MADD, What Happened?

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MADD, What Happened

I have witnessed the seemingly overnight and phenomenal growth of MADD from its original ten members to it’s current National membership roster. Along with corporate sponsorships MADD now even entertains their own DUI grading system over the various State and local law enforcement agencies.

MADD’s immense network now can place representatives in courtrooms across the country to ensure that DUI offenders receive a proper verdict.  However, as a recent event suggests, maybe MADD picks and chooses which case to intimidate.

Just after midnight, on April 30th, it seems that two Philadelphia police officers observed a vehicle  proceeding in the wrong direction on a one way street.  After stopping the vehicle, both officers noticed that the driver appeared to be glassy eyed and smelled of alcohol.  The ensuing breathalyzer test turned up a .16 result, or twice the legal limit.

The Philadelphia Daily News reported the results of this DUI case in an article written by Mensah M. Dean on November 2nd.  In that essay, it seems that this .16 BAC defender benefited when the “judge threw out all the evidence in her drunken-driving case.”  It just so happens that the defendant is none other that Rep. Cherelle Parker, who happens to hail from the same Northwest Alliance political camp as does Judge Hayden.

Now, a case with such incriminating evidence, there had to be substantial questions which led the judge to dismiss the charge.  The judge cited “credibility concerns” related to the two officer’s testimony.  Cited was officer Stephanie Allen’s “first that no other cars were on the street, but changed her testimony during cross-examination.”  Wow, that should exonerate  Rep. Parker.

As a lifelong Philadelphia resident, Deputy Attorney General Marc Costanzo stated, “I  understand how things go around here.  No, I’m not surprised.”

My question is not about Philadelphia’s political  shenanigans but to the AWOL status of our heroines of DUI safety.  The attention getter in this case, from a MADD standpoint, should be the breathalyzer result.  Of course, there is also the matter of an elected representative being the possible offender.  Obviously, water too deep, even for the mermaids from MADD .

In spite of appearances, there still might be a positive or teachable moment.  Contrary to what many now believe as the only enforcement tool against DUI offenders, a police check point, which is a politically correct rendition of the term roadblock, was not in use.  Oddly enough, probable cause led to the vehicle stop as the officers observed the vehicle being driven opposite to the one way street sign,  Yes, this is the procedure which worked up and until the MADD influence appeared on the scene.  This enforcement practice is in accordance with our Constitutional safeguards enumerated in our Fourth Amendment, something which MADD obviously deems expendable.

In conclusion, Deputy Attorney General said it best when he stated, “I’m a little surprised that a city judge would find two police officers who testified – in my opinion – consistently about an incident less credible than someone who blew a .16 blood alcohol reading.”  I’ll drink to that!

Jim Bowman, Author of,
This Roar of Ours

Nancy Pelosi And This Conscience Thing

Nancy Pelosi And This Conscience Thing — Nancy Pelosi, the fearless leader of the House Democrats, has taken issue with the Catholic Church because it is objecting to a potential Obama administration ruling that would force  insurance companies to cover birth control, contraception and drugs that could cause abortions.

President Zero is refusing to allow a moral exemption for religious groups.

Fearless Leader Pelosi told the Washington Post that “I’m a devout Catholic and I honor my faith and love it . . . but they have this conscience thing”

Yes, Nancy  that “conscience thing” that led the Church to do things like:


“This conscience thing”, today, is also leading the Church  to oppose things like greedy insider financial deals and stock market cheating.

You probably  have a problem with that as well.

Have you ever thought about getting “this conscience thing?”


Nancy Pelosi And This Conscience Thing

Corbett Role In Penn State Scandal

Pop Quiz: What’s the relationship between the following two statements which have appeared in recent news articles:

1) “Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett’s national profile rises in the wake of Penn State scandal.”

2) “Tom Corbett has been mentioned as a possible Vice Presidential candidate.”

Strangely,
they are inversely proportional. When one’s profile rises, that’s
typically a good thing. But as the nation learns about some very
disturbing actions of Corbett related to the Penn State scandal, his
Veep chances are plummeting. As a direct result, his chances of ever
being a heartbeat away are between zero and forgetaboutit.

At this rate, he may be lucky just to survive his first term.

Why
the cover-up, and how far up the ladder did it go? Why the lack of
swift action, from not just the University, but from law enforcement?
And how could football — no matter how storied a program — have
risen above the protection of innocent children?

