Day: January 26, 2012

Coalition For Romney

The forces pushing for Mitt Romney to be the Republican nominee include — as one expects — the don’t-rock-the-boat crony capitalists and government insiders for whom the status quo has given comfortable lives.

Joining them, however, are erstwhile firebrands such as Ann Coulter and Matt Drudge, whose DrudgeReport this morning, Jan. 26, featured nine wildly anti-Gingrich stories.

What’s up with that?

It seem the common denominator for Romney supporters are the never having felt the fear of meeting a payroll filled with people one knows and likes, or wondering how one is going to stay in business with the cost of transportation, energy and supplies exploding.

Or working for someone one knows and likes and sees sweating over what sacrifices to make.

Drudge, by the way, is not simply anti-Newt. He was hard on Rick Perry and Herman Cain as well.

I’d vote for Paris Hilton over Barack Obama, but Willard Mitt Romney is my last choice as the GOP nominee.

Meehan Only Hero In ConocoPhillips Tragedy

Meehan Only Hero In ConocoPhillips Tragedy — ConocoPhillips announced billions in profits, yesterday, shortly before it was expected to layoff its workforce at its refinery in Trainer, Pa.

This has resulted in outrage, and there should be outrage. Not just an employer but a major part of our industrial infrastructure is shutting down.

Where is the attempt to save it?

ConocoPhillips spokesman Rich Johnson explained the reasoning for the closing as being “based on the level of investment required to remain competitive in the U.S. East Coast refining market that has been under severe market pressure for several years.”

He cited product imports, weakness in motor fuel demand and costly regulatory requirements as the cause of this market pressure.

Where were our politicians in demanding relief from these requirements? Congressman Pat Meehan (R-7) is the closest thing we have to a hero on this and even he could have been a lot louder.

Congressmen Bob Brady (D-1) and Chaka Fattah (D-2) have been dead silent on the issue. One of the similarly endangered Sunoco refineries is in Fattah’s district and Brady’s district includes many of refinery workers.

How about the union leaders? Notice Johnson was not blaming labor costs for the closings? Why do they continue to support politicians who want to regulate away our industry?

Our senators Pat Toomey (R) and Bob Casey (D) haven’t been particularly outspoken on providing relief for the refineries and their workers.

And of course there is President Obama. Obama didn’t even make the feeblest effort to save them and it would have been likely been all that it would have taken. Does Obama want to destroy our industry? I fear the answer to that.

So outrage is warranted but don’t direct it all at the oil company.

Springfield (Delco) To Crack Down On Yard Sales

The Springfield (Pa) Commissioners, Jan. 10, had the first reading of an ordinance that would restrict yard sales by residents.  Residents would be limited to two a year and have to pay a $10 fee per sale.

Whose egregious abuse of residential zoning is causing such action to come about? You know who you are on West Springfield Road and on North Rolling Road.

Debbie Bosanek Little Guy LOL

Debbie Bosanek Little Guy LOL — Warren Buffet’s secretary, Debbie Bosanek, who served as a stage prop for President Obama’s State of the Union speech, Jan. 24, to illustrate the alleged unfairness of our tax system in which the little guy pays a higher rate than billionaires is estimated to have a salary of between $200,000 and $500,000.

 

Debbie Bosanek Little Guy LOL