The Pennsylvania Independent is reporting that the Governor’s Budget Office overestimated profits by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board’s “Wine and Spirits Shoppes” by $49.2 million from fiscal years 2008-09 through 2010-11.
Hillary To Hide In South Pacific For DNC
Hillary Clinton will not be in Charlotte, N.C. for the Democratic National Convention, Sept. 3-6.
She will be doing very important Secretary of State stuff in the Cook Islands which are somewhere in the South Pacific.
It is self-evident to any thinking person why it is imperative that we maintain our good relations with the Cook Islands.
Perhaps, Cook Islanders have the quite reasonable fear that our President may try to give them to Argentina as he did the Maldives
Or maybe they are just concerned about our Navy making them capsize.
In a totally unrelated matter, have you seen how the Kennedys now hate the Obamas?
Romney’s Speech
For the record, the GOP convention was a well-done, smooth running event that can only help them.
Romney’s speech was a home run that should alleviate the concerns of all who had doubts about him — conservatives and independents alike.
Romney gets what is wrong with this country.
Fish For Free On Monday
State residents and visitors looking to enjoy a weekend of fishing and outdoor activities can fish for free on Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 3, according to State Rep. Jim Cox (R-129)
The Labor Day Fish for Free Day marks the second of two free fishing days in the Commonwealth sponsored by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC). Fish for Free Days allow anyone, both residents and non-residents, to legally fish in Pennsylvania all day without a fishing license. All other fishing regulations apply.
The Big Boom
Recently, I heard this remark: “What is it with your generation?” I have a problem with labels, and this is one I especially get revved up about.
I never considered myself a member of a ‘generation.’ I was once doing a newspaper column about the deteriorating health of the Baby-Boomer Generation. The physical therapist I was talking to found out that I was born during World War Two and said, “Oh, you’re a Baby-Boomer too.”
That stopped things dead in their tracks. “No,” I replied, “I was born during the war, so I can’t be a member of the Post-War-Baby-Boom, which is of course how that generation gets its name.”
Well, she said it didn’t matter—I was still a Baby-Boomer. “Now wait a minute,” I said (I told you the interview stopped dead). “It’s called the Post-War Boom for a reason—because it took place after the War. I was born during the War.”
Close enough, she said.
Sorry, I guess that’s why I’m a writer. Words—and the phrases they construct—are important to me. I am not (cannot) be a member of the Baby-Boom Generation. And by now, you’ve probably become quite aware that this is a sore point with me.
I don’t like being categorized—in any way. I’m not a member of the Greatest Generation, nor a Boomer, a Gen-xer, a Gen-yer, a Gen-zer…I’m me. And therein lies the root of a problem in our culture. People have to be pigeonholed—branded. And why? So we can be targeted by a marketing campaign.
Scariest Election Photo Of All Time
Scariest Election Photo Of All Time — Yes, that is an election poster for Adolph Hitler from the race for the German presidency held on March 13, 1932. Maybe the most troubling thing about the election was that the future fuhrer would lose fairly handedly to World War I hero Paul von Hindenburg getting 11.3 million votes to Hindenburg’s 18.6 million. Since Hindenburg’s tally, however, was just 49 percent of the total, a runoff was required. It was held on April 10 and Hindenburg again easily won 59 percent to 41 percent.
Still, Hitler’s second-place finish showed him to be a political force that in the turmoil roiling that nation led him to be picked as chancellor the next January. The rest is, unfortunate, history.
Scariest Election Photo Of All Time
Honor Flight Philly Needs Flag Wavers To Greet Vets
Honor Flight Philadelphia’s fourth trip will return to St. Luke’s Greek Orthodox Church, 35 Malin Road, Broomall, Pa. 19008 at 6:30 p.m., Sept. 9.
Four busloads of World War II veterans and their guardians will be arriving from a day of honor in Washington D.C. A crowd of flag wavers is being sought to great them. Just show up. The flags will be provided. A bugler, Boy Scouts, honor guards, sports mascots and fire engines are also expected to be participating in the greeting.
It will be fun and fulfilling for the family.
The average age of a surviving World War II veteran is about 90.
Honor Flight is a national organization created in 2005 to provide a day of recognition for veterans. There is no cost to the veteran. World War II and terminally ill veterans are given a priority to participate.
The Philadelphia hub was started in 2011 by Andrew Schiavello of Springfield.
For information about the group visit honorflightphiladelphia.org
Dems Expose Racists Roots When Things Don’t Go Their Way
Mia Love, the black woman who is mayor of Saratoga Springs Utah and is seeking the congressional seat now held by six-term Democrat Jim Matheson, had her Wikipedia entry vandalized soon after she made her rousing, and conservative, speech at the Republican National Convention last night (Aug. 28).
What was placed in it were the vilest racist and sexist phrases. We won’t repeat them. If you want to see them, click on the link.
And it wasn’t conservatives or Republicans doing it.
Link Of The Day
Courtesy Cathy Craddock
Confusion About Small Games Of Chance Act Changes
The House Gaming Oversight Committee held an informational meeting in Harrisburg last week with the state police’s Bureau of Liquor Code Enforcement (LCE) to clear up the misinformation and confusion that have resulted from recent updates to the state’s Small Games of Chance Act, according to State Rep. Jim Cox (R-129).
Although the LCE specifically enforces the Small Games of Chance law for nonprofit organizations that also hold liquor licenses, the information presented also benefits other community groups that offer raffles, drawings and other small games of chance, such as fire companies, fair associations and sports boosters.
The meeting was based on an informational workshop the bureau has held in various regions of the Commonwealth to educate nonprofit organizations about changes in the law and to update them on the original Small Games of Chance law.
The LCE reported that the majority of questions posed by nonprofit groups – such as which games are permitted under the law – deal with the original act and not the changes made by Act 2 of 2012.
Updates made to the law last year increased prize limits and payouts and also allows nonprofit groups, such as VFW and American Legion posts, to retain 30 percent for operating expenses with 70 percent for public interest purposes.