tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post4460774169229028576..comments2024-03-19T07:31:36.361-04:00Comments on Lehigh Valley Ramblings: BernieGate - Day 16Bernie O'Harehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-81773485493142020122007-06-29T00:31:00.000-04:002007-06-29T00:31:00.000-04:00I am still amazed at how some can seperate Lisa's ...I am still amazed at how some can seperate Lisa's behavior from BK,s. Saying somehow Lisa is a victim is psyco-babble. I have difficulty seperating people from their actions. BK is Lisa's responsibility how she handled the affair defines her. Spin, spin, spin but at the end of the day we are what we do!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-83174623133189279812007-06-28T21:36:00.000-04:002007-06-28T21:36:00.000-04:00Yes may be after the Senator's busy time would be ...Yes may be after the Senator's busy time would be more effective unless you brought your "protest" to her Harrisburg office Now talk about making a statement!<BR/><BR/>I am signing off I will be lurkingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-47969096120656833092007-06-28T21:27:00.000-04:002007-06-28T21:27:00.000-04:00Hey, still a good thought. But timing is everythi...Hey, still a good thought. But timing is everything, especially when every interest group is doing mass calling campaigns and sending emails of their own. Just this week PennFuture has sent me 4 messages about contacting my state rep. It's the budget season. <BR/><BR/>And yes, I did burn my dinner. That's right... I burned soup. Let's try frozen pizza.LVDemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07359661408192860813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-55968270898527801352007-06-28T21:12:00.000-04:002007-06-28T21:12:00.000-04:00Aphrodite:I am all about individuals standing up f...Aphrodite:<BR/>I am all about individuals standing up for what they believe inAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-32511969138760145512007-06-28T21:07:00.000-04:002007-06-28T21:07:00.000-04:00Thank you LVDem, I hadn't thought about the budget...Thank you LVDem, I hadn't thought about the budget thing, that's doofus' thing. But I'm learning!Aphrodite's daughterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10107343726359552172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-60471304150713010622007-06-28T21:05:00.000-04:002007-06-28T21:05:00.000-04:00No Anon, you don't, I'm just a petite teacher in a...No Anon, you don't, I'm just a petite teacher in a public school system, about to have a baby girl, and I want the world better for her.Aphrodite's daughterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10107343726359552172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-60354733935020866752007-06-28T21:04:00.001-04:002007-06-28T21:04:00.001-04:00Don't be surpised if you don't get a response. Tw...Don't be surpised if you don't get a response. Two reasons: one budget season. These folks are impossible to get a hold of right now. If you can get them, chances are they don't have much of an impact on the budget process. Second reason, it's kind of an accepted policy to stay out of the personnel decisions of other offices. <BR/><BR/>I'll through on a third reason: three of the people on the list are terrible at returning emails in general. It typically takes them several weeks to sift through them. They don't mean to ignore, they just look for messages from constituents first and then prioritize the rest later. Again, only based on my experience. Call their offices or send them a letter. You're more likely to get a response that way. <BR/><BR/>Now if you'll excuse me, my dinner is burning.LVDemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07359661408192860813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-25717670779736868852007-06-28T21:04:00.000-04:002007-06-28T21:04:00.000-04:00I had a little nap during the thunder boomer, I wa...I had a little nap during the thunder boomer, I waddled over to the Farmer's Market before the rain and got some shoefly. I never much cared for it, but now I do, go figure?! I've been thinking, and I should have talked to LOLV before I demanded BK apologize to her in person. I wrote LOLV to tell her that. <BR/> JB, my husband's a big poopiehead, everything's a conspiracy of grand proportions with him. I ignore him, most people do ;-)!<BR/> I look at BK's track record of nastiness and I see a little boy that needs to be put in reform school, say some place like <BR/>CHILDSERENE. I won't write the name of a local place, because I have a very low opinion of its "finished" product.<BR/> So what do you think, our friendly neighborhood lurker, if a bunch of us women show up at the dear Senator's office with signs demanding accountability, you think they will talk to us? <BR/> Here's a scenario from my job: If a male assistant principal spoke to a female teacher the way BK addressed LOLV, he would be "hasta manana baby" and I mean that just as it sounds. I don't like all these people touching my tummy right now, so maybe I'm a little more annoyed than usual, but BK should be fired, just like what happens in the REAL WORLD.<BR/> So what do you think?Aphrodite's daughterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10107343726359552172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-46001966433683798312007-06-28T20:52:00.000-04:002007-06-28T20:52:00.000-04:00Do I know who you are?Do I know who you are?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-62417342650411354102007-06-28T20:49:00.000-04:002007-06-28T20:49:00.000-04:00Yes i am, but I am loads smarter than poopiehead!Yes i am, but I am loads smarter than poopiehead!Aphrodite's daughterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10107343726359552172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-68986337437078461242007-06-28T20:28:00.000-04:002007-06-28T20:28:00.000-04:00OhOhAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-52484288544728464272007-06-28T20:24:00.000-04:002007-06-28T20:24:00.000-04:00Aphrodite is Addicted's wife.Aphrodite is Addicted's wife.Bernie O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-11488762552758869882007-06-28T20:22:00.000-04:002007-06-28T20:22:00.000-04:00Bernie O'No I wish to stay as I posted.. Anonymou...Bernie O'<BR/><BR/>No I wish to stay as I posted.. Anonymous<BR/><BR/>Addicted........