If you live in Philadelphia, you're already inundated with daily spoutings from the half dozen or so guys jockeying for position in the May primary for mayor. Michael Nutter, Chaka Fattah, Dwight Evans, and Tom Knox have already declared their candidacies and hit the ground running, while Bob Brady is expected to announce within the week.
Knox, with some $5 million of his own dough to spend, is the first to hit the TV airwaves in a series of slick, well-put together commercials designed to answer the voters' burning question of just who the hell is Tom Knox.
The overarching early campaign issue, unsurprisingly, is crime. There were 406 homicides in Philadelphia in 2006, and crime tops every issue poll. People are tired of living in fear of thugs, and afraid to even speak out, since witnesses who testify in this town have an alarmingly short life expectancy. We need someone who won't coddle criminals - someone who understands the meaning of justice. We need someone who understands that nothing effects a city's quality of life like fear of crime, and whose love for the city is surpassed only by his hatred of evildoers.
We need... Batman.
Monday, January 22, 2007
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Welcome to the Chronicle of the Fall of Western Civilization.
I'm Daryl Gale, host and creator of this blog. By trade I'm a journalist, newspaper columnist, radio talk show host and public affairs consultant. Even with all that on my plate, I still felt the need to create an additional forum for my ideas and rantings, and offer that forum to others who share the same interests.
So what will I be writing about here? Politics, world news, local news from my hometown of Philadelphia, PA, education, sports, public relations, and anything else that confirms my steadfast belief that we're going to Hell in a handbasket. We'll expose the policies, pundits, paid-off politicians, and complicit media conspirators who make daily contributions to the fall of civilization, and civility.
Grab some coffee, grit your teeth, and get ready to shake your head ruefully. It's the Apocalype. It's Armageddon. The Barbarians are at the gates, and we're all too busy playing with our cell phones and IPods, or distracted by spinning car rims and reality television.
If it's truly the fall of Western Civilization, we might as well have fun on the way out.
I'm Daryl Gale, host and creator of this blog. By trade I'm a journalist, newspaper columnist, radio talk show host and public affairs consultant. Even with all that on my plate, I still felt the need to create an additional forum for my ideas and rantings, and offer that forum to others who share the same interests.
So what will I be writing about here? Politics, world news, local news from my hometown of Philadelphia, PA, education, sports, public relations, and anything else that confirms my steadfast belief that we're going to Hell in a handbasket. We'll expose the policies, pundits, paid-off politicians, and complicit media conspirators who make daily contributions to the fall of civilization, and civility.
Grab some coffee, grit your teeth, and get ready to shake your head ruefully. It's the Apocalype. It's Armageddon. The Barbarians are at the gates, and we're all too busy playing with our cell phones and IPods, or distracted by spinning car rims and reality television.
If it's truly the fall of Western Civilization, we might as well have fun on the way out.
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