Tidbits Of The Day

Andrew Lloyd Weber is not best known for writing the score to the 1974 thriller The Odessa File starring Jon Voight.

But he did.

Voight’s brother Wesley, btw, wrote the standards Wild Thing and Angel of the Morning before giving up music to become a professional gambler.

Right To Work Plan Unveiling For Pa.

Pennsylvania State Rep. Jim Cox (R-129) has announced that he and several colleagues will hold a news conference 11 a.m., Jan. 22 in which they will  unveil a package of legislation known as the Open Workforce Initiative.

This initiative would empower Pennsylvania workers by providing them with more freedom to decide whether or not to join a union, says Cox.

Stay tuned.

Right To Work Plan Unveiling For Pa.

Right To Work Plan Unveiling For Pa.

 

“Lie Of The Year” Was Lie Of The Year

The Romney campaign last November ran ads that the Obama administration “sold Chrysler to Italians who are going to build Jeeps in China.” 

It was pounced on as false by the old media. The Tampa Bay Times called it “Lie of the Year

Well suuuprise, suuprise, suuuprise. Reuters reported Jan. 17 Fiat sees at least 100,000 Jeeps made in China in 2014.

Why do the Republicans even give these dinosaurs the time of day? Why do they let them moderate their debates? They have not an ounce of credibility.

In Pennsylvania — a state at this moment controlled by Republicans — these propagandists are subsidized by state mandates requiring things like municipal bids, new ordinances and county sheriff sales to be advertised in them — at inflated cost it should be noted — at taxpayer expense.

The information could be disseminated much more cheaply and efficiently on government websites. It would be searchable and available to those who don’t subscribe to the paper of records, and it would be in  easily accessed archives for those interested in keeping tabs on such things.

Why has this not been done? What would Rahm Emanuel do? What do people think the Republicans are the stupid party?

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Answer to yesterday’s puzzle: Gold is the money of kings; silver is the money of gentlemen; barter is the money of peasants; debt is the money of slaves
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