September 23rd, 2008
One convicted cop killer Troy Anthony Davis, was spared his life, at least for now, by the U.S. Supreme Court. Davis’ life, for now, has being spared, but it was on a day when one Philadelphia police officer was killed and other wounded by other worthless societal degenerates, one of whom is now dead.
In the past year, four Philadelphia police officers has given their lives in the line of duty.
August 10th, 2008
A string of thunder storms, some producing hail two inches in width, blew through the Delaware Valley today, starting around noon or so, at least in the Far Northeast Philadelphia section of town. It was a storm in the evening that made me stand in awe.
Like many people, I am a sucker for rainbows. Maybe it has something to do with some stories I heard many years ago from an elder Cherokee who has since passed. Maybe it’s because a rainbow is simply beautiful and awesome in its own right. No matter what, they are something fascinating.
July 14th, 2008
This past weekend, it seemed as though every news outlet in the nation was busy hammering on Philly yet again. This time it was over a recently released Census Bureau report, showing Philadelphia had the largest percentage population loss over the past seven (7) years than any other major city in the United States, including Detroit.
Looking at all major cities in the U.S., Philadelphia is estimated to have lost more residents since the last U.S. Census – from 2000 and 2007 – than any other city in the country, with the exception of New Orleans, which was devastated in 2005 by Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita, according to estimates recently released by the U.S. Census Bureau.
July 5th, 2008
Benjamin Franklin and Betsy Ross, two figures in America’s Colonial history, have been married, and are now finishing up commitments prior to escaping the Philadelphia area this Fall for a planned honeymoon.
The newlyweds Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Franklin, plan on keeping their daily occupations. Mr. Franklin is a statesman, scientist, printer and publisher, and has numerous other duties to the city, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and to the United States government. He also serves as postmaster, and also is responsible for printing currency, especially since he developed a way to help keep forgery of the currency to a minimum.
May 8th, 2008
Eric DeShawn Floyd, the last of three suspects believed to have killed Philadelphia Police Sgt. Stephen Liczbinski, has been captured, then handcuffed with the handcuffs formerly belonging to Sgt. Liczbinski. Floyd is now resting, most hopefully, uncomfortably in a cell here in Philadelphia.
April 23rd, 2008
Last night’s glaring ending to the six-week Pennsylvania primary election was proof enough that Sen. Barack Hussein Obama never cared about Pennsylvania; intended his inflammatory comments as many around the country interpreted them; and just “wants to get on with the game” of the election.
April 15th, 2008
Obama is spending money left-and-right in his attempts to woo the voters in Pennsylvania. He’s running commercials that are seemingly accurate, but some of the truths — the realities — at the fringes of the ad are in question. Did the pharmaceutical industry really put wording in legislation that Medicare cannot negotiate for lower prices with manufacturers of medications? No.
It was politicians, just like Barack Obama — a senator — put together the wording, and later, after being approved by a committee, was sent to the Senate and House, for approval. If the wording bothered Sen. Barack Obama, why did the senator from Illinois not make a motion to change or delete the wording? It’s a common practice, as is another common practice of adding bills that alter other legislation onto popular bills being brought for vote. Barack Obama has had time to change the Medicare language about price negotiations he’s ranting about.
March 24th, 2008
If you look at the new home construction going on around the 9:24 mark in the video, that’s some of the construction that led to many of the cookie-cutter style homes in Mayfair at the time. From the mid-1940s through the early 1960s, a lot of new home construction converted much of Northeast Philadelphia from open fields to the Northeast Philadelphia of today. In 2004, Northeast Philadelphia provided around 70 percent of all city revenue from taxes.
March 19th, 2008
The deactivated US Navy aircraft carrier, the USS John F. Kennedy, is on the final leg of its journey to storage. Well, to a storage yard, anyway.
December 4th, 2007
Any community operating under Home Rule works within specific parameters: that it is working pretty much independent of many laws that govern other areas of the state, though it is still part of the state. When it comes to gambling within a city, that city — and its residents, especially those who will be directly impacted, ought have a very large say in location, as well as the decision whether gambling is appropriate.
December 3rd, 2007
Philadelphia police officers were trained for much of what they could expect - and as it turned out — much of what was done to them during the convention. They were hit, spit on, cursed at, insulted, mocked, and even had a form of acid doused on a female cop.
November 21st, 2007
In the rare instances where the scum doesn’t walk the streets, but instead, sits in a jail cell, it’s often in protective custody, not in with the “general population” in the prison, but the sentences are generally much, much shorter. That does nothing except repeatedly broadcast a message — loud and clear — to scum in every community that the laws are laughable.
