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dan@urbanelephants.com — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:00:00 +0100

Here are a few current political topics of today that maybe of interest for Urban Elephants to discuss.

A Quinnipiac University poll shows that 81 percent of Democrats are clueless. But we all knew this already.

The recent investigations from the DA offices of Staten Island and Manhattan on the Independence Party Party have upset party leaders and it appears chairman Frank MacKay will be challenged for his seat.

There's also the State vs City faction of the Independence Par [...]

Elite Colleges Discriminate Again Poor Whites

hlewis8@nyc.rr.com — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:00:00 +0100

From

http://www.mindingthecampus.com/forum/2010/07/yes_elite_colleges_are_biased.html

"The book is No Longer Separate, Not Yet Equal, a careful study of admission practices at eight unnamed elite colleges by Princeton sociologist Thomas J. Espenshade and a research associate, Alexandria Walton Radford. Writing here on July 12th in an article headlined, "How Diversity Punishes Asians, Poor Whites and Lots of Others," Russell K. [...]

Upon Paterson's Exit From Democratic Primary, Kaye Exonerates Him

hlewis8@nyc.rr.com — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:00:00 +0100

Democratic N.Y. gubernatorial candidate and current Attorney General Andrew Cuomo appointed former Chief Judge Judith Kaye, appointed by Cuomo's father, to "investigate" N.Y. Democratic Governor David Paterson for "misconduct" uncovered by the New York Times after Paterson announced his candidacy for governor, setting up a Democratic primary. In making that announcement, Paterson was bucking President Obama, who publicly told Paterson not to run. The scandal was carefully timed by Democratic ope [...]

Immigration Reform: The Gallo Plan

russellgallo@aim.com — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 05:00:00 +0100

Originally posted on brooklyngopradio.blogspot.com

Today a liberal judge basically gutted the Arizona law that would have allowed local police officers to inquire as to the immigration status of persons detained for already committing a crime and unable to prod [...]

New Ideas For Republicans: Replace the Income Tax With a Value Added Tax (VAT)

hlewis8@nyc.rr.com — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 05:00:00 +0100

Time for some new ideas about taxation and entitlement reform from the Republican Party:

From

http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/14340.html

"Premise 1 – As our Federal government runs away from the entitlement mess they themselves created, some states are starting to see bankruptcy looming on the horizon. As the left clamors for tax increases to feed the beast, the right sits back and says “no” to everything [...]

The NY Times gets it wrong... again

nburney@burneylawfirm.com — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 05:00:00 +0100

Over the weekend, the NYT printed an article calling the Supreme Court under C.J. Roberts the "most conservative in decades." "The court not only moved to the right," the article said, "but also became the most conservative one in living memory, based on an analysis of four sets of political science data."

[...]

The Weiner Machine

swmirsky@gmail.com — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 05:00:00 +0100

Writing in the Juniper Park Civic Association monthly magazine this past September, Association president Robert F Holden offers an eerily familiar description of our Congressman, Brooklyn-based Anthony Weiner. A former aide to one-time Congressman Chuck Schumer, Weiner succeeded to the seat vacated by Schumer when Schumer went on to claim a United States Senate seat. It's a common practice in this town, where political competition is hard to come by, for staffers to inherit the mantles of th [...]

Obama Administration Supported Release of Lockerbie Bomber

hlewis8@nyc.rr.com — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 05:00:00 +0100

From

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/white-house-backed-release-of-lockerbie-bomber-abdel-baset-al-megrahi/story-e6frg6so-1225896741041

"THE US government secretly advised Scottish ministers it would be "far preferable" to free the Lockerbie bomber than jail him in Libya.

Correspondence obtained by The Sunday Times reveals the Obama administration considered compassionate release more palatable than locking up Abdel Baset al-Megrahi in a Li [...]

Former Democratic N.Y. Mayor Ed Koch Creates "Enemies of Reform" List

hlewis8@nyc.rr.com — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 05:00:00 +0100

From

http://www.nyuprising.org/index.cfm?objectid=F12C2B9E-C29C-7CA2-F834E9C5C353B609&dspMode=enemies

Former Democratic NYC Mayor Ed Koch has created an "Enemies of Reform" list of New York state legislators who have refused to sign his pledge of reform of New York State government. Prominent among the enemies of reform are Democratic N.Y. Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Democratic N.Y. State Senate Majority Leader John Sampson.

Silver and Sampson on Ed Koch's Democratic Enemies List

hlewis8@nyc.rr.com — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 05:00:00 +0100

From

http://www.nyuprising.org

From former Democratic NYC Mayor Ed Koch:

We need your help! Every candidate running this year needs to know that Reform is a priority to YOU, the people that elect them to to office. Please take a minute to remind them of that by clicking their name below. Within the dropdown menu, you'll be able to email, facebook, tweet, and/or ca [...]

Barack Obama's Facebook Feed, Part II

hlewis8@nyc.rr.com — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 05:00:00 +0100

From

http://www.slate.com/id/2261592/

Rangel: America's Armed Forces are Mercenaries "Defending ...Corporate Profits"

GOPNYC@hotmail.com — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 05:00:00 +0100

In a despicable screed hosted on his official Congressional website, Representative Charles Rangel has endorsed a statement that America’s armed forces are little more than a band of corporate mercenaries. A [...]

NY Dems Interject in NY-1 Republican Primary, Out Altschuler for Outsourcing

nycgop.robert@gmail.com — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:44:59 +0100

The race in NY-1 keeps getting stranger and more interesting. Now, in the midst of a heated Republican primary, the NY Democratic Party has launched a campaign to "out" Randy Altschuler as a job outsourcer, as some here at UE have already commented about. They call into question Altschuler's claims to have