These questions
were supposed to be answered by a thorough and unbiased investigation by
the state Attorney General’s Office. But as more information emerges
on that front, the less faith people have that justice has been — or
will be — served.

Enter Tom Corbett.

For better or
worse, Corbett has been a quiet, behind-the-scenes governor during his
first year in office. Yet he felt compelled to address the state and
national media on the scandal. In doing so, he said more in one press
conference than he had in his entire governorship, despite the fact that
he declined to answer most questions.

Interestingly, Corbett is
wearing three hats. He is the Governor of a state that contributes
millions to Penn State. He is a Penn State Board Trustee who
participated in Board decisions, including the firings of Joe Paterno
and University President Graham Spanier. And most significantly, he is
the former Attorney General who launched the child molestation
investigation of former football coach Jerry Sandusky in 2009.

Corbett has attempted to have the
best of both worlds: national publicity where he touts the virtues of
morality, and a free pass on accountability because of alleged
confidentiality issues. But that tactic has backfired, as the media
spotlight turned on Corbett himself. The more that is learned about
Corbett’s actions — and inactions — regarding the investigation, the
more his credibility tanks.

Consider:

1) It took
substantially longer for the Attorney General’s office to bring charges
against Sandusky than it did for numerous politicians to be indicted in
the Bonusgate corruption probe. Bonusgate was a very complex
investigation involving crafty politicians with the best lawyers money
could buy. Since much of what was being investigated in Bonusgate was
not run-of-the mill illegalities, the investigators had to overcome a
hefty, time-consuming learning curve to understand the subject matter.

So
how can such a complicated investigation come to fruition more quickly
than a black-and-white child rape case? And where is the rule against
making an initial arrest to get the molester off the street — and warn
the public — while continuing to build the case?

Given the
appalling nature of the alleged crimes, and the real possibility that
more young children were molested during the three year investigation,
why did the Attorney General wait so long to make the staffing level as
robust as it should have been from the start?

If the answer is
that resources were limited — sorry, try again. As bad as other
crimes may have been, such as those committed in Bonusgate, no one was
physically hurt and the welfare of children was never an issue. Giving
priority to children who are at risk of rape and molestation is a
no-brainer. But inexplicably, that wasn’t done.

The Governor
continues to defend his actions — scolding those who dare question him
— by stating that it takes time to build such a case and that he
can’t comment further, but three years? That’s an insult to everyone,
especially the victims. Again, you can’t have it both ways,
grandstanding for political points but clamming up when the questions
get tough.

And fair or not, many are now asking if the
investigation was delayed so that Corbett could avoid being the
gubernatorial candidate who took down Joe Paterno and Penn State —
both wildly popular among the hundreds of thousands of alumni living in
the state.

2) This one is simply incomprehensible.

In yet another instance of Corbett finishing what former Democratic Governor Ed Rendell started (others being $20 million of taxpayer money to renovate the Yankees’ AAA stadium, and $42 million to bail out the Philadelphia Shipyard to build ships with no buyers), the Governor personally approved a $3 million taxpayer-funded grant to Sandusky’s Second Mile charity — just four months ago!

That bears repeating. Tom Corbett,
with full knowledge that Sandusky was under investigation for multiple
child rapes, still approved the money to his charity.

How is that possible? And why on earth is the national media not yet running with this?

In
a response that was offensive to any rational person, here’s what his
spokesman said, as reported in the Pittsburgh Tribune Review:

“He
(Corbett) couldn’t block that (grant) from going forward because of
what he knew as attorney general…He couldn’t let on to anyone (including
the governor’s office) what he knew….”

That is so wrong that it begs the question as to the real motivation behind approving the grant.

First,
the fact that so many people had been interviewed by the grand jury
made the investigation anything but a secret. Second, the Harrisburg
Patriot News reported on the grand jury investigation —- in March.
Corbett approved the funds — in July! So not wanting to “let on” was
clearly bogus. The investigation was already well-established in the
public domain.

Secondly, there was an incredibly easy way to deal
with the grant without tipping off anyone: simply strike it. After
all, the budget Corbett signed cut everything else, so a grant to a
charity would have been seen as just another casualty of financial
cutbacks.

Veto the grant (why taxpayers are funding that in the
first place is obscene, but that’s another story) and be done with it.
It should have been that easy. But it didn’t happen.

