So high William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit 1-17-24
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Answer to yesterday’s William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit quote puzzle: Don’t live it up so high that you can’t lie it down.
John Quigg
Month: January 2024
Ted Williams Rescues Bush 41 Campaign
Ted Williams Rescues Bush 41 Campaign
By Joe Guzzardi
Baseball fans recognize Ted Williams as one of the sport’s all-time Cooperstown Hall of Fame legends, a fearless pilot who served in the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps during World War II and in Korea. Less well-known is that Ted is also a Fly Fisherman Hall of Fame inductee. Williams caught black marlin in New Zealand and tiger fish in the Zambezi River in Mozambique. In Ted’s opinion, only three fish were worthy of true sportsmen— tarpon, bonefish, and Atlantic salmon. Considered by Williams the triple crown of fishing, he had caught and released over 1,000 of each by 1982.
“The Kid’s” inner circle—his family and close friends—knew that Williams had another passion. Williams was a political junkie. Born in 1918 in San Diego, Williams grew up in conservative California. Beginning in 1890, and lasting for about a 100-year period, Republicans consistently occupied Sacramento’s Governor’s Mansion, and the state’s voters consistently sent Republicans to the U.S. Congress. Williams most admired President Calvin Coolidge, the former Massachusetts governor who favored tax cuts and limited government spending.
No surprise then that when Vice President George H.W. Bush called on Williams to campaign on his behalf in the 1988 New Hampshire primary, Ted accepted, and thereby changed America’s presidential history. Setting the scene, President Ronald Reagan’s two-terms were up, and Bush was part of a crowded GOP primary card. The Iowa caucus’ outcome had been a shock to the Bush campaign. The Vice President finished a distant third to Kansas Senator Bob Dole and televangelist Reverend Pat Robinson, the newly formed Christian Coalition’s favorite. With only a week between Iowa and New Hampshire, Bush was floundering. The Manchester-Union Leader, a powerful conservative New Hampshire voice, labeled Bush “a wimp,” and endorsed Delaware governor Pierre S. du Pont. Jack Kemp, the Buffalo Bills’ former quarterback, was also vying for the GOP nomination.
Although Bush had done his legwork and visited the Granite State frequently during 1988, when primary week began, he polled five points behind Dole. Another failure would have put Bush permanently out of the running. John Sununu, former New Hampshire governor and Bush’s campaign reached out to Williams. Neither Bush nor Sununu personally knew Williams, but they had heard of his strong political opinions. A liberal on social policy, Williams was a conservative on fiscal and foreign policy. Although he distrusted all politicians, he particularly hated the Kennedys and consistently voted the GOP ticket.
Sununu phoned Williams and persuaded him to fly to New Hampshire from Florida where he had been fishing. Williams’ presence with Bush, who played second fiddle to “The Kid,” changed the game, and helped put Bush in the White House. Voters turned out in droves to get a glance at their beloved Boston Red Sox hero. One gifted Williams an antique bamboo fishing rod. Ted signed autographs, and introduced his new friend, Bush, as “the next president of the U.S.”
In the end, Bush ended up with 59,290 votes; Dole, 44,797; and Kemp, 20,144. Campaign donations returned, and Bush was on his way to the White House. Bush, a World War II pilot and Yale University baseball standout, and Williams became friendly. Bush kept his old first baseman’s glove at the ready in his desk drawer, a quirk that endeared him to Williams.
Now Bush’s chief of staff, Sununu organized two major events that included Williams. First, a 1991 Rose Garden lunch on the All-Star game’s afternoon with Joe DiMaggio to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Joe’s 56-game hitting streak and Ted’s .406 average. After lunch, they flew Air Force One to Toronto to watch the game, a 4-2 win for the American League. Second, also in 1991, Bush presented Williams with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, one of the rare times Ted agreed to wear a tie.
Historians acknowledge that Williams was the key factor in putting Bush on the presidency’s path. On November 8, 1988, Bush won a landslide against the Democrat candidate, Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis, 426 electoral votes to 111, an impossible outcome without Teddy Ball Game’s intervention.
