tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8966390Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:24:25 +0000Welcome to Powerblog! hosted by Shaun "Powerball" Pierce. Feel free to read and post your comments. Opinions expressed herein are exclusive to Powerblog! and do not represent the views of of any employer, organiztion or outside entity. Thanks to all who help spread the word about POWERBLOG!http://powerballplace.blogspot.com/spierce@pierceevents.net (Shaun Pierce)Blogger5000125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8966390.post-7315792890652444700Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:24:00 +00002009-12-04T12:24:25.423-05:00 Join Pierce Events along with the National Association of Post Graduates for a holiday get together. Join us @ The Grey Box Theatre in Lawrenceville Wed. Dec 9th 3595 Butler St. Pgh, PA 15201 6pm-11pm $20.00 includes food, drinks, live Jazz, auction, valet parking Tickets are available at the door Proceeds benefit NAPG   Come on out, have a great time and learn more about this http://powerballplace.blogspot.com/2009/12/youre-invited.htmlspierce@pierceevents.net (Shaun Pierce)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8966390.post-3653636349761947994Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:19:00 +00002009-12-04T12:19:51.891-05:00Sad passings: Joe DeNardo's wife, Dolores passed away at the age of 78. Paul Chedwick son of Porky Chedwick passed away. Former WAMO personality Sir Walter Raleigh, whose real name was John Christian, passed away late at the age of 92 Laurence Gaines who spent many years at WTAE Radio (1250) most notably producing Doug Hoerth's program also passed following a stroke. WLTJ has pushed its http://powerballplace.blogspot.com/2009/12/radio-waves.htmlspierce@pierceevents.net (Shaun Pierce)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8966390.post-7668350682494426657Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:13:00 +00002009-12-04T12:13:36.365-05:00A 72-year-old Wal-Mart greeter near Pittsburgh was punched in the face outside his store and now is in the hospital. Surveillance video shows the employee, Thomas Jenkins, walking near the entrance to the Wal-Mart in North Versailles on Tuesday night. A man comes around the corner, punches Jenkins in the face and Jenkins falls to the ground. Fifty-five-year-old Paul Washington, of North http://powerballplace.blogspot.com/2009/12/wal-mart-becomes-brawl-mart.htmlspierce@pierceevents.net (Shaun Pierce)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8966390.post-925566532310200514Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:08:00 +00002009-12-04T12:08:03.832-05:00Clergy and laypeople voting to replace two retiring assistant bishops in the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles will choose Friday from a pool that includes two openly gay candidates. The selection of one or both of the gay candidates at the diocese's annual convention would mark the first election of a bishop in a same-sex relationship since Bishop V. Gene Robinson was chosen in New Hampshire in http://powerballplace.blogspot.com/2009/12/la-episcopal-bishop-vote-includes-gay.htmlspierce@pierceevents.net (Shaun Pierce)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8966390.post-7796652444128066678Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:02:00 +00002009-12-04T12:02:31.582-05:00As our goverment develops deeper into a communist regiem everyday, it's nice to know some are fighting back in ways large and small. A U.S. Army cadet reads a book entitled "Kill Bin Laden" as he waits with other cadets for U.S. President Barack Obama to deliver an address on U.S. policy and the war in Afghanistan at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York http://powerballplace.blogspot.com/2009/12/my-hero.htmlspierce@pierceevents.net (Shaun Pierce)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8966390.post-3252924021648661813Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:40:00 +00002009-10-30T09:40:43.887-04:00As a country we have faced many threats in our history. First from British rule, then our own civil war, World War I & II, Korea, Vietnam, Cuba, The Soviet Empire, Iraq, Iran. Afgahistan and countless others. At each conflict we have risen to defend the vision and gift our founding fathers bestowed upon us. Anything worth having must always be defended for it will always be under attack. I havehttp://powerballplace.blogspot.com/2009/10/dismantling-america.htmlspierce@pierceevents.net (Shaun Pierce)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8966390.post-2219165374700171590Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:01:00 +00002009-10-30T09:01:08.059-04:00A Schuylkill County senator is pushing a new plan to reduce the size of the Legislature -- eventually. Read Morehttp://powerballplace.blogspot.com/2009/10/state-senator-pushes-plan-to-shrink.htmlspierce@pierceevents.net (Shaun Pierce)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8966390.post-4397737830633339940Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:59:00 +00002009-10-30T08:59:49.457-04:00PittsburghPittsburgh's mayoral race has produced some heated rhetoric about the jobs situation in the City. One candidate has criticized the Mayor's characterization of the unemployment situation as being better than the state and nation, saying that it's offensive to those out of work and that the region's September unemployment rate stood at a 23-year high. The Mayor's spokesman replied that the http://powerballplace.blogspot.com/2009/10/clarifying-pittsburghs-employment.htmlspierce@pierceevents.net (Shaun Pierce)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8966390.post-3125351775363539203Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:56:00 +00002009-10-30T08:56:56.971-04:00 Catholic Bishop Thomas J. Tobin of Providence has asked Senator Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) to discuss health care legislation and life issues with him. The invitation follows a heated exchange in which Kennedy said the Catholic bishops were acting "against the biggest social justice issue of our time" by opposing abortion-funding health care legislation. Kennedy accuses the Church of fanning "the http://powerballplace.blogspot.com/2009/10/kennedy-legacy.htmlspierce@pierceevents.net (Shaun Pierce)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8966390.post-6983993042258292476Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:59:00 +00002009-10-27T09:00:52.560-04:00It is no secret to those who know me that I am a conservative and so it is no surprise that I am opposed to most, if not everything, the Obama Administration is doing. When fighting against someone like Obama and his minions it is important to have a strategy. It is also more important to know their strategy.What is the Obama strategy? I have just figured it out that the strategy is overwhelm thehttp://powerballplace.blogspot.com/2009/10/overwhelms-stratagy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jim)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8966390.post-929131804182367209Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:40:00 +00002009-10-16T08:40:41.788-04:00I know we are all busy trying to keep our heads above water in today’s economy. As I look around I have never seen a threat to our country as I do today – not even 9-11. The threat is not from some crazy religious zealots but from within. I know some of you are saying right wing nut job! But hear me out.Health care is a big issue today. Ask yourself, if most people like their health care (85%) http://powerballplace.blogspot.com/2009/10/call-to-action.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jim)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8966390.post-2547862336366006473Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:57:00 +00002009-10-16T08:02:25.113-04:00If any of you watched Glenn Beck on Thursday you saw Anita Dunn extoll the virtues of Chairman Mao at a commencement speech she gave at St Andrews Episcopal School. www.saes.org.I sent the following letter to Ms. Beach, Academic Dean, for the class of 2008.Ms. Beach,I am not a parent of one of your student nor do I give money to your school, I am just an American. I watched with horror as Glen http://powerballplace.blogspot.com/2009/10/glenn-beck-and-anita-dunn.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jim)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8966390.post-6726550179825851427Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:11:00 +00002009-10-14T10:11:32.045-04:00WAOB calls now grace 860 The ledgendary call letters WAMO are now up for grabs as WAOB now graces AM 860 as well as FM 106.7. The FM callsign was changed a few weeks ago. Will Eddie Edwards grab WAMO for 660?  Edwards is purchasing Alex Langer's WPYT (660), a 1,400-watt daytime-only station licensed to Wilkinsburg. Bye George George L. Miles, Jr., the longest-serving chief executive of WQED, http://powerballplace.blogspot.com/2009/10/radio-waves.htmlspierce@pierceevents.net (Shaun Pierce)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8966390.post-7674357987177466790Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:02:00 +00002009-10-14T10:02:22.315-04:00Whether students at the University of Pittsburgh will bear another tuition increase could depend on whether the Legislature approves table games. Read Morehttp://powerballplace.blogspot.com/2009/10/pitt-penn-state-tuition-fates-ride-on.htmlspierce@pierceevents.net (Shaun Pierce)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8966390.post-1218343558780710650Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:00:00 +00002009-10-14T10:00:23.446-04:00If you saw Monday night football you might have noticed something a bit strange. No not the awful uniforms, but a referee making a call in Spanish. Latinos are celebrating their heritage this month and while I have no reason to object, changing and American icon such as Monday Night Football is a bit much. I mean why not broadcast in Italian for Columbus Day? Before you call me some sort of http://powerballplace.blogspot.com/2009/10/nfl-no-foreign-language.htmlspierce@pierceevents.net (Shaun Pierce)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8966390.post-3968854488574521060Sat, 03 Oct 2009 19:05:00 +00002009-10-03T15:06:59.721-04:00BUSINESS & ECONOMYAround the Nation: Tax Foundation Report on the StatesA report just released by the Tax Foundation has given the unwelcome title of least "business-friendly" states to -- no surprises here -- New Jersey, New York and California. On the other end of the spectrum is South Dakota, which has the most business-friendly tax system, followed by Wyoming and Alaska. Evaluating states http://powerballplace.blogspot.com/2009/10/more-tax-less-freedom.