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Philip J. Berg, Esquire
Law Offices of Philip J. Berg

Philip Berg has been a fighter for individual rights for many years and is proud that he often donates time as a "pro bono" attorney on many occasions.

Phil practices at a very busy law office in Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania. Lafayette Hill is a community located in between the birthplace of our nation Philadelphia, and Valley Forge, where the battle for freedom was ultimately won.

Phil has handled a number of significant cases throughout his legal career.

Phil Berg was highly involved in challenging the 2000 presidential election, spending three intense weeks in Florida investigating voting irregularities. He had formally demanded the voluntary disbarment of three Supreme Court Justices (December 12, 2001 letter) due to their conflict of interests in that decision. He was in the process of filing formal legal complaints when September 11th happened and ended that efffort.

Phil Berg has been very active in the community
Political: A candidate for U.S. Senate in 2000, for Governor of Pennsylvania in 1990 and 1998 and
Lt. Governor in 1994; State Committeeperson, eight years; and Committeeperson for thirty one years

Government: A Former Deputy Attorney General of Pennsylvania for eight years

Charitable:, A Founding Board Member, President and Board Member of The Wellness Community - Philadelphia (cancer patients fighting for their own recovery, with all services provided free); current Honorary Board Member and former Board Member of the Terri Lynne Lokoff Day Care Foundation; and member of The Lions Club

Community: Current Lieutenant, Fire Police, Barren Hill Volunteer Fire Company and a volunteer member for past 22 years; former Secretary to the Board and Board Member of Valley Forge Convention & Visitors Bureau for 4 years; Alumni Representative for the Philadelphia area for the College of Law, University of Toledo for the past thirty-three (33) years; NAACP-Life member; ACLU member; NRA-Life member

Union: Past member of the Retail Clerks Union, Local 1357 for five years

An attorney since 1971, Phil Berg was a Law Clerk to the late Honorable Joseph Sloane, Judge
of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia; and a Lecturer, Community College of Philadelphia, after having served as a Graduate Assistant at the University of Toledo Community Technical College 1968-1969 while attending law school; a substitute teacher for the Philadelphia School District in
1967 and 1970.

Phil fought successfully (pro bono) on appeal for the rights of a woman who was found guilty of Disorderly Conduct and fined $171 by arguing that she had a Constitutionally protected right of Freedom of Speech, a case that received world-wide and national attention.

Phil Berg takes special pride in having represented his son, Ian, now 27, who, at age 16, filed as a candidate for District Justice in Pennsylvania. A Court challenge was filed claiming he was violating child labor laws and he was precluded from being on the ballot until Phil took the case to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania that granted his son the right to be on the ballot.

Phil represented PAWS (Performing Animal Welfare Society) located in Galt, California, 1994 to 1997 (pro bono) in a fight to protect the rights of elephants. Phil filed suit on 8/1/95 against the Federal Government (USDA) to protect circus elephants because of the constant abuse that occurs to elephants. Case was highlighted on 20/20 and Inside America's Courts.

In March 1997 Phil was successful in his "pro bono" effort for 19-year-old Adrienne Buckwalter, the youngest member of the Spring-Ford School Board, whose nominating petitions for election as School Director were challenged.

In 2000, Phil Berg was the first and only attorney to date, in the United States to defeat “Cell Phone” legislation after successfully challenging the law “pro bono” in Hilltown Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, said law attempted to ban the use of hand held cell phones while driving.

Education:
J.D., University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio 1970
B.S., Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 1967

For those of you who don't know... Mr. Berg is the man who's filed a lawsuit stating that Obama is NOT a US Citizen! Uneducated? HARDLY NOT!

PHILADELPHIA - A Lafayette Hill attorney filed a lawsuit in federal court Thursday challenging Sen. Barack Obama's claim to United States citizenship. The action seeks to remove the Democratic candidate from the November ballot.
To be eligible to serve as U.S. president, a person must be born in this country. According to Obama's birth certificate, which his campaign posted on its Internet site in June to quell rumors that he is foreign born, the Illinois senator was born in Hawaii on Aug. 6, 1961.
On Thursday, Philip Berg filed a temporary restraining order in federal court to bar Obama from running for president, claiming the Democratic candidate was actually born in Africa.
"We really don't believe he was born in Hawaii," Berg said. "We think he was born in Kenya."
The presidential candidate's father, Barack Obama Sr., was born and raised in a small village in Kenya, according to Obama's campaign Web site.
Berg's suit claims the senator's grandmother, brother and sister, who live in Kenya, believe they were present during Obama's birth in the African country.
Obama's mother, Ann Dunham, grew up in Kansas, and his parents met at the University of Hawaii when Dunham was a student there, according to the Obama campaign.
Eventually, Obama's father returned to Kenya, and his son grew up in Hawaii with his mother and for a few years in Indonesia after Dunham married an Indonesian man, Lolo Soetoro. Also, Obama lived with his maternal grandparents in Hawaii.
"If he was born in Hawaii, and he was adopted in Indonesia by Lolo Soetoro, (Obama) would lose his citizenship," Berg said.

