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White House Rules On Air Obama?

From Politico

Carrie Budoff Brown reports from the flight from Amman to Tel Aviv:

Obama aides were reminded by reporters – for the second time today – that he isn’t in the White House yet, and therefore they can’t invoke White House rules and traditions.

An unpaid foreign policy adviser [who] worked for Clinton) [sic] told reporters that he never, in his four years in the White House, had [to] go on the record for a briefing. Several reporters retorted that they weren’t in the White House.

To read more, visit: http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0708/White_House_rules_on_Air_Obama.html

Mayor Nutter today warned gun owners will have 24 hours after discovering that their firearms are missing to file a report with Philadelphia police. Anyone who fails to do so faces a $1,900 fine. Repeat offenders face up to 90 days in jail.  This is a clear attempt to take away Pennsylvanians 2nd Amendment rights.

While I remain sensitive to the increased violence that the city of Philadelphia is facing, Mayor Nutter's gun restrictions will do nothing to address the real problems.  If the Mayor was really concerned with curbing the violence problem in the City of Philadelphia, why isn’t he fighting to for a comprehensive solution to fight crime?  Pennsylvanians do not need stricter gun laws; they need enforcement of the laws we already have in place and ways to stop the root causes of crime.

We look forward to seeing this measure repealed and continue to support our 2^nd Amendment rights and stand behind all citizens’ right to own a gun.

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Mayor: ‘If you lose your piece, call the police’

By Jeff Shields

INQUIRER STAFF WRITER

Everyone,

I just wanted to share an email we received regarding General Wesley Clark's ignorant statements regarding Senator McCain's military service.

Thanks,
Mike

To Whom This May Concern,

I am a Purple Heart Veteran!

When I was in those muddy trenches in Korea, everyday living was pretty miserable.  However, seeing those brave young men coming out of the sky, diving with their F86s and Corsairs, dropping their 500 and 1000 pound bombs on the enemy was a sight to see.

I thought to myself, it takes a lot of guts for those guys to go into a steep dive to drop those bombs. I often wondered if they knew just how much the infantry down on the ground appreciated what they were doing up there.

We were able to get off our bellies and walk around like normal human beings while they kept the enemy off our backs. To this day, I am still thankful for those brave young men.

I say thank you and God bless Sen. John McCain for his years of service to this country.  It is important to recognize the sacrifices he made when his plane was shot out of the sky and he spent all those years as a POW. Wesley Clark ought to be ashamed of the comments he made about the Senator’s service. It took a lot of guts for John McCain to do what he did.

Corporal Bill Dillon

3rd Infantry Division

1st Cavalry Division

Korea 1951-1953

As the price of oil surges and King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia warns Americans “to get used to high prices,” Barack Obama continues to reject policies to reduce our dependency on foreign sources of energy. 

Obama consistently opposes offshore drilling, an expansion of nuclear energy, and a Federal gas tax holiday.  In fact, Obama has proposed yet another tax on coal and natural gas—critical industries to the economy of Pennsylvania (“Q&A with Sen. Barack Obama,” San Antonio Express-News, 2/19/08).  Although Americans must reach deeper into their pockets to afford $4 a gallon gas, Obama is only interested in advancing the tax-and-spend agenda which has become a hallmark of the Democrat Party.

While Obama offers pithy sound-bites on the economic hardship facing Americans, only John McCain has proposed real solutions to our nation’s energy crisis.  McCain has advocated for an increase in domestic oil production, investing in alternative sources of energy, and promoted energy efficiency.  In addition, John McCain believes Congress must investigate oil speculators and the effect it is having on our soaring energy prices.

The current energy crisis will have profound consequences on the future of the American economy.  As a result, we must ensure that we elect a president who will offer a bold vision for reducing our dependency on foreign oil; and not a president who will propose onerous tax increases.

The choice is clear: John McCain is the only candidate with the experience necessary to change the energy paradigm in America.

“Let’s be real here. U.S. Sen. Barack Obama is breaking his promise to accept only public money for his presidential campaign not so much because, as he says, ‘the system as it stands doesn’t work as it should,’ but primarily because he wants to win -- and Obama can raise a lot more from private sources than the $84.1 million he would get from taxpayer checkoffs.” (Editorial, Detroit Free Press, 06/24/08)

“To justify his breaking of a pledge and becoming the first general election presidential candidate to eschew public funding since it began in 1976, he blames the system and McCain. Well, it’s one thing to break a promise in a presidential race… but it’s quite another to blame one’s opponent as the reason for doing so… Obama has shown a breach of veracity that certainly raises questions about the Mr. Clean, non-politician politician image he has studiously crafted through his spectacular rise to White House contention.” (Thomasson, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 06/24/08)

“Oh, come on. The likelihood of attacks from outside groups was clear when Mr. Obama declared that he would ‘aggressively pursue an agreement with the Republican nominee to preserve a publicly financed general election.’” (Editorial, Orlando Sentinel, 06/25/08)

“It’s the Chicago Way… Obama stressed the need for public funding of presidential campaigns—to limit the dark forces on candidates tempted to trade ideals for cash. So the Chicago guys ran it through the City Hall calculator… He is a young Chicago politician, not by definition but by fact.” (Kass,  Chicago Tribune, 06/25/08)

“What’s galling is Obama's effort to portray himself through this entire episode as somehow different from, and purer than, the ordinary politician.” (Marcus, Washington Post, 06/25/08)

“Faced with a choice of principle versus pragmatism on campaign financing, Barack Obama chose pragmatism, the more lucrative option. That’s disappointing. He pledged months ago to accept public campaign financing - and its spending limits - if his Republican opponent did too.” (Editorial, Newsday, 06/24/08)

Below is a portion of a blog post from WILK Radio host Steve Corbett.  It really takes Congressmen Kanjorski and Carney to task for dodging the press and hiding from their constiuents.  He is right... Public officials should be more public...

Kanjorski And Carney Aren't Talking
Steve Corbett Reporting
corbett@wilknewsradio.com

Public officials at the highest level of government must become more public.

Until they do, the people will continue to lose faith in their ability and willingness to uphold the public trust.

I don’t mean that top-ranking elected officials should make more public appearances. I mean they should respond more publicly than they do to public requests for information.

I’m particularly concerned about two Democrats - U.S. Rep. Paul Kanjorski (11th Congressional District) and U.S. Rep. Chris Carney (10th Congressional District) - who are running for re-election.

Kanjorski has recently broken records for public appearances and press releases issued in his name. Carney remains more aloof, although he holds regular town meetings and uses the media when he wants to make a point.

Both men endorsed New York Sen. Hillary Clinton as their party’s nominee for president, although Carney waited until the last minute before pledging his support.

A long-time ally of the Clintons, Kanjorski was there from the beginning.

But now that Illinois Sen. Barack Obama is the presumptive nominee to face Republican John McCain in November, neither Kanjorski not Carney has publicly endorsed him as their man.

Only one explanation exists for their timidity.

Fear shapes their hesitancy to embrace a liberal Democrat when they know that their constituents and they themselves disagree with Obama on too many issues.

Although the abortion impasses didn’t stop Scranton’s U.S. “pro-life” Sen. Bob Casey from picking up his political pompoms and joining the Obama cheerleading squad, Kanjorski and Carney are worried about doing the same.

Leadership wanes in the face of serious opposition.

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