Recently, we've been treated to the stories of corruption at our schools. While it is nice to actually read about the perpetrators getting caught, it amazes me that it is entirely possible to find out more about this crap by just going out to a pub and chatting with people. I know you want an example, so I'll give you two.
All the local papers have been talking about Intellacom's business dealings with Pittston Area and LCCC. It has been reported that Intellacom, owned by Tony Trombetta, was given hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of no bid contracts by Ross Scarantino. What hasn't been reported is that Scarantino's buddy Brian Dunn also hired Intellacom to put in security cameras at WB Career and Tech School. I heard the contract was worth over $600k. How'd the newspapers miss that? Did the FBI miss it too?
Another little bird tweeted to me that a certain local business has a virtual monopoly on selling pizza to almost every single local school district (oddly enough, WB Career and Tech isn't one of them). While that in and of itself doesn't mean anything fishy is going on, it should be looked into. I am always curious as to how one business manages to tie up a large amount of taxpayer dollars and seemingly has no competition and doesn't have to bid to get the contract.
I'll let you know when more filth comes bubbling out.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Arlen Specter Shocks Absolutely Nobody
Arlen came out of the closet today and announced he will be running as a democrat.
I've met Arlen and had some pleasant conversations with him. He genuinely is a nice guy. What he is not, and never has been, is a Republican. The straw that broke the camel's back was his support of Obama's Spendulous Package. Many of us could forgive Arlen's frequent siding with the far left as long as the things he was voting for weren't cataclysmic mistakes like that pork laden disgrace. That time he just went way too far. I think he realized that he would lose to Toomey in the primary and that is the only reason he switched. Hell, I don't think he'll beat any serious democrat challenger either.
So to you Arlen, I say farewell and don't let the door knob hit you in the ass on the way out the door. Frankly, there should be a mandatory retirement age for Congress anyway. While I'd rather see term limits, I think they'd be a lot harder to pass.
I've met Arlen and had some pleasant conversations with him. He genuinely is a nice guy. What he is not, and never has been, is a Republican. The straw that broke the camel's back was his support of Obama's Spendulous Package. Many of us could forgive Arlen's frequent siding with the far left as long as the things he was voting for weren't cataclysmic mistakes like that pork laden disgrace. That time he just went way too far. I think he realized that he would lose to Toomey in the primary and that is the only reason he switched. Hell, I don't think he'll beat any serious democrat challenger either.
So to you Arlen, I say farewell and don't let the door knob hit you in the ass on the way out the door. Frankly, there should be a mandatory retirement age for Congress anyway. While I'd rather see term limits, I think they'd be a lot harder to pass.
Monday, April 27, 2009
Michael Moore in Luzerne County?
I heard on Sue Henry's show that the biggest asshole on the planet may be coming here to do what he does best, make a fortune through the suffering of others. Of course Sue didn't put it that way but then again she isn't as blunt as I am.
Just what this area needs, another ignorant douche profiting from misery. Didn't we have enough of that with Conahan and Ciavarella and all the democrat politicians and appointees that had to know what was going on in the courthouse?
Screw the tea parties, let's protest this rotund windbag whose sole mission in life is to seek out pain and feed off of it like a vampire or more apropos, a leech.
Just what this area needs, another ignorant douche profiting from misery. Didn't we have enough of that with Conahan and Ciavarella and all the democrat politicians and appointees that had to know what was going on in the courthouse?
Screw the tea parties, let's protest this rotund windbag whose sole mission in life is to seek out pain and feed off of it like a vampire or more apropos, a leech.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Stick a fork in him, he's Dunn
The first of our local school board members has been arrested. Brian Dunn got pinched yesterday for selling jobs and contracts. I heard a rumor that Mr. Dunn was actually stupid enough to take a check for some of his kickbacks. That kind of dumb just can't be fixed. I hope he hasn't reproduced!
Arguably, the worst kept secret in the world is that NEPA is a pay to play haven. You want a teaching job? You better be related to a board member or have a bag of money. Want to do business with the county or a school district? Same rules apply. Look up FR Wholesale for a good example. You have to ask yourself just one question; "Why does somebody spend $20-50,000. to win an election to an unpaid position?"
