The NEW YORK CHRONICLES: BROOKLYN BORN JOE PATERNO Dies at 85

Sunday, January 22, 2012

BROOKLYN BORN JOE PATERNO Dies at 85

Yes New Yorker's you read right, Joe Paterno was a native New Yorker. Did you know that New Yorkeer's? I didn't, and I'm sure that there may be some who knew, most New Yorker's like myself did not. Always associated with Pennsylvania and might have assumed Joe was born in Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, or somewhere in rural Pennsylvania. No, it was Brooklyn. Read on folks. Joseph Vincent Paterno was born in Brooklyn, New York , on Dec. 21, 1926, and grew up in a neighborhood where, he recalled, “playing daily at sports was our work: not only touch football but also handball and Stickball" .

As a high-school senior, he was quarterback of a Brooklyn Prep team that lost only one game -- to St. Cecilia High School of Englewood, New Jersey , a team coached by Vince Lombardi before he began his Hall of Fame NFL career.

After serving in the U.S. Army, Paterno went to Brown University , where he played football. Paterno was Brown's quarterback and led the Bears to an 8-1 record in his senior season. One writer wrote of Paterno that “he can’t run, can’t pass, just and win games.”

Joe Paterno Donated some 4 million dollars to Penn State, turned down numerous offers to coach in the NFL including job as Head Coach of Pats back in 1973 who offered Paterno 1.4 Million Dollars a year plus 5% ownership in the team. This when he was making $35,000 a year at Penn State.

Over his 62 years coaching at Penn State (46 as Head Coach) Paterno amassed more than 409 Wins, 24 Bowl Victories, 2 National Championships, and 3 Big Ten Championships.

Let's hope that Joe Paterno is remembered for all the good that he has done over the years and not the Crap that was put upon this great man in the last few months of his life. Crap that some other Sick Individual committed, "Not Joe" but by association This Guy, The Press and others dragged Joe Paterno through the Mud, undeservedly so.

God Bless Joeseph Vincent Paterno, may he rest in peace.

Daniel Bellino Zwicke

JOSEPH VINCENT PATERNO

NATIVE NEW YORKER

BORN in BROOKLYN NEW YORK

1926-2102

R.I.P.

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NEW YORK and The $3.00 PBR

New York and the $3.00 PBR, Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer has been a God-Send to many New Yorkers. As you all know, the US Economy has been in the Shitter for the past 3-Half years or so.

Many people are out of work, and many who are working, are taking home Half-as-Much Money or more of what they used to make. People have had to buckle down and give up or curb many things they enjoyed previous to the current state of our economy, which is in almost a Depression Era State.

Yes, everybody says that we are not in a Depression, we're in a recession. Those are the Rich and Well-Off talking. To many, the state of our Union and their feelings are of Depression.

So, because of the Terrible State of our Economy you have given up eating out 3 times a week, you buy less clothes, spend less on Entertainment and any number of things and you haven't had a vacation in the past two years, maybe more. You given up a lot. We all have.

Now when it comes to socializing, going out for a few Beers or Cocktails with some friends, you've had to cut back on that too. But hey, you gotta draw a line somewhere, and everyone is entitled to a few drinks to unwind every now and then. But if you live in the Great City of New York this can be a costly undertaking, especially in this day, and of all times, to be having a Boom in The $14, Sixteen-Dollar-Or -More-Cocktail.W hat is a Poor Working Guy or Working Girl to do??? Well Boys and Girls, let's Thank God for that great thing of wonder and the Bars and establishments who so graciously and kindly serve it, The $3.00 PBR, That's right, a $3.oo Beer in The Land of The Over-Priced $16.00 Cocktail, Manhattan, New York, NY..... It's quite Sad, Greedy too.

Yes, Thank God and let's thank the Kind-Heart proprietors who serve $3.00 PBR'S or any Beer for just $3 or $4 in a New York Bar. You are doing you fellow man a public service and we thank you for that. Whoever you are, you are to be commended, and Shame-On-You, all those places that serve $14 PLUS Cocktails. "RIP-OFF" !!! Wish the masses would Boycott these places and patronize places like Blue & Gold Bar, 7B, and anyplace who has a heart. Bars that serve 3 and 4 Dollar Beers.

I just have to say, it's great to go to a place like Blue and Gold Bar on East 7th Street and know that you can have 3 or 4 Beers for just $12 to $16, accounting for a Buck a Pop for the Barkeep. Now that's pretty good. I have had the best times hanging at Blue & Gold with some friends. You sit at the Bar or get into a nice comfy booth, drink your Beers ($3 PBR'S), relax, listen to the Music, Chit Chat, and just enjoy, and it's not going to cost you The Shirt Off Your Back.

Yes, you can have 4 Beers, tip included for the price of 1 Rip-Off Drink at one of those Rip-Off Joints. And if you are Dumb enough to have four drinks in one of those places, guess what it's going to cost you? About $75 my friend.

Well, do the Math, and if you can afford $75 for only 4 drinks, God Bless You. And if you can't, you've got an alternative. Right, your local $3.00 PBR Joint. They're a God-Send.

Daniel Bellino-Zwicke