The LuLac Edition #1069, Jan. 13th, 2010

PHOTO INDEX: 13 QUESTIONS.

13 QUESTIONS

1. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE KING’S STUDENT URINATING IN PUBLIC AND YOUR OPINIONS IN GENERAL ON PUBLIC URINATION?

THE KING’S STUDENT MADE A SERIOUS LAPSE IN JUDGEMENT. HE WAS ABUSING ALCOHOL AS DO MANY OF THE KING’S STUDENTS AND EXTENDED HIS PARTY TO PUBLIC SQUARE. WHAT IS DISTURBING IS WHY THIS INDIVIDUAL DECIDED TO URINATE IN WHAT SOME PEOPLE VIEW AS SACRED TERRITORY. I THINK IT IS VERY IRONIC THAT ONE KING’S STUDENT FOUGHT THE NATIVITY DISPLAY ON THE COURTHOUSE LAWN AND THIS ONE IN EFFECT ATTACKED THE ONE PHYSICALLY ON PUBLIC SQUARE. NO CONNECTION BUT IRONIC. THE STUDENT APOLOGIZED AND HOPEFULLY LEARNED A PAINFUL LESSON. HOWEVER, I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT WHEN I WENT TO KING’S THIS STANDARD OF BEHAVIOR WOULD GET YOU OUT THE DOOR FASTER THAN A BAT OF THE EYE. WHAT IS EVEN MORE CONCERNING TO ME ABOUT THIS STUDENT SAVE THE PUBLIC URINATION IS WHERE HE CHOSE TO DO IT. I HAVE BEEN OUT WITH MY FAIR SHARE OF WILD AND WOOLLY BUDDIES WHO HAVE CHOSEN TO “VACATE” IF YOU WILL IN VARIOUS AND SUNDRY PLACES. LIVING IN THE NORTH END WE HAVE SEEN OUR SHARE OF YOUNG KING’S MALES PEEING OFF OF BACK PORCHES (NOT RECENTLY THANK YOU) BUT ENOUGH TO NOTICE. IN MY CROWD, THERE WERE CERTAIN AREAS OFF LIMITS, LIKE CEMETERIES, CHURCH PROPERTY AND RELIGIOUS DISPLAYS. AGAIN IRONY HERE. NOT A FOREIGN STUDENT OF COLOR THE LOCALS SEEMS SO SCARED OF IN THIS COMMUNITY, NOT A HARD WORKING IMMIGRANT OR ILLEGAL, CRAP NOT EVEN A NEW YORK CITY DRIVE BY DRUG DEALER. BUT A WHITE, SELF PROCLAIMED CHRISTIAN RELIEVING HIMSELF ON THE BABY JESUS' CRIB. THERE ARE COMMUNITY STANDARDS THAT A CATHOLIC INSTITUTION SHOULD TEACH. AND THOSE TEACHINGS OF RESPECT SHOULD CARRY OVER INTO SAID COMMUNITY. IN THIS CASE, KING’S FAILED MISERABLY. ANOTHER CONCERN IS THE LETTER OF APOLOGY. GOOD LETTER, IT CAME FROM THE HEART. MY FRIEND SUE HENRY TOLD HER AUDIENCE TUESDAY THAT AT LEAST THE STUDENT FESSED UP UNLIKE THE OTHER PUBLIC OFFICIALS IN TROUBLE IN THIS COUNTY . THAT WAS GOOD BUT THIS KID IS A COMMUNICATIONS MAJOR?
HELLO EVERYONE,
AS OF TODAY MY AFFILIATION WITH THE NATIVITY SCENE IS BY FAR THE MOST EMBARRASSING AND INAPPROPRIATE THING I'VE EVER DONE.
AFFILIATION? IS THERE AN AFFILIATION OR BROTHERHOOD OF NATIVITY SCENE URINATERS?
IT WAS CRUDE AND IMMORAL. AS A COLLEGE STUDENT I UNDERSTOOD THAT KEEPING YOUR GRADES UP WAS A PART OF BEING A SUCCESSFUL STUDENT. WELL I FOUND OUT THE HARD WAY THAT TO BE A SUCCESSFUL STUDENT, YOU NEED TO BE A GOOD PERSON OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL.
SHOULD HAVE LEARNED THIS IN HIGH SCHOOL AND AT HOME.
I DID NOT FOLLOW THESE BY DOING THIS STUPID ACT. AS A SELF-PROCLAIMED CHRISTIAN,
