Tea Party Nexus

Journal Register News Service UPPER MERION A tea party has formed in the King of Prussia area to express the political concerns of its members.

UPPER MERION When Louis Flanagan first ventured out to a Tea Party rally in West Chester more than a year ago, he was wary of who might show up to protest. He was relieved to find an ordinary bunch of mostly middle-aged folks who were new to political activism.

A Teller Tea Party rally July 31 will feature author Mike Holler as the keynote speaker. As well there will be a performance by Keith McKim, a saber salute and color guard by George Payton and a story of the National Anthem.

A Teller Tea Party rally July 31 will feature author Mike Holler as the keynote speaker. As well there will be a performance by Keith McKim, a saber salute and color guard by George Payton and a story of the National Anthem.

A large Tea Party rally Saturday in Philadelphia will try to end reports the new group tolerates racist elements.

UPPER MERION When Louis Flanagan first ventured out to a Tea Party rally in West Chester more than a year ago, he was wary of who might show up to protest. He was relieved to find an ordinary bunch of mostly middle-aged folks who were new to political activism.

Growth: China claims it has just passed Japan as the world's No. 2 economy, and it's beating its chest loudly about the fact. But, as impressive as its new status may be, it still deserves a bit of perspective. We've heard about this being the Chinese Century, with the U.S. soon to be consigned to the ash heap of once-great empires. Now new projections from the World Bank, Goldman Sachs and others, as reported by CNBC, say China will pass the U.S.

Taxes: While the oil and gas companies are bearing the brunt of taxation, regulation and environmental angst, others are doing just fine, thank you. If you think cap-and-trade is dead, just follow the money. According to a recently released Center for Responsive Politics review of reports filed with the U.S. Senate and U.S. House, General Electric and its subsidiaries spent more than $9.5 million on federal lobbying from April to June -- the most

Economy: Disappointing GDP growth of 2.4% in the second quarter signals that our "recovery" isn't what it's cracked up to be. But then, how could it be when politicians have been trying to kill it for years? How do you keep an economy from digging itself out of a major recession? One surefire method is massively expanding a government whose major programs are already on their way to bankruptcy, then sitting idly by as major tax increases arrive.

Warfare: Now that the Taliban are scouring WikiLeaks for names of allies to kill from a trove of stolen U.S. documents, the White House is begging the site not to publish more. It should make WikiLeaks an enemy target. The horror we feared would happen is here. Friday, the New York Times reports the Taliban is studying 75,000 classified U.S. documents posted on WikiLeaks for names of informants, potential defectors and others who cooperated with

The Internet is a large-scale version of the "Committees of Correspondence" that led to the first American Revolution -- and with Washington's failings now so obvious and awful, it may lead to another. People are asking, "Is the government doing us more harm than good? Should we change what it does and the way it does it?" Pruning the power of government begins with the imperial presidency. Too many overreaching laws give the

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is the world's worst cleaning lady. How has she fulfilled her vaunted promise to "drain the swamp" and preside over the "most ethical Congress in history"? By shrugging her shoulders, downplaying the gravity of myriad ethics charges against corruptocrat Democratic Rep. Charlie Rangel and waiting for the "political chips" to "fall where they may." Imagine a custodial service that fixed toilet clogs by letting the

In the almost nine years the United States has been fighting in Afghanistan, any thoughtful person who follows the war has had a recurring worry: Can America rely on Pakistan? Can our allies in that turbulent country close the Taliban's safe havens along the border? And, for that matter, are the Pakistanis really trying? The massive disclosure of war-related documents this week by WikiLeaks raised a number of questions, but none more important

Recent polls show that more than 70% of the public holds an unfavorable view of Congress. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., wins about a 10% approval rating; Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., has similarly rock-bottom poll numbers. Why this astounding -- and growing -- disdain for our lawmakers? After all, Congress has had plenty of scandals and corruption in the past, such as the House post office and check-kiting messes, the Charles

The Tea Party as a wedge issue By Max Sparber | Fri., July 30 ALSO: Bachmann declared a "visionary leader'; activist responds to Project CeaseFire; Emmer responds to Target complaints; Anne Rice driven away from Christianity by a local band?