 Complete story at the Times-Herald

Can someone please explain to me why the Local 310 Union (Laborer Union) of Cleveland is backing Hillary and Obama? Why are they voting democrat and encouraging union members to do so as well?

Just wondering if anyone knows.

Illegal Aliens and Social Security Numbers
Source: NCIR Newsletter

Lupe Moreno/Santa Ana, CA
Mother/Grandmother/Minutewomen

Illegal aliens and Social Security

I totally agree with Anthony Ramirez, illegal aliens cause problems for others when they steal others social security number.

As I worked for the Food Stamp program two years ago, I was amazed at the number of illegal aliens who came to apply for Food Stamps and had Social Security numbers.

One woman stood out, because she wound up having three social security numbers. We would not have questioned her at all, but the first number she gave was a real social security that belonged to a 16 year old disabled kid on SSI. She was 42, with 6 kids. When I questioned her about it, she admitted she had bought it to try and find work.

Eventually the kid and his family would be in trouble because the Feds would start deducting the money from his SSI check and he might loss his benefits altogether or have to pay it back. When brought to her attention, she did not care.

The second one was a made up one on a card that I turned every which way and looked just as good as the first one. The 3rd was an ITIN number that illegal aliens use to do their taxes or get tax money back. I learned they were using the ITIN numbers to open bank accounts and buy houses.


It worried me back then, because I wondered where were the people who were supposed to be the checks and balances in the mortgage industry. How could they sell homes to 5 to 6 families with no real ID, no pay stubs, no receipts, an ITIN number and their signature? Plus they had 9 to 10 renters.

The budgets were next to impossible to figure out, so a lot of the eligibility techs would put down that the Illegals were renters. In that way all they needed was a signed piece of paper saying they paid rent and how much they paid. As we now know, lack of ethics and morals has destroyed the Sub prime mortgage industry.

At the moment more then 50 percent of all welfare and food stamp benefits in Orange County are going directly to children of illegal aliens. The California Legislators have enacted laws to enslave Californians into taking care of illegal aliens and their needs while we make Americans and Legal Immigrants go to work under the CAL-WORKS program.

Illegal aliens don’t have to go to work, because it is against Federal Law for illegal aliens to work. So just like my mother-in-law received welfare for close to 25 years, Illegal Alien mothers who sometimes have children 10 to 15 years apart, can and do stay on welfare, food stamps and other social programs 25 to 30 years living off Californians. In my opinion this is a huge social cost.

      By Gregory Bull, AP Passengers aboard one of Mexico City's new women-only buses. MEXICO CITY (AP) — Groping and verbal harassment is an exasperating reality for women using public transportation in this sprawling capital, where 22 million passengers cram onto subways and buses each day. Some men treat women so badly that the subway system has long had ladies-only cars during rush hour, with police segregating the sexes on the platforms.

But that hasn't helped women forced to rely on packed buses, by far the city's most-used form of public transportation — until this week.

Acting on complaints from women's groups, the city rolled out "ladies only" buses, complete with pink signs in the windshields to wave off the men.

As word spreads about the buses, the women seem delighted, while some men forced to wait a few minutes longer have shown their anger. Still others have stumbled on board despite the signs, much to their embarrassment.

On Thursday, passengers on one of the female-only buses spent most of their trip down the capital's tree-lined Reforma Avenue chatting or putting on makeup, instead of fighting off unwanted male attention.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-01-24-mexic
pcity-buses_N.htm?csp=34

This is how they treat their own women!!!

Obama mentioned his church during his appearance with Oprah.  It's the Trinity Church of Christ.  I found this interesting.

 Obama's church:
 Please read and go to this church's website and read what is written there. It is very alarming.
 Barack Obama is a member of this church and is running for President of the U.S. If you look at the first page of their website, you will learn that this congregation has a non-negotiable commitment to Africa . No where is AMERICA even mentioned. Notice too, what color you will need to be if you should want to join Obama's church... B-L-A-C-K!!! Doesn't look like his choice of religion has improved much over his (former?) Muslim upbringing. 
Are you aware that Obama's middle name is Mohammed? Strip away his nice looks, the big smile and smooth talk and what do you get? Certainly a racist, as plainly defined by the stated position of his church! And possibly a covert worshiper of the Muslim faith, even today. This guy desires to rule over America while his loyalty is totally vested in a Black Africa ! I cannot believe this has not been all over the TV and newspapers. 
This is why it is so important to pass this message along to all of our family & friends. To think that Obama has even the slightest chance in the run for the presidency, is really scary.
 

