The LuLac Edition #4, 164, November 14th, 2019

WHY THIS IMPEACHMENT IS DIFFERENT THAN WATERGATE, ANDREW JOHNSON AND BILL CLINTON 

I was around for Watergate. As a matter of fact, I cut my teeth at WVIA FM reading the Transcripts of those infamous tapes. The crime that brought Richard Nixon down was Obstruction of Justice. It was determined by the June 21st tape, released by the Supreme Court in a unanimous vote that Nixon engineered the cover up. That was it. He was done. His own party instructed him to quit.
As a matter of fact, you can’t compare the Andrew Johnson or Bill Clinton impeachment to this one as well. This time, an American President (and I use the latter term loosely) asked a foreign power to dig up dirt on an opponent to influence an election. He then acted through intermediaries like Rudy Gulianni to make sure that aid to that country (Ukraine) would be held up until he got his way.His own appointed diplomats were wondering what the hell was going on.
In fact, this American President admitted to it on TV. But the big difference here is that the three men prior to this President had qualities that seem to be lacking in this creature . Johnson, Nixon and Clinton were ready to admit the system was there to judge them. Edwin Ross saved Johnson from impeachment. Look him up in JFK’s book “Profiles In Courage”. Nixon acquiesced to the pleadings of his own party by quitting and as a lawyer knew he was caught red handed. Clinton addressed the nation and apologized. These men had a sense of dignify and shame.
Donald Trump does not. Additionally his party of cock eyed minions have no sense of history or shame either. It was okay for them to say “Lock Her Up” in regard to Hillary Clinton (I think most GOP Congressmen pretty much hate strong women) but when old Diaper Don (always crying and full of shit) instructs them on how bad they’re hurting his itty bitty feelings, they get on their self-righteous high horses and say “Where is the evidence?” Well it’s right where you’re boy admitted to it.
Finally, how can it be that civil servants with careers that were distinguished, Ambassadors and witnesses who listened to that call, how can all of them be lying and Trump is not? I’ll admit this one time he didn’t lie and admitted it. But how can so many people be wrong and one guy, Trump who has a record of telling 12,000 lies be the one with the true version?
No this is not about a botched burglary that was an unnecessary tool of a paranoid President, this was not about retribution for a policy that was rebuilding our country after a Civil War and no this was not about a blow job. It was about a calculated attempt to get a foreign government to screw an opponent. That is obstruction of justice and that is also treason. An impeachment is in the history books. It cannot be erased. Ask Bill Clinton and the survivors of the Nixon family. But it indicates that Trump, even though he will be acquitted in the Senate will stand as one of 4 men who had this harsh judgment. Fox News will not write the history books. But there will be defenders of this obtuse, ignorant man that was chosen by the American people. You hear them on local talk radio, in your neighborhoods, in your churches and even at your family gatherings. They are now and always will be on the wrong side of history.
Those who defend this action by Diaper Don have my disgust as well as my pity.

JIM JORDAN: JERK

REP. CARTWRIGHT ANNOUNCES $50,000 GRANT TO ENHANCE DENTAL SERVICES IN NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA

Congressman Matt Cartwright (Photo: LuLac archives)

Congressman Matt Cartwright (PA-o8) announced a new federal grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission that will help expand dental services in Lackawanna County.
The grant totals $50,000 and will be awarded to AllOne Charities. It will be used to purchase dental equipment for a new, integrated dental service with mobile capacity at NEPA Community Health Care’s Andrew C. Mazza Memorial Health Center, which is located in Greenfield Township, in Lackawanna County.
“Dental health is a key aspect of overall health, and it’s important that our community has access to affordable dental services,” said Rep. Cartwright, a member of the House Appropriations Committee. “This grant is an investment in the wellbeing of the wonderful people of Lackawanna County and our workforce in Northeastern Pennsylvania.”
“AllOne Charities was created to craft a bold and collaborative philanthropic approach to make a true and substantial impact on health care in our region,” said John W. Cosgrove, Executive Director of AllOne Charities. “We are deeply gratified to partner with NEPA Community Health Care and Congressman Cartwright to help meet the medical and dental needs of our neighbors.”
AllOne Charities works to enhance the health care delivery system in innovative, creative, and collaborative ways. NEPA Community Health Care is a federally qualified health center providing comprehensive primary care, OB/GYN, psychiatric and behavioral health services; these include health screenings, family planning services, immunizations, and child wellness services, as well as gynecological and prenatal care.
The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) is an economic development agency that represents a partnership of federal, state, and local government. ARC awards grants from funds appropriated to annually by Congress for research on topics that directly impact economic development in the Appalachian Region. Projects must align with one or more of the five goals identified by ARC in its 2016–2020 strategic plan and demonstrate measurable results.

