The Meehan Crystal Ball – VP BUZZ – And Big Talker King Is Right
Patrick Meehan has resigned as U.S. Attorney for the eastern district of Pennsyvania after seven years on the job.
Pat Meehan’s past and future may be steeped in big time politics. He began as Arlen Specter’s Chief of Sttaff, became Delaware County DA then crime-busting U.S. Attorney. In this last job . his corruption investigation opened the door for a reformer like Michael Nutter to be elected. Meehan returns to private life, where already Republican strategists see him as a candidate for Governor, a moderate Republican who is well known in the East, where all the votes are. But Meehan, who is a straightforward and no nonsense public servant will have to manuever the political battlegrounds of a tough state. Already he has the support of Republican leaders who see a moderate reformer who may be able to overcome a Democratic tide in the state. One thing is for sure – he has given himself lots of time to make what could be his most important career decision.
It is this reporter’s opinion that Patrick Meehan will be the Republican candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania in 2010.
MORE POLITICS -VP BUZZ
As I reported earlier, former Missouri Congressman Richard Gephardt is now in the top three candidates for VP for Barack Obama. Also now in the top tier, along with Ed Rendell, and the Governor of Kansas: New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, and AL GORE. Would Al Gore run? Good question. He certainly could help elect Obama, and with proven qualities, he could be a powerful and effective VP. More to come-obviously.
PAKISTAN AND THE “BIG TALKER”-
My favorite radio talker, Michael Smerconish wrote a thougtful piece in the Sunday Inquirer with a potent point: The Presidential viewpoint on Pakistan may be the most important foreign policy perspective on this campaign. The normally Republican Smerconish, the King of the Big Talker WPHT, warned John McCain that his own personal vote is still up for grabs. He wants the “beef” on Pakistan. His point is written in blood for the people of America. Pakistan has done little to help us stop the Taliban. Pakistan’s support has been token. Pakistan is a hotbed of extremism. Is the next President willing to get tough with Pakistan, or sit by like this one, while our troops are compromised in Afghanistan. The truth is our campaign against terrorist countries is extremely selective. Pakistan is a country whose government is questionable, and whose motives are unclear.
Comments(101)
Exactly what qualities would Al Gore bring to the ticket? VP experience? Name rec`ognition? He’s an empty suit like Obama. A perfect complement? What has Al Gore ever accomplished in his life? Global Warming exposure? Please…
Pakistan has been the key to winning the war with Al Queda. Our failure to capture Osama Bin Laden is largely the result of Pakistan harboring him. The PM does just enough to keep us off his back (and keep his job). Allowing US troops on Pakistani soil to capture a Muslin would have been political suicide.
Our failure to capture OBL is ours mostly as we were happy to let Pakistan take our money and do nothing. We have US troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, and Kuwait. Three Muslim countries. Why would it be political suicide to put troops into Pakistan in order to flush out a terrorist who would harm that country as well? Of course, having OBL free to be the bogeyman for the last 7 years fits the administration’s purpose.
Larry, I’m curious about your insinuation that Pakistan is a terrorist country. While the Pakistani government isn’t as strong as it might be, particularly because it has open relations with our government, that does not make Pakistan a terrorist state or a state supporter of terrorism. The fact that some of the Taliban are hiding in mountains along the Afghan/Pakistan border doesn’t make Pakistan a terrorist state.
Please show your work. Especially when you’re casting aspersions at nuclear powers or calling former presidents anti-Semites.
Mitt Romney – Republican VP – McCain needs help with economy and younger, friendlier running mate
Kathleen Sebelius – Democratic VP – Obama doesn’t want a remanent from the past to cloud the future plus he wins back women voters and gets someone with real executive experience
Book it, Larry. Enough with the local flavor of the day rumors.
Larry, I would like to publicly thank you for your shameless support and continuously putting my name out there as the potential VP. I still have way too much of a mess here in PA to clean up and no one is calling anyway.
Please explain how you “get tough” with Pakistan?