Click on the link below:
This is the web page for the church Barack Obama belongs to: 

  www.tucc.org/about.htm

You can also check this out for MORE verification at http://mediamatters.org/items/200703010012>

LITTLE ROCK , AR - In Iowa today, former Arkansas Governor and
Presidential Candidate Mike Huckabee received a major endorsement from Jim Gilchrist, founder of the multi-ethnic Minuteman Project.

Huckabee said he was honored to receive the endorsement. "No one can question Jim's commitment to this country and the immigration problem. He has mobilized a group of volunteers to go to the border and draw attention to the issue of immigration. All of us want a policy where
people come to this country through the front door, not the back door," said Huckabee during a morning news conference.

Gilchrist added, "Governor Huckabee actually wrote a plan that I can embrace. I found his 'Secure America' plan would open the dialogue and help begin the process of solving the illegal immigration problem."

Gilchrist, who founded the Minuteman Project in 2004, said he appreciated Huckabee's plan to secure America 's borders.

Last week, Huckabee unveiled "The Secure America Plan: A Nine-Point Strategy for Immigration Enforcement and Border Security." Huckabee said he believes in adopting the best policy ideas to provide a "tough,equitable and comprehensive approach" to dealing with the current immigration crisis.

Huckabee said his goal is to implement a broad-based strategy that commits the resources of the federal government to the enforcement of our immigration laws and results in the attrition of the illegal immigrant population.

A 30-second television ad, called "Secure Borders," began airing in Iowa Monday to educate voters about Huckabee's call for a new immigration strategy, which begins with securing America 's borders.

www.minutemanproject.com

 ARIZONA ––

So, it is up to us. One of the ways we are doing that is passing good reforms such as Proposition 200 (which I co-authored) and through the Legislature considering further reforms which prohibits bail for those illegal aliens who commit violent crimes in Arizona; require law enforcement to cooperate with Federal government with illegal alien apprehension and deportation; restrict public benefits such as child care subsidies, housing assistance and in-state college tuition for illegal immigrants.

Until the day I die, I will insist that 'illegal' is 'illegal'.”
The absolute basis for the existence of our government is the protection of our Citizens-their person, their property and their rights.

I want to thank not only the Minutemen but also the people of Arizona and the rest of the country who supported us and urged us on.

Defending freedom and standing up to people who discount the laws of this great country is not a sacrifice but rather our duty.

Perhaps as high as 80% of the violent crime in Phoenix area involves illegal aliens (according to Chief Hurt and Mesa police violent crimes response team)

Illegal Aliens cost taxpayers $68 Billion annually in federal programs in 2002. Studies estimate that amnesty would increase that three fold.

You can read more at http://www.alpinesurvival.com/immigration.htmla>

George Carlin's Solution to Save Gasoline Bush wants us to cut the amount of gas we use..... The best way to stop using so much gas is to deport 11 million illegal immigrants! That would be 11 million less people using our gas. The price of gas would come down..... Bring our troops home from Iraq to guard the Border.... When they catch an illegal immigrant crossing the border, hand him a canteen, rifle and some ammo and ship him to Iraq ... Tell him if he wants to come to America then he must serve a tour in the military.... Give him a soldier's pay while he's there and tax him on it..... After his tour, he will be allowed to become a citizen since he defended this country..... He will also be registered to be taxed and be a legal patriot..... This option will probably deter illegal immigration and provide a solution for the troops in Iraq and the aliens trying to make a better life for themselves... If they refuse to serve, ship them to Iraq anyway, without the canteen, rifle or ammo..... Problem solved..... 

Try not to take this too seriously

Minutemen Hold Sixth Month-Long Border Watch to Report Illegal Alien Crossings

This MINUTEMAN ALERT is a special message from the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps:

Since 2005 they said it could not be done. Some even tried to shut down our patriot operations. But now after 2 1/2 years the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps continues to "Secure the Border" and save American lives while ensuring American sovereignty... all with more than 1000 days of successful, safe border operations without incident.

The results of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps on watch for illegal alien activities:

1000's of MINUTEMEN TO SECURE BORDERS IN OCTOBER OPERATION !

AMERICANS DOING THE JOB THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT REFUSES TO DO

"This country has lost control of its borders. And no country can sustain that kind of position."

CLICK HERE fill out RALLY POLL.
http://www.minutemanhq.com/hq/poll_october.php