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April 03, 2008 03:24 PM EDT --
NY State is about to pass a budget which raises taxes on cigarettes by $1.50 a pack. That's around $525 per year for a "pack-a-day" smoker. This tax hits the poorest among us much harder. . . .
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November 01, 2009 06:32 PM EST --
Why am I not surprised? Dede Scozzafava, the GOP "back room"-picked candidate, has endorsed her Democrat opponent in NY's 23rd Congressional District "special" election. It looks like the NYS . . .
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October 10, 2006 02:29 AM EDT --
As NY State, and formerly NYC Comptroller, Alan Hevesi has investigated waste and fiscal corruption for over a decade. My fondest thoughts for him come from seeing his name on the forty dollar state tax . . .
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September 10, 2008 07:56 AM EDT --
I don't know if it's just me, but Sen Obama seems a little "shakey" in his recent campaign events. His "lipstick" gaffe is a prime example, but it's more than that. He . . .
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March 25, 2009 02:40 PM EDT --
President Obama lied to the American people when he said "95% of working Americans are going to get a tax cut." What he's done is lower the amount that the government witholds from working . . .
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March 10, 2008 02:10 PM EDT --
Breaking news: NYS Gov. Eliot Spitzer is scheduled to have a press conference regarding his involvement in a prostitution ring. I have to leave for work right now, but I had to leave a post up about this. . . .
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June 14, 2008 02:50 PM EDT --
It seems that Republicans don't have a monopoly on "abuse of power." ( source )
An investor who bought a congresswoman's foreclosed home filed a lawsuit against the legislator . . .
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July 17, 2008 03:25 AM EDT --
I'm wondering if the excessive coverage of Obama's Middle East trip will be helpful, or hurt him. Still, it's certain that he will get much more coverage than McCain got when he last . . .
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December 11, 2008 02:24 PM EST --
"At this season of the winter solstice, may reason prevail. There are no gods, no devils, no angels, no heaven or hell. There is only our natural world. Religion is but myth and superstition that . . .
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April 14, 2008 09:42 AM EDT --
In a previous Gather post (also on my NEXTLEAV blog), I said " Now, I just hope Hillary's not having too many 'adult beverages.' " On cue, she gives us this image . . .
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March 24, 2008 01:23 AM EDT --
My man, VP Dick Cheney!
"On the security front, I think there's a general consensus that we've made major progress, that the surge has worked. That's been a major success," . . .
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June 14, 2008 07:07 AM EDT --
From the AP - Susan Atkins, the former Charles Manson follower who confessed to killing pregnant actress Sharon Tate during a murderous rampage in 1969, has a terminal illness and has asked for compassionate . . .
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June 23, 2008 03:11 AM EDT --
The AP is at it again. These people want to charge bloggers for reprinting stuff like this? Give me a break, man! Here's a link to "The Sky Is Falling Down," by two very talented individuals . . .
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September 14, 2008 03:38 AM EDT --
When Charles Gibson asked Gov. Palin if she agreed with the "Bush doctrine," I confess I wasn't sure what he was talking about. I remember this term, but I also remember it being used by . . .
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December 22, 2008 04:23 AM EST --
I can see the darkness at the end of the tunnel. As a conservative, living just outside NYC, I am dismayed at the spread of "tax & spend" liberalism across the "heartland" of . . .
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May 06, 2009 01:54 AM EDT --
Democrats in Congress refused to fund the President's proposed shutdown of the Guantanamo Bay prison. There is good reason for this: it's a bad idea, with no plan for where to relocate the detainees. . . .
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October 10, 2009 07:34 AM EDT --
Pres. Obama has promised to donate his Nobel Prize money to charity. What's his favorite charity? Could it be ACORN?
-Just asking! LOL!
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January 03, 2009 08:49 PM EST --
Gather saved my Christmas "bacon" again! As I wrote last year ( link ), my Gather Home Depot gift cards came in handy on Christmas eve, for last-minute shopping. This year, I got smart: I gave . . .
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October 24, 2009 06:30 AM EDT --
In the USMC, I fixed FM radios. I was an intermediate ("I") level avionics technician, meaning I fixed the electronics, after the "O" level techs took it out of the aircraft. I forget whether . . .
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April 09, 2008 07:26 AM EDT --
I'm no Dr. Thomas Sowell, but he's one of my greatest influences. He makes me think, and I give him honors for that. To Dr. Sowell: "Thank you, sir," and pardon my ripping off of your . . .
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