The LuLac Edition #1286, Sept. 2nd, 2010

PHOTO INDEX: 200,000 LOGO, OUR 1966 LOGO, AND MAYOR LOU BARLETTA AND CONGRESSMAN PAUL KANJORSKI.

200,000

Don't know how accurate the count on this is but according to my site meter LuLac has reached over 200,000 page views. To all those stopping by, I say thanks for reading.

BIG ED IN IOWA

The Harrisburg Patriot reports that Governor Ed Rendell is going to be the main speaker at a big Democratic fundraiser in Iowa. The Iowa Democratic Party’s Jefferson Jackson Dinner scheduled next month, is the party’s biggest annual fundraising event. Rendell is a former chairman of the Democratic National Committee and has been a prominent voice in party affairs for years. He’ll be the featured speaker at the Oct. 16 event, which usually draws prominent figures. Vice President Joe Biden headlined last year’s dinner. Many credit then-presidential candidate Barack Obama’s strong performance at the 2007 dinner with giving him momentum that spurred him to a win in Iowa’s leadoff caucuses.

SID MICHAELS FUNDRAISER

Catch Sid at the Annual Felitesse Italian Festival, Sept. 10-12 in Old Forge.

JAMMIN’ WITH JIM

"Meet James in Wilkes-Barre Township". He hopes you can drop by Colarusso Pizza and visit on September 9. Spread the word, and have a great Labor Day weekend.

BARLETTA HAMMERS KANJO

In his desperate quest to cling to power, Paul Kanjorski is now lying to senior citizens about the future of Medicare – a future he helped destroy by voting for the government takeover of health care. Kanjorski told a group of senior citizens on Wednesday, “Let me assure you: no benefits of Medicare are in any way cut under the new Health Care Act. Anyone who is a senior citizen covered by Medicare will receive all the benefits that they would have received if the bill had never been passed." (Wilkes-Barre Citizens’ Voice, 9/2/10)
But Kanjorski’s colleague, U.S. Rep. Tim Holden (D-17), said this about the healthcare bill: “I will not vote for the Senate bill. It makes significant cuts to Medicare and Medicaid ... and the restrictions on (federal funding for) abortion are not as strong.” (Pottsville Republican Herald, 3/11/10)
Everyone from the Congressional Budget Office to CNN to the Associated Press to the Wall Street Journal to Congressional Quarterly says Medicare is going to be slashed by between $400 billion and $500 billion. As a result of the cuts, 2.7 million fewer seniors could be enrolled in Medicare Advantage, and the additional benefits for Medicare Advantage beneficiaries could be reduced by nearly half. Those reports also say that fewer and fewer doctors will accept new patients who use Medicare, reducing the choice seniors have in selecting a physician. “There are two options here – either Kanjorski is lying or Kanjorski is calling Rep. Holden a liar. Which is it, Mr. Kanjorski? Who is telling the truth?” asked Shawn Kelly, spokesman for Lou Barletta. “Kanjorski flat-out lied to senior citizens about how his support of the government takeover of health care will jeopardize their access to doctors and their medical care. I know Kanjorski admitted to ‘stretching the facts’ before in order to get re-elected, but this is low, even for him. Seniors need to know the truth – Paul Kanjorski voted to slash their Medicare funding by $500 billion. Kanjorski voted for a plan that will reduce the choice seniors have in selecting a doctor. For Kanjorski now to lie to seniors and hide from them how his vote will hurt their medical care is disgusting.”

KANJORSKI ON THE AIR

Here is the latest TV ad from Congressman Kanjorski's campaign:

AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT


1966

United Nations Secretary-General U Thant declares that he will not seek re-election, because U.N. efforts in Vietnam have failed..... 98 British tourists die in an air crash in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia.....While waiting at a bus stop, Ralph Baer an inventor with Sanders Associates, writes a four-page document which lays out the basic principles for creating a video game to be played on a television: the beginning of a multi billion dollar industry…….in Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Mayor Joseph Barr comes out in full support of Democratic candidate for Governor Milton Shapp. Shapp’s running mate is Allegheny County official Leonard Staisey…..and in Wilkes Barre school plabns are unveiled for a jointure of various school districts in the county and 44 years ago the number 1 song in America and LuLac land was "Can't Hurry Love" by the Supremes.