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Monday, April 28, 2008
Dems and Quilts on First Friday in Lancaster
 Don't miss
First Friday at the Heritage Center Museum and the Lancaster Quilt
and Textile Museum on Friday, May 2nd from 5:00-9:00 p.m. The event
is part of the monthly First Friday event held in Lancaster City.
Look for New
Merchandise and Fabulous Deals on Existing Items in Our Stores.
Special Feature Artists will be P.J. Rankin Hults' Folk Designed
Paper Cuttings and Louise Kulp's Punch Needle Rug Hooking
Other activities
include the
Ghosts in our Spirit Photography Exhibit
and Meet the Printers at the Heritage
Center Museum which are free.
Come Face-to-Face with Fabulous Rugs and
Quilts at the Quilt Museum is also
free that evening.
Artist Chad
Buffington Exhibits at the “Underground”
 The
Lancaster County Democratic Committee is honored to show a select
sampling of Chad Buffington’s paintings at their recently
refurbished “Underground” activity room in the basement of their
headquarters at 53 N. Duke Street. The public is invited to stop in
on May 2 from 5pm to 8pm as they tour the First Friday events in
Downtown Lancaster. Light refreshments will be served. Music will be
provided by Micky Smith. Watercolors and oils flow with equal ease
from the brush of Chad Buffington, a self-taught artist adept in
multiple media. His faithfully-rendered portraits have made him a
favorite with local institutions for commissioned work that graces
their walls. His portrait of Pennsylvania Academy of Music Founders
Frances Veri and Michael Jamanis will soon be on permanent display
in the new Pennsylvania Academy of Music Building in downtown
Lancaster.
Read more...
Sunday, April 27, 2008
For the Good of the
Party and America, an Obama-Clinton Democratic Ticket by Stephen Crockett, co-host of
Democratic Talk Radio
Our current list of
national economic difficulties and governmental failures is a direct
result of nearly 30 years of failed Republican policies. We are paying
the price in many ways for our national
love affair with slick, emotionally appealing Republican political
rhetoric and candidates. We ignore the harsh reality behind the
deceitful words.
Hillary Clinton
should end her bid for the White House. Obama should offer her the
Vice Presidency. Clinton should accept the offer. It would be a bitter
pill for both to swallow but it is what both the Democratic Party and
the American nation desperately needs. Neither Clinton nor Obama
should place their personal ambition, pride or emotions ahead of the
needs of the American people. Read more...
Wednesday, April 23
Pitts Votes to Cut Medicaid
Benefits to the Poor
 The House of
Representatives voted yesterday to block the Bush Administration from
cutting federal spending on Medicaid benefits for the poor by $13
billion over the next 5 years. Two-thirds of House Republicans joined
the Democrats in voting for the bill which had 220 co-sponsors from
both sides of the aisle.
The proposed Bush White
House cuts were opposed by all 50 State Governors. The final vote was
369 to 62. Congressman Joe Pitts ever the champion of less government
spending unless it goes into the pockets of wealthy corporations,
joined the 62 members of Congress who voted to preserve the cuts.
The
Democratic candidate running for Joe Pitts' seat is Bruce Slater.
Go to Bruce Slater's
campaign website...
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Sunday, April 20, 2008
The
US Economy and the Iraq/Afghanistan Wars
by
Charles M. Melchior,
Chester County, Pennsylvania
While the tendency by many
economic analysts and commentators has been to attribute the recent
precipitous, persistent collapse on Wall Street largely to the sour
housing market and housing mortgages given to sub-prime borrowers at
variable and increasing interest rates, the strain of the Iraq War on
the overall economy, as it added to the Federal Budget deficit and
debt interest costs. has largely been ignored. However, the rather
panicky reactions of the Federal Reserve in the form of large,
emergency interest rate cuts and the supposed stimulus packages of
what some economists are calling too little, too late to the wrong
recipients, plus talk of small possible troop reductions, may indicate
some growing recognition of the severity of the overall economic
crisis, raising new doubts, despite positive claims about the impact
of the troop surge, about the wisdom of continuing this level of
spending. Read more...
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Saturday, April 19, 2008
New Publication Launched in Lancaster
County
The Lancaster Post
published its first edition on Thursday, April 18th and the publishers
believe it will provide Lancaster County with a credible alternative
to the local monopoly press.
The Post is a free issues,
arts, and entertainment weekly that will be distributed in every part
of Lancaster County.