Why?

Well, consider if the following may have had anything to do with it. According to the sports website Deadspin.com,
past and present board members of the Second Mile, along with their
businesses and families, have donated more than $640,000 to Corbett
since 2003.

That interesting — and massively
significant — point seemed to have slipped the Governor’s mind during
his press conferences. Go figure.

Something is rotten to the
core about how this whole affair has been investigated. It’s time for
the Feds to take the lead role in uncovering the whole truth, and that
includes possibly looking into the Attorney General’s investigation.

It’s
clear the Board of Trustees cannot be counted upon to conduct an
unbiased investigation, nor can the local police, and, sadly, even the
Attorney General’s office. And nothing emanating from the Governor’s
office on this issue can be taken at face value.

In discussing
why Paterno and Spanier were fired, the Governor said, “…the Board lost
confidence in their ability to lead Penn State through this time and
into the future.”

With all the opportunities Tom Corbett has had
to play it straight with the people of Pennsylvania — especially the
victims — on his dealings with the Penn State issue, he hasn’t done
so.

And that has caused an ever-increasing number of people to lose confidence in his ability to lead.

There
is a great scene in the movie The American President where Richard
Dreyfuss suggests that being president “was, to a certain extent, about
character.” And in classic Michael Douglas style, he replies, “I can
tell you, without hesitation, that being President is entirely about
character.”

Well, character isn’t limited to the Oval Office. It
resides in every one of us — and that includes Governors, Trustees,
coaches, police and investigators.

Moving forward, let’s demand that a basic legal and moral principle be followed to the very end:

Fiat justitia ruat caelum —“Let justice be done though the heavens fall.”

The victims deserve no less.

 

Corbett Role In Penn State Scandal

Kyle Bass Gives BBC Econ 101 Lesson

Kyle Bass Gives BBC Econ 101 Lesson — Reader Tom C sent this link from an interview by Sarah Montague of BBC’s HARDTalk of Kyle Bass, the Texan who founded Hayman Capital Partners, a hedge fund that made a mint short selling mortgage bonds during the subprime disaster and, more recently, bonds issued by the government of Greece.

Ms. Montague implied he was profiting from the suffering of others. Bass replied that he was looking out for his investors and that blaming him for the fiscal implosion of governments and financial institutions is  akin to blaming the mirror for one being ugly.

Here is the interview. It is worth watching.

Tom also sent this link from FrontPageMag.Com regarding the on-going persecution of Christians throughout the Muslim world. It’s not something you’d see in the Inquirer.

Thanks Tom.

 

Kyle Bass Gives BBC Econ 101 Lesson

Delco Pats Hear GOP Senate Hopefuls

Delco Pats Hear GOP Senate Hopefuls — Five prospects for the Republican nomination to take on incumbent Little Bobby Casey in  next year’s senate race appeared before the Delaware County Patriots, Thursday, at the Knights of Columbus hall in Newtown Square.

Moderator was Kevin Kelly of The Loyal Opposition, a Philadelphia-based Tea Party group.

About 150 were in attendance.

Unfortunately, I was not one of them due to a being drafted for a pierogi-making project at my church.

Ali Carey, however, did cover the meeting and the story has been published here at PoliticsPa.Com.

Ali says the winners were Steve Welch and Sam Rohrer.

If anyone wants pierogies they can be had by calling Kathy at 610-328-4731. The fillings are potato and cheese and they are delicious. Price is $7 per dozen or three dozen for $20.

 

Delco Pats Hear GOP Senate Hopefuls

No Means What?

The Roar

No Means What?

On Thursday, November 17th, Congress killed the funds for Obama’s pet project of building  high-speed rails nation wide. Normally, this would end this debate.  Not so with Obama.  This reckless President, who views our Constitution as a mere nuisance rather than what it is, the law of the land, has another card up his sleeve.  It seems that there is substantial money to ensure that work will continue on certain projects.  Sen. Dick Durbin D-Ill, mentioned that “some money will be found to keep Obama’s train program going through the Transportation Department’s TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economy Recovery) program, which makes grants to projects that achieve critical national objectives.”  A 2012 spending bill contains approximately $500 million for the TIGER program.

