MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Saturday, December 22, 2007
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Liberals Fear Bookshelves!
The nerve of former Arkansas Governor and presidential wannabe Mike Huckabee, who's most recent campaign television spot has him being accused of trying to force bookshelves down the throats of liberals!
They are so fearful of the Huck-ster's motives that they are howling with dismay over the Christmas themed spot. One of MSNBC's resident liberal douche bags, Mika Brzezinski was so hacked off she could barely contain herself when Huck assured her that it was indeed nothing more than a simple bookshelf in the background of the commercial. (Click title for link to video of the exchange.)
Libs are so ready to be offended by anything, that they are starting to see things! The Web was so loaded with stories about the TV spot with the "floating cross" and it's political and religious implications, that I had to watch the spot online. I was so wrapped up in looking for some George Lucas-like floating cross special effect, that I completely missed the evil bookshelf!
It's a BOOKSHELF! It even as Christmas ornaments resting comfortably on the it! I guess this is what passes for news coverage in the 24/7 news channel world. Is it any wonder why people are tuning out in droves and looking for alternative sources for news coverage.
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Your Christmas Dinner is Killing the Planet
If you are like me, you may be planning to chow down on a Christmas turkey with all of the traditional trimmings, if that’s the case you may earn a place on Al Gore’s environmental enemies list.
Researchers at the University of Manchester have calculated the “carbon footprint” of a traditional Christmas feast for eight as generating an amazing 44 lbs of carbon dioxide.
"Food production and processing are responsible for three quarters of the total carbon footprint, with the largest proportion - 60% - being related to the life cycle of the turkey,” said Project leader, professor Adisa Azapagic. "All stages in the supply chain have been considered, including raising the turkey, growing the vegetables, food storage, consumer shopping, cooking the meal at home and waste management.”
Has it reached a point where we have to reconsider this whole eating thing? There doesn’t seem to be a day that goes by that we don’t see a story involving some obese, planet killer, stuffing their fat face at the expense of the polar bears and penguins!
We need to get our priorities straight. Our choices seem clear, what’s more important, us feeding our addiction to consuming food daily or saving the lives of cuddly polar bears and cute little penguins?
Clearly the University of Manchester has determined that the most pressing issue that we face revolves around determining the carbon footprint of Christmas dinner or else they would not have wasted the time and…a…energy conducting this study.
Let’s hope that the researchers will lead the way in fixing this “problem” by ceasing their intake of food and putting polar bears first.
Researchers at the University of Manchester have calculated the “carbon footprint” of a traditional Christmas feast for eight as generating an amazing 44 lbs of carbon dioxide.
"Food production and processing are responsible for three quarters of the total carbon footprint, with the largest proportion - 60% - being related to the life cycle of the turkey,” said Project leader, professor Adisa Azapagic. "All stages in the supply chain have been considered, including raising the turkey, growing the vegetables, food storage, consumer shopping, cooking the meal at home and waste management.”
Has it reached a point where we have to reconsider this whole eating thing? There doesn’t seem to be a day that goes by that we don’t see a story involving some obese, planet killer, stuffing their fat face at the expense of the polar bears and penguins!
We need to get our priorities straight. Our choices seem clear, what’s more important, us feeding our addiction to consuming food daily or saving the lives of cuddly polar bears and cute little penguins?
Clearly the University of Manchester has determined that the most pressing issue that we face revolves around determining the carbon footprint of Christmas dinner or else they would not have wasted the time and…a…energy conducting this study.
Let’s hope that the researchers will lead the way in fixing this “problem” by ceasing their intake of food and putting polar bears first.
Monday, December 10, 2007
Remember the Troop at Christmas
I stand corrected...
Thanks to reader Melissa for sending along a correction on sending cards to recovering troop at Walter Reed Army Meedical Center. What follows are details on a program put together by the American Red Cross and Pitney Bowes.