On my pal Gort42's blog he posted that he heard the going rate was $4,000. to get a teaching position. I have heard that it is double that. We all know what it costs to get to run a juvie center for the county, $2.6 million. Truth be told though, that's the only amount we know so far. I continue to wonder if guaranteeing placements was worth that, how much was it worth to participants 1 and 2 to get the county to sign a lease for $58 million when we could've owned the facility for $8-9 million. To the FBI, just a hint, but maybe you should take a look at that. I heard the Cayman Islands are beautiful this time of year.
Speaking of questionable leases, how about District Justice Zola's office space in Hazleton? The guy leasing the space got all the money back that he paid for the property in just 2 years. I have quite a few friends that lease commercial property and they all say the norm is a minimum of 8 to 10 years. Just how did they decide what was a fair rate for that property? I guess it helps when you're friends with the District Justice and certain county commissioners. Did I mention that Zola is a democrat and that he's running for Luzerne County Judge? Wasn't there a song called "Things That Make You go Hmmmm?????
Arguably, the worst kept secret in the world is that NEPA is a pay to play haven. You want a teaching job? You better be related to a board member or have a bag of money. Want to do business with the county or a school district? Same rules apply. Look up FR Wholesale for a good example. You have to ask yourself just one question; "Why does somebody spend $20-50,000. to win an election to an unpaid position?"
On my pal Gort42's blog he posted that he heard the going rate was $4,000. to get a teaching position. I have heard that it is double that. We all know what it costs to get to run a juvie center for the county, $2.6 million. Truth be told though, that's the only amount we know so far. I continue to wonder if guaranteeing placements was worth that, how much was it worth to participants 1 and 2 to get the county to sign a lease for $58 million when we could've owned the facility for $8-9 million. To the FBI, just a hint, but maybe you should take a look at that. I heard the Cayman Islands are beautiful this time of year.
Speaking of questionable leases, how about District Justice Zola's office space in Hazleton? The guy leasing the space got all the money back that he paid for the property in just 2 years. I have quite a few friends that lease commercial property and they all say the norm is a minimum of 8 to 10 years. Just how did they decide what was a fair rate for that property? I guess it helps when you're friends with the District Justice and certain county commissioners. Did I mention that Zola is a democrat and that he's running for Luzerne County Judge? Wasn't there a song called "Things That Make You go Hmmmm?????
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
You want change? Here's an Obama change that'll make you cringe
From World Net Daily. I really don't like to copy articles to post but this is just necessary reading.
Is this who we really want formulating our national defense policy????
OBAMA WATCH CENTRAL
Pentagon official blames U.S. for al-Qaida attacks. Worked for George Soros, argued for government control of media
Posted: April 20, 20099:35 pm Eastern
By Aaron Klein© 2009 WorldNetDaily
Rosa Brooks
She believes al-Qaida was an "obscure group" turned into a massive threat due to U.S. policies.
She's referred to former President Bush as "our torturer in chief" and a "psychotic who need(s) treatment" while comparing Bush's arguments for waging a war on terrorism to Adolf Hitler's use of political propaganda.
She's worked on behalf of George Soros' philanthropic foundation.
Meet Rosa Brooks, the Obama administration's new adviser to Michelle Fluornoy, the undersecretary of defense for policy, a position described as one of the most influential in the Pentagon.
"I prefer to think of (my new position) as my personal government bailout," Brooks wrote in a departing piece at the Los Angeles Times, where she served as a regular columnist.
Brooks' new boss earlier this month briefed Congress on U.S. policy in Pakistan and Afghanistan, two countries for which she has enormous power concerning drafting future military doctrine.
"Brooks will wield an extraordinary degree of influence in helping shape U.S. policy. Her extreme views should therefore be closely scrutinized," wrote Nile Gardiner, a contributor to the London Telegraph's online blog.
Indeed, Brook's recent L.A. Times columns evidence views some may find concerning.
Get "Shut Up, America! How to fight the end of free speech"
In 2007, she labeled al-Qaida as "little more than an obscure group of extremist thugs, well financed and intermittently lethal but relatively limited in their global and regional political pull. On 9/11, they got lucky. … Thanks to U.S. policies, al-Qaida has become the vast global threat the administration imagined it to be in 2001."
Also that year, she called the surge in Iraq a "feckless plan" that is "too little too late" with "no realistic likelihood that it will lead to an enduring solution in Iraq." The surge was widely credited with helping to stabilize Iraq.
Brooks wrote Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney "should be treated like psychotics who need treatment. … Impeachment's not the solution to psychosis, no matter how flagrant."
She also penned a column about Bush entitled "Our torturer-in-chief" in which she inferred attacks against the U.S. were a result of torture policies.
