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A Bad Omen For O In Pa.

Political witch doctors use the primary election “undervote” as a means evaluating a candidate’s health. Undervoters are voters who pass over the button for an uncontested person in the party primary.

An undervote of 10 percent means the candidate has a big problem.
Barack Obama was uncontested in Pennsylvania’s Democrat Primary on April 24. His state-wide undervote was 30 percent, according to Mike Flynn from Breitbart.com.
Flynn says he has never known a candidate with an undervote of 30 percent to win a general election.
The bright side is that the undervote for Obama was 0 in Philadelphia and just 6 percent in Delaware County. It was 9 percent in Chester County just under the danger zone. Of course, everywhere else, well, man the lifeboats.
Pennsylvania has not voted for a Republican for president since 1988.
Hat tip TrueBlueLiberty.com

Who Is Smarter — Quayle, Dubya, Sarah Or Obama?

Courtesy of Judy McGrane
This really is an interesting short quiz….. Try it…!
Concentrate on each question. Remember Dan Quayle? He was the VP under Mr. GHW Bush. Of course you remember Sarah Palin as a former Governor of Alaska. I am sure you know by now that Barack Obama is our current President. Last but not least is George W. Bush whom you remember as the one that got to take a look at the soul of Russian President Putin.
All have been labeled idiots by one faction or another… at one time or another…
You must take this quiz seriously, it is very enlightening and fun. Listed below are 10 direct quotes. You have to guess which American politician said it.
Your four choices are:
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin
Former VP Dan Quayle
President Barack Obama
Former President George W. Bush
Ready? Here we go!
1) “Let me be absolutely clear. Israel is a strong friend of Israel’s.”
A. Barack Obama
B. Dan Quayle
C. Sarah Palin
D. George W. Bush
2) “I’ve now been in 57 states I think one left to go.”
A. Barack Obama
B. Dan Quayle
C. Sarah Palin
D. George W. Bush
3) “On this Memorial Day, as our nation honors its unbroken line of fallen
heroes, and I see many of them in the audience here today.”
A. Barack Obama
B. Dan Quayle
C. Sarah Palin
D. George W. Bush
4) “What they’ll say is, ‘Well it costs too much money,’ but you know what?
It would cost, about….
It would cost about the same as what we would spend. Over the course of 10
years it would cost what it would costs us.
(nervous laugh) All right. Okay. We’re going to. It. It would cost us about
the same as it would cost for about… hold on one second.
I can’t hear myself. But I’m glad you’re fired up, though. I’m glad.”
A. Barack Obama
B. Dan Quayle
C. Sarah Palin
D. George W. Bush
5) “The reforms we seek would bring greater competition, choice, savings
and inefficiencies to our health care system.”
A. Barack Obama
B. Dan Quayle
C. Sarah Palin
D. George W. Bush
6) “I bowled a 129. It’s like – it was like the Special Olympics, or
something.”
A. Barack Obama
B. Dan Quayle
C. Sarah Palin
D. George W. Bush
7) “Of the many responsibilities granted to a president by our
Constitution, few are more serious or more consequential than selecting a Supreme Court
justice. The members of our highest court are granted life tenure, often
serving long after the presidents who appointed them. And they are charged with
the vital task of applying principles put to paper more than 20 centuries
ago to some of the most difficult questions of our time.”
A. Barack Obama
B. Dan Quayle
C. Sarah Palin
D. George W. Bush
8) “Everybody knows that it makes no sense that you send a kid to the
emergency room for a treatable illness like asthma.
They end up taking up a hospital bed, it costs, when, if you, they just
gave, you gave them treatment early and they got some treatment,
and a, a breathalyzer, or inhalator, not a breathalyzer. I haven’t had much
sleep in the last 48 hours.”
A. Barack Obama
B. Dan Quayle
C. Sarah Palin
D. George W. Bush
9) “It was interesting to see that political interaction in Europe is not
that different from the United States Senate.
There’s a lot of …I don’t know what the term is in Austrian…. wheeling and
dealing.”
A. Barack Obama
B. Dan Quayle
C. Sarah Palin
D. George W. Bush
10) “I have made good judgments in the past. I have made good judgments in
the future.”
A. Barack Obama
B. Dan Quayle
C. Sarah Palin
D. George W. Bush
Sorry. This was a trick quiz. All of the correct answers are the same
person.
Each of these quotes are directly from President Barack Obama.
And now you know why he brings his teleprompter with him everywhere he
goes…even when talking to a 6th grade class.

Philadelphia Music Of The Day — Boyz II Men

The World Has Gotten Safer

One of the few dead tree publications worth reading is Outside magazine, which is sort of like Sports Illustrated for people who think.

The most recent issue featured an interview with Robert Young Pelton who is best known as the author of The World’s Most Dangerous Places, a travel book first published in 1996.
The world is becoming a safer place, he notes.
“The first edition had 26 countries and now I’m going to have a hard time covering 12 in the next edition,” he says.
He notes that Eastern Europe, a lot of Africa and Colombia are no longer eligible.
I think we can safely say that this one is Bush’s fault.
He also said that the kids today are just not that adventurous.
“Millennials would rather buy a new iPhone and try the latest cocktail,” he said. “The most exotic thing they do is change their coffee at Starbucks.”
Good for the Millennials. Maybe the future will be OK.

Honor Flight To Staff Stand At The Linc

Honor Flight Philadelphia, which is the local hub of the national organization that provides free trips for veterans to Washington D.C. to honor their service, will be running concession stand 110 at Lincoln Financial Field for tomorrow’s Kenny Chesney concert.

