A Message To Superintendent Ackerman – Lead – Then Read The Constitution
What an outrage –not that Philadelphia Schools Superintendent Arlene Ackerman finally “deeply apologized” to the Asian students who were terrorized at South Philadelphia High, but that she took eight days to do it and once again set a horrible example to the students by again blaming the news media. This was the report in the Inquirer:
She again lashed out at media coverage of the event, saying she and students thought it represented “an unfair telling of their story” and said stories mischaracterized some racial groups.”
Message to the Superintendent: Blaming the media for your cynical early reaction to this episode exposes a clear lack of understanding of the role of free speech in our society. The fact is that no one, regardless of color, ethnic background, or political persuasion ,should allow fear to stop them from learning, and when institutions, such as the Philadelphia School district, fail to react quickly and decisively, in behalf of any one being intimidated, it a sad moment in our society.
Superintendent Ackerman became, in the process, an obstructionist and motivator for even more fear by taking her good time to show the terrified students that she and the principal at the school really cared about them.
She also blamed the media last week for exacerbating the problem, a typical response from public leaders who have failed to deal with crisis. In fact, if the reporters of this town didn’t report the truth, nothing would have been done. That, Superintendent, is a fact that you know very well.
I have two suggestions. The Principal should be assigned somewhere else. And Arlene Ackerman should go to the Constitution Center at 5th and Arch, and read the First Amendment.
That would be a positive learning experience.
Crises demand leadership, not blame assessment.
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Waiting for the 7:01. Larry I should first thank you for changing the blog topics. I should commend you for finally taking a position and a stand. That being said there were so many compelling topics to chose from and this is what we get? Two comments here. Dr Ackerman is Superintendent which is largely a perfunctory and ceremonial function. She has no idea what goes on in the intercity schools. She is so far removed from the schools and what goes on daily. She is busy trying to figure out what new educational approach to try and ultimate fail. She is trying to figure out how she can spend $ per year per student and still have 30% of graduates as functional illiterates. She has the fancy degrees and prior ‘turnaround’ experience. Like so many others she job hops to better paying jobs in bigger cities until the peter principle catches up with them. These folks are frauds. They get big paying city jobs and live comfortably in the burbs. You know that Larry. Secondly this shit goes on everyday in intercity schools. Everyday. Bullies and gangs rule. Certain groups dominate others. They gain their self importance from harrassing and dominating better students and kids. Besides where do you think Dr Ackerman is going to come down on this? Hello. Don’t be a schmuck Larry. You are embarrassing yourself. In your efforts to be PC while expressing outrage you are hilarious. Hilarious. Hilarious I say. Now you know why we are cynical of you.
Now to the more important topic of VP Joe’s 12 days of Christmas. The 4th day of Christmas is at hand. VP Joe is going to educate you. No I’m not going to become a teacher or professor. I’m going to educate you. I’m going to pay for 4 semesters of a college education for you. That’s right 4 semesters of free tuition for everyone that wants it. You ask where are we going to be able to handle this large influx of new students. Simple the University of Phoenix. We’ll set up tent cities in the desert for all of you. Just kidding. Hehehe. You take courses on-line. You don’t have to leave your house. If you don’t have a computer we’ll get you one. If you don’t have access to the internet go to your local library. I worked out this deal with the UofP. They will give me a volume discount on courses. They will guarantee everyone passes (like college athletes). Do the math you say. All right here we go.
There are an estimate 100M that will take advantage of this program. The others are too young or too old or too lazy to take advantage of this program. They can take up to 5 courses per semester. Each course costs us $250 regardless of whether it is Kinesiology or Basket Weaving. So 5X $250 per person per semester X 4 semesters X 100M people. That bis about $500B over 2 years. Add in another $25B for books, kickbacks, bribes and administrators. Suddenly we all got smarter! Everyone has a chance to live their dream and they can do it from the privacy of their own home. What a country!
On the Forth Day of Christmas VP Joe brought to me 4 free college semesters
3 raging pit bulls
2 Super Bowl tickets
And a pimped out cellphone for a year for free!
Eat your heart out Barack.
Biden/Biden in 2012! If you get smarter we look smarter
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Larry you obviouldy gained the insight and
courage to write about this by reading my post
on this matter. Your comments are correct except
right at the end you lost me, as your liberal
Mamamsy pamsieness crept in. What is that Lord
Abott you say? It’s that the principal should be
“reassigned” and not FIRED! The superintendent
should also be on her way out, but finding someone
Qualified and crazy enough to take the job is a tall
order, but she needs to be replaced ASAP,she does
not get it and is an embarrasment to the city of
Philadelphia.
Lord Abott, there is no shortage of over-educated, over paid, wantabe administrators with big egos and no practical experience willing to take the taxpayers money and try to learn the job on the job. I should know!