Smerconish is stuck on this Pakistan thing, but offers no alternatives to what we are doing now. Do you think it will be better if Musharraf is ousted and a more fundamentalist government is put in place? Will that help bet Bin Laden?
Then you have the pepople who say we need to go into Pakistan to search for Bin Laden… Have any of them ever been there? That area is all mountain – not so easy to search.
And Pakistan doesn’t want us in there. So if we go in, it amounts to an invasion, and some of the same kooks who say we should be in Pakistan (just to get in a dig a Bush) are the same kooks who were against going into even Afghanistan, let alone Iraq! Now these tough-kooks want to invade a country, but want us out of Afghanistan and Iraq! Incredible!
Pat Meehan was a good ref back in the day,so don’t rule out the NHL.
Larry,you seem to be stuck in a 90s groove when it comes to possible VP choices.Bill Bradley,Richard Gephardt et al are yesterday’s news.My guesses would be Romney for President McCain & Sebelius for Obama.
Larry, I read the Inquirer Sunday and yesterday, too. So what’s your so-called “insider” information? Do you mean information you discover inside the Inquirer? The Meehan story was covered. And you’re adding nothing to what Smerconish wrote. You’re newsreading. Give us some real analysis. Otherwise, I’m fearful that those pirates will beset your blog again in no time.
I’ve never considered the “Big Yapper” a Republican. Not even close. You may say he tries to add a voice of reason to the continual onslaught of leftist propaganda
produced by the media. That is all. Smerconish is voting Obama all the way. Bank on it. You’ve heard it hear first. The Larry Kane report has done it again.
hello Larry,Al Gore would be a great choice for barry obama,if Gore wants the job which I doubt he does,who wouldn’t want a Nobel prize winner.
if barry taps benedict richardson he will lose most of Hillary Clinton supporters,and radio yakker smoerconish is a obama supporter and I believe Larry Kane is leaning to barry obama too.
John Mccain desperately needs Colin Powell as his veep.
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to the unpatriotic person/blogger from the 4th of july blog,I will be happy to pay for your one way ticket out of the usa,just let us know when you want leave.
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GOD BLESS AMERICA AND GOD BLESS THE CLINTON FAMILY.
Al Gore = empty suit = no benefit
Ed Rendell = loose cannon = negative
God does bless America and Kate Smith but not the First Felons…
JR, who is the “unpatriotic” blogger from the Fourth of July? Is it someone championing the values the country was founded upon or is it someone who hates the idea of not shooting off fireworks given the various things our current administration has done to show that we are not a freedom loving people?
Also, Larry, why are you ignoring Bob Barr? Who will be his VP candidate? He’s going to sink the Republicans and hand Georgia and a number of other states to Obama in November.
oooj-what part of the Clinton’s leadership did you not like the peace or the prosperity??
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ct-the anti american blogger knows who they are,I am ready pay for the one-way ticket out of the usa..
jr, I didn’t like the oral sex or the DOMA or “Don’t ask, don’t tell.” The peace? Where was that? In Bosnia? Somalia? Yemen? Afghanistan? The WTC parking garage? The prosperity? The dot.com bubble and the increasing disparity of wealth while creating McJobs and shipping middle-class blue collar jobs to Mexico and elsewhere? No, not God bless the Clintons. God damn the Clintons.
And I’m speaking for myself, not that other Jim guy.
leo,you sound like you’ve been listening to the rev.(racist)wright,have you been sitting in his church for the last 20 years too.
The Clinton’s are truly America’s first family.
jr, that tack didn’t work against Obama. Give it up.
Hillary dropped out when she got Obama to promise to pardon Bill and her for all of their crimes that will come to light in the coming months. That’s the inside buzz.
Hey Leo, Bravo! Bravo! Otherwise I might say Amen brother! IN Spain it would be Ole! In italy it would be Belisimo! France Tres Bon!! Germany Achtung! or hiel Hitler I’m not sure. Good stuff my man.
LB, right on target as usual. I sometimes wonder if JR was conscious during the Clinton Years of Shame or whether he was in a coma. At least the 2 felons won’t be returning to the scene of some their crimes on Pennsylvania Avenue
Ahoy Maties! Back from a brief trip to Neverland (and I don’t mean MJ’s ranch).
