Your Services Are No Longer
Needed I, do solemnly swear, that I will support obey and
defend, the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution of
this Commonwealth, and that I will discharge the duties of my office with
fidelity.
I am citizen of this Commonwealth and my office is
the Chair of PACleanSweep.
I felt it was important to take this oath today,
because I'm here to defend my Constitution. Your
Constitution.
The Constitution is the fundamental law of the
Commonwealth. Every member of the General Assembly has taken the same oath
to defend the Constitution that I just took a moment ago.
But an integral part of defending something is
enumerating any offenses against that thing and naming its offenders.
Legislative leaders changed the meaning of Act 44
- the pay raise bill - by altering it at the last minute, a violation of
Article III, Section 1 of the Constitution.
They inserted the now infamous "unvouchered
expenses," a violation of Article II, Section 8.
Robert C. Jubelirer, John Michael Perzel, David J.
Brightbill, Robert J. Mellow, Samuel H. Smith and H. William DeWeese: you
have committed offenses against the Constitution and against the people.
Your services are no longer needed.
Members of the General Assembly who voted "yes" on
the unconstitutional pay raise are guilty of violating the
Constitution.
Members who voted "no" are guilty of not
immediately enumerating the offense or naming the offenders.
I only wish I had time to name every last one of
them today.
Ladies and gentleman of the General Assembly: you
have ALL committed an offense against the Constitution and against the
people. Your services are no longer needed.
The Governor and the Chief Justice have conspired
with the legislature on this pay raise, a violation of the SPIRIT of the
Constitution.
Edward Rendell and Ralph Cappy: Your services are
no longer needed.
But before we take any action, let's look beyond
the pathetic excuses they've offered for the pay raise and examine what
they've actually accomplished here in their ivory tower.
Have they successfully addressed property taxes?
The health care crisis? Our failing schools? Our crumbling infrastructure?
The exodus of educated young people? Our pitiful business climate and our
economy?
Some people think we're "throwing out the baby
with the bath water" by going after every single one of them next year.
But take a look around, folks. What baby, I ask? In Pennsylvania, there is
no baby!
So what HAVE they done? They've lined their own
pockets. They've granted themselves benefits far greater than we could
ever hope for. They've squirreled away 135 million of YOUR dollars for
their self-aggrandizement.
In short - they fiddled while Pennsylvania
burned.
Article I, Section 2 states that only the people
can alter, reform or abolish this government. But how do we do that?
The petition drive Bob Durgin has orchestrated is
an outstanding effort, but chances are the lawmakers will ignore
it.
Gene Stilp has rightfully filed a lawsuit which
should be a slam dunk, but Ralph Cappy's corrupt court will probably turn
him away.
Others would choose to alter the Constitution, but
what good is that - if elected officials fail to read, much less follow
the one we already have?
I'd prefer impeachment, but there is no way to
impeach them all in one fell swoop.
We're left with only one legal option: the
people's impeachment - elections. But elections require
candidates.
PACleanSweep is the ONLY organization working to
raise candidates to challenge every last one of these offenders in 2006.
Don't rely on the political parties - they're part and parcel of how we
got stuck with THIS bunch.
And we're not here today as Republicans,
Democrats, Libertarians, Greens or members of the Constitution or Reform
parties.
We come here as Pennsylvanians united against a
common enemy, because this is not a matter of right or left - it's a
matter of right or
wrong.
It's us against them. The governed vs. the
government. The taxpayers vs. the tax spenders.
I invite you to join PACleanSweep because we're
looking for founding fathers for a NEW Pennsylvania. Note: After reviewing the audio of this speech, it appears I said unvouchered expenses were a violation of Article IV, Section 3. My original notes indicate I had it correct on paper (Article II, Section 8), but somehow I cited the wrong Section verbally and it was then copied to the originally posted transcript. I apologize for any confusion this may have created. Thanks to Jennifer Peacock of The Susquehanna County Independent for pointing this out.- Russ Diamond Please visit www.PACleanSweep.com often, as the
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