There are hundreds of administrators in Tier 2 cities looking for the big ticket, big salary, big city job. They’ll be lined up on Broad Street from Pattison Subway Stop to City Hall. There is no shortage of sycophants.
Ackerman is obviously a racist and will easily allow any violence committed by blacks to be swept under the rug. I am sure if it were white on black violence she would ask that the national guard be called in.
Maybe you media titans should point those high powered skills of observation at yourself. There is a big difference between responsible fact-based reporting and the kind of sensationalist junk that local media inject into every story to try to captivate an audience. You help dumb things down by criticizing anyone who dares to question the press. Talk about not really understanding the concept of the marketplace of ideas and the value of free speech. It isn’t about making a profit and a big paycheck like you prima donna newsreader makeup and hair bozos seem to think. It is about helping to shine the light of truth on current events so the public can make informed decisions. Instead, we have a bunch of jokers who just try to inflame every story to catch eyes and boost ratings.
The local news is perhaps the worst and most offensive “reality television” programming on the airwaves.
Actually I like this topic.Cleary Ackerman was slow to respond & once she did,she merely blamed “racism.” Read white people I guess.This time she didn’t get away with it.Lesson learned ? Doubtful,the race card is too much of a knee jerk reaction.I would suggest the School District gas the principal but I laugh even as I type.Simply won’t happen.
Does anyone else think the Inquirer is stepping up its game a bit ? Too little,likely too late & maybe just a function of its impending demise,a glimmer of what they might have been.
Boy, Larry dising a black administrator. Look out Larry I think that’s Rev. Al Sharpton behind you, and he doesn’t look very happy. Just like the no snitching rule in Phila. there is the we blacks stick together rule. And included in that is the “blame the media rule”. It’s standard procedure Larry. I read in the paper today that Ron Artist (he of the punching out fans in the stands fame) actually said the Tiger Woods mess is the media’s fault, and that he would always look up to Tiger as a role model for him and his sons. Some parent he must be.
Blacks do use the media to their advantage. Look at the swim club fiasco this past summer. It became national news and generated all kinds of law suits. The owners apologized and tried to rectify the matter but oh no these little black children were scared for life and would never be the same. They must have reparations. (money, trips to Disney and put the swim club out of business).
If I were those Asian kids I would hire a lawyer and sue the pants off the principle and Akerman. So what if it goes nowhere. At least the blacks in the city will be put on notice. The brothers and sisters may run the city but they don’t own it.
YAP,
I got the same impression about the Inquirer, and it had nothing to do with their latest feature about lack of jail time for criminals (well maybe a little). I do however notice something different and like you say is it too little too late?
Drive by media, Larry included, late to jump on this as well. The whole episode recks of racism.
Ed, YAP, don’t acquiesce to Larry. He didn’t put any more thought into this topic than any other recent masterpiece.
I think it is time for Sonny Lee or Kim Chee to weigh in on this subject. Perhaps they have a unique perspective.
Philadelphia School System – oxymoron. Kind of like “News Flash” here.
Principal should already be on leave of absense pending a hearing. Why would you move someone that is incompetent to meet the socio-ethnic challenges to another school?
fish-stop being so negative,i believe larry will respond to some positive reinforcement & this blog can & will return to its glory days.what glory days,you ask ? well, i can’t help you there,i’ll know it when i see it.
The fact that it took 8 days and a clamoring local press to draw the comment from Dr Ackerman tells you that she either:
A) Does not really see a problem
B) Was hoping it would just go away
C) Was too busy Christmas shopping
D) Is already looking for a better job
E) All the above
YAP, Larry does not respond to anything any more. Perhaps electroshock treatment or hard wire a 12V battery to his genitals.
YAP, please explain T.O.O.
Is that some sort of pilot term?
YAP, I’m willing to let Larry be for the holidays (12/23-1/1) should he meet the following terms and conditions:
A) Change topics every 3 days
B) No more Sarah Palin direct or indirect shots
C) No more Entertainment Tonight subjects
D) Think globally, not merely parochially
These terms and conditions are non-negotiable.
T.O.O.-Target of opportunity.
Or force him to consume some V-12,that will put some hair on our friend.
I work the South Phiree distrik on my pedicab and I see many many dishonerabril and mean spirited transgressions perpetrated by the black youths. They know that Mr. proriceman isn’t going to do anyting so they continue to run rampid through the streets. Education isn’t the answer, throw these animals in jail for a few years. That will at least help the Asians get an education without getting bludgeoned to death.
Waiting for the 7:01. TGIF. Healthcare debacle – I mean – debate continues on. By the time this turkey passes both houses it will more resemble the GOP concept than the Dem’s. Isn’t that a hoot. Everyone should be happy if there is no public option – except the illegal aliens of course. All we owe them is – nothing. They do get a one way ticket back to the rathole from which they came courtesy of the US taxpayer.
