This is the text of the October 3, 1863 Abraham Lincoln national Thanksgiving Day Proclamation.
The year that is drawing towards its close has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies. To these bounties, which are so constantly enjoyed that we are prone to forget the source [...]
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[...]Grand Island is home to a lot of anti-government sentiment. (Maybe that’s what happens when you have to pay the government to drive into your town every day). If you’re on the Island, it’s not long before you see signs that say “Abolish NYS Government,” an initiative of the group [...]
If you haven’t already seen Chris’ post about the Buffalo Niagara Partnership from earlier today, please do.
What do you do with a half-assed, unaccountable chamber of commerce that bleats endlessly about excessive taxes and government spending on the one hand, but demands $500 million in government [...]
From HuffPo:
A group called the Chicago Tea Party Patriots publicly heckled a grieving family and suggested that the couple fabricated their tragic story.
At a town hall held by Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-Ill.) on Nov. 14,, Dan and Midge Hough spoke about how they believed the death of their [...]
A nice way to kickoff my afternoon…
Side note on Jimmy Fallon…I didn’t really like his show when he first came to Late Night, but you know what, I find myself watching it more and more…it is coming together for him now as a host.
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The first ten games saw the Sabes go 8-1-1 the second set of ten saw the Sabes go 4-5-1…it will be interesting to see where the team goes in the next twenty.
A big part of their success so far has been the play of that guy above…Ryan [...]
On one hand, we have the Buffalo Niagara Partnership telling Albany to “Unshackle Upstate” from the chains of big government, big spending, high taxes and incompetent government. That if left to our own devices up here in Buffaloland, we’d fix our own problems, thank you [...]
I clicked upon this cool Hamilton, Ontario blog this morning by chance.
Found this interesting post comparing Buffalo to Hamilton on it by Lorne Opler…he used to live in Buffalo and now lives in the steel city to the north.
From the post…
The similarities are stark – both [...]
Eric Massa brought Homeland Security Committee Chair Bennie Thompson to town. On Sunday, they met with some firefighters in Hornell. Yesterday, they visited Kennedy Valve, a manufacturing company in Elmira.
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A press release from the Great Lakes Urban Exchange, whose mission is to right the Failboats along the Great Lakes.
BUFFALO, N.Y. — For some, it’s lower taxes. For others, it’s a commitment to a green economy or sustainable city. Many simply need good-paying jobs. Still others [...]
That’s what our alleged legislature in Albany is arguing about. How to cut $3.2 billion from a bloated budget using an out-of-control, petulant adolescent of a legislature. They all hate each other, says Fred Dicker in the New York Post. Who needs Republican opposition when [...]
From the teabag crowd who endorsed local candidates in the last election:
You are a government of the government, by the government, for the government. You have perverted all ideals put forth by your creators.
You are now a combination of Robin Hood, Dracula, Adolph Hitler, Attila the [...]
SNL…this is just funny…the silly rhetoric we get from our leaders in DC can easily be picked apart by comedians and comic writers who see through the BS.
Just watch politicians speak…it is humorous to think that they think we buy into it all word for word.
[...]OMG, This guy Paterson is all over the place. Just when you think he is the only one speaking up for the people, he does something stupid like this. WE CANNOT AFFORD THIS GOVERNOR! CAN YOU HEAR US YET?
Even as he warned Sunday that the state in going [...]
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[...]Lately, it seems as though most are taking it for granted that Andrew Cuomo will run for governor, and win. The polls all point to Cuomo easily defeating any challenger. But, Bloomberg News reports that there may be some issues in Cuomo’s closet.
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo’s campaign [...]
There’s no law that everyone has to be equally miserable, although the present Congress might soon address that. Until then, Buffalo is nonetheless going with the flow down the drain instead of floating above the present nationwide depressing standard. G. Scott Thomas from Business First notes that Erie County’s [...]
While Barack Obama and Eric Holder think they are doing a good thing for America’s civilian justice system by sending the worst of the worst terrorists in the world to New York to stand trial, New York voters disagree.
Just 35% of New York State voters agree with Attorney General [...]
Slow, short week. I got nothing. Some of you saw Bruce last night. Some of you watched the Curb your Enthusiasm season finale. Some of you heard Maziarz on Dave Debo’s show yesterday. What’d ya think?