Joe Guzzardi is a Society for American Baseball Research and Internet Baseball Writers Association member. Contact him at guzzjoe@yahoo.com
Ted Williams Rescues Bush 41 Campaign
Same boat now William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit 1-16-24
Same boat now William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit 1-16-24
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Answer to yesterday’s William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit quote puzzle: We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Will Tiny Homes Solve Homelessness?
Will Tiny Homes Solve Homelessness?
By Bob Small
I first reported on the “tiny house” phenomenon in September.
Tiny home communities are being developed for homeless persons, locally and nationally. The New York Times carried a lengthy article on Community First! Village outside of Austin, TX.
The typical home is a one-room unit with a bed, kitchenette, and recliner, all in 200 square feet. Residents get around to the bathrooms, chicken coops, convenience store and vegetable gardens by foot or the village golf cart (seats 8).
Community First soon hopes to grow to 3,000 homes in three locations, enough to house 50 percent of Austin’s Homeless population.
Community First is a project of Mobile Loaves and Fishes.
Some donations, both land, monetary and other came from Alamo Drafthouse, Tito’s Handmade Vodka, and other area businesses.
There are around 50 “Missionals”who also live adjacent to the village, as volunteer helpers.
Besides Mobile Loaves and Fishes own income it got $35 million from Travis County in American Rescue Plan Act funds to build 640 units as part of its expansion. “
Then, in May, HUD “ approved the use of federal housing vouchers, which subsidize part or all of a low-income resident’s rent, for the village’s tiny homes. “
This has inspired spinoffs.
Springfield, Mo has villages limited to 50 homes or less, but each home has its own bathroom and kitchen.
Dennis Culhane, a social science researcher at the University of Pennsylvania who studies modern homelessness, said he ”understood the desperate need for housing, but was wary of relying on tiny homes as a permanent answer.”
Mary Beth Shinn, a Vanderbilt Professor specializing in Homelessness, said “The tiny homes are often just not at a scale to be helpful.”
Below are articles on “tiny homes” in Delaware, Lancaster, and Philadelphia Counties;
Tiny homes for homeless veterans on track for Spring 2024 …
In Harrisburg, a nonprofit builds a tiny-house village for …
Philly’s first tiny house village for homeless slated for 2023
One Man’s Dream Means Housing for Homeless Vets .
Will Tiny Homes Solve Homelessness?
Mere mortals William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit 1-15-24
Mere mortals William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit 1-15-24
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Answer to yesterday’s William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit quote puzzle: When hard pressed, I cried to the Lord; he brought me into a spacious place. The Lord is with me; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?
Psalm 118:5-6
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Athanasius And Cyril
Athanasius And Cyril — Saint Anthansius is one of the great figures of Christianity. He is call the “champion of orthodoxy” as he resolutely opposed Arianism. Five times Athanasius was called for his defense of the doctrine of Christ’s divinity.
During one period of his life, he enjoyed 10 years 0f relative peace — reading, writing and promoting the Christian life along the lines of the monastic idea to which he was devoted. His dogmatic and historical writings are almost all polemic, directed against every aspect of Arianism.
Athanasius suffered many trials whe he was bishop of Alexandria. He was given the grace to remain strong against what probably seemed at times to be insurmountable opposition. He defended the true faith for his flock, regardless of the cost to himself. In today’s world, we are experiencing this same call to remain true to our faith, no matter what.
Saint Cyril’s importance for theology and Church history lies in his championing the cause of orthodoxy against the heresy of Nestorius.
Nestorianism implied that the humanity of Christ was a mere disguise. At the Council of Ephesus (431), Cyril condemned Nestorianism and proclaimed Mary truly the “God-bearer” or “Theotokos”, the mother of the one Person who is truly God and truly human.
In the confusion that followed, Cyril was deposed and imprisoned for three months, after which was was welcomed back to Alexandria as a second Athanasius.
Lives of the saints are valuable not only for the virtue they reveal but also for the less admirable qualities that also appear.
Holiness is a gift of God to us human beings. Life is a process. We respond to God’s gift, but sometimes with a lot of zigzagging.
If Cyril had been more patient and diplomatic, the Nestorian Church might not have risen and maintained power so long.
But even saints must grow out of immaturity, narrowness and selfishness. It is because they — and we — do grow, that we are truly saints, persons who live the life of God.
