Month: March 2012

GOP Whip Pushing For Natural Gas Stations

Pennsylvania House Republican Whip Stan Saylor, who represents the 94th District in York County has just held a press conference in which he has introduced legislation to “incentivize the private sector to convert its commercial vehicle fleets to clean-burning natural gas and build a network of compressed natural gas filling stations throughout Pennsylvania.“

A pessimist will say that the Republican leadership of Pennsylvania is half socialist. 
An optimist will say that the Republican leadership of Pennsylvania is half not-socialist.
A realist will say: “Are any friends of Republican leaders going to get money they wouldn’t have otherwise gotten?”

Off The Internet — Amish And The Elevator

Courtesy of Andrew Schiavello
A fifteen year old Amish boy and his father from Lancaster found themselves in the King of Prussia Mall. They were amazed by almost everything they saw, but especially by two shiny,  silver walls that could move apart and then slide back together again.
The boy asked, ‘What is this Father?’
The father (never having seen an elevator) responded, ‘Son, I have never seen anything like this in my life, I don’t know what it is.’
While the boy and his father were watching with amazement, a fat old  lady in a wheel chair moved up to the moving walls and pressed a  button. The walls opened, and the lady rolled between them into a  small room. The walls closed and the boy and his father watched the small numbers above the walls light up sequentially.
They continued to watch until it reached the last number… and then the numbers began to light in the reverse order.
Finally the walls opened up again and a gorgeous 24-year-old blond stepped out.
The father, not taking his eyes off the young woman, said quietly to his son…..
 
‘Go get your Mother’

Pa. GOP Pondering Forgoing Electoral College

The Pennsylvania House Committee has scheduled a hearing at 11 a.m., today, March 12 regarding HB 1270 which was submitted by Rep. Tom Creighton (R-37) and would   change the way Pennsylvania casts its Electoral College votes for president by aligning them with the national popular vote. 

The bill has 34 co-sponsors, 24 of whom are Democrats.

The abolition of the Electoral College is a pet project of  George Soros.
The hearing will be streamed live www.RepCreighton.com. 

Bills Would Strengthen Veterans Preference Laws

Members of the House Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee held a public hearing in Harrisburg last week to study two bills to strengthen veterans preference laws in public sector employment, according to state Rep. Jim Cox (R-129) 

House Bill 1092 would create the Office of Veterans Advocate to assist veterans who experience problems with veterans preference, civil service appointments and post-deployment civilian employment. House Bill 1152 would reform, strengthen and clarify the use of veterans preference in the public sector. 

Late last year, lawmakers passed a veterans preference bill that Gov. Tom Corbett signed into law. Act 76 of 2011 requires at least one member of the State Civil Service Commission be a veteran.

Pennsylvania Again Saves The World

Consider the thatched hut. The grass roof is primitive but practical. It doesn’t let in rain in but does let out heat — important considerations in sweltering tropical climes.

Tarantulas and scorpions like to live in them, however, and the development of the grasslands to farmland is making the material to build them less abundant.
Now, consider the 3-liter soda bottle. They take up eternal space in landfills and are expensive to recycle.
What to do? To the rescue comes Dr. David Saiia, a professor at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh who has developed a hand-cranked machine that shreds the bottles into roofing strips that are a big improvement over the thatch.
The strips are attached to bamboo slats and the panels are fixed to the rafters. They last 10 times as long as the organic thatch.
Life has gotten just bit easier for the people of the grasslands.


Pa. Re-examines Adoption Laws

State Rep. Jim Cox (R-129) reports that  House Children and Youth Committee held an informational meeting in Harrisburg this week to examine Pennsylvania’s adoption laws and processes, specifically looking at House Bills 449, 451 and 594. 

House Bill 449 would amend the state’s Domestic Relations Code to enhance counseling opportunities for parents unable to pay who are considering relinquishing or terminating their parental rights. 

House Bill 451 would reduce the amount of time a parent can use to revoke his/her consent for an adoption from 30 days to 96 hours. 

House Bill 594 would make extensive changes to the state’s adoption laws, including provisions to clarify issues relating to parental rights, especially for unknown birth fathers; address counseling and legal representation; and outline reimbursement of expenses for birth mothers. 

The bills aim to remove obstacles to adoption, as hundreds of Pennsylvania children are currently waiting long periods of time before being placed in a caring and loving home environment. 

Interesting Fact Of The Day

The first “world” war i.e. the first war fought on more than four continents and two oceans was the Seven Years War.

It was started in Pennsylvania.

By George Washington.

When he was just 21 years old.

How Sensitive Are You?

Here is a pop quiz to determine your sensitivity.

What powerful, prominent figure said regarding an unempowered, working class woman: Drag a $100 bill through a trailer camp and there’s no telling what you will find.

A. Rush Limbaugh
B. Rick Santorum
C. Pope Benedict XVI
D. James Carville, in reference to Paula Jones, a low-level Arkansas state employee who said that a certain prominent Democrat politician had state troopers escort her to a hotel room where he exposed himself to her in the manner of a subway flasher?
The answer is D. I’m sure that you all got it right and that you are now demanding that no respectable politician ever again associate with Mr. Carville.
Of course, none of you sensitive souls would ever vote for a man who would expose himself to a young woman after having law enforcement officers escort her into his presence, right?

A Real Estate Supermarket

In the mile or so on North Rolling Road in Springfield, Pa between Springfield Road and Route 1, one counts four homes up for sale.

This does not include the real estate signs directing one down side streets.

Jennifer Stefano To Guest On Hannity

Jennifer Stefano, who is the Pennsylvania Director of Americans for Prosperity and  a frequent guest of the Delaware County Patriots, is scheduled to be part of Sean Hannity’s Great American Panel, 9 tonight on Fox News Channel.