<BR/><BR/>Who is AphroditeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-88481272754780219942007-06-28T19:12:00.000-04:002007-06-28T19:12:00.000-04:00Sorry i added a T, Aphrodite is napping, wait unti...Sorry i added a T, Aphrodite is napping, wait until she finds out you were watching.addictedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11110289650559232806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-30516380948159776112007-06-28T19:10:00.000-04:002007-06-28T19:10:00.000-04:00Is your name Bogert? Isn't it dangerous for you to...Is your name Bogert? Isn't it dangerous for you to comment on blogs about this? The repercussions if you are REALLY who you say you are could be huge.<BR/> Any chance of you "Coming Out"?addictedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11110289650559232806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-79588562506467410912007-06-28T19:05:00.000-04:002007-06-28T19:05:00.000-04:00Holy shit! You're Jennifer Boger! Good for you. I ...Holy shit! You're Jennifer Boger! <BR/><BR/>Good for you. I blogged about your situation, and it doesn't seem to me that there is any difference between the way BTNP acted towars you and the way he dealt with other women. I'm truly sorry for what you had to endure. <BR/><BR/>What bothers me most is the failure to recognize this bad behavior toeards woman. Did he ever apologize to you?Bernie O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-8365887137433179502007-06-28T18:59:00.000-04:002007-06-28T18:59:00.000-04:00Anon 6:53,I am not sure I am the person you think ...Anon 6:53,<BR/>I am not sure I am the person you think I am but I think I was her only female executive director. COS title was reserved for BTNP only<BR/><BR/>Bernie O'<BR/><BR/>I have been lurking and reading since this whole thing came about I suffered nothing when I left her office As a matter of fact I gained more by leaving than had I stayedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-61316003038453745042007-06-28T18:53:00.000-04:002007-06-28T18:53:00.000-04:00Anon 6:49 if there is even a remote chance that yo...Anon 6:49 if there is even a remote chance that you are who I think you are, let me say this:<BR/><BR/>Boscola lost her last opportunity to be taken seriously when you left her office.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-74749708343498126602007-06-28T18:50:00.000-04:002007-06-28T18:50:00.000-04:00Anon 6:31, Actually, I blogged about this. As I re...Anon 6:31, <BR/><BR/>Actually, I blogged about this. As I recall, you returned to Senator Fumo's office. Did you suffer a paycut?Bernie O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-82236064919214290602007-06-28T18:49:00.000-04:002007-06-28T18:49:00.000-04:00Anon, 6:46I would never have agreed to stay and wo...Anon, 6:46<BR/><BR/>I would never have agreed to stay and work for someone of my gender who condones BTNP's behavior because by keeping him on her staff is exactly what she is doing - condoning his behaviorAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-4848787700386514512007-06-28T18:46:00.000-04:002007-06-28T18:46:00.000-04:00She would have been better off trying to convince ...She would have been better off trying to convince you to stay.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-85641006936640256402007-06-28T18:31:00.000-04:002007-06-28T18:31:00.000-04:00Anon, 5:44 p.m.BTNP didnt get me fired I left on ...Anon, 5:44 p.m.<BR/><BR/>BTNP didnt get me fired I left on my own free willAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-8162330692046051742007-06-28T18:14:00.000-04:002007-06-28T18:14:00.000-04:00In war, then, let your great object be victory, no...<EM>In war, then, let your great object be victory, not lengthy campaigns.</EM>Bernie O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-30924224768576360192007-06-28T17:44:00.000-04:002007-06-28T17:44:00.000-04:00If The Unsinkable Lisa Boscola is such a strong pe...If The Unsinkable Lisa Boscola is such a strong person, how did she make such a weak decision?<BR/><BR/>We hear about her battle with demons. One of the ways you overcome personal demons is by recognizing that you have a problem.<BR/><BR/>Her aide is a problem, on many levels, for the Unsinkable One. He has shown himself to be an enabler (drinking with her before her DUI). He has shown himself to be insanely jealous of his access to her (witness his behavior in getting the Unsinkable One's top aide -- a woman -- fired). Finally, he views his needs as being more important than her own. (Example: His god-given right to shoot the breeze like a thuggish neanderthal out in the Blog Wilds.)<BR/><BR/>The co-dependency issues based on mutual bad behavior are obvious in the Boscola and Kieklak relationship. Which would be one thing if this was playing out between two private citizens -- but is completely another when it involves an elected official and a state employee receiving an obscenely-high salary from the taxpayers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-42195944662490714192007-06-28T15:51:00.000-04:002007-06-28T15:51:00.000-04:00Anon 3:31,I'm really not interested in inflaming w...Anon 3:31,<BR/><BR/>I'm really not interested in inflaming what you correctly call a disaster. But I don't see this problem going away until it is faced. I do think our local delegation should speak out because they are our representatives and this is unacceptable in 2007. <BR/><BR/>If Lisa and Kieklak made an effort w/ LOLV, I think that would demonstrate Boscola's sincerity and establish that she does cares about all women, not just those who can afford big campaign contriubutions. <BR/><BR/>That appears to be what has upset people in the blogosphere the most. I can't speak for others, but know I would regard it as a very positive outcome, and would not hesitate to make that clear.Bernie O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.com