[...]So Bruno was hired for 20 Grand a month to do nothing. NOTHING, just be there to introduce this guy to people. Must be nice to have that kind of power and all the while making deals while on the taxpayers dime. $20,000 a month is more than many people [...]
So here’s a guy that basically worked for Bruno in the counsels office warning Bruno not to do what he was going to do, BUT as is all to typical with corrupt politicians. Bruno ignores it and does so any way. Then in his mind, nothing is wrong.
ALBANY [...]
I feel I have let down my loyal WNY readers by not staying on top of the Joe Bruno corruption trial, I apologize. I have just ran across 3 incredible articles and it looks to me that all I had written about Bruno in the past is true. Look at [...]
Via Fark, this story of Tyler Shipman, a dying high school senior from Minnesota whose last wish is that his beloved 1986 Pontiac Fiero be restored. The wish was made on a Fiero enthusiast’s forum, and the response was as overwhelming as the badass [...]
If she has done no wrong then why is she gonna stop.
She has been on at least 8 tickets and as many as 12 so, she made a deal with the senator that he would not pursue the toll issue as long as she raises money for his campaign. [...]
I couldn’t help thinking this week about what an awful decade it has been for da Bills and us da fans.
If you look at what the team did in the 1990s and then at what it did in the 2000s, the only thing that pops into my [...]
While NY State burns our legislators sit back and allow it to go on. They have raised taxes 3 times this year, what will be next. Already the unions are running their commercials trying to scare the crap out of people that the state will melt if any cuts are [...]
John Cole at Balloon Juice wraps up our contemporary discourse, and Republican political & messaging strategy, in one perfect nutshell. He argues that the GOP’s aim is to leave the country ungovernable, and one way to do that is spew a bunch of utter bullshit, and [...]
The Buffalo News covers its policy on Astroturf letters to the editor here.
For one thing, we don’t do third-party thank-you letters, preferring to allocate scarce space to the public debate of issues. For another, the same sort of letters went to editorial pages and editors all across the country, [...]
There’s been a spate of incidents on the renovated Main Street where undisciplined, brutal gangs of medians have jumped out in front of various vehicles.
This is reminiscent of, among other things, the vicious gangs of keep left signs that attacked unsuspecting pedestrians in Bolton, UK in the early 70s.
[...]Watch the latest business video at FOXBusiness.com
I think if Kevin Gaughan shows up at town hall in my locale, I may just have to do this.
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We live in amazing times…there has never been another point in the history of our crazy planet where most of the free or not-so-free world is just a click away. Â The internet has become a voice for people all over the world who otherwise would have no [...]
A growing TV cover-up: Obnoxious pop-up promos [bit.ly] (Especially Cellino & Barnes during Sabres games) #
Four year old Byrd son digging Sabres more this year… #
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[...]Now Paterson sounds like he would work well with the Democrats in the Erie County Legislature. All they want to do is give everything to the unions, thus driving up costs all the way around.
A surprise move by Gov. David Paterson to impose a series of union-friendly mandates [...]
Tonight, I am asking readers of The Buffalo Bean to consider donating to The George W. Bush Presidential Center.
Some of you may know, back in 2003, I founded Blogs For Bush, which went on to become one of the most popular political blogs during the 2004 presidential campaign [...]
THESE REALLY WORK!! I checked this out on Snopes and it’s for real!
1. AVOID CUTTING YOURSELF WHEN SLICING VEGETABLES BY GETTING SOMEONE ELSE TO HOLD THE VEGETABLES WHILE YOU CHOP.
2. AVOID ARGUMENTS WITH THE FEMALES ABOUT LIFTING THE TOILET SEAT BY USING THE SINK.
3. FOR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE [...]
Reader Elmer sends the text of the letter he received from Eric Massa explaining his healthcare vote. Text of the letter after the break:
Because you have previously been in touch about health issues, I am
writing to let you know why I voted "no" on the 2009 major health care
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“If you could get the right ten thousand people to move from Silicon Valley to Buffalo, Buffalo would become Silicon Valley.” – Paul Graham in his essay “How To Be Silicon Valley”
In many ways, the notion of “imported innovation” is the core tenet of [...]
A few weeks ago, way up in northern New York, Democrat Bill Owens defeated Doug Hoffman, a Conservative Party candidate who drew support from the tea-steepage-pouch crowd all around the country to defeat the evil Dede Scozzafava.
The result hasn’t been finalized, and the final corrected counts are [...]
