VOL. 120 - NO. 28 BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, JULY 8, 2016 $.35 A COPY Comey: Nothing to See Here Folks! by Sal Giarratani “We are a nation of laws something unique. A republic you and I are a part of, and that and not of men.” within a republic. Each of us other America that the ruling — Thomas Jefferson was guaranteed our unalienable elites control. One time, only rights from birth. The Bill of the far left talked about this, “I smell a rat.” Rights was never meant to be but today we are fi nding more — Patrick Henry a list of rights that government and more Americans have come gave to the people, but a list of to accept this ugly reality. When America was created rights that government could Take for example, the latest by our Founding Fathers, it never take from the people. on Hillary Clinton. Did anyone was a grand experiment in self- However, over time, especially think that the FBI Director government. my time, we have seen James Comey would go I remember that story government continue to grow after Hillary over her misuse about Benjamin Franklin, larger and more powerful, and we of government emails and walking out of Independence have see the power of the people classifi ed information? Hall in Philadelphia during weakened. Today, America The whole thing was seemingly the ratifi cation of our federal appears to have fallen back to rigged from the get-go. Comey constitution. A lady approached pre-American Revolution times. wasn’t about to indict anyone, him and asked, “Do we have a Our governors now believe that because the decisions were new government?” He answered, they speak for the government apparently made long before “Only if we can keep it.” and we must go along with Comey took on this job. America was unlike any other them. That is not America. That We now know there are two we were and what we stood The choice gets clearer as government on earth, since it is not the America, the War of standards in this country. One for compared to the rest of the we head toward the November was rooted in the people rather Independence was all about. for you and me, and one for world. Forty years later, we election. Two roads are than the rulers at the top. Power Today’s America is a tale of the Ruling Class elites of both are a nation of self-doubters. converging. We need to take rose up, not down. We created Two Americas. The America political parties. Our Founding Today, we don’t pay respect the right road. Donald Trump Fathers must be rolling over to how this nation was formed is far from perfect, but the in their graves watching what out of turmoil. We had leaders alternative is Hillary Clinton. they created getting torn apart back then who stood up for This is not about the Democrats by leaders they knew would the principles of self-rule. or the Republicans. It is about eventually come along. Where are those leaders today? an America who remembers its News Briefs We just celebrated the Fourth Too many have become 21st past as it strives forward into by Sal Giarratani of July. We are still a free century Tories. They talk about the future. people, but many wonder for restricting the people, rather The Ruling Class versus the how long. Our Bill of Rights than empowering them. American Voter. This could and Constitution are under Fireworks are a symbol of be Lexington and Concord all Berkeley is Income Inequality Cash Cow attack. Our founding principles our country standing up to the over again. Bottom Line to all According to Michael McGrady of The College Fix, a are being called irrelevant. I most powerful nation on the those liberals and progressives number of professors at the University of California- remember just 40 years ago, face of the earth. The odds were out there in La-La Land, it is Berkeley who are “income inequality” activists are during the Bicentennial, when against us, but that didn’t stop about our Democratic Republic, paid more than $300,000 per year each. This puts America was still America. us. We need patriots like that stupid! them in the top 2 percent of the public university’s When we believed in whom again. Do we have any? salary distribution. Anyone out there shocked over this news? I’m not. It just shows there’s money in income inequality. File this one under: Hypocrites teach on campus. Revere Beach InternaƟ onal Sand SculpƟ ng FesƟ val The Ferguson Effect The Revere Beach Interna- Sculptors work for four days a full line-up of live entertain- Remember when liberal activists and the liberal tional Sand Sculpting Festival creating masterpieces on the ment, amusement rides, fi re- media scoffed at the notion that the on the ground has grown into one of the largest beach with nothing but sand works, a food truck festival, reaction to police shootings in Ferguson and Chicago sand sculpting festivals in the and water. Every year the event and much more! New this year was leading to crime spikes across the nation? A U.S. country. Each year sculptors features a People’s Choice com- — Hot Air Balloon rides! Department of Justice study has now concluded the from all over the world come petition where you get to vote for For further information so-called Ferguson Effect is probably the most plausi- to compete for one of the larg- your favorite. about the event visit: www. ble explanation for surges in violent crime nationwide. est grand prizes in the world. The Festival will also feature reverebeachpartnership.com. Tensions between police and communities of color are creating a breakdown in trust and criminals are now taking advantage of it all and African Americans are the most likely to suffer from it. Twenty-Five Years for Justice Thomas Next to the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, I think Justice Clarence Thomas is almost his equal. Recently, Friday, July 1st marked the 25th anniversary of Clarence Thomas’ nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. Like Scalia, Thomas is a constitutional conservative and he believes in our nation’s founding principles and in the natural rights of the individual. Long may he remain on the High Court. (Continued on Page 14) THE POST-GAZETTE SATELLITE OFFICE HAS MOVED TO 343 CHELSEA ST., DAY SQUARE, EAST BOSTON This offi ce is open on Tuesdays from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM and Thursdays from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM, for the convenience of our East Boston and North Shore clients and contributors Call 617-227-8929 for more information PAGE 2 POST-GAZETTE, JULY 8, 2016 Red Cross Issues Emergency Call Stirpe by Prof. Edmund Turiello Nostra for Blood and Platelet Donations A weekly column highlighting some to Address Signifi cant Shortage of the more interesting aspects of our ancestry...our lineage...our roots. The American Red Cross has issued an emer- gency call for blood and platelets, urging all eli- THE ROMAN TEMPLES gible donors to give now to replenish an extremely low summer blood supply. Blood donations have fallen short of hospital needs for the past few months, resulting in about 39,000 fewer donations than what’s needed, as well as a signifi cant draw down of the overall Red Cross blood supply. In addition, the Indepen- Because of generous donors, the Red Cross dence Day holiday may have caused many regular is able to provide blood products to patients donors to postpone donations due to vacation like 11-year-old Mae Rainey, who needs regular plans. A recent Red Cross poll revealed that more blood transfusions as part of her treatment for than 75 percent of donors surveyed indicated a blood disorder. vacation plans this summer, many of them oc- “I am very grateful for the opportunities that curring the weeks before and after July 4th. the Red Cross has given us to get her to her “Right now, blood products are being distribut- healthiest state,” said Caleb Rainey, Mae’s older ed to hospitals faster than donations are coming brother. in, which is why we are making this emergency Watch Mae’s story to learn how blood donations request for donations,” said Nick Gehrig, com- can make a lifesaving difference on Youtube at The Romans built rectangular most venerated of all temples munications director, Red Cross Blood Services. Mae’s Story: How Blood Donations Help Save a temples and circular temples. in Rome. The Cella contained “Donations are urgently needed now to meet the Little Sister’s Life. 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