Larry, are you still considering the puffy pirate shirt idea for your on-line store? I think it will bring in the pieces of eight.
What happened to Barbary Coast that once was this blog site?
Me thinks that JR was in Neverland during the Clinton regime. Shiver me timbers!
Sir Larry, where is the rapier wit and repartee you promised? Did you leave it on SEPTA this morning?
Captain Hook, I think Larry would look good with an eye patch and a parrot. What do you think? Arrrr, FREE AIR!
LB, Sir Larry would look dashing in a Swashbucklers outfit a la Errol Flynn. I don’t see Sir Larry in earrings… Does SEPTA go to Disneyworld? He could have that picture taken at Pirates of the Carribean… Larry want a cracker, arrr…
to the anti american blogger the offer still stands for you a one way ticket out of the usa,until high noon tomorrow, you know who you are..
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I will take the Clintons legacy of peace and prosperity,over the Clinton bashers and there hero george bush’s legacy of war and recession,any day any time any year.
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Larry,don’t count out John Mccain something strange is going on..
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Larry,it’s time to use the hook on capt.hook and his parrots.
In order to solve the Afghanistan Pakistan border problem we need to turn that area into a Chernobyl. Make the border mountain area uninhabitable. It would be like turning on the lights in a sleazy hotel room. There would be all the cockroaches scurrying about. Easy targets. Obama er I mean Osama ben laden couldn’t hide out in his cockroach motel any longer.
jr, are you implying that Larry is the anti-American blogger for his support of someone who didn’t want to celebrate the Fourth of July with keggers? You are, aren’t you? That’s pretty low.
What’s the frequency, JR?
leo-I think you know who the anti-american blogger is and of course it is not Larry,
Larry is an american hero.
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John Mccain promises to follow obama er I mean osama bin laden to the gates of hell.
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to the anti american blogger you have less then eight hours to claim your one way ticket out the usa,’you gotta wave your flag and stop the train’(elo).
Is that Jack Daniels or Jack Russell speaking, Matie? Have you been aboard the Moshulu drinking on deck?
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McCain and Obama going to the gates of hell? What have they done to deserve that? Are your spanex pants starting to cut off blood to the brain?
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Don’t let your blind love for the Clintons effect your judgement. They are gone for 4 more years. Let it go.
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Larry is The Greatset American Hero? I thought that was William Katt. I do miss Connie Sellica though. Arrrgh
4AM. Looks like the Captain must have been coming off a bender too.
JR those comments were a little strong even for you. Be careful or you’ll fall from favor with The Greatest American Hero (Larry) and get block from blog.
capt hook,
1)Larry is a great American hero.
2)what part of the Clinton’s did you not like the peace or the prosperity?
3)drink some black coffee and take two aspirins for your hangover,I’ll smell ya later matie.
Don’t try to smell me, Matie. If you get close enough to sniff I’ll run you through with my saber. Arrgh
I think it was the Impeachment proceedings I enjoyed the most, Matie.
jr, where did you learn to use apostrophe s to form the plural? That’s anti-American of you. You’re right that I know who the anti-American blogger is. It’s you, what with your racist and xenophobic comments about Obama. Claim your own ticket out of here. Goodbye and good riddance.
Jack Russell, may I suggest you switch from Jack Daniels to Captain Morgan for your benders, Matie?
jr, also try buying an American car next time. Support the U.S. economy and its manufacturing sector for a change. I don’t understand why you hate America.
i’ve got a problem picturing larry in pirate mufti.but i can see him in a remake of apocalypse now,larry as col.kurtz,but instead of “i saw a snail walking on a razor”or whatever, it could be “i saw people paying for free air.the horror,the horror”.it could be updated with a jihadi character beheading the sous chef on camera instead of it being done surreptiouly.obama could play the jihadi part since he’ll have lots of free time after november.little rough right now but let me work on this.
ttc = jr
pirate mufti = ?
oooj, I doubt it. The spelling is too good.
Pat Meehan would have investigated jr.
