The LuLac Edition #304, Sept. 13th, 2007
PHOTO INDEX: SEATRAIN'S "13 QUESTIONS".
13 QUESTIONS
In keeping with our new monthly tradition, we answer your questions sent to us by e mail, phone, on the street or up an alley, anywhere except the places Larry Craig frequents. You can e mail me a question at yonkstur@aol.com or yonkstur@ptd.com.
1. YOU CERTAINLY HAVE NO LOVE FOR THE CORDARO/MUNCHAK TEAM, DO YOU?
HERE ARE MY IMPRESSIONS. I WORKED BRIEFLY FOR BOB CORDARO IN THE 90s AND FOUND HIM FAIR. OTHERS WHO HAVE WORKED FOR HIM HAVE NOT. I LOVE HIS SUITS, THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT MOVE TO SNARE THE YANKEES AND THINK HE THRIVES ON BEING CONTROVERSIAL. I THINK HE HAS PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT LACKAWANNA COUNTY POLITICS. A.J. MUNCHAK, I'VE NEVER MET. SAME WITH COREY O'BRIEN. BUT HERE'S WHAT I KNOW ABOUT THESE GUYS, WHEN I WAS OUT OF WORK, I E MAILED THEM PERSONALLY
ABOUT POSSIBLE OPPORTUNITIES I WAS INTERESTED IN. NEVER GOT A RESPONSE, AN "F" YOU OR AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT BACK. TO ME THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES. WASHO HAS RESPONDED TO A FEW E MAILS. I'D RATHER HAVE A FLAMBOYANT HELL RAISER WHO RECOGNIZES YOU AS A HUMAN BEING AND A SCHOLARLY GUY WHO GETS BACK TO YOU RATHER THAN TWO DOLTS WHO COULDN'T BE BOTHERED. I'M NOT TAKING SIDES IN THIS ELECTION, I WAS ROOTING FOR EVIE McNULTY BECAUSE HER ADS WOULD'VE BEEN ENTERTAINING. I JUST REPORT WHAT I SEE REGARDING THIS RACE. CORDARO HAS BEEN HEAVY HANDED SOMETIMES BUT LOOK AT THE CRAP HE'S FACING FROM THE COURTS. AND YOU CAN'T BLAME MUNCHAK FOR LAYING LOW AND KEEPING HIS MOUTH SHUT. IF BOB GOES DOWN, A.J. IS STILL A COMMISSIONER. AND YOU CAN'T FAULT O'BRIEN AND WASHO FOR EAKING OUT EVERY OPPORTUNITY THEY SEE TO GET ELECTED. NO SIDES TAKEN HERE, I'M JUST SITTING BACK, ENJOYING THE SHOW.
2. FAVORITE WESTERN MOVIES?
NEVER BEEN MUCH ON WESTERNS IN THE MOVIES. I SAW "TRUE GRIT" IN 1969 WITH A GIRL WHO WAS MY FIRST DATE. IT WAS PRETTY AWFUL, SHE KEPT ON USING THE PAY PHONE AT THE AMERICAN THEATRE TO CALL HER GIRL FRIENDS UP AND TELL THEM WHAT A DORK I WAS. I LOVED "HIGH NOON", AND "UNFORGIVEN" BUT THAT'S ABOUT IT. I THINK I WAS SPOILED BY THOSE WILLIAM T. ORR WARNER BROTHERS TV SHOWS LIKE "MAVERICK", "SUGARFOOT" AND "BRONCO LANE".
3. THOUGHTS ON THE SURGE?
WOW, WHERE DO I BEGIN. WE SHOULD END THE WAR BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE AN ORDERLY WITHDRAWING OF TROOPS. THIS IS NOT A REAL WAR, THE REAL WAR ENDED A FEW YEARS BACK. THIS IS A SITUATION WHERE OUR TROOPS ARE SITTING DUCKS FOR ASSASINATION AND TERRORISM. THERE HAS TO BE A PLAN BUT WE CAN'T EXTEND IT ANY MORE THAN WE HAVE. DIPLOMATIC SOLUTIONS HAVE TO BEGIN, EVEN WHILE WE GET OUT. BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE, WE'VE GOT TO GET OUT. WE ARE DRAINING OUR RESOURCES FROM MUCH NEEDED THINGS HERE IN THE U.S. AND WOULDN'T IT BE IRONIC IF THIS WERE BIN LADEN'S PLAN ALL ALONG. SEE A RUBE AS PRESIDENT, GET HIM INVOLVED IN AN ENDLESS PIT AND DRAIN US OF ANY ECONOMIC STRENGTH WE HAVE TO SURVIVE.