Former New York Mayor and punch-line-of-the-week Rudy Giuliani has decided that he won’t run for Governor in New York in 2010. Instead, he’ll apparently run for the US Senate against Kirsten Gillibrand.
What makes this somewhat interesting is that, despite all his recent Palinist bluster, Giuliani is [...]
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[...]Wow, the local print media is on top of this story. Where is the Buffalo News? MIA again or should I say, typically absent from coverage that may be damaging to an elected representative?
Community Activist Rus Thompson lead a protest against State Senator Antoine Thompson on Delaware Avenue just before [...]
Just remember,,,,, This is Donna Luh, Donna is a Board member of the NYSTA. She and A. Thompson are violating every ethics law out there.
For more information, please call
Donna at 716-681-2753.
Thompson Holiday Party, Tues., Dec. 1, Saturn Club
At the Annual Holiday Party Hosted by
State Senator [...]
Better idea… Get rid of all of the “Authorities”…. These politicians created them now they are completely out of control but still they use them as patronage pits for all the friends and cronies. The borrow through them illegally…
New York state’s “shadow government” of more than 700 [...]
Nothing confirmed yet (last I heard), so this is probably a trial balloon. That said, I really hope it is true.
Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani has decided against running for governor, but is strongly considering running for U.S. Senate instead, sources told the Daily News.
The Republican heavyweight was considered the GOP’s best [...]
Via Andrew Sullivan, Spencer Ackerman on a Khalid Sheik Mohammed trial in New York City, and the possibility that KSM will grandstand or make idiotic pronouncements somehow.
My hope for the KSM trial is that it does more than all this. It should forever shatter the [...]
The big question for the 29th in 2010 is whether Democrats will turn out. A high-visibility Senate race with a well-funded Democrat makes it more likely that there will be a good Democratic turnout. For that reason, Rudy's announcement that he's going to run for Gillibrand's seat is good news [...]
ACORN thought it would be a good idea for OJ to try the glove on in front of the jury, over a latex glove. #acornfacts
ACORN put up the “Mission Accomplished” banner. #acornfacts
ACORN guilted Sarah Palin into doing the Couric interview. #acornfacts
every time Michael tries to get out, ACORN pulls him [...]
The 29th has seen a few close races, but neither Randy Kuhl nor Eric Massa poisoned the well the way Doug Hoffman just did. Citing an ACORN conspiracy, Hoffman revoked his concession, and now he's been fundraising on claims of "tampering" based on ordinary election-night screwups.
This is what happens [...]
What a fascinating story…our world is full of wonder.
[...]Drilling the Marcellus Shale, which may contain the largest supply of natural gas in North America, was the topic of a meeting last night in Corning. Eric Massa's "strongly worded letter" was part of the meeting. The concern is that extracting gas from Marcellus requires huge amounts of water [...]
What a fascinating story…our world is full of wonder.
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New York State Commission on Public Integrity 540Broadway Albany [nyintegrity.org]
To whom it may concern:
I am writing to you to inform you of a situation I believe is a violation(s) of New York State’s Ethics Laws.
New York State Senator Antoine Thompson held a fundraiser Friday night, November 13th [...]
Want to reduce taxes? Reduce the cost of government. Want to reduce the cost of government? Reduce the size of government. Want to reduce the size of government? Slough off a completely useless and redundant legislative house.
This would also need nonpartisan redistricting and comprehensive abolition of state authorities in [...]
It’s official. He’s a convict and an ex-Councilman.
The Common Council will name someone to replace Davis through December 2010. This sort of political wrangling – the undemocratic kind – is the most vicious and stupid, so grab some popcorn.
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I don’t really have much to add to this story beyond what was written in the Buffalo News and by Mark Byrnes. But yeah, Carl Paladino has no business complaining that someone – anyone – is getting tax abatements or other forms of incentives to [...]
Tim Kolpien of the Reed campaign was kind enough to send over Tom Reed's financial disclosure report [pdf]. And, courtesy of Open Secrets, here's Eric Massa's [pdf].
[...]After 5 days of being down we are finally back up and running. I have so many articles backed up in my email I doubt I will be able to get to all of them. I might just do a quick post with them all. Unbelievable what is going on [...]
By Christopher Smith
Last week, WNYMedia.net celebrated it’s fifth birthday. In those five years, 6,200,000 visitors have stopped by to leave nearly 250,000 comments on 500,000 articles, videos and podcasts.
