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Quote for today … “The dons, the bashaws, the grandees, the patricians, the sachems, the nabobs, call them by what names you please, sigh and groan and fret, and sometimes stamp and foam and curse, but all in vain. The decree is gone forth, and it cannot be recalled, that a more equal liberty than has prevailed in other parts of the earth must be established in America.” John Adams, 1776from
- from the Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era: Bomb threat in Lancaster
- “Government’s Disaster Response Wins Praise” … from the New York Times. This article praises the tornado response from the federal government; “FEMA officials contacted the White House about the need for a federal emergency declaration even before Alabama had submitted a formal request that evening, said Art Faulkner, the state’s emergency management director. It was quickly granted.” The article does not mention, however, that the response is largely due to the “get-it-done” person in charge of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is not a career politician. Craig Fugate is a highly competent, former first responder and emergency management professional with a direct, (no BS) approach. He is not a political insider. What’s that say?
- from the York Daily Record: “The market has plenty of prepared-food vendors who cater to its business lunch crowd, Babinchak (Casi Babinchak, newly hired Chief Operating Officer for York’s Central Market) said. However, to achieve the ideal mix of vendors, Babinchak said, more herbs, cheeses, organic poultry and produce are needed.”
- from the Harrisburg Patriot-News: “Sales at Pennsylvania wine kiosks are falling behind expectations”
- from the Press Trust of India: “‘Nuclear hellstorm’ if bin Laden is caught or killed: Al-Qaida”
- from Al Jazeera: “Reactions: Bin Laden’s death” – Comments from world leaders about the death of Bin Laden.
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