4. ANY THOUGHTS ON JOE PETERS DROPPING OUT OF THE 10TH CONGRESSIONAL RACE?
A REAL PITY, HE WOULD'VE BEEN A GREAT CANDIDATE AND EVEN BETTER CONGRESSMAN.
5. ANY ENDORSEMENTS FOR CITY COUNCIL IN WILKES BARRE?
NOPE, I'LL TELL YOU WHO I VOTED FOR BUT I DON'T ENDORSE.
6. FAVORITE CABLE NEWS CHANNEL?
MSNBC, THEN CNN, FOX, PCN. I TRY TO WATCH THEM ALL WHEN THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING SERIOUS. ONCE THEY GET INTO THE BRITTANY OR ANNA NICOLE REALM, I PROCEED DIRECTLY TO ESPN.
7. OPINION ON THE STATE OF TALK RADIO IN THE AREA?
I THINK IT'S VERY GOOD. I COULD DO WITHOUT MICHAEL SAVAGE BUT HE'S FUN WITH HIS RANTS. LISTENERS HAVE THEIR PICK, CRUSTY LIBERAL GOPER KEVIN LYNN, RIGHT WING MOM SUE HENRY AND RADICAL ADVOCATE CORBETT. EACH HOST HAS THEIR OWN CONSTITUENCY, THEIR OWN TRIBE, IF YOU WILL AND ARE WILDLY ENTERTAINING. THEY ARE GLUED TOGETHER BY NANCY KMAN'S PROGRAMMING ABILITIES. GO OUT OF THE AREA AND YOU'LL ONLY HEAR ONE LOCAL SHOW, THEN THE HANNITY AND LIMBAUGH DREK. WE ARE FORTUNATE.
8. SURPRISE IN NEXT YEAR'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION?
A RESURGENT JOHN McCAIN. SENATOR CLINTON'S VEEP TOO. LOOK TO THE WEST.
9. IN LAST WEEK'S STORY ON FRANK CROSSIN, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE LOCAL TV NEWS REPORTERS? WERE THEY BETTER YESTERDAY THAN TODAY?
YOU CAN'T MAKE THAT JUDGEMENT. THERE ARE DIFFERENT ERAS. TECHNICALLY, EVERYTHING IS EASIER TODAY. IN THE OLD DAYS THERE WAS MORE SUBSTANCE BUT THERE WAS MORE TIME BECAUSE THERE WERE LIMITED CHOICES. A COMMISSIONER'S MEETING TODAY BARELY GETS A 5 SECOND LINE WHILE BACK THEN, IT COULD DOMINATE 5 MINUTES OF THE CAST. THE CLOSEST THING WE HAVE TO A THROWBACK TO THE OLD DAYS IS HAZLETON'S WLYN TV. THEY HAVE A LIMITED COVERAGE AREA, AND ARE COMPREHENSIVE IN THEIR SCOPE.
10. MARTIN OR LEWIS, ABOTT OR COSTELLO, HUNTLEY OR BRINKLEY, BETTY OR VERONICA, GINGER OR MARY ANN?
MARTIN, COSTELLO, HUNTLEY, VERONICA, GINGER.
11. WHY THE LOVE OF BASEBALL?
IT'S TRADITION, MAGIC, TIMELESS, AND UNPREDICTABLE. IT'S A MARATHON RATHER THAN A SPRINT. A GAME OF STRATEGY AND EMOTION. THE YANKS CAN SWEEP A FIRST PLACE TEAM THEN GET BLOWN TO BITS BY A LAST PLACE TEAM. WITH BASEBALL, YOU JUST NEVER KNOW. THERE'S ALWAYS A CHANCE UNTIL THE LAST OUT. AND NO CLOCK.
12. FAVORITE 20TH CENTURY POPES?
JOHN XXIII, (ANGELO RANCALLI) AND JOHN PAUL II. (KAROL WOJTYLA)
BOTH WERE REVOLUTIONARIES.
RUNNERS UP, POPE PIUS XII (EUGENE PACELLI) AND BENEDICT XVI.
