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STICK WITH THE SMALL STUFF
To “Eyes of Newt,” at least the Legislature voted for the hellbender salamander. As long as Pennsylvania’s state amphibian sounds like a World War II fighter biplane, I’m OK with them spending time on that. Considering the amount of negative consequences that have come out of legislative action in Harrisburg, I kind of prefer they spend time on this stuff.
DADDY’S BOY
Dale Earnhardt Jr. threw a big retirement party. Well, there you go, America – there’s a sampling of what this generation’s about, a microcosm of the country. Dale Earnhardt Jr. rode his father’s coattails. He never, never tried to attain what his father attained. His father rose to the top and was dead serious about everything he did. He tried to accomplish his goals. Earnhardt Jr. never had any goals, just like this generation we have today. It’s all one big party. Who cares about winning, who cares about doing the right thing? We’re just show up on Facebook and Twitter and party, party, party. Well, good riddance Dale Earnhardt Jr. You went away rich; just think how good you could have been, buddy.
GOING TO POT
The medical industry works in 10-year steps. First we got cancer, then we had AIDS. Now we have opioid addiction. It’s five years to get everybody hooked, then five years to get everybody treated and unhooked. But before we can start unhooking people from opioids, we have to start with the infrastructure for medical marijuana and get the doctors trained. So as they’re getting people off of opioids, they’ll be ready to get people dependent on this powerful medical herb that they’ve got now.
RUSSIAN TO OUR RUIN
My daughter and I get into some heated discussions over the 2016 election. She says this country cannot fail or be taken over by another country – I say oh yes, it can. Putin has been salivating for years. It reminds me of the old children story where one fox is telling the guardian of the hen house how wonderful he is – and he believes every word – while the rest of the foxes are stealing everything they can. Does this remind you of anything else?
SORRY, CHARLIE
I’d like to thank the hippie Supreme Court for striking down the death penalty back in the day, just in time to make sure taxpayers had to shell out 45-plus years’ worth of money to take care of Charlie Mansion. Thanks guys! Those few years of unconstitutionality really did wonders.
DEMS THE BREAKS
Stormwater Authority? Democrats. Enough said. THE SHADOW
JUST THINK
I get the dissatisfaction with suddenly announcing charging people for the new Stormwater Authority, and I’m not usually a fan of government bureaucracy, but let’s take the pollution part out of the question and think for a minute – it’s a riverfront city with two rerouted creeks running into it that pick up tributaries from throughout the region. Politicians in Chester are no longer friends with sitting presidents. If disastrous flooding strikes, there’s no more calling Harrisburg and Washington in the middle of the night for help. It needs to be managed before something like that happens. As long as it’s used correctly, I think that’s one bureaucratic agency that makes sense.
TRUMPED UP
The Delco Times has become a left-leaning publication. Every day is replete with Associated Press news bits that are antiTrump, with no balance whatsoever. The economy is rebounding – something that Obama and Sen. Casey couldn’t achieve in seven years, even with a stimulus package. ISIS is contained. President Trump is displaying leadership and confidence. Yet the Delco Times could not find anything positive to say.
SAY WHAT?
Does anyone find themselves wondering who Annie Trump is because people are saying the term “anti-Trump” so much that the words are starting to slur together?