Public OUTRAGE

Local Outrage -- A FEW of Published Letters AGAINST Daryl Metcalfe,
(emphasis added herein by the webmaster for quick review & search engine searches)
-- there are so many negative letters that we cannot list them all here --

Metcalfe's move: From a new platform he'll aim at old targets
Now that state Rep. Daryl Metcalfe is the ranking Republican on the House Intergovernmental Affairs Committee, we can only hope that any increased visibility he gets from the post will spur candidates to take him on in next year's election. November 25, 2009, Pittsburgh Post Gazette Editorials
READ the Post Gazette Article by clicking HERE

METCALFE, AIDE WRONG TO ATTACK
“Rep. Darryl Metcalfe, his legislative aide Marlene Lott, and now Daniel Page, apparently could benefit from a brief English lesson. …. Ms Lott (and now Mr. Page) is quick to bring this once adult discussion down to the level of grade-school recess name calling.” (Forum / meeting along with dozens of CAP members and Cranberry Township employees).
J. Victor Conrad, Cranberry Township (Cranberry Eagle, June 18, 2008, Letters) [Editorial note: the more you pay attention, the more it appears that Daryl Metcalfe's answer to anyone who disagrees with him is to attack the person instead of answering the issue that was brought up... either directly or indirectly through his campaign and/or the usual group of supporters. If you are paying attention, you will know who is in this group and you will easily recognize their mode of operation -- attacking people without providing answers.]

RESOLUTION DERAILED BY ONE LAWMAKER’S ANIT-MUSLIM REMARK & ANTI-MUSLIM COMMENT SNUFFS RESOLUTION
“Rep, Daryl Metcalfe, R-Cranberry, said he opposed the House’s formal recognition of this weekend’s 60th annual convention in Harrisburg of the U.S. chapter of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community… (Metcalfe – “The Muslims do not recognize Jesus Christ as God and I will be voting negative”… as said on the House floor…
The two-page resolution, sponsored by Speaker Dennis O’Brien, a Republican from Philadelphia, noted that the convention’s mission was to “increase faith and harmony and introduce various humanitarian, social and religious services.”
The remarks by Mr. Metcalfe drew a rebuke from Democratic state Rep. Jewell Williams of Philadelphia…”We should be careful in making these remarks and we should support all people in America, “..
A Jewish lawmaker, Democratic Rep. Babette Josephs of Philadelphia, also protested and said she would seek to have Mr. Metcalfe’s remarks stricken from the official record.
…Ahmadiyya Muslim Community’s president, Dr Ahsan Zafar, said his group respects Jesus as a prophet of God.”
Mark Scolforo, The Associated Press, published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on June 19, 2008 in Section B of the Local News

METCALFE DEFENDS COMMENTS ABOUT MUSLIM GROUP
“HARRISBURG – State Rep. Daryl Metcalfe, R-12th, refused to retreat Thursday from controversial remarks he made on the House Floor.
…Metcalfe is regarded as one of the most conservative members of the Legislature. Regardless, (Rep. Babette) Josephs said, there is no excuse for intolerance. There are many people who are conservative who not offend people’s religious beliefs… it certainly disrespects these people of peace. “
Jared Stonesifer, Eagle Staff Writer (with the Associated Press contributing to the story), Sunday Cranberry Eagle, Page 2 June 22, 2008

METCALFE STANDS ALL WRONG
“I have tried to avoiding writing about state Rep. Daryl Metcalfe, since he is not my representative. He is such a silly little man, obsessed as he is with his racism, xenophobia and homophobia….
If he had not reiterated and embellished his profoundly bigoted and guttural statement first proclaimed on the floor of the General Assembly, I would have just continued to chuckle at the comic relief he provides after enduring seven years of the Bush charnel house. Sadly, Metcalfe has supported this senseless slaughter of Pennsylvania citizens and a million others, from my read of his comments on the war in Iraq. …
Metcalfe’s statement on the front page of the June 20th Butler Eagle is a declaration of hate… The Golden Rule and the Beatitudes both attributed to Jesus were profanely trashed by Metcalfe twice in one week.
Metcalfe is one of those men who is dancingly proud of his ignorance. …
It would appear that Metcalfe is densely unfamiliar with the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and much of the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It seems a futile task to ask him to read the Quran, let alone the “Descent of Man.”
Bill Neel, Butler, (Cranberry Eagle, June 29, 2008, Letters)

