Bigots for Kratovil

Kratovil for Congress shill "Bud the Blogger" doesn't like Andy Harris' pollster. Bud claims he's gay. I say, "So What?".

Frankie's boy says that pollster Arthur Finkelstein "married" his long-time partner. Again, "So What?".

Bud claims that this somehow proves that Maryland Sen. Andy Harris is not a conservative. How? When has Harris ever voted to support "gay rights"? He's a lot farther to the right on that issue than I am; and no one has ever called me a liberal.

The bottom line -
Kratovil and his sycophantic supporters are so worried that they can't even come close to beating Harris that surrogates like Bud will stoop to anything. Follow their logic ...

Harris hires a pollster. He's gay. The pollster went to Taxachusetts and "married" his boyfriend. The campaign paid the pollster. Harris must be for gay marriage.

What did Harris really do? He hired a pollster who happens to be gay.

His concern? That the pollster gives him accurate numbers and knows the kinds of questions to ask in guiding campaign strategy - NOT Harris' stance on issues.

Put it in terms of a situation we can all relate to -

You go to the doctor and he says that you need to have surgery. He recommends a surgeon. You check him out and everything that you find shows that this surgeon is highly skilled and well regarded by the community and his peers.

WAIT! Someone you talked to said that he's GAY! You'll go and get a surgeon who's not as highly skilled, not as well regarded. Why? Becuase you might wake up from the surgery and have the hots for my brother-in-law? Spare me.

Disclaimer - Do I honestly think that Frank Kratovil endorses the bigoted and asinine views of Bud? I hope not; any more than I believe that Andy Harris endorses all of the views which I espouse, or Joe Albero, or Michael Swartz ....

cross posted at Delmarva Dealings

What Do YOU Think This Task Force Will Decide

Do you think they'll recommend privatizing the Dispensary System. Or do you think they'll recommend leaving things the way they were?

After all is said and done, it is YOUR decision.

Who Let The Dogs Out!

While I love animals, while I enjoy the idea that these are out publicly to relieve the taxpayers of the financial burden of such a Dog Park, I'd love to also see something in the GOB for the Skate Board Park as well. How about you?

Andy Harris Leads in Poll ...

... for a REASON!

A recent poll shows Maryland Sen. Andy Harris with a 16 point lead over his Democrat rival Frank Kratovil. There's a good reason for voters' overwhelming approval of Harris. Contrary to some, who seem to believe that the world ends on the eastern shores of the Chesapeake Bay, there are a large number of voters here on the shore who are more concerned about our next Congressman sharing our values than our zip code.

Let the chattering class of cranks whine!

cross posted at Delmarva Dealings

I Thank You!

As many of you know, I'm not one of those soft mushy kind of guys that walks around with his head looking towards the ground and shy.

However, I have to tell you, I'm amazed, (as well as my Wife) at just how many people are coming up to us each and every day thanking me for what I'm doing and showing us all the support you have offered us.

Today, my Wife, my Mother In Law and I were shopping in Sam's Club and were approached several times by other people shopping and they'd say, "are you Joe Albero?" Yes. I just wanted to thank you for everything you're doing, we go to your Site every single day.

You know, for the longest time I had been telling my friends and even my Wife just how often that happens and they'd say, yeah Joe, OK. Well, I've been fortunate enough to get out quite a bit lately with my Wife and all of a sudden I'd hear her on her cell phone talking to friends explaining just how often this happens.

There's no question in my mind that Mayor Barrie Tilghman, Chief Webster, Chief See, Deputy Chief Gordy and many others have come to realize that when I say there are thousands upon thousands of people coming to this Site every day in support, it can no longer be questioned, it's a fact.

Even the Daily Times, (Greg Bassett) has congratulated me on the volume of people that come to this Site. Thank You Greg.

Nevertheless, the idea of this Blog is to open the eyes of everyone left clueless as to the true goings on in Salisbury. Look, you can't completely knock the Daily Times. I say that because they have a very different kind of responsibility when it comes to telling the News. Granted, don't think I'm completely supporting them because I'm not. One would think after the three years that I have been doing this, people want to know the truth without a Barrie Tilghman spin put on most articles found there. However, they're selling papers and the City creates a ton of income for that Newspaper.

Anyhow, go back 2 to 3 years ago and think about what people were saying. Joe's is a nut job. Joe's is a liar. All those things he was saying about the Zoo is a lie. There were so many people that thought I was crazy to think Barrie Tilghman was full of sh!t and or lying. Granted, I had to get as rough with them as they were getting with me. As you have seen in past months however, I've been able to tone things down quite a bit and even I am enjoying this Blog more and more every day.

The bottom line is, I can't thank all of you enough for all of the support. We don't hear that too often but when I'm out and about, WOW! So I thank ALL of you for that support. I need to throw this one out to you as well. I truly enjoy meeting all of you but please, don't knock me if I see you for a second time and I forget your name, please? I'm just horrible with names.

