Jane Galloway R.I.P.

Jane Galloway died we were just told.

Jane was an Upper Darby school teacher who after retiring became  a long-time, award-winning writer for the Press Papers of Delaware County, Pa.

She was in her mid-eighties and graduated from Haverford High School in the late 1940s.

She lived many years in Springfield before moving to Granite Farms Estate in Middletown.

She attended Grace Chapel Church in Havertown.

A service at Granite Farms Estate is scheduled for 1:30 p.m., June 6.

She was one of the sweetest people you’d ever want to know.

 

Jane Galloway R.I.P.

Jane Galloway R.I.P.

Democrats Dumber

Democrats DumberDemocrats Dumber

 

A paper by James Lindgren of Northwestern University School of Law revels that more than a third of Republicans don’t know that the Earth orbits the Sun in one year.

That’s right, only 61.1 percent of the GOP know the fact. Why to go public schools.

But that’s not the really scary part. The really scary part is that less than half of Democrats know this. Yes, less than half — 48.4 percent.

And they vote for president which explains why “You Can Keep Your Doctor” got elected twice

Conservative Republican had the highest scientific literacy at 67.3 percent which explains why they vote the way the do.

The lowest? Conservative Democrats at 27.1 percent. That certainly explains why they vote like they do.

Liberal Republican came in at 46. 4 percent and moderate Republican at 44.1 percent. That pretty much explains their voting habits as well.

By the way, conservative Republicans were also least likely to believe that astrology is scientific.

 

 

Leiper Church Becomes Holy Myrrh Bearers

Leiper Church Becomes Holy Myrrh BearersLeiper Church Becomes Holy Myrrh Bearers

 

It’s  official.

The Ukrainian Greek Catholic parishes of Holy Ghost in Chester and Saints Peter and Paul in Clifton Heights will be merging to Holy Myrrh Bearers with its home at the historic former Leiper Presbyterian Church, 900 Fairview Ave., Ridley Township albeit with a Swarthmore address.

Leiber, which opened in 1819, closed Jan. 8, 2012. Among those who worshiped there were presidents Andrew Jackson, William Henry Harrison and James Buchanan.

It was purchased by the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia in March.

Holy Ghost at 3015 W. 3rd St., and Saints Peter and Paul at 100 S. Penn St., will be closed and sold.

The first service at the new church is scheduled for Sept. 28 with a blessing ceremony the day before.

The Holy Myrrh Bearers, were those involved with the burial of the Lord Jesus and the discovery of the empty tomb on Easter.

UPDATE: the first service is now scheduled for Nov. 2 with the blessing ceremony the preceding day.

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 5-27-14

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 5-27-14

The underwater pogo-stick jumping record belongs to Ashrita Furman, at least as of 1986. That year, Furman, dressed in a wet suit and snorkel jumped up and down for five hours and 38 minutes under San Francisco Bay.

That’s not all! Furman claimed another record when he somersaulted the entire route of Paul Revere’s ride — 12 miles, 390 yards.

Dems Pretend Tea Party

Independence Hall Tea Party Association PAC President Don Adams reports on the latest ploy by the power-lusting Democrat one-percenters –namely pretending to be tea partyers.

Adams says that a group affiliated with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a corrupt Nevada lawyer, that calls itself Patriot Majority USA  is backing Steve Lonegan in New Jersey’s 3rd Congressional District Republican Primary.

The seat is now held by Republican Jon Runyan who is not seeking re-election.

Lonegan is the former mayor of Bogota, who has failed many times in a quest for state-wide office, most recently as the Republican nominee in the special election to fill the Senate seat vacated by the death of Frank Lautenberg.

Lonegan trails former Randolph Mayor Tom MacArthur, a conservative businessman, by 11 points in the 3rd District race according to polling by Monmouth University.

Lonegan is generally considered to be the weaker candidate due to his  temperamental nature and proclivity for making embarrassing gaffes, said Adams.

Adams says Patriot Majority has been sending out mail pieces attacking MacArthur for “raising taxes” and “increasing spending” which would anger Republican voters while sending out pieces accusing Lonegan of wanting to eliminate the Department of Education and defund Planned Parenthood which would please most Republican voters.

Patriot Majority uses a minuteman logo, Adams noted.

The godfather of the modern Democrat Party — whose reason for being is to accumulate wealth and power for its members by whatever means — is Saul Alinsky who dedicated his foremost work to Lucifer.

Just because something calls itself an angel of light doesn’t mean that it is. A good rule of thumb is don’t trust Democrats.

Bill Green, who is vice president of the PAC notes “For the record, during his time as a local Mayor and Councilman, MacArthur helped his town remain 1 of only 19 municipalities in NJ–and one of only 213 in the entire nation–to earn a AAA bond rating, while maintaining one of the lowest per capita tax burdens in the Garden State.”

 

Dems Pretend Tea Party

Dems Pretend Tea Party

Flower Vase Chug Spotlights Pa Primary

Incumbent State Rep. Patty Kim‘s decisive May 20 Democrat primary win over Gina Johnson-Roberson in the 103rd District in Dauphin County has put Pennsylvania once again in eyes of the world.

