Yeah, that's still going on. The Pennsylvania court system can't decide whether or not cop-killing is something they want to punish people for. The t-shirt is on sale for $12.95, probably in response to the US Supreme Court sending Mumia's murderous ass back to' [...]
For the past few weeks, I've been playing old episodes of ER in the background while I'm working on my laptop. This is a long shot, but stop reading now if any discussion entails a spoiler. I just finished season 3, and among all the [...]
Sean Penn used his Oscar to tell Californians how horrible they are for voting to ban gay marriage. "I think it is a good time for those who voted for the ban against gay marriage to sit and reflect and anticipate their great shame and the shame in their grandchildren's'" [...]
It's funny how memories of long-past events can be triggered by things in our daily lives. Even more amusing is how you can sometimes figure out things you hadn't noticed at the time, except for when you realize it involves your parents getting intimate. Those memories should just forgo reprocessing [...]
The difference, of course, being that the mentally retarded Texas death row inmates executed under then-Governor Bush went to their deaths without having their faces slashed by a crazy Scientologist. [...]
The TU website is down. Again. As a good citizen of the blogosphere, here's my approximation of what you would have read today if the site had been working. Headline: Obama tries to cure suffering and ugliness; Republicans, in quest to gorge themselves on the blood of America's children, obstruct. [...]
Last fall, now-President Barack Obama engaged in what was effectively a multi-million dollar campaign against consumer confidence. Long before any of the recent layoffs had taken place, he told us how awful things were and how desperately we needed government help. In the midst of a credit crisis understood by [...]
The details of the Connecticut Superior Court judge (a gubernatorial appointee) who was arrested for drunk driving and then went on a racist tirade are here. Buried in the story is this gem: Cofield was originally appointed in 1991 as the state's first black female judge after Gov. Lowell' [...]
Carolyn Maloney, whose top legislative accomplishment involved breastfeeding (which is probably a cornerstone of Barack Obama's new policy for handling terrorists) was on Fred Dicker last week reminding me why even my liberal friends in New York City complain about her. There's one gem in particular that I will host [...]
Eliot Spitzer is taking his family on vacation to Southeast Asia, a region of the world known for its rice production, diverse wildlife and thriving prostitution industry. [...]
After the chaos caused at last month's Nevada Republican convention by Ron Paul supporters, all eyes were on Arizona, where the state GOP held their convention today. An NYCR operative just phoned in to report that former NYCRSC chairman Brett Mecum turned back a comparable push to elect a [...]
A few years ago, I posted about the gargantuan insanity that is the "Why Mommy is a Democrat" publication. They've now come up with a sequel: "Why Daddy is a Democrat".
While I originally expected this second installment to document the process through which an otherwise healthy man [...]
I'm pleased to report that at least one NYCR operative has reported accomplishing their mission of registering as a Democrat in Pennsylvania and voting for Hillary Clinton to keep her in the race. The operative reported that he felt accomplished but, having just pulled the lever for a Clinton, felt [...]
Assembly Minority Leader Jim Tedesco was on Dicker yesterday morning saying that David Paterson will not call a special election to fill the 118th Assembly District. This is outrageous. It means over 100,000 Upstate New Yorkers will not have representation in the Assembly for another 8 months as the state [...]
In 2007, Eliot Spitzer cut a TV ad imploring New Yorkers voting in the 9th Senate District special election to "finish the job" of sending emotionally damaged Spitzerites to Albany to pursue the gov's liberal agenda. Sadly, that ad has disappeared from the internet faster than a pregnant Assembly intern,' [...]
Andy Roth at the Club for Growth posted a NYT article about Milton Friedman a few days ago, saying it was a fair treatment. I cannot disagree more. The part that ground my gears the most: “What Milton Friedman said was that government should not interfere,” said Allen Sinai, [...]
March 2008 was a sad month. In one fell swoop, the State of New York lost its governor, Emperor VIP lost its top client and, as the BOE filings below show, the Working Families Party lost its chief benefactor.
SPITZER PATERSON 2006 985 5TH AVE # 8B NEW YORK, [...]
Congressman Vito Fossella (R-Staten Island) has joined the growing ranks of legislators who have sworn off earmarks for FY2009.
