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"As The Clock Turns" ……They (intend to) deceive God and those who believe, while they deceive not but themselves, but they perceive (it) not. …In their heart is a disease and God increaseth their disease, for them is a painful chastisement, beware of the lie they were saying. …And when it is said unto them, "Make ye not mischief in the Earth" say they, "verily, we are only the well-doers – the peacemakers. Beware! Verily, they are the mischief mongers, but they perceive not. When it is said unto them, "Believe ye as the (other) people did believe, they say, "Shall we believe?" Beware! Verily, they are the fools, but they know not. And when they meet with those who believe, they say "We believe" but when they go apart to their devils, they say, "surely we are with you, verily, we did but mock." These are they who purchase error for guidance, hence their transaction profitteth them not, neither are they guided aright. The likeness of them is like unto one who kindleth a fire, and when it lighteth all around him, God taketh away the light and leaveth them in darkness, they see not. They are deaf, dumb, and blind; hence they will return not from their darkness. "As The Clock Turns" – 'The qualities of the hypocrites – their mischief and their false pride'
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Thomasine Tynes, 71, former President Judge of Philadelphia Traffic Court, pleaded guilty to pocketing a $2,000 Tiffany bracelet; given to her by an undercover agent who secretly taped the exchange as part of a sting; tearfully expressed sorrow during her testimony.
Tyron B. Ali, an undercover operative handed out cash and jewelry. Tynes received the jewelry, the other accused Democratic officials, took cash and remain under scrutiny of the Grand Jury. Tynes testified that she tried to return the bracelet three months after receiving it from Ali. She said that she was unable due to the fact that she could not locate Ali. She further stated that she could not find the object and on another occasion said she had returned the gift to Mr. Ali.
Ali taped Tynes as she promised to help him land a government contract.
In court, Tynes testified that she had tried and failed to give the bracelet back to Ali. Assistant District Attorney Mark Gilson, leading the sting reinvestigations, told the court that Tynes, in the taped conversation, called Ali three months after she accepted the bracelet telling him that she was under federal investigation. "The federal probe," said Gilson, "prompted her to try and return the bracelet." The Philadelphia grand jury recommended charges be brought against Judge Thomasine Tynes citing the fact that reporters from the Philadelphia Inquirer did indeed question her earlier this year, breaking the news of the federal undercover sting.
In a quote from The Inquirer's article, the grand jury's presentment noted that Tynes had "provided a series of evolving accounts of what she did with the bracelet" – ranging from saying she had returned it to saying she had lost track of it.
Her attorney, Louis Busico, worked out a plea deal with prosecutors. Garvin, a Republican from Chester County brought in to hear the case because of Tynes' local ties, sentenced Tynes to up to 23 months in prison. But he agreed to make the sentence concurrent with her pending two-year federal term in an unrelated case.
Tynes pleaded guilty to a charge of conflict of interest, telling the judge, "All I can say is, I'm so sorry. . . . It was wrong and I recognize that."
The judge noted that Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane had declared that evidence against Tynes and four other Democratic officials implicated in the sting was too flawed to bring charges.
Common Pleas Court Judge Thomas Gavin told Tynes that she should have realized before accepting the gift at the Palm restaurant in Center City in 2011, "I'm sitting down to have lunch with a snake. Why am I doing that?"
"Tynes had been unfairly manipulated by Ali, who gave her the bracelet during a meal at the Palm restaurant that he paid for as he lobbied her for help winning a contract to collect Traffic Court debts." said Busico.
According to a tape secretly made by Ali, he toasted her: "To making some money together."
"To making money," Tynes was reported to quote.
Under Tynes' deal with city prosecutors, they have agreed not to seek a sentence that adds any punishment to that meted out in federal court. Tynes could face up to 21 months in prison under sentencing guidelines.
The District Attorney's Office also agreed to drop the other charges, including bribery, conspiracy, and failures to report the gift on financial-disclosure forms.
According to sources and investigative documents, the four Philadelphia Democrats caught on tape and the amount of money they pocketed are: State Reps. Ronald G. Waters, $8,250; Vanessa L. Brown, $5,000; Michelle Brownlee, $2,000; and Louise 'Williams' Bishop, $1,500.
Bishop's attorney, A. Charles Peruto Jr., however, said that the evidence against her was too weak to support to criminal charges, let alone a conviction.
As for Tynes, Peruto said that Busico had struck a sensible deal for a client already convicted in another case. "She will not do another day" behind bars because of a second conviction, he said.
In his sentencing memo, Busico told U.S. District Judge Lawrence F. Stengel that her decision to cooperate "did forever destroy and terminate long-standing relationships with individuals she believed were her friends." And as a result of the federal perjury conviction, Tynes is to lose the $68,000 annual pension accumulated during her quarter-century on the bench.
Busico submitted 30 letters praising her, including ones from former Gov. Ed Rendell and developer and Philadelphia music legend Kenny Gamble.
Rendell described Tynes as "a person who will help virtually anyone in need."
"If she has made an error," he wrote, "I believe it must have been in an effort to help people."
Tynes was first elected to Traffic Court in 1989 and rose to become president judge before her retirement in 2012.
