William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 7-13-15
Camels have three eyelids.
Greed Mongers Attempt Intimidation
By Leo Knepper
After vetoing the budget because the legislature refused to raise taxes on Pennsylvanians, Governor Wolf has unleashed the attack dogs.
Leading the pack is America Works, USA. This “dark money” group is affiliated with the Democratic Governors Association (DGA). Although America Works does not disclose its donors, the DGA does. Four out of the Top Five donors to the DGA are government unions. According to OpenSecrets.org, the top four unions contributed over $13 million to the DGA in 2014 alone.
America Works, USA has targeted a number of Representatives and Senators including Senator Scott Wagner. He has been an outspoken critic of the Governor’s tax and spend policies. Wagner has also been a vocal supporter of pension reform and ending the practice of using tax dollars to collect union dues. The mailer (which you can see here and here) accuses Wagner and others of having the wrong priorities. Considering that the government unions filling the DGA’s coffers survive off of tax dollars, it’s easy to understand why they think more spending and higher taxes is the right way to go. However, the taxpayers of Pennsylvania know otherwise.
The attempted intimidation doesn’t end there. Other CAP members, including Representatives Jason Ortitay and Aaron Kaufer have had union members showing up at their office demanding that they vote for higher taxes. Their encounters have been largely civil. However, the same cannot be said for Senator John Eichelberger. Eichelberger has had to call the police to report the intimidation tactics undertaken by members of the teachers’ union who want him to reverse his position on pension reform.
Despite the strong arm tactics of the Governor and his union allies, it looks like Republicans in both chambers are standing their ground. This willingness is a welcome departure from what happened during the Rendell years. Despite controlling the Senate for Rendell’s entire tenure and the House for a portion of it, the Republican caucus went along with a massive expansion of government spending.
Because of CAP and other conservative organizations, we don’t see that same complicity today. For the first time since Republican Governor Raymond Shafer caved and gave government employees, our employees, the right to strike, we see the General Assembly standing firm. The political environment has changed because the “sleeping giant” of Pennsylvania taxpayers is finally rousing from its slumber.
Mr. Knepper is with Citizens Alliance of Pennsylvania
Greed Mongers Attempt Intimidation
Panama Canal Expansion East Coast Port Boom
The Panama Canal expansion in 2016 may shift 10 percent of oceanic container traffic from East Asia to East Coast ports according to C. H. Robinson. 
The expansion will permanently affect the competitive balance between the coasts according to the logistics provider.
“Goods shipped from East Asia through West Coast ports are currently transported by rail and truck as far east as the Ohio River Valley,” says the company website. “The canal’s expansion will permit big, efficient “post-Panamax” container ships—which have two to three times the capacity of current vessels—to reach the East Coast. Those ports will then become more cost competitive because it is cheaper to move cargo by water than over land. West Coast ports, however, will remain the destination of choice for shippers who need to use the fastest routes possible.”
The East Coast ports most likely to benefit will be the New York-New Jersey complex, Norfolk, Savannah and Charleston.
Panama Canal Expansion East Coast Port Boom
William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 7-11-15
William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 7-11-15
Chimpanzees eat children, it has been reported. The animals apparently get drunk off of alcohol snatched from rural brewing operations and mistake the children for the red colobus monkey that is one of their favorite meals.
Chimpanzees eat children
Republicans Remove Confederate Flag
The Delaware County Daily Times, today, July 11, included in the AP story regarding the removal of the Confederate flag from the South Carolina Capitol grounds the twistedly disingenuous and curious claim that the flag “had been defended by white Republican leaders until last month as a symbol of Southern pride.”
Of course, the article omitted any reference to the party that raised the flag nor did it bother to note the party to which Gov. Nikki Haley belonged.
So here is some history. The flag was raised in 1962 over the State Capitol in Columbia by Gov. Ernest Hollings, a liberal Democrat, to defend segregation and Jim Crow. Hollings would go on to become a U.S. senator and would serve in the Senate until 2005. He was a friend and supporter of Bill and Hillary Clinton and the progressive big government agenda.
In 1996, conservative Republican Gov. David Beasley made a strong push to remove the flag. He failed to win re-election in 1998 because of it. The die-hard sons of the Confederacy pointedly stayed home while the progressives and their tools in the Black establishment supported his opponent, Jim Hodges, who said he would keep the flag where it was.
Hodges, after much national pressure, agreed to remove the flag from the Capitol dome in 2000 to a monument on the State House grounds.
And there it flew until yesterday when it was removed for good in response to the June 17 Charlestown shootings. The removal was demanded by Gov. Haley, a Republican, and without outside pressure. It was overwhelmingly approved by the overwhelmingly Republican legislature.
The hate from and the lies told by the old media about those whose politics differ from the reporters, photographers, editors and newsreaders are poisoning this country.
Republicans Remove Confederate Flag
Utility Pole Planter
An old utility pole makes for an interesting and delightful planter that is sure to be the talk of the neighborhood — especially if you can find one with the hand holds.