The 5th day of Christmas is upon us. VP Joe is excited about the gift for the 5th day of Christmas. Starbucks is struggling. Imagine that $5 for a cup of coffee and they are struggling in this economy. Well VP Joe is offering a special deal to all Americans – and illegal aliens – in 2010. Go into a Starbucks get your Grande Mocha Latte and Starbucks will give you 5 donut rings for free. That’s right – free. Of course Starbucks can’t afford to give away millions of donuts rings everyday so the government will have to bail them out. Figure 10 cents per donut ring X 5 free donut rings per day X 100M people per day taking advantage of deal = $5M per day. Multiple that X 360 days per year (minus big holidays) and it comes to 1.8B in bailout help. Add an additional $.2B for administering program and you get an even $2B.
On the Fifth Day of Christmas VP Joe brought to me 5 donut rings
4 free college semesters
3 raging pit bulls
2 Super Bowl tickets
And a pimped out cellphone for a year for free!
Where is your plan Barack?
Biden/Biden in 2012! If you save money you gain pounds
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Larry,Sonny Lee family go to south philly high,arlene a brack racist,about time you call the bracks to carpet,bracks on asian crime and bracks on white crime happen all the time,all the time Larry.
Sonny Lee no let bracks in rickshaw and al sharpton call Sonny Lee racist,Sonny Lee not racist,Sonny Lee smart.
Elf Me, Elf Me! Elf Me again…….!!!
Sonny Ree you come home. You bad man Sonny Ree. Everyone kick your ass Sonny Ree. That not rimited to any ethnic persuasion. You cart pushing geek. You get home and make Kim Shee dinner.
Fridays presented bad memories for my ancestors. I’m glad the Catholics are no longer strictly fisheaters.
Perhaps I as premature in calling out Sonny Lee. May be I should have called out to Buddy Lee from Lee Jeans commercials.
Is anyone paying attention to VP Joe? Poor guy tries so hard but goes unnoticed and unappreciated.
Kim Lee you tramp you ruin escort business and steal from Sonny Lee’s take-out,no body kick Sonny Lee’s ass Sonny Lee 12 degee brack belt.
Sonny Lee like two bracks Sonny Hill and BrackJack Bahahahaha.
John Boehner likes my salami.
Happy holidays from Wilmington! As the snow falls it appears we might actually have a white Christmas. It will be a race against nature to see if the 10″ melt before Friday. The downside of this storm is that I will be stuck at home all day today. Just me and Jill and the dogs and cats. I get cabin fever when this happens. I have a need to get out of the house. I’ll miss my heartattack breakfast at Maggies. I’ll miss a Christmas tree decorating demo at Lowes. I’ll miss my weekly trim at Wally’s Clipshop. I’ll be sitting here watching It’s a Wonderful Life for the 60th time. Save me.
No one can save Barack from his Global Warming meltdown. This guy clearly doesn’t get it. Only the Looney Left in this country are willing to spend trillions of dollars to solve a problem that doesn’t exist. He sends Hillary as his advanced party to secure a deal before he gets there? Yeh like she is going to help. She like me will be running against him in 2012. He is toast. He’s shot his wad and has nothing to show for it. He’s crashed an burned faster than anyone in history except Tiger Woods. And Tiger is still the best golfer in the world. I guess Barry is the 1st President from Indonesia. He still has that. He is such a dolt.
Now to the subject at hand. The 6th day of Christmas from VP Joe. On the 6th day of Cristmas VP Joe brings to you On-line Casinos to play. That’s right on-line casinos. All the debate in state about where to put their casinos. Like PA. Do we put them at Penns Landing? Poconos? Erie? Pick the most socially depressed area and build casinos. Just look at Atlantic City as a model. Screw the infrastructure and politics. The US government under Joe Biden will bring you on-line gambling 24 hours a day casino style. Aside from the complementary drinks you can sit and gamble 24 hours a day legally in the privacy of your own home. What a country.
What is this going to cost? We take obver several on-line gaming companies by eminent domain. We put together a large number of administrators. We spend maybe $30B a year putting this together. We take 2% off the top of winnings. We know exactly how much each person make for tax purposes. Well it might be tough to track down screen names like “Full House”, “Big Blind” or “Trump Trump” but we are working on that. We can shutdown all the independent on-line casinos. We will do it under the direction of the US government. Move over healthcare this is a moneymaker.
On the Sixth Day of Christmas VP Joe brought to me 6 gamblers playing
5 donut rings
4 free college semesters
3 raging pit bulls
2 Super Bowl tickets
And a pimped out cellphone for a year for free!
Where is your plan for gambling Barack?
Biden/Biden in 2012! Baggy eyes and shrunken savings accounts for all
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Fish-I pay attention to VP George,er I mean VP Joe.I enjoy all his postings.