This is great news. Some New York Republicans, particularly Jim Walsh, have adamantly defended their ridiculous pet projects. Hopefully, others will see the wonderful example Fossella is setting [...]
Matt Torrey, chairman of the Columbia County Conservative Committee, came out today in support of Sandy Treadwell: His stances on the issues of homeland security, immigration, energy, jobs, 2nd Amendment rights, tax reform and health care are beneficial to our county and our district.The general consensus on the Treadwell [...]
Mike Long and George Marlin are wrong on congestion pricing. Their arguments have been a conglomerate of populist jingoisms peppered with invitations to engage in class warfare, carefully sieved to eliminate any reasoning based on economics or true conservative principles.
From today's Post: Whatever the outcome, the budget bills are expected to include tens of millions of dollars in pork spending.
Among the pork included in the budget bills already passed this week is $25,000 for Bobbi and the Strays animal welfare organization in Ozone Park; $3,000 for' [...]
In the tradition of Alan Hevesi, Efrain Gonzalez and the countless Assembly Democrats now serving time in prison, Congressman Tim Bishop was this week found to be letting his daughter operate a political fundraising business out of his taxpayer-funded district office. The business, MCB Consulting, lists its [...]
Darrel Aubertine today joins Kirsten Gillibrand in the ranks of Democrats elected to conservative districts under once-in-a-lifetime circumstances which will be rectified in November. The upgrade follows this report from today's Post Standard:
Aubertine's latest campaign filings show that 202 people were paid between [...]
It's been nearly a month since Darrel Aubertine resigned his Assembly seat. While Paterson and Spitzer are screwing everything with two legs and a pulse, the people in the 118th AD are getting screwed out of representation in Albany. [...]
It was touch-and-go for a moment there, it really was. Here, we had the bullying, arrogant Steamroller about to be replaced by an amiable gentleman with an inspirational life story named David Paterson. 2008, it seemed, was going to be extremely tough for New York Republicans with Governor Paterson leading [...]
I'm really impressed (and deeply disappointed) by the restraint that editorial boards across the country used in headlining the stories about Eliot Spitzer's fall from grace. Here are a few that caught my attention:
"'Mr. Clean' Soiled" The Record, New Jersey(11March)
It's 1:09 am, and the question on everybody's mind: did Eliot Spitzer make his $4100 per tryst hooker call him "Steamroller"?
Your humble servant's quest for photographs of the lady in question has been unsuccessful, thus far, but the statistical probability that this was Mr. Spitzer's only encounter with [...]
As Barack Obama rightfully calls out Hillary Clinton on refusing to release her tax returns, New Yorkers in the 20th CD are wondering why their own carpetbagging liberal attorney isn't releasing hers.
The March 4 primary had the optimum outcome: Mike Huckabee dropped out and Hillary Clinton won just enough delegates to stay in the fight. Per an NYCR operative who summed it up best:
Next to Scarlett Johansson, nothing makes my heart go pitter-patter quite like the words "brokered convention".
The Change-NYGOP blog, which I was accused of/credited with running, has disappeared.
This is a disservice to New Yorkers. New York needs a strong, principled Republican Party to fix this state. The comment section below is open to everyone who wants to share thoughts on how to get there. [...]
Last Thursday, fresh from the stinging defeat in the 48th Senate District, Joe Bruno wasn't mincing words. In a heated discussion about the decline of the NYGOP, Bruno made an observation about how the NYGOP became "nonexistant" over a 12-year period (the Pataki administration).
Since I'm tired of answering emails, let me say this to everyone: I am not running Change-NYGOP. I agree with a lot of what's being written, but it's not mine. I have my theories on who it is, and to be honest, I'm glad that they're saying what they're saying. [...]
These past few days, I've been pondering whether the Working Families Party is violating any laws regarding truth in advertising. Rather than calling themselves the Socialist Party or the Amnesty and Taxes Party, they choose something benign as "Working Families". Their list of "accomplishments" is a regular freak show: [...]
