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Thursday, May 16, 2013

Lehigh Valley Tea Party Statement on IRS Scandal

The Lehigh Valley Tea Party issued this statement on the scandal over IRS targeting of Tea Party groups for scrutiny.

The Lehigh Valley Tea Party has followed the rules since its creation in 2009. Our organization has tried very hard to do everything the way we're supposed to. We consulted lawyers and advocacy experts about legal options for non-profit grassroots organizations, and applied to the IRS for tax exempt status just like non-profit groups engaged in all kinds of activities do all over the nation every day. We believe that the Lehigh Valley Tea Party provides a vehicle for patriotic Americans with a wide variety of political affiliations to voice their opinions and become more educated about the important issues of the day. We are not a political organization, and our group's bylaws specifically prevent us from endorsing or opposing political …

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Rich Cranium

9:33 am on Monday, May 20, 2013

Kilgore what you are saying is the equivalent of saying that women who dress provocatively invite sexual harassment or rape.   more ›

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Lehigh Valley Tea Party Calls for Government Cuts

The Lehigh Valley has issued a statement on the so-called 'fiscal cliff' government crisis

In response to the current 2013 Government Spending Crisis (deceptively called the “fiscal cliff”), the Lehigh Valley Tea Party (LVTP) asks our Representatives and Senators, as a first step toward a solution to this crisis, to vote for legislation cutting the size and power of government. The federal government cuts should start with eliminating the wasteful cost of departments performing improper functions of government at the federal level. The first federal departments to be abolished with the control of these functions picked up by the states are: Education, Energy, Health & Human Services, Commerce, and the Environmental Protection Agency.  These department eliminations will help to eradicate costly waste in addition to the abuse of …

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Wayne Schissler

9:26 am on Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Well, the grand deal of the moment is basically kicking any talk about spending cuts to a March deadline, meanwhile taxes go up. According to the Congressional Budget Office, if the sequestration (the so-called "fiscal cliff") stays in place, discretionary spending would grow from $1.047 to $1.147 trillion. That's right, a cut in growth, not a real cut. And federal workers and congress all get a …   more ›

Friday, June 8, 2012

Tea Party Candidate, Docs Blast 'Obamacare'

At Bethlehem forum, a congressional candidate, two local doctors and a nurse say ‘Obamacare’ will destroy the health care system.

President Obama’s signature health care law is going to undermine doctor-patient relationships, close hospitals, cripple small businesses and result in rationed care, according to four health care professionals, including a congressional candidate, who spoke at a forum in Bethlehem Wednesday night. The Lehigh Valley Coalition for Health Care Reform, a nonprofit with ties to conservative and physicians groups, presented the two-hour forum at Bethlehem Area Public Library to a sympathetic crowd of about 25. The panel included Laureen Cummings, a Scranton Tea Party founder and the Republican candidate for the redistricted 17th congressional district, currently held by Tim Holden. Cummings, an LPN who owns a home health care agency in Old …

Thursday, February 2, 2012

Tea Party to Host Prof Known for "Water Buffalo" Case

University of Pennsylvania Professor will speak at Lehigh Valley Tea Party meeting Friday

University of Pennsylvania History Professor Alan Charles Kors will speak on "Can There Be An 'After Socialism' ?" as part of the monthly meeting of the Lehigh Valley Tea Party on Friday, Feb. 3 at the Charles Chrin Community Center in Palmer Township. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Program will run from 7 to 9 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Civil libertarian Kors is the author of "The Shadow University: The Betrayal of Liberty on America's Campuses." He opposes college "speech codes" such as harassment policies and student conduct codes that limit First Ammendment rights. Copies of Kors' book will be available for purchase at the program. Kors is known for his role in "water buffalo" incident at Penn in which a student shouted "…

Cheryl

11:12 am on Friday, February 3, 2012

Show your support for the tea party movement with flag, banners or lapel pins with the gadsden design at http://www.gettysburgflag.com/TEA-Party.php   more ›

Monday, December 5, 2011

Tea Party Speaker Says Privatize Public Schools

Author tells Lehigh Valley Tea Party that public school system should be dismantled.

An audience of about 100 gathered at this month's Lehigh Valley Tea Party meeting to see Andrew Bernstein, author of “Capitalist Solutions: A Philosophy of American Moral Dilemmas,” published in October by Transaction Publishers, give his book talk and lecture “Free Market Education” Friday evening at the Chrin Community Center in Palmer Township. Bernstein claims there has been a “horrific decline in educational quality since 1850” and says the public school system should be abolished in favor of private, for-profit educational institutions. “Almost 90 percent of American children are forced to attend abysmal public schools,” he said. “Our education system is in a shambles.” Taxes make it impossible for many to send their children to …

I Am Knowledge

12:25 pm on Wednesday, December 7, 2011

This is all about not wanting to accept the bell curve. Some kids are really really smart. They do great in public schools, take AP courses, get college credits, become doctors, lawyers, accountants, engineers, etc. They you have the less gifted kids. They don't do as well... why? They're less gifted. Then you have the dim kids. Nothing will help here, they are dim. THE BELL CURVE. It's always …   more ›

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