On a side note,this topic might endure simply because the problem is spreading from South Philly High to Center City,as evidenced by the roving mob that terrorized people yesterday.So,if college athletes are “student athletes”,what are most high school students in Philadelphia,student thugs ?
This post has ‘legs’ because Larry will be too busy to change until after the holidays, not because it is worthy. Larry is not worthy.
Jack Russell is being summoned to Chappaqua. He will be asked to do the local ground work for Hillary’s 2012 campaign.
YAP you are flying NOE these days. Are you busy or just generally disinterested?
Bravo, Larry! Ackerman is quick to turn on a local press that usually shows her unabashed adoration.
Happy hoildays from the winter wonderland of Wilmington. Only thing missing is Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney singing.
Well fresh off his embarrassment in Denmark it looks like Barack may have gotten a moral victory in the Senate. With Nelson caving on his demands to change the existing voluminous mountain of paper known as the healthcare bill it appears Barack and Harry Reid have their 60 votes in the Senate. Is this merely a moral victory though as this bill has been stripped down and reduced more than the Biggest Loser on TV? Note the parallels. This bill barely holds any semblance to the monstrocity that the House passed. Now as the House and Barack rush to get a deal done and signed symbolically on Christmas who real won here? Barack? The GOP? Clearly not the American people.
Now on to the 7th day of Christmas. On the 7th day of Christmas VP Joe will bring to you 7 lottery scratch tickets. That’s right lottery scratch tickets. We establish the national lottery. For every 10 tickets an individual buys at $1 each he receives 7 additional tickets free. So if there are 246.4M people and they all buy 10 tickets at $1 each that is $2.46B into the treasury. We offer 500X $1M prizes. We net a tidy $1.96B. The free tickets actually don’t cost us anything. This is genius. Pure genius. Tickets purchase from convenience stores like Powerball the first week of 2011. Winning scratch tickets have instant winners. Winning tickets distributed evenly into states we Dems need to win in 2012. Pure genius.
On the Seventh Day of Christmas VP Joe brought to me 7 free lottery scratch tickets
6 on-line gamblers playing
5 donut rings
4 free college semesters
3 raging pit bulls
2 Super Bowl tickets
And a pimped out cellphone for a year for free!
Where is your plan for national lottery Barack? How you gonna pay for this healthcare turkey?
Biden/Biden in 2012! We’ve been scratching our entire lives
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Glenn Hurricane Schwartz is really getting on my
Nerves. Now he has the other weather woman stand
there and ask him stupid questions and generally
worship him. Its weird the way he heandles weather.
Action news does it right, a young upbeat guy
telling you the weather, not trying to deleiver
some grave heavy profound statement. He’s
finsuihed. Went too far this time, people are
changing the channel!!!
This weather sucks. I’m moving to Florida.
Brittney Murphy died today, don’t really know who she is, dated Ashton Kutcher, but she deserves to be mentioned since this is mainly an obituary site.
Eagles got the stadium cleaned up nice, too bad for Ed Rendell, he won’t be able to throw snowballs and embarass the city and himself.
Heathcare bill passed in the dead of night during a blizzard, so thats probably great news for taxpayers.
Michelle Obama looks beautiful no matter what she wears, she is doing better than Jackie O as first lady, but her husband is no
John Kennedy, and that is a good thing!
Eagles did it again. Maybe you Philadelphians have something this year, oh wait, not yet still plenty of time to piss it away. Actually the Eagles looked great! The fans didn’t even boo Santa, now that is progress!
Waiting for the 7:01. It maybe late today as they clear the snow everywhere. I land with Frosty on this one. This really does suck. White Christmas? Bah humbug! I still haven’t done my Christmas shopping yet. When am I going to get to Jareds?
As we Dems prepare for our big celebration and healthcare bill signing gala at the White House on Christmas do we get paid double overtime for working on a holiday? I mean really. Is it necessary to have the symbolism of Ebenezer Scrooge giving Tiny Tim his health. Gag me with a spoon! Even as a Dem I wish this could wait an extra day or 2. I asked for Guitar Hero for Christmas and I want to rock the Biden house! Move over KISS!
On to the truly important matters of the day the 8th day of Christmas. On the 8th day of Christmas VP Joe will bring to you an 8 day cruise. That’s right you and your family will be cruising courtesy of the US government. State rooms will be assigned by average joint family income averaged over 3 year period of 2007-9. Highest incomes on upper levels with balconies. Lowest incomes on lowest levels with no windows down by the crew. We have contracted with the 10 major cruise lines sailing out of the US. That constitutes a 75 cruise ship fleet combined. Each ship has an average of 500 rooms. So that is 500 rooms/ship X 75 ships is 37.5K rooms. Average 2 taxpayers per room and divide 246.4M by 2/room and that leaves 123.2M rooms needed. Divide 123.2M rooms needed by 37.5K rooms per week and it will take 3285 weeks divided by 52 weeks per year gives you 63 years of cruising. We pay a flat fare of $500 per room X 123.2M rooms and it will cost the government $61.6B over 63 years. This should help the struggling cruise ship industry. They will likely build more cruise ships to get this done faster. Another sector served. An best of all we promise Kathie Lee Gifford won’t be on your ship. No cruises to Somalia. Happy cruising from VP Joe. If you die before you get your cruise we are sorry that is outside our control. If you get sea sick sorry dude. No trade ins or date changes.