Pedophiles, welfare queens and unqualified teachers have a reason to celebrate this morning: the Democrats are one seat closer to a majority in the State Senate. This leaves us one defection or death away from higher taxes, more extensive regulations and by all indications, unparalleled fiscal emergency. Some important observations [...]
Above is a map of the areas that "scientists" tell us would be flooded if the ocean were to rise 1 m. Look closely: the Hudson River Valley up to Albany (elevation ~200 feet) is highlighted, as are other rivers; that does not speak [...]
Every time a politician stood in front of a camera and talked about bringing the troops home, we got hit harder.
Iraq Veteran and County Legislator Dan McCoy, speaking against a proposed resolution in the Albany County Legislature calling for the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq. The motion failed, [...]
Ann Coulter once wrote "historically, the best way to convert liberals is to have them move out of their parents' home, get a job, and start paying taxes." Running for President might be the next best thing, especially for Hillary Clinton. Let's take a look at some of the things [...]
Today's casestudy in liberalism comes from the New York Democrats:
Two New York Hispanic leaders said they would be upset if Hillary Rodham Clinton's Hispanic campaign manager was replaced because of primary losses they believe should be blamed on former President Clinton and others.
In 2007, Kirsten Gillibrand went to Washington--and immediately voted to raise our taxes. Since then, Gillibrand has been a force for one thing and one thing only: accomplishing absolutely nothing. In the past six months, she's introduced only two pieces of legislation, and to say they avoid addressing major issues [...]
The hopeless liberals at NYSUT have undertaken a media campaign against putting a cap on taxes; the screenshot above is from Capital Confidential. Typically, leftwing organizations like to avoid being responsible for failing schools and higher taxes simultaneously, but NYSUT seems to be bucking [...]
Russ Haven, counsel to the New York Public Interest Research Group, called the Banking Department's action "odd," noting, he couldn't recall this happening in the past.
None of the New York's 29 congressmen are on the Club for Growth list of elected federal officials who've sworn off pork. Most notably absent is Congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand, who last year was decrying the earmarking process at the top of her lungs. [...]
Tracey Brooks, candidate for Congress, wants us to know that in just under 280 days, she's either going to commune with aliens or be executed by her captors. I'm not sure which. The middle school audio-visual club quality of her campaign announcement definitely [...]
The TU is reporting that Rich Wager has dropped out of the race to take on Gillibrand, setting the stage for a showdown between conservative Mike Rocque and liberal Sandy Treadwell.
Rich Wager is a good conservative and a good guy; I'd have been pleased to call him [...]
As we spend the next 9 months uniting and preparing to land a serious blow to American liberalism by keeping the Democrats out of the White House for a third term, it's important that we lay out some rules.
If you were a McCain guy from the beginning, be gracious. [...]
This post breaks down how Bush did in New York City in 2004 compared to 2000. While he didn't win, I was very surprised to see how much he improved his numbers. [...]
Amongst Hillary Clinton's delegates to the Democrat National Convention: Alan Lubin, VP of NYSUT.
NYSUT, of course, is the organization which defends the right of teachers to put forth mediocre performances while simultaneously demanding excessive compensation. [...]
Per their Delegate Selection Plan, one of the stated goals of the Democrat Party of New York is that 8% of their delegates be non-heterosexual (Part 4, Section D).
Don't the Dems have more important things of a sexual nature to worry about? Things like keeping Denny Ferrell [...]
I've received a few inquiries about Kirsten Gillibrand's "endorsement" of Sandy Treadwell asking me for specifics on who Rachel McEneny said this to, where it was discussed, how McEneny looked, etc. As most of you know, I bend over backward to protect my operatives simply because I'm that kind of [...]
This is, inarguably, the most important endorsement a candidate can receive.
An NYCR operative close to the Gillibrand campaign reports that Gillibrand spokeswoman Rachel McEneny was heard to say in confidence to a fellow Democrat that, of the Republican candidates for NY-20, Gillibrand would prefer to face Sandy Treadwell. [...]
Barack Hussein Obama has received the endorsement of MoveOn.org. The group is seditious because they really pull out all the stops when there's a chance to hurt our military. [...]
