Day: May 30, 2015

Honor Flight Philadelphia Spring 2015 Trip

Tattooed bikers, mummers, the Knights of Columbus, military re-enactors, a Catholic priest, Brownies, Congressman Pat Meehan and two Philadelphia Eagles cheerleaders were Honor Flight Philadelphia Spring 2015 Trip Tattooed bikers, mummers, the Knights of Columbus, military re-enactors, a Catholic priest, Brownies, Congressman Pat Meehan and two Philadelphia Eagles cheerleaders were among the contingent greeting 150 veterans and their escorts this evening, May 30, at St. Kevin's Church in Springfield, Pa. at the return of the Spring 2015 Honor Flight Philadelphia trip.among the contingent greeting 150 veterans and their escorts this evening, May 30, at St. Kevin’s Church in Springfield, Pa. at the return of the Spring 2015  Honor Flight Philadelphia trip.

The veterans were from World War II, Korea and Vietnam.

The five buses with a vanguard of bikers entered the lot  just before 7 p.m. through a ladder arch placed on Sproul Road by volunteer firemen and festooned with an American flag.

Honor Flight Philadelphia Spring 2015 Trip The five buses with a vanguard of bikers entered the lot just before 7 p.m. through a ladder arch placed on Sproul Road by volunteer firemen and festooned with an American flag.
There was one estimate that 500 bikers escorted the buses.
Honor Flight Philadelphia Spring 2015 Trip -- They met Congress Meehan (R-Pa7) and then were led into the church hall where they were treated to a scrumptious feast and a floor show by The Manhattan Dolls.
Congressman Pat Meehan (R-Pa7) greeted every veteran at the door.

The veterans left the buses to be greeted by the cheerleaders before walking down a red carpet through a crowd of flag waving residents to music played by the Greater Overbrook String Band. They met Congress Meehan (R-Pa7) and then were led into the church hall where they were treated to a scrumptious feast and a floor show by The Manhattan Dolls.

Honor Flight is a national non-profit organization founded in 2005 to give aging or terminally ill veterans a day of honor in Washington D.C.

 There is no cost to the veterans.

The Philadelphia hub was started in 2011 by Springfield resident Andrew  Schiavello,

Honor Flight Philadelphia Spring 2015 Trip

 

GOP Corruption Vs Dem Corruption

Philadelphia City Council, yesterday, May 29, moved forward legislation that would create a cabinet-level department combining the functions of several bodies including the Planning Commission, Historical Commission, Housing Authority, Art Commission, and Zoning Board of Adjustment. GOP Corruption Vs Dem Corruption

The idea is to make the city more attractive to developers.

Good luck with that.

The elephant being ignored is the kickbacks and featherbedding that vastly over-inflate labor cost.

It can be fairly summed up as corruption and it is a type of corruption intrinsic to Democrat-controlled communities.

Corruption exists in Republican controlled counties, however, it is exponentially less than Philly (or any historic D ones). Partly, this is due to less centralization. It is easier for a community of 15,000 to watch the activities of their zoning boards and commissioners and mobilize opposition to wrong-doing than in one of 1.5 million.

It is also due, however, to the nature of the constituents of the Rs. The Republican rank and file tend to be better educated — especially on economic matters — than the Democrats and less susceptible to unfulfillable promises of “free” lunches (or health care or phones).

Further, Republicans are far less likely to look at their political party as their religion. Democrats seem to identify the D with virtue and that being one makes them somehow a “good person”. Republicans look at their political affiliation as more of a means to an end and their primary motivation — at least for the rank and file — is not to milk the public cow but to protect themselves from the Ds.

Sociopaths are disproportionately attracted to politics and the GOP is not immune to this, but unlike Democrats, the  Republican constituency usually gets this.

GOP Corruption Vs Dem Corruption