The LuLac Edition #2740, September 29th, 2014
Our “Maybe I’m Amazed” logo.
MAYBE I’M AMAZED
MAYBE I’M AMAZED….that in reviewing all the tributes regarding the Derek Jeter farewell tour, this one thing stands out. The fact that Jeter conducted himself well, hell damn near perfectly on and off the field has become the exception rather than the rule these days. Still, Jeter’s 20 years as a Yankee bear recognition as well as the coverage it engendered.
MAYBE I’M AMAZED……..that people don’t get that a minimum wage increase in Pennsylvania is long overdue. Right now 23 other states have a higher wage. Accounting for inflation, low-wage workers earn less today than in 1968. That’s despite being better educated and more productive.
MAYBE I’M AMAZED…….that people are still grousing about how Tom Wolf will not meet the press. As an FYI, here’s a photo of one Mr. Tom Wolf speaking before a Press Club Luncheon in Harrisburg taking questions.
MAYBE I’M AMAZED……that the people who tell us how boring baseball can be never get how pennant races work. Once more the very last day of this baseball season went down to the wire. That’s a good thing for the fans and the sport.On to the playoffs.
MAYBE I’M AMAZED…….that the tradition of wearing uniforms for baseball managers came about because most of the early managers were also players. The last two player managers in the Major Leagues were Frank Robinson and Pete Rose.
MAYBE I’M AMAZED……that the latest revelation regarding e mails of a questionable nature sent to Pennsylvania state employees computers (some of them big shots) is totally beyond my comprehension. If something was sent, delete. But whoever was sending them had way too much time on their hands. Attorney General Kathleen Kane’s office came across these when the investigation of the Jerry Sandusky case was going on. What concerns me here is the blatant stupidity to engage in this “sport” on work time on a public computer.
MAYBE I’M AMAZED……that the current hunt doing on for that cop killer is being second guessed by some arm chair quarterbacks who wouldn’t know how to get out of Kirby Park or Lake Scranton let alone those areas of tough terrain in the Poconos. There is a reason why they are called the Pocono Mountains!
MAYBE I’M AMAZED…….that Congressman Tom “Casino” Marino actually said this Saturday at the GOP State committee meeting. Obama care will be repealed by the GOP. Okay Congressman, after forty tries you think you’ll succeed? What will you do to those people already signed up? What about the pre existing conditions? The difference between a Congressman like Lou Barletta and Tom Marino is this, when the GOP speechwriters say Obama care will be repealed, Lou is smart enough to know that’s not true. Marino obviously is not. Every time Marino opens his mouth it makes me realize what a great Congressman Dr. David Madeira might have been.
The good doctor and I at Blogfest a few years back. (Photo: LuLac archives).
MAYBE I’M AMAZED……at the insipid commercial promoting Sprint service for Iphones. It is a bunch of shrieking women all excited at the prospect of a new Iphone with Spring as the carrier. So annoying that I would never buy a plan for Sprint if the only thing left for means of communication were two tins cans and a string. MAYBE I’M AMAZED….at the terrible standards being set by the Secret Service. I never thought I would agree with Republican Congressman Darrell Issa from California on anything but today when he said that “most agencies can get by with a 97% margin of success, the Secret Service has to have a 100% success rate." Not telling the Obamas the White House was shot up while one of the children was home until years later? This is one of the most threatened individuals in the world and they can’t handle it? Sad. It’s as if their incompetence is daring for something to happen to him and his family. Also, know this, I would be saying this even if a nut job like Ted Cruz was in the White House.
MAYBE I’M AMAZED…..that hotels that cater to businesses and conference charge a fee for Internet use in the room. Isn’t that counterproductive and just plain silly?
posted by David Yonki @ 8:47 PM
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7 Comments:
Connie Mack wore the suit and tie rather than the uniform because he was the owner of the team. Plus unlike other sports the manager actually goes out on the playing field and is allowed to by the rules of the game. At the same time a basketball or football coach would look ridiculous in uniform.
JP
"...a minimum wage increase in Pennsylvania is long overdue."
Seems that if we would encourage real businesses, like they are doing in Susquehanna County, the minimum wage wouldn't be that big of a deal.
Typical liberal BS, push for minimum wage increases, but keep good paying industries out of the area.
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Typical liberal BS, push for minimum wage increases, but keep good paying industries out of the area
IF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, CEG, COMMITTEE ON REVITALIZATION, WILKES BARRE NOW, AND ALL THE OTHER "COMMITTEES" HAD DONE THEIR JOBS, THERE WOULD BE NO NEED FOR A MINIMUM WAGE REQUEST.
THIS AREA IS THE KING OF LOW WAGES AND YOU HAVE TO BLAME THE BIG SHOTS AT THE CHAMBER WHO DID NOTHING BUT STUNT OUR FISCAL GROWTH.
IT WASN'T THE MINIMUM WAGE THAT KEPT GOOD PAYING JOBS OUT OF THE AREA!!! TYPICAL CONSERVATIVE BS BY ONE WHO OBVIOUSLY LIKES BEING TAKEN FOR A FOOL BY THE POWERS THAT BE AROUND HERE!
The only people complaining about Tom Wolf are your friends at WILK. It seems like that is all they have to talk about, from Shenry to Korbett, to Trombone... whine, cry, whine.
I for one have respect for Wolf because he is staying off talk shows, and doing interviews with more objective type of media.
Wolf can go on any of these shows, have his few minutes, and then one of the WILKers (edited) will pick the minutia of information that they don't like and spend hours and hours hammering and yammering about it.
IN RESPONSE
The only people complaining about Tom Wolf are your friends at WILK. It seems like that is all they have to talk about, from Shenry to Korbett, to Trombone... whine, cry, whine.
DO YOU WORK IN PROMOTIONS THERE?
I for one have respect for Wolf because he is staying off talk shows, and doing interviews with more objective type of media.
Wolf can go on any of these shows, have his few minutes, and then one of the WILK aholes will pick the minutia of information that they don't like and spend hours and hours hammering and yammering about it.
TOM WOLF HAS A RIGHT TO RUN HIS CAMPAIGN THE WAY HE WANTS. THE PEOPLE WILL BE THE ULTIMATE JUDGE.
AND THE WILK STAFF HAS A RIGHT TO YAMMER ON ABOUT ANYTHING THEY WANT. THEY HAVE THE MICROPHONE, YOU AND I DON'T.
Wasn't saying minimum wage keeps good paying jobs out, I was saying liberals who oppose industries, such as natural gas, keep good paying jobs out.
The reports concerning Susquehanna County wages is indicative that there are jobs that pay well above minimum wage willing to come to NEPA if there is a reason.
Even Kevin Lyn has seen this truism and talks about it in his new radio show.
I caught it for the first time Saturday, and was surprised how he changed his stance once he became educated to facts over propaganda.
I agree that wages here are suppressed by the chamber and other older businesses, but even they can't suppress the wages of highly profitable industry, only the government and fear based ignorance can do that.
Lynn didnt get educated, He got a job! And where I wonder is his new radio show? Somewhere his old opinions might not fit in too well?
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