Treadwell's campaign was spending over $5500 per week on personnel alone before Peter Constantakes came aboard; that number is now believed to be even higher. Considering what he's getting out of such an expense (next to nothing), Treadwell makes Eliot Spitzer look fiscally responsible. [...]
The verdict is in: Sandy Treadwell, always a hit with the grassroots, raised less than 23% of his money from individuals. Treadwell's knack for financial planning is also proving to be just about on par with his abilities as a state chairman: he is, by all accounts, burning through [...]
Election Night, 2007: I was with fellow Republicans watching the results and the kickass pastry buffet at one of my usual undisclosed locations. Let me share with you an abbreviated transcript of my thoughts that evening as the results came in.
This baklava is phenomenal. The Democrats are probably eating [...]
Ted Kennedy is endorsing Barack Obama's campaign for the Presidency. While this is certainly going to be a help to Obama's campaign, Kennedy would probably be of greater assistance to Obama if he worked as Hillary's driver. [...]
We have brilliant students who can't afford college under the "progressive" financial aid rules which subsidize poverty instead of capability, and no one bats an eye. But when we find out that a girl is going to have to pay an extra $39 per month to have premarital sex, [...]
Colonel Mike Rocque is seeking the GOP nomination to take on Kirsten Gillibrand in November. I have been shamelessly plugging for him because he represents the type of limited government, strong national defense conservative who should be representing a district like NY-20. His statement on the folly of [...]
Hillary Clinton has really raised the standard for most outrageous earmark.
A group that lobbies for needle exchanges, for allowing more immigrants with HIV/AIDS to legally enter the country, and for condom distribution in prisons received a $303,000 federal earmark pushed by Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.).
Whoever planned this press conference (or allowed it to happen without making some effort to stop it) needs to calm down and carefully make their way to the nearest MRI to find out what's blocking the blood flow to a very key part of [...]
"Today, I have withdrawn my candidacy for president of the United States. I hope that my country and my party have benefited from our having made this effort."
The country and the party have most certainly benefited. Fred stopped Mike [...]
I was delighted to read on the NYSRPA blog this morning a post about Maurice Hinchey being challenged. His district is one of several in New York which, in a good year, a strong Republican candidate and a solid grassroots organization could capture. Whether we have that candidate with [...]
President Bush, to his credit, isn't drinking the Kool Aid on how to "create jobs" and other socialist measures championed by the Dems.
Sen. Charles Schumer, D-New York, said he was disappointed that Bush did not include stimulus-spending measures aimed at helping the disadvantaged such as extending unemployment benefits. Schumer [...]
This is a bit belated, but I think it's important that we all take a moment to thank Fred Thompson for sparing the Republican Party the humiliation that would have resulted from nominating Mike Huckabee. Looking at the numbers from SC:
Hillary Clinton was in Harlem yesterday. Here's how the AP reported it:
Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton attended services Sunday at a historic black church in Harlem, a day after her victory in the Nevada caucus and with a fresh challenge looming ahead of her in South Carolina.
Newly appointed Budget Director Laura Anglin gave a pessimistic outlook and downgraded revenue projections by $1.2 billion through the end of March 2009.
Ann Coulter has a dynamite piece this week talking about why Mitt Romney is the best guy in the race. She shot down the charges of flipflopping better than Romney's own people have, and I'm inclined to agree with her overall assessment. I'm not quoting a single word from the [...]
The Heritage Foundation has a solid piece on why tax rebates don't stimulate the economy the way tax cuts do. Hopefully, Senate and Assembly Republicans will pay close attention to the fundamental economic facts that are presented in the piece, because this "your local elected official is sending you [...]
The income tax as we now know it began as something that less than 10% of the population would pay, and the phone tax now paid by almost all Americans began as an excise tax on the wealthy to help finance the Spanish-American War. [...] 
Roger Toussaint has been on the radio talking about how his Transit Workers Union has been so faithful to the people of New York.
...sounds a lot like "Mentally Retarded Texas Death Row Inmates for Bush".
John Faso opposes card check. Cool. [...] 
I am a bastard for saying this, but I have to share.
The taxpayer-funded salaries of NY-21 candidates Mary T. "Tracey" Brooks and Darius Shahinfar are available online. [...] 
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