Along the way, she garnered accolades for her work with immigrants and efforts to explain the court's work to the public – including a short-lived radio show, 'Rappin' With Judge Tynes.
As evidence of her good works, Busico also presented numerous news articles, including one from 2010 about how she had warned the public about the risks of not paying tickets.
Former Philadelphia Traffic Court Judge Thomasine Tynes was sentenced to two years in federal prison for perjury – "I didn't invent the system at Traffic Court," she said, explaining her role in the cronyism that brought down the court. "I went along to get along."
"These guys were fixing tickets from square one," said Louis R. Busico. "We got lucky at trial. The evidence was overwhelming."
Their comments marked the first time any of Traffic Court's former judges publicly acknowledged systemic ticket fixing since a federal jury acquitted five of them of fraud and conspiracy charges this year.
Tynes' admission of the role she played in the court's destruction came two weeks before she is scheduled to plead guilty in a separate corruption case… Before the proceedings began, the former judge, in a black dress and pearls, planted herself at the front of the courtroom, and greeted guests with smiles and hugs. She guided some to their seats like an usher at a funeral.
Later, Tynes' longtime gynecologist, Richard Nemiroff, told the court that he believes she suffers from dementia, a condition that he said called into question her ability to perjure herself or know what she was doing when she accepted a bracelet at the center of the state case.
"It was not her particular style," he said of the pricey bauble.
And before the hearing was through, federal prosecutors and their city counterparts took swings at each other in a prickly exchange over Tynes' continued involvement in the local probe.
That case sprang from a statewide sting investigation that 'allegedly' caught Tynes and four state legislators on tape accepting cash or other bribes from the undercover informant.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Denise Wolf twisting in frustration as she questioned whether Tynes should get credit for her help in the state case.
"It's almost like she's not being punished there at all," Wolf said.
Gilson snapped back, "I don't agree with that."
The back-and-forth appeared to have little effect on U.S. District Judge Lawrence F. Stengel as he weighed Tynes' sentence for lying about ticket fixing. Instead, he listened attentively as Busico and Wolf offered vastly different characterizations of a woman who rose from an abusive childhood to become the first Black Woman to be named President Judge of Traffic Court.
"She has overcome sexism. She has overcome racism," Busico said. "And when she was put in a prestigious position, she became an inspiration to a generation and a role model."
Wolf, though, was loath to forgive Tynes for her crimes.
Quoting the words of State Rep. Vanessa Brown, caught on tape in the state corruption investigation, she described Tynes as a "cunning" rule-breaker – a woman who "likes to play ball" as long as "you make it worth her while."
Tynes didn't stop at fixing tickets and accepting a bracelet as a bribe, Wolf said.
Against a judge's order, Tynes continued to contact her former secretary, a chief government witness, during her trial and at one point this year was investigated by federal authorities as defrauding a dead relative's estate.
"Judge Tynes," Wolf said, pausing to address the former judge. "We believe you need to go to jail for your criminal conduct."
Ultimately, Stengel agreed. In addition to her prison term, he ordered Tynes to pay a $5,000 fine and gave her until Feb. 6 to begin serving her sentence.
But as she left the courtroom Thursday, Tynes refused to be defined by the actions that will land her in prison.
"There's more to it than that," she told a supporter. "I'll write my own story."
LET'S BE honest: This is going to raise some eyebrows.
Vanessa Lowery Brown, the indicted Democratic state representative scheduled for a preliminary hearing in her bribery case tomorrow, contacted police on Sunday and reported that someone had broken into her West Philadelphia rowhouse and stolen several of her belongings.
Brown's state-issued laptop was among the items reportedly taken from her home, said Lt. John Walker, of Southwest Detectives.
Brown, 48, apparently noticed that something was amiss when she got home from work on Thursday night. Her house had been "disrupted," Walker said, and a ladder was propped against the rear of her house, leading to a second-floor window.
In addition to the laptop, an iPad, a Nook tablet and some old phone records also were missing, she claimed.
Still, Brown didn't report the alleged break-in to cops until Sunday.
"We get delayed reports once in a while," Walker said. "She said she got home late [Thursday], then called some of her staffers on Friday morning and had them look at the house."
"Maybe it was just a simple burglary. Then again, Watergate was just a burglary, too."
The burglary tale adds another chapter to the bizarre story behind the bribery-related indictments of Brown, Waters and former Traffic Court Judge Thomasine Tynes.
The investigation into the local pols was launched in 2010 by then-Attorney General Tom Corbett, and later halted by his successor, Kathleen Kane, who cited multiple problems with the probe, including possible racial targeting. Brown is chairwoman of the Pennsylvania Legislative Black Caucus.
Williams said last month that both Brown and Waters admitted to the grand jury that they had accepted illegal cash payments from Ali.
Brown allegedly accepted $4,000. In one instance, she was caught on tape asking Ali, "What do you need me to do?" according to the grand jury.
