Does She Chew Slippers Too?

Does She Chew Slippers Too?

By Jim Vanore

 I like dogs.

I’ve had seven over the course of my lifetime—two as a kid and five as an adult—two German Shepards, two Dachshunds, Irish Setter, Beagle, Cocker Spaniel.

I trained (or attempted to) all the dogs I had as an adult. For more than 30 years now, I’ve chosen to live without pets. I have neither the wherewithal, the time, nor the inclination to have a dog in my home. Those days are over, much the same as my days of owning a motorcycle (I’ve only had six of those).

Dogs are wonderful animals, and I heartily believe they have earned their sobriquet as “Man’s Best Friend.” They are loyal, funny, interesting, protective, and often looked upon as a part of your family. That seems reasonable, since it’s widely believed that dogs look at humans as…well, just another dog!

As much as I like our canine friends, there is a noted separation in the acceptable behavior for each of our respective species.

• Humans eat (predominantly) at a table, and more often than not we use utensils (even while enjoying a hoagie, I usually use a knife to plunge the contents down into the roll).
•Dogs eat and drink by plunging their faces into a bowl.

• Humans relieve themselves (again, predominantly) in private at appliances made specifically for that function.
• Dogs let it fly in public.

• Humans share intimacy (porn stars and Hollywood pigs notwithstanding) with the one they love—in private.
• Dogs will fornicate on the municipal common and hump any available human leg when the mood strikes.

None of these activities is to the dogs’ detriment; they are not human, and hence do not have our powers of judgment, nor our sense of propriety. We appreciate them, respect them for what they are, and our affection for them is renowned.

We do think it’s funny though, how they so often act like people, almost mimicking us as they join us in the family car, saunter down the sidewalk with us, whimper when they want something, or lean against us with a sad face when they know we are feeling blue.

It’s outright charming when a dog acts like a human. It’s what endears them to us.

The converse however, is untrue. It’s outright nauseating when a human acts like a dog.

Does She Chew Slippers Too? is excerpted from Good Writer’s Blogspot

Establishment Wants Two Americas

Establishment Wants Two Americas — That the establishment wants two Americas is the only explanation. One would be poor, frightened and dependent, the other would be themselves and living safe and at leisure.

Christopher Orlet, who spent two years living in the inner city, wrote a wonderful yet painful to read article for The American Spectator about the culture of poverty. He says:

The culture of poverty is many things. Actually it is an accumulation of things. Having one of those things doesn’t necessarily mean you are part of that culture. One characteristic of the culture of poverty is the single-parent household. But there are many middle class and even upper class (though fewer) single-parent households that are doing just fine. That is because they have resources unavailable to the poor. Like savings. Lawyers. Reliable transportation.
But if you are a single parent with multiple children by multiple fathers, and a high school dropout, with a record, then chances are you are part of that culture. If you move to a new rental every six months, yanking your kids out of school after school, and if you do drugs in front of your children, and sell your food stamps for cash, then chances are you are part of that culture. If you are 20 years old, living with your grandmother, with no interest in ever getting a job, or getting married, or doing much of anything, chances are you are part of that culture. If you do not have a kitchen table, but you do have a big flat screen TV, and when the social worker comes to visit someone yells, “The social worker is here, go get the light bulb,” then chances are you are part of that culture.

See anybody trying to change it? Sure, but they are the Sarah Palins of the world and the Ted Cruz’s and the Rick Perrys and the Rush Limbaughs. The people who are actually care about these people are the ones the establishment attacks as uncaring. It’s the ones who don’t see skin color as an impediment to success and happiness but rather culture and mores who are attacked as racists.

Persons of any skin can end up living lives of permanent despair, it should be noted. Maybe that’s the intent. It should scare you.

Establishment Wants Two AmericasAnd who is this establishment anyway? Some guy who owns a car dealership or a pizza shop? An accountant who goes to work in a suit? The local lawyer or doctor?

Don’t be silly. The ones that set the agenda are the ones that control the old media, the entertainment industry and the educational system. They’re supported by those who run places like Goldman Sachs and Brown Brothers Harriman.

