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Pennsylvania Zombie Music Of The Day

Happy Friday the 13th.

For those interested in Pennsylvania and zombies — I mean you Robert James — here is Pennsylvania Boarded Up House Blues by the Kreeps.

The lyrics, from what I can get from them, seem to be based on the original Night of the Living Dead.
Here is the the Kreeps’ Bad Voodoo — another zombie song — from the videogame Red Dead Redemption Undead Nightmare. It’s actually pretty good.

Gasoline Consumption Drop Indicates Depression

Tanks not getting filled means the economy is tanking.

ZeroHedge.Com reports that gasoline deliveries hit 30.9 million gallons per day last November down 42 million gallons per day from a year before and down from 58.8 million gallons per day in November 2006 which is when the Democrats took over Congress.
It notes that while cars have gotten 6 percent more efficient between 1999 and 2010, the drop in gallons per day delivered from 2006 to 2011 is 47 percent. 
It notes that this kind of drop only occurs in war or severe economic contraction.

Mitt To Stump At Tea Party Event

GOP presidential front-runner Mitt Romney will be appearing at the Tri-State Tax Day Tea Summit, 6:30-8 p.m., April 16, at the Franklin Institute, 222 N. 20th St., Philadelphia.

Tickets range from $10-$30 and can be obtained from the Independence Hall Tea Party Association.
The host committee is American Sheepdogs; Cherry Hill Area Tea Party; Diamond State Tea Party; Faith & Freedom Coalition of Delaware; Jersey Shore Tea Party; Montgomery County Young Republicans; Repatriot Radio; and Saturday Morning in America.
Scheduled to appear with Romney are Christine J. Toretti, National Republican Committeewoman (PA); Congressman Charlie Dent (PA); Congressman Chris Smith (NJ); Congressman Jim Gerlach (PA); Congressman Jon Runyan (NJ); State Senator Joe Kyrillos (NJ) and The Honorable Anna Little (R-NJ).
If Romney is the nominee, I’m voting for him this November. 
That’s not saying much since if Bernie Madoff were the Republican nominee I’d vote for him this November.
On Primary Day, April 24, I’m voting for Newt as I don’t expect to be drunk enough that early to hit the button for Ron Paul.

Confident Rohrer Gives Eddystone Gathering Leadership Lesson

With 13 days to go before Pennsylvanian’s Republican Primary, a confident Sam Roher told a gathering in Eddystone, tonight, April 11, what kind of leadership will be needed to extract this nation from the fiscal and social mess in which it finds itself.

 

Rohrer, who has a distinguished career in the State House, is seeking the Republican nomination to take on Democrat incumbent Bob Casey Jr. in the U.S. Senate race.
Rohrer noted that while serving in the House he followed a checklist of simple principles, that caused him never to vote for a tax increase nor for tax funding for abortionist, and caused to oppose the improper use of eminent domain.
His principles also caused to refrain from endorsing fellowing Republican Tom Corbett in the 2010 gubernatorial race after losing to him in the primary. Corbett still holds a grudge.
He pledged to follow the same principles if sent to Washington.
His list:

  • Is it moral?
  • Is it constitutional?
  • Does it strengthen individual freedom or does it strengthen government control over the individual?
  • Does it preserve and strengthen the traditional family?
  • Is it in the best interest of the general public — or does it help only special interests?
  • Is it necessary?
  • Is it inefficient or ineffective?
  • Is there money to pay for it?

He’s added one for this bid — should it be done at the federal level?

Rohrer gave specific examples of recent laws passed that he would have opposed which included the Stop Online Piracy Act, The National Defense Authorization Act For Fiscal Year 2012, and the Patriot Act because of their threats to civil liberties.

Much of Roher’s talk was a history lesson including interesting snippets regarding how William Penn and his religious convictions influenced our nation’s Founding Fathers.

Roher was introduced by Dale Kerns Jr., who along with Tom Boggia, is running to be delegates to the Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania’s 1st Congressional District.

Sam, you have my vote.

Ad Causing Grief For Pileggi

A ad released by State Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi is causing him grief in his surprisingly tough 9th District Republican Primary battle with reformer Rogers Howard. 

The ad shows Pileggi standing in front of six law enforcement officers with text boasting about legislative achievements.
It is not consider kosher to use implied endorsements from public workers in campaign ads.
Below is the ad:

Job Bills Pending In State House

In an effort to enhance job opportunities for Pennsylvanians, House members have introduced a package of bills aimed at creating more family sustaining jobs and improving the state’s business climate, according to State Rep. Jim Cox (R-129). 

Some of the bills would: 

• Allow unemployed Pennsylvanians to apply to work for a participating business to garner critical on-the-job training while continuing to collect unemployment for a temporary period.

