~ Even (Gasp!) In Lancaster ~

BROKEBACK GOES

 MAINSTREAM

ULTIMATE HYPOCRISY

    Yesterday, I posted an email I received regarding David Kirk, the PR guy for Penn Square Partners (see articles below on this website).   I should have said I agreed with everything in the email except for this, “As you well know, ultra-conservative Lancaster County for the most part believes gay marriage is morally wrong, maybe even more so than gambling.”

    I don’t believe that is true.  I think the Lancaster Newspapers, in the ultimate hypocrisy, keep telling us that.  Why is Lancaster so “ultra-conservative?”  Why is one county the bastion of conservatism in the whole state?  Because of the Lancaster Newspapers.  That’s why.

BOYD’S AN IDIOT

    They wrote article after article on Representative Scott Boyd’s incredibly stupid “Marriage Protection Act.”  On February 3, Jane Holahan of the New Era wrote, “’Brokeback’ goes mainstream.”  Her opening sentence?  “How can a movie about two men falling in love with each other become a success in a conservative bastion like Lancaster County?”  Then Holahan desperately goes looking for people to knock the movie and she doesn’t find any.  It’s a really stupid, pointless article. 

    Her third and fourth sentences tell the whole story, “’It’s been doing well here,’ says Mitchell Cole, a manager at the Regal Cinemas.  ‘There does seem to be a pretty good mix of people in the audience.’”  End of story.  What happened to “conservative” Lancaster?

IT’S SELF-EVIDENT THAT HE’S AN IDIOT

    One day later, Janet Kelley of the New Era, “profiles” Boyd in their Saturday “Newsmaker” feature with a story titled, “’An impact on our society.’”  She has the following question and answer with Boyd, “Why does he support the one-man-one-woman definition of marriage?  ‘I believe there’s no truth that’s more self-evident,’ Boyd said.”

    Boyd’s an idiot.  Then Boyd says, “My harshest critics have come from the southeast part of the state, around Philadelphia,’ he said.”  Hmmm.  Blame it on those crazy liberal Philadelphians.  And of course, David Kirk lives in Phoenixville!

TIMOTHY L. CALLAHAN

    Timothy L. Callahan, the Democrat running for State Representative in the 97^th District against incumbent Roy Baldwin, states the following in a press release yesterday:

    “Thrice divorced radio commentator Rush Limbaugh rants and raves about family values and himself determines who is a ‘real American.’  ‘Book of Virtues’ author Bill Bennet tells the rest of us how to live while hiding his own multi-million dollar gambling addiction.

    “In Harrisburg legislators of both parties participate in the illegal pay grab.  We see that legislators have not seen fit to raise the State’s minimum wage from $5.15 an hour in 9 years.  We see that Lancaster County Republican legislators latch on to hot button issues like the Marriage Protection Act that would deny the most basic civil rights (medical decision making and inheritance rights) to people who find their life partners among people of their own gender.”

    I like this man.  There will be more on Callahan at a later date.

LUNATICS

    I’m also beginning to really enjoy Larry Alexander’s Intell columns.  This morning he writes, “Warning:  Not everything in this column is a fact.”  There are several enjoyable moments but my favorite is this:

    “The truth is, I am a moderate liberal (no, that’s not an oxymoron) who thinks only a sizable portion of Republicans are yahoos.  (Unless we are discussing the proposed marriage amendment, in which case all of them slip over the edge into lunacy.)”

    I couldn’t have said it better myself.

LCCCA MEETING TONIGHT!

    There is a meeting of the Lancaster County Convention Center Authority tonight at 7:00 pm in the Southern Market Center.  Please try to attend.  Who knows - maybe David Kirk and Scott Boyd will both be there. Will the Lancaster Newspapers ever mention Kirk’s websites?  Will Boyd buy a thong?  Wow!

LACK OF INTELLIGENCE 

    The handful of Talkbackers who support the Convention Center suddenly have become the biggest defenders of the “gay lifestyle.”   This was posted today in huge print, “Attacking someone for being gay is stupid.  It really shows lack of intelligence.”  We aren’t attacking anyone for being gay.  The Lancaster Newspapers do that.  We’re just pointing out their total hypocrisy.  Please see the two New Era articles mentioned above.   And Mr. Kirk’s websites are not “mainstream” by any means.  Ask your gay friends.