In closing, again, Thank You! All I ask is that you please ask your friends, neighbors and family to get out there and vote. I'm working 16 hours a day on this Blog to educate everyone as to what's going on out there. Your vote is so important this upcoming election. YOU need to show this Mayor, Gary Comegys and others that you're not going to take it any more.

Andy Harris Opens 16 Point Lead Over Kratovil

TO: Andy Harris for Congress
FR: Arthur Finkelstein
RE: Polling Results, Key Findings
DATE: July 17, 2008
Key Findings
• Andy Harris continues to grow his lead over Frank Kratovil among voters in MD-01. Recent Polling shows total Harris support at 44.3% and total Kratovil support
at 28.3%, giving Harris a 16 point lead in the Congressional race. Furthermore, Harris is closing in on the 51% mark already - midway through July.

Q2. - IF THE ELECTION FOR US CONGRESS WERE HELD TODAY, AND THE CANDIDATES WERE ANDY HARRIS, THE REPUBLICAN, AND FRANK KRATOVIL THE DEMOCRAT, FOR WHOM WOULD YOU VOTE?
- 300 Total
- 133 44.3 COMBO HARRIS
- 120 40.0 Vote Harris
- 13 4.3 Lean Harris
- 85 28.3 COMBO KRATOVIL
- 77 25.7 Vote Kratovil
- 8 2.7 Lean Kratovil
- 82 27.3 FIRM UNDECIDED
• Andy Harris continues to grow in favorablility among all voters in Maryland’s 1st
Congressional District. Harris’ Favorables have increased to 37.3%.
• Also, important to note, Harris has gained an almost 3 to 1 advantage
in Favorable opinions to Unfavorables among voters.

Q13. - PLEASE TELL ME WHETHER YOU HAVE A FAVORABLE OR UNFAVORABLE OPINION OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING. IF YOU HAVE NO OPINION OR HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THE PERSON OR GROUP, JUST SAY SO.

"ANDY HARRIS"
- 300 Total
- 112 37.3 FAVORABLE
- 35 11.7 UNFAVORABLE
- 114 38.0 NO OPINION
- 39 13.0 NEVER HEARD OF
• Maryland voters continue to show an unfavorable opinion of Frank Kratovil with an upside down Unfavorable opinion expressed over a Favorable one. Kratovil’s
Unfavorable rating was 14.3%, while his Favorable was at 13.7%.
• Furthermore, 24% of MD-01 voters still have never heard of Kratovil – just shy of double that view him Favorably and twice as much as of voters that never heard
of Harris.

Q14. - PLEASE TELL ME WHETHER YOU HAVE A FAVORABLE OR UNFAVORABLE OPINION OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING. IF YOU HAVE NO OPINION OR HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THE PERSON OR GROUP, JUST SAY SO.
"FRANK KRATOVIL"
- 300 Total
- 41 13.7 FAVORABLE
- 43 14.3 UNFAVORABLE
- 144 48.0 NO OPINION
- 72 24.0 NEVER HEARD OF

Conclusion
• Andy Harris’ commitment to Maryland families by: bringing economic accountability back to Washington; bringing energy costs down; and providing more affordable,
accessible healthcare is resonating strongly with Maryland’s first Congressional
District Voters.

• Frank Kratovil’s liberal positions and close ties to Gov. O’Malley are
viewed negatively among Maryland voters. Indicating, Kratovil’s positions appear out of sync with Maryland voters, who have a more unfavorable than favorable opinion of Kratovil.

Arthur J. Finkelstein & Associates conducted a telephone survey of registered voters in Maryland’s 1st Congressional District on Tuesday, July 15th, 2008. With a sample size of 300 the margin of error is + 5.65 at the 95% confidence level.

SU Police Reports

GO HERE to see their Website. It has some really cool information.

My How Fast The Humane Society Works

Board Of Directors

Our Board Members

BONNIE GORDY President
CHARLOTTE LITTLETON Vice-President
GREG LEISTER Treasurer
KRISTI TRUITT Secretary
LINDA LUGO Executive Director

Members - at - Large

T.A. PHILLIPS
EJ FOXX
CINDI MARTIN
MARYANNE BROWN
LOIS DIXON - BRADWAY
MARY KILEY
GlEN GRANDSTAFF
MARY RUNNER
JODY MORRISON
BILL GIVANS

GO HERE for more evidence.

Their Website has alreay removed Comegys. Can you believe this?

The Daily Times Telemarketers

Have you received a phone call recently from The Daily Times?

Friends of mine have. One of them told me they called and said they were trying to sell subscriptions to the Daily Times, would you be interested. They replied, No, I get all my news from Salisbury News, it's FREE!

They hung up.

