The LuLac Edition #4,036, March 21st, 2019

THE CRY BABIES OF OLD FORGE WONDER WHY!!!

The other day a friend of mine who had not heard about or seen the New York Times story about Old Forge’s residents reacting to Frank Scavo’s loss in the race for State Representative was befuddled by what he heard on talk radio.
Residents from the Pizza Capital called and whined that they couldn’t understand why the Times made the community members out to be so mean and racist. “Why are they picking on us?” some said reminding me of the Coasters old Charlie Brown refrain.
Hey, your homophobic County Commissioner was saying the same thing about her poor beleaguered President!
Then the talk show host starts with his conspiracy theories saying the national media is doing its best with fake news to tamp down support for Trump in Pennsylvania for 2020. This talk show host that gave thousands of newscasts in his career now sees the freaking New York Times as a conspiracy tool? I won’t even get into what drove him out of office as a State Representative but what appalled many people was his lack of even pushing back a little with these callers. 
It was entertaining though to hear the denizens of Old Forge cry foul when some were stupid enough to display their racism not in a sign in the little town, not in a local beer hall BUT in the freaking New York Times.
Rule # 1 for Old Forge: Just because a reporter asks you a question doesn’t mean you have to answer it.
Rule #2: if you are stupid enough to play with Diaper Don and his minions in the dirt, then don’t advertise your support to the largest circulated paper in the country.
This article is FOREVER Old Forge. That reporter will come and go and so will the talk show host as well as this site. But what you stated is etched in stone.
I hope your sainted  grandchildren and their children will know just how bad you and your town came off. . History doesn’t lie.
And no one is agreeing with your assessment or shedding a tear for your itty bitty man child of a President either. 

TRUMP’S HARD ON FOR DEAD PEOPLE

Donald Trump has been bitching about a dead man for 5 days now. The fixation Trump has on John McCain is downright awful. I mean as McCain was dying the last thing he ever expected was to have old Diaper Don insult him as he lay at rest in his grave months later. Shit, even Castro said NOTHING bad about JFK when he was laid to rest. 
Once more Trump has shown who is the hero, McCain and who is the zero., Old Diaper Don himself. But McCain’s daughter Megan said it best:

THIS SONG GOES OUT TO GEORGE CONWAY

George Conway has been tweeting about how awful President Trump is while his wife continues to say old Diaper Don is the best thing since sliced bread. Is the marriage in trouble? Who knows, who cares but George Conway, this one's for you.

CARTWRIGHT TABBED AS VERY EFFECTIVE MEMBER

Congressman Matt Cartwright (Photo: LuLac archives)

Representative Matt Cartwright remains one of the most effective Democrats in the U.S. Congress, according to a new report released last week by the Center for Effective Lawmaking (CEL).
During the 115th Congress, which spanned from January 2017 through the first days of 2019, Cartwright was the fourth most effective Democrat in the House of Representatives, according to a CEL score that measures each member’s productivity.
It was the third consecutive term in which Cartwright –who currently represents Pennsylvania’s Eighth District– exceeded expectations as a lawmaker. In fact, the congressman was one of about a dozen members “who have been in the 'Exceeds Expectations' category for their entire congressional careers,” according to the CEL report, which was released on Feb. 27.
“I'm thankful for this recognition, and I'm blessed to keep working hard for the people of northeastern Pennsylvania,” said Rep. Cartwright.
The CEL score is based on 15 separate metrics, which include the bills each member has sponsored, how far those bills moved along the legislative process, and the importance of the issues they seek to tackle.
The report highlights how Democrats were effectively able to work across the aisle and advance policy in the 115th Congress, even before their party won back the House in last year’s midterm election. “Whereas most members of the minority party struggle to even receive a hearing on most of their bills within Congress, those on this list achieved successes on a broad range of substantive issues,” the report said.

MEDIA MATTERS

WALN TV

BOLD GOLD COMMUNITY FORUM

This week's guest will be Norm Gavlick, Executive Director of the Luzerne County Transportation Authority, as he hosts the LCTA's monthly Facebook forum.
Tune in Sunday morning at 6 on 94.3 The Talker; 6:30 on 1400-The Game, NEPA's Fox .Sports Radio and 106.7 fm; and at 7:30 on 105 The River.

ECTV LIVE

ECTV Live welcomes Eileen Miller to the program during the week of March 25th to discuss pending legislation here in Pennsylvania to deal with the dangerous problem of Distracted Driving. Eileen lost her son to a tractor trailer driver who took his eyes off the road and she's been fighting for a law prohibiting hand held cellphone use in cars ever since. She appears on the eve of Distracted Driving Month.

ECTV Live is seen three times daily on Comcast channel 19 (61 in some areas) and can be viewed on your personal device on the electric city television YouTube page.

BUDDY RUMCHEK

Want to hear some great parodies on the news? Tune in to WILK Radio at 6:40 and 8:40 AM on Mondays. As Ralph Cramden used to say, “It’s a laugh riot!”

BOBBY V’S DOO WOP SOCK HOP

SUNDAY NIGHTS!

1969

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UCLA wins its third consecutive NCAA basketball championship by defeating Purdue University, 92 to 72....The landmark art exhibition When Attitudes become Form, curated by Harald Szeemann, opens at the Kunsthalle Bern in Bern, Switzerland...Pope Paul VI increases the number of Roman Catholic cardinals by one-third, from 101 to 134.
The Eurovision Song Contest 1969 is held in Madrid, and results in four co-winners, with 18 votes each, from Spain, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and France……in Pennsylvania the Phillies break camp with some pretty dim hopes as the 69 season begins…in Wilkes-Barre the Unified Fund allocates monies to non profit agencies and 50 years ago this week the number one song in LuLac land and America was “Time Of the Season” by the Zombies.