Springfield Road Curb Cuts

Springfield Road Curb CutsSpringfield Road Curb Cuts — The curb cuts installed on Springfield Road in Springfield, Pa. back in the early ’90s to assist those in wheelchairs in accordance with the American With Disabilities Act  are now (April 2012) being ripped up at much expense and disruption so “tactile detectable warning” tiles can be added for blind people using canes.

This isn’t going to make it easier for those in wheelchairs and one suspects that the vast majority of blind people — like the vast majority of Americans — would rather our budget deficits be address rather than create expensive feel-good, make-work projects.

 

Springfield Road Curb Cuts

Congressman Thompson Endorses Rohrer


Sam Rohrer has gotten the endorsement of Congressman Glenn Thompson (R-Pa5).

 Take that Rob Gleason.

Here are some excerpts from his letter:

My good friend, Sam Rohrer, is closing in on the end of what has been a challenging but astonishing primary campaign. He’s done everything the critics said he couldn’t, and he did it with your help. It’s been absolutely amazing. Sam’s done so well in fact, that the opposition is fearful of what will happen on April 24th–and they should be. But in an effort to keep him down, they’re hitting Sam with unrelentless attacks bent on distorting his courageous, distinguished history . . .

Sam’s the one man who can beat Bob Casey, and he’s the one man who will introduce our kind of change to Washington. Please click here to help make it happen.

Friends, I’m proud to stand with you in this battle to save the Republic, and to send Sam Rohrer to Washington D.C. to help do it.

Your friend, 

Glenn “GT” Thompson
United States Congressman

Off The Internet– What A Humble Sailor Told Obama

For his seventy-plus years of service to patriotic organizations and causes all over the country. A humble man without a political bone in his body, he has never spoken out before about a government official, until now. He dictated this letter to a friend, signed it and mailed it to the president.

Dear President Obama, 

My name is Harold Estes, I’m approaching 95 on December 13 of this year. People meeting me for the first time don’t believe my age because I remain wrinkle free and pretty much mentally alert. 

I enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1934 and served proudly before, during and after WW II retiring as a Master Chief Bos’n Mate. Now I live in a “rest home” located on the western end of Pearl Harbor , allowing me to keep alive the memories of 23 years of service to my country. 

One of the benefits of my age, perhaps the only one, is to speak my mind, blunt and direct even to the head man. 

So here goes. 

I am amazed, angry and determined not to see my country die before I do, but you seem hell bent not to grant me that wish. 

I can’t figure out what country you are the president of. 

You fly around the world telling our friends and enemies despicable lies like: 

” We’re no longer a Christian nation” 

” America is arrogant” – (Your wife even 

Announced to the world,” America is mean- 

Spirited. ” Please tell her to try preaching 

That nonsense to 23 generations of our 

War dead buried all over the globe who 

Died for no other reason than to free a 

Whole lot of strangers from tyranny and 

Hopelessness.) 

I’d say shame on the both of you, but I don’t think you like America, nor do I see an ounce of gratefulness in anything you do, for the obvious gifts this country has given you. To be without shame or gratefulness is a dangerous thing for a man sitting in the White House. 

After 9/11 you said,” America hasn’t lived up to her ideals.” 

Which ones did you mean? Was it the notion of personal liberty that 11,000 farmers and shopkeepers died for to win independence from the British? Or maybe the ideal that no man should be a slave to another man, that 500,000 men died for in the Civil War? I hope you didn’t mean the ideal 470,000 fathers, brothers, husbands, and a lot of fellas I knew personally died for in WWII, because we felt real strongly about not letting any nation push us around, because we stand for freedom. 

I don’t think you mean the ideal that says equality is better than discrimination. You know the one that a whole lot of white people understood when they helped to get you elected. 

Take a little advice from a very old geezer, young man. 

Shape up and start acting like an American. If you don’t, I’ll do what I can to see you get shipped out of that fancy rental on Pennsylvania Avenue .. You were elected to lead not to bow, apologize and kiss the hands of murderers and corrupt leaders who still treat their people like slaves. 

And just who do you think you are telling the American people not to jump to conclusions and condemn that Muslim major who killed 13 of his fellow soldiers and wounded dozens more. You mean you don’t want us to do what you did when that white cop used force to subdue that black college professor in Massachusetts , who was putting up a fight? You don’t mind offending the police calling them stupid but you don’t want us to offend Muslim fanatics by calling them what they are, terrorists. 

One more thing. I realize you never served in the military and never had to defend your country with your life, but you’re the Commander-in-Chief now, son. Do your job. When your battle-hardened field General asks you for 40,000 more troops to complete the mission, give them to him. But if you’re not in this fight to win, then get out. The life of one American soldier is not worth the best political strategy you’re thinking of. 