If you get a call asking to subscribe, ask them what they'll pay YOU to get their paper!

Emergency Landing Update

The Plane diverted to Patuxent then changed its mind again and went to BWI instead..arrived there safely at 9:25.

GO HERE to see details.

Gary Comegys Resigns As President Of The Humane Society

While MANY controversial things are about to come down on the Humane Society, Gary Comegys has chosen to break away from his involvement within the Humane Society BEFORE it reflects his recent announcement to their Staff that he will in fact be running for Mayor of the City of Salisbury.

While an ongoing investigation continues by Officials on many of the day to day practices at the Humane Society, ALL of it would reflect Gary Comegys knowledge while he was the head of that Board, (much like Ron Alessi or Rae Sharma) and before the hammer comes down, he chose to bolt out of there.

Now I know many of you are going to ask, what's going on at the Humane Society? I'm sorry I cannot inform you of everything going on there as this is an ongoing investigation and I do not want to interfere. However, I will say that there are very capable professionals looking into matters there and a positive outcome is in sight.

Allegedly Gary recently went into the Humane Society and sat in Linda Lugo's Office going through files and then made his announcement. Keep your eyes out for a Shred It Company at their location too.

The cat is out of the bag and in my opinion Comegys is well aware of several allegations against the Humane Society and is hoping it won't reflect on his time as President there. In my personal opinion, Gary should have stayed with the ship and made the positive changes having knowledge of what was going down but like everything else in his life, he's running from the problem instead. Look up his Maryland Case Search Files and you'll see exactly what I'm talking about.

Perhaps in the near future I'll be able to provide evidence of what is going on at the Humane Society. I have been sitting on this information for more than 6 weeks waiting for someone to do something about it and I'm told they're in the process of getting it done. If I'm not satisfied that the proper action is being taken I will in fact expose the information I have and believe me Folks, no one wants that to happen. My hope is that these Officials take this very seriously and make some immediate changes and completely revamp the entire facility.

It doesn't surprise me one bit that Gary Comegys has bailed out and believe me Folks, the evidence I have is severe. As usual, Gary claims to be involved with these groups as a figure head only and neglects to take on any real responsibility. Sound familiar Barrie? Maybe we'll even hear Gary say, I take full responsibility? NOT!

Hybrid Hysteria

MARK ON THE MONEY: WISE AS A SERPENT SERIES
Hybrid Hysteria
By Mark Levitt

How long does it take to recover the $12,000 extra paid for a hybrid engine on a Chevy Tahoe? Let’s do the math.
The conventional Tahoe gets 14 mpg in the city and 19 on the highway. The hybrid gets 20 mpg either way—a savings of 3.5 mpg if you assume half city and half highway driving. At $4.50 per gallon, the conventional Tahoe costs $.27 per mile to drive ($4.50 divided by 16.5), and the hybrid costs $.22 ($4.50 divided by 20)—a savings
of five cents per mile. Dividing $12,000 dollars by five cents saved per mile
equals 240,000 miles ! The fuel savings will equal $12,000 only if/when the Tahoe hybrid’s odometer reaches 240,000 miles. At 12,000 miles per year, the 240,000-mile mark is 20 years away. And who wants to bet that the Lord will tarry for two decades?!

The complex hybrid technology will likely generate exotic and expensive repair bills. For example, www.cartalk.com verified that the owner of a 2003 Toyota Prius with only 70,000 miles has to spend $2,000 to repair her fuel-saving, electric power steering (most cars use hydraulic power-steering pumps). Spending that same $2,000
on 444 gallons of gas would give me 7,500 miles in my ’98 Infiniti (17 mpg) or 9,800 miles in my ’95 Volvo (22 mpg). On depreciation, however, I save about 30¢ per mile compared with owning a new $26,000 car !
1 In his book Gusher of Lies: The Dangerous Delusions of “Energy Independence,” Robert Bryce reports that British motorists presently pay $8.38 per gallon. Norway—$8.73, France—nearly $10, Turkey—$11.29. His point:
fuel in America remains a bargain. More helpfully, Bryce observes that, “Gasoline is a fairly minor expense when you consider the overall cost of car ownership.” In 1975, gasoline made up 33.4 percent of the total cost of owning and operating a car. By 2006, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, gasoline costs had
declined to just 17.1 percent. Even though fuel has increased by about a dollar per gallon since 2006, it remains a small part of the cost of ownership. “By contrast, the fixed costs of ownership—insurance, licensing, taxes and financing [and maintenance]—have increased nearly fivefold since 1975.”