Blame YouTube, a flower vase, a bar patron and WHTM ABC-27 reporter Dave Marcheskie simply doing his job.

Flower Vase Chug Spotlights Pa Primary

 

Flower Vase Chug Spotlights Pa Primary

Foxcatcher, Delco Shines Again

Foxcatcher, Delco Shines Again Du Pont portrait

John du Pont’s official portrait in Foxcatcher sweats on display at his estate sale in 2011 for which he paid artist Hubert Shuptrine $100,000.

 

Delaware County, Pa. on Feb. 22 has a better than even chance of making another Oscar appearance  — Jennifer Lawrence won Best Actress for 2012 for Silver Linings Playbook — as Foxcatcher was a finalist for the Palme d’Or at the recently ended Cannes Film Festival.

The prize went to Winter Sleep, a Turkish film about class struggle (or something) in that country. Don’t expect it to compete for Best Picture.

Foxcatcher concerns the Jan. 26, 1996 murder of Olympic gold medal wrestler Dave Shultz by John du Pont at du Pont’s Foxcatcher estate and training facility in Newtown Township. It’s based on the autobiography of Shultz’s brother Mark, who was also an Olympic gold medalist that trained at the estate.

I knew du Pont. I even have an autographed copy of his book Off The Mat, which was clearly created by an abjectly bored ghost writer granted unwise access to a list of cliches.

He was nuts. You would never believe his answering machine.

I did not know Shultz who had a reputation of being a decent family man who sent his kids to the local public school, Culbertson.

Hopefully, that comes through.

 

 

 

 

Where Valor Sleeps

Where Valor SleepsWhere Valor Sleeps

Memorial Day traces its roots to the dark days of the Civil War with the formal decoration of the graves of the war’s dead likely starting in Savannah, Ga in 1862. Graves were decorated at Gettysburg the next year. It broke upon the nation on May 1, 1865 when the unmarked graves of Union soldiers who died as POWs at the Charleston Race Course in South Carolina were decorated by newly freed blacks.

It became a tradition starting with General Orders No. 11 issued May 5, 1868 by Gen. John Logan.

Heroes, of course, are still dying for our freedom. Here is what President George W. Bush said on May 29, 2006.

In this place where valor sleeps, we acknowledge our responsibility as Americans to preserve the memory of the fallen. On this Memorial Day, we look out on quiet hills,  and rows of white headstones — and we know that we are in the presence of greatness. (Applause.) The markers here record the names of more than 296,000 men and  women. Each of the soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines buried here answered the call to serve, and stepped forward to protect the nation they loved.

All who are buried here understood their duty. They saw a dark shadow on the horizon, and went to meet it. They understood that tyranny must be met with resolve, and  that liberty is always the achievement of courage.   Here, in the presence of veterans they fought with and loved ones whose pictures they carried, the fallen give silent witness to the price of our liberty — and our nation honors them, this day and every day. 

In this place where valor sleeps, we are reminded why America has always gone to war reluctantly, because we know the costs of war. We have seen those costs in the war on terror we fight today. These grounds are the final resting place for more than 270 men and women who have given their lives in freedom’s cause since the attacks of September the 11th, 2001. With us here are veterans who fought alongside them — and who have come today to pay their respects. They are joined by veterans of World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and other conflicts across the globe, whose friends and comrades also lie in this sacred ground. As we pray for their fallen friends, we also remember those who went to war and are still missing, and we are determined to account for them all.

In this place where valor sleeps, we find strength in knowing that those serving freedom’s cause have acted with principle and steadfast faith. Second Lieutenant Jack Lundberg was killed two weeks after D-Day, at the end of World War II. He wrote his Mom and Dad a letter to be opened in the event he did not come home. He wrote, “I am sorry to add to your grief … but we of the United States have something to fight for — never more fully have I realized that. The United States of America is worth the sacrifice.”

That same feeling moves those who are now fighting the war on terror. First Lieutenant Mark Dooley was killed by a terrorist bomb last September in the Iraqi city of  Ramadi. Before he left for his tour, he gave his parents a last letter, just in case. He wrote: “Remember that my leaving was in the service of something that we loved,  and be proud. The best way to pay respect is to value why a sacrifice was made.”

Last week, the family of Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Fenty, Junior, gathered here at Arlington to pay their last respects to the husband, son, and father they loved.  Colonel Fenty was killed with nine of his fellow soldiers in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan earlier this month. Hours before that crash, he had spoken to his wife Kristen  about their newborn daughter he was waiting to meet. Some day she will learn about her dad from the men with whom she served — he served. And one of them said  this about her father: “We all wanted to be more like Joe Fenty. We were all in awe of him.” I am in awe of the men and women who sacrifice for the freedom of the  United States of America.  

Our nation is free because of brave Americans like these, who volunteer to confront our adversaries abroad so we do not have to face them here at home. Our nation  mourns the loss of our men and women in uniform; we will honor them by completing the mission for which they gave their lives — by defeating the terrorists, by  advancing the cause of liberty, and by laying the foundation of peace for a generation of young Americans.  Today we pray that those who lie here have found  peace with their Creator, and we resolve that their sacrifice will always be remembered by a grateful nation.

May God Bless the Untied States of America.