•Provide regulatory flexibility for small businesses and improve state rulemaking by creating procedures to analyze the availability of more flexible regulatory approaches for small businesses.

• Continue lawsuit abuse reforms to end frivolous lawsuits and reduce the cost of doing business in Pennsylvania.

Only In America


1) Only in America could politicians talk about the greed of the rich at a $35,000 a plate campaign fund raising event.

2) Only in America could people claim that the government still discriminates against black Americans when we have a black President, a black Attorney General, and roughly 18% of the federal workforce is black.

3) Only in America could we have had the two people most responsible for our tax code, Timothy Geithner, the head of the Treasury Department and Charles Rangel who once ran the Ways and Means Committee, BOTH turn out to be tax cheats who are in favor of higher taxes.

4) Only in America will you find people who burn the American flag and call America an “imperialist nation,” but who get offended if you say they’re not patriotic.

5) Only in America can we have terrorists kill people in the name of Allah and have the media primarily react by fretting that Muslims might be harmed by the backlash.

6) Only in America could someone drinking a $5 latte and texting to his friends on an iPhone 4 complain that the government allows some people to make too much money.

7) Only in America would people take rappers who brag about shooting people and selling drugs seriously when they complain the police are targeting them unfairly.

8) Only in America would we make people who want to legally become American citizens wait for years in their home countries and pay tens of thousands of dollars for the privilege while we discuss letting anyone who sneaks into the country illegally just become American citizens.

9) Only in America could the people who believe in balancing the budget and sticking by the country’s Constitution be thought of as “extremists.”

10) Only in America could the most vicious foes of successful conservative women be self-proclaimed feminists and the National Organization for Women.

11) Only in America could you need to present a driver’s license to cash a check or buy alcohol, but not to vote.


12) Only in America can we have terrorists fly planes into our buildings and have some people’s first thought be “what did we do to make them hate us?”

13) Only in America would we think teaching kids at college is an appropriate job for communists, terrorists, and other dregs of humanity.

14) Only in America could people demand the government investigate whether the oil companies are gouging the public because the price of gas went up when for every penny of profit the oil companies make, the government tacks on roughly 24 cents’ worth of taxes.

15) Only in America could the first people asked to weigh in on the seriousness of a racial incident by the media be professional race hustlers like Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, and Ben Jealous. In other words, it’s like calling in a car dealer as a neutral source on whether or not you need to get a new car.

16) Only in America does airport security put its hands on your underwear….while you’re wearing it.

17) Only in America could the government force a skating rink to have handicapped parking spots and Braille on the ATM machines.

18) Only in America could the government collect more tax dollars from the people than any nation ever has before in all of recorded history, still spend a trillion dollars more that it has per year, and complain that it doesn’t have nearly enough to money.

19) Only in America could the rich people who pay 86% of all income taxes be accused of not paying their “fair share” by people who don’t pay any income taxes at all.

20) Only in America could the people who approve of slaughtering 25 million females babies via abortion accuse OTHER PEOPLE of waging a “war on women.”

‘Bored’ Unemployed Man Faces Trial For Theft

By Pattie Price

Brendan Meehan, 21, of Newtown, was remanded to the George W. Hill Correctional Facility when he was unable to post $50,000 bail, during an appearance before Magisterial District Judge Lee Hunter, Thursday.

Meehan waived his hearing on the charges of criminal trespass and theft by unlawful taking for an incident 2:35 p.m., Jan. 27, when he entered a neighbor’s home on Rockwood Road, Newtown, Delaware County, Pa. In exchange for the waiver the charge of burglary was withdrawn.

According to the affidavit, Newtown Detective John Newell said the victim called police when she discovered Meehan had entered her home through a window. Once the woman saw Meehan, he fled through the front door of the residence.

Police searched the neighborhood but were unable to locate Meehan. The victim was able to give police a description of Meehan and also the clothing he was wearing. Two weeks prior to this incident, police said Meehan was wearing the same shirt that the victim described.

Newell went to Meehan’s residence and he initially denied any involvement but then decided to “come clean” and admitted being in the home. He told police that he was bored and needed money since he was out of work.

Meehan admitted he knocked on the door several times and when no one answered, he went to the rear of the home and pried off a screen allowing him access to open the window and crawl into the home.

Meehan is scheduled for a May 3 arraignment in Common Pleas Court.

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Kathleen Wilson, 36, of Marple, waived a hearing on the charges of possession of a small amount of marijuana. In exchange for the waiver, the charge of possession of drug paraphernalia was withdrawn. The charges stem from an incident 5:30 p.m., May 16, in the 3200 block of Hilltop Road, Newtown.

