November 28, 2006 by Matt Heckman.

It looks like we will have a Speaker DeWeese.

http://www.pennlive.com/newslogs/patriotnews/index.ssf?/mtlogs/penn_patriotnews/archives/2006_11.html#208966

Now despite this being even scarier we now have a really different case here.  We have a State Senate filled with assholes, and a State House run by our official state Christmas poop Bill DeWeese.  So you can say things in The House will be the fecal matter from The Senate.  Sadly we don’t get a chance to flush this poop down the shitter for another two years.  Hold your noses, because it’s going to smell bad.

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November 28, 2006 by Matt Heckman.

First off before I begin I’d like to say that I hope everybody had a wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday. I sure did myself, and I also attended my 10 year High School Class Reunion this past weekend as well, and it was really cool to meet old friends again.

Now onto business. As most of you already know that almost every Pennsylvanian is outraged at Ed Rendell’s proposal to increase the gasoline tax. The new alternative is now leasing The Turnpike privately where it would generate over 30 billion in revenue for our infrastructure. Other considerations have been also converting other interstates from I-80 to I-79 into toll highways as well.

My stand on this is that I support this new method of funding. We have to face reality here. The gasoline tax is obsolete. It was one thing when crude oil was $10 to $15 a barrel, but those days are gone. Any increase in the gasoline tax at this point would be regressive to the consumer by inflating the costs of shipping goods. Also eventually at some point we seek to get off of our dependence of oil be it electric cars, or other fuel sources making the gasoline tax pointless.

Now the bad part of this plan would be that we will find ourselves in the same problem as we currently have with property tax reform. I said once before that we have either a income tax, or a sales tax, but not both. Well we should have either gasoline taxes, or toll roads, but not both. Just as a income tax is the least regressive solution toward property tax reform, toll highways can be the least regressive. Another issue would be concerns of congestion. We can easily resolve that problem by promoting EZ-Pass, or better yet give an EZ-Pass to every vehicle owner upon renewing their registration. New Jersey has proven this to be successful when they tried it mainly for The Garden State Parkway in order to curb the constant threats by the union to strike as well as severe congestion at the toll plazas.

We have a chance to get ahead of the ball here by implementing a plan that will be the eventual future of funding our infrastructure. That is why I would support this idea. Let’s prove to everybody why America starts in Pennsylvania.

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November 22, 2006 by Matt Heckman.

Now this is my kind of Bill. Could you imagine if we had this in Reading besides a long campaign list for the Sheriff?
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/cityregion/s_480913.html

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November 22, 2006 by Matt Heckman.

Enjoy your long weekend folks, because I know I will.

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November 17, 2006 by Matt Heckman.

I just received word from my mother that Ben Helbert, along with other myspace friends that are part of The U.N. Club with the school have been caught in an attempt to construct a bomb with the intention to set off in the school. They also were caught possessing The Anarchist Cookbook which was the same tool used in the Columbine disaster. The Muhlenberg Police Department is currently handling the matter. This is the same Nazi Cult that I was talking about in a previous article. Since then most of those myspace profiles became private. Details are pretty sketchy at the moment. More details to come.

–UPDATE–

Currently the school is not pursuing charges at this time. According to Ben Helbert they were only going to scare people with a “Works Bomb” which is a bomb that can be made with tin foil, and modern household chemicals that leaves a loud bang. The Anarchist Cookbook was found on a file on Ben Helbert’s USB jump drive. I will be checking out Ben’s computer tonight to ensure that there is no information on that PC that would inflict harm to Muhlenberg School District, it’s students, and The Muhlenberg Police Department. Ben swears to me that there is nothing on the PC, and that the idea was mainly from his “friends”. Stay tuned for the results of my examination of the computer.

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November 17, 2006 by Matt Heckman.

Post whatever is on your mind.  Let’s hope the Eagles can pull in another win.  Have a good weekend

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November 15, 2006 by Matt Heckman.

Now before I begin, let’s say we can all agree that you would never see this revealed in The Reading Eagle.

I noticed a site today while doing research for a future article involving employers that hire Illegal Aliens. On a web site called wehirealiens.com when you do a search for exposed employers that have hired illegal aliens, and low and behold Boscov’s was on the list. This group reports these Illegal activities to the FBI where in most cases these people get investigated.