An indictment and three separate informations, charge nine elected judges along with three other individuals in a fraud conspiracy that involved a frequent and pervasive "ticket-fixing" at the Philadelphia Traffic Court. The defendants participated in a widespread culture of giving breaks on traffic citations to friends, family, the politically connected, and business associates. The defendants include:
Michael J. Sullivan (sitting judge, traffic court)
Michael Lowry (sitting judge, traffic court)
Robert Mulgrew (former judge, traffic court)
Willie Singletary (former judge, traffic court)
Thomasine Tynes (former judge, traffic court)
Mark A. Bruno (Chester County Magisterial District)
Warren Hogeland (Bucks County Senior Magisterial District Judge)
Kenneth Miller (Delaware County Senior District Judge)
Fortunato N. Perri, Sr. (senior judge, traffic court)
William Hird (former Director of Records, traffic court)
Henry P. Alfano (local businessman)
Robert Moy (local businessman)
The 77-count indictment was announced by United States Attorney Zane David Memeger and Acting Special Agent in Charge John Brosnan.
According to the indictment, Philadelphia ward leaders, local politicians, and associates of the Democratic City Committee regularly contacted defendants seeking preferential treatment on specific tickets. Additionally, defendants were regularly contacted by family, friends, and associates seeking a "break" on tickets. These defendants accepted these requests and either gave the preferential treatment directly or communicated the request to another judge to whom the case was assigned.
Tickets were "fixed" by being dismissed, finding the ticket holder "not guilty," or finding the ticket holder guilty of a lesser offense. In many cases, the ticket holder did not even appear in traffic court, yet his/her ticket was "fixed." As a result, these ticketholders paid lesser or no fines and costs and evaded the assessment of "points" on their driver's records. This widespread "ticket-fixing" defrauded both the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the city of Philadelphia of funds and allowed potentially unsafe drivers to remain on the roads.
The defendants allegedly used their personal assistants and courtroom staff to communicate requests to "fix tickets" to other judges. The indictment further alleges that the conspiracy also involved a cover-up that consisted of shredding paperwork, speaking in code, and trusting only certain individuals to carry out the fraud scheme.
Three judges—defendants Lowry, Mulgrew, and Tynes—are each charged with committing perjury before the federal grand jury. One judge—defendant Singletary—and defendant Hird are charged with lying to the FBI when they were approached and asked questions about ticket fixing at traffic court.
Defendant Henry P. Alfano regularly gave defendant Fortunato N. Perri, Sr. free auto repairs, free towing, free videos, and free seafood in exchange for fixing tickets.
According to the indictment, Alfano would give Perri traffic citation numbers, the names of offenders, or the actual citations to arrange fixing the ticket. Perri conveyed the information to William Hird.
Hird, in turn, conveyed the request to the assigned judge. Court-authorized, intercepted telephone conversations reveal that Perri prioritized assisting Alfano and Alfano made sure to take care of Perri. Perri told Alfano, "When you call, I move, brother, believe me. I move everybody." After multiple free repairs on his cars and family members' cars, Perri allegedly told Alfano their relationship was "becoming like a one-way street. I like a two-way street." To which Alfano responded, "If I need something, you're going to do it."
Defendant Hird, it is alleged, was extremely loyal to Perri given that Perri helped Hird move up the ladder to a high-level administrator at traffic court. Recorded conversations demonstrate that Hird acceded to Perri's requests to fix certain tickets. Given Hird's position at traffic court and access to the judges, Hird was allegedly able to facilitate requests for ticket fixing not only for Perri, but also for various Philadelphia ward leaders.
Defendant Michael J. Sullivan, in addition to requests from ward leaders, also assisted friends and customers of his bar, the Fireside Tavern. According to the indictment, Sullivan directed associates who wanted their tickets fixed to leave them at his tavern where they were placed in a box behind the bar. Defendant Sullivan would assure his associates that the ticket would be fixed. In one recorded call, Sullivan told a ticket holder, "I know you're broke" and "It don't matter which judge would be hearing the case, because you're good," meaning the fix was conveyed.
Defendant Willie Singletary and Thomasine Tynes allegedly "fixed tickets on behalf of defendant Robert Moy," who owned Number One Translations, a business located in Philadelphia. Moy, it is alleged, would guarantee paying customers favorable results on their traffic court citations based on his relationship with both Singletary and Tynes. According to the indictment, Moy even advertised in a local newspaper that he "tackles the traffic ticket and guarantees no points or fewer points." Ticket holders took their citations to defendant Moy, paid Moy hundreds of dollars in cash, were instructed not to appear in traffic court, and ultimately were found not guilty by either Tynes or Singletary.
In addition to the conspiracy charging a longstanding and widespread practice of fixing tickets, the indictment specifically lists 50 separate citations as being fixed. These tickets involved driving at unsafe speeds, driving an unregistered vehicle, texting while driving, operating an ATV on the highway, running a red light, making a prohibited U-turn, careless driving, not using a child safety restraint, and towing a vehicle without a towing agreement, among others. Ye these ticket holders unjustly incurred no penalties for their vehicle code violations.
"Our judicial system requires that the finder of fa said Memeger. "Ignoring this basic rule of justice, the judges in this case allegedly ct determine guilt or innocence impartially,"routinely fixed traffic tickets by giving preferential treatment to people with whom they were politically and socially connected. In addition to depriving the city of Philadelphia and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania of funds rightfully owed by traffic violators, their allegedly corrupt conduct also undermined the confidence that law abiding citizens have in the Philadelphia Court System. Those who seek to game the system by refusing to follow the rules need to be held accountable by the rule of law they swore to uphold."