"We heard so many people
complain about Lancaster Newspapers -- that its coverage was biased,
that it was boring -- that we decided a little competition would be
good for everyone," said Ron Harper, Jr. one of two publishers and
editors. Read more...
Friday, April 18, 2008
Public Hearing on the
Marriage Amendment
Tuesday, April 29th
at 9am State Capital, Harrisburg Room 8E-A, East Wing
Harrisburg Rally to
Stop the Marriage Amendment
The Value All
Families Coalition presents The Rally for ALL Families.
May 5, 2008 at 1pm in the State Capital Rotunda.
Lobbying training
will be at 11am in a location TBD.
For more
information, contact Equality Advocates Pennsylvania, 215-731-1447 x10
or visit www.equalitypa.org
Wednesday, April 16,
2008
Republican
Voters Who Are Tired of Joe Pitts can:
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WRITE–IN
BRUCE A. SLATER
on the Republican Ballot
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Many
Republicans in the 16th Congressional district are so displeased with
Joe Pitts voting record, that they intend to write-in Bruce A.
Slater's name in the space provided for write-in under the
Congressional race on the Republican ballot.
Make sure to use Bruce's
full name with the initial "A".
Down load handouts to pass out to
Republican voters at the polls on Tuesday and encourage Republicans to
write-in Bruce A. Slater for Congress...
 Why
Vote for Bruce...
If you go online to find
the positions of the two candidates for the 16th Congressional
District, you'll find a stark differentiation between Bruce Slater and
Joe Pitts. In fact, in several instances, Rep. Pitts has refused to
complete surveys which would detail his views on critical issues. Do
your homework! One site which contains issue statements by the
candidates is
Project Vote Smart. (Scroll down to the 16th Congressional
District.)
 Tuesday,
April 15, 2008
Make History with Hillary
An
“I’m Ready for Hillary” Party will be
held in Elizabethtown on Saturday, April 19th at the home of Lois K.
Herr from 6:30 - 8:30 PM.
Lois invites
friends who love Hillary AND those who are undecided. Refreshments
will be served. The featured guest will be Kim Gandy, President,
National NOW
Women’s rights
activists know hsow important victory in Pennsylvania is to Hillary
Clinton’s campaign for the Presidency and to our lives and future.
Kim Gandy, President of National NOW PAC, and other national and state
NOW leaders are coming to Pennsylvania to meet with NOW members and
feminist voters to tell personal and moving stories about working with
Hillary Clinton on women’s rights issues and underscore our first-hand
knowledge of her commitment to women and families and a better – more
equal – world.
The National NOW PAC
has endorsed Hillary Clinton because she can deliver on DAY ONE and
she is the strongest candidate to win in November – to fix our
shattered economy – to resolve the housing and mortgage crisis – to
develop a health care program that covers ALL Americans – to stand
firm as a strong civil rights and women’s rights leader – to promote
policies that help us juggle work and family - and she will work to
bring our troops home from Iraq from day one.
Contact
Lois K. Herr,
herrlk@embarqmail.com
717-371-5721 cell.
1511 Hickory Run Court, Elizabethtown PA 17022
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Monday, April 14, 2008
 Lois
Herr Promotes Hillary on PALTALK
Lois Herr was featured on
Gary Baumgarten's PALTALK show yesterday, Monday, April 14th from 5 to
6 PM. PALTALK is an online news program. Baumgarten is former
radio bureau chief for CNN and is traveling in PA to talk with people
about the primary election.
Lois, who is a Hillary
delegate and on the Democratic primary ballot, promoted Hillary
Clinton's candidacy and fielded question from a national audience.
Contribute to Gary's blog
Are Pennsylvania Voters Bitter About The Economy? On Paltalk,
click here.
Friday, April 10, 2008
Republican Voters who are tired of Joe Pitts
can:
WRITE–IN
BRUCE A. SLATER
on the Republican Ballot
Many Republicans in
the 16th Congressional district are so displeased with Joe Pitts
voting record, that they intend to write-in Bruce A. Slater's name in
the space provided for write-in under the Congressional race on the
Republican ballot.
Make sure to use Bruce's
full name with the initial "A".
Down load
handouts to pass out to Republican voters at the polls on Tuesday
and encourage Republicans to write-in Bruce A. Slater for Congress...