The group gets 9 percent of the proceeds. Stop by and help them out if you attend.

Rush To Move To FM On June 25

Cathy Craddock has submitted this update regarding big changes in the Philly media scene:

Rush will move from 1210 to the new WWIQ FM 106.9 station on Monday June 25. Yeah! No static and no pre-emption for sports.  Glenn and Sean are already there.

Line up on IQ will be the same as old 1210 schedule. Glenn at 9am, Rush at noon and Sean Hannity at 3pm.

If you want some laughs with local conservative talk, check out 1210’s Chris Stigall – 5:30-9am. 

Dom is still on at 9 a.m.-noon

For you Smerky fans (lol), “Michael” is moving up to Rush’s noon-3 p.m. slot. Bet he’s nervous about that.

Thanks Cathy. I suspect Smerconish will see a 90-percent drop in listeners as I suspect that about 90 percent of his listeners were those who were too busy to change the channel when Rush ended.

A Response From Senator Casey

Cathy Craddock received the response below from Sen. Bob Casey in regards to a question as to how he would vote on SJ Res 37 introduced by Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) which would delay implementation of President Obama’s EPA mandate regulating mercury emissions that would cost coal states thousands of jobs — 11,000 in Pennsylvania — and  drastically increase the cost of electricity. 

Sen. Casey doesn’t care and doesn’t get it. Tom Smith, the Republican seeking to replace him this November, does.
Anyway, here is Sen. Casey’s “say nothing” response:
Dear Ms. Craddock:
 
Thank you for taking the time to contact me regarding the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed regulation of mercury and other air pollutants from electric utility power plants to advance a new maximum achievable control technology (MACT) standard.  This proposed regulation is also known as Utility MACT.  I appreciate hearing from you about this issue.
 
On May 3, 2011, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed regulations under the Clean Air Act that address emissions from electric utility power plants.  The EPA was required to propose such regulations as the result of an earlier court order.  The EPA held three public hearings to listen to people’s concerns about the proposed regulations.  One of these hearings occurred in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on May 24, 2011.  The EPA issued the final rule on December 16, 2011.  Following publication of the final standards in the Federal Register, existing power plants will have three years, with a possible one-year extension, to meet the standards.
 
On November 9, 2011, Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia introduced S. 1833, the Fair Compliance Act of 2011.  S. 1833 would extend the Utility MACT compliance date by at least 2 years and would extend the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule until 2015.  The Fair Compliance Act was referred to the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, of which I am not a member.  Should this legislation reach the full Senate for consideration, please be assured that I will keep your views in mind.  
 
Senator James Inhofe of Oklahoma introduced S.J.Res. 37 on February 16, 2012.  S.J.Res. 37 would disapprove of and nullify the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) relating to national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants from electric utility power plants.  S.J.Res. 37 is a Congressional Review Act measure, which if passed by both Houses of Congress would nullify the EPA’s Utility MACT rule.  
 
I am particularly concerned about the effect of pollution on vulnerable populations, like children and people with medical conditions, such as asthma.  How this threat is addressed is important for a state like Pennsylvania during an economic recovery.  I understand that while some people strongly oppose S. 1833 and S.J.Res. 37, other people strongly support these measures.  As I continue to work on these issues, please be assured that I will continue to keep your views in mind.  Again, thank you for sharing your thoughts with me.  Please do not hesitate to contact me in the future about this or any other matter of importance to you.
 
For more information on this or other issues, I encourage you to visit my website, casey.senate.gov. I hope you will find this online office a comprehensive resource to stay up-to-date on my work in Washington, request assistance from my office or share with me your thoughts on the issues that matter most to you and to Pennsylvania.
 
Sincerely,
Bob Casey
United States Senator

 

Signs Of Frustration In Obama Camp

Juliana Smoot seems to be getting frustrated with me. The deputy campaign manager for Obama for America just sent me an email titled “Go ahead, keep waiting” apparently in response to my lack of activity on the contribution front.

“Bill,” she said, “If you’ve been waiting to get invested in President Obama’s campaign, you should know that Mitt Romney and the corporate interests and right-wing ideologues backing him want you to keep waiting. They’re counting on you to be tuned out for as long as possible — until it’s too late to make up the ground lost this summer without you.”
Whoa. That’s scary.
But hey just because I chipped in a buck who knows how many months ago doesn’t mean I’m made of money. I mean maybe if the economy was better I might throw in another dollar or 50 cents or something, but it’s tough out there.
I know, I know — Bush’s fault.
Judging by the tone of the letter I kind of wonder how many others Juliana and Barry O are getting frustrated with.

Fly Old Glory, Today Is Flag Day

Fly Old Glory today for today is Flag Day.

Flag Day commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States by the Second Continental Congress in 1777.
The commemoration was proclaimed by  President Woodrow Wilson in 1916 and established as a national celebration by an Act of Congress in 1949.

PSEA Wasted $21Gs In Walker Recall

Taxpayer activist Bob Guzzardi reports that the Pennsylvania State Education Association — the umbrella organization for most of the state’s teachers unions —  sent $21,000 to Wisconsin in the union-run Waterlooish attempt to recall Gov. Scott Walker.
The rank and file had no say in this use of their union dues.
If  Gov. Tom Corbett, had an ounce of sense he’d do at least one of the things Walker did and end automatic paycheck deductions for union dues for public workers. When the workers in Wisconsin had to write their own checks to the union, membership fell in half.