Chinese would handle snow better: US governor

Chinese would handle snow better: US governor
Stumble This! The Governor of Pennsylvania blasted the precautions over this week's blizzard as a sign of growing US feebleness, saying that the Chinese would not have flinched at the snow. "We've become a nation of wussies. The Chinese are kicking our butts in everything," Ed Rendell, the Governor of the eastern state, told a Philadelphia Radio Station on Monday. Rendell was upset about the National Football League's decision to postpone the Philadelphia Eagles' home game against the Minnesota...

Ed Rendell, Pennsylvania Governor chastises "nation of wusses"
Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell spoke out against the NFL's decision move the Minnesota Vikings - Philadelphia Eagles game to Tuesday night because of the blizzard. As Cindy Boren reported: After calling the postponement "a joke" and saying that "Vince Lombardi would be spinning in his grave," on Sunday, his anger was unabated Monday, when he made frequent use of the "w" word. "My biggest beef is that this is part of what's happened in this country," ...

Ed Rendell: We're a 'nation of wusses'
It's worth noting that while Michael Bloomberg is chastising his constituents for not reacting well to the Northeast snowstorm, Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell (D) has gone a step farther, railing against the whole country over the rescheduling of a football game. From the Early Lead: Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell really disliked the NFL's decision to move the Sunday night game between the Minnesota Vikings and Philadelphia Eagles to tonight because of a blizzard forecast. After calling the pos...

China would 'kick butts' of US in handling snow
The Governor of Pennsylvania said the Chinese would "kick our butts" in how to cope with heavy snow, which has caused sever disruption across the East Coast of America....

PA Gov Ed Rendell on NFL and Snow: US Becoming a 'Nation of Wussies'
ABC's Z. Byron Wolf reports: Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell raised eyebrows Sunday when he complained that the NFL postponed the planned Philadelphia Eagles games against the Minnesota Vikings because of the snowstorm that crippled much of the East Coast. He quibbled Sunday with a Philadelphia Meteorologist Sunday about the severity of the storm . Rendell's anger at the postponed game carried into Tuesday, when he called into “The Fanatic” sports Talk Show on a Philadelphia radio st...

Blizzard blasts Northeastern pols (Politico)
There’s nothing like a bitter winter storm to put Northeastern pols in the hot seat. And this week’s massive Snowfall across much of New England and the northern Mid-Atlantic region seems to have done the trick. In New York City, Mayor Michael Bloomberg spent a second day Tuesday batting back questions about his administration’s response to the Christmas weekend deluge, urging citizens to stay calm while city agencies work to clear the streets. Across the river in New Jersey,...

OReilly Factor Panel Debates: Are We A Nation Of Wusses?
Somehow, the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles find themselves at the center of the news cycle this week. If people aren’t talking about President Obama praising team owner Jeffrey Lurie for giving Quarterback Michael Vick a second chance after his Prison sentence, then they’re talking about the assertion of Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell that the postponing of Sunday night’s scheduled Eagles game to tonight (due to the blizzard that blitzed the Northeast) represents America’...

Giants Crushed By Packers
What is it about the next-to-last game of the season and the New York Giants? Last year, with flickering Playoff hopes, they played host to the Carolina Panthers in their final Regular Season game at Giants Stadium and got humiliated by a team going nowhere. This year, needing a win to stop the bleeding from last week and to make the playoffs, the Giants looked even worse while being annhilated 45-17 by the Packers. That would be bad enough under any circumstances, but the fact that Green Bay i...

Rendell on postponement of the Eagles game: You think the Chinese would cancel?
- Jennifer of Cubachi Governor Ed Rendell was not all that impressed with the postponement of the Vikings v. Eagles game last night. He said it proved our nation is full of wussies. "My biggest beef is that this is part of what’s happened in this country," Rendell said. "I think we’ve become wussies." ...

Giants Blog: Digging Out From The Mess
You might have an easier time digging out from the East Coast blizzard than finding the reasons for this collapse. It’s a mess. There’s no other way to describe the Giants’ season, thanks to the past 4½ quarters that has ripped the team’s postseason destiny from its grasp. They went to Green Bay and got hammered, 45-17, in a contest they said was approached as a Playoff game, one that would clinch an NFC wild-card berth, one they needed to have to right the ship on t...

Ed Rendell calls this a nation of wussies after NFL game called due to snow
Ed Rendell tells it like it is. There is a deliberate wussification of America underway. How can we stop it? Ed Rendell was one of Hillary Clinton’s top surrogates in the 2008 primary campaign, and worked incredibly hard for her.  I got to go on pub crawls with Rendell, Chelsea Clinton, and other surrogates in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia as part of Hillary LGBTQ efforts…and Rendell was a laugh riot. After HRC suspended her campaign, Rendell memorably got on a stage with Obama an...

Along coast, storm's stranded tell their stories
Gregg Smith shovels out after a heavy Snowfall in the Boston suburb of Marlborough, Mass., Dec. 27. A powerful East Coast blizzard menaced would-be travelers by air, rail and highway Monday, leaving thousands without a way to get home after the holidays. (Bill Sikes / AP) Share Back to slideshow navigation The Samuel Adams statue in front of Faneuil Hall in Boston is covered with snow on Monday. (Michael Dwyer / AP) Share Back to slideshow navigation Alexa Canning a...

Vick gives Eagles 7-0 lead over Vikings
Philadelphia Eagles' Michael Vick, left, is tackled by Minnesota Vikings' Antoine Winfield in the first half of an NFL football game, Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2010, in Philadelphia. Michael Vick threw a 3-yard TD pass shortly after he was selected as the NFC Pro Bowl starter to give the Philadelphia Eagles a 7-0 lead over the Minnesota Vikings after one quarter in the first Tuesday night NFL game in 46 years. Brett Favre was inactive for the Vikings because of a Concussion. Not even an extra 48 hours ...