Land full of thorns William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit 1-14-24
Land full of thorns William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit 1-14-24
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Answer to yesterday’s William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit quote puzzle: Although the life of a person is in a land full of thorns and weeds, there is always a space in which the good seed can grow. You have to trust God.
Pope Francis
Chesco Judge Accused Of Errors In Decision
Chesco Judge Accused Of Errors In Decision — Chester County Common Pleas Court Judge Anthony Vewrey has been blasted in a filing regarding his Dec. 18 denial to allow Republican Recorder of Deeds candidate Brian D. Yanoviak — and others — access to digital copies of various election records including ballots, unredacted outer envelopes for mail-in ballots, unredacted poll books and the cast vote record for the central tabulator.
Yanoviak is being assisted by Greg Stenstrom, a Delaware County poll watcher and election integrity watchdog.
Others are being represented by attorney Renee Mazer.
The plaintiffs say that Vewrey cited arguments they did not make in their complaint; invoked standards that were not applicable; and incorrectly cited state law, among other things.
“With regard to Judge Verwey’s characterizations of Pro Se Plaintiff’s Yanoviak’s and attorney Mazer’s statements at the close of the one-hour hearing, Judge Verwey either misheard or plainly misstates, what they said and neither Yanoviak or Mazer said there was no fraud, rather they were not alleging any “specific” fraud,” the complaint reads.
The complaints claim that there are legitimate concerns of fraud or errors. This is enough under state law to allow for the relief being sought.
The case is off to Commonwealth Court.
Chesco Judge Accused Of Errors In Decision
Strath Haven Cuban Journey
Strath Haven Cuban Journey — The 2024 Strath Haven Cuba Cultural Journey has opened enrollment for its summer sojourn to the Western Hemisphere’s socialist paradise and features a friendly caricature of the racist, murderous Che Guevara on its intro page.
The trip is June 18 -27 and costs $3,890 plus $598 in airfare.
How hypocritical! Why isn’t this trip free? Why don’t the bourgeoisie oppressors who staff the school district’s central office voluntarily — or involuntarily to maintain authenticity — pony up the costs for all who want to participate???
And why airfare? Homemade rafts would be far more appropriate.
So what if a few of these privileged suburbanite students get eaten by sharks. It would be a valuable part of the experience.
Strath Haven Cuban Journey
James Meroney And His Lists
James Meroney and His Lists
By Bob Small
The James Meroney for President website is littered with lists.
Meroney uses after his name JD, MBA and Mdiv, the latter standing for Master of Divinity. Among his lists are 12 each of Principles, Priorities, and Solutions. The Political Solutions section is 27 pages, and the Political Tricks section is 69.
Those two sections remain unread but the first three have some fascinating ideas.
He is the author of 12 books — available on Amazon — including one titled “Dumb as a Donkey, Fat as an Elephant”.
Here are some of his ideas from The Un-dirtying Dozen
We could consider letting the voters vote their opinions on specific legislation online (Ex.: Ross Perot’s electronic town hall idea). This would be more interactive than just public opinion polls. Voters need mechanisms to express their thoughts and have their suggestions taken more seriously—rather than one vote spun as support for all a party stands for. It might also include an electronic suggestion box
Election ballots could have a box for protesting ‘all of the above’ candidates, even if voters vote for the least offensive candidate thereafter.
We need professional (or skilled amateur) lobbyists for the common man “
From his Common Ground From Common Sense
Common sense says that if taxpayers are forced to pay for unproductive government workers, they are not rightly getting the correct bang for their hard-earned buck.
Common sense says if we keep letting (primarily) China fund our debt, we will one day become their slaves
Common sense says that there are areas of the world where evil arises and must be quelled. Whether America always needs to be the ones to fund and perform that task can be debated, but undeniably America should usually lead, but not have to pay an undue price for so leading, not in bodies or bucks.
Meroney also refers to “2-Party system God ends in Rev. 18. Perhaps he’s referring to the line “By your magic spell all the nations were led astray”.
See also this YouTube video James Meroney 2024 or 2028 GOP or Independent ..
There are some good ideas among the plethora of ideas.
Speaking of Plethora, there are 2,004 pages under Meroney’s Book Updates tab. Whoever reads this should let us know the good ones.