"The citizens of Philadelphia expect and deserve public officials who perform their duties free of deceit, favoritism, bias, self-enrichment, concealment, and conflict of interest," said Brosnan. "Everyone is entitled to the same treatment in traffic court, regardless of their personal relationships, regardless of political considerations, and regardless of the personal preferences of court officials."
The moneys that would have been received from adjudicated citations would have been equally divided between the city of Philadelphia and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and used to fund, for example, the city of Philadelphia's general fund; the Philadelphia Parking Authority; the First Judicial District's procurement department; the funds lost to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania would have paid for Emergency Medical Services training; MCARE, which helps compensate people injured by medical malpractice; and the Access to Justice Fund, which provides money for legal aid for low income people and victims of domestic violence.
A Philadelphia Election Board worker was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly tampering with voting machines and electioneering inside the polls.
In quick response, Pennsylvania GOP's Philadelphia area Executive Director Joe DeFelice commented on the arrest.
"This is not surprising to us in the least," said DeFelice. "Such voter fraud and tampering has been an ongoing problem in Philadelphia for decades."
The press release from the PA GOP was entitled, "No Kidding."
"The Election Board is the first line in providing free and fair elections, and unfortunately, this is where we see the majority of our election-related issues.
"How can voters feel confident that their votes are being counted – and how can we ensure the integrity of any election – if we allow this type of tampering and fraud to continue in Philadelphia? And how can we curb this problem if our inspectors aren't even allowed inside the building?" DeFelice said.
The voter fraud issue in Pennsylvania has largely been focused on personal voter fraud and not so much on the integrity of Election Board workers. But DeFelice claims that biased opinions and corruption are rampant in Philadelphia polling places.
"Consider that in 2012 in Philadelphia, the Republican Party of PA, under my leadership, appointed 300 Minority Inspectors in divisions with few Republicans. Of the 300 Minority Inspectors, 100 were denied entry to polling places and subjected to racial intimidation despite having a Court Orders signed by President Judge Pam Dembe. National news outlets, as well as local, highlighted these stories prominently and it is this coverage that forced the General Assembly to hold election reform hearings in the State Government Committee specifically dealing with Election Board issues in Philadelphia."
This type of voter fraud is more common across the country than impersonation fraud which is the type of crime that Voter ID laws aim to prevent.
"What today's indictment confirms is what people who are serious about in-person election fraud have long known: actual fraud is rare, small in scale, patently obvious, and completely ineffective. Most importantly, it has nothing to do with whether voters are carrying photo IDs," political law expert Adam Bonin told PoliticsPA.
"I'm glad to have participated with Mr. DeFelice in bipartisan efforts with Judge Dembe over the past year-plus to streamline the process for filling vacancies on election board, clarifying who has the legal right to sit on these boards, and to help ensure our elections are run safely and fairly."
"The Jewel In Our Community" :
…would have/has turned One Hundred and Sixteen Years Old. It was founded in 1899 on the original site of 1901 Girard Avenue, in the heart of North Philadelphia. The Rev. Matthew W. Anderson, one of the first Black Graduates of Princeton University developed a school for the economically disenfranchised masses of Southern Blacks who migrated to the North in droves without the education, economical savvy or political clout it took to prosper in the predominantly white power structures of the country's northern cities.
"I'll Write My Own Story."
Oh how ironic… Albeit, Judge Tynes' name will go down in the cockles of history as being the 'First Black Woman to serve on the court system, the traffic bench, in Philadelphia, the record will show a terribly dark stain alongside. She will be remembered as the first Black Female Philadelphia Judge to fall and go to jail as well. The lists of "Black Firsts," (Jessie Carney Smith), will, I think, not be so honored by such a reputation. However, one that would serve us well is:
Jane Matilda Bolin, born on April 11, 1908 in the New York suburb of Poughkeepsie. One of four children, her father, Gaius Bolin was the first graduate of the liberal Williams College and a prominent black lawyer and her mother, Matilda Emery, was a white British woman.
America's First Black Female Judge:
In a speech in 1958, Bolin discussed women's struggle for equal rights:
"Those gains we have made were never graciously and generously granted," she said. "We had to fight every inch of the way, in the face of sometimes insufferable humiliations."
In 1939, the renowned Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia appointed Jane Bolin, a family law court judge, thus making her the First Black Woman in America to sit on the bench. Her swearing-in ceremony made news around the world. She served in that position for forty years.
http://thenewblackmagazine.com/view.aspx?index=637
'There was once an old lady… who found a near dead snake along the roadway. The old woman being a loving sort, a great love for animals, decided to lend aid to the dying creature. She picked up the snake and carried it home. She fed and nursed it back to health. The snake thrived and grew strong. He was back in good health once again thanks to the old lady. He felt no gratitude or dedication to his savior. He felt no appreciation for the God given grace of goodness and faith in the name of justice and fair play. He felt no appreciation of the fact that also owed his life to the loving and giving old lady.