On the Eighth Day of Christmas VP Joe brought to me 8 days luxury cruising
7 free lottery scratch tickets
6 on-line gamblers playing
5 donut rings
4 free college semesters
3 raging pit bulls
2 Super Bowl tickets
And a pimped out cellphone for a year for free!
When is your plan for national fun Barack?
Biden/Biden in 2012! We’ve been cruising in DC for 40 years
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Hey Larry, can I use your condo in Boca for a couple of weeks? If you find a puddle in your kitchen next time you are there, you’ll know what happened.
Any you fellas need someone to warm up your bed? Reasonable rates for the holiday season.
KK, stay away from me. Global warming is already threatening me. Do you know any ice mistresses?
Yo Frosty, Hillary is an ice mistress. Are you sure you want to go there?
Yankee Spanky, why would you want to be dissing the Eagles when they are playing good ball? Do you have issues with winning?
VP Joe, I’ll take a cruise right now please. Anywhere the gulf stream takes me.
Just another manic Monday
i wish it were Sunday
Thats my funday
Just another manic Monday
Larry change this topic ….please.
Why not write something about your exclusive interview with Lynn Abraham? You’ve finally got some inside info, so let’s see it.
Heh Frosty you need to get yourself a snowcone. You know something you can hold in your hand and shake. Melts in your hand, not in your mouth.
For you, Larry. Please change the topic.
Love, T
And it’s a sad picture, the final blow hits you
Somebody else gets what you wanted again
You know it’s all the same, another time and place
Repeating history and you?re getting sick of it
But I believe in whatever you do
And I’ll do anything to see it through
Because these things will change, can you feel it now?
These walls that they put up to hold us back will fall down
It’s a revolution, the time will come for us to finally win
We’ll sing hallelujah!
We’ll sing hallelujah! Oh
So we’ve been outnumbered, raided and now cornered
It’s hard to fight when the fight ain’t fair
We’re getting stronger now from things they never found
They might be bigger but we’re faster and never scared
You can walk away and say we don’t need this
But there’s something in your eyes says we can beat this
‘Cause these things will change, can you feel it now?
These walls that they put up to hold us back will fall down
It’s a revolution, the time will come for us to finally win
We’ll sing hallelujah!
We’ll sing hallelujah! Oh
Tonight we standed on our knees
To fight for what we worked for all these years
And the battle was long, it’s the fight of our lives
Will we stand up champions tonight?
It was the night things changed, can you see it now?
These walls that they put up to hold us back fell down
It’s a revolution, throw your hands up, ’cause we never gave in
We’ll sing hallelujah!
We sang hallelujah!
Hallelujah!
T Swift, I have no idea what song you are playing. Maybe Shecky knows. Boy can this site miss the meaning of blogging or what. How bout them Democrats!!! 1am votes in the Senate 2500 pages of a bill to be digested in a mere 36 or so hours. And those Republicans, spreading fear and ultimate remorse for the sins of the Democrats. This can’t be America. We must be living in the world of Gullivers Travels. Or maybe it’s Alice in Wonderland. I’m fed up with all the gamesmanship. How about that comedien from Saterday Night Live cutting off Liberman while he spoke. You can’t make this shit up. A fucking comedian from SNL oh what the fuck is his name …….
Franken that’s it,Al Frankin the newest senator from the great state of Minesota cut off Joe Liberman because his time had elapsed. Joe asked for an additional 30 seconds to conclude but noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Al Franken, a freshman (Ican’t believe I’m saying this) senator from MN wouldn’t give Joe an extra 30 seconds to end his remarks. What is going on in that Capital building?
Diane Sawyer is the real deal.
Katie Couric is toast.
Larry Kane is to Diane Sawywr as
Glenn Hurricane Schwartz is to…..?
Matzo
Waiting for the 7:01. Sitting in my SS SUV. Too cold outside for me. I can play with my Crackberry while I wait.
The lurid details of how this healthcare deal got done in the Senate have leaked out. Hold outs like Nelson of Nebraska got hundreds of millions of dollars in concessions for his constituents and Mutual of Omaha. Others got similiar outrageously lucrative deals. Now that Dem members of the House know their vote is for sale they will likely holdout for the highest bid. How bipartisan is that? How transparent is that? Sickening. Even I’m embarrassed by this latest turn of events. I guess anything goes to save Barack’s presidency. Anything. Including voting in the middle of the night while the nation sleeps. Despicable.
