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Comment on Environmental Regulating With the Corbett DEP by Julieann Wozniak

Julieann Wozniak — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:40:04 +0000

This is nothing new, actually. As long as there has been a PADEP, it has been managed by coal dudes who did more to protect their industry than the general public.

Comment on PA Medical Society Opposes Trans-Vaginal Ultrasound Bill by Julieann Wozniak

Julieann Wozniak — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:38:30 +0000

What's next? Forcing all Pennsylvania women to wear burkas? Given that many of the states surrounded Pennsylvania are run by pollies who still believe in democracy, we women need to set up a volunteer network to transport women of childbearing age there. I'm sure the PSP has better things to do than enforce state-sponsored rape.

Comment on Critz Challenges Altmire Petitions by jongeeting

jongeeting — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:21:15 +0000

The other interesting bit here is that Altmire only submitted 1651 petititons in the first place. That seems super low. First-time candidates are getting more than that. The fact that he had to rely on volunteers from outside the district also seems to suggest that Altmire is having trouble getting buy-in from Democratic activists. Guess it's not surprising that Democratic primary volunteers don't want to do the hard work of campaigning for a dude who goes on Fox News to bash his own party.

Comment on Environmental Regulating With the Corbett DEP by 2/22 Morning Buzz | PoliticsPA

2/22 Morning Buzz | PoliticsPA — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:35:11 +0000

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Comment on What’s the Case Against Equal Spending Per Student? by jongeeting

jongeeting — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 01:02:27 +0000

Parents should be allowed to send their kids to private school if they want to pay extra, not segregate their tax dollars in a separate political jurisdiction.

Comment on PA Medical Society Opposes Trans-Vaginal Ultrasound Bill by Joseph

Joseph — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:53:40 +0000

Perhaps some Democrat should propose that a Republicon lawmaker's wife or daughter be the first to be subjected to a TVU whether she's pregnant or not. Even better, have EVERY male lawmaker who votes for this idiocy (regardless of party affiliation) be forced to take his wife/daughter/female dependent of potential child-bearing age (say ages 12-45) for one of these procedures before the law becomes effective on the public. Now, the daughters (especially under 18) would probably have no way of refusing (although "Janie's Got a Gun" comes to mind as one way of refusing), but I can't imagine many of the 18+ women just accepting this dictate.

Comment on PA Republicans Also Pushing a Transvaginal Ultrasound Bill by Julieann Wozniak

Julieann Wozniak — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:48:05 +0000

I'd like to remind any pol that supports this bill that women vote. Given that the FBI defines rape as forcible vaginal penetration, this bill will legalize forcible, state sanctioned rape. Women will not forget.

And I think the PSP has better things to do than keep women repressed and corralled in a Commonwealth were the basic human and civil rights are being stomped on by male pollies.

My town is a scant 20 minute drive from Morgantown, WV and its sparkling, modern hospitals. Having lived here all my life, I know my back roads far better than law enforcement and weasels in Harrisburg. As I Catholic woman, should this odious bill become law, I plan to volunteer myself the same way I did during the Sanctuary movement, and offer women a safe escort to needed health care services.

Repression is repression. It doesn't matter to me whose police state is enforcing it.

Comment on What’s the Case Against Equal Spending Per Student? by Larry

Larry — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 20:28:47 +0000

Equal spending per student sounds all well and good in theory. But what happens when you're actually a parent, and you're willing to do anything and everything for your child? What if you want your child to receive the best education possible? Why should that parent not be allowed to pay extra to give his/her child a better education?

Comment on US State Department Punishes Hershey Labor Recruiters by Ruslan Lysak

Ruslan Lysak — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 19:36:25 +0000

Who exactly are J1 students?

1. University daytime attendance students.
2. Aged between 18 and 28 years old.
3. English-speaking.
4. Willing to work hard and earn cash.
5. Able to work for 3 to 4 months.
6. Have all required papers to legally work in USA.

Students from both the northern and the southern hemispheres apply legibly for Work and Travel USA program. Check the interactive map below to see the statistics for participating countries gathered 2006 through 2010 including countries such as Russia, China, Turkey, Mongolia, Ukraine, Serbia, Thailand, Argentina, Brazil, Kazakhstan, Ecuador, Peru, Moldova, Taiwan, Singapore, Philippines, Jamaica, Chile etc. The map also shows months of coming and leaving the US. http://www.jobofer.org/countries/

Comment on CBPP Smacks Down Pat Toomey’s Tax Plan Again by Julieann Wozniak

Julieann Wozniak — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:41:26 +0000

The guy appears frequently on Morning Joe where he is lobbed softball questions and treated like his every utterance is the revealed word. I'm thrilled that someone, anyone, has offered a credible analysis of his tax policy, which would be a terrible disaster for most Americans if it were ever enacted.