BROOKLAWN NJ (July 7, 2010) Cecilia Harrop, age 39, of Gloucester City was riding a bicycle in the 500 unit block of New Broadway, Brooklawn when she was struck by a pickup truck and died.

The driver of the Isuzu pickup hit her around 3pm as he turned from Chestnut Avenue onto New Broadway, said Jason Laughlin spokesman for the Camden County Prosecutors Office.

Authorities said no charges have been filed in the accident , which remains under investigation.

by Ryan Mills

In just six months, the largest tax hikes in the history of America will take effect. They will hit families and small businesses in three great waves on January 1, 2011:

First Wave: Expiration of 2001 and 2003 Tax Relief 

In 2001 and 2003, the GOP Congress enacted several tax cuts for investors, small business owners, and families. These will all expire on January 1, 2011: Personal income tax rates will rise. The top income tax rate will rise from 35 to 39.6 percent (this is also the rate at which two-thirds of small business profits are taxed). The lowest rate will rise from 10 to 15 percent. All the rates in between will also rise. Itemized deductions and personal exemptions will again phase out, which has the same mathematical effect as higher marginal tax rates. The full list of marginal rate hikes is below:

As you may be aware, on July 1, NRA announced its strong opposition to the confirmation of Elena Kagan for the U.S. Supreme Court in a letter to the U.S. Senate.

Click to watch the ad

Elena Kagan used the same phrases-\”settled law\” and \”precedent\”- to describe her view of the Second Amendment in the hearings. It is critical that the members of the U.S. Senate not fall for the same trick twice.
And it is not too late! First, please watch the attached web ad that the NRA will be airing across the country. Then, please contact your Senators at 202-224-3121 and by email at http://www.capwiz.com/nra/dbq/officials/ and urge them to oppose and filibuster Kagan\’s confirmation. The future of our Second Amendment rights depends on it!

You would think that there are some things that every American knows, like who America won independence from, but you would be sadly wrong.

Jay Leno’s man on the street interviews asked a few simple questions. You might be shocked at the answers (or lack thereof)

Thankfully grandpa saves the day for that one family at the end of the video.

Progressives seem to be succeeding in their efforts to dumb down America to the point to where we do not even know our own history.

If this new movement of conservatism is going to have any lasting impact on bringing America back to its founding principles, history must be restored!

via www.libertyjuice.com

Link submitted by WB Rice…www.seviercoteaparty.org

| Philadelphia Inquirer | 07/09/2010

Their budgets and staffs are shrinking, but people continue to rely on them.

By Marilyn Johnson

The United States is beginning an interesting experiment in democracy: We\’re cutting public library funds, shrinking our public and school libraries, and, in some places, closing them altogether. This has nothing to do with whether the libraries are any good, or whether their staff provides useful service to the community. The budget of the country\’s highest-circulating library, in Queens, N.Y. – named the best system in the United States last year by Library Journal – is due to shrink by a third. Los Angeles\’ libraries are being slashed, and, beginning this week, their doors will be locked two days a week. In Philadelphia, the mayor has threatened the latest in a series of library budget reductions. Such cuts and close calls are happening across the country. The rationale is that we won\’t miss a third of our librarians and libraries the way we\’d miss a third of our firefighters and firehouses. But I wonder.

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