This season, communities across America are invited to mail holiday greeting cards along with personal messages of support to wounded service members at military hospitals around the country through a unique partnership between the American Red Cross and Pitney Bowes Inc.
With the support of the Department of Defense, Walter Reed Army Medical Center and with help from Pitney Bowes Government Solutions, the American Red Cross will collect, review and disseminate holiday greeting cards to wounded military personnel. For security reasons, the Red Cross will only be able to accept holiday cards, not packages. Red Cross volunteers will receive and bundle the cards to be shipped by Pitney Bowes Government Solutions. Then, Red Cross volunteers at military medical facilities will distribute the cards to patients and their families in time for the holidays.
"So many Americans want to show their support and gratitude by reaching out to wounded service members at Walter Reed and other medical centers during the holiday season," said Neal Denton, American Red Cross Senior Vice President for Service to the Armed Forces. "With the support of the Department of Defense, Walter Reed leadership and Pitney Bowes, we can bring a little cheer to those soldiers," added Denton.
"It is an honor to provide this small measure of comfort at holiday time to those who have sacrificed so much," said Pitney Bowes President and CEO Murray Martin. "We want to make it as easy as possible for all Americans to show their appreciation to the men and women who serve this nation so proudly and selflessly."
Holiday cards should be addressed to:
We Support You During Your Recovery! c/o American Red Cross PO Box 419 Savage, MD 20763-0419
Be sure to affix adequate postage. Cards must be received no later than December 27. Cards received after this date will be returned to sender. Senders are reminded that "care packages" are not part of the program. Cards and notes only.
A tip of the hat to Melissa for the update!
Merry Christmas!
Thanks to reader Melissa for sending along a correction on sending cards to recovering troop at Walter Reed Army Meedical Center. What follows are details on a program put together by the American Red Cross and Pitney Bowes.
This season, communities across America are invited to mail holiday greeting cards along with personal messages of support to wounded service members at military hospitals around the country through a unique partnership between the American Red Cross and Pitney Bowes Inc.
With the support of the Department of Defense, Walter Reed Army Medical Center and with help from Pitney Bowes Government Solutions, the American Red Cross will collect, review and disseminate holiday greeting cards to wounded military personnel. For security reasons, the Red Cross will only be able to accept holiday cards, not packages. Red Cross volunteers will receive and bundle the cards to be shipped by Pitney Bowes Government Solutions. Then, Red Cross volunteers at military medical facilities will distribute the cards to patients and their families in time for the holidays.
"So many Americans want to show their support and gratitude by reaching out to wounded service members at Walter Reed and other medical centers during the holiday season," said Neal Denton, American Red Cross Senior Vice President for Service to the Armed Forces. "With the support of the Department of Defense, Walter Reed leadership and Pitney Bowes, we can bring a little cheer to those soldiers," added Denton.
"It is an honor to provide this small measure of comfort at holiday time to those who have sacrificed so much," said Pitney Bowes President and CEO Murray Martin. "We want to make it as easy as possible for all Americans to show their appreciation to the men and women who serve this nation so proudly and selflessly."
Holiday cards should be addressed to:
We Support You During Your Recovery! c/o American Red Cross PO Box 419 Savage, MD 20763-0419
Be sure to affix adequate postage. Cards must be received no later than December 27. Cards received after this date will be returned to sender. Senders are reminded that "care packages" are not part of the program. Cards and notes only.
A tip of the hat to Melissa for the update!
Merry Christmas!
Friday, December 7, 2007
No Doubt About It
“'Tis better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than open one's mouth and remove all doubt”. - Samuel Johnson
Just when you thought Erie County Councilman and Congressional Candidate wannabe Kyle Foust couldn’t sound any more stupid, he goes out a raises, or is it lowers the bar.
Foust recently tried to get his Council cohorts to support his public stand against the tire derived fuel to energy plant slated for the former International Paper site on Erie’s east side. Unlike Foust, his peers chose to wait to review the environmental filings from Erie Renewable Energy before taking a stand on the plant.
