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Where Do We Go From Here?
December 3, 2009 10:45 PM
From a blogger's perspective, the one good result in the wake of the defeat of marital equality is the wealth of opportunity. There are so many possible angles just begging to be explored. Some gay activists are now busy outing...
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Carl Kruger: It's not about you, it's about him.
December 3, 2009 09:45 PM
I was not the only citizen of the Marine Park community who was shocked at Carl Kruger's vote of "No" on the gay marriage bill. I am quite frankly sick of Kruger's antics. When the Democrats won control of the...
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Another Question No One Will Ask or Answer
December 3, 2009 09:15 AM
From the Assembly press release on Tier V: "Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Governmental Employees Committee Chair Peter J. Abbate today announced the passage of legislation they sponsored (Extraordinary Session Bill A.26) that would enact a new and cost efficient...
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I Want your Sex
December 3, 2009 12:30 AM
Where was George Michaels when we needed him today? George Michaels, not George Michael. From THE NEW YORK TIMES (12/5/1992): Former Assemblyman George M. Michaels, who cast the deciding vote to liberalize New York's abortion law in 1970, thereby ending...
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Ning-Nong NY Senate Dems Unbelievably Bad at Counting...Gay Marriage Votes
December 2, 2009 03:16 PM
via the New York TimesALBANY -- The State Senate defeated a bill on Wednesday that would legalize same-sex marriage, after an emotional debate that touched on civil rights, family and history. The vote means that the bill, pushed by Gov....
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The Reason For Gay Marriage is Tier V
December 2, 2009 01:00 PM
There is certain to be at least a vote on Gay Marriage today. How do I know? So that all the State Senators, and all the Assembly Members, and the Governor, can talk about Gay Marriage, and only Gay Marriage,...
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Report from Kabul Hill
December 2, 2009 08:45 AM
GATEMOUTH (4/14/06): In the end, I want a member of Congress who's wrestled with, and lost sleep over the question of under which circumstances the deployment of American forces in battle is justified. "Just say no" is not an adequate...
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An Experiment in Thanksgiving
November 26, 2009 11:00 AM
Guys like this are something that I aspire to. Here's a little experiment in thanksgiving to our current men and women. Go down to your local firing range (they're everywhere these days) then see if you can get your hands on an AK-47. ...
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Sucking Money from the Future: Albany Does It Again
November 25, 2009 09:45 AM
Now that I have realized that public services and benefits face years if not decades of decline, the biggest issue in public finance, the one that concerns me personally and I think about every day, is whether the NYC public...
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Me and Paul
November 24, 2009 08:30 AM
It's been rough and rocky travelin',But I'm finally standin' upright on the ground.After takin' several readings,I'm surprised to find my mind`s still fairly sound -- Willie NelsonIt started simply enough. I was a geeky junior high school smart ass; by...
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Fatal Gaffes?
November 22, 2009 02:45 PM
During this year's final mayoral debate, Bill Thompson was said by the local commentariat to have made two grievous errors, which were only not said to be fatal in and of themselves because his candidacy was pronounced by the same...
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AmericaâÂÂs Debts: Past and Present Views
November 22, 2009 01:15 PM
Suddenly, there is a great deal of concern about America's federal debt, not only among the Chinese to whom a great deal of it is owed, but also among older generations of Americans, who worry that growing debts will hurt...
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Sampson: No New Fees; No New Taxes
November 21, 2009 09:45 PM
"No new taxes," was Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson's response to a question regarding the state's budget reduction negotiations. "We are holding the ground on midyear school cuts. We are trying to mitigate or minimize the cuts to health care. We are looking at things we are trying to cut across the board with respect to agencies," said Sampson, and "also making a sweep of those authorities that have additional capital and monies in those areas." Sampson explained, "What we are trying to basically do - our conference - is make sure that New York's citizens can't deal with any more new fees, no more new taxes. We can't absorb any midyear school cuts because that could disrupt. But...
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A Decent Interlude?
November 21, 2009 09:00 PM
So it turns out that "unexpectedly," the city and state budgets are not balanced and we will have to accept some combination of paying more, getting less -- or having the problem swept under the rug and paying more and...
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Slick Rick Strikes Again
November 20, 2009 05:45 PM
Rick Lazio says:"[Last year's state] budget should never have been enacted," said Rick Lazio, a Republican candidate for governor in 2010. He said instead of making harder, long-term fixes, Albany is "lurching from special session to special session ... we...
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My Opposition to Kindergarten â Second Grade 2 Standardized Testing by NYC Department of Education (DOE)
November 19, 2009 05:15 PM
Statement to District 27 Community Education Council (CEC) My Opposition to Kindergarten - Second Grade 2 Standardized Testing by NYC Department of Education (DOE) Good evening, District 27 CEC board members and Superintendent Lloyd-Bey. Many of you know me,...
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Two Cheers For The CFB
November 17, 2009 04:45 PM
One of the arguments in support of the creation of New York City Campaign Finance Law was that by providing funds to insurgent candidates and limiting the amounts that could be contributed, City elections would become more competitive. ...
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Quinn Dissed Thompson, Backs Mayoral Candidate...in Houston!
November 15, 2009 04:00 PM
via Room EightA Chance to Make HistoryDear Friends, Our election may be over, but there are still some critically important campaigns that have yet to have been decided.Annise Parker, the current Houston City Controller, is running to be Mayor of...
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We Demand A Salary Cap
November 14, 2009 10:00 AM
Once the wealthy have earned (or at least gotten) their net worth into the nine-figure league, a question arises as to what to do with it. Some turn to philanthropy, and some to purchasing or funding the arts, but many...
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And Here's Why Eliot Still Makes Us Piss Our Pants
November 13, 2009 10:00 AM
via the NY TimesSpitzer Talks About, Well, Ethics Former Gov. Eliot Spitzer was invited to speak at Harvard University on Thursday about what first made him famous: policing Wall Street. Mention of the prostitution scandal that made Mr. Spitzer infamous,...
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