By: Christine Morabito – September, 2010 In 1975 Sen. William Proxmire, D-WI, became the taxpayer’s superhero when he began passing out Golden Fleece Awards, spotlighting pork-barrel projects that wasted taxpayer dollars. This infuriated some of his colleagues, who could no longer squander other people’s money with impunity. Examples included: $84,000 to study “why people […]
By: Paul Murano – September, 2010 Why people think the way they do is fascinating. Who would have thought the issue of an Islamic cultural center being built near ground zero would have so neatly divided people by ideologically lines? And who would have guessed that the left would be for it and the […]
“It’s a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it’s a depression when you lose yours.” – Harry S. Truman THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX By: Dr. Charles Ormsby – August, 2010 Based on Truman’s analysis, the most important unemployment statistic is our own; it is either 0% or 100%. Of course, that is not […]
By: Paul Murano – August, 2010 When I moved back home from Tampa in the early 1990’s I gathered together a young adult group from St. Margaret’s in Burlington to share an idea. A crisis pregnancy center was needed in the area. To make a long story short everything fell into place, and from […]
By: Paul Murano The terms capital punishment and decapitate come from the same Latin word for regarding the head. Although the death penalty was often the removal of one’s head, there have been other ways of administering it throughout history. Socrates was poisoned, Stephen was stoned, and Jesus was crucified; representing the Greek, Jewish and […]
Ye Gay Old Valley By: Dani Langevin, Lesbian Columnist – July, 2010 Last March, in Boulder, Colorado, two grade school girls were kicked out of Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish because their parents are lesbians. The same thing happened in May at St. Paul Elementary School in Hingham, MA. This time it was an […]
If Paul Revere stopped by your house … would you join the fight for freedom? THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX By; Dr. Charles Ormsby – July, 2010 The future of your country and of human liberty may depend on the political battles that are fought over the next four months. The final tally of these […]
By: Christine Morabito – July, 2010 With new Tea Parties popping up all over the state, there is no question that the message of limited government strikes a chord with a great many Bay State residents. An enthusiastic group of American patriots is forming right in our own backyard with the emergence of the Merrimack Valley […]
VALLEY PATRIOT EDITORIAL July, 2010 For more than 80 days, millions of gallons of oil have been billowing into the Gulf of Mexico. And for 80 days President Obama has done absolutely nothing to take control of the situation. We agree with Obama’s blind defenders that he cannot put on a cape, fly to […]
By: Tom Duggan – June, 2010 NORTH ANDOVER – State Representative David Torissi says he is proud of his record of representing illegal aliens. In a letter he sent to a constituent last month he clearly states his opposition to a measure that would have cut off all state funding for illegal […]
MA State Trooper Cashin, Officers Davey & Towner Honored in D.C. Names of three Mass. police officers killed in 2009 added to National Monument, honored by president By: Tom Duggan – June, 2010 Last month more than 25,000 police officers and families filled the grounds of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington […]
THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX By Dr. Charles Ormsby – June, 2010 There are no special workers’ rights. There are only human rights. Workers have them and so does everyone else. Seems simple, doesn’t it? Everyone has the same rights. Rights must be consistent. You can’t have a right that violates the rights of […]
Valley Patriot Lesbian Columnist By: Dani Langevin – June, 2010 In the 4th century BC the Thebian commander, Gorgidas, hand picked 150 homosexual couples from his army to make up the Sacred Band of Thebes. For forty years, this band of gay warriors liberated Thebes from Spartan rule and defeated armies three times its size. […]
By; Tom Duggan – June, 2010 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has sent a letter to Lawrence DPW Director Frank McCann (right) informing the City of Lawrence that the EPA has first hand knowledge that the city is pumping wastewater (human waste) into the Shawsheen River. According to documents obtained by The Valley […]
VALLEY PATRIOT EDITORIAL JUNE 2010 North Andover State Rep. David Torrisi has some nerve. He was elected by American citizens in Lawrence and North Andover to represent their interests in the state legislature. When he took his oath of office he swore to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States […]