NEWS

The Bell Curve

City Paper's Quality-o-Life-o-Meter

Published: Oct 29, 2008

Michael Nutter delays his announcement of proposed spending cuts in response to the city's budget deficit. "We're still sorting out details," Nutter says. "For instance, should we close libraries on Saturdays? Should we blow up all the libraries, melt the shelves, and use the metal to make axes to defend ourselves when the city becomes a merciless hellscape?" Minus 5

Michael Nutter, Bob Casey and Arlen Specter condemn the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture for cutting off funding for a breakfast and lunch program in Philly public schools. Says USDA: Feeding them will only make them bigger. Minus 5

Pennsylvania health officials confirm six cases of West Nile virus in Philadelphia County. Philadelphia: Still East Nile free! Minus 2

Republican House candidate Mike Muhammed, running against Bob Brady in the First Congressional District, has raised no money for his campaign. All he does is show up to Brady speeches and point. Even

Mount Airy native Paul F. Tompkins will become the sole host of VH1's newly formatted Best Week Ever. Germantown native to host Not a Bad Week, If You're on the Right Block immediately afterward. Plus 2

Voting groups file suit to make paper ballots available in case of problems on Election Day. "Oh yeah, no problem," says Diebold. "Just write your vote on this Post-It and drop it into this here wishing well." Plus 1

Watchdog group the Committee of Seventy inspects the thousands of voting machines that will be used in Philadelphia County. "They're all broken," says Zack Stalberg. "Does anyone know what to do next?" Plus 5

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Total Pluses 8

Total Minuses 12

Total for the Week -4

Last Week's Total: 15

Comments

Vote with your heart of hearts.

If given power, the Democrats will continue to institutionalize poverty by buying votes with handouts . . . while sheltering their favorite “undeclared” donors--the planet’s superrich, who are competing with each other to achieve their own goal of buying America, so it can, in turn, be sold again and again.

The Democrats will guarantee, consolidate and and focus absolute political power on the very few in Washington, attracting the absolute corruption and eventual very undemocratic authoritarianism that naturally follows.

Finally, they have long demonstrated with word and deed, (and even accidentally confessed during this election), that their intention is to launch America on the same self destructive, paranoid, and careless path with humanity, a path that so many countries have followed, and failed violently because-of.

Vote with your heart of hearts.
by Ort Kuypber on November 3rd 2008 6:28 PM



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