TEACH ABOUT RELIGIONS
“I always taught about the religion(s) of the culture. Understanding a people’s religious traditions is essential to understanding their way of life…
After reading the intolerant remarks of state Rep. Daryl Metcalfe and the unfortunate comments of Charles Calahan in his July 13th letter, “Beware of Islam’s spread,” I can think of no better argument for re-emphasizing the necessity for teaching students about Islam and other non Western religions on our schools…
“Conversion by the sword” is a myth…"
Thomas Grant, retired with 35 years in public education, Zelienople (Cranberry Eagle, June 30th, 2008, Letters)

METCALFE UNFIT FOR OFFICE
“I…also feel ashamed to be represented by Metcalfe in the state legislature. Comments elevating Christianity over other religions emanation from an elected official are a harbinger of theocracy…It is unfortunate that Metcalfe likely considers himself a champion of the Founders, either out of sheer ignorance or evasion – both of which render him unfit for office in this nation.
…Metcalfe’s citing of ecclesiastical difference is completely embarrassing to his constituents and evidence of his abject attempt at pandering (or something much worse.)
The government should have no opinion on religion as such irrespective of whether the religion in question is Islam, Christianity, or any other religion. Metcalfe’s comments clearly illustrate his not of the same opinion and has all but declared his alliance with theocrats of all stripes.
I would also like to comment on the June 25th letter “OK marriage protection bill” written by Carrie Kerr. The bill to which she refers aims to ban same-sex marriages. This amendment is another example of the overt pandering politicians engages in to placate the Religious Right. The measure would do nothing but enshrine discrimination in the PA Constitution. Any two consenting adults may enter into the legal contract that is marriage, and government, properly understood, has no role but to recognize the contract. It is unfortunate that secular Republicans like myself are finding themselves increasingly without a party, while legitimate issues like tax reform and decreasing the size of government fall by the wayside.”
Amesh A. Adalja, M.D., Penn Township (Cranberry Eagle, July 2, 2008, Letters)

A METCALFE REFRESHER COURSE
“I was extremely shocked to hear medieval ideas expressed in the 21st century, yes those thoughtless religious statements from state Rep. Daryl Metcalfe to our Pennsylvania General Assembly and the press.
…Our Founding Fathers did not want a government ruled by someone’s interpretation of personal understandings of God, but a government ruled by the human understandings of a productive life in the world that God had provided for all…
…(Metcalfe’s) words have demonstrated disrespect for our most vital and protected laws – those that serve as beacon of justice and freedom across our land and throughout the world. From a constitutional perspective, his words seem to confirm a lack of understanding of our keystone legal principles and their applications to current life.
….Metcalfe’s words truly failed to interpret Jesus Christ’s teachings and, furthermore, failed to comprehend the basic underpinnings of our democracy – those learned in our primary years and applied dutifully throughout our lives.”
Rene Pico, Ph.D., Penn Township (Cranberry Eagle, July 2, 2008, Letters)

METCALFE REJECTS (HATEFUL) SUPREMACIST AWARD
“State Rep. Daryl Metcalfe, R-12th, emphatically rejected an award (White Christian Soldier Award) from an organization calling itself While Christian Nation…. (the organization claims affiliation with the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan)
…Officials throughout Butler County, including Metcalfe, last week received a postcard reinforcing the group’s intent of to hold its rally August 10th…. The postcard reads: “One man has stepped up to say ‘No to taxes, and ‘No’ to illegal immigrants and ‘No to gays, and ‘No’ to non-Christian faiths. We are losing the war against blacks, Hispanics, Jews, Asians and Muslims”.
FRONT PAGE HEADLINE ARTICLE by Jared Stonesifer, Eagle Staff Writer, Sunday Cranberry Eagle, July 13, 2008

END TERRORISM, NOT RELIGION
“…I think we would all agree that it is terrorism that we must stamp out, not religions we don’t happen to believe in. Religious intolerance is just what produced the Crusades and the Inquisition, and what is responsible for Middle East terrorism….
In America, nobody has the right to force us to believe, or not to believe, anything…
I also believe that hate speech is harmful to civil relations amongst us, it is contrary to the wisdom and values that caused the Founding Fathers to write freedom of religion into our Constitution, and it sets a terrible example for the children.
I cannot find the words “to tell Calahan how much I wish he and that bigot state Rep. Daryl Metcalfe, believed that."
Tom Elliott, Butler (Cranberry Eagle, July 20, 2008, Letters)