UPPER MERION When Louis Flanagan first ventured out to a Tea Party rally in West Chester more than a year ago, he was wary of who might show up to protest. He was relieved to find an ordinary bunch of mostly middle-aged folks who were new to political activism.

UPPER MERION When Louis Flanagan first ventured out to a Tea Party rally in West Chester more than a year ago, he was wary of who might show up to protest. He was relieved to find an ordinary bunch of mostly middle-aged folks who were new to political activism.

A Teller Tea Party rally July 31 will feature author Mike Holler as the keynote speaker. As well there will be a performance by Keith McKim, a saber salute and color guard by George Payton and a story of the National Anthem.

UPPER MERION When Louis Flanagan first ventured out to a Tea Party rally in West Chester more than a year ago, he was wary of who might show up to protest. He was relieved to find an ordinary bunch of mostly middle-aged folks who were new to political activism.

A Teller Tea Party rally July 31 will feature author Mike Holler as the keynote speaker. As well there will be a performance by Keith McKim, a saber salute and color guard by George Payton and a story of the National Anthem.

About two dozen persons attended a meeting tonight of the Westport Tea Group at the Westport Public Library. Led by Westporter Dean Slack, they discussed the role of taxes in our economy and our individual freedom to save or spend.

Health Care: A 2,000-page government takeover of the health system was just enacted, but now congressional Democrats want even more government. The "public option" is rising from the grave. When Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid delighted the liberal Netroots Nation convention in Las Vegas on Saturday by telling them, "We're going to have a public option. It's a question of when," most people assumed he was talking long-term. But 128 House

Finance Reform: HUD is at the heart of the subprime scandal, yet it's empowered as never before by FinReg. It'll manage various slush funds underwriting more Acorn-type housing activism. Housing and Urban Development is one of two federal agencies regulating Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, with HUD supervising the mortgage giants' congressionally chartered "affordable housing" mission. In the run-up to the subprime crisis, HUD gutted underwriting

Economy: Speaking to the Urban League on Thursday, the president had a great chance to tout his accomplishments. Sadly, when it came to the economy, he had to stretch the truth quite a bit just to say anything. President Obama's main topic in speaking to the big city representatives in Washington, D.C., was education. But what struck us was his blithe recitation of what he believes he has achieved on the economy. It bears deconstructing, because

Immigration: Mexico's government gloated triumphantly after a federal judge's injunction blocked Arizona's immigration law. But it's no victory for Mexico. In fact, Mexico's leaders ought to be mortified. As radical immigration activists crowed with glee and the Obama administration claimed victory, Mexico's government joined the applause. Calling Judge Susan Bolton's injunction Wednesday "a step in the right direction," Mexican Foreign Minister

Christmas came early for demagogues. The court decision putting a hold on the worst provisions of Arizona's new anti-Latino immigration law is a gift-wrapped present to those who delight in turning truth, justice and the American way into political liabilities. As surely everyone knows by now, U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton issued a preliminary injunction Wednesday blocking the state from enforcing parts of the law that look patently

American seniors take note: There's a new bureaucrat in charge of your health care. Perhaps zookeeper is a more appropriate title, as the newly appointed but never-to-be confirmed head of Obama's Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) likes to refer to the U.S. health care payment system as a zoo. If you haven't heard of Dr. Donald Berwick, that's because President Obama and his Capitol Hill Democratic colleagues don't want you to have

National Security: Think Moscow will violate the New START arms limitation treaty? A just-issued report says it never obeyed the first one. The motto of the Obama administration is blindly trust, don't verify and unilaterally disarm. You can forget about peace through strength, the Reagan doctrine that won the Cold War. Our policy is now peace through wishful thinking. If Neville Chamberlain and Jimmy Carter had a child, his name would be Barack

President Ahmadinejad has a penchant for the somewhat loony, as when last weekend he denounced Paul the Octopus, omniscient predictor of eight consecutive World Cup matches, as a symbol of decadence and purveyor of "Western propaganda and superstition." But for all his clownishness, Ahmadinejad is nonetheless calculating and dangerous. What "two countries" was he talking about? They seem logically to be Lebanon and Syria. Hezbollah in Lebanon has