Pennsylvnia Federation of College Republicans

Can someone please explain to me why Congressman Chris Carney won’t defend himself on the radio or agree to do a few debates with Republican candidate Chris Hackett. Carney has tentatively scheduled only one debate in September with Hackett. The Hackett campaign has contacted the Carney camp on numerous occasions to schedule a number of debates. Mr. Hackett’s campaign was proposing a series of debates, instead of just one, from July up until the election in November so as to educate the voters on the issues as well as to argue view points. The Carney camp wouldn’t even give them a call back or acknowledge their requests.

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The Golan Heights in my opinion is the most strategically important area I have ever seen. When Syria had it prior to the 6 day war they on a daily and hourly basis fired cannons and rockets in to Israel. Not at military bases, but at cities and homes where men, women, and children live. It is for these reasons Israel took it from Syria, demilitarized it, and as of now refuses to give it back to Syria. It became incredibly clear to me, along with as far as I know everyone on the trip (Republican and Democrat), how crucial it is for Israel not to give this territory away. When I stood on top of the Golan Heights I could see a few things. Looking towards Israel on a clear day you can see nearly the entire country. I am not being sarcastic when I say this either, Israel is about the size of New Jersey so at this altitude and location you can truly see nearly the entire county. Therefore, with cannons that can fire hundreds of miles hundreds of thousands and towards the end of the war millions were at risk of being shelled. Looking towards Syria, I saw Syrian tanks pointed right at me. These were not abandoned tanks either; these were Syrian tanks that I have no doubt were simply awaiting the order to attempt to retake the Golan Heights. It would not take Syria long to re-militarize the Golan Heights either, as there is a fortified Syrian bunker on top of the mountain, which is not just used for tours. This bunker is still intact and you can see where all of the cannon and gun locations Syria once had pointing at Israel.

In my opinion ISRAEL MUST AND CANNOT GIVE BACK THE GOLAN HEIGHTS TO SYRIA!! 

“The Reuters news service asked 29 economic firms which presidential candidate would be better for stock markets, which have been hit by inflation, high energy prices, the housing collapse and financial sector troubles. Twenty-one of those economists said McCain’s economic agenda would have a more positive impact on stocks…”

Hmmm…go figure! And also another shock that this gets no media coverage. Time and time again, we have seen McCain come out on top on the issues. However, the media is always afraid to touch it.

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Here is the big one, Iran, specifically Iran’s quest for a nuclear weapon. This is a very difficult and complex situation, which neither I or to my knowledge anyone really has a perfect solution to. I think I could write a small book on this topic, but instead I will do my best to briefly touch on some of the major issues.

First off, Iran as I have stated in numerous other posts is the major problem and issue for Israel, America, and the rest of the peaceful world.

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Lebanon is an interesting situation, and in many ways is in a pickle of sorts. As of now you have Iran and Syria controlling the country. Iran and Syria made an agreement of sorts. Iran said to Syria you can milk Lebanon and its natural resources for all its worth, you can tax the citizens as much as you want, just let Hezbollah into the country and leave them alone. Syria agreed and that’s essentially where we are today. Today Iran gives Lebanon approximately 1 billion dollars to keep the economy afloat and treats Lebanon as its backyard. It is for these reasons President Bush has listed Lebanon in the “Axis of Evil.”

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Last week I had one of the coolest experiences of my fledgling political life. When John McCain came to Pittsburgh for two days, I got to drive press van #2 in the motorcade.

To paraphrase Karen Hughes, former counselor to President Bush, in her terrific description  of campaign life, driving in a motorcade is long hours of tedium punctuated by moments of frantic activity and, occasionally, sheer terror.

We picked up Senator McCain at the airport last Tuesday. Actually, when Straight Talk Air landed and we headed off for our first stop, I got to haul some gear and luggage belonging to the press corps. (This is why this is only one of the coolest things I’ve ever done, and not the coolest.) Because I initially didn’t have any people in my van, I wasn’t inside the official police escort, which means that as we sped down the highway a number of cars jumped in between me and the motorcade. That’s where the “sheer terror” comes in - I was convinced that I was going to lose sight of the rest of the convoy and spend the rest of my life driving aimlessly around western PA in a large van with only some suitcases for moral support.

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You first need to understand a little about Iran in order to fully understand the situation and what I am about to say. Iran is run by the Shiite, which historically hate the Sunni, similar to how to Sunni historically hate the Shiite. Historically these two have committed terrorist acts against each other, exiled each other, and all around have a bad relationship.

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“I don’t understand when people are going around worrying about ‘we need to have english only’. They want to pass a law we want just english only. Now I agree that immigrants should learn english. I agree with that BUT understand this; instead of worrying about whether immigrants can learn english, they’ll learn english, you need to make sure your child can speak spanish!”
Barack Obama
July 10th 2008 at a Campaign Event in Powder Springs, Georgia.

Your kids better learn spanish says Obama

Click here for the video. Youtube has been working tirelessly to make sure these videos are deleted so this link may only work for a few hours….

Israel is in a very unique situation. They are right in the middle of several countries that want to do nothing more than to wipe the country and citizens of Israel off the map. Specifically, but not limited to Iran, Syria, and Lebanon.

While I was in Israel many of you may have heard about the terrorist attack in Jerusalem where an Israeli-Arab hijacked a bulldozer from a construction site and began running into people on the street, cars with children in it, and tourist buses. In this attack 57 were injured and I could be wrong but I believe there were at least 3 killed, one of which was a very young girl not older than 12.  I had been on that very street in that very same spot not more than 48 hours before. When I heard about the attack I and the other Americans on the trip were shocked, one girl even cried. However, our Israeli guards were not nearly as shocked as we, not because they do not care, but because this attack and pointless attacks like these are not uncommon in Israel. I know just reading this Israel may sound like a scary place and you would think that the Israeli people might live in fear, but this is not the case. Even with rockets being fired into Israel, bulldozers being hijacked for the purpose of murder, or suicide bombers, Israelis live their life. Even after rockets are fired they are very hesitant to retaliate, because they unlike many of the Arab terrorist committing these unthinkable acts care about life, and look for any and all other alternatives before a military response.

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From the Blog of Eric Sweeney, Vice President of Susquehanna University College Republicans (itsweeney):

So, it may be because The Colbert Report is on a two week break, or possibly since I just finished listening to “I Am America (And So Can You!)” on audio book this afternoon, but I have the sudden urge to give a tip of my hat, al a Colbert, to the Pennsylvania College Republican’s new web site.

As I have mentioned in the past, I am active in the Susquehanna chapter of the College Republicans, serving as the Vice-Chairman for ‘08-’09 and often have written about the events we attend or planned. We actually just launched a new version of our site last semester that was primarily of my design, but I must admit, the new state page puts my simple design to shame.
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