METCALFE STANCE IS MINDLESS
“…Daryl Metcalfe’s monumental ignorance. Metcalfe has once again, on the floor of the state House of Representatives, shown himself to be pompous, mean-spirited, bigoted, xenophobic, far-right cultural warrior. His brash ignorance flies against the spirit of America and the founder of our state, William Penn….William Penn wrote, “It is far better to be of no church than to be bitter of any”
Rick Devore, Butler (Cranberry Eagle, July 20, 2008, Letters)

BEWARE SPREAD OF EXTREMISM
“Abhorrence of bigotry and intolerance was a key driver of our Declaration of Independence, which acknowledges a number of self-evident truths, including the notion that “all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights. Notice that our Declaration states “their Creator,” not state Rep. Daryl Metcalfe’s Christian idea of a Creator” or “Abdul’s Islamic idea of a Creator.”
"…Maybe you just can’t reason with someone whose understanding of the Constitution and powers of reasoning are seriously defective…
I’m not convinced that Christian jihadists are in any way morally superior to – or even distinguishable from – Islamic jihadists. The extremists on both sides and the hate they preach are the real danger to our respective societies, not the religions themselves.”
Reid Joyce, Valencia (Cranberry Eagle, July 20, 2008, Letters)

CHOOSE REASON OVER FAITH
“Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism and Buddhism all are equally irrational creeds that elevate faith over reason and endorse mythical beings with supernatural powers and should have no place in government…
When defending Metcalfe, his supporters need to ask if it is worth casting their lot with a man who – even if it is a hoax – has positions consistent enough with the Ku Klux Klan that it can legitimately be considered within the realm of possibility that he would garner the Klan’s endorsement."
Amesh A. Adalja, M.D., Penn Township (Cranberry Eagle, July 23, 2008, Letters)

KEEP FOOT OUT OF MOUTH
“I disagree with Mr. Charles of Mars in Letters of Wednesday July 16th." (James A. Charles of Mars wrote: "In defense of Daryl Metcalfe’s right of free speech and the expression of his religious convictions… Metcalfe and I are rather weary of the war against Christianity waged by all these Ph.D.s, M.D.s and the ACLU. We feel that so many of these liberal critics want to force us back into the catacombs while they endorse all other religions’ rights to use public facilities for their practices…”)
"Rep Daryl Metcalfe gave up the right of free speech and any expression of his personal religious convictions when he was elected as a State Representative. When he was elected he was elected to SERVE THE PEOPLE of his district. That means not sticking his foot in his mouth and embarrassing his district on a regular basis with anti-Christian rhetoric similar to Rick Santorum.
Furthermore, the only "war against Christianity" that is being waged is intelligent people being fed up with those who claim to be Christian but act very un-Christian in their words and actions. Rep Daryl Metcalfe is such a person. He has forgotten the parts about tolerance with his Xenophobia and Homophobia. His political machine operates upon the "G" smoke screen. In fact, if you strip out Guns, God, Gays (and Immigrants and Dead People Voting), the public would soon realize that Daryl Metcalfe has accomplished ABSOLUETLY NOTHING in all of his time in office.
So, Mr. Charles, here's a conservative who has heard enough of bigotry, hate mongering, and those supposed Christians who cause Jesus to shake his head in sadness. If you want to be a Christian, ACT AND TALK LIKE ONE."
Robert Arlia, Cranberry Twp, (Cranberry Eagle, July 23, 2008, Letters)

TIME TO VOTE OUT METCALFE
“I fully believe in diversity, but hate can never be accurately labeled as “diversity”. Using Olen’s logic, racial slurs, attacks against the sexuality, religion, etc., of some of our neighbors and other forms of blatant hate should be considered acceptable “diversity.” That is obviously ridiculous to most people...
I, for one, am not going to lighten up, and I will do everything I can to get Metcalfe out of office. Metcalfe represents the district where I live, and repeatedly has brought shame to himself and to the entire district.
I am a Christian, but Metcalfe’s brand of Christianity bears no resemblance to religion I love and practice. It is my hope that other Christians and non-Christians who have voted for Metcalfe in the past will now realize that his views are extreme and often tinged with hate.
It is time to vote Metcalfe out of the office he has so often disgraced. “
Denny Scott, Penn Township (Cranberry Eagle, August 3rd & August 6th, 2008, Letters)