As a community, our readers have donated nearly 10,000 hours of their time to political candidates and activism [...]
Tom Reed and Eric Massa both agree that trying accused 9/11 plotters in New York is the right thing to do.
Reed is smart to reject the craven hysteria of some of his fellow party members, who are spinning crazy scenarios to avoid using courts that have already [...]
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No good deed goes un-shat-upon.
If you haven’t read what Gabe has to say about EHM in Buffalo, here it is. Go look. I agree with everything he says.
If you haven’t read what Colin wrote, go look. I think his [...]
I checked in with Sister Johnice Director of the Response to Love Center yesterday to see if they need anything for their Thanksgiving dinner next week.
From Sister J:
For Thanksgiving Day meal, we could use large turkeys that we will be roasting for our dinner. Smaller turkeys [...]
Win #1: Dick Jauron is fired. This ranks as one of Mr. Jauron’s few wins in Buffalo.
Win #2: Buffalo Common Councilman Brian Davis pleads guilty to misdemeanors relating to improper conversion of campaign funds, and there is also an investigation or two going on with respect to [...]
The decision to try some of the “masterminds”, as they’re being called, behind the 9/11 attacks is being met with a lot less controversy than I thought it would. I think that trying these people in a civilian criminal court re-establishes the fact that we are a place governed, [...]
I’d rather track scarcely talented American Idol contestants, get caught up on Glee’s let’s-relive-high-school plotlines, or endure a fan’s lecture about how Earth-shatteringly wonderful 30 Rock is before hearing another hyped word about  Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.  Many of us have been tempted to head for our zombie shelters just [...]
Christina Abt looks at the change in neighborhood, but also the change in attitude.
[...]I disagree with a lot of things Governor Paterson has done and said, but he pretty much hits the nails on the head here.
Gov. David Paterson openly criticized the White House on Monday, saying he thought it was a terrible idea to move alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and [...]
Applications for challengers for season 2 of Nickel City Chef are available here and due 12/23.
For the uninitiated, it’s an Iron Chef-style competition pitting local challenger chefs against the “Nickel City Chefs”, Adam Goetz (SAMPLE), Paul Jenkins (Tempo), JJ Richert (Torches), and Krista VanWagner (Curly’s). [...]
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[...]Bud Adam’s finger that is and a middle one at that directed at the Bills and there fans.
Heck, I was giving the Bills the middle finger during the Titans game too.
[...]The paper D&C led this morning's front page with a story on Massa's "no" vote on healthcare reform. The story covers a healthcare rally in Rochester where Dennis Kucinich was featured (via telephone).
[...]The Artvoice Dilemma comes down to whether it’s worth pointing out any random article’s problems. It’s usually best to avoid the chore of reading an issue, much less critiquing its contents. But sometimes they churn out something so egregious that it deserves a shredding. For example, a puff interview with [...]
I’m not a huge fan of the show mainly because when I see these needy and deserving families getting these amazing gifts, the only thing going through my mind is “tax liability”. It’s wonderful what just happened throughout the Massachusetts Avenue neighborhood of Delores Powell, and I’m stunned at the [...]
Collins supporters often counter the criticism that the shunting of responsibility for WIC and county clinics to private charities is inconsistent with the continued operation of county golf courses by citing the fact that those golf courses earn a profit for the county.
Obviously, that’s hardly the [...]
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[...]In a piece headlined "Masa [sic] used campaign funds to pay himself and wife", Jeremy Zremski of the Buffalo News reports that Eric Massa took a $15,000 salary from his 2008 campaign. Massa's wife Beverly was also paid $18,000 as campaign treasurer.
Mrs. Massa's salary was a minor campaign [...]
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I must admit…I watch Extreme Makeover: Home Edition periodically…you can’t help to get hooked into one of the shows if you chance upon while surfing around the tube.
When I heard the the show was going to roll into the B-lo, I never expected it [...]
Down in the B-F.:.:. #
TV – 1-0 Sabres early over dreaded Flyers #
2-0 Buffalo over Philly…2nd period #
The GOOOOOOOSE….3-1 Sabres!!! #
@goosesroost I read your initial tweet and thought the same…then the Goose happened… in reply to goosesroost #
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Here’s a new movement: pray for Obama, using Psalm 109:8. Ha ha ha! It’s a prayer for Obama’s death! Ha ha ha!
Let his days be few; and let another take his office.
And if you’re about to argue, no no – let his days in office be few – [...]