It wouldn’t be that hard to change the culture. Once upon a time the vast majority of black kids were born into two parent households.
But rather than being condemned, the ghetto is romanticized in music and film. “The dawg” with a lot of ladies is praised as is the single sassy mom who needs no man. The drug dealer is just a businessman. About the only taboo is to be a “snitch”.

The establishment tells white boys that all you need is tat to make you worthy of approval. White girls get to watch their one-time Disney heroes become sex jokes all while being encouraged to emulate them.

Without love, nobody cares. Without anybody caring there is none to challenge those who lust for power.
Those that do care have a fight on their hands. May God grant us strength.

Hat tip Ed Driscoll at PJMedia.com

Establishment Wants Two Americas

Pennsylvania First West Nile Virus Cases

Pennsylvania First West Nile Virus Cases — The Pennsylvania Department of Health has reported the likely first West Nile virus cases this year in Montgomery and York counties, says State Rep. Jim Cox (R-129)

The departments of Health and Environmental Protection are urging residents to minimize their exposure to mosquitoes.

Pennsylvania First West Nile Virus CasesThe mosquitoes that transmit the virus breed in areas with standing and stagnant water. These areas can include catch basins, clogged gutters, discarded tires, poorly maintained swimming pools, flower pots and other types of plastic containers.

Simple steps to eliminate standing water around the home include:

  • Removing tin cans, plastic containers, ceramic pots, discarded tires or any object that could collect standing water.
  • Having roof gutters cleaned every year, particularly if the leaves from nearby trees have a tendency to clog the drains.
  • Turning over plastic wading pools and wheelbarrows when not in use.
  • Aerating ornamental pools or stocking them with fish.
  • Cleaning and chlorinating swimming pools and removing standing water from pool covers.

The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) conducts regular surveillance and control to manage mosquito populations around the state. So far, DEP has detected West Nile Virus-infected mosquitoes in 36 counties.

For information on West Nile Virus and how to prevent its spread, click here.

 

Pennsylvania First West Nile Virus Cases

Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage Law Faces House Hearing

The Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage Law is estimated to have added 20 percent to the cost of the recent work at Garnet Valley High School

The state House Labor and Industry Committee began a series of public hearings in State College, Aug. 22, to address proposed changes to the outdated Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage Law, reports State Rep. Jim Cox (R-129).

The Prevailing Wage Law requires municipalities and school districts to pay the “prevailing minimum wage” to those individuals working on public construction projects. Current law does not clearly spell out how the wage is to be determined, and often high, urban-area union wage rates are used as the basis for calculating the prevailing wage for a given project.

This initial hearing featured testimony from local government officials and union representatives and specifically addressed two prevailing wage reform bills. House Bill 796 would increase the prevailing wage threshold from $25,000 to $100,000 for public projects, and House Bill 665 would make it clear that the law would not apply to road repair projects.

Additional hearings on prevailing wage reforms will take place around the state over the next month, Cox said.

 

Visit BillLawrenceDittos.com for another story on the Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage Law

 

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Homemade Corn Fritters — Tonight’s Meal

Tonight’s meal by Chef Bill Sr. was grilled pork chops with homemade corn fritters and a side of cream spinach.  The wine was homemade Valpolicella. The dessert was cannolis with the filling by Mrs. Chef Bill.

 

Ethanol Mandates Must End Say Workers

Ethanol Mandates Must End Say Workers
Senator wants sane regulation.

Ethanol Mandates Must End Say Workers — Sen Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) and Congressman Pat Meehan (R-Pa7)  met with employees at Monroe Energy’s Trainer refinery in Delaware County to hear their that ethanol mandates must end.

The government’s Renewable Fuel Standard mandate requires fuel suppliers like those in Trainer and Philadelphia to blend millions of gallons of biofuels – notably corn ethanol – into the nation’s gasoline supplies.

“This corporate welfare for the ethanol industry harms the viability of good paying jobs, drives up gas prices, increases food costs, and harms the environment,” Toomey said.

Toomey is a co-sponsor of the Renewable Fuel Standard Repeal Act (S. 1195) that would end such mandates.

