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Monday, December 14th, 2009 - 7:35 pm EST

Ed Rendell, PA governor

Due to (a) reader demand, here's a profile of current Pennsylvania governor Ed Rendell.

Name: Ed Rendell

Occupation: former mayor of Philadelphia, current governor of Pennsylvania

Career Highlights: Villanova graduate and 2nd Lieutenant in the US Army Reserve. Served two terms as Philadelphia district attorney, initially campaigning as a political outsider who hadn't been around long enough to blacken his soul with corruption. Somehow received 28 delegate votes for Vice ... Read More

Posted by Dave Kiefaber in Patterns Hidden In Plain View | Comments (0)

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 - 1:48 pm EST

George Meany, first AFL-CIO president

To mark the upcoming occasion of AFL-CIO Day (Dec. 5th), here's a write-up on the organization's first president, George Meany.

Name: George Meany

Occupation: First president of the AFL-CIO, from 1955-1979.

Career Highlights: A humble New York plumber who got into the labor movement instead of rescuing princesses named after fruit from weird spiky turtles. Assumed presidency of the New York State Federation of Labor and served until 1939. Also served ... Read More

Posted by Dave Kiefaber in Patterns Hidden In Plain View | Comments (0)