For the big picture on economical car ownership, please see the “Wise As aSerpent” installment on page 9 of the April 2007 Levitt Letter, posted at www.levitt.com. And visit the “Drive Free, Retire Rich” presentation at
www.daveramsey.com/etc/lms/drive_free/player.cfm

Here’s a thought: Suppose your car gets 17 mpg and a new vehicle with a hybrid motor would yield 20 mpg. At $4.50 per gallon and driving 12,000 miles per year, the annual savings would be 106 gallons, about $477.2 Homeowners can easily save that much (and reduce pollution) by installing $49 programmable thermostats on their
climate control systems! 1$26,000 x 20% = $5,200 first-year depreciation. $5,200 divided by 12,000 miles = $.43 cents depreciation per mile, compared to about $.13 cents per mile on my 10-year-old car ! 212,000 miles per year divided by 17 mpg = 706 gallons per year. 12,000 miles per year divided by 20 mpg = 600 gallons per year. And 706 – 600 = 106 gallons saved or $477 savings per year.

Tomatoes & Cheap Labor

CHEAP TOMATOES?

'As you listen to the news about the student protests over illegal immigration, there are some things that you should be aware of: I am in charge of the English-as-a-second-language department at a large southern California high school which is designated a Title 1 school, meaning that its students average lower socioeconomic and income levels.

Most of the schools you are hearing about, South Gate High, Bell Gardens , Huntington Park , etc., where these students are protesting, are also Title 1 schools.

Title 1 schools are on the free breakfast and free lunch program. When I say free breakfast, I'm not talking a glass of milk and roll -- but a full breakfast and cereal bar with fruits and juices that would make a Marriott proud. The waste of this food is monumental, with trays and trays of it being dumped in the trash uneaten. (OUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK)

I estimate that well over 50% of these students are obese or at least moderately overweight. About 75% or more DO have cell phones. The school also provides day care centers for the unwed teenage pregnant girls (some as young as 13) so they can attend class without the inconvenience of having to arrange for babysitters or having family watch their kids. (OUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK)

I was ordered to spend $700,000 on my department or risk losing funding for the upcoming year even though there was little need for anything; my budget was already substantial. I ended up buying new computers for the computer learning center, half of which, one month later, have been carved with graffiti by the appreciative students who obviously feel humbled and grateful to have a free education in America . (OUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK)

I have had to intervene several times for young and substitute teachers whose classes consist of many illegal immigrant students here in the country less then 3 months who raised so much hell with the female teachers, calling them 'Puta s' (whores< /SPAN>) and throwing things, that the teachers were in tears.

Free medical, free education, free food, day care, etc., etc, etc. Is it any wonder they feel entitled to not only be in this country but to demand rights, privileges and entitlements?

To those who want to point out how much these illegal immigrants contribute to our society because they LIKE their gardener and housekeeper and they like to pay less for tomatoes: spend some time in the real world of illegal immigration and see the TRUE costs.

Higher insurance, medical facilities closing, higher medical costs, more crime, lower standards of education in our schools, overcrowding, new diseases etc., etc, etc. For me, I'll pay more for tomatoes.

Americans, We need to wake up. The guest worker program will be a disaster because we won't have the guts to enforce it. Does anyone in their right min! d really think they will voluntarily leave and return?

It does, however, have everything to do with culture: A third-world culture that does not value education, that accepts children getting pregnant and dropping out of school by 15 and that refuses to assimilate, and an American culture that has become so weak and worried about ' political correctness' that we don't have the will to d o anything about it.

This has not been sent through Snopes.

Terrorists Sink To New Low

The terrorists have sunk to a new low.
Roadside bombs, suicide bombers,
but this...............it's just wrong

Beware!

Wednesday, July 16th my oldest sister Kimberly went to Dr. Lambero's office located on Newton St. in Salisbury . The office had closed at 4pm but employees were still inside and working. The office has two sets of door and they had left Kimberly her prescription inside the first set of doors. When she pulled up at 4:30pm she noticed a man walking around the side of the building but didn't really think anything of it. She walked inside picked up her prescription which the staff had left for her.... turned around and was walking back to her van. She was approached by a black male which told her to give him her purse. She said NO! and only being a foot or so from her van proceeded to get inside. The guy then hit her over the back of the head with a bottle then cut her face with the broken bottle and dumped her purse onto the sidewalk. Remember this is all happening at 4:30pm in the afternoon! She did not have any cash on her only credit cards which is what he got away with. A nurse from the Dr. office was walking to her car when she saw my sister laying on the sidewalk. Brought her into the building, cleaned her up as best as possible and called the police.

Kimberly will recover but as you are probably assuming they haven't caught the ass hole! Apparently he has been hanging out around the Dr. office for the past week or so and asking patients for money. The police have been called but he seems to be gone when they go to investigate. So please pass along this info to your family and friends so everyone will be aware! No one ever thinks this will happen to there family or friends. I sure didn't especially in the middle of the day.