FOLLOWING SENATOR CASEY’S INVESTIGATIVE REPORT, GOOGLE TAKES STEPS TO PROTECT CONSUMERS FROM JUNK HEALTH PLANS

PA SENIOR SENATOR COMMENDS GOOGLE FOR REMOVING ONLINE ADVERTISEMENTS THAT FALSELY CLAIM TO BE HEALTHCARE.GOV

Senator Bob Casey (Photo: LuLac archives)

In response to U.S. Senator Bob Casey’s  recent release of an investigative report into online searches for health insurance, Google has removed false advertisements that aim to deceive consumers looking for affordable, comprehensive health insurance through HealthCare.gov. The online search engine has removed advertisements that falsely claim to be HealthCare.gov. This will help ensure individuals seeking health insurance coverage online are not diverted to websites that may be selling short-term, limited duration health plans, commonly referred to as ‘junk plans,’ that fail to offer basic consumer protections put in place as a result of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), like protections from discrimination against pre-existing conditions.
“With consumers able to shop for health insurance coverage through HealthCare.gov through December 15, I commend Google for removing advertisements that falsely claim to be the website, but may lead to junk health insurance,” said Senator Casey. “However, make no mistake, false and misleading online advertisements for health insurance have been allowed to flourish as a result of action by the Trump Administration and Republicans in Congress to weaken consumer protections. Until they drop their maniacal obsession with sabotaging health care for working families, I am warning consumers to make sure they are shopping for coverage at HealthCare.gov this Open Enrollment period.”
When short-term, limited duration plans could only be sold for up to three months, individuals and families could easily distinguish between health insurance plans that were in compliance with the protections afforded by the ACA and those that were not. That changed in 2018 when the Trump Administration began allowing junk plans to be sold for up to a full year – with an option to renew for up to three years. Now, it is easier for junk plans to be marketed to consumers. Senator Casey’s investigative report explains how individuals and families can avoid being lured into junk plans and calls for the Administration to reverse this harmful rule.

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Thirty-six crewmen on board the Liberian-registered oil tanker Keo were killed after the vessel was cut in half and sank about 120 miles (190 km) from Nantucket Island in Massachusetts [8]. The Keo had departed Marion, Massachusetts with a cargo of 210,000 US gallons (790,000 l; 170,000 imp gal) of fuel oil, en route to Bermuda, when it encountered a storm in the Atlantic Ocean. The U.S. Coast Guard was able to rescue all seven people from a sinking yacht in the same area……..Three American prisoners of war walked into a South Vietnamese militia outpost near Tam Ky, a week after they had been freed from captivity by the Viet Cong. The three, all from the southeastern United States, had walked for a week through the jungle after being set free….. Production of the five cent Hershey bar was discontinued by America's largest chocolate manufacturer, as a result of the rising costs of cocoa beans. A statement by the Hershey Company said that the decision to discontinue the nickel bar had been made by its board of directors "only after much deliberation because of the important place these bars have held with its customers and the consumer throughout the history of the company The Presidential Citizens Medal, the second-highest civilian award in the United States (after the Presidential Medal of Freedom, created in 1963), was established by Executive Order 11494 from U.S. President Nixon, to recognize United States citizens "who have performed exemplary deeds of service for their country or their fellow citizens". U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin and U.S. Representative Pete McCloskey of California announced in Washington that Wednesday, April 22, 1970, would be the day for the first "National Teach-In on the Crisis of the Environment" on American college campuses. Now observed annually on April 22 around the world, the event is better known as "Earth Day"……

At 11:22 in the morning local time (1622 UTC), NASA launched Apollo 12 from Cape Kennedy in Florida, with Pete Conrad, Richard Gordon and Alan Bean, making the second manned mission to a Moon landing  After being sent up during a rainstorm (in spite of Rule I-404 of the Manned Space Flight Center) the rocket was struck by lightning , 36 seconds into its ascent, and again 16 seconds later, experiencing electrical surges that shut down the computer for the fuel cells; fortunately, the main computer in the Instrument Unit "soldiered on without a hiccup" Inspections by the crew of the orbiter and the lunar module found no damage after the ship achieved Earth orbit. A little more than an hour after reaching parking orbit, Apollo 12 fired its third stage at 2:09 to begin its four-day travel toward the Moon…..

The first Wendy's "old fashioned" hamburger restaurant was opened, as businessman Dave Thomas began business at 257 East Broad Street in downtown Columbus, Ohio. "Wendy" was Thomas's eight year old daughter Melinda "Wendy" Thomas, who served also as the model for the smiling little girl" on the restaurant's sign and logo. Despite having a higher price for its freshly cooked, made-to-order, square hamburgers, the restaurant was so popular that it began making a profit by the end of the year ……In Washington, D.C., more than 500,000 protesters staged "the largest peace march on Washington in American history" [57] for the second "Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam". The event, which was also held on a smaller scale in other American cities, included a symbolic "March Against Death” and fifty years ago the number one song in LuLac land and America was “Come Together” by The Beatles.