Sunday, April 6, 2008
Rainbow
Rose Community Rally to Defeat Senate Bill
1250
The Rainbow
Rose Community is sponsoring a rally to
Defeat Senate Bill 1250, the proposed Marriage
Amendment which is currently being addressed
in the Pennsylvania Senate.
The bill
states, "No union other than a marriage
between one man and one woman shall be valid
or recognized as marriage or the functional
equivalent of marriage by the Commonwealth."
The bill would prohibit the marriage or
civil unions between same-sex couples.
The rally is scheduled for Sunday, April
27th from 2:00 to 4:00 PM at the Unitarian
Universalist Church of Lancaster at 538 W.
Chestnut Street.
Read more...
Saturday, April 5,
2008
Clinton not trailing Obama enough to leave race
by
Jay S. Jacobs
Calls for Sen.
Hillary Clinton to drop out of the race for the Democratic nomination
for president are mostly based on the fact that Sen. Barack Obama is
leading in the delegate count.
But Obama's
estimated lead of 164 pledged delegates, when fairly analyzed, is not
what it appears to be. Out of that margin, only 16 delegates were
earned in primaries, while 148 delegates - fully 94 percent of his
lead - were earned through caucuses.
That's an important
distinction when you consider the disparity of voter representation
between primary-elected and caucus-elected delegates.
Read more...
Thursday, April 3, 2008
PA's Marriage Amendment
Discriminates...
by
Paul and Jo Ann Hentz
The 14th Amendment
to the U.S. Constitution provides that “No state shall…deny to any
person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”
Proponents of the
Marriage Amendment to our state Constitution seek to deny a segment of
our population equal protection of the law. But the Marriage Amendment
does not protect the institution of marriage. It is designed to codify
a narrow societal view of marriage which some find difficult to give
up. Codifying these religious preferences will deny same-sex couples
equal protection and therefore the amendment cannot be permitted and
laws now on the books that prohibit same-sex marriage must be
repealed.
Advocacy for denying
same-sex couples the right to marry is an unconscionable act of
discrimination. But more vile are those politicians who play the hate
card to enrich their coffers by exploiting the prejudices of those who
seek to force their own world view on the rest of us.
Advocates of the
marriage amendment are akin to those who advocated for Jim Crow laws
that denied Afro-Americans and others equal protection of the laws in
the previous century. Our own history has taught us the consequences
of discrimination. Discrimination begets prejudice, prejudice begets
intolerance, which begets hatred, which begets murder. We as a nation
have traveled down that path too often.
If our desire is to
strengthen marriage and family, then the state must permit the
marriage of same-sex couples who seek to form a legal, social and
emotional union. Like the rest of us, these families put down roots,
support businesses, pay taxes, and contribute to the stability of our
towns and institutions. There is no rational reason to deny them the
right to marry.
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Comment by Charles Lane
The proponents
of this amendment claim that allowing same sex marriage will
undermine "traditional" marriage. This objection is made without
presenting any proof of what it claims. Any half-way intelligent
observer of the state of marriage in Pennsylvania and the USA
today, must conclude that the real threats to traditional
marriage are: poverty (lack of good-paying jobs and universal
health care), an emphasis on materialism and having it all now,
too much money and not enough compassion, and the bad example of
celebrities. Allowing same sex marriage is not going to increase
or reduce this sad trend; only a change of the national heart
can do that.
Another claim by
those who object to same sex marriage is that children growing up in
such a union will be "influenced" or forced into homosexuality. Again,
these people bring absolutely no proof to support their absurd
contention. In fact, if such a study were made, the result would
surely show that the rate of children raised in a same sex union who
turn out to be homosexual would be no different that the rate of
homosexual children raised in a traditional union.
Claims such as these
are printed in our newspapers and spoken on radio and television every
day, and no one seems able to call the speakers on it. We are a bunch
of cowards, when we should be standing up and demanding that people be
truthful in their claims.
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
From the Editor: Focus on What is Important...
by Lois K. Herr,
Editor
Rather than talking
about how Democrats becoming "unglued," as Terry Madonna said
recently, let's talk about how excited Democrats are about having two
great candidates in a Pennsylvania Presidential Primary.
Let's talk about new
voters registered, voters who have changed parties to join us, and the
overall re-surgence of the Democratic party here in Lancaster County.
Let's focus on how
important it is to end the Iraq war, repair the economy, provide
universal health care, educate our children, protect the rights of
citizens, and provide equal opportunity.
I am confident we
will unite behind the Democratic Candidate in November and change the
direction of our Government.
We must.
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