LB, no capital letters and words run together
No remake for me.The first one almost killed me.
Terminate the Colonel ?
Terminate with extreme prejudice.
Sounds good today.
cw = yap
CW, watch out for rats!
oooj, typing without capitals and running everything together is easy to mimic because it’s strictly mechanical. jr’s misspellings and general racist tone, however, are harder to emulate.
On a tangent, I think the Larry Kane Report needs an official beer. For summer, I’d like to propose Victory Prima Pils or Victory Sunrise. It’s local, like Larry, and it has a distinctive quality to it, like Larry. Plus, they throw in the carbonation for free. That’s right: FREE AIR! The only drawback is that Victory tends to use German malts, hops, and yeast, etc., which some might construe as anti-Semitic.
Ballantine seems more appropriate. I harken back to the days of By Saam and “Baseball and Ballantine” ads.
Metaphor: Local staple that has transformed in obscurity.
Perhaps Miller Lite: less filling, wastes grate
All, this blog has lost its way! It is about free air all the time! Never forget that! Now back on track, please.
FT!FA-This blog always seems to lose its path.Ninja Pirates,wannabe movie producers,local beer advocates ( though Prima is a good choice )and,apparently,some pseudonyms as well.I fear my sacrifice might be in vain.
Bubba: “Hey Forest”
Forest: “Hey Bubba”
Bubba: “Forest when I get home I’m going into the air busines. Ther’s so much you can do with air. There’s air pillows, air tires, airplanes, airmail, airpockets, airports, airducts, aircleaners, airfresheners, airpollution,(that stinks), air rifles, air raids, airways,air tunnels air..”
Forest: “What about air pumps Bubba?”
Bubba: Nah, not enough money in it.”
My mama always used to say that life’s like a bag of FREE AIR: it’s worth what you paid for it.
Life is like a box of air compressors…
My momma always said, “Life was like a gas station air compressor. You never know what you’re gonna pay.”
I’m not a smart man… but I know what free air is
Blimey, we need to return conversation to days of yore and swashbuckling pirates like Larry and Jack Russell.
FT!FA-What happened to the other e ?Estanged ? Evaporated ? Fre Tibet just doesn’t have the same cachet.
oooj-I missed that,but no, cw does not equal yap.
We need Pat Meehan to launch an investigation into what happened to Dick Gephardt’s eyebrows. Dick will not be VP because the American people will not trust someone who doesn’t have eyebrows to be a heartbeat away.
I say we designate Miller High Life as the official beer of this hardworking, blue collar blog. Either that or grog, given the number of pirates around here recently.
Schmitz of Philadelphia
Schmitz will ring a be for ya
Arrrgh
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Another day has passed without solving the free air crisis! Larry I’m begging you to get in front of this crisis and make it happen.
Are the pirates responsible for the coin operated air compressors?
Larry, in the meantime get the metal plugs from the steel electrical outlet boxes from a construction site. They will work as quarters. Practice your own form of piracy :~)
Hello Larry,the big news out there is Jessse Jackson says’barrack was talking down to black people’,well barry obama talks down to all people-except when asking for money/donations, that is why he is labeled an elitist-john kerry flip flop style.
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My offer to pay for a one way free trip to anywhere out of the USA was never claimed, the anti-american blogger did not have the courage to claim his ticket and will continue enjoy life in america probably in a basement.
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GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!
On that point we will always agree, JR. God bless America.
You knew the America’s Greatest Shakedown Artist (not to be confused with The Greatest American Hero – Larry) Jesse Jackson would rear his ugly head sooner or later. Out of the limelight too long, Jesse couldn’t keep his yap (not offense to our YAP) shut for fear of being rendered meaningless. If Corporate America viewed him as meaningless, he would not be able to shake them down for large “settlements” everytime there is an “injustice” to one of their employees. This guy is a fraud and un-American. JR, perhaps you should offer Jesse the same one way ticket opportunity.
