The LuLac Edition #1332, Oct. 14th, 2010

PHOTO INDEX: OUR BUDDY W, STATE REPRESENTATIVE CANDIDATE GERALD MULLERY AT A CAMPAIGN RALLY AND OUR 1966 LOGO.

OBAMA’S BURDEN

I bet when President Obama took office he never dreamed he’d have been blamed for everything that is wrong with America. The Obama administration has achieved more legislative successes than any administration since Franklin Roosevelt and Lyndon Johnson. Three of his big efforts have been Health Care Reform, Wall Street Reform as well as a stimulus package that saved jobs. What is lost on people is that the decisions made by President Bush and his administration did irreparable harm to the middle class. Obama is trying to pick up the pieces. To blame him and the Democrats for not curing this country in two years after 8 years of reckless Republican rule is foolish.

CHAMBER PACS

Vice President Joe Biden made a point to talk about Chamber of Commerce PACs when he was in town on Monday. Biden railed against those “business” people who were targeting Democratic candidates for defeat. Do you realize that the Chambers were for Health Care Reform but now are targeting Democrats for defeat who supported the bill? At one Pittsburgh TV station, $100,000 was spent alone. The Chamber PACs are doing the Republican party’s dirty work. Just imagine if a fraction of that money was spent on what the Chamber of Commerce is supposed to do, job creation.

MUNDY’S BUILDING

The Hillside Farms project opened up a new Education enter at the “Land At Hillside Farms”. An event was held Wednesday night honoring State Representative Phyllis Mundy and dedicating the room to her. It will allow The Lands to provide even more educational opportunities to students and adults throughout our region. The building is called The Phyllis Mundy Education Center. Maybe Blue Cross will name a room after her and Eddie Day Pashinski? Naw! On Monday, Exeter Mayor Cassandra Coleman will be hosting a pizza party for Mundy. Billed as an Exeter event for Phyllis Mundy here are the vital statistics on the event. Monday, October 18 at 6:00pm. Location: Sabatini's Pizza, Wyoming Avenue, Exeter.

BARLETTA AND GEORGE

Lou Barletta, candidate for Congress in Pennsylvania’s 11th District, will hold a press conference with former New York Gov. George Pataki on Friday, Oct. 15, at 2:30 p.m. in the conference room of Mea’s Restaurant, 8 W. Broad St., Hazleton, to talk about the devastating effects of the new health care law. They will be joined by local doctors. Pataki made his bones by defeating Democratic powerhouse Mari Cuomo for the New York Governorship in 1994. He served three terms.

BAD ADS

The GOP is running a couch potato ad that is pretty hard on Paul Kanjorski. Look in politics everything is pretty much fair game but to compare Congressman Kanjorski to a bum sitting on your couch is pretty bad. Kanjorski’s spokesperson Ed Mitchell issued this statemeant. "The Kanjorski campaign said today that Lou Barletta’s latest TV ad is insulting to Northeastern Pennsylvanians and the message subtly suggests that people in their jobs for a while “should get out of the way” for younger ones in the workforce. “It’s so insulting to seniors Barletta should pull that ad off the air right away,” Ed Mitchell, Kanjorski campaign spokesman said. “The Barletta ad sends an offensive message to the thousands of area seniors: ‘Get out of the way because your time may have passed.’ “It says that if you work for a company for 25 years, you should just go away because you have nothing more to offer. Or if you lose your job at age 50, don’t even look for something new. We have to make way for younger people. “Truth is, many of our older residents work at jobs well beyond retirement, or even age 50. They also live active lives enjoying their children and grandchildren and are not ready to just go away and hide because ambitious, younger people want their place in society,” Mitchell said. The ad shows on screen a guy on a couch, who overstays his welcome, and his host, while the announcer lists a litany of supposed Kanjorski mistakes and concludes the couch potato has been around, “Simply long enough.”
“Is the best way Barletta can depict people around here as a bunch of fat couch potatoes?” Mitchell asked. “We have an active, vibrant population and they take advantage of the work, church, social and entertainment opportunities of the area as opposed to staying home sitting on a couch.” "Nobody is less a couch potato than Paul Kanjorski. He works in Washington all week and drives several hundred miles home and back every weekend to meet with constituents. His tenure is and has been very productive and achievement laden. He’s always on the go and hasn’t slowed down. He has much more to offer, as his recent accomplishments show,“ Mitchell said. He also asked if the talent in the ad were actors and whether they lived in the congressional district. Mitchell said, “Barletta would probably have a hard time finding real, everyday constituents willing to play the roles in the ad. If he used actors, the ad is only more phony.”

CARNEY MEET & GREET

Congressman Carney will host a Meet & Greet Art Show at his Clark Summit office. The show features original artwork by members of the Hill Country Artists (HCA), including Carney staffer Wes Dunn. The event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be provided. Hill Country Artists is an artist’s group established in 1979 whose primary purpose is to promote the arts in Susquehanna County and surrounding areas. Membership has grown over the years to about 30 active members. The HCA members meet regularly to encourage each other in artistic pursuits. Through community support and the generosity of area businesses, the artists display their art throughout the country with rotating, permanent exhibits.
WHAT: Meet & Greet Art Show
WHERE: Congressman Carney’s Office 233 Northern Blvd, Suite 4, Clarks Summit, Pa 18411
WHEN: Friday, October 15th. 5-7pm

SCAVO’S PITH

If elections could be won on brevity, 22nd Senatorial District candidate Frank Scavo might win in a landslide with this statement:
"I will never sell you out to any lobbyist or special interest. I will fight for your safety and for the taxpayer. We have fought for our freedom, and I will never cut vital programs for veterans or the disabled. God Bless you and these United States!"

MULLERY AD

Attorney Gerald Mullery has been making the rounds of the 117th District trying to stave off the challenge of Rick Arnold. Mullery who ran for Prothontory in the ’09 election is up and running with an ad:


CHRISTINE’S TAP DANCING

Delaware Senate candidates Republican Christine O'Donnell and Democrat Chris Coons engaged in an often-contentious debate Wednesday night that included charges of Marxism and extremism as well as a number of tense exchanges between the two rivals. O'Donnell said her controversial past statements, including that she had "dabbled in witchcraft" when she was younger, were not relevant in a campaign that should be focused on the economy. The Tea Party people brought you Christine O’Donnell. Delaware had giants in the Senate. William Roth who lost to Joe Biden. Joe Biden himself as well as Pierre Dupont. And now we have this. Good job Tea Party.

AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT


1966

Lyndon B. Johnson signs a bill creating the United States Department of Transportation..... The U.S. Congress passes a bill for the creation of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore.......ABC-TV telecasts a highly acclaimed 90-minute television adaptation of the musical Brigadoon starring Robert Goulet, Peter Falk, and Sally Ann Howes. It wins many Emmy Awards and inaugurates a short-lived series of special television adaptations of famous Broadway musicals on ABC. Goulet stars in all but one of these specials....Grace Slick performs live for the first time with Jefferson Airplane.......In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public TV stations in Harrisburg, Pittsburgh and Wilkes Barre Scranton enter their second month of programming. The Pennsylvania Public Television Network is formed (PPTN) to create cooperation between station in the Commonwealth…….and in the city of Scranton, Councilman James Doherty introduces a resolution to form a study commission on streamlining local government. His motion fails to get a second and gets a strong rebuke from the newly formed Walsh administration and 44 years ago this week the number 1 song in LuLac land and America was "Horray For Hazel" by Tommy Roe.