"Today, the chickens are coming home to roost," she fumed, but "the word 'accountability' isn't in the White House dictionary."
In another column she referred to the regimes of Iran and North Korea as "foreign authoritarians," while calling the Bush administration a "homegrown" authoritarian regime.
In a column last month, Brooks claimed the Bush administration's Office of Legal Counsel arguments for prosecuting the war on terrorism were similar to tactics used by Hitler.
According to Brooks: "How did such dangerously bad legal memos ever get taken seriously in the first place? One answer is suggested by the so-called Big Lie theory of political propaganda, articulated most infamously by Adolf Hitler. Ordinary people 'more readily fall victim to the big lie than the small lie,' wrote Hitler."
Last week, FoxNews.com highlighted Brook's departing column in which she argued for more "direct government support for public media" and government licensing of the news.
Wrote Brooks: "Years of foolish policies have left us with a choice: We can bail out journalism, using tax dollars and granting licenses in ways that encourage robust and independent reporting and commentary, or we can watch, wringing our hands, as more and more top journalists are laid off."
In response, L. Brent Bozell, president of the Media Research Center, countered, "The day that the government gets involved in the news media you see the end of the democratic process, because an independent news media is absolutely essential to the success of a democracy."
Brooks is also a law professor at the Georgetown University Law Center, where she serves as director of Georgetown Law School's Human Rights Center. She previously served as special counsel to the president at Soros' Open Society Institute. She has consulted for Human Rights Watch and served as a board member of Amnesty International USA.
Is this who we really want formulating our national defense policy????
OBAMA WATCH CENTRAL
Pentagon official blames U.S. for al-Qaida attacks. Worked for George Soros, argued for government control of media
Posted: April 20, 20099:35 pm Eastern
By Aaron Klein© 2009 WorldNetDaily
Rosa Brooks
She believes al-Qaida was an "obscure group" turned into a massive threat due to U.S. policies.
She's referred to former President Bush as "our torturer in chief" and a "psychotic who need(s) treatment" while comparing Bush's arguments for waging a war on terrorism to Adolf Hitler's use of political propaganda.
She's worked on behalf of George Soros' philanthropic foundation.
Meet Rosa Brooks, the Obama administration's new adviser to Michelle Fluornoy, the undersecretary of defense for policy, a position described as one of the most influential in the Pentagon.
"I prefer to think of (my new position) as my personal government bailout," Brooks wrote in a departing piece at the Los Angeles Times, where she served as a regular columnist.
Brooks' new boss earlier this month briefed Congress on U.S. policy in Pakistan and Afghanistan, two countries for which she has enormous power concerning drafting future military doctrine.
"Brooks will wield an extraordinary degree of influence in helping shape U.S. policy. Her extreme views should therefore be closely scrutinized," wrote Nile Gardiner, a contributor to the London Telegraph's online blog.
Indeed, Brook's recent L.A. Times columns evidence views some may find concerning.
Get "Shut Up, America! How to fight the end of free speech"
In 2007, she labeled al-Qaida as "little more than an obscure group of extremist thugs, well financed and intermittently lethal but relatively limited in their global and regional political pull. On 9/11, they got lucky. … Thanks to U.S. policies, al-Qaida has become the vast global threat the administration imagined it to be in 2001."
Also that year, she called the surge in Iraq a "feckless plan" that is "too little too late" with "no realistic likelihood that it will lead to an enduring solution in Iraq." The surge was widely credited with helping to stabilize Iraq.
Brooks wrote Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney "should be treated like psychotics who need treatment. … Impeachment's not the solution to psychosis, no matter how flagrant."
She also penned a column about Bush entitled "Our torturer-in-chief" in which she inferred attacks against the U.S. were a result of torture policies.
"Today, the chickens are coming home to roost," she fumed, but "the word 'accountability' isn't in the White House dictionary."
In another column she referred to the regimes of Iran and North Korea as "foreign authoritarians," while calling the Bush administration a "homegrown" authoritarian regime.
In a column last month, Brooks claimed the Bush administration's Office of Legal Counsel arguments for prosecuting the war on terrorism were similar to tactics used by Hitler.
According to Brooks: "How did such dangerously bad legal memos ever get taken seriously in the first place? One answer is suggested by the so-called Big Lie theory of political propaganda, articulated most infamously by Adolf Hitler. Ordinary people 'more readily fall victim to the big lie than the small lie,' wrote Hitler."
