Friday, 05 February 2010 00:00
Quickjustice
From: http://www.thedailybeast.com/blo...e-china/full/ "The secret of what’s wrong with [President Obama's] foreign policy is what’s wrong with his domestic policies. Obama’s central focus is domestic, and neither his inclinations nor his experience afford him the judgment required for serious foreign-policy decisions. Accordingly, having proposed $8.5 trillion in deficits over the next decade, and lacking enough gall to propose the requisite taxes to fund such extraordinary spending, Obama has only the alternatives of printing money or issuing debt. Both are harmful, but the debt route is a less visible way to debase the currency. Implicitly, Obama expects China to purchase a major portion of this debt, adding to its existing enormous share of Treasury obligations. Unfortunately for the president, however, China appears unwilling to play. In particular, China worries about the potentially devastating effects these mountainous additions to the national debt will have on the U.S. economy, and thus our ability ultimately to repay all or even most of it."
Last Updated ( Saturday, 06 February 2010 09:27 )
Friday, 05 February 2010 17:23
The Editors
 Although Special Elections often don't get much attention paid to them, it seems the Assembly Special Election in Queens for the 24th AD just got moved onto the front-page - yet for all the WRONG reasons. From Liz Benjamin's blog at the Daily News...
Several readers have now forwarded this rather stunning piece of mail that slams Bob Friedrich, who will face off Tuesday against David Weprin in a special election to fill the Queens Assembly seat vacated by Weprin's now-councilman brother, Mark. The mail features a Swastika superimposed over a generic photo of police tape. It arrived in mailboxes in Glen Oaks, a 10,000-person co-op on the Nassau/Queens line that is heavily Jewish. As you can see from the mailer that appears in full after the jump, Friedrich himself was on the mailing list. The piece accuses Friedrich, who, like Weprin, is Jewish, of being an "extremist" who is "out of touch with our community's values." According to Friedrich's campaign manager, Jay Golub, this stems from comments Friedrich made that murder should carry a heavier penalty than hate crimes. The mailer - at least the one I've got - doesn't indicate who paid for it. But Golub sounds certain it was Weprin's campaign. "This was so haphazardly done that he didn't even take Bob's name off the list," Golub told me. "We're offended by this and the community is offended by this. I'm not even certain what the message is supposed to be...A guy with a German last name is anti-Jewish? It's so over-the-top that I'm dumbfounded. I don't know what to say."
...the story continues...
Last Updated ( Friday, 05 February 2010 17:36 )
Thursday, 04 February 2010 10:18
Herb London
 The contemporary spokesmen for government, business and the academy have taken a page out of Alice in Wonderland: Words mean whatever you choose to have them mean. At some point, words had meanings detached from the user. They were ideas incarnate that stood on their own buttressed by Webster’s Dictionary. Now, of course, they are unmoored, set adrift by sophists who employ words for advantage or even to change meaning. The Orwellian reversal of language, e.g. “war is peace,” has been taken to a new level of manipulation. Let me cite examples. President Obama no longer refers to enemy combatants; they are now “isolated radicals.” This is a blinkered attempt to suggest that it isn’t jihadists we are opposed to, but the most radical elements within this category. Similarly, we are not in a war against terrorists; we are rather in overseas operations. On the homefront the word “stimulus” has been exhumed from public usage since it doesn’t stimulate and is now effectively “spending.” “No new taxes” – a campaign pledge – has been converted into “new taxes,” albeit all for a good purpose. “Transparency,” as in all government action will be transparent and visible on C-Span, has been transmogrified into secrecy as in this Healthcare bill of 2000 pages that will not be made available for public review.
Thursday, 04 February 2010 08:25
The Editors
from the NY Daily News... Alternatively slinging barbs and touting their records, the two candidates vying for an Assembly seat in Queens made the most of their first and only debate before next week's special election. Civic leader Bob Friedrich slammed former City Councilman David Weprin as a clubhouse politician, while Weprin dismissed Friedrich as a "perennial candidate" during Monday's hour-long slugfest at the Queens High School for Teaching. The two face off at the polls Tuesday in a contest for the 24th Assembly District seat. Friedrich criticized Weprin as a "tax-and-spend" politician, and repeatedly hammered him for signing on to an 18% property tax hike in 2002. Mayor Bloomberg had asked the City Council for a 25% hike to balance the budget.
...the story continues...
Wednesday, 03 February 2010 00:00
Daniel Peterson
On Saturday, the NY Post ran a piece on some $750,000 of Mayor Bloomberg's money and what it was used for. [John] Haggerty was also the recipient of a separate, eye-popping $120,000 personal contribution from the mayor on Nov. 20, which went to a political committee he had formed a month earlier and registered at his home in Forest Hills, Queens. Until yesterday, mayoral aides and party officials had refused for a week to say who was behind Special Election Operations.