I still have not gotten to Jareds. They are advertising this Open Hearts matching earrings and necklace. They want a grand for the set. They stick Jane Seymour’s (I’d like to stick Jane Seymour) name on this piece of crap and they can charge and arm and a leg. I guess I’ll send an intern out to pick it up today. I’ll be too busy with my VP duties. Besides I’d cause such a stir at the mall.
Now on to the business of the day. On the 9th day of Christmas VP Joe brings to you a Tiger Woods calendar with his 9 hos. That’s right a calendar with authentic pictures of Tiger’s romantic love interests. See them all. Gawk. Stare. Whatever. Only 9 hos and 12 months you say. We’ve got photos of Tiger’s Mom, Elin and Elin’s Mom in bikinis in OCT-NOV-DEC. By then the novelty will have worn off. Besides for most of you pervs the 2 moms are better than the skanks you are staring at on a daily basis.
What is the cost to you the taxpayers? We have to outbid Playboy for exclusive rights on each ho. Estimated $25M there. Then there are the production costs to produce 246.4M calendars. Another $300M. Total cost after adding in administration and distribution is about $400M. Who would not want one? Genius. Pure genius.
On the Ninth Day of Christmas VP Joe brought to me my Tiger Woods calendar with his 9 Hos
8 days of luxury cruising
7 free lottery scratch tickets
6 on-line gamblers playing
5 donut rings
4 free college semesters
3 raging pit bulls
2 Super Bowl tickets
And a pimped out cellphone for a year for free!
When is your plan beyond national healthcare Barack?
Biden/Biden in 2012! We’ll be keeping ours in the bathroom ;-)
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Ed don’t get all wrapped around the axle on facts and accuracy and relevancy on this website. God knows no one else is including the proprieter himself. Don’t become a boar like oeL.
Biden/Biden in 2012! We won’t let facts get in the way of a good story.
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Ed-It’s over,the dream is over,America is done,finished.We need a revolution,an entire start over,we need representatives who actually represent us.But we shouldn’t talk politics with one another,shouldn’t talk religion either for some reason.I’ve always contended we should talk politics every time we’re meeting with friends,every time we’re having a beer with a buddy somewhere.Politicians love it when we don’t discuss politics.
Larry Kane is to Diane Sawyer as
Glenn Hurricane Schwartz is to Geraldo Rivera (Jerry Rivers).
Where can I get a job like Senator Nelson? Holding the President ransom for $100M.
Hey Ed, don’t let it get you down. Just accept the fact that Larry is out until next week.
Hey YAP, we (the collective upper middle and middle class) lost this country years ago. We’ll never get it back without a revolution.
Larry Kane is to Diane Sawyer as
Hurricane Schwartz is to Nostradamus or was it John “Noreaster” Bolaris.
Wally Kinnan the Weatherman
How about Willard Scott? Yes, that is the ticket.
Or Jim Cantore of the Weather Channel.
I come bearing gifts from afar. Frankincence, Gold and Myrrh.
Clearly Al has no franken sense.
Gold and bling are always the thing.
You just can’t find good myrrh anymore. I found some at a Big Lots closeout.
Sir Lawrence of Blogsville, may I offer a bribe of these gifts in exchange for a topic change, kind sir?
Excuse me while I kiss the sky.
Blue moon you saw me standing alone…..
whithout a dream in my heart. Without a love of my own……
Purple haze all in my eyes
don’t know if it’s day or night
you’ve got me blowin, blowin my mind
Is it tomorrow or just the end of time?
Der de der der der der
On Christmas eve the Senate will be aquiver
With 60 Democrats waiting to deliver
An Historic vote for the ages
For people that don’t even earn wages
The children of the future will have their hands full
Paying off the debt
after the Senate has met………..
Waiting for the 7:01. Everyone seems to be in a good mood. Buzzing around the station. Smiling. Talking. Bah humbug. It’s freaking O Dark Thirty. Too early for this merriment.
How about me heading up the Broadband Stimulus money? 4 months ago I did not know what a Blackberry was. Now I’m the technology czar. My first task is to teach McCain how to use a computer. Hehehe. What kind of dolt lets the word out that they can’t even use a computer? John McCain that’s who.
Now on to the important business of the day the 10th day of Christmas. On the 10th day of Christmas VP Joe may bring to you 10 elective cosmetic surgeries! That’s right cosmetic surgeries. Tummy tuck. Lipo. Face job. Nose job. Botox. Boob job. Lip enhancement. Ass reduction. You name it. Basically anything you’ve seen on Nip/Tuck.
Here is how the plan will work. You’ve seen the furniture store commercials in February. “If the Phillies win the World Series in a 4 game sweep, you don’t have to pay for the furniture you bought between 2/15 and opening day.” Furniture store is gambling Phils won’t win in 4 straight. It’s highly unlikely. If they do, they have an insurance policy to help pay for all the furniture they gave away. Ingenius plan. People go out and buy what they need and hope for the Phils to sweep. Why not if you are going to buy furniture anyway?