To make one, first find a utility pole. This is much more difficult than it sounds. While utility poles are quite common — one may be as close as your sidewalk — cutting one down is very illegal and doing so could result in arrest, fines, restitution, and possibly even a jail sentence.
That’s assuming you survive the electric shock.
A good way to acquire one is wait for a major storm and have it fall on your classic car. 
Then wait for the emergency crew to turn off the power to it, cut it up and leave it as they have no room for it on their truck. Pick an appropriate sized piece, dig a hole a foot or so deep, put the pole in it, hang some begonias on the hand holds and voila you’re the envy of the community.
Utility Pole Planter
William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 7-10-15
William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 7-10-15
The first successful appendectomy was performed in Iowa in 1885.
Whelan Name Misspelled On Campaign Lit
We put this article out a few minutes ago but we are now significantly revising it as it has just been pointed out to us that the name on the letterhead is misspelled as is the signature. The proper spelling is Whelan. So we got ourselves a scandal. Was it sent out by the Esler or Krueger-Braneky campaigns just to make the Mullen campaign look really stupid? Hardly. 
But it is real clear that the Delaware County District Attorney didn’t write it himself.
So Mr. District Attorney do you know your name is being used in the 161st District race and rather poorly at that?
The letter — which claims to be “From the Desk of Jack Whalen” and identifies itself as being paid for by the HRCC — has “Jack Whalen Delaware County District Attorney” claiming that “Paul Mullen is a fiscal conservative” and “We can trust he will be an independent voice for us.”
OK Mr. “Whalen” if Mullen is such a “fiscal conservative” why did he support Joe Sestak, Barack Obama, Bob Casey and John Kane?
Why is John Kane supporting him in this election?
Fiscal conservative? Do we really need to say LOL here?
Fortunately, there is someone in the race who is a fiscal conservative and has been a consistent Republican; and who understands why property taxes keep rising like floodwater and knows what to do to stop it.
That is Penn Delco School Board Director Lisa Esler.
She explains herself in her campaign letter:
Dear Neighbor,
My name is Lisa Esler and I am the WRITE-IN candidate for State Representative in the special election that will be held on August 4th. I am a wife, mother, grandmother, certified optician, and a school board director. Why am I doing this? Because in my role as a school board director, I have seen how Harrisburg has become tainted with special interest groups and lobbyists, leaving the taxpayer without representation.
If elected, I will be a Representative who speaks for the people in this district – not for the special interest groups with deep pockets who use money and power to stifle any meaningful reforms. As your voice, I will push hard for common sense solutions for the problems we face. For example, we have a looming pension crisis that drives your property taxes up every year and will cost taxpayers dearly for years to come. I want to join with the other like-minded legislators to work toward fixing that broken system.
I am not a career politician and do not intend to become one. I am not seeking this office to become wealthy on the backs of the taxpayers. If elected, I pledge not to take part in the pension system that is bankrupting you and our Commonwealth.
People have lost faith in their leaders and in the system. I hope I can restore some of that faith. You see my integrity and reputation mean a lot more to me than any political office.
Remember, I am not “endorsed” and therefore my name is not on the ballot. That is why I am asking you to WRITE-IN my name on the ballot. “How-To instructions” will be available at the polls on Election Day, Tuesday, August 4th.
I would be honored to have your support and your vote on August 4th.
If you have any questions or would like to help with my campaign, please call me at 484-995-1540.
Thank you in advance for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Lisa Esler
The 161st seat was vacated in April by Republican Joe Hackett and a special election has been scheduled for Aug. 4. The official Democrat in the race is Leanne Krueger-Braneky.
Whelan Name Misspelled On Campaign Lit
Thomas Menier Explains Candidacy
Thomas Menier was the only participant of tonight’s (July 9) independent presidential candidate’s forum sponsored by Democracy Unplugged and held at Swarthmore Borough Hall.
Menier drove up from Cape Coral, Fla. to participate.
He described himself as a Vietnam veteran who served many years overseas as a contractor for the Army Corps of Engineers including 18 months in Afghanistan.
“I met some wonderful people in the Middle East,” he said. “I met some pretty radical people in the Middle East.”
He said he was motivated to run for the nation’s highest office by the decline in the American economy.
“The truth is when you fall off unemployment, you are not counted anymore,” he said.
He said one friend has not had a full time job in seven years and is scraping to support a family doing part-time work.
He blames both parties for the problem and was especially critical of the recent trade treaty. He claimed that Walmart was able to see details that were kept from legislators.
He said he knows that weapons of mass destruction were found in Iraq, and expressed a fear that many not found or destroyed could be smuggled into the United States.
Menier can be reached at Menier.Thomas@gmail.com
The event, Declaration of Independents 2015, was moderated by Owen Powell.
While Morrison Bonpasse was unable to attend he left a flyer describing his platform which included stopping and correcting wrongful convictions in the United States; zero population growth and a single global currency.
Thomas Menier Explains Candidacy
William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 7-9-15
William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 7-9-15
Rain barrels are illegal in Colorado.