So, just what did Congress accomplish and to what did the headline “Congress kills high-speed train” refer to?  Since congress holds the purse strings, how does this possibility present itself?  And what precedent does this set when preaching “no means no?”  Along with all his other Constitutional violations, Obama now stashes funds for constitutional (rainy) days.

Seriously, aside from the manipulation of funds, which now seem to lie around for this exact purpose, ala the approximate one hundred billion allocated for the ongoing implementation of Obamacare, defying the January 31st summary judgement which ruled the legislation to be unconstitutional, just how many types of “slush funds” are available for legislative detours?

Now, I must concede that the previously mentioned $100 billion was actually hidden within the thousands of pages which made up the Obamacare bill.  Given that this monetary inclusion is precedent setting and unethical, the question remains, if Congress votes down a piece of legislation, just how is it that a Presidential policy continues while negating a congressional vote?  At what point did money overtake legislation?

Since assuming office, it seems that the current administration “has steered $10.1 billion to high speed rail projects around the country.”  This national need confounds since  the jammed Northeast corridor is where the commuter action is most prevalent.

Many State governments have refused this high-speed rail funding due to the down the road expenses.  Ultimately, this project is just another make work program which adds to the rolls of governmental employment.  All at the taxpayer’s expense.  Buying votes is now a high speed business and one that seems most efficient when circumventing congress.

Jim Bowman, Author of,
This Roar of Ours

I’m A Firefighter — Off The Internet

I’m A Firefighter Courtesy of Tom C

In Phoenix , Arizona , a 26-year-old mother stared down at her 6 year old son, who was Dying of terminal leukemia.

Although her heart was filled with sadness, she also had a Strong feeling of determination. Like any parent, she wanted her son to grow up and fulfill all his dreams. Now that was no longer possible.

The leukemia would see to that. But she still wanted her son’s dream to come true.

She took her son’s hand and asked, ‘Billy, did you ever think about what you wanted to be once you grew up ? Did you ever dream and wish what you would do with your life ?’

Mommy, ‘I always wanted to be a fireman when I grew up.’

Mom smiled back and said, ‘Let’s see if we can make your wish come true.’

Later that day she went to her local fire Department in Phoenix , Arizona , where she met  Fireman Bob, who had a heart as big as Phoenix .

She explained her son’s final wish and asked if it might be  possible to give her 6 year-old son a ride around the block on a fire engine.

Fireman Bob said, ‘Look, we can do better than that. If you’ll have your son ready at seven o’clock Wednesday morning, we’ll make  him an honorary Fireman for the whole day. He can come down to the fire station, eat with us,   go out on all the fire calls, the whole nine yards !

And if you’ll give us his sizes, we’ll get a real fire uniform for him, with a real fire hat – not a toy  one –  with the emblem of the Phoenix Fire Department on it, a yellow slicker like we wear and rubber boots.’ ‘They’re all manufactured right here in Phoenix , so we can get them fast.’

Three days later Fireman Bob picked up Billy, dressed him in his uniform and escorted him from his hospital bed to the waiting hook and ladder truck.

Billy got to sit on the back of the truck and help steer it back to the fire station. He was in heaven.

There were three fire calls in Phoenix that day and Billy got to go out on all three calls.

He rode in the different fire engines, the Paramedic’s’ van, and even the fire chief’s car.  He was also video taped for the local news program.

Having his dream come true, with all the love and attention that was lavished upon him, so deeply touched Billy, that he lived three months longer than any doctor thought possible.

One night all of his vital signs began to drop dramatically and the head nurse, who believed in the hospice concept – that no one should die alone, began to call the family members to the hospital.

Then she remembered the day Billy had spent as a Fireman, so she called the Fire Chief and asked if it would be possible to send a fireman in uniform to the hospital to be with Billy as he made his transition..

The chief replied, ‘We can do better than that.  We’ll be there in five minutes. Will you please do me a favor ?

When you hear the sirens screaming and see the lights flashing, will you announce over the PA system that there is not a fire? ‘It’s the department coming to see one of its finest members one more time. And will you open the window to his room?

About five minutes later a hook and ladder truck arrived at the hospital and extended its ladder up to Billy’s third floor open window ——–

16 fire-fighters climbed up the ladder into Billy’s room!

With his mother’s permission, they hugged him and held him and told him how much they LOVED him.

With his dying breath, Billy looked up at the fire chief and said, ‘Chief, am I really a fireman now?’

