Thursday, February 18, 2010
Monday, February 15, 2010
The Republican Party Should Stop the Endorsement Practice
I am making a bold statement here but I'm compelled to uphold the sacred right of each voter. Sadly in my ignorance, I was part of the system before I realized the injustice of the practice.
Every election cycle, we have committee members in State and County levels who vet every candidate running for a particular office. Each of these candidates fulfill the legal requirements to be included in the ballot. However, an endorsed candidate who usually is already part of the establishment gets campaign help from the party.
While State and County Republican Committee members are elected (albeit, non-paid) positions, it is not their job to pick our candidates for us. Primary elections are for the people to decide who they want their party to endorse as a candidate; then come election time, those candidates put forth by each party competes for everybody's vote.
Not all patriotic consciencious citizens or super voters (faithful exercisers of their right and responsibility to vote) are aware of this matter. Many better and exemplary candidates have gotten knocked out of the race partly because of this process.
Primary Elections are important. Let me reiterate this by saying that courageous citizens who has stepped up to the plate to challenge bad politicians are unable to justly and fairly compete because right off the bat, they're weeded out of the game. It is a big disservice to us.
True. Any candidate can proceed without party endorsement.
True. There are advantages to the practice, I do not deny that.
However, if we are truly to have a government of the people, by the people, and for the people, no power-holding select group of people should take away the right of the citizenry to be acquainted with anybody and everybody who wants to come forward offering their services to the public.
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Every election cycle, we have committee members in State and County levels who vet every candidate running for a particular office. Each of these candidates fulfill the legal requirements to be included in the ballot. However, an endorsed candidate who usually is already part of the establishment gets campaign help from the party.
While State and County Republican Committee members are elected (albeit, non-paid) positions, it is not their job to pick our candidates for us. Primary elections are for the people to decide who they want their party to endorse as a candidate; then come election time, those candidates put forth by each party competes for everybody's vote.
Not all patriotic consciencious citizens or super voters (faithful exercisers of their right and responsibility to vote) are aware of this matter. Many better and exemplary candidates have gotten knocked out of the race partly because of this process.
Primary Elections are important. Let me reiterate this by saying that courageous citizens who has stepped up to the plate to challenge bad politicians are unable to justly and fairly compete because right off the bat, they're weeded out of the game. It is a big disservice to us.
True. Any candidate can proceed without party endorsement.
True. There are advantages to the practice, I do not deny that.
However, if we are truly to have a government of the people, by the people, and for the people, no power-holding select group of people should take away the right of the citizenry to be acquainted with anybody and everybody who wants to come forward offering their services to the public.
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Saturday, July 25, 2009
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Calling All Homeschoolers and Supporters of Homeschooling
It has come to my attention that Representative Dan Moul, 91st district, sent a memo to every PA state representative concerning the introduction of a bill on February 5th. The memo was titled Co-sponsorship of Legislation Homeschool Evaluations. He is looking for co-sponsorship. This bill would essentially remove the requirement that home education programs be evaluated by public school superintendents in order to determine whether students were receiving an appropriate education.
Current law not only requires parents to obtain an evaluation of their program by persons with qualifications prescribed by statute at their own personal expense, it also requires local superintendents to conduct virtually the same evaluation to also determine whether an appropriate education is occurring. The proposed bill would require parents to submit to the local superintendent only the written evaluation and certification from the qualified evaluator that an appropriate education was occurring. The superintendent would be free to focus on their duties related to the public school rather than wasting countless hours re-doing what a qualified evaluator has already done. This bill will be beneficial for taxpayers, our public schools, and homeschoolers. It is costly, unnecessary, and time consuming to review the portfolios twice. Re-reviewing thousands of portfolios every year is not only burdensome for school districts, but also wastes resources that could have been used for our public school students.
I urge you to take a strong stand in support of homeschooling parents in your district and in Pennsylvania by asking your local Representative to co-sponsor this bill and work to enact it. Pennsylvania's laws pertaining to homeschooling are among the strictest in the nation. Easing this one portion of the regulations would show that the Pennsylvania state motto of Virtue, Liberty and Independence is more than just a saying from our forefathers, but also stands as a true testament to the desire of the people to live free of control by others.
To know more, visit:
http://pahomeschool.embarqspace.com
Current law not only requires parents to obtain an evaluation of their program by persons with qualifications prescribed by statute at their own personal expense, it also requires local superintendents to conduct virtually the same evaluation to also determine whether an appropriate education is occurring. The proposed bill would require parents to submit to the local superintendent only the written evaluation and certification from the qualified evaluator that an appropriate education was occurring. The superintendent would be free to focus on their duties related to the public school rather than wasting countless hours re-doing what a qualified evaluator has already done. This bill will be beneficial for taxpayers, our public schools, and homeschoolers. It is costly, unnecessary, and time consuming to review the portfolios twice. Re-reviewing thousands of portfolios every year is not only burdensome for school districts, but also wastes resources that could have been used for our public school students.
I urge you to take a strong stand in support of homeschooling parents in your district and in Pennsylvania by asking your local Representative to co-sponsor this bill and work to enact it. Pennsylvania's laws pertaining to homeschooling are among the strictest in the nation. Easing this one portion of the regulations would show that the Pennsylvania state motto of Virtue, Liberty and Independence is more than just a saying from our forefathers, but also stands as a true testament to the desire of the people to live free of control by others.
To know more, visit:
http://pahomeschool.embarqspace.com
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Be an Efficient Grassroots Patriot
Do you have a directory of your legislators?
If you are a grassroots patriot, I highly recommend that you have a printed copy handy for times when you need to contact your officials, state and federal.
1 - If you're from Pennsyvania, go to:
2 - Click LEGIS-LOOKUP!
3 - Enter your information and it will show you a list of all the legislators in your district based on your zip code.
4 - Click their profile
5 - Right click print
6 - Do this for each of them in the list, from your local Representative to the President.
7 - Staple them together and you have your handy grassroots patriot's directory.
Place them where you can easily find them and you'll be surprised how much you can accomplish in such a short time; especially when urgent concerns that require immediate actions come on a short notice.
*** For all States, you may find your information at:
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Saturday, January 17, 2009
January 22, 1973 - One of the Worst Days in American History
January 22, 1973, is one of the worst days in American history. Why?
Check out these numbers:
Deaths: American soldiers killed in the
Documented civilian deaths from suicide bombings and violence in
(http://www.antiwar.com/casualties/)
Abortions in 2008 alone 38,639,842 (as of 11/2/2008 a.m.)
***When I wrote this, just 16 days since the turn of the new calendar year - 1,945,375
(http://www.WorldOMeters.info/)
It is possible to recover from economic recessions but how do you recover these innocent lives?
49,551,703 abortions since Roe v. Wade became legal on January 22, 1973.
(http://www.nrlc.org/abortion/facts/abortionstats.html).
Wait! It got worse! Does infanticide count as abortion?
(http://www.nrlc.org/FOCA/LawmakersProposeFOCA.html)
We're killing our children - our future.
Psalm 127:3 says, "Children are a gift from God..."
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