PAC 14's "Transition Task Force Revealed

Here are the persons who have been recruited to rubber stamp the plan to
increase the Comcast fee to its Salisbury and nearby subscribers in order to
generate funds to greatly expand the facilities and staff at PAC 14. What has
not been revealed is who the recruiters were and who authorized that and
formulated the plan. But, since the PAC 14 partners are the City of Salisbury,
Wicomico County and Salisbury University, go figure!

No DOT Flags?

I want to know why he doesn't have to follow DOT rules by flagging his overhang? Oh, that's right, when you work for the City you don't have to get permits and follow the law.

SALISBURY NEEDS A NAME CHANGE

Joe:

While my wife and I were eating dinner this evening in Salisbury, our discussion was centered on the hordes of AVAILABLE signs throughout the City of Salisbury.

We determined that it was only fitting for our illustrious Mare to propose a name change from SALISBURY TO AVAILABLE.

By the look of all the Vacancies in and around Salisbury it would save the taxpayers substantial money on signage to simply change the name of our City from SALISBURY TO AVAILABLE.

As far as the Wicomico County Tourism Center is concerned. . . with the slew of AVAILABLE signage posted throughout Salisbury, it could lure some prospective transients into our area. The south referred to these people as CARPETBAGGERS OR SCALAWAGS.

Cheers,

Johnnie Miller

Question of the Day, Wed 7/23

What's the true purpose of the emergency broadcast system on TV? Why wasn't it used during the 9/11 attacks?

Oh Yeah Here's The Answer

GO HERE To see this video about Obama.

Quote of the Day

"We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark, the real tragedy of life is men who are afraid of the light"~ Plato

Death of Free Internet is Imminent

I found this article on the Information Clearinghouse website and felt if was of upmost importance for us as readers, bloggers and lovers of free speech to post it so you could read it. The Information Clearinghouse carries all the news you won't hear on Fox or CNN. I encourage all of you to read it and watch history unfold. With regard to this issue: This one single act will forever change the freedoms we have come to expect each and every day. We cannot allow this to happen.

Canada Will Become Test Case

By Kevin Parkinson

21/07/08 "Global Research" -- - In the last 15 years or so, as a society we have had access to more information than ever before in modern history because of the Internet. There are approximately 1 billion Internet users in the world B and any one of these users can theoretically communicate in real time with any other on the planet. The Internet has been the greatest technological achievement of the 20th century by far, and has been recognized as such by the global community.

The free transfer of information, uncensored, unlimited and untainted, still seems to be a dream when you think about it. Whatever field that is mentioned- education, commerce, government, news, entertainment, politics and countless other areas- have been radically affected by the introduction of the Internet. And mostly, it's good news, except when poor judgements are made and people are taken advantage of. Scrutiny and oversight are needed, especially where children are involved.

However, when there are potential profits open to a corporation, the needs of society don't count. Take the recent case in Canada with the behemoths, Telus and Rogers rolling out a charge for text messaging without any warning to the public. It was an arrogant and risky move for the telecommunications giants because it backfired. People actually used Internet technology to deliver a loud and clear message to these companies and that was to scrap the extra charge. The people used the power of the Internet against the big boys and the little guys won.

However, the issue of text messaging is just a tiny blip on the radar screens of Telus and another company, Bell Canada, the two largest Internet Service Providers (ISP'S) in Canada. Our country is being used as a test case to drastically change the delivery of Internet service forever. The change will be so radical that it has the potential to send us back to the horse and buggy days of information sharing and access.

In the upcoming weeks watch for a report in Time Magazine that will attempt to smooth over the rough edges of a diabolical plot by Bell Canada and Telus, to begin charging per site fees on most Internet sites. The plan is to convert the Internet into a cable-like system, where customers sign up for specific web sites, and then pay to visit sites beyond a cutoff point.

From my browsing (on the currently free Internet) I have discovered that the 'demise' of the free Internet is slated for 2010 in Canada, and two years later around the world. Canada is seen a good choice to implement such shameful and sinister changes, since Canadians are viewed as being laissez fair, politically uninformed and an easy target. The corporate marauders will iron out the wrinkles in Canada and then spring the new, castrated version of the Internet on the rest of the world, probably with little fanfare, except for some dire warnings about the 'evil' of the Internet (free) and the CEO's spouting about 'safety and security'. These buzzwords usually work pretty well.

What will the Internet look like in Canada in 2010? I suspect that the ISP's will provide a "package" program as companies like Cogeco currently do. Customers will pay for a series of websites as they do now for their television stations. Television stations will be available on-line as part of these packages, which will make the networks happy since they have lost much of the younger market which are surfing and chatting on their computers in the evening. However, as is the case with cable television now, if you choose something that is not part of the package, you know what happens. You pay extra.

And this is where the Internet (free) as we know it will suffer almost immediate, economic strangulation. Thousands and thousands of Internet sites will not be part of the package so users will have to pay extra to visit those sites! In just an hour or two it is possible to easily visit 20-30 sites or more while looking for information. Just imagine how high these costs will be.