‘Billy, you are, and The Head Chief, Jesus, is holding your hand,’ the chief said.

With those words, Billy smiled and said, ‘I know, He’s been holding my hand all day, and the angels have been  singing.’

He closed his eyes one last time.

 

 

I’m A Firefighter

Sam Rohrer Unofficially Enters Senate Race

Sam Rohrer Unofficially Enters Senate Race — Sam Rohrer, the statesman who gave Tom Corbett a scare in the 2010 Republican gubernatorial primary, will officially announce on Nov. 21 his candidacy for the U.S. Senate seat now held by Little Bobby Casey (D) according to an email blast sent by Nathan Rohrer, his son and campaign advisor.

The announcement will be made 4 p.m. in the Governor’s Ballroom of the Camp Hill Radisson, 1150 Camp Hill Bypass.

If you can’t get to Camp Hill to meet the man, Rohrer will be among the GOP senate hopefuls appearing before the Delaware County Patriots Tea Party group, 7 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 17 at  the Knights of Columbus Mater Dei Hall, 327 N. Newtown St. Road, Newtown Square.

The others schedule to appear are Steve Welch, Marc Scaringi, and John Kensinger. Moderator will be Kevin Kelly of the Loyal Opposition, a Philadelphia-based Tea Party group.

Seating is limited. To reserve a seat call 610-572-3442.

 

Sam Rohrer Unofficially Enters Senate Race

Larry Sinclair Or Some Crazy Accusations More Equal Than Others

Larry Sinclair Or  Some Crazy Accusations More Equal Than Others — Herman Cain, the black businessman seeking the Republican nomination for president who was subject to anonymous and unspecific allegations regarding sexual misconduct finally got to face an accuser, Nov. 7, when Sharon Bialek, a Chicago resident with a past history of irresponsible behavior,  held a press conference with her lawyer at her side. Yes, she went into specifics. No corroboration, but there were certainly specifics.

The old, dying but still dangerous, dinosaur old media haven’t stopped talking about it since. Rest assured, though, they will quiet when Cain’s poll numbers drop to a level they deem safe.

Barack Obama, the black senator from Illinois seeking the Democrat nomination for president in 2008, was subject to allegations regarding sexual misconduct and even murder.  On June 18 of that year, Larry Sinclair, a  Chicago resident with a past history of irresponsible behavior,  held a press conference with his lawyer at his side in which he went into specifics. No corroboration. but certainly specifics.

Did the old dinosaurs discuss it for weeks? Don’t be silly. Some crazy, unprovable allegations are just more equal than others.

If you are interested in a fair comparison:

The Sharon Bialek press conference from Nov. 7, 2011.

The Larry Sinclair press conference from June 18, 2008.

Larry Sinclair Or Some Crazy Accusations More Equal Than Others

Larry Sinclair Or Some Crazy Accusations More Equal Than Others

Fumo Judge Disgrace To Federal Bench

Fumo Judge Disgrace To Federal Bench 

By Chris Freind

 

Get a hit just one out of three times, and you’re in the Hall of Fame. Get nine out of ten problems right on a math test and you’re a star student. Nail one of the biggest political dirtbags in Pennsylvania history with 100 percent success — gaining convictions on every one of 137 federal counts — and you’re the bad guy. You’re the one who gets roundly reamed out in very public fashion. You’re the one criticized for disregarding the law.

In becoming the new poster boy in the “What the F&*# was he thinking?!” category, United States District Judge Ronald Buckwalter did the unthinkable — again — by giving former State Senator Vince Fumo a Get Out Of Jail (Almost) Free card.

Convicted of charges in 2009, ranging from public corruption to tax offenses, and from fraud to
obstruction of justice, Fumo received the appallingly light sentence of
just 4 ½ years. People routinely get sentenced to a whole lot more for a
whole lot less.

But this Judge, who before the trial was viewed
as somewhat competent, made a series of mistakes after conviction,
including incorrectly reading the sentencing guidelines. So he was
forced by an appeals court to re-sentence Fumo.

Despite the fact that:

A) Every one of the convictions still stood,

Federal sentencing guidelines called for 17 to 22 years,

C) The public and legal community had been outraged at the original lenient punishment, and

D) Fumo showed absolutely no remorse — none —, which the Judge acknowledged,

E)
Buckwalter gave Fumo six more months. That’s not a typo. Not six more
years, which itself would have been woefully inadequate, but six short
months.



