peaceful and actually really nice. One set of protesters actually stopped just so I could take pictures and video of them. Downtown Pittsburgh was very peaceful and the streets were quite desolate. There were bunches of police officers but hardly anyone else walking around downtown. My husband referred to this as the "pleasant face of Martial Law."
Here are some videos and pictures of both days:
s:
More pictures
Then, on Friday during the G-20 Summit we traversed to downtown Pittsburgh again. We looked for protesters once again, but only ended up finding a few clusters of protesters. Thanks heavens, these protesters were peaceful and actually really nice. One set of protesters actually stopped just so I could take pictures and video of them. Downtown Pittsburgh was very peaceful and the streets were quite desolate. There were bunches of police officers but hardly anyone else walking around downtown. My husband referred to this as the "pleasant face of Martial Law."
Here are some videos and pictures of both days:
s:More pictures
G-20 Protesters Permits Denied
Two Groups have been
denied Protest Permits
at the G-20 in Pittsburgh, Pa
And This is going to happen in my hometown
One is the ANTI-WAR and ANTI-MILITARY KOOK GROUP
Code Pink
This is Lunacy!!! These Protesters are NUTS!!!!
And I believe the sign calling for the
death of U.S. troops could
be construed as treasonous!!
The second group is yet another left-wing group called Women's International League for Peace and Freedom is against the use of military force in both Iraq and Afghanistan
These two groups of protesters are angry at the fact that
there requests for permits were denied.
The Protesters are behind these issues:
Last night, they assembled at East Liberty Presbyterian Church to talk strategy. These two groups wanted to demonstrate near the
David L. Lawrence Convention Center and Point State Park.
While listening on the radio this morning, I heard that these two groups were planning on protesting even though they had been denied permits. The one place that it sounded like they were planning on showing up that might cause a problem is Point State Park since that is where the police headquarters for the G-20 Summit will be located. The Secret Service will be at that location as well.
Could this be a recipe for Chaos? It certainly sounds like it to me.
And This is going to happen in my hometown
One is the ANTI-WAR and ANTI-MILITARY KOOK GROUP
Code Pink
This is Lunacy!!! These Protesters are NUTS!!!!
And I believe the sign calling for the
death of U.S. troops could
be construed as treasonous!!
The second group is yet another left-wing group called Women's International League for Peace and Freedom is against the use of military force in both Iraq and Afghanistan
These two groups of protesters are angry at the fact that
there requests for permits were denied.
The Protesters are behind these issues:
- Climate Change
- Religion
- War
- Disease
- Jobs
Last night, they assembled at East Liberty Presbyterian Church to talk strategy. These two groups wanted to demonstrate near the
David L. Lawrence Convention Center and Point State Park.
While listening on the radio this morning, I heard that these two groups were planning on protesting even though they had been denied permits. The one place that it sounded like they were planning on showing up that might cause a problem is Point State Park since that is where the police headquarters for the G-20 Summit will be located. The Secret Service will be at that location as well.
Could this be a recipe for Chaos? It certainly sounds like it to me.
Five People Dead in Pittsburgh Shooting
Last night, in a suburb of Pittsburgh, PA there was a shooting that has left 5 people dead including the shooter. This was not at a high school, or at a museum, but at a fitness center, where people were simply exercising.
Last night at a little past 8:00 in the evening a gunman came into the L.A. Fitness in Bridgeville, PA and just started shooting.
"A witness tells the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette newspaper she was in an exercise class when a man came in a back door and started shooting. Ashley Ogordowski says a friend of hers was among the wounded."
"Gym member Lauren Dooley tells the Post-Gazette she heard 12 to 15 shots."
According to KDKA News in Pittsburgh, the shooter's website has some insight into his plan. The shooter, George Sodini, had a blog that has since been taken down, but Shabooty has some of his latest postings recorded in his diary.
" The final entry of the diary was from Tuesday. In it, Sodini says that he spoke with a neighbor who was upbeat, but that full concentration was necessary for him to complete his task."
"Maybe soon, I will see God and Jesus. At least that is what I was told. Eternal life does not depend on works. If it did, we will all be in hell… I was reading the Bible and The Integrity of God beginning yesterday, because soon I will see them."
What a psycho!! and What a Sicko :(
One of the people that was shot and killed was a woman who just happened to be pregnant and this was to be her last night working at L.A. Fitness. This is just pure nonsense!! I am thankful that this violent individual is now permanently off the streets. I don't know whether committing both multiple murders and suicide sends you straight to HELL, but in any case I think there is a very heated place reserved for this criminal in the afterlife.
Last night at a little past 8:00 in the evening a gunman came into the L.A. Fitness in Bridgeville, PA and just started shooting.
"A witness tells the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette newspaper she was in an exercise class when a man came in a back door and started shooting. Ashley Ogordowski says a friend of hers was among the wounded."
"Gym member Lauren Dooley tells the Post-Gazette she heard 12 to 15 shots."
According to KDKA News in Pittsburgh, the shooter's website has some insight into his plan. The shooter, George Sodini, had a blog that has since been taken down, but Shabooty has some of his latest postings recorded in his diary.
" The final entry of the diary was from Tuesday. In it, Sodini says that he spoke with a neighbor who was upbeat, but that full concentration was necessary for him to complete his task."
"Maybe soon, I will see God and Jesus. At least that is what I was told. Eternal life does not depend on works. If it did, we will all be in hell… I was reading the Bible and The Integrity of God beginning yesterday, because soon I will see them."
What a psycho!! and What a Sicko :(
One of the people that was shot and killed was a woman who just happened to be pregnant and this was to be her last night working at L.A. Fitness. This is just pure nonsense!! I am thankful that this violent individual is now permanently off the streets. I don't know whether committing both multiple murders and suicide sends you straight to HELL, but in any case I think there is a very heated place reserved for this criminal in the afterlife.
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