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jim)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8966390.post-1189099511545225316Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:06:00 +00002009-09-25T11:06:58.505-04:00I've missed so much being too busy to post. The Death of Uncle Teddy created an uproar among Catholics who saw his funeral mass as a slap in the face. Kennedy was about as faithful a Catholic as Marilynn Manson. Still, I see a funeral as being more for the living and not the dead. If you are sizzling like bacon then pomp and circumsatnce doesn't really matter much. Iran is now working on nuke http://powerballplace.blogspot.com/2009/09/rants-and-raves.htmlspierce@pierceevents.net (Shaun Pierce)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8966390.post-3686318674210130492Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:36:00 +00002009-09-25T10:36:59.098-04:00Team Toomey released a new web video and we want our readers to be the first to see it. The video speaks for itself, but we need your help to spread the word. Toomey for U.S. Senate | NEW VIDEO: When it Matters Most, Arlen Specter is for Arlen Specter http://powerballplace.blogspot.com/2009/09/new-video-when-it-matters-most-arlen.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jim)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8966390.post-6306511323038007318Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:38:00 +00002009-09-24T13:38:23.159-04:00This was filmed around June 19, 2009 at the B. Bernice Young Elementary School in Burlington, NJ. Check out the indoctrination of our school children. Where are the parents of these children? Your first job as a parent is to protect them and keep them safe. Click Here to View http://powerballplace.blogspot.com/2009/09/children-chant-for-obama.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jim)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8966390.post-6332378821213644065Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:20:00 +00002009-09-24T09:21:22.058-04:00President Obama’s speech at the UN yesterday shows that the president is not above throwing anyone under the bus. Recently we have seen Van Jones, ACORN, and now the Jewish State of Israel. His speech yesterday clearly demonstrated that he has thrown one of our strongest allies under the bus. John Bolton, former US Ambassador to the UN said that in his address Obama "put Israel on the chopping http://powerballplace.blogspot.com/2009/09/bus-rolls-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jim)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8966390.post-6865027716386995944Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:03:00 +00002009-09-21T15:05:57.071-04:00KILL GRANDMA AND PUT NEWSPAPERS ON LIFE SUPPORTFrom the Hill.com :Obama open to newspaper bailout billBy Michael O'Brien - 09/20/09 04:24 PM ETThe president said he is "happy to look at" bills before Congress that would give struggling news organizations tax breaks if they were to restructure as nonprofit businesses."I haven't seen detailed proposals yet, but I'll be happy to look at them," Obamahttp://powerballplace.blogspot.com/2009/09/kill-grandma-put-newspapers-on-life.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jim)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8966390.post-5396335760547486209Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:06:00 +00002009-09-18T14:09:50.288-04:00On Sept 17, 2009 the US House of Representatives voted on a bill to defund ACORN, the criminal enterprising community action group. This is the group has been recently exposed by Fox News and a few other responsible news outlets for there laundry list of crimes which included using tax payer dollars to commit crimes involving prostitution, tax fraud, bank fraud, and using illegal 13 year old http://powerballplace.blogspot.com/2009/09/pennsylvania-criminal-representatives.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jim)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8966390.post-942448575211430201Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:56:00 +00002009-09-17T11:02:00.666-04:00I sent this article to Senator Casey before it was published and I asked for a response. As one might guess I have not heard from him.Senator Casey Votes to Support Brothel’s Prostitution, Child Sex Slave Business and Voter Fraud.On Sept 14, 2009 US Senator Robert Casey D-PA voted against Amendment 2355 to HR 3288 which “would prohibit the use of funds to fund ACORN”. Can we then conclude that http://powerballplace.blogspot.com/2009/09/casey-votes-to-support-prostitution.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jim)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8966390.post-1505591800343363253Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:06:00 +00002009-09-10T09:06:07.416-04:00Senator On March 24 2009 you stated your intention to vote no to the card check bill. In fact you stated: "This announcement should end the rumor mill that I have made some deal for my political advantage. I have not traded my vote in the past and I would not do so now". Again on 4-28-2009 you again stated your intentions to vote no to the card check bill. Now you say you will vote for http://powerballplace.blogspot.com/2009/09/letter-to-spector.htmlspierce@pierceevents.net (Shaun Pierce)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8966390.post-2433945278983977513Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:04:00 +00002009-09-10T09:04:31.371-04:00Two former Pennsylvania judges were indicted Wednesday on federal racketeering charges in connection with a scheme to place juvenile offenders in privately owned detention centers. A federal grand jury in Harrisburg returned a 48-count indictment against former Luzerne County Judges Michael Conahan and Mark Ciavarella Jr., who are accused of taking millions of dollars in kickbacks related to the http://powerballplace.blogspot.com/2009/09/former-pa-judges-indicted-in-kids-for.htmlspierce@pierceevents.net (Shaun Pierce)0