You could be our greatest president because you face the greatest challenge ever presented to any president. 

You’re not going to restore American greatness by bringing back our bloated economy. That’s not our greatest threat. Losing the heart and soul of who we are as Americans is our big fight now. 

And I sure as hell don’t want to think my president is the enemy in this final battle… 

Sincerely, 

Harold B. Estes

Howard Supporters Happy

I missed the Dominic Pileggi/Rogers Howard Republican Primary debate, yesterday, at the Crosslands Retirement Community in Kennett Square but I’ve heard from Howard supporters who are very happy with how their guy did.


Pileggi is the state senate’s majority leader and represents the the 9th District which includes parts of Delaware and Chester counties.

Howard is the citizen who is trying to reform things. He has Pileggi very worried. The election is Tuesday, April 24.



 

Latest Real Estate Transfers

Real Estate Transfers have been added to Aldan, Aston, Bethel and Brookhaven.

Thank you, Pattie

The Day I Met Dick Clark

Sometime in the mid-1980s, a variety show was held one evening at Strath Haven High School that involved Jack Steck, the Philadelphia broadcasting legend, who hired Dick Clark for WFIL and later put him in charge of Bandstand.
The details of what this particular event was about are fuzzy but Clark– who had become one of the bigwigs of Hollywood — was the emcee. He flew across country and donated a night boosting amateurs in tribute to the man who gave him his start.
I covered the event for the County Press and got a chance to shake hands with Clark, who most know died yesterday, April 18. He struck  me as exceedingly decent and gracious.
R.I.P. Dick Clark

It’s a Religion—Naturally!

Writer and former Philadelphia cop Jim Vanore has written an excellent column on how our society now seems to be worshipping nature instead of the One who created it.

It can be found here.
Here is an excerpt: 
Recently, the Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia had to announce the closing of some schools. I just believe that was in large measure caused by a re-directing of adoration.
Where their parents and grandparents adored a resurrected savior, many of the post-WW II children today direct their adoration toward Mother Nature—for some, the only true deity. And that goddess is placed on a plane well above saints, angels, and certainly above a historical carpenter from the Holy Land.
You can see this preference in the elevation of animals to the level of a human being (higher by some organizations), and in the defacto demonization of anything that does not adhere to the precepts of the church of naturalism.
And make no mistake; naturalism is a church, every bit as much as is Lutheranism, Catholicism, or Judaism. The tree supplants the crucifix and the Star of David as their concrete symbol of professed principles. It’s a wonder the ACLU hasn’t figured this out yet.
What irritates most of all is the presumptuous attitude of this congregation. Isn’t this the generation that loaded up our landfills with disposable diapers? Plastic water bottles? Designer sneakers?

Sean Hannity Is Back In Philly

106.9FM, the former Family Radio station for the Philadelphia area, has begun carrying Sean Hannity.

In fact, they seem to be carrying him 24/7.
One suspects that is going to change. It has been reported that the station will be the home for Rush Limbaugh when he leaves 1210AM.
Hannity has been out of the Philadelphia market after being dropped from 1210 AM in January 2011, along with Glen Beck who is also rumored to soon be on 106.9.

Bachmann Endorses Rohrer

Michelle Bachmann the Minnesota Congresswoman and former GOP presidential contender has come endorsed Sam Rohrer in his U.S. Senate Republican primary race. Mrs. Bachmann has credited Rohrer with her becoming involved in politics.

Here is excerpts from her endorsement letter:

Dear Patriots,

I’m writing today to ask for your support for my good friend, Sam Rohrer. Sam is running for the U.S. Senate seat, in Pennsylvania, which is currently occupied by Democrat Senator Bob Casey.  . . 

 Polls have repeatedly shown that Sam is the strongest candidate in the race against Bob Casey, but he is facing a primary challenge brought by two former Democrats. Neither has experience, but both are trying to purchase our party’s nomination.  Don’t let this happen. I’ve known Sam for many years.  For nearly two decades in the Pennsylvania Legislature, he fought for limited government, responsible spending, and personal freedoms–even when he had to oppose career politicians and the establishment to do so.

We need good, honorable guys like Sam Rohrer in the United States Senate. He’ll stand up to guys like Harry Reid and the establishment.  He’ll hold the line against Harry Reid’s tax increases, Obamacare, and federal intervention in our education system.  .  .

I’m very proud to support my friend, Sam Rohrer, and I hope you will be too.

Yours in Liberty,

Michele Bachmann

U.S. Congresswoman

Minnesota

Elsie Palenko’s Super Burger

The recipe for Elsie Palenko’s Super Burger can be found here at The Occasional Recipe.