(AND MY READERS WONDER WHY I SAY I’M A ROMAN CATHOLIC AND NOT A CHRISTIAN SELF PROCLAIMED OR OTHERWISE!)
I HAVE UNSUITABLY REPRESENTED THEM BY DOING THIS HUMILIATING ACTION.
DOING THIS HUMILIATING ACTION? HOW ABOUT PARTAKING OR COMMITTING THIS HUMILIATING ACTION?
I APOLOGIZE TO EVERYONE FOR WHAT I HAVE DONE. AFTER MEETING WITH THE KING'S COLLEGE DEAN OF ADVISORS, MR. MCGONIGLE, I HAVE REALIZED THE EFFECTS IT HAS HAD ON THE CAMPUS. FATHER O'HARA CAME IN HIMSELF AND TOLD ME HE WAS, "APPALLED."
FINALLY, FATHER O’HARA MEETS ONE OF HIS DRUNKS FACE TO FACE.
KNOWING HIM SINCE MY FRESHMAN YEAR, THAT COULD HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE MOST DISHEARTENING THINGS I'VE EVER HEARD. BUT I DESERVED IT. I'M DEDICATING MYSELF AND LIFE TO THIS LETTER BECAUSE MY MENACE TO SOCIETY ACT HAS GONE TOO FAR.
AGAIN WHERE ARE THE CREATIVE WRITING TEACHERS AT KING’S THESE DAYS? I’M NO SHAKESPEARE BUT YOU DON’T DEDICATE YOUR LIFE TO A LETTER.
I'VE NEVER BEEN ARRESTED AND I'M A GOOD PERSON. IT'S JUST AMAZING HOW A COLLEGE STUDENT CAN THINK HE'S INVISIBLE AT ONE MOMENT AND BE IN THE DUMPS AT THE NEXT.
YEAH, AMAZING. I MEAN DID THIS KID THINK PEEING ON A MANGER WOULD ESCAPE ANYONE’S ATTENTION?
IT IS DEEP DOWN IN MY HEART TO TELL ALL YOU STUDENTS OUT THERE THAT ONE NIGHT OF FUN AND DRUNKENNESS IS NOT WORTH IT. NOWHERE NEAR IT. WITH THIS LIFE LESSON LEARNED, I'M APOLOGIZING TO ALL I HAVE OFFENDED. THESE PEOPLE ARE CHRISTIANS, THE WILKES-BARRE COMMUNITY, KING'S COLLEGE, THE CHURCH OF ST. MARY'S AND LASTLY MY FAMILY. I HAVE REPRESENTED ALL OF YOU IN A COWARDLY AND MISLEADING WAY. I WILL BE DEVOTING MYSELF TO QUITTING DRINKING, HELPING OUT THE CHURCH OF ST. MARY'S WITH ANY COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTION THEY NEED AND WITH THE CITY OF WILKES-BARRE ITSELF. I DEEPLY REGRET EVER HAVING TO DO THIS, BUT IT HAPPENED AND NOTHING CAN CHANGE THAT. I JUST HOPE THAT ALL OF YOU WHO I HAVE APOLOGIZED TO WILL TAKE THIS WITH SYMPATHY AND UNDERSTAND THAT I'M NOT THAT TYPE OF PERSON AT ALL. PLEASE FORGIVE ME FOR ALL THE TROUBLES AND CONCERNS I HAVE PORTRAYED ON THE CITY
THE RAMBLING APOLOGY WOULD SEND MY DECEASED KING’S PROFESSORS SPINNING IN THEIR GRAVES.
IF I HAD TO GRADE THE KID’S APOLOGY, I’D GIVE HIM AN A FOR REALIZING HIS MISTAKE, B FOR SINCERITY AND D FOR SENTENCE COMPOSITION. WHEW, AND THIS MY FRIENDS, IS OUR FUTURE. THERE ARE MANY GREAT KIDS THAT GO TO KING’S. THIS YEAR A FEW OF THEM LIVE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY ARE WONDERFUL. IF NATHAN NEEDS TO APOLOGIZE TO ANYONE, IT’S NOT A PLASTIC STATUE BUT HIS FELLOW CLASSMATES. IN TERMS OF PUBLIC URINATION IN GENERAL, IT IS NOT A GOOD POLICY. WITH CAMERAS EVERYWHERE, YOUR FIFTEEN MINUTES OF FAME MIGHT NOT BE A GOOD THING.

