Month: March 2012

Pileggi Reported Using Push Polls Against Howard

In a shocking development,  9th District residents are reportedly being subject to push polls from Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi in which the name of Rogers Howard, the hitherto unknown Tea Party challenger, is used.

Howard is challenging him for the party nomination in the April 24 primary election.
Conventional wisdom is that the opponent’s name not be mentioned until the race gets serious.
It looks like it’s serious.
Pileggi also has submitted this letter to the Delaware County Daily Times, which while not mentioning Howard by name, addresses the issues Howard is raising against him.
Also reports are coming out of Chester County of conflict between party leaders and committeepeople who want to endorse Howard.
Stay tuned.

Today’s Fast Restaurant Review

Just had my first mocha macchiato at the relatively new Crossroads Coffee House at 1270 Township Line Road in Drexel Hill, Pa.

Cheaper and better than Starbucks.
It’s kind of interesting to see a restaurant sharing the same space as a bank.

Craig’s List Sting Results In 2 Arrests And Recovery Of Stolen Cycle

By Pattie Price

Brandon Williams, 20, of Philadelphia waived a hearing, March 1, before Magisterial District Judge Dave Lang on the charges of firearms not to be carried without a license, receiving stolen property and criminal conspiracy. In exchange for the waiver the charge of criminal use of a communication facility was withdrawn. The charges stem from an incident 3:07 p.m., Dec. 5, at a home in the unit block of Willowbrook Avenue, Marple, Pa.

According to the affidavit, Marple Detective Larry Gerrity said the father of a 15-year-old boy gave his son a Kawasaki motorcycle on Dec. 4. He purchased it used for $750. The following day they discovered the motorcycle had been stolen from their shed.

The father reported the theft to police and then called them again on Dec. 20 when he saw an ad on Craig’s list for a motorcycle that appeared to be his son’s.

Gerrity contacted Williams, who was later identified as the seller of the bike, and they agreed on a price of $800. They made plans to meet at the former Pathmark store on Lawrence Road. Gerrity and Officer Chip Rosen, were wearing plain clothes. 

A pick up truck, driven by Jacon McMillian, 39, of Philadelphia arrived with Williams as his passenger. The men removed the motorcycle from the bed of the truck and they were arrested. The VIN number matched that of the stolen cycle.

When Sgt. Mike Johnson took Williams into custody he saw a handgun in his back pocket. The Ruger, a semi-automatic pistol was loaded and was found to be registered to someone else.

Charges of receiving stolen property and conspiracy were withdrawn against McMillian.

Williams is scheduled for a March 29 arraignment in Common Pleas Court.

Texting Ban Takes Effect March 8

Texting Ban Takes Effect March 8 — The law banning texting while driving takes effect, Thursday, March 8.

The law will prohibit drivers of all ages from using interactive wireless communication devices for the purposes of reading, writing or sending a text message or email while operating a motor vehicle, according to State Rep. Jim Cox (R-129)  Texting while driving will be classified as a primary offense, allowing a law enforcement officer to pull over a driver solely for that offense. Anyone who is found texting while driving will face a $50 fine.

Any driver who reads, selects or enters a phone number or name in an interactive wireless communication device for the purpose of making a phone call will not be in violation of the texting ban.

Interesting Fact Of The Day


1.5 million people competed in two or more triathlons in 2010.

A Homily On Religious Liberty

The Catholic Church is finally starting to understand the amount of loathing those who rule the Democrat Party and our financial and media institutions hold for it.
This is a sermon delivered by Father Sammie Maletta, Feb. 5, at St. John the Evangelist Church in St. John Indiana. It shows he gets it.
Pass it on.
Hat tip Cathy Craddock.

Journalists Fear Lawyer Attacks In India

A story in the March 4 edition of the Times of India expresses concern that journalists in the subcontinent might be intimidated from reporting the news due to attacks by lawyers.

It was not talking about courtroom action.
It was talking about physical attacks.
It apparently has something to do with lawyers watching pornography on cell phones.
The story, which can be found here, was rather confusing.

Rush Limbaugh, Sandra Fluke And True Misogyny

Rush Limbaugh, Sandra Fluke And True Misogyny — Sandra Fluke is a 30-year-old activist who testified before Congress that the Catholic Church should be made to pay for the birth control of the women of Georgetown — which believe it or not is a Catholic school. She said this commodity costs the poor women of Georgetown $1,000 a year.

 
Talk show host Rush Limbaugh has been innocently wondering what kind of a woman would need $1,000 a year for birth control.
 
This has outraged — the word should probably be all caps but for aesthetic reasons I’ll leave it lower case — the usual suspects who have demanded in their tolerant open-minded fashion that Limbaugh be silenced forever.
 
Now ladies, before you start throwing around words like “misogyny” think real hard about this: 
 
Larry Flynt and Al Goldstein are pornographers who have influenced our society far greater than most can imagine. Their publications have featured the vilest and most degrading images of the female sex. They have horribly abused the women in their personal lives, which in Flynt’s case includes his daughter.
 
Whose side would they take in this debate? Limbaugh’s or Ms. Fluke’s?
 
Whose side would Bill “Better Put Some Ice On That” Clinton take? 
 
Do you really want to be on the same side with this type of men?
Rush Limbaugh, Sandra Fluke And True Misogyny

Credit Republicans If Refineries Are Saved

Credit Republicans If Refineries Are Saved — A state cabinet member told the House Appropriations Committee, Feb. 27, that there is a strong likelihood that two of the three Philadelphia area refineries scheduled for shut-down may be saved.

C. Alan Walker, secretary of Department of Commerce and Economic Development, told the legislators that an angel in form of United Refining Co. of Warren, Pa. may be interested in buying the Sunoco ones in Philadelphia and Marcus Hook.
Apparently a lot of work has been going on behind the scenes. Note the work appears to be being done by the Republican Corbett administration.
Hopefully, someone can be found to find save the idled ConocoPhillips plant in Trainer.
It might be bargain. If the administration changes in Washington, relief would be expected from the regulatory burdens largely responsible for its closure that had been imposed by the religious zealots who have taken over the Obama-run EPA.

Interesting Fact Of The Day


L.L. Bean still sells wooden snowshoes.