Now the spin we are putting on this genius marketing plan. You go out and have up to 10 elective cosmetic before tax day (April 15). If we eliminate the federal deficit before the end of 2010 you get all your elective cosmetic surgeries for free. Up to 10 procedures.
If the deficit is not eliminated you have to pay for it yourself. But hey you look better. You feel better about yourself. America is a more beautiful country.
The plastic surgeons love it because their business grows exponentially. They may have buckets of fat to dispose of but also tons of disposible income to spend. Yachts. Estates. Lamborghinis. It will stimulate the economy. The trickle down effect.
Everyone wins! All we have to do is pay down the deficit in 12 months. Piece of cake.
On the Tenth Day of Christmas VP Joe brought to me 1o free elective cosmetic surgeries
9 Hos on Tiger Woods’ calendar
8 days of luxury cruising
7 free lottery scratch tickets
6 on-line gamblers playing
5 donut rings
4 free college semesters
3 raging pit bulls
2 Super Bowl tickets
And a pimped out cellphone for a year for free!
Maybe you could get those ears fixed Barack?
Biden/Biden in 2012! We want to beautify America one person at a time
Sent Via Blackberry by Verizon
We 3 Kings from Orient are. Bearing gifts of Frankincence, Gold and Myrrh.
Al Franken sense is not in high demand. The chump is should be banned.
Gold bling necklace is just the thing. It will go with your golden tooth and ring.
You can ony find myrrh at specialty stores. I found some at a little place in Kennsington on the floor.
Sir Lawrence of Blogsville, may I offer a bribe of these gifts in exchange for a topic change, kind sir?
Glenn Beck told me that the only true part of the nativity story is that the wisest wise man brought gold.
Did anyone see on the news today that a student was suspended from school for wearing a tasteful Santa Clause outfit to school. The school has a weekly dress up Thursday all year, but somehow the Santa suit offended the dick-headed principal and administrators. Check it on Action News:
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=7185097
We 3 Kings from Orient are bearing gifts of Frankincence, Gold and Myrrh.
Al Franken is an ass and unstable. This donkey belongs in a barn or stable.
Gold bling chain around your neck. You look like a guido but what the heck.
I found myrrh at WalMart. Some loser there tried to steal it out of my cart.
Sir Lawrence of Blogsville, may I offer a bribe of these gifts in exchange for a topic change, kind sir?
I’m working out of my house today. Barack thought it was a good idea. Rahm told me Barack didn’t want me in DC mucking up his big day with healthcare. Personally I don’t want my fingerprints on that turkey. It will be bad enough be blamed as an accomplice to crime.
I must get into the Christmas spirit. My intern went to Jareds and got me the wrong necklace and earrings. I sent her back to exchange them for the right set today. They have until 10PM tonight to arrive with the right jewelry. I told her to show up with friends disguised as carolers to make the drop. I don’t want Jill to know the intern screwed up or was here at 10PM. Might put a damper on her Christmas spirit. And set me back a couple of weeks in the Cialis way if you get my drift. Bah humbug!
Well we have reached the 11th day of Christmas. This will be the last day of Christmas as I will be shutting it down for a couple days. So yes Virginia your government will be letting you down again. It’s not bad enough we shut down for every holiday known to man or allow our employess 30 days vacation per year or run the most inefficient operation in the world the US Post Office. Now your government will let you down yet one more time. There will be only 11 days of Christmas this year.
This is for all the follically challenged old geezers out there like VP Joe. Tired of that chrome dome? Want a full head of hair back? Want your love life back? Well slow down big boy one thing at a time. Let’s cover that chrome dome with some hairplugs. On the 11th day of Christmas VP Joe will bring to you 11 hairplugs to comeover. That’s right hairplugs. Like me. You didn’t even know I had them right? You still can’t tell even though I told you right? Well that is my 11th gift – the gift of hair again.
What is the cost to taxpayers? If there are 248.4M people than approximately half are men. About 10% of men are completely bald or have retreating hairlines. 12.4M men is my estimate. Add in 1M women with cancer or hair issue to be politically correct. So that is 13.4M people to receive 11 hairplugs each. We hair worked out a volume deal with the Hair Club for Men (where not only am I President but a former member) so that we can get a flat rate of $1.5K per person but they have to come in mornings from 5:30-8AM to get the procedure. A little inconvenient but so be it. Each patient will have 3 options for hairplug placement.
1) the bowling pin alignment at the crest of the head for maximum cluster effect.
2) the 11 in a row where the part once was for maximum comeover effect.
3) plugs placed randomly around the scalp for maximum coverage.
