The LuLac Edition #1298, Sept. 13th, 2010

PHOTO INDEX: 13 QUESTIONS LOGO.

13 QUESTIONS

1.TOOMEY AND SESTAK, WHERE WILL IT END UP?

PENNSYLVANIA HAS A HISTORY OF VOTING FOR THE MAN. IN GOVERNOR’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

2.YOU SEEM TO BE FOR HOME RULE. WHY?

BECAUSE WE NEED TO SHAKE THINGS UP. I’M NOT CRAZY ABOUT AN APPOINTED ADMINISTRATOR BUT WE HAVE TO GET CONTROL OF THESE LITTLE FIEFDOMS THAT HAVE BEEN DISGUISED AS ROW OFFICES FOR THE LAST 70 YEARS. IT’S A LOT LIKE A SECOND WIFE AFTER A CRAPPY MARRIAGE, YOU MIGHT NOT ET EVERYTHING YOU WANT BUT WILL SETTLE FOR WHAT YOU NEED.

3.DO YOU THINK THE PRESIDENT MADE A MISTAKE BY PASSING HEALTH CARE FIRST AND THEN NOT DEALING WITH THE ECONOMY?

NO, HEALTH CARE NEEDED TO BE DEALT WITH. HIS MISTAKE WAS NOT PASSING IT THROUGH WITH A PUBLIC OPTION, KISSING THE BUTTS OF REPUBLICANS HE HAD NO CHANCE WITH AND TRYING TO BE “INCLUSIVE”. TOO BAD HE NEVER READ THE LATE GOVERNOR BOB CASEY’S BOOK, “FIGHT FOR LIFE” AND READ THE QUOTE, “WHAT DID YOU DO WHEN YOU HAD THE POWER?”

4.HOW ‘BOUT THOSE YANKEE BRASS COMING TO TOWN AND TAKING IT TO THE STADIUM PEOPLE?

IT WAS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. THE FACT THAT THEY RESPONDED WAS FASCINATING. I HOPE NO TAX DOLLARS ARE USED FOR EITHER A REFURBISHED STADIUM OR A NEW ONE AND THAT THE COUNTIES STILL GET TO OWN THE TEAM. WE’LL SEE WHO BLINKS FIRST.

5.CAN MARCELLUS SHALE BE AN ECONOMIC SAVIOR TO THE STATE?

YES IF IT IS REGULATED RIGHT AND THE STATE GOVERNMENT KEEPS ON EYE ON THESE GUYS. THE WORST THING WOULD BE FOR THE LITTLE GUYS TO GET RAPED AGAIN BY ENERGY BARONS IN THIS CENTURY LIKE THEY DID IN THE LAST. TRUST BUT VERIFY. AND REGULATE.

6.TOM CORBETT HAS PLEDGED NOT TO RAISE TAXES IF HE BECOMES GOVERNOR. WHAT DO YOU THINK?

TOTALLY IRRESPONSIBLE. HE MAY FACE A GEORGE HERBERT WALKER BUSH MOMENT WHEN HE HAS TO GO BACK ON THAT.

7.THIS BLOG FEST IN PITTSTON. CAN I ATTEND?

SURE. IT STARTS AT 5PM AT ROONEY’S PUB ON SOUTH MAIN IN PITTSTON. ALL IT COSTS YOU WILL BE A A DRINK AND A LITTLE CONVERSATION.

8.WHAT DID YOU FIRST THINK OF WHEN YOU HEARD ABOUT THE PASTOR WEIGHING IN ON 911?

WELL FIRST OFF WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, MEN OF THE FAITH WERE PART OF THE MEDIA AND POP CULTURE. BISHOP FULTON J. SHEEN WAS ON TV, BILLY GRAHAM MET WITH PRESIDENTS AND MARTIN LUTHER KING CHANGED AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MINORITIES FOREVER. THEY WERE MEN OF RELIGION AND FAITH. BUT WITH THIS JOKER, THE MESSAGE WAS NOT ONLY WRONG BUT SO WAS THE MESSENGER. I THINK THE WAY MSNBC HANDLED IT ON “MORNING JOE” WAS BRILLIANT. WHEN I FIRST HEARD THE GUY WAS DOING A PROTEST, I THOUGHT, “OKAY, I’LL LISTEN”. BUT THIS WAS A SAD ATTEMPT TO GET A FEW MINUTES OF FAME AND IN ANY OTHER COUNTRY THE GUY WOULD BE ARRESTED FOR TREASON.

9.IS POPE JOHN PAUL RINGO FOR REAL AND IS HIS REAL NAME GEORGE? (SEE HE DOESN’T USE THE GEORGE, SO I FIGURED MAYBE THAT WAS THE CASE).

YES AND NO.

10. ANY EARLY PREDICTIONS FOR THE MID TERMS?

DEMS WILL KEEP THE HOUSE, BARELY KEEP THE SENATE. THIS WILL BE VERY BAD FOR THE PRESIDENT BECAUSE THERE WILL BE TOTAL GRIDLOCK BETWEEN THE DAY AFTER ELECTION AND THE 2012 RACE.

11. TERRY BRADSHAW SAID ON TV YESTERDAY THAT IF HE WAS THE OWNER OF THE TEAM HE WOULD’VE TRADED OR NOT LET BEN ROETHLISBERGER COME BACK. AGREE OR DISAGREE?

AGREE. YOU DON’T BULLY WOMEN. EVEN NUBILE STAR STRUCK ONES.

12. OKAY YONK, TRAVEL BACK IN TIME, ANGELA PARK OR ROCKY GLEN?

ROCKY GLEN. THE BUMPER CARS AND THOSE MACHINES WERE YOU COULD GET BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOS OF YOUR FAVORITE ROCK STARS WAS MY FAVORITE THING ABOUT THAT PLACE.

13. IN 2011 THERE WILL BE A FEW MORE JUDGESHIP'S OPENING UP IN LUZERNE COUNTY. IF YOU WERE WRITING A BOOK ABOUT THE ELECTIONS SURROUNDING IT WHAT WOULD YOU CALL IT?

“A CAST OF THOUSANDS”, SUB TITLED “MERIT SELECTION:WHERE ART THOU????”