‘I have wondered at times about what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the U.S. Congress.”
Hat tip Cathy Craddock
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Springfield Resumes Trash, Leaf Collection
Springfield Township, Delaware County, Pa., is back on schedule after Sandy.
The township has resumed trash and recycling collection as of today, Nov. 1.
Leaf collection began yesterday.
And yes, there were trick and treaters, last night.
Mitt To Storm SE Pa
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla) will campaign for Mitt Romney, 6:30 p.m., tomorrow, Nov. 1, at the Heritage Ballroom, 2107 MacDade Blvd. Ridley Township, 19043, reports Don Adams of Independence Hall Tea Party PAC. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. For information and to RSVP visit www.mittromney.com/events/all/PA?page=3
Meanwhile Tagg Romney will appear at noon, at the Bensalem Victory Center, 3070 Bristol Pike, Bldg. 1, Suite 207, Bensalem, 19020; at 2 p.m. at the Paoli Victory Center, 21 Plank Ave., Suite 300, 21 Plank Ave., Paoli, 19301; and, as we have just been informed by Carol Klein, at the Delaware County Victory Center, 1001 Baltimore Pike, Suite 208, Springfield 19064 from 10:15 a.m. to 11:30 p.m., Friday, Nov. 2.
At 7 p.m., tonight, former Bush press secretary Ari Fleischer and former Minnesota Sen. Norm Coleman will hold a town hall in support of the GOP nominee at Gratz College, 7605 Old York Road, Elkins Park, Pa., 19027. For more information and to RSVP call 610-667-1263.
Halloween Quote Fix Of The Day
The witches in Macbeth say “Double, double toil and trouble” not “Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble.
Inky Falls Beneath 300,000 Circulation
The combined circulation for the Philadelphia Inquirer/Daily News is now 296,427 for weekdays according to the latest figures from the Audit Bureau of Circulations.
This includes 43,224 digital subscribers and 59,474 from “branded editions” which likely includes the Daily News readers.
The weekday circulation in March 2011 was 343,710.
The Inquirer’s circulation for Sundays — which includes 64,774 digital and 23,018 branded edition readers — is 468,559.
Riders On The Storm Tidbit Of The Day
Hawaii and North Dakota are the only states with no reported cases of highway serial killer activity.
FEMA and JournoLists
The toothless old media is still trying to show it has some bite. Mitt Romney, who has been critical of FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency), was peppered at an Ohio campaign stop with questions about his plan for the agency from “JournoLists” types all the while with millions without electricity and their homes underwater.
Romney properly ignored the questions.
FEMA is a policy debate. If FEMA does a good job it should obviously be kept. Right?
If FEMA doesn’t do a good job and there are more effective protocols of how we handle our emergency responses we should adopt the new system. Right?
What should not be done is to discuss the future of FEMA when FEMA’s administrators should be focused on dealing with Sandy’s aftermath and not have to worry about defending their bureaucracy and jobs. That is commonsense, and anybody who cares about people should understand that. The “JournoLists” don’t.
Halloween Means Zombies — And Democrats
Reagan Quote Of The Day
‘It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first’
Hat tip Cathy Craddock
It’s The Corruption, Stupid
Those who question the wisdom or effectiveness of the nation’s various welfare programs usually wind up being called hateful and uncaring by the programs’ defenders.
There is a reason for that. The programs’ defenders are making a nice living from the money going to them.
The Weekly Standard has reported that the state and federal governments spent $61,194 per household that is in poverty in 2011 on welfare programs. Does each household get $61,194 per year in benefits? One would be rather shocked to find that to be the case. After all, that would mean there is no poverty in this country as the poverty threshold is $22,350 for a family of four.
So where does the rest of the money go? One strongly suspects it goes into the pockets of those distributing the grants and benefits, who, unstrangely enough are the most vociferous defenders of these programs.