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WHY DOESN'T JACK WANT TO DEBATE? REASON NUMBER 21: HE DOESN'T WANT ANYONE TO KNOW HE'S VOTED HIMSELF 12 CONSECUTIVE PAY RAISES (MONONGAHELA, October 16) -- Washington County Commissioner and Pennsylvania 12th district Republican Congressional nominee Diana Irey -- responding to Jack Murtha's refusal to meet with her to debate the issues -- today released this statement: "Why is Jack Murtha scared to debate me? Two leading newspapers in our district -- the Washington Observer-Reporter, and Jack Murtha's own hometown newspaper, the Johnstown Tribune-Democrat -- have now urged him to debate. Several TV stations have offered to air the debate,...

John Murtha is using the 5 year anniversary of 9/11 to brag about his abilities to throw pork at any problem that comes his way. Instead of offering a solemn note of remembrance, he has instead decided to generate a list of all the monies he has directed to the Flight 93 memorial(located in his district). This proves one thing, not only has John Murtha forgotten about exactly what happened on the fateful day 5 years ago, he has also neglected to realize how it has changed the world. I guess it wasn’t enough to use thousands of dead U.S....

Because We Don't Know, Jack ... * Volume 1 Issue 10 August 15, 2006 Today's NBC "First Read" questioned the viability of Jack Murtha's 41-campaign "Cut and Run" Tour. Here's what NBC had to say: As of today, Democratic Rep. John Murtha's supposed 41-candidate tour seems to be more myth than reality. Murtha communications director Megan Grote says of the previously reported number of 41 candidates or districts, "We don't know where that number came from." Per Grote, Murtha is planning to campaign for Democratic candidates, but the office doesn't yet know for whom or when. It could be around...

THIS TIME, MURTHA VOTES AGAINST JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY (MONONGAHELA, August 8) -- Washington County Commissioner and Pennsylvania 12th district Republican Congressional nominee Diana Irey -- responding to Jack Murtha's vote ten days ago against legislation that would have raised the minimum wage as it made permanent the repeal of the death tax -- today released the following statement: "Jack Murtha voted against an increase in the minimum wage ten days ago. In doing so, once again, he showed that he cares more about representing the values of San Francisco than he does about representing the values of southwestern Pennsylvania. "He...

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Murtha issues statement on lawsuit Johnstown, PA - Congressman John Murtha today released the following statement about a lawsuit filed by a Marine Corps staff sergeant charged in the incident at Haditha in November 2005. An Associated Press story filed earlier this morning said that evidence collected in Haditha “supports accusations that U.S. Marines deliberately shot” 24 civilians, including unarmed women and children. “I don’t blame the staff sergeant for lashing out. When I spoke up about Haditha, my intention was to draw attention to the horrendous pressure put on our troops in Iraq and to the cover-up of the...

IREY: NOW MURTHA TURNS HIS BACK ON SOUTHWESTERN PA “Those aren’t the values of conservative southwestern Pennsylvania, those are the values of liberal San Francisco” (PITTSBURGH, August 1) – Washington County Commissioner and Pennsylvania 12th district Republican Congressional nominee Diana Irey – the woman standing up to Jack Murtha – today released the following statement: “Today Jack Murtha begins his ‘Cut and Run’ Tour, campaigning for 41 different liberal Democrats around the country as part of his campaign to become Majority Leader of the House of Representatives. “Could there be any greater proof that Jack Murtha has abandoned his constituents...

Because We Don't Know, Jack ... * Last Friday, the Christian Science Monitor published excerpts of remarks made during an interview with U.S. Rep. Jack Murtha. One in particular struck us: Asked, "What would change if the Democrats retook control of the House?" Murtha replied, "Accountability is going to be the key. Corruption, talk about corruption …" Well. Okay. If we must. Jack Murtha is the second-most-famous unindicted co-conspirator in American political history, ranking behind only Richard Nixon as The Man Who Got Away While Everyone Else Went to Jail. Offered a $50,000 bribe by an undercover FBI agent posing...

The other day I was pontificating and realized that the WWII Japanese have surprisingly a lot in common with Islamo-Facists: Both groups hold very strong spiritual beliefs with a concentration on the "group." In the case of the Japanese the group was citizens of Japan and with Islam instead of a nationalist identity they identify with other Muslims. Furthermore both of these group's religious and political leaders are one in the same working towards the same goal(s). This strong spirituality and group identity lead to martyrdom. Both groups willingly give their lives for the good of the collective and for...

Virtual Campaign Manager: You are GOP Chairman Rob Gleason. You have just heaped praise on Democratic Congressman Jack Murtha, at the expense of his opponent Diane Irey. Should you step down as chairman? Gleason: "I cannot deny that Murtha has done a wonderful job for our region. He’s brought home the bacon. If that’s how you want to judge a congressman or any elected official, he gets five stars."

IREY TO MURTHA: HAVE YOU NO DECENCY, SIR? Congressman’s latest instance of reckless disregard for truth slurs American civilians trying to help establish democracy in Iraq (MONONGAHELA, July 10) – Washington County Commissioner and Pennsylvania 12th district Republican Congressional nominee Diana Irey – responding to a statement by U.S. Rep. Jack Murtha, in which Murtha suggested that Irey is running for Congress because she and her husband are “benefiting from this war” – today released the following statement: “Today I have a simple question to ask Jack Murtha: Have you no decency, sir? “Jack Murtha’s comments in yesterday morning’s Tribune-Democrat...

MURTHA DOESN’T NEED TO ‘CLARIFY’ – HE NEEDS TO APOLOGIZE (MONONGAHELA, June 28) – Washington County Commissioner and Pennsylvania 12th district Republican Congressional nominee Diana Irey – reacting to U.S. Rep. Jack Murtha’s press release yesterday declaring that he was “quoted out of context” regarding his recent comments stating that the U.S. presence in Iraq is a greater threat to world peace than the nuclear threat posed by North Korea and Iran – today released the following statement: “Yesterday, Jack Murtha said he was ‘quoted out of context’ regarding his comments on the ‘threat’ posed to world peace by the...

I have recently joined "The Daily Kos". I have done so to pursue honest, reasonable, and rational debate. I have started posting on the site and became aware of an interesting and disgusting policy on. The troll policy is described as follows in the FAQ: "Dealing with trolls Trolling is a sad reality of internet life. Most trolls tend to be blatant, posting comments or diaries that are clearly intended to provoke an angry response. Other trollish messages are posted simply to disrupt the conversation in a diary. Directly replying to the content of a trollish message is usually a...

One thing is for sure, WE NEED TAX reform. In some way shape and form we must revise the system of funding our government. Simply the tax system now is confusing, cumbersome, and frankly a monster growing out of control. There are even serious questions about the constitutionality of the income tax. All I ever here from tax reformists is fair tax this and fair tax that. I say one thing to you the fair tax is TOO HIGH. The Automated Payment Tax is more streamlined, less cumbersome, and just makes more sense. Essentially what the APT tax proposes is...