VIA WIDELY DISTRIBUTED EMAIL: Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 3:18 PM
Subject: THIS is what Daryl Metcalfe rejected on the House floor
"Hi
I urge you to look at the attached file - it's the text of House Resolution 809, which Daryl Metcalfe blocked last month in order to protect us against those fearful Muslims. It was sent to me by House Speaker Dennis O'Brien, the Republican legislator who introduced the bill. One of Daryl's complaints was that the House didn't have adequate time to consider the resolution. After you've read this huge (almost an entire double-spaced page) tome, you can be the judge of what a tall order that "consideration" represents, and you can judge for yourself whether the resolution reflects an organization that we should fear and persecute, or understand and embrace.
Daryl actually called me at home on the morning of July 23 to complain about my recent letters to the editor that were critical of him, and to call me ignorant (several times). He said that he was quoted out of context by the AP on the Muslim courtesy-resolution issue. He said the resolution was improperly drafted, and he objected to a reference to William Penn. Daryl's grasp of history is a little suspect, so it's not clear that he understands that Penn's original charter limited the right to vote and to hold political office to Protestants. Penn denied those rights to Jews and Muslims, who, he observed, did not believe in Christ as God, and to Catholics, who were "subservient to the Pope," and to enslaved Africans and African-Americans. At least this all gives Daryl a little wiggle room, since as far as I know he hasn't gone on a rant against Catholics yet.
The really important thing that's not clear, though, is whether Daryl understands that we do not live in Penn's time or Penn's Colony - we live in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, whose Constitution Daryl is sworn to support, obey, and defend, and which clearly and absolutely prohibits discrimination on the basis of religion. Do you suppose anyone's interested in researching the number and content of similar courtesy resolutions that Daryl has voted for and against over the past few years, to see if his objection to this one reflects any kind of pattern?
Regarding the recent negative press he's been getting, I pointed out that Daryl's dust-up over Muslims on the floor of the House isn't viewed by most of us as an isolated event - it's just the event that finally opened the floodgate of anti-hate and anti-fear (and by extension, anti-Daryl) opinion that exists in this area. I told him that most of the anti-Daryl letters I've read recently clearly viewed his alleged anti-Muslim comments in the much larger context of his hateful approach to anyone who's not a native-born white Christian. He harrrumphed and quickly changed the subject. Context, it seems, is a term that for Daryl has a very narrow definition.
Daryl also told me three times during his blustering phone call that he was going to be sure that the District Attorney knows I've been inviting people to John Olesnevich's anti-hate "Unity" rally on August 10 (more about that below). He clearly implied that he would like nothing better than to scare me into thinking I've been implicated in what he believes is an effort to smear him through a bogus attempt to link him to the KKK and an Erie-based white-supremacist group that (the press reported) had given him an award a few weeks ago. Such a smear campaign, if that's really what it is, would be despicable, and 'way to Carl-Rovian for me or anyone I know. Besides, Daryl doesn't need outsiders to make him look bad.
He doesn't seem to "get it" that the Unity rally envisioned by John Olesnevich is diametrically opposed to the kind of hate-mongering sentiments that the Erie group (whether real or imagined) represents. Nothing would make me happier than to have the Erie-KKK hate group actually show up for a rally at the same time and place, as advertised, and allow us to show the local citizenry the difference between Daryl's credo of hate and fear and our deep desire to foster unity and get back to the freedom, courtesy, and tolerance that makes most of this country great."
Reid Joyce, via email

Editorial comment: An elected official, specifically, a STATE Representative that calls a constituent at home, calls that constituent "ignorant" several times, and then attempts to threaten or intimidate the constituent via the District Attorney's office because the constituent invites people to a competitor's rally against hate???
THAT'S JUST WRONG.....
NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE, WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN, OR WHAT PARTY YOU BELONG TO.

Now you might understand WHY people wanted these informational web sites -- to educate the public as to the true nature of Daryl Metcalfe and expose his "Chicken Little Sky is Falling" rants for what they really are -- smoke screens to hide the fact that he has promised a lot but has actually accomplished NOTHING in regards to ANY of his promises in the past 12 years. It is time to get rid of all incumbents who don't deliver on their promises!