Just writing that is enough to make you vomit.

Ronald
Buckwalter is an absolute disgrace to the federal bench, and his
flagrant disregard for justice calls into the question the very nature
of lifetime judicial appointments. There is simply no rational
explanation for his pig-headed decisions regarding Fumo, but making the
sin mortal was chastising the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

That’s like a parent blaming the teacher because his child bombed the test.

The
investigation, which started under then-U.S. Attorney Pat Meehan, was
thorough and professional, without so much as a single black mark. The
investigators brought what they believed to be an iron-clad case against
Fumo, and a jury of Fumo’s peers obviously agreed.

In appealing
Buckwalter’s original sentence, the Office again acted responsibly,
correctly noting Buckwalter’s mistakes, and seeking the only thing that
everyone but Fumo and his dwindling posse wanted: justice.

An
appropriate punishment at the original sentencing should have ended the
Fumo saga, but like the referee who feels compelled to upstage the
players and become the center of attention, Buckwalter seemed to want
the headlines for himself.

Mission accomplished Judge. But at what price?

His
disparagement of the U.S. Attorney’s office without a doubt provided
ammunition for future defendants to argue that they too are the victims
of overzealous, politically-motivated prosecutors. Wittingly or not,
Judge Buckwalter opened a Pandora’s Box that will be very difficult to
close.

In calling the prosecution excessive, Buckwalter stated
that Fumo should not have been charged with so many counts, when in
reality, he could have been charged with more. He even went so far as to
label the prosecution’s efforts “unfair.”

Unfair?



No, the prosecution was more than
fair. They didn’t commit the crimes. Vince Fumo did. What’s patently
unfair is letting him off easy because he was an “effective” legislator
(which, by the way, is one of the biggest myths in all of Harrisburg,
but that’s another story.) and because he was involved in charitable
works.

Excuse us, Judge, but what does that have to do with anything?

You
do the crime, you do the time. It’s that simple. And for the other
factors that may have played a role in leniency, they too should have
been irrelevant.

If, because of poor health, Fumo would have died
in prison if given a longer sentence, so be it. If, because he would
have been a very old man getting out of prison had he gotten the lengthy
punishment he deserved, that’s his problem. No one held a gun to Fumo’s
head to embark on a life of crime.

To give Fumo what is
perceived by most to be special treatment is, in some respects, the
biggest crime of all. Not illegal, of course, as sentencing is at
Buckwalter’s discretion, but criminal in the sense that justice was not
adequately served.

Perhaps more than any other city, Philadelphia
has a reputation for rampant, institutionalized corruption. For
decades, the bad guys always seemed to operate with impunity. From
rigged elections to pols illegally living it up on the taxpayers’ dime,
the perception, rightly so, was that the politically-connected could
operate above the law, and the average Joe got the shaft.

But
then a funny thing happened. After witnessing numerous convictions at
the city, county and state levels, most notable in the Bonusgate
scandal, the public started to believe again. Hope was renewed. Turns
out that the people, through their honest, hard working prosecutors,
were fighting City Hall — and winning.

Faith in truth, justice
and the American way, now restored, hit its pinnacle when Vince Fumo,
once untouchable, was brought back down to Earth, led away in handcuffs.
But when the original sentence was announced, the collective breath of
our society was forcibly expelled, the result of an immense kick to the
gut.

Yet hope remained, if by a delicate thread. It wasn’t over.
Maybe, just maybe, things would be made right, and Vince Fumo would
finally “get his” at the re-sentencing. But as before, the people were
left devastated, angry, and dumbfounded. Somehow, Fumo escaped the fate
he deserved.

And with that, all the goodwill and hope that had
been cautiously accumulating evaporated in a heartbeat. Fool me once,
shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.



The bitter hardness that is
Philadelphia’s attitude just got stiffer. As a direct result of the Fumo
travesty, no longer do folks believe in fairness, but instead have
reverted back to the “they’re all corrupt, they’re all in it together”
mentality. And who can blame them?

No matter how you slice it,
the bad guys came away with the better hand, and the good guys finished
last. Thank you, Judge Buckwalter.

There is no worse death that the end of hope. And more than anything, that’s why Philadelphia is dying.

Case closed.