Now, on the same day the Erie Times News recounts those environmental applications being filed with the state, Foust attempts to spell out his reasons for being against the ERE project.
I say “attempts” because quiet frankly I think the only thing Foust has done successfully is to prove just how clueless he really is!
His concerns about the plant boil down to “potential pollution that could be emitted into the air,” and the fact that ERE hasn’t provided information in what he deems is a timely manner.
“If nothing harmful will be emitted from the process of turning tires into energy -- as ERE indicates to the public -- then the information stating such should be provided immediately,” said Foust. “The public, especially the neighbors in the surrounding residential area and the children who attend school nearby, should not have to wait until after the application has been filed. The people who will have to live with the environmental consequences of the facility deserve that information now.”
That comment confirms the simple fact that Foust has made up his small mind based on only half of the story, in this case provided by environmentalists with a clear cut agenda.
I, for one, have not made up my mind about the plant, but unlike Foust, I’m intelligent enough to wait for the full story before deciding where I stand.
If you’re interested, copies of ERE’s air-quality permit application are available at: The City Clerk’s Office in Erie City Hall, the DEP’s Northwest Regional Office of Records in Meadville, or at the Reference Desk at the Blasco Library.
Monday, December 3, 2007
It’s Pay Raise Time Again
Members of the State Legislature are set to see their base salary bumped up to $76,163, an increase of $2549 or 3.5 percent.
Yep you read that right, after all of the hubbub over the pay raise just 2 short years ago, the legislature will once again receive their annual cost of living adjustment. They got it last year and they’ll continue to get it each and every year based on a 1995 law.
At the time, then Speaker of the House John Perzel was famously quoted as saying “We’ll never have to do this again.” This being, vote to raise their own pay! We now know “never” lasted ten years!
The ’95 law clearly flies in the face of the Pennsylvania Constitution which states, “No member of either House (of the General Assembly) shall during the term for which he may have been elected, receive any increase of salary or mileage under any law passed during such term.”
Acting outside the scope of the state constitution is not a rarity for the Harrisburg equivalent of the Soprano Family.
Now some lawmakers are questioning whether they should take the pay bump, especially if they were part of the backlash of newly elected legislators in the wake of the pay raise mess.
That has me wondering what local Freshman legislators like Pat Harkins, John Hornaman, and Brad Roae will do. All three were elected in large part because of the pay raise backlash.
How about veteran legislator John Evans, who claimed to have found god with regard to pay raises, will he take the bump?
These guys in one way or another made their way to, or back to Harrisburg by claiming to do the right thing for the taxpayers, was it lip service or did they really mean what they said? I’m asking…maybe you should ask too.
Yep you read that right, after all of the hubbub over the pay raise just 2 short years ago, the legislature will once again receive their annual cost of living adjustment. They got it last year and they’ll continue to get it each and every year based on a 1995 law.
At the time, then Speaker of the House John Perzel was famously quoted as saying “We’ll never have to do this again.” This being, vote to raise their own pay! We now know “never” lasted ten years!
The ’95 law clearly flies in the face of the Pennsylvania Constitution which states, “No member of either House (of the General Assembly) shall during the term for which he may have been elected, receive any increase of salary or mileage under any law passed during such term.”
Acting outside the scope of the state constitution is not a rarity for the Harrisburg equivalent of the Soprano Family.
Now some lawmakers are questioning whether they should take the pay bump, especially if they were part of the backlash of newly elected legislators in the wake of the pay raise mess.
That has me wondering what local Freshman legislators like Pat Harkins, John Hornaman, and Brad Roae will do. All three were elected in large part because of the pay raise backlash.
How about veteran legislator John Evans, who claimed to have found god with regard to pay raises, will he take the bump?
These guys in one way or another made their way to, or back to Harrisburg by claiming to do the right thing for the taxpayers, was it lip service or did they really mean what they said? I’m asking…maybe you should ask too.
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