73 percent of Americans watched some of the Olympics on TV last month. Another 17 percent watched coverage digitally while 12 percent followed the games on social networking.
A 105-Year-Old Woman Who Doesn’t Drive Gets Photo ID
A 105-year-old woman who doesn’t drive got photo ID.
And she was a Democrat.
Granted she wasn’t dead, so the Republicans were actually cheering her on and helping her.
In fairness, it was harder for Alice Carlson of Monroe County than most as the PennDOT computers would not recognize an age above 104. Still, PennDOT staff found a work-around and got an ID into her hands in about an hour-and-a-half.
She was driven to the PennDOT center by state Rep. Mario Scavello (R-176) a strong supporter of the photo voter ID law who is offering to drive anyone who needs an ID to a licensing center. So far, about six have gotten rides from him.
He’s not complaining, unlike the Democrats who crying crocodile tears knowing the dead will no longer rise in Philadelphia each November.
Labor Day Weekend DUI Crackdown In Pa.
State and local police are participating in a national enforcement effort through Labor Day (Sept. 3) targeting motorists who drive while under the influence of drugs or alcohol, said State Rep. Jim Cox (R-129)
During last year’s Labor Day weekend, there were more than 100 alcohol-related crashes, more than 20 drug-related crashes and three fatalities.
Dem Convention First Day Schedule
The Democrats Convention opens Tuesday. Here is the tentative off-the-internet schedule for the first day:
3:30 PM – Entrance parade of corrupt union bosses, homosexual activists, abortion doctors, aged “our movement will rise again” hippies, Black Panthers, anti-war (unless a Democrat is waging it) activists, “we’re-not-illegal-we’re-undocumented-immigrants-so-let-us-in-your-country-and-give-us-licenses” advocates and “free speech as long as you agree with us” radicals.
4:00 PM – Opening Flag Burning Ceremony
4:05 PM – Singing of “God Damn America” led by Rev. Jeremiah Wright
4:10 PM – Pledge of Allegiance to Obama
4:15 PM – Ceremonial I hate America led by Michelle Obama
4:30 PM – Tips on Dodging Sniper Fire – Hillary Clinton
4:45 PM – Rev Jessie Jackson Leads Castrati Choir in Singing “Great Balls of Fire”
5:00 PM – UFO Abduction Survival – Joe Biden
5:30 PM – Eliot Spitzer Speaks on “Family Values” via Satellite
5:45 PM – Tribute to All 57 States
6:00 PM – Joe Biden Delivers 100,000-Word Speech Featuring 23-Minute Question and 2-Hour Answer
8:30 PM – Airing of Grievances by the Clintons
9:00 PM – Bill Clinton Delivers Rousing Endorsement of Obama Girl
9:15 PM – Tribute Film to Freedom Fighters at Gitmo – Michael Moore
9:45 PM – Personal Finance Seminar – Charlie Rangle
10:00 PM – Denunciation of Bitter Gun Owners
10:30 PM – Ceremonial Waving of White Flag for IRAQ, & Afghanistan
11:00 PM – Obama Energy Plan Symposium/Tire Gauge Demonstration
11:15 PM – Free Gov. Blagojevich rally
11:30 PM – Obama Accepts Tony and Latin Grammy Awards
11:45 PM – Feeding of the Delegates with 5 Loaves and 2 Fish – Obama Presiding
12:00 AM – Official Nomination of Obama by Bill Maher
12:01 AM – Obama Accepts Nomination for Lord and Savior
12:05 AM – Celestial Choirs Sing
3:00 AM – Biden Delivers Acceptance Speech
Dem Convention First Day Schedule
Booze Biz May Not Be As Good For Pa As Claimed
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.