(JOSEPH RATTZINGER). PIUS HAD A LOT ON HIS PLATE AND RATTZINGER HAS TO FOLLOW A ROCK STAR.
13. THOUGHTS ON CRIME IN THE AREA?
IT'S THERE MAN. IF SOMEONE WHO DIDN'T LIVE HERE TUNED IN TO TV ON ANY GIVEN NIGHT, THEY'D THINK THAT WAS THE WILD WEST.
posted by David Yonki @ 5:40 PM
6 comments
6 Comments:
Yonki!!!
You named most of the Popes of the last 60 years! Take a stand!
Basebal is beautiful. I'll go with the girls next door, Betty and Mary Ann. Pope George Ringo would be my favorite prelate. We've already had John Paul.
Peters isn't running for one simple reason; all the research being done has Carney shining brightly. Beating him would be really tough. He wins again, which means he could be there until he retires. The only guy who could beat him, that was Marino, who in himself is an enormous story waiting to blow. Where in hell is our local media?
Cordaro and Munchak have handed more sweetheart deals to pals and cronies in their so-far one term than Joe and Ray did in their five. They've given friends, relatives, and contributors outrageous preference, and they've done it with complete arrogance.
Surprise in the next prez election? I say there won't be one; either Obama or Clinton will be our next president, case closed. Americans are pissed about a ton of s**t, and they'll be taking it out on the Rs next time around.
The war? We were lied to, plain and simple. Now, we have the added and obnoxious weight of leaving early sitting on our shoulders. We got hosed right from the start. The day we leave Iraq, the country will explode in civil war. It doesn't much matter if it's tomorrow, or five years from now, the end result is inevitable.
Best Pope? John XXIII, hands down. John Paul I comes in second. JP II was an incredibly brave and charismatic man, but he hurt the Church in ways that shall never heal. Here's a weird prediction; some day there will be an autonomous American Catholic Church. If the Church is going to survive, it will need to change in dramatic ways.
Love the blog, read it daily...
hey man, Betty and Veronica rock! Gotta tell you man, that dude Crossin you wrote about recently, he was a dead ringer for Reggie and that Wideman guy looked a little like Jughead! Glad you gave the props to the comics.
IN RESPONSE
You named most of the Popes of the last 60 years! Take a stand!
HEY WAIT A MINUTE, I LEFT OUT PIUS XTH AND HE WAS A SAINT!!!!
JP II was an incredibly brave and charismatic man, but he hurt the Church in ways that shall never heal.
VERY TRUE. HE WAS A LOT LIKE REAGAN, YOU DIDN'T LIKE THE MESSAGE BUT LOVED THE MESSENGER.
Love the blog, read it daily...
THANK YOU. YOUR COMMENT IS APPRECIATED.
Gotta tell you man, that dude Crossin you wrote about recently, he was a dead ringer for Reggie and that Wideman guy looked a little like Jughead!
I'M SURE THE SURVIVING FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE TWO MEN ARE THRILLED WITH YOUR ASSESSMENT.
If you take a look at JP II, you see a man who was raised in a church that prayed world-wide for the "conversion" of that atheist monlith, the USSR. I can easily recall(late 50s/early 60s)that being among the litany of things for which we asked divine intervention. It was the culture JP II lived within, more especially since his country was being strangled by the USSR.
I have no doubt that he was almost singularly responsible for the fall of the Soviet Union, but now having the moderating effect of time to reassess and weigh things, was its dismantling that wonderful? I honestly don't know. From a theological standpoint, yes. From a practical standpoint, I remain unconvinced. I surely wouldn't call it an unqualified success.
It's been said so much that it is rather trite, but I still find it fitting; John XXIII's Vatican II threw open the windows of the Church, John Paul II spent his years slamming them all shut.
You can sign me, A Lapsed Catholic who shall remain lapsed for a good long time.
On the topic of television news reporters now and then, I think there was a Golden Age of local TV news, and it wasn't all that long ago; I'd suggest it was roughly 1984 to 1994. It was a time when all three local affiliates were at the peak of their competitiveness, and also the time BEFORE make-up and the stand-up became the sole focus of doing television news.
You can likewise sign me lapsed in the broadcasting sense. The state of the industry(local news coast-to-coast)is pathetic over all, with few and very notable exceptions.
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