http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/philadelphia/ en-us Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:44:53 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049335/posts It's 6 a.m. in Rittenhouse Square, one of Philadelphia's most elegant parks. As the sun rises, its overnight summer residents - more than two dozen homeless men and women - are asleep on benches. --snip-- And while homeless people say they like the comforts of the high-end neighborhood, the Rittenhouse Square residents, managers of nearby businesses, and Fairmount Park Commission employees who maintain the grounds complain that the resulting problems have gotten worse this summer, making their jobs and neighborhood life more difficult Philadephia Inquirer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049335/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:44:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048372/posts If there's one thing you have to give Philadelphia's leaders credit for achieving, it's consistency. Under the "leadership" of every mayor and city council going back decades, the city has seen its population plummet, and with it, our prospects for growth and world-class status. Consider these gems: Between 2000 and 2007, Philadelphia lost 4.5 percent of its residents, the largest percentage drop of any Top 25 city. As far as actual numbers, the only city which lost more people in that span was New Orleans, and I think the Big Easy had a weather-related incident which prompted that city's mass... The Bulletin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048372/posts#comment Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:02:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046309/posts By now, many conservatives have heard of the Canadian Human Rights Commissions thanks to the decision by three CHRCs to investigate hate crimes complaints against Maclean’s magazine for printing -- among other things -- excerpts from conservative writer Mark Steyn’s book, America Alone. While two of the complaints against Maclean’s have been dismissed, the CHRCs continue their jihad against their fellow citizens who dare to offend certain protected minorities. One of their ongoing cases is the investigation of a newspaper for publishing a cartoon of a Muslim woman dressed in a burqa even though the woman does, in fact, wear... Human Events http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046309/posts#comment Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:40:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2042919/posts One signed all three bulwarks of the Republic. The other was second only to James Madison as the architect of the Constitution. Robert Morris and James Wilson were two of the most important, yet least publicized, of the Founding Fathers. Why has Philadelphia not commemorated some of its most important citizens? Wilson was according to American Heritage magazine, one of the most underrated Americans in history. Historian Gary Wills wrote, "A signer of the Declaration, a principal drafter of the Federal Constitution, the principal ratifier, and the profoundest theorist of it, Wilson is the least known of the Founding Fathers."... The Bulletin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2042919/posts#comment Wed, 9 Jul 2008 14:59:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042010/posts Arlington, Va—May the city of Philadelphia subject tour guides to hundreds of dollars in fines for engaging in unauthorized talking? This is the question the Institute for Justice (IJ) seeks to answer in a federal lawsuit filed today, two days before Philadelphia celebrates the signing of the Declaration of Independence, in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The suit is brought on behalf of three Philadelphia tour guides—Mike Tait, Josh Silver and Ann Boulais—seeking to overturn a law enacted in April that will make it illegal for anyone like them to give a tour of much of the city’s downtown area... Institute for Justice http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042010/posts#comment Mon, 7 Jul 2008 20:14:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040698/posts The Americans Who Risked Everything My father, Rush H. Limbaugh, Jr., delivered this oft-requested address locally a number of times, but it had never before appeared in print until it appeared in The Limbaugh Letter. My dad was renowned for his oratory skills and for his original mind; this speech is, I think, a superb demonstration of both. I will always be grateful to him for instilling in me a passion for the ideas and lives of America's Founders, as well as a deep appreciation for the inspirational power of words which you will see evidenced here: "Our Lives, Our... Limbaugh Letter http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040698/posts#comment Fri, 4 Jul 2008 13:45:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034718/posts Philadelphia has one of the most backward and incompetent city governments in America. It suffers from a combination of failed civic institutions, a deeply embedded racial paranoia that undermines law enforcement, and a local culture that has come to shrug at the urban chaos this produces. In 2006, the one-or-two-a-day-and a-dozen-on-weekends murder spree that earned "Killadelphia" its rap as an urban abattoir resulted in 406 people dead. It's clearly not all about poverty. Miami, America's poorest major city, saw 79 homicides in all of 2006. In March 2006, more Americans died violently on the streests of Philadelphia than in Iraq... National Review magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034718/posts#comment Sun, 22 Jun 2008 14:58:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032329/posts Does anybody think that the new mayor will keep his campaign promise about initiating action to stop the horrendous murder rate in Philly? Follow this link: http://www.thebulletin.us/site/news.cfm?newsid=19779492&BRD=2737&PAG=461&dept_id=580169&rfi=6 The Bulletin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032329/posts#comment Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:40:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030217/posts PHILADELPHIA — Five teenagers fatally beat a man on a subway platform after a friend dared them to hit someone, saying "next person we see we're going to hit," one of the defendants allegedly told police. "We all didn't want to seem like no punk," Ameer Best, 17, told police in a written statement read at a preliminary hearing Wednesday for Best and four co-defendants. Best and the other teens, Kinta Stanton, Arthur Alston, Rasheem Bell and Nashir Fisher, all 16, will be tried as adults on charges of third-degree murder and conspiracy for the March 26 beating, Municipal Court... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030217/posts#comment Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:55:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2028104/posts Presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain is scheduled to give what his campaign is calling a major policy address Wednesday in Philadelphia. Details of the visit are sketchy. The campaign would not confirm a time or talk about the subject matter of the speech, which is set to take place at the National Constitution Center. It's also unclear if the event will be open to the public. The visit is fresh evidence of the emphasis McCain's campaign is putting on Pennsylvania, traditionally a general election battleground. McCain is slated to return to the state June 30 for a fundraiser and... The Morning Call http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2028104/posts#comment Mon, 9 Jun 2008 00:46:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024694/posts CBS3 anchor Larry Mendte opened former colleague Alycia Lane's private e-mail account hundreds of times over many months, sources told The Inquirer yesterday, and the FBI is investigating whether he passed on gossip about Lane to the media. In part, federal officials are trying to determine whether Mendte intercepted communication between Lane and her lawyers about her lawsuit against CBS3, which fired her in January. Investigators have confirmed that Mendte viewed Lane's Yahoo account, sources said. Now, the sources said, investigators are combing through the e-mails he allegedly opened to see if the content can be correlated with embarrassing leaks... The Philadelphia Inquirer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024694/posts#comment Mon, 2 Jun 2008 11:25:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2022751/posts Letters: Why protests over beating, but not shooting? Four police officers are out of their jobs - and rightly so ("Four Officers Fired In Police Beating," May 20). I wonder, though, if the three accused shooting suspects will ever face any penalty for their actions. Lots of people turned out to protest the beating of these three "gentlemen," but somehow the shooting that prompted the whole thing didn't merit even the attendance in court of the witnesses to the shooting of the suspects' three alleged victims. Perhaps the police should be kept out of some of these neighborhoods, so that... Philly.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2022751/posts#comment Thu, 29 May 2008 02:00:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2022724/posts Inquirer Photo Mayor Nutter this morning said the National Rifle Association owed an apology to the family of slain police officer Sgt. Stephen Liczbinski. Nutter recently signed five local gun bills into law, including one that would outlaw the possession and sale of certain assault weapons. The NRA immediately sued the city on the grounds that the city does not have the authority to enact local gun control. They obtained a temporary restraining order to keep the city from enforcing the new laws. Liczbinski was killed with a Chinese-made assault weapon. "I think it's insane," Nutter said. "The fact that... philly.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2022724/posts#comment Thu, 29 May 2008 00:40:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2018351/posts PHILADELPHIA -- Philadelphia's police commissioner said Monday that four officers will be fired and four others disciplined for their roles in the beatings of three shooting suspects, an encounter that was captured on videotape and drew widespread outrage. Another eight officers who had physical contact with the suspects will undergo additional training on the department's policies concerning the use of force, Commissioner Charles Ramsey said. He said the police department made the disciplinary decisions after reviewing frames from enhanced tape of a video shot by a television news helicopter on May 5. The video, shot by WTXF-TV, shows the suspects... KFMB-NEWS 8 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2018351/posts#comment Mon, 19 May 2008 23:33:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2016790/posts Saturday, May 3: A Philadelphia police officer, Sgt. Stephen Liczbinski, is shot and killed with a semiautomatic weapon while responding to reports of a bank robbery in the city’s Port Richmond section. Liczbinski is the second officer shot in the city this year, and the third in the last two years. Monday, May 5: About a dozen Philadelphia police officers, less than 24 hours into the manhunt for the third and final suspect in the Liczbinski shooting, beat three suspects who had been fleeing the scene of an unrelated murder. The entire incident happens to be caught on tape by... North Star Writers Group http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2016790/posts#comment Fri, 16 May 2008 11:58:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013654/posts Days after a Philadelphia police sergeant was killed with a semi-automatic rifle, Mayor Nutter and Gov. Rendell called upon Congress to enact a new federal assault-weapons ban that would remove such weapons from the streets."The time has come for politicians to decide," said Rendell at the City Hall news conference attended by top police brass and state elected officials. "You have to decide whether you're on their side - the men and women who wear blue - or whether you're on the side of the gun lobby."The federal assault-weapons ban, which lasted from 1994 through 2004, outlawed an array of... Philadelphia Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013654/posts#comment Fri, 9 May 2008 17:34:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2014052/posts http://www.philly.com/philly/polls/18765614.html One week ago Sgt. Stephen Liczbinski was shot at least 5 times with an AK-47 by a trio of bank robbers fleeing the scene of their crime. One of the three was later killed by Police gunfire; the other two have been apprehended. Sgt. Liczbinski was laid to rest yesterday. http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/20080509_Sgt__Liczbinski_mourned_at_Cathedral.html The Philadelphia Inquirer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2014052/posts#comment Sat, 10 May 