Sunday, August 7, 2011

Engine 33, Rescue 32 and BLS 3 were dispatched to a MVA in the area of the Post Office. Battalion 303 (Christizino) reported a single vehicle that had rolled several times with the two occupants being ejected. Crews assisted EMS and secured the vehicle. The occupants were transported by BLS 3 and 7 to a local hospital. The accident is under investigation by the Bellmawr Police Department.

Bubba and Johnny Ray were sittin\’ on the front porch
drinking beer when a large truck hauling rolls and rolls 
of sod went by.

\”I\’m gonna do dat when I win the lottery,\” said Bubba.

\”Do what?\” asked Johnny Ray.

\”Send my grass out to be mowed.\” 

submitted by Gary M.

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press release August 15, 2011

The body of a woman identified as a 55-year-old Maple Shade resident was found Monday afternoon in a partially submerged car that was discovered by a boater in the Mantua Creek off Berkley Road in East Greenwich Township NJ.

Obamacare has suffered a devastating blow. On Friday, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the individual mandate in President Barack Obama’s signature health care legislation is unconstitutional. With its ruling, the court affirmed the principle that the Constitution means what it says—Congress does not have unfettered power to force the American people to comply with any and all dictates it creates.

The federal government’s argument in favor of Obamacare’s individual mandate, in contrast, is without limit—and it’s a position that the court strongly rejected:

The government’s position amounts to an argument that the mere fact of an individual’s existence substantially affects interstate commerce, and therefore Congress may regulate them at every point of their life. This theory affords no limiting principles in which to confine Congress’s enumerated power….

The federal government’s assertion of power, under the Commerce Clause, to issue an economic mandate for Americans to purchase insurance from a private company for the entire duration of their lives is unprecedented, lacks cognizable limits, and imperils our federalist structure.

The Obama Administration wasted no time in decrying the ruling, reasserting its argument that the individual mandate is constitutional—cleverly calling it an \”individual responsibility\” provision and hanging its hat on an earlier decision by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals which upheld the law. But the significance of last week’s opinion cannot be easily undone with clever wordsmithing, spin—or claims of partisanship, given that one of the authors of the ruling, Judge Frank Hull, was appointed by President Bill Clinton.

continue via blog.heritage.org

Brooklawn (45-6) again showed its resolve by loading the bases with two outs in the bottom of the ninth. And it was inches away from more runs before Las Vegas centerfielder John Sewald’s diving grab of Joe Brooks’ liner wrapped up the victory.

\”If he misses it, it’s probably three runs and the tying run on third base,\” Day said. \”So that was a huge catch.\”

Erik VanMeetren’s big hit gave him a game-high four hits and four RBI for a 15-hit Las Vegas offense. T.J. White, A.J. VanMeetren, Michael Blasko and Trey Hoppel added two hits apiece.

Steve Wilgus and John Brue had four hits each to lead Brooklawn’s 15-hit offense. Pat Kane and Brooks added two hits apiece. Trailing 11-2 after 5 1/2 innings, Brooklawn inched closer with three in the sixth, four in the seventh and one in the eighth.

Roper went four innings for Las Vegas, striking out two and yielding four hits and two runs. Hoppel got the win in relief but got touched up for eight runs (six earned) and nine hits in 3 1/3 innings. Adam Wozniak (1/3 inning) and White (1 1/3) closed out the game for Las Vegas.

via www.shelbystar.com