Ethanol Mandates Must End Say Workers

Woman Allegedly Scammed $117G From Elderly Couple

By Pattie Price


Natalie Guglielmo, 51, of Marple, waived a hearing, Aug. 15,  before Magisterial District Judge Dave Lang.on the charges of theft by unlawful taking, theft by deception, criminal use of a communication facility and credit cards. The charges stem from an incident June 4 at Customers Bank in Newtown Square, Pa.

According to the affidavit, Delaware County CID Detective Michele Deery was contacted by a Customer Bank representative when the 86-year old victim came into the bank and requested a check for $8,900 to be made out to Guglielmo. The bank teller recognized Guglielmo’s name from a fraud arrest in 2001. The bank’s investigation revealed numerous checks made out to Guglielmo from the victim’s account during the last year.

The victim said that she was giving Guglielmo money for medical treatments for her husband,including CAT scans which he never had.

The investigation led to the victim’s two other bank accounts where checks were made out and cashed by Guglielmo.

Guglielmo allegedly scammed the victim out of $117,178.31.

A warrant was obtained for Guglielmo’s bank records and detectives found she used the money to make purchases at Coach, HSN, DSW, Victoria’s Secret, Northface, Giant, Nordstrom, PECO, QVC Comcast, Sears and to pay court fines. There were no transactions for any medical bills.

Guglielmo is currently on probation in Delaware County for related fraud charges from a 2001 arrest. She is scheduled for a Sept. 12 arraignment in Common Pleas Court.

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Bryn Mawr Banker Faces Sex Crime Charges

By Pattie Price

A Bryn Mawr banker waived a hearing on charges relating to sex with minors, Aug. 15, after testimony began, during a hearing before Magisterial District Judge Dave Lang.

Andrew Milligan, 35, is facing 29 counts of possession of child pornography, 29 counts of criminal use of communication facility, one count of corruption of minors, and photographing sexual acts. In exchange for the waiver the charge of contact with a minor relating to sexual offences was withdrawn.

The charges stem from an investigation initiated be Delaware County CID Detectives Lisa Carroll and Ed Pisani, Aug. 23, 2012 when they were contacted by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

According to the affidavit, Carroll and Pisani acted on a tip that Milligan was posing as a 15-year-old girl who was asking other teens to send him sexually explicit pictures. He used the name Stacy Markson.

Pisani searched Facebook and located a Stacy Markson. Stacy’s profile picture appeared to match the images on Milligan’s computer. Stacy was also located on Google, My Space, Motherless.com, Followgram, sexyrepost.com and imgur.com.

Stacy’s birthday on her Facebook account was 10-5-97. Milligan’s birthdate is 10-5-77.
Pisani obtained a court order to identify the Comcast account and learned the account was in Milligan’s wife’s name.

Carroll obtained a search warrant and CID Detective Dave Peifer confiscated an iPad, a MacBook Pro, a Nikon camera, one flash drive, and seven CD/DVD’s from Milligan’s residence.

Twenty-seven videos and three pictures of apparent child pornography were found. Twenty-nine videos depicted children under 18.

Milligan is scheduled for a Sept. 12 arraignment in Common Pleas Court.

State Senator Ted Erickson Won’t Seek Re-election

State Senator Ted Erickson Won’t Seek Re-election — State Sen. Edwin “Ted” Erickson won’t seek re-election in 2014, it has been announced. Erickson has  has represented the 26th District of Pennsylvania since winning a special election in 2001 after his predecessor Joe Loeper, pleaded guilty to tax-cheating and was forced to resign. State Senator Ted Erickson Won't Seek Re-election

Erickson, 74, is a Republican. He easily won re-election in 2010.

Erickson served on Delaware County Council from 1982 to 1989 before becoming the county’s executive director. Before that his election to county council he had been the chief administrative officer for Upper Darby Township.

Erickson has a Ph.D in biochemistry and micobiology from Bryn Mawr College. Before entering government service he was a tenured assistant professor of biology at Hamilton College where he taught microbiology, biochemistry and general biology. He also taught general biology, anatomy and physiology, cell physiology and zoology at Drexel University and East Stroudsburg State College  He is a former member of the Army Science Board.

State Senator Ted Erickson Won’t Seek Re-election