2008 15:43:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2012587/posts Police: Gun At Officer Shooting Scene Traced To Duncannon Man HARRISBURG, Pa. -- A gun sold in Harrisburg for drugs wound up in Philadelphia, where it was found at the scene of a fatal shooting of a police officer, officials said. Police said Levi Swigart, 19, of Duncannon, Perry County, told them he sold the .22-caliber revolver to buy crack from a man at a convenience store along Cameron Street in Harrisburg. Swigart's mother reported the gun stolen in February. The same gun was found at the scene where Philadelphia police officer Steven Liczbinski was shot and killed over the... WGAL http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2012587/posts#comment Wed, 7 May 2008 19:19:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2012056/posts As the reward for the third suspect in the weekend slaying of Philadelphia Police Sgt. Stephen Liczbinski grew yesterday to more than $123,000, authorities intensified their wide-reaching dragnet for a man they called "armed and dangerous." Police pursued leads from Lancaster, Pa., to Newark, N.J., in search of 33-year-old Eric DeShann Floyd, who they say was the "muscle" in a trio that on Saturday robbed a Port Richmond bank and then killed the pursuing sergeant. But investigators believed Floyd, a convicted armed robber who in February escaped from a Reading halfway house, most likely was still hiding in Philadelphia. Police... Philadelphia Inquirer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2012056/posts#comment Tue, 6 May 2008 18:52:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2010855/posts A Philadelphia police officer was shot and killed with a military assault rifle late this morning when he confronted at least two robbers who had just held up an Bank of America branch at a Shoprite supermarket in Port Richmond. --snip--- a police spokesman, described one as a man wearing “Muslim garb” and carrying a shoulder bag. He said that a second, who might have been a woman, was wearing “light brown Muslim garb.” A third possible robber, a man, was described as having worn a “dreadlock wig” and a “construction mask.” He had on blue jeans and a flannel... Philadephia Inquirer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2010855/posts#comment Sat, 3 May 2008 23:31:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2008861/posts PHILADELPHIA, April 29, 2008 – The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff called on the citizens of Philadelphia last night to embrace those who have lost loved ones or who have been wounded in service to America. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen received the Gold Medal of the Union League of Philadelphia during a ceremony at the 1862 building, right down the street from City Hall. The league was established during the Civil War as an organization to help restore the Union, and it has pursued its mission to uphold the nation for the 135 years since. Mullen challenged... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2008861/posts#comment Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:16:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2008319/posts Friday, April 25, 2008 This week’s outrage comes courtesy of Philadelphia Police Commissioner, and former Washington, D.C. police chief, Charles Ramsey. As we recently reported, the Philadelphia City Council passed five gun control measures, which were subsequently signed by Mayor Michael Nutter in direct violation of Pennsylvania’s state preemption law. A Philadelphia County court granted NRA’s motion for a temporary restraining order against the new gun control regulations and ruled that Philadelphia is barred from enforcing the ordinances and moving forward on promulgating regulations. But the City opposed the injunction, saying they believed that the ordinances are both necessary and... NRA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2008319/posts#comment Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:15:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2007040/posts As the US city of Philadelphia prepares for its most closely watched political primary in generations one significant part of the population seems to have already picked their man. Muslim-American community leaders, activists and voters in the city of brotherly love, as Philadelphia is known, say Barack Obama is by far their preferred candidate. Philadelphia's Muslim community is one of the most significant, in terms of size and in terms of prominence, of all US cities. There are up to 70,000 people worshipping in 34 mosques in the city alone, leading one local leader to describe Philadelphia as "a Mecca... Al Jazeera.net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2007040/posts#comment Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:29:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2006578/posts Montgomery County results explain Clinton's win TRIBUNE-REVIEW By: Salena Zito By all accounts, Pennsylvania's Montgomery County should have been Sen. Barack Obama's low-hanging fruit. From Norristown with its abundant black vote to the Main Line with its affluent well-off latte liberals, "Montco" was tailor-made for the Illinois senator. "I was shocked," said Karen Matthews, wife of GOP Montgomery County chairman Jim Matthews. Karen, who made her own news by switching to Democrat so she could vote for Obama, fully expected a big Obama win. "My only explanation is that people say one thing, and then do another," she said. Karen... Pittsburgh Tribune Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2006578/posts#comment Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:10:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2006348/posts It's time for Philadelphia leaders to understand that lawlessness by the city government is one of the many factors contributing to the city's culture of crime and violence. The lack of respect city officials have shown for the laws of Pennsylvania by passing illegal gun-control ordinances sets a tone for residents that honoring the rule of law is optional in this city. When the City Council passed and Mayor Nutter signed a package of gun-control bills that limits the ability of law-abiding citizens to purchase and possess firearms, they brazenly declared themselves independent from the laws of the commonwealth. It... Philadelphia Inquirer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2006348/posts#comment Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:52:00 GMT