Do not throw Obama under the same bus as the Rev JJ. Rev JJ is strictly on his own agenda. Obama has made a concerted effort to avoid the Rev JJ from the begining of his campaign. It’s contact with guys like this, regardless of how it occurs, that serves to be the only hurdle he faces between now and election. The only other potential issue is if he has to speak in substance on the issues and not from a 10,000 foot view.
I bet Rev JJ has a lifetime free pass from the Seven Sisters for free air at any gas station. Maybe he’ll share it with you, Larry.
jr, what Jesse Jackson said is hardly “big news.” It’s a personal opinion that’s been seized upon by a media machine that has been starved for anything that it could drum up as the sensationalistic new story of the 24 hour news cycle. Period. If CNN or FOX picked up the racist opinions and inaccurate statements you make about Obama, that wouldn’t be news either. By the way, I hear Bill Cosby is on his way to settle your hash.
The media is pretty worthless. The only national news programs worth watching at all are on PBS, where they actually seem to have some journalistic integrity and aren’t just ratings hounds. To borrow from my friend Will, the mainstream media is a tale told by an idiot, signifying nothing.
i think i got the first scene down.after the nape strike & chopper intro i’ve got williard going into his martial arts routine but with a split screen.the jihadi will be on the screen as well & he’ll be practicing his chopping motion.after that williard will sink into his alcohol fueled rage & the jihadi will get down on his prayer mat.i know it’s heavy on symbolism & too rich in irony but the quiet american managed to overcome both,this can too.i am reconsidering larry for the williard spot rather than col.kurtz-it comes down to which line is better,”the horror,the horror ” or “terminate the colonel” ? in a surprised kind of way.
I’m making a call for free vitamin C for all the pirates so they won’t get scurvy. It’s not free air, but we can’t all be that ingenious.
Was there some kind of precipitous change in the commenting on this blog? I remember a few months ago, every day Larry was taking hell from some (often funny even though it was in bad taste to find them so) posters that were just nasty.
S-o-b, that was before Larry started his crusade to get all of us FREE AIR at gas stations. That populist move won over everyone, pirates included. Jimmy Carter would probably even support it, even though Larry calls him an anti-Semite.
Larry, Phil Gramm said that we’ve become a nation of whiners that is in an imaginary recession. You need to reach him about your free air doctrine. If only he knew how much the little guys were suffering at the air pump. Then he’d know that we’re not whining about inconsequential nothings.
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Ahoy Maties!
When we start to quote Phil Gramm, it’s time to move onto the next blog topic. No offense intended CT.
Perhaps we should get real service attendants back like in the 60’s. You remember, they filled gas and offered to check oil and your tire pressure. (If you are too young to remember, rent Back to the Future). Those were the golden days of free service and of course, free air!
CH, McCain had to disown Gramm today for insulting all Americans. JR is going to love that.
Larry, you either have to cede this blog over to Smerconish or come up with talking points more conducive to a healthy dialog. You are writing a book, I know, but what is more important a book no one will read or the people that post on your blog?
I came to the realization yesterday that Larry must be under federal house arrest. Probably for some Patriot Act violation. He’s given 5 minutes of blog time every 5 days. He’s been told make it appear that everything is normal. His repeated rants about “free air” are really coded pleads to save him. That would explain a lot of things:
1) the repeated rants for “free air”
2) the lamer and longer than normal blog
3) his fascination with riding SEPTA
4) his repeated praise of the Philly Police
5) his out of date news and preoccupation with local candidates when reporting on potential VP candidates
6) slow but sure take over by pirate talk
It is all clear now! We must find Larry and free him. Read the text of his blogs carefully for clues. I believe he is in Pennsylvania somewhere, probably Pittsburgh. We need to find and release Larry. Who knows what his captors are doing to him? Every minute counts!
Ahoy Maties! I can speak for pirates everywhere in stating that we did not take Sir Larry prisoner and do not know of his whereabouts. We will sell you a treasure map, however, with sites of buried treasure chests along the banks of the Cooper River for just $25.
of course putting the jihadi in the first scene means i have to create a bigger role for him.i’ve decided on a sort of parallel story where williard (larry ) is searching for kurtz (maybe larry )& the jihadi is searching for the sous chef.along the way he,not williard,finds the playmates & instead of befriending (ha ha ) them,he kills them.i just need to figure out how to make the searches bisect,rather than parallel.