The day came to pass when he felt that he no longer needed the aid and support of this righteous benefactor. He became demanding and ever so impatient. He was naturally greedy and hateful. His selfishness warranted his every decision. He demanded that the old lady go out and get him some food. She replied, "Dear Friend, we have all the food we need right here at home." The answer wasn't satisfactory. His demands increased and she complied.
Upon her returning home and delivering the requested items, the snake reached out and bit her on the right arm. He was a poisonous snake. He was that of many bands of color.
"Why did you do that friend? Did I not do everything you've asked of me? Did I not serve you well? Have I not saved your life and brought you back to health? Why do you wish to hurt me?" asked the old lady.
He answered, "You knew I was a snake in the first place, didn't you? You learned my name is 'Tyrone,' and you know that you can't trust everything and everyone you meet along the way…I bit you because I am a snake and that's what I do…my name is 'Tyrone B;' capital B for bite. And my bite is one of poison!"
…The old lady, self-beguiled, and embarrassed, fell down and died.'
Before 'I' was deemed guilty by the then Honorable Judge 'Thomasine Tynes, 'in a Philadelphia Traffic Court, for crossing a double-yellow line in Germantown on Germantown Avenue a few years back. The issuing officer happened to be a corporal who did not see the offense committed by another driver who blatantly caused a traffic tie-up. My explanation of the events were not accepted because the officer was "not having this sort of thing on my watch," and a supervisor "And could not possibly be wrong in his judgment!" Therefore, I was to pay the one-hundred dollar fine.
We've had reason, the judge and I, to cross paths again when she attended a fund raising and celebration event held by my 'Alma Mater' the 'Berean Institute College of Management and Technology, 1901 W. Girard Avenue.' I asked her while assisting in her descent from the celebrity and guest speaking podium about my traffic fine, she dismissed it as 'all in the line of duty' while not remembering the case or me. She did hold my respect and admiration…regardless of her incorrect decision at that particular time.
Sources and Acknowledgements:
'It's Not Too Late To Do The Right Thing'
http://search.philly.com/search?q=thomasine+tynes&search=y&proxystylesheet=philly&getfields=*&sort=date%3AD%3AL%3Ad1&tlen=2048&num=20&entqr=3&entsp=a&oe=UTF-8&ie=UTF-8&ud=1&Submit=&ulang=en&tlen=2048&num=20&btnG.x=0&btnG.y=0
Defense concludes in traffic court case with host of character references for accused judges
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/20140716_Defense_concludes_in_traffic_court_case_with_host_of_character_references_for_accused_judges.html#jbgdzLFCHLHsTPbY.99
Posted: Tuesday, July 15, 2014, 12:42 PM
Former Traffic Court judge gets another prison term
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/20141218_Former_Traffic_Court_judge_gets_another_prison_term.html#dqHOR9ef0DRzLsxL.99
Craig R. McCoy and Dylan Purcell, Inquirer Staff Writers
Last updated: Thursday, December 18, 2014, 1:08 AM
Posted: Wednesday, December 17, 2014, 1:29 PM
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Former Traffic Court judge to plead guilty in 'sting'
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20141111_Former_Traffic_Court_judge_to_plea_guilty_in__sting_.html#T1eQFyIJj1lmcLvW.99
Craig R. McCoy, Angela Couloumbis, and Jeremy Roebuck, Inquirer Staff Writers
Last updated: Tuesday, November 11, 2014, 1:08 AM
Posted: Monday, November 10, 2014, 4:10 PM
Former Traffic Court judge sentenced to 2 years
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20141205_Former_Traffic_Court_judge_sentenced_to_2_years_in_prison.html#kuFLChPs2cb9wOJS.99
Jeremy Roebuck, Inquirer Staff Writer
Last updated: Friday, December 5, 2014, 1:08 AM
Posted: Thursday, December 4, 2014, 3:45 PM
Indicted Philly pol: Burglar stole my laptop
BY DAVID GAMBACORTA & WILLIAM BENDER, Daily News Staff Writers gambacd@phillynews.com 215-854-5994
Inquirer Editorial: Politics, labor an imperfect union
Philadelphia Traffic Court Judges Indicted for Fraud
Eastern District of Pennsylvania
http://www.fbi.gov/philadelphia/press-releases/2013/philadelphia-traffic-court-judges-indicted-for-fraud
Philly Election Board Worker Arrested for Voter Fraud
Written by Vincent J. Smith, Contributing Writer
http://www.politicspa.com/philly-election-board-worker-arrested-for-voter-fraud/55372/
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~HEBREWS and BLACK PEOPLE~
…In Continuance;
The Moors and Truth – 1787 a Truce
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Black to White
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Esau, Shem, and Ham
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Was King James of England and Scotland Black or White?
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'Who Really Are The Hebrews?'
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Who Are The Real Hebrews?
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"Too many political figures want to direct public resources to private education via the voucher system. We cannot afford to write off the majority of America's children.
