News, Entertainment, Enlightenment
By William W. Lawrence Sr
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Answer to yesterday’s puzzle: God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it.
Daniel Webster
Jerry Brown Paroles 377 Murderers — California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) has paroled 377 convicted murderers.
Look for similar things to happen in Pennsylvania if Allyson Schwartz should become our governor.
Danish Free Speech Defender Nearly Killed — Lars Hedegaard is a 70-year-old academic who founded Denmark’s Free Press Society in response to the threats and violence surrounding the publication of cartoons depicting Mohammed by Danish newspapers in 2005.
He is now living in secret after an attempt on his life. A young Muslim dressed as a postman came to his door and when Hedegaard answered he pulled a pistol — one should note he was violating Denmark’s restrictive gun laws by doing this — and fired at his head. The elderly scholar then punched him causing him to drop his gun. The assassin wannabe then picked it up and tried to fire again only to have it jam, after which he scurried off.
Hat tips The Spectator and Breitbart.com
Courtesy Cathy Craddock
‘This has been confirmed and was aired on Paul Harvey. One wonders if Chrysler knows.
The invocation by Pastor Joe Wright before the Kansas House of Representatives on Jan. 23, 1996.
It seems prayer still upsets some people. When Minister Joe Wright was asked to open the Session of the Kansas House, everyone was expecting the usual generalities, but this is what they heard:
‘Heavenly Father,
We come before you today
To ask your forgiveness and
To seek your direction and guidance.
We know Your Word says,
‘Woe to those who call evil good’
But that is exactly what we have done.
We have lost our spiritual equilibrium
And reversed our values.
We have exploited the poor and
Called it the lottery.
We have rewarded laziness
And called it welfare.
We have killed our unborn
And called it choice.
We have shot abortionists
And called it justifiable.
We have neglected to discipline
Our children and called it
Building self esteem.
We have abused power
And called it politics.
We have coveted our neighbor’s
Possessions and called it ambition.
We have polluted the air
With profanity and Pornography and called it
Freedom of speech and expression.
We have ridiculed the time Honored
values of our Forefathers and called it enlightenment.
Search us, Oh, God, And know our hearts
today; Cleanse Us from every sin
And set us free.
Amen!’
The response was immediate. At least one legislator walked out during the prayer in protest. In 6 short weeks, Central Christian Church, where Rev. Wright is pastor, logged more than 5,000 phone calls with only 47 of those calls responding negatively. The church is now receiving equests for copies of this prayer from India , Africa and Korea
Commentator Paul Harvey aired this prayer on his radio program, The Rest of the Story,’ and received a larger response to this program than any other he has ever aired.
By William W. Lawrence Sr
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Answer to yesterday’s puzzle: Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart.
Henry Clay
Humanity Getting Dumber We Are DEVO — Stanford University geneticist Dr. Gerald Crabtree reports that the human race is losing its cognitive capabilities and becoming more emotionally unstable, a claim that should be apparent to anyone who has followed the last election or has attempted to watch David Letterman.
Or read the Washington Post recently for that matter.
Crabtree wants every man, woman and mutant on this planet to know the truth about devolution.
“They tell us that we lost our tails, evolving up from little snails. I say it’s all just wind in sails,” Crabtree said.
He then spelled it out: “We are devo. D.E.V.O.”
Actually, he didn’t say that, which something that we feel is important to note as a Washington Post reporter might read it here and report that he did.
Popular culture figured devolution out way back in 1977. Here’s the video:
Less Newspaper Advertising Say Marketing Pros — A third of marketing professionals except to focus even more away from newspapers reports eMarketer.com
The information comes from a poll by Inavero for the staffing firm Aquent and the American Marketing Association.
Meanwhile, over 70 percent of them expect to increase their focus on mobile media, social media, marketing automation and social networking sites.
Oh, and 63 percent expect to look harder at blogs.
The tree-killers, however, can still expect to count on $70 million in subsidies from the State of Pennsylvania, which to some degree accounts for their willingness to be big government lapdogs.
Members of the Pennsylvania House Education Committee passed three measures aimed at increasing student safety and better allocating funding for special education, reports State Rep. Jim Cox (R-129).
House Resolution 53 would authorize the formation of a select committee to investigate, review, and make recommendations regarding safety and security in public and nonpublic schools and institutions of higher education in Pennsylvania.
House Bill 555 would require all public schools to include the Megan’s Law website on any transportation-related communication distributed to students, parents and the public, as well as posting the website on schools’ homepages in an effort to offer parents and families information about safe bus and walking routes.
House Bill 2 would create a Special Education Funding Commission to develop a new special education funding formula that better reflects the actual special education populations in Pennsylvania school districts.
All of the measures are before the full House for consideration.
By William W. Lawrence Sr
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Answer to yesterday’s puzzle: Beware the wrath of a patient adversary.
John C. Calhoun
10 Pennsylvania Legislators Reject Pensions — The difference between a leader and a tyrant is that a leader acts first expecting others to follow knowing full well that he will share in their sacrifice while a tyrant orders others to accept pain in order to keep himself in wealth and comfort.
Brad Bumsted, the Harrisburg reporter for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, informs us that there are 10 true leaders in the Republican contingent in the state Capitol, as that is the number who refusing their legislative pensions.
They are: Rep. Matt Gabler of Clearfield County, Rep. Tom Sankey of Clearfield County, Rep. Rick Saccone of Allegheny/Washington counties, Rep. Rosemarie Swanger of Lebanon County, Rep. John McGinnis of Altoona, Rep. Justin Simmons of Lehigh County, Chester County representatives Dan Truitt, Warren Kampf and John Lawrence, and Sen. Mike Folmer of Lebanon.
The average legislative pension is $31,314 with some reaching $120,000. The honest 10 are making a real sacrifice. They deserve your thanks and praise.
Hat tip Bob Guzzardi.