At present, the world condemns China because that country restricts certain websites. "They are undemocratic; they are removing people's freedom; they don't respect individual rights; they are censoring information,” are some of the comments we hear. But what Bell Canada and Telus have planned for Canadians is much worse than that. They are planning the death of the Internet (free) as we know it, and I expect they'll be hardly a whimper from Canadians. It's all part of the corporate plan for a New World Order and virtually a masterstroke that will lead to the creation of billions and billions of dollars of corporate profit at the expense of the working and middle classes.

There are so many other implications as a result of these changes, far too many to elaborate on here. Be aware that we will all lose our privacy because all websites will be tracked as part of the billing procedure, and we will be literally cut off from 90% of the information that we can access today. The little guys on the Net will fall likes flies; Bloggers and small website operators will die a quick death because people will not pay to go to their sites and read their pages.

Ironically, the only medium that can save us is the one we are trying to save- the Internet (free). This article will be posted on my Blog, www.realitycheck.typepad.com and I encourage people and groups to learn more about this issue. Canadians can keep the Internet free just as they kept text messaging free. Don't wait for the federal politicians. They will do nothing to help us.

I would welcome a letter to the editor of the Standard Freeholder from a spokesperson from Bell Canada or Telus telling me that I am absolutely wrong in what I have written, and that no such changes to the Internet are being planned, and that access to Internet sites will remain FREE in the years to come. In the meantime, I encourage all of you to write to the media, ask questions, phone the radio station, phone a friend, or think of something else to prevent what appears to me to be inevitable.

Maintaining Internet (free) access is the only way we have a chance at combatting the global corporate takeover, the North American Union, and a long list of other deadly deeds that the elite in society have planned for us. Yesterday was too late in trying to protect our rights and freedoms. We must now redouble our efforts in order to give our children and grandchildren a fighting chance in the future.

Author's website: http://realitycheck.typepad.com/

Governor O'Malley Neglects To Re Appoint Wicomico County Liquor Board Members

In my article about the Liquor Dispensary Board earlier I forgot to mention a very important issue.

Would you believe the three main members running the board have yet to be appointed and or recognized by the Governor and have been serving on that board for the past year and a half without such an appointment?

It amazed me, this O'Malley guy. How long do you think a Democrat is going to keep these three Republicans on board once he finds out anyway?

So Governor O'Malley, what's the deal? Have you read my earlier article about all the laws these guys have been blatantly breaking?

One Hot Princess

Once upon a time there lived a king. The king had a beautiful daughter, The
PRINCESS. But there was a problem :Everything the princess touched would melt. No
matter what; Metal, Wood, Stone, Anything she touched would melt. Because of
this, men were afraid of her. Nobody would dare marry her. The king despaired.

What could he do to help his daughter? He consulted his wizards and magicians.
One wizard told the king, 'If your daughter touches one thing that does not melt
in her hands, she will be cured.' The king was overjoyed and came up with a
plan.

The next day, he held a competition. Any man that could bring his
daughter an object that would not melt would marry her and inherit the king's
wealth.

THREE YOUNG PRINCES TOOK UP THE CHALLENGE. The first brought a sword
of the finest steel. But alas, when the princess touched it, it melted. The
prince went away sadly .

The second prince brought diamonds. He thought diamonds are the hardest substance in the world and would not melt. But alas, Once the princess touched them, they melted. He too was sent away disappointed.

The third prince approached. He told the princess, 'Put your hand in my pocket
and feel what is in there.' The princess did as she was told, though she turned
red . She felt something hard. She held it in her hand. And it did not melt!!!
The king was overjoyed. Everybody in the kingdom was overjoyed. And the third
prince married the princess and they both lived happily ever after. Question:
What was in the prince's pants? (Scroll down for the answer)













M&M's of course. They melt in your mouth, not in your hand.

Just How Many Laws Can The Liquor Dispensary Break?

Let me start with this. They hadn't reported their monthly figures to the Council for the past 6 1/2 years! They showed financial reports every two years, not every year and they stopped informing the Council six and a half years ago. This was part of their guidelines that they had to report earnings every month and they have refused. Once the Council recently demanded they do so, they finally started giving them numbers. I should add, it was stated clearly, "Reports were recently delivered, yet they were very sketchy." By law, these reports were also supposed to be printed in the local Newspaper.

The State of Maryland demanded that ANYONE selling liquor had to be TAM or TIPS Certified. GET THIS! None of them were Certified BY LAW from October of 2006 to May 8, 2008! In other words, they were breaking the law for all those years.

Their agreement with the County was that they would provide "any" size bottle to resellers and they flat out refused to do so.