And I would have a foreign policy that recognizes that we, Black People, are part of the global village – whether you want us or not! America should be an international healer not a bully," says Sharpton.
https://boulwareenterprises.wordpress.com/2014/10/17/politicians-be-damned-statesmen-are-needed/
"The Other Peoples' Money"
…The working class and poor seem to be the target of the rich and secure once again. When was the last time someone asked you for your opinion on the federal budget or how to spend tax payer money…your tax payer money?
Subject: Social Security
"Pay attention to your next 'Social Security' income whether you get a check or an electronic deposit….note what it is now called (see below). . .
"SOCIAL SECURITY NOW CALLED 'FEDERAL BENEFIT PAYMENT' /ENTITLEMENT!
Have you noticed your Social Security check is now referred to as a "Federal Benefit Payment?"
…The folks in Washington pulled off a bigger Ponzi scheme than Bernie Madoff ever did.
They took our money and used it elsewhere. They "forgot" that it was OUR money they were taking.
They didn't have a referendum to ask us if we wanted to lend the money to them.
And they didn't pay interest on the debt they assumed.
And recently, they've told us that the money won't support us for very much longer.
But is it our fault they misused our investments?
And now, to add insult to injury, they're calling it a "benefit," as if we never worked to earn every penny of it.
Just because they "borrowed" the money, doesn't mean that our investments were a charity!
Let's take a stand.
~VOTE!~
We have earned our right to Social Security and Medicare.
Demand that our legislators bring some sense into our government –
Find a way to keep Social Security and Medicare going, for the sake of that 92% of our population who need it."
Then call it what it is:
"Our Earned Retirement Income."
In This Reporter's opinion:
I call it OPM as did other members of local, state, and federally trusted individuals. One such individual just got out of jail the other day. He went to a halfway house before going home to his multi-million dollar mansion.
OTHER PEOPLES MONEY! I'll be damned…and they are continuing to make asses of us all – as we have allowed them to. I'm sure that I will never see one day of solidarity amongst our American brotherhood/sisterhood. If we participate in just one day of solidarity from coast to coast, we would be able to drive home the point to politicians everywhere…Dammit – YOU ALL WORK FOR US, NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND!
https://boulwareenterprises.wordpress.com/2013/08/09/the-other-peoples-money/
"The Victory Dance for the Over Fifty Plus"
…The City of Greensboro has agreed to pay $91,000 and furnish other relief to settle an age discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC had charged that the city failed to hire a 58-year-old job applicant in June 2007 in favor of three younger candidates.
The EEOC brought the lawsuit against the City of Greensboro under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) after the city failed to hire Terry Pearson (then age 58) as an electronic processes specialist within the city's Guilford Metro 911 Division. The job was a technician's position and generally involved maintenance of the city's radio communication systems for first responders. Pearson had owned an electronics repair shop and had other substantial experience in electronics repair and maintenance through various technician jobs.
However, the city selected three substantially younger applicants, all under age 40, who, the EEOC contends, were not as qualified as…
http://victorydanceoverfifty.blogspot.com/
"INTO THE VEINS OF HISTORY…"
One of the first such organizations appeared in New York in 1835; two years later Robert Purvis, a Philadelphia Negro and merchant persuaded a group of people to form a similar association in his city. Purvis was active in aiding fugitives; his house at Ninth and Lombard Streets had a secret room, entered only by a trap door, for hiding runaway slaves. In August 1837, the Vigilant Association of Philadelphia was formed "to create a fund to aid colored persons in distress."
An elected committee of fifteen carried on the work of the Association. The first president – who was Purvis – the first secretary, and the first treasurer of the committee were all Negroes. Purvis continued as president when the committee underwent reorganization in 1839, and hired a fulltime fund-raiser. The committee used most of its to reimburse those who fed, clothed, and housed fugitives and to supply small amounts of cash to the frequently penniless slaves. Runaways heard about and appealed to the committee for help, for in the six months following the reorganization, June to mid-December, 1839, the committee handled more than fifty cases, sending forty-six to freedom. By the end of 1841, the committee averaged three-and-a-half cases a week. Then in 1842 an anti-Negro riot took place in Philadelphia. Robert Purvis was forced to guard his own door against the rioters, while nearby a Negro "Beneficial Hall" and church burned. He became disillusioned and withdrew to the Philadelphia suburb of Byberry. The activities of the Vigilant Committee gradually declined. (Nevertheless, the Philadelphia office had some excitement in 1849 when an express company delivered a crate from Richmond, Virginia…
http://intotheveinsofhistory.blogspot.com/
What did the Indians do? Are we going to die like the pilgrim settlers, leaving the safety of the sea going vessels that carried them here to the Americas? I remember that wagon train in the western time mountains – they got stuck in hundreds of feet of snow and began to eat each other for survival. What did they use for a cook fire? Where are the Indians when you need them? They could help us survive! Please, won't somebody tell us what to do?"
Some of the residents were fortunate enough to make the shelter circuit. Two weeks in, the repair crews were indefatigable in their dedication of restoring power to the various out of town communities.
The heavy-set Black Man, a power company supervisor, addressed the derelict destitute and depraved semi-homeless vagrants. He paid them a cordial visit, simply to reassure them, and report the power teams' daily progress. He wanted to let them know how soon they could begin to return to their homes. But that was not to be. Savage and unjustly attacked was he. They hit him with verbal assaults from any and every direction. They wanted satisfaction now – right now.