According to the affidavit, Newtown Detective John Newell saw Ms. Wilson pull up at the residence and beep her horn. He said she was holding two $5 bills and admitted that she was there to “buy weed.”

Police confiscated a small amount of marijuana, numerous vials and baggies containing marijuana residue and cocaine residue, a smoking pipe, and over 100 different pills. They also found a blank prescription.

Ms. Wilson was released and is scheduled for a May 3 arraignment in Common Pleas Court.

* * * 

Anthony Bonifacino, 23, of Kennett Square, waived a hearing on the charges of possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. In exchange for the waiver the charge of possession with intent to deliver or manufacture a controlled substance was withdrawn. The charges stem from an incident 12:15a.m., Jan. 4, at Chestnut Street and Summit Avenue.

According to the affidavit, Newtown Officer Dan Dougherty saw Bonifacino standing outside a white truck with a flashlight. Bonifacino said he dropped something and was looking for it. Dougherty saw two small straws commonly used for snorting narcotics on the center console, a piece of plastic with a white powdery substance, an American Express card with white residue, a small piece of metal with white residue, and a few pills in a cylinder.

The driver of the truck was removed from the vehicle and patted down. Confiscated from the driver were one-and-a-half pills. 

Bonifacino, a passenger, admitted they were snorting a Percocet and when he dropped some and got out of the truck to look for them.

Also confiscated from Bonifacino’s pocket were a razor blade, $782, and a tally sheet.

Bonifacino was released and is scheduled for a May 3 arraignment in Common Pleas Court.

* * * 

Jason Claus, 27, of Philadelphia, waived a hearing on the charges of forgery, access device fraud and receiving stolen property. The charges stem from an incident 11:32 a.m., May 13, at a home in the unit block of Radnor Drive.

According to the affidavit, Newtown Officer Dan Dougherty was called to the victim’s home when the woman discovered her purse had been stolen from the trunk of her car which was parked in her driveway.

The purse contained numerous personal items, $240, car keys, numerous credit cards, debit cards and savings bonds. Police discovered her Citizens Bank card was used 4:43a.m., May 13 to purchase gas on Island Avenue; at 5:21a.m., made a purchase at McDonald’s on 69th Street; and again at 6:03a.m., to purchase gift cards for $125 from the 7-11 on Garret Road. 

After reviewing surveillance tapes at the businesses, one of the employees identified Claus.

Police learned Claus was arrested in Philadelphia in a stolen car that contained some of the victim’s property. Police went to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania where Claus was in custody and interviewed him. Claus admitted to the thefts and said he suffers from drug addiction, smokes crack and is basically homeless.

Claus was remanded to the George W. Hill Correctional Facility when he was unable to post 10 percent of $25,000 bail. He is scheduled for a May 3 arraignment in Common Pleas Court.

* * * 

Robert Randolph, 32, of Philadelphia plead guilty to disorderly conduct during a hearing Thursday. In exchange for the guilty plea, the charges of possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of a small amount of marijuana. The charges stem from an incident 3:51p.m., Feb. 13, on West Chester Pike at Tuxedo Avenue in Newtown.

Randolph was fined and ordered to pay court costs. 

* * *

Charges of burglary, criminal trespass, possession of a controlled substance, and possession of drug paraphernalia were dismissed against Robin Rowan, 23, of Newtown.

The charges stem from an incident 4:15 p.m., Sept. 23, 2011, at her Newtown residence.

Why We Need Voter ID

To illustrate why we need voter ID, guerilla political activist James O’Keefe sent one of his crew to Attorney General Eric Holder’s precinct during the District of Columbia’s primary election day, April 3, and asked for his ballot.

Holder is a famous black man and is in charge of making sure our elections are fair. The faux voter was an unknown white man. Was he given the ballot?
Yes, we need voter ID.
Yes, we need to change who is in charge.

Inky Endorses Obama-Supporter For GOP Race — Just Like The GOP Did

Tea Party activist Bob Guzzardi notes that the endorsement of  state GOP-supported Obama-supporter Steve Welch for the  GOP U.S. Senate primary election in yesterday’s Philadelphia Inquirer, now an owned property of the Democrat Party,  backfired as it ended up saying nicer things about one of his opponents, Tom Smith.

“Smith, 64, of Plumcreek Township, in Armstrong County, was a coal miner who started his own coal company. He credits his success to hard work and good employees. He is a grain farmer who owns car washes and a trucking company. While his life story is remarkable, Smith doesn’t seem as open to closing the party divide in Congress, which is essential to curing government of its paralysis” Guzzardi quotes the Inky as saying.

He notes gridlock keeps Congress from doing harm to the rest of us.

And why would the state GOP endorse an Obama-supporter?

The primary is April 24. Smith is a fine man. So is Sam Rohrer who has my support.