Then on Monday, the Post followed up its report saying that the stories on this money are now conflicting. John Haggerty, a former Bloomberg campaign aide, told The Post that he used the money to pay poll workers on Election Day. But a longtime political operative says he believes the cash was actually used as "street money" -- handouts deployed by campaign surrogates on Election Day to "encourage" voters to go to the polls. Were they bribes, perchance?
Today in the Post, we're reading the Mayor wasn't aware of anything prior to the first story written by the paper on Saturday....
Last Updated ( Thursday, 04 February 2010 09:00 )
Tuesday, 02 February 2010 00:00
BAPH
Yonkers Mayor Phil Amicone, a Republican, is thinking of running for State Senate in the 35th district. The seat is currently held by Democrat Andrea Stewart-Cousins, who ousted long-time incumbent Nick Spano in 2006. With Rob Astorino's landslide victory last November, Westchester Republicans feel confident that they can retake the seat despite the Democratic advantage. There were rumors that Nick Spano would run for his old seat but thankfully this doesn't seem to be the case. (He also endorsed Democrat incumbent Andy Spano [no relation] over Republican Astorino at the last minute.) Thoughts?
Tuesday, 02 February 2010 00:00
Daniel Peterson
This is old news that hasn't really surfaced, so it would be appropriate for the premiere urban republican blog in New York to bring it up. One party in New York that has built a strong, yet small base, has been the Libertarian Party. The Ron Paul for President campaign in 2008 rallied a number of small government enthusiasts to start taking action. Warren Redlich, who is a registered Republican, but considers himself very libertarian, is making the rounds for elective office in 2010 and it appears he's getting a big push among libertarians to run for Governor. From his website - Redlich for Governor:...
Last Updated ( Thursday, 04 February 2010 09:04 )
Monday, 01 February 2010 00:00
Quickjustice
I'm personally a fan of Jeb Bush's. He's the wonky younger brother that "W" never was. From http://www.mcclatchydc.com/310/story/83386.html "MIAMI — When Jeb Bush left office four years ago, his public appearances were as scarce as bi-partisan man hugs. He didn't want to upstage his successor in the governor's mansion nor his brother in the White House. Instead, he quietly cashed in by joining corporate boards and an elite speakers bureau, penned policy essays and gave infrequent interviews to conservative media. But in recent months, as the Republican Party of Florida has grappled with a leadership vacuum, Bush's political profile has grown as fast as the national deficit...
Last Updated ( Thursday, 04 February 2010 09:01 )
Friday, 29 January 2010 00:00
BAPH
The Lazio campaign has announced that former Congressman Rick Lazio has received the official endorsements of the Rockland, Westchester, Bronx, and Brooklyn GOP Chairmen: Kings County Republican Chairman Craig Eaton said, "I enthusiastically endorse Rick Lazio for Governor. We need someone who will bring sweeping change and reform to Albany and Rick is the only candidate in the race who will do just that. He stands up for what he believes in. He always supported lower taxes and lower spending, and he opposes civilian trials for terrorists in New York City. I am excited to hit the campaign trial for Rick and I am confident he will be our next Governor."
Westchester County GOP Chairman Doug Colety said, "Westchester County saw in 2009 how the voters responded to a message of lower taxes, less government, and fiscal responsibility when they elected Rob Astorino County Executive. In 2010, history will repeat itself when Rick Lazio is elected Governor of the state of New York. I am proud to stand with Rick as he is the only candidate for governor who will stand up to the status quo in Albany. We need sweeping change so we can get New York back on track. I enthusiastically endorse his candidacy and urge my fellow New Yorkers to get behind Rick Lazio for Governor."
Last Updated ( Friday, 29 January 2010 20:17 )
Friday, 29 January 2010 00:00
Quickjustice
American labor unions and their allies funded a front organization called "Patriot Majority" to the tune of $8.2 million to discredit the Tea Party movement. From: http://hotair.com/archives/2010/01...ain-feingold-for-reform/"Out of $8.2 million total in contributions from the top 15 donors, $7.4 million explicitly came from unions. The two largest contributors in the 2008 cycle were AFSCME and SEIU, which are heavily allied with Democrats and the Obama administration. The two unions represent government workers at the state and federal levels, and in fact in combination provide almost all representation of public-sector employees.
Moreover, nothing on the website itself shows that it got most of its funding from Big Labor — and unions fell into the same spending restrictions in McCain-Feingold as corporations. But the website’s front page targets three Republican candidates for electoral office, a big no-no under McCain-Feingold and its speech restrictions, although they couch it in terms of “tell [them] to reject the dangerous ideas of the Tea Party.”...
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