Here's one of the big things I found unbelievable. The Dispensary was supposed to work off of a 14% mark up. However, what they were doing instead is, they were working off of the RETAIL price of a bottle of liquor and then discounting it 14%! Let me give you an example of how it worked. Let's just say they would sell a bottle of liquor for $10.00. The would mark it down 14% to $8.60 to a local Bar. HOWEVER, let's say, (and this happens on most of the products they purchase) the Dispensary would buy that bottle of liquor on sale from the distributor in massive bulk twice a year. So they'd purchase that bottle for lets say $5.50 a bottle. That's NOT a 14% mark up!

Statements were made in this meeting, "The system is ripe for abuse." My biggest concern right now with this whole thing is, the Dispensary is spending thousands upon thousands of dollars promoting why they should stay independent from the County privatizing the sale of liquor, yet there's no one out there educating the Public as to why it's actually hurting the Taxpayers financially and certainly the Bars and Restaurants reselling liquor at their locations.

Mr. Calvin Mitchell represents 4 local VFW locations and stated they could walk across the street from their Delmar, Maryland location and purchase liquor for at least 50% less than the Wicomico Dispensary, NOT including the 6% tax Maryland charges on each bottle!

Sadly, if you were to poll the citizens of Wicomico County and ask them who they buy their liquor from, they would more than likely state they buy it from Wicomico County. This is absolutely not true and the Dispensary is giving the County a bad name.

There's no accountability and they're completely autonomous. My guess is that this special task force that was recently created will strongly suggest the County in fact take this to referendum and let the Taxpayers choose what they want. However, the language has to be very creative to assure the taxpayers know what they're voting for.

The Dispensary, (like I said earlier) is spending YOUR tax dollars to plead their own case by threatening your costs will go up if the system is privatized. That's just not true. Bars, Restaurants and Liquor Stores would be able to take advantage of bulk prices and the business would then become competitive enough where I'd say your pricing will easily come way down.

I'm sure GA will be chiming in on his opinion about this meeting today but let me add, NO ONE from the Dispensary came to this meeting nor the two previous to this one. They didn't even send in their attorney.

It should also be noted. One of the Restaurant Owners stated that they truly don't believe many of the Bars and Restaurants you see locally will be around next year. Sales are dropping fast because of the economy and at the rate their paying to purchase liquor from the Dispensary, many places will be closing. What I find interesting about that statement is, here's the Dispensary crying about all the jobs they'd be losing, yet they couldn't care less about PRIVATE people who have put up evverything they own just to survive. There will be far more people out of jobs and the economy will feel a much bigger impact losing all these businesses than simply closing down the Dispensaries.

In closing, they created this board to look into ways, (should they choose to privatize the system) to create enough money so as they will not lose revenue from the sale of alcohol and today they have come up with a way to do so. That information will come later but it should be known, it can be done without any of the business owners complaining.

Salisbury News Proverb of the Day

"Give a man a fish and you can feed him for a day"

"Teach a man how to fish and feed him for life"

"Give a man a fish from the Wicomico River and you would kill the man"

By Nick Loffer

Comcast Is About To Screw Every One Of Their Customers

Have you asked about your new cable bill in the months to come? One friend did and he was amazed at their reply. You see, if you have a television that is simply hooked up to the back of your TV and not to a converter box, guess what? You're going to have to purchase a box from Comcast for every single TV!

Now I know you''re thinking, that's just not true, I can buy one of those digital converters from Circuit City or somewhere else for digital television. NOPE! They won't work with Comcast. Not according to Comcast, anyway!

Some previous package that used to cost you let's say $85.00 a month will now go up to $165.00 a month! You'll then have to pay $7.00 a month for every box after the first box. So if you have multiple TV's in your home, expect to pay that additional fee for your other TV's.

Oh, if you decide to cancel your cable TV and you have Internet through Comcast, your rate will increase to $60.00 a month to boot!

Yep, while the economy goes to the sh!tter, they'll nail you on every luxury left until you're completely out of any more money you had! That's how our Government works Folks. They won't stop till we're in another Great Depression, everyone has lost everything they have and only the rich will survive. History is in fact repeating itself.

A Visitor Chimes In On Their Brew River Experience

"went to brew river last night to enjoy a sit-down get together outside for a friend's 30th birthday party. present in the group were three ER nurses, an RN, a DE police officer, a firefighter, a teacher and a CPA. none of them were probably interested in skipping out on a tab.

at the recommendation of an employee, we ordered from a cocktail waitress rather than walk three feet to the bar. separate checks were requested, and the waitress never wrote anything down. when three couples decided to leave, the five females went to pay the five tabs at the computer in front of the bar.

a half hour later the waitress comes back and says two tabs were still open--one for $11 and one for $24. the five people remaining maintained that all tabs had been paid, that their tabs were definitely paid and that all beers ordered afterward were ordered from the bar. the manager, part of the family, insisted that if we didn't pay then the waitress would have to pay. we thought that was unfair to make us pay and we thought it may be a learning experience for the new waitress.