This is our deal with the Hair Club for Men. Genius. Pure genius. Just look how natural my hair looks. You can’t even tell I have plugs. Well maybe if you look really closely.
On the Tenth Day of Christmas VP Joe brought to me an 11 hairplug comeover.
10 free elective cosmetic surgeries
9 Hos on Tiger Woods’ calendar
8 days of luxury cruising
7 free lottery scratch tickets
6 on-line gamblers playing
5 donut rings
4 free college semesters
3 raging pit bulls
2 Super Bowl tickets
And a pimped out cellphone for a year for free!
Maybe you got hair but not where it counts Barack.
Biden/Biden in 2012! You will look as great as I do!
Sent Via Blackberry by Verizon
VP Joe and his family would like to wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas! To be politically correct I must scratch Christmas and change that to Holidays. We would like to wish you and yours a very Merry Holidays! That sounds funny. How about this. We would like to wish you and yours a wonderful December and please celebrate this month in any manner you see fit (or not)!
I will be blogging in again next week. Don’t miss my pentrating insights and insider’s view into the worst run administration since Jimmy Carter. See you again next week.
Biden/Biden in 2012! It is closer than you think.
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Well, I wanted to make one last appearance in 2009 to wish everyone a happy holidays. As many of you know, I was banished by Ed this summer. I was boring Ed and consequently I was asked to leave. I returned to Boca where I have been living in absentia since being dispatched. I am enjoying the warm weather, early bird specials and life at the local Senior’s Center. I am living a full and fulfilling life here. I do long for the occasional soft pretzel or an evening at Cuba Libre. But if this is what makes Ed happy then I will comply. All I want for Christmas is for Ed to be happy…
I would like to relate one Christmas story from a Christmas past. It was the Christmas of 1983. Ethel sent me to the local Toys’RUs in Springfield to pick up a Cabbage Patch Kid that my daughter Hazel had asked for for Christmas. You ask ‘why is Larry Kaighn celebrating Christmas?’ It’s complicated and we don’t have time for that story now. Anyway. I show up at Toys’RUs at 6AM. I’m already 13th in line. How long have these other schmucks been waiting in line? The rumor in the line is that this particular store has 5 remaining CPKs. I might as well leave now as I surely won’t get one I’m told by the couple at the head of the line in their tent with sterno heater. What should I do? I decide to wait. See what happens. Take my chances. Race to the CPK section. Lo and behold a CPK remains. I dash to the box and grab it. I wrap 2 arms around it like Westbrook in the 4th quarter and make my way to the cash register. 15 minutes and $28 (big bucks in those days) later I’m making my way to the parking lot when some big thug tackles me and grabs the CPK. He scurries away with my doll into the darkness never to be seen from again. Now what? I can’t go home doll-less. So I drive over to West Chester to the Toys’RUs there on the outside hope that they might have one left. As I approach the entrance I see a woman carrying out 4 CPK dolls. I ask her if there are any left. She says no she got the last ones. I offer to buy one from her. I tell her my story of woe. Stolen doll. Pissed off wife. One hope for redemption. She says they are not for sale. I said I’d pay her $50 for one doll. She said no. I offer $75. No. $100. No. I asked her how much. She says $250. I said that is almost 10X more than the cost. She says supply and demand. I negotiate her down to $175. What a rip off but I did feel better about myself. I did spend $175 for a stupid doll but my wife and daughter would be happy (and none the smarter). All was good in the land of Kaighn.
That is my true Christmas story. If Ed will allow me to return, I’ll tell you about the 1976 New Years Eve party at Channel 6. What a humdinger!
Until we speak again, listen to the voice of reason.
I just plugged myself with four suppositories, and now hope to deliver a huge bowel movement by Christmas morning. It will be a huge gift to myself and my family, because I am much nicer when not constipated.
All of the rich food this time of year really backs me up, plus I get distracted with sugar plums dancing in my head and forget to go to the bathroom.
Why is it that some non-Christians are so hostile toward Christmas? Why do they have so much hatred and vile in their liberal hearts? Why do they want to steal the joy of God’s love for sending us his only son, who taught us the ultimate lesson in how to live and how to die. A man who taught foregiveness, non violence, and love for all somehow cannot publically have his birthday celebrated? Martin Luther King Jr repeated the message of Jesus Christ and brought about such wonderful change. Perhaps the way to get Christ’s message back into the public square is via MLK Day rather than Christmas. If we give the brother some more credit, and look to how he become such a great messenger, the liberals will have to keep their cakeholes closed. Let’s celebrate Christmas on King Day!
Eat more chicken!
May your tartar sauce cover your foul smells.
Feliz navidad!
Ackerman was too busy playing ‘pin the tail on the honkey’ to effectively deal with these racist attacks by black ’students.’ The fact that it took her six days to respond says it all! If the races had been reversed she would have been in Harrisburg in a matter of hours. The district needs to get rid of this obvious racist.