I wonder if Larry knows morse code.If so,at his next personal appearance, he could blink in a morse code kind of way & get a message out.I know he said he served in the Air Force,maybe he was in Intelligence & would know this maneuver.
I’m convinced the clues are in his blogs. We just need to read more carefully. Maybe he’s actually in Georgia. That might explain his repeated attacks on the hapless Jimmy Carter.
I’m sure Leo will have an explanation.
I’m convinced the clues are in his blogs. We just need to read more carefully. Maybe he’s actually in Georgia. That might explain his repeated attacks on the hapless Jimmy Carter.
Larry,how is barry obama going to pay off Hillary Clinton’s debt when he is having trouble raising funds?
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to fafl,leo has an explanation for Almost everthing.
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to ttc,is there a part in your movie for jack russell it does not have to be a leading man role.
Everyone is overlooking the obvious: Larry is undercover in Iran to gather intelligence about Persia’s missile program. He’s really a Mossad agent in deep cover as a newsreader. That’s why he knows that Jimmy Carter actually held the Camp David summits solely to help Sadat overthrow Israel and bring the chosen people back into Egypt as slaves. FREE AIR is an acronym for Forward Recon Eval & Extract Alternate Intel Resource, a deep cover Mossad designation. While Larry isn’t a 00 agent, he does have a license to ride SEPTA. But that’s being thwarted by the El reconstruction on Market Street.
jr-i’m looking for someone to play the part of the sous chef.interested ?
TTC, wok the dog.
LB, I knew you would not disappoint.
JR, why is Obama helping Hillary pay off her debts anyway?
Larry, are you waiting for a new iPhone? If so, please use it to switch the blog once you’ve got it activated. I hear that there’s a big story to cover: everyone’s getting iPhones!
Larry would NEVER stoop to the iPhone. He’s too smart for that.
jr-i need an answer,check with your agent beb.it’s a great part,up until you lose your head.but that’s at the end of the movie anyway so..
Larry should cover the insider story on everyone getting iPhones. There should be an investigation about why it costs more to use an iPhone 3G than the old one. We all need FREE AIR TIME!
iPhone too trendy for Larry. He still has corder phone at phone and in his office. No new fangled stuff the Greatest American Hero.
Ahoy Maties!
Better chance of seeing Sir Larry in a puffy pirate shirt then toting an iPhone.
Arrrrgh
12 hours have gone by since the amber alert went out on Larry. I fear the worst. Larry if you can see your blog, please give us an indication that you are safe and okay.
ttc-i prefer non violent parts with love scenes with women half my age,but i think leo would be ideal for that part especially the ending.thanks for your offer.
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ftfa + fafl=ooojim
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LB=AA
jr = 0
jr, stop lusting after eight-year olds. You are rabid, and it is illegal. Larry will have the child porn on your hard drive investigated.
Eight-year olds, dude.
No word from Larry in 24 hours. No new clues. No new blog. I fear the worst. Amber alert now elevated to Red Alert.
Help free Larry!
JR, I need you to mobilize the Team Viagra cycling team, sans spandex, to search the Delaware Valley for Larry. First, check all SEPTA stations. Secondly, check all four star restaurants. Third, check all iPhone stores. Report back results by COB Sunday. Every minute counts!
to leo-you like to critize people for spelling and grammer,everyone takes shots at bloggers,but you say some stupid things yourself, you have called me alot of personal attacks but you have crossed the line my friend with your last attack,I have made copies of all your blogs and will on monday show them to a friend at the DA office for advice also for slander I have the means to follow up on it,you have until monday to retract your comment.
JR, make sure you execute your search mission first before filing charges on Leo. This is serious business. Frivilous law suits can wait til Monday. Now get on your Schwin and lead the search team, please.
Larry’s back on the beat,stronger than ever.
To the people who posted here: please find another blog. 100 posts and not one of them relevant or interesting.
Maybe it’s time to reset my readership…
LK