"You are telling a damned lie! We are tired of waiting for you slow moving useless and worthless jabber jaws!"
He tried in vain to calm the people…
http://takealookacrosstheway.blogspot.com/
"As The Clock Turns"
……They (intend to) deceive God and those who believe, while they deceive not but themselves, but they perceive (it) not.
…In their heart is a disease and God increaseth their disease, for them is a painful chastisement, beware of the lie they were saying.
…And when it is said unto them, "Make ye not mischief in the Earth" say they, "verily, we are only the well-doers – the peacemakers.
Beware! Verily, they are the mischief mongers, but they perceive not. When it is said unto them, "Believe ye as the (other) people did believe, they say, "Shall we believe?"
Beware! Verily, they are the fools, but they know not. And when they meet with those who believe, they say "We believe" but when they go apart to their devils, they say, "surely we are with you, verily, we did but mock."
These are they who purchase error for guidance, hence their transaction profitteth them not, neither are they guided aright.
The likeness of them is like unto one who kindleth a fire, and when it lighteth all around him, God taketh away the light and leaveth them in darkness, they see not. They are deaf, dumb, and blind; hence they will return not from their darkness.
"As The Clock Turns" – 'The qualities of the hypocrites – their mischief and their false pride'
Today's politics and its' practitioners constantly bombard the masses with untruths and vile falsehoods. The following horde of these creatures, lend credence to the fact of Babylon, the Tower of Babel and Nimrod, displaying their arrogance and opposition to the Lord of Hosts.
"Who is the bigger fool, the fool who leads or the fool who follows?"
I will never understand how and why this country, or the world for that matter, can stand by and allow the double standard system of rules and its continuous practices, i.e., (Sedition – Treason, What's the Difference) one set of rules are distributed, practiced, applied, and implemented for one group or color of people, while another of lesser favor or value is pursued at the behest of another; one president white – the other, Black. Can anyone rationally explain this discrepancy? What of true and just treatment for all people – throughout the world and at home?
Political and Evangelical leadership remain suspect as they purport to love and protect the masses of poor and needy…not the rich and greedy.
"Yes We Can" has changed to "Yes We Did" which has morphed into "Our Time Has Come!" "The Time Is Now!" Many Black (Persons of Color) personalities and leaders who were labeled as such, have said it in the past, "We Can't Wait" have found the wait to be well worth it.
"THE TIME HAS COME!"
Less we forget, one must take pride in ones-self in order to gain the respect of others.
In light of the events that have, I think, brought pride, belief, and hope back into the life-line of the American Populace…
"So Let It Be Written…So Let It Be Done!"
"To Kill an American"
Pakistan had published in a newspaper, an offer of a reward to anyone who killed an American, any American.
So an Australian dentist wrote an editorial the following day to let everyone know what an American…
An American lives in the most prosperous land in the history of the world…
The root of that prosperity can be found in the Declaration of Independence which recognizes the God given right of each person to the pursuit of happiness.
An American is generous… Americans have helped out just about every other nation in the world in their time of need…
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'The Rails, Some Hemp, and A Hanging'
The company had its share of 'shiner's' on both sides of the war-torn fences. Their horses bayed and pranced in the cold damp yet dark beginning of the day's morn. My hanging tribunal was short and to the point. My foolish guilt could not be reversed, albeit, my hatred for these 'Blue-Coats' and their Black supporters surpasses my pain and sorrowful agony.
"A Living Man – A Living Man, I Want's Ta Be A Livin Man!"
http://therailssomehempandahanging.blogspot.com/
"Economic Blues – The Beat Goes On"
The Census Bureau reported that 43.6 million people lived in and or below the poverty level…! The television and radio programs playback over the airways – and cable and satellite too – many "come and get it" commercials. They say "come on down and buy this new car!"
The merchants and vendors are counting on a spending craze (as they do every year with designated seasons of celebration and money exchange). Their business – their very survival is based upon our ability to spend money – or the ability to charge it. Now I ask you… If half the country is out of work and losing unemployment benefits on a scale of phenomenal proportions – by the millions… How in the world can we afford to buy a new car, shop for and buy presents for the holidays, pay bills, buy food, purchase football tickets (the Philadelphia Eagles have raised their ticket prices by five dollars, with an average price nearing one hundred dollars a pop), and keep a roof over our heads – with NO MONEY?
The American populace is suffering in the worst financial crisis since the "Great Depression." It's simply amazing how someone or some entity is constantly trying to sell you and me something. It doesn't matter if it's a service or a product; they want us to buy it. Do they care if you and me have no money? Have you heard the car commercial tell us that we can buy a new car with no money down? Do you remember at the end of the spiel, the quick speaking voice noted the stipulation of the purchase requirement(s)? The cadence is spoken with subtlety – direct and quick, "this message is for well qualified buyers only!" You and me pay for television programs only to be inundated with
http://economicbluesthebeatgoeson.blogspot.com/
No Game For Fools: "The Pulverization of Polarization In Politico"
"I promise access to high quality programs provided through unnecessary overregulation – we will know who to blame, and blame them!"
