The LuLac Edition #2473, July 15th, 2013

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MAYBE I’M AMAZED 

MAYBE I’M AMAZED…….at the Tunkhannock woman charged last week for providing multiple cases of beer for his son and friends so they could party inside the home. One of the kids drinking at the house was involved in a fatal accident. After the woman was charged, she said she tried to be more of a friend to her son than a mother. Turns out she was not only a pretty questionable mother but a pretty crappy friend too! 
MAYBE I’M AMAZED……..that Hawaii is the only state in the union that actually grows coffee. 
MAYBE I’M AMAZED……….that President Obama is finally coming to the realization that the sooner we pull out of Afghanistan, the better. There have been numerous instances of President Karziai doing the old bob and weave with this administration. Last week’s statement by the President certainly sent a n overdue signal. 
MAYBE I’M AMAZED…….that the house in West Pittston had cash on hand of $750,000 and was the headquarters for illegal bath salt distribution and a gathering place for white supremacists. My question is where did the majority of the cash from, the drug entrepreneurs or the bigots? 
MAYBE I’M AMAZED……..that life has now gone on here in LuLac land now that Derek Jeter has left town. On his first day back from rehab, “The Captain” pulled some quad muscles. It is fair to wonder if on his next rehab, wherever that might be, will Jeter be doing the restaurant tours or just sitting put? 
MAYBE I’M AMAZED…….that when people are charged with violent crimes in the area, bail is set reasonably high. But then when a bondsman gets involved, money is made available for the get out of jail card. But when a suspect commits another crime, are they not skipping bail and violating those terms? Last week, there has been more discussion about bail in these parts than there has been for a long time. 
MAYBE I’M AMAZED…….that a Quartz Crystal in a wristwatch vibrates 32,768 times a second. 
MAYBE I'M AMAZED………that as I researched the Presidential election of 1976 for our LuLac feature year, Jerry Brown’s name keeps coming up very prominently. Brown was the wunderkind youth Governor who challenged Jimmy Carter for President and did well in some big states. Equally amazing s that Brown 37 years later is once more the Governor of California. 
MAYBE I’M AMAZED…..that Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane said the ban against gay marriage in the state is unconstitutional. That’s one of those things that a more seasoned lawyer might think but not say publicly. This opens up all kinds of legal ramifications for this court battle in the state. 
MAYBE I’M AMAZED………that everything Walter Griffith does now is getting major scrutiny because of his legal battles for wiretapping charges. Griffith named Patty Llewellyn as an emissary for him just in case he cannot serve in his office. Griffith was following the rules of the Home Rule Charter because his Deputy, Dan Chipeto resigned to take another position. 
MAYBE I’M AMAZED……….that Congressman Tom Marino wants to use Congressional powers to sue members of the Obama administration. He’s doing this because he feels the Attorney General Eric Holder is not enforcing the law. As least as Marino sees it. From Andrew Seder’s story in The Times Leader: “If the chief law enforcer of the country … will not enforce the law, and the president decides to break the law because he doesn’t like it, there has to be another mechanism by which we in Congress can kick into gear, pursue this, see if there are criminal charges we can file,” Marino said during an appearance on the David Madeira Show on “94.3 The Talker” in Scranton. But the GOP House aren’t obstructionists, right? 
MAYBE I’M AMAZED…….that yesterday would have been the 100th birthday of one of the most underrated Presidents of the 20th century. Born Leslie King, he was adopted at a young age and became Gerald Ford. Lyndon Johnson said he wasn’t that smart and played football too long without a helmet. My die hard Democrat dad even derided him referring to him as “Henry Ford”. But Ford made a ballsy decision in pardoning Richard Nixon because he felt the country could not go through the trauma of a former President being led off to jail in a jump suit. That cost him the election along with the decision to jettison Nelson Rockefeller as his Vice President, Rocky I believe would have helped him carry New York. Ford lived to a ripe old age dying on December 26th, 2006. Before he died, his decision to pardon Nixon was vindicated when the Kennedy Library gave him the “Profiles In Courage Award” for that action.