Last week, FoxNews.com highlighted Brook's departing column in which she argued for more "direct government support for public media" and government licensing of the news.
Wrote Brooks: "Years of foolish policies have left us with a choice: We can bail out journalism, using tax dollars and granting licenses in ways that encourage robust and independent reporting and commentary, or we can watch, wringing our hands, as more and more top journalists are laid off."
In response, L. Brent Bozell, president of the Media Research Center, countered, "The day that the government gets involved in the news media you see the end of the democratic process, because an independent news media is absolutely essential to the success of a democracy."
Brooks is also a law professor at the Georgetown University Law Center, where she serves as director of Georgetown Law School's Human Rights Center. She previously served as special counsel to the president at Soros' Open Society Institute. She has consulted for Human Rights Watch and served as a board member of Amnesty International USA.
Monday, April 20, 2009
Gov. Ed Rendell Wants to Ban Assault Weapons
http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/nra-chief-rendell-fight-over-assault-weapons-2009-04-19.html
This link is to the story of our wonderful governor and his position on "assault" weapons. He wants them banned and feels that anybody that either owns one or wants to own one is an irrational fool. This really shouldn't come as a surprise to any of us. Fast Eddie has always been a devout Obamanite and continues to swill the special koolaid. The only reason our current president hasn't already begun a serious push for a ban like this is because he knows it's political suicide. Fast Eddie is just being used as a pawn and frankly, he's probably too stupid to realize it.
Obama and his minions would like nothing better than to see the second amendment stricken from the constitution. An unarmed populace is far easier to rule and control. The fact that they can't do that immediately probably doesn't bother them at all. They are patient and will make it a full court press move when the timing is right.
For them and Governor Rendell D (ouchebag), I have a question. Do you remotely realize just how many gun owners there are? Do you really think any sane police officer is going to go on a gun confiscation mission? Do you really think our armed forces want any part of becoming jackbooted thugs for you?
I think this issue, more than any other, will precipitate the next American Revolution. I think people will fight before they give up their rights. I think a lot of people are going to get killed for no other reason than to try to make a liberal douchebag's wet dream come true. Please, I beg of you, pull your heads from out of your asses.
This link is to the story of our wonderful governor and his position on "assault" weapons. He wants them banned and feels that anybody that either owns one or wants to own one is an irrational fool. This really shouldn't come as a surprise to any of us. Fast Eddie has always been a devout Obamanite and continues to swill the special koolaid. The only reason our current president hasn't already begun a serious push for a ban like this is because he knows it's political suicide. Fast Eddie is just being used as a pawn and frankly, he's probably too stupid to realize it.
Obama and his minions would like nothing better than to see the second amendment stricken from the constitution. An unarmed populace is far easier to rule and control. The fact that they can't do that immediately probably doesn't bother them at all. They are patient and will make it a full court press move when the timing is right.
For them and Governor Rendell D (ouchebag), I have a question. Do you remotely realize just how many gun owners there are? Do you really think any sane police officer is going to go on a gun confiscation mission? Do you really think our armed forces want any part of becoming jackbooted thugs for you?
I think this issue, more than any other, will precipitate the next American Revolution. I think people will fight before they give up their rights. I think a lot of people are going to get killed for no other reason than to try to make a liberal douchebag's wet dream come true. Please, I beg of you, pull your heads from out of your asses.
Friday, April 17, 2009
Luzerne County is Famous or Should I say Infamous
So I'm at my meeting in the big apple yesterday and as we are concluding our business, out comes the question; You're from the Wilkes-Barre area, isn't that where those judges were putting kids in jail for money? The only answer I could come up with was yes, unfortunately.
These crooked democrat politicians(each and every one that has been and will be indicted is a democrat) have made our area an embarrassing joke. For those in the know, we know that the arrests have only just begun. When it is all over, there are going to be a load of local politicos behind bars. I say it can't happen fast enough to suit me.
The real question will be if the same old voters will do the same old thing and vote a straight democrat ticket. I hope they can realize that a one party system is about as broken as a system can get.
These crooked democrat politicians(each and every one that has been and will be indicted is a democrat) have made our area an embarrassing joke. For those in the know, we know that the arrests have only just begun. When it is all over, there are going to be a load of local politicos behind bars. I say it can't happen fast enough to suit me.
The real question will be if the same old voters will do the same old thing and vote a straight democrat ticket. I hope they can realize that a one party system is about as broken as a system can get.
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