They promise to relentlessly oppose the millionaires in defense of the middle class.
"My team will vigorously seek to raise the minimum wage and close tax loopholes that currently let millionaires pay less in taxes than teachers, firefighters, cops, nurses, and ditch-diggers. We will also end the tax breaks for multinational corporation who ship jobs to Mexico, China, Chile, or anywhere else."
http://nogameforfoolsthepulverization.blogspot.com/
~"THE BALANCE OF A HOUSE IN ORDER…or not"~
Politicos…It's not too late to do the right thing.
People should not have to suffer simply because they are poor. They should not suffer at the hand of man because they are different in appearance, different in skin color, and thought of as property or chattel. They should not have to suffer because another man says he should be subservient and do his bidding. They should not have to suffer because they think differently and worship differently than you or have a different creed than you. They should not suffer because you want to make more money than your brother and sister and your house is better and bigger. They should not have to suffer because you have luxury and personal transportation with more sustenance in your mount and belly. Have and maintain respect and acknowledgement to sovereign stateships that are independent of you. Remember, acknowledge, respect, and know the truth while sharing with others…the origins of Life and the Human Being.
http://thebalanceofahouseinorder.blogspot.com/
"Arc of the Prophet"
Talking heads continue talking and protagonizing the word of the few in power and struggling to keep it so. They either have no clue or belief in prophecy as prescribed by the Most High who has taken effort to re-deliver his message via heralds of many stations… In today's world of globalization, concealing how the powerful families continue to control much of the world's financial, economic, and political resources is becoming harder and harder.
"A Presidential Commission found that relatively few white Americans would protest massive repression of Blacks. Presidential advisors have urged the internment of Black (Hebrew) youth on the pretext of rehabilitation. Sterilization and birth control programs are aimed against Blacks while masquerading under the name of hunger relief. In a December speech, President Richard Nixon dashed the hopes of many by not proposing any specific measures for immediate relief of hunger. His primary concern obviously was toward reducing the number of the hungry – not hunger itself – for it was on how to reduce the hungry that he had specific recommendations and specific action."
In America, just as the governor of Pennsylvania has done, state governments have reduced if not completely eliminated the 'Food Stamp Program' to the poor and needy. This particular ruler has publicly stated that he would not release educational dollars earmarked for public schools in the state's two largest cities. Primarily, The Philadelphia School District… The plan was without question a viable way to eliminate and eradicate an entire group of dependents at the beginning level…the children.
http://arcoftheprophet.blogspot.com/
"He Can Do What His Black Son Cannot"
"An outlet with a larger white readership, many more commenters would have chimed in to deny the continued existence of racism. In my experience, white people (and straight people, and male people, and Christian people — all groups of which I'm a member) tend to dismiss the notion that we're privileged. It's an uncomfortable thing to acknowledge that you're the recipient of unfair benefits, especially when those benefits are often nearly invisible to those who receive them."
http://asonwhocannot.blogspot.com/
"OUTNUMBERED?"
…Many of us have been taught to believe that there is more of one group of people in the United States than the other. Not only have we been taught to believe it, we were also bombarded with the belief that there are more White folk in the world than any other group of people as well. I've always wondered about that notion since I was a child. I used to ask my mother and grandmother how come all of those Natives were always afraid of Tarzan?
http://biracialandoutnumbered.blogspot.com/
"Bold Intimidation and Evil Intent"
The advertisement Reads: (Buy This Entire Record for $6.99 – Official citation and/or docket number and footnotes (if any) for this case available with purchase. Learn more about what you receive with purchase of this case.)
I wonder… They've (The G.O.P. and right-wingers) made bold attempts to eradicate a plethora of things, yes? Are My Social Security Benefits at risk? Are yours as well? Would you agree that it would make them happy to see us all right back in chains? While the poor white folk and other working groups return to indentured service/slavery? Do you think that the changes they propose would make haters of You, Obama, and Me happy?
Based on factual material they have all been spreading falsehoods, misstatements, and untruths…in short, just plain and simple lying! They know it. Don't you think that everything that has been done hasn't been carefully and properly calculated? If you don't, you've truly been asleep and out of touch with who and what has your best interest at heart. If they can touch the highest of us with filthy and vile contraband, think of what the powers that be can dig up on you.
http://boldintimidationandevilintent.blogspot.com/
Difference is as difference does… Would you have the government control you for saying something they don't approve of? Is the First Amendment protecting you and yours? Does the First Amendment apply to you and me? How does our civilized, democratic society stack up to those who do crack down on the right to speak…privately or publicly? Would you live outside of the United States? How about the expectancy of receiving human rights and/or freedom and freedom of speech with the right to Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness (Justice for All) – in a country not of America?
Do we in America allow our government to oppress us, disrespect us, detect us, delete us, or to protect us? When we in America elect our government officials… do we control them or do they control us?
Can one find humor in oppression?
http://thecomedic.blogspot.com/
'Black Cowboys'
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~ The Acrimonious, Gauche, and Incongruous – 'Ajantala' ~
https://boulwareenterprises.wordpress.com/2014/09/30/the-acrimonious-gauche-and-incongruous-ajantala/
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