Michael Vick Is the Giants' Best Friend Right Now
The last time Giants fans saw Michael Vick and DeSean Jackson, the two Eagles were etching nightmares that will not soon leave the brains of anyone who witnessed the Meadowlands Meltdown. They will be back on television screens on Tuesday night and those fans, still in the throes of the spiral set off during that fateful Fourth Quarter, will be in a very strange position as they settle in for this unusual night of football. They will be in a position that pretty much forces them to root for the ...

Its madness: The wacky week in weather
As airports from the U.S. seaboard to Russia dig out from the snowdrifts that have stranded thousands of passengers, Australians are seeing their worst floods in years. Municipal employees in Brooklyn, N.Y., turned a vehicle retrieval into a demolition derby, totalling three vehicles in their attempts to extract a front-end loader from a snowbank. Much of the action was captured on video by an astonished resident who filmed the Keystone Kops style from his apartment and posted the result on YouT...

Vick sacked six times...
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – Untried rookie Quarterback Joe Webb led the Minnesota Vikings to a shocking 24-14 upset victory over the Philadelphia Eagles on Tuesday. Making his first NFL start in place of the injured Brett Favre, Webb threw for 195 yards without an interception and ran for a touchdown. Adrian Peterson ran for 118 yards and a score as the Vikings (6-9) snapped the explosive Eagles' three-game Winning Streak. "You always have to have composure as a quarterback," We...

Eagles Loss To Vikings Ends Chance For Bye Week
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Written off by nearly everyone, the Minnesota Vikings wouldn’t let two extra days sitting around a hotel bring them down. After all they’ve been through this season, it may have given them extra motivation. Rookie Joe Webb threw for 195 yards and ran for a touchdown in his first career start filling in for an injured Brett Favre, and the lowly Vikings stunned Michael Vick and the NFC East champion Philadelphia Eagles 24-14 in the NFL’s first Tuesday ga...

Wednesday Morning Coffee: Your Top Five Reads Of The Day.
Good Morning, Fellow Seekers. Here's what's brewing around Pennsylvania this morning: 1. The PA Turnpike Is Mulling ... ... whether to get rid of cash tolls entirely, the Bucks County Courier Times reports this morning. The agency has apparently hired a consulting firm to study the possibility of switching to a cashless tolling system. Two firms, McCormick Taylor Inc. , of Philadelphia, and Wilbur Smith Associates Inc. , of Columbia, S.C., will conduct the study. "But wait!&quo...;

Phila. state senators will give up raises
Members of Philadelphia's state Senate delegation have decided to forego the 1.7 percent cost-of-living pay increase that went into effect earlier this month. Shirley M. Kitchen (D., Phila.), the delegation leader, said Tuesday that difficult economic times and the struggles of Working Families across Pennsylvania were reasons for rejecting the raise. "Returning this money was something we all agreed we should do," Kitchen said in a statement released Tuesday. The delegation joined sta...

Eagles defend mayor on blizzard call
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- The Philadelphia Eagles said Monday Mayor Michael Nutter is coming in for unfair criticism after the team's Sunday night game was postponed by a blizzard. Fans and local media blasted Nutter after the game was pushed back to Tuesday night because of a blizzard warning, citing his decision to call a snow emergency well before any snow actually hit the city -- about 6 hours before the contest between the Eagles and the Minnesota Vikings. Philadelphia eventually recei...

Eagles-Vikings Tuesday night football to make history
Forget that the 5-9 Minnesota Vikings were pretty terrible even before Brett Favre began showing his age and before star running back Adrian Peterson banged up his legs. Forget that the 10-4 Philadelphia Eagles have been one of the most dominant teams all year, have already clinched a Playoff spot, and are Las Vegas' two-touchdown favorite in the game. Forget that the Eagles last year knocked the Vikes out of Playoff contention and that the Green Bay Packers have already handed the Eagles t...

Rendell Sounds Off
We’re unfamiliar with Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell’s politics … but we couldn’t agree more with his take on the National Football League’s Controversial decision to cancel Sunday’s night’s game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Minnesota Vikings. “It goes against everything that football is all about,” the soon-to-be-former Keystone State chief executive said Monday on a Radio Show in Philadelphia. “My biggest beef is that this is...

Packers Dominate Giants 45-17 In Aaron Rodgers' Return
GREEN BAY, Wis. — With Aaron Rodgers back from a Concussion, the Green Bay Packers stayed on track for the Playoffs – and made sure the New York Giants' nightmare continued for another week. Rodgers threw for 404 yards and four touchdowns as the Packers beat the struggling Giants 45-17 at Lambeau Field on Sunday. The loss leaves the Giants (9-6) clinging to fading playoff hopes and wondering if there was a hangover effect from the previous week's collapse against Philadelphia. New ...

Doing the math in Obama's phone call to Eagles, Michael Vick
Barack Obama recently called Jeffrey Lurie, owner of the Philadelphia Eagles, to commend him for giving their star Quarterback, Michael Vick, another chance in life. No matter what side you are on in the constant debate on whether Vick should have received a second chance, Obama's involvement in the matter is not only absurd, it's suspect as well. It actually all ends up being quite the mathematical quandary. The City of Philadelphia is still very much down the middle about Vick's involvement wi...

Salt on the roads: Good for safety, bad for environment
The thousands of tons of salt that made roads passable this week have not reached their Final Destination, nor had their final effect. As the snow melts, the salt will be flowing into storm drains and beyond, adding to the steady salting of the region's waterways. Over the last 60 years - pretty much since regular use of sodium chloride on roads began - the annual average sodium concentration in the Delaware River has nearly tripled and chloride has increased fivefold, researchers have found. At...