2. HOW DO YOU THINK TOM COONEY IS DOING AS COMMISSIONER?

TOO EARLY TO TELL. I HEAR THOUGH HE IS REVIEWING THE BUDGET AGAIN AND TAKING A BETTER LOOK. THE BEST THING HE CAN DO AS A SERVICE TO THE COUNTY IS TO PULL NO PUNCHES, ACTUALLY CUT COSTS AND TAKE ON THE LITTLE DESPOTS THAT CONTROL THE COUNTY ROW OFFICES.

3. THOUGHTS ON THE PACKERS LOSS?

IT WAS AN EXCITING GAME. I THINK THEY MIGHT HAVE WON IF THEY WERE ORGANIZED EARLIER. I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT I THINK AARON RODGERS ACQUITTED HIMSELF WELL AND HAS NOTHING TO BE ASHAMED OF. THE PACKER ORGANIZATION MADE A GOOD MOVE IN CHOOSING THE YOUNGSTER OVER THE LEGEND.

4. FAVORITE HOLIDAYS IN ORDER?

CHRISTMAS EVE, THE FOURTH OF JULY, THANKSGIVING.

5. WHAT ROLE DO YOU SEE THE NEXT SET OF COMMISSIONERS PLAYING IN LUZERNE COUNTY GOVERNMENT?

MOST LIKELY AS TRANSITIONAL FIGURES BECAUSE BY THAT TIME HOME RULE WILL MOST LIKELY BE ADOPTED. I THINK THE CURRENT BATCH OF COMMISSIONERS REALIZE THAT EVEN THOUGH THEY DO NOT PUBLICLY SAY SO.

6. ON YOUR RECENT INTERVIEW SEGMENT, PEOPLE COMMENTED ON THE TYPE OF MICROPHONE YOU WERE HOLDING WHEN YOU WERE TALKING TO KONOPKA AS WELL AS THE TYPE OF SHIRT YOU WERE WEARING. DOES IT BOTHER YOU THAT THIS SITE SOMETIMES IS MORE PERSONALITY ORIENTED?

NO, WHEN I PUT MY NAME ON LULAC PART OF THE DEAL WAS GOING TO BE MY PUBLIC PERSONA, MY PAST BROADCAST CAREER AND OTHER ASPECTS OF MY LIFE. AS LONG AS PEOPLE READ, I’M HAPPY. AS LONG AS THEY COMMENT, I’M THRILLED.

7. NOW THAT YOUR PACK IS GONE FROM THE PLAYOFFS AND EDDIE RENDELL'S EAGLES ARE GONE, WHO ARE YOU ROOTING FOR?

MY BROTHER IN LAW OWEN IS A BIG COWBOYS FAN AND I LIKE TONY ROMO’S TASTE IN WOMEN SO I’LL ROOT FOR THE ‘BOYS.

8. ANY COMMENTS ON MARK McGUIRE?

NOT REALLY. I’VE ALWAYS MAINTAINED THAT THE SINGLE SEASON HOME RUN RECORD HOLDER IS ROGER MARIS AND THE ALL TIME HOME RUN LEADER IS HENRY AARON. MY POSTER PETE CASSIDY SAID THAT AND I STAND BY IT.

9. SUMMER OR WINTER?

GOD, SUMMER, THE HOTTER THE BETTER.

10. HYPOTHETICAL SITUATION. SHORT GIRL TREATS YOU GOOD, TALL GIRL TREATS YOU BAD. HOW DO YOU CHOOSE?

TALL GIRL OF COURSE.

11. FAVORITE TV SHOWS YOU TAPE OR DVR?

LAW AND ORDER, NIP TUCK, COMMUNITY, 30 ROCK, THE OFFICE, AND PARDON THE INTERRUPTION. ALONG WITH THE SUNDAY MORNING NEWS SHOWS.

12. FAVORITE FOOD NETWORK WOMAN?

GIADA DE LAURENTIIS.

13. WHAT WOULD YOU DO AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO WATER BOARDING TO GET TERROISTS TO TALK?

I’D GET THEM IN A QUIET ROOM AND PLAY THEM THIS SONG OVER AND OVER UNTIL THEY CRACKED.