Tag: graffiti politti
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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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October 06, 2008 04:46 AM EDT --
Check these out! They're versions of my latest "icon" image. I sketched it on a used paper plate the other night, and photograhed it. What fun! I enjoy imagery much more . . .
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January 05, 2010 06:35 AM EST --
It was a big night, at The Main St. Cafe. Billy Preston was playing, and we were hoping for a "sold out" show. Unfortunately, we didn't have the money to advertise the show in Newsday, when . . .
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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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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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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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December 15, 2009 02:57 AM EST --
As a fan of Bill O'Reilly's, I'm not shy about "letting him have it," when I disagree with him. In that spirit, I sent him the following email:
Bill, you're a pinhead for calling Adam . . .
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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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March 19, 2009 12:44 PM EDT --
One thing about the AIG bonuses. They're only .01% of the money that AIG got from the government. I would take the feigned outrage about the bonuses in congress more seriously if they all hadn't . . .
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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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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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December 01, 2009 03:00 AM EST --
Well, this is an interesting story. The Swiss people, the ones who reflexively think of Americans as "bigots" or "racists," have just voted to ban "minarets" from being constructed on Mosques . . .
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February 09, 2009 05:07 AM EST --
There is no way that "The Watchmen" can be adapted into one movie. There just isn't enough time to tell this story so fast. If I were to synopsize it, I would say that it shows a somewhat . . .
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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 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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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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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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