an hour later, the manager returns and says that she spoke to the general manager (her brother) and we absolutely have to pay because it was our party who did not pay. again we maintained we would not pay for anything except a few of the beers because they POSSIBLY could have been ours. she said "in all fairness" we were a large party and we requested separate checks. also, we should have to pay all of it. shortly after, a salisbury police officer came to our table to resolve the problem. he insisted we needed to pay the tabs. a credit card was given to pay the tabs and avoid any more of a scene than was already occurring. words were exchanged between one of the guests and the group of five or six employees huddled in the inside bar watching the scene. one of them called the cops behind the manager's back.

after some more argument which moved to inside the bar, the waitress resurfaced. it turns out, when she went to give another table their checks, she couldn't find them. their checks were the ones she gave to us and called the cops on us about.

the charges were refunded on the credit card, but no sensible apology was given. nothing even to try to get anyone to come back for another drink or meal at the establishment."

Karl Rove Flees US (video that goes with article below)

Karl Rove Flees US

Editor’s note: Now that Karl Rove has thumbed his nose at a congressional subpoena, it is time to charge him with contempt for obstructing the work of a House Judiciary subcommittee. On his return from "vacation," he needs to be immediately arrested, slapped in handcuffs, paraded before the media in an orange jumpsuit like any common criminal, and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Of course, this will not happen because Congress is filled with spineless sell-outs. Once again, Karl Rove and the neocons get away with murder — literally, the murder of over a million Iraqis and the destruction of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

Lindsay Beyerstein
AlterNet
July 12, 2008

Karl Rove was scheduled to testify before the House Judiciary Committee yesterday. He didn’t show. Not only that, the Committee was told that Rove had left the country on a "long scheduled" trip.

In this video clip, Rep. Linda Sanchez explains that Rove never told them about any trip.

Has It Been 2 Years Already?

It looks that way. It was 7-10-06 when Jim Rapp and I had our last situation together down at the Salisbury Zoo where I agreed to stay out of the Zoo for 2 years if they agreed to do certain things for the betterment of the animals well being.

That being said, my two years is up. Now, do I have any serious interest in visiting the Zoo? Not necessarily. I personally believe they need the opportunity to settle in with their new Director and prove that when I do walk through those doors, things had better have changed for the better or I'll be on these guys like they've never seen before.

Don't look over your shoulders now Ron Alessi & Co. but one never knows, does one?

Worcester County Sheriff Makes Big Pot Plant Bust in Stockton

On July 22, 2008, the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Enforcement Team, to include the Worcester County States Attorney’s Office conducted a marijuana eradication investigation in the Stockton, Worcester County, Maryland area.

 

This investigation was initiated as a result of aerial observation of several marijuana plants growing in the Stockton area.

 

During the course of this investigation, seventy-nine (79) marijuana plants were recovered and seized within a one mile radius. One healthy and mature marijuana plant can produce up to one pound of material that can be smoked and has an approximate street value of six hundred dollars ($600.00) per pound. ($3,500.00 a pound if they dime it out on Fourth Street in Pocomoke)

During this investigation a suspect has been identified and this investigation is still ongoing.

Anyone with information in regards to this incident and/or suspicious drug activity are asked to contact the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Enforcement Team.

TWO MOST DANGEROUS PERSONS IN WICOMICO

Don't miss this:

Tilghman and Pretl -- on PAC 14 at 7 A.M. Wednesday (July 23) and 7:30 A.M.Thursday (July 24) discussing the PAC 14 tax scam.

In memory of Estelle Getty

Estelle Getty as Sophia

Award-winning actress Estelle Getty (born Estelle Scher) died yesterday at her Hollywood home just a few days short of her 85th birthday after a long battle with Lewy's Disease. She had rarely went out since 2000 due to her health and was unable to attend the Lifetime TV "Golden Girls Reunion" in 2003.

Her portrayal of Sophia Petrillo on NBC's "Golden Girls" made Getty a household name and in an ironic twist,she was actually younger than actress Bea Arthur, who portrayed her onscreen daughter, Dorothy.

"Sophia" was a sarcastic and witty Sicilian immigrant who often began long stories about the old days with

"Picture this:Sicily.1918." LOL. Sophia came to live with her daughter and daughters two roommates in Miami after the retirement home she lived in burnt down and was never without a putdown,an insult or a dose of old-World advice.And to quote Betty White,Sophia will always be with us...

In Estelles memory Lifetime TV will air a "best of Sophia" marathon of "Golden Girls" (10 episodes) on Friday,July 25th.During the broadcast,fans can vote and the winner will play after the marathon.

Mine would have to be the one where Sophia leaves a dead fish on a guys doorstep( an old vendetta)!Thanks for the laughs and the memories, Estelle.