Goodbye And God Bless

Monica Malpass, a fixture on our local ABC new Channel 6 in Philadelphia, has retired from the station after almost 31 years. God Bless You Monica and your family. You will be missed.

Social Media Timeline

Well I do. And it seems that because of the explosion of "Social Media" sites like Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest, the blogs like this one have pretty much gone by the wayside. I started this blog a few years after I hosted and ran a website called Totally Delco around 2003. The website, for all it was worth, was just a bunch of links to local businesses, and some local government links.

I soon started posting to and linking on my site on Live Journal with a Blog called "Living In Delco", to complement it. Bring alcohol and politics into the picture, and trouble soon began. I remember having whole threads deleted by someone who hacked into my admin account. And having my whole website shut down because of some asshole troll who went by the name of "Michael Crook" sending myself and my web host a DMCA notice that I was using his picture without his permission (He lost and got made an ass out of himself).

There was the interview with Alex Rose, of the Delaware County Daily Times, about my website, myself explaining to him that I started it because I couldn't find as furniture store locally to buy a mattress.Now in 2019, this blog and my website are hard to find on Google. I googled "I Live In Delaware County" and where I used to be number one out of hundreds of thousands, now non existent.

Facebook is the new norm for people my age and  thirty years older and younger, while the really young ones post on Twitter and Snapchat. 

So with all that I'm leaving some links to various blogs and web sites that I had a hand in starting, promoting, and running over the years. 

Totally Delco 

Living In Delco - Live Journal

I Live In Delaware County - Blogger <--- a="" site="" this=""> 

I Live In Delaware County - Word Press

I Live In Delaware County - Facebook 

Cheers.

Michael Crook gets blasted

Election Day In Delaware County 2018

Election Day this year is this Tuesday, November 6th. Here in Delaware County. Here is the list of candidates on the ballot as of November 5th, 2018. Republican - 

 SCOTT WAGNER - GOVERNOR 
 JEFF BARTOS - LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR 
 LOU BARLETTA - UNITED STATES SENATE
 PEARL KIM - CONGRESS 
 TOM MCGARRIGLE - PA SENATE 
 RUTH MOTON STATE REPRESENTATIVE - DISTRICT 159 
 STEPHEN BARRAR STATE REPRESENTATIVE - DISTRICT 160
 PATTI RODGERS MORRISETTE STATE REPRESENTATIVE - DISTRICT 161 
 INDER BAINES STATE REPRESENTATIVE - DISTRICT 164 
 ALEX CHARLTON STATE REPRESENTATIVE - DISTRICT 165
 BALTAZAR RUBIO STATE REPRESENTATIVE - DISTRICT 166 
 CHRIS QUINN STATE REPRESENTATIVE - DISTRICT 168 
JAMES SANTORA - STATE REPRESENTATIVE - DISTRICT 163

Stopping The Madness

After the most recent horrific school shooting in Florida, it seems that everyone has an answer as what to do to keep something like it from happening again. This columnist, a former resident of Springfield, has the same old answer. More restrictions.

But Her's are what I would consider to be a direct "assault" on our constitutional rights. In the article, Ms Shaffer wants all gun owners to have a "Gun License", to purchase guns, ammo, even accessories. Her reasoning is, if someone buys a large amount of ammunition in a short time, a "red flag" would come up, alerting the authorities. That alone is an invasion of privacy. Imagine getting into your car, and detectors go off, alerting the "authorities" that you have been drinking. Not enough to be legally intoxicated, but enough for a "red flag" to go up.

And all this information was fed into databases, then shared with others. Next thing your insurance company drops you, your health care provider demands you go to an alcohol rehabilitation, and your neighbors find out. I know, seriously far fetched, right?  Well, actually, Ms. Shaffer's ideas are quite in line, only with guns, not booze.

Madness indeed.

 Leisha Shaffer's piece. Click Here.

Halloween In Delco

Tonight here in the Westbrook Park section of Upper Darby, I watched as dozens of children walked door to door saying "Trick or Treat", as our neighbor down the street blasted "Let's do the Time Warp again".

Some things never change, and this was one of them.

Cheers.

The Underground Railroad In Delco

Ever since this story came out, I've been intrigued about it. Homeowner Alex Poulos called a masonry contractor after a tenant notified Her of cracks in the basement walls. While in the process of fixing them, the contractors discovered a room under the basement floor. I'd like to update this in the future, to see what steps our local History organizations are doing to research this amazing find.

Access This!

I just left the Westbrook Market after scrounging up money to buy milk, eggs, and a can of Chicken Noodle Soup. The kid in front of me, a rather tall one, in his late twenties, had an Apple Strudel and two Milky Way Bars on the counter. The girl at the register asked: "Is that all"? He nodded and then whipped out his Access Card, you know, the one that equates to Food Stamps? Both myself and the guy behind me rolled our eyes, not believing what we just saw. Ok, some may say your jealous Ward. Yep, maybe I am. You see, I work for a living, to rent a home, to put food on our table, and maybe, just maybe, buy a few Christmas presents for our Children & Grandchildren. So to see this BUM in my book, (He was as healthy as an ox and drove away in a nice Dodge Charger), buy junk food is beyond belief. He most likely has free Healthcare, whereas I just lost mine due to non payment of my Premiums. I am very ill here with a nasty flu compounded by COPD.

 Rant Over.

Curious Here As A Resident in Upper Darby

I recently seen on our Mayor's FaceBook page a post about the "National Democratic Institute" and how he had met with some of their reps. I checked out thier website and well, honestly, "Democratic"? Is this another Hillary and DNC website? Arabs, Hindus,aka, foreigners who are here trying to "Take over the area"? I know, I'm paranoid. Or Racist. No, I'm a White guy with Irish Immigrant parents who has watched America and Upper Darby and parts of Delaware County go to shit. All while the dumb ass Dem supporters vote every four years for broken promises. Time for an armed revolt if Donald Trump gets ripped off on Tuesday. Cheers.

Baby Bradley

I've known Brian Schied for several years. He and his wife Kelly are local Delconians who recently have had a tragedy. They lost their newborn Son, Bradley William Fox Schied just days after birth. Please donate anything at all. Every dollar will be appreciated. Thank You! Update: Thank you for all of your support!