As I’m reading all about the employers that hire Illegal Aliens in Pennsylvania, I noticed that Boscov’s was listed with the following information. You can click on the quote to access the source.

“They hire Illegal Aliens for the back room, and to carry heavy items like furniture out to your car. I recently purchased a sofa from their distribution center, and the sales person was telling the Illegal Alien what to do in Spanish. The Illegal did not know English, and whatever the salesman said to him angered him to the point where he put his fist into my passenger side window. The Manager then came out and begged me not to contact the police, and gave me the sofa for free, and later gave me $500.00 to keep quiet and not report it to my insurance, or the local police. In the end it all worked out, because my repair costs were only around $350.00, but I also had to lose a days pay to have my car repaired. I need to stay anonymous for the sake of my own safety.”

This is no doubt an embarrassment for Berks County since Al Boscov is hailed as a saint and savior of this area when in fact he is just a local tax pimp that uses Berks County, and Reading for his pet taxpayer funded pork projects. Are we stumbling onto something that could expand out to city council, the Mayor’s office, the county commissioners? Considering the fact that Mayor McMahon put out an open invitation to all Illegal Aliens in Hazleton to come on down to Reading, because they will be welcome. Is this why? Is Al Boscov short on finding good Illegal Alien help these days? Did Illegal Aliens help build The Goggle Works?

This does make quite a bit of sense when you put it all together. When Stefan Kosikowski reported McMahon to the charter board, with Boscov’s vengeance toward Stefan Kosikowski, is it possible that if McMahon is removed from office that Boscov’s gravy train of Illegal Aliens will be derailed? You did a disservice to this community Stefan. How dare you get the ball rolling LOL

I can only say hold on to your seats folks, because it is going to hit the fan. I also invite you to check out this site as well, because when you read about other employers ranging from Olive Garden, Toll Brothers, Behr Paints, etc. it is scary on how much our economy is dependent on Illegal Aliens.

http://wehirealiens.com

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November 14, 2006 by Matt Heckman.

A prime example of Rendell’s plan to increase the sales tax, income tax, vehicle registration fees, and gasoline taxes in the name of funding our highways. WEEU’s Len Carmen this morning was so happy that he sounded like he was ready to have an orgasm.

Despite the billions in corporate welfare and other unnecessary pork projects that are funded throughout this Commonwealth, and to top it all of Rendell pissing away a 800 million dollar surplus, our government never has enough money. I warned all of you that Rendell will be emboldened, and start to do these things.

To top it all off we have the same old leadership running the show on both sides of the isle in the general assembly and the senate despite new blood being in place. Hopefully in two years we can rid ourselves of Perzel, and that feces Bill DeWeese.

This will only continue with the decline in population in this state, especially with younger generations. 2010 will be here before you know it, and I will predict that by then we will lose 2 to 3 more congressional seats.

As several people stated before that the majority of Pennsylvania’s population is elderly people that could give a rats rear end about the future. Will we have to evacuate Pennsylvania and quarantine the state until the elderly die off so we can repopulate it and restore honest government? I hope not.

Oh by the way I was joking about the quarantine.

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November 11, 2006 by Matt Heckman.

On behalf of myself and The Berks Blog Network we are proud to endorse Stefan Kosikowski for Reading City Council District 2.

Stefan is leading the charge for real reform in City Council.  Unlike the current Council, Stefan realizes that the status quo stinks.  Stefan’s Safe Streets agenda is the most straight forward plan to destroy the criminal element, and says what needs to be said.  Stefan realizes that going after the slumlords, the illegally converted single family homes into apartments, Illegal Aliens, and the employers that uses them for slave labor is the root of solving the problem, and improving the quality of life in the process.

Stefan has stood up to Mayor McMahon involving his agenda to bribe business with tax payer money to redevelop the area (i.e. Goggle Works).  Stefan knows that corporate welfare will never fix the city’s woes without tackling the criminal element, and strongly believes in private investment in the city.

Most importantly Stefan knows that the main problem with City Council is that they continue to live in the fear called political correctness.  Stefan will not live in fear which is why he will be a valuable asset for City Council.  You can check out Stefan’s campaign site at http://stefanckosikowski.org.

Best of Luck Stefan.

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November 10, 2006 by Matt Heckman.

Post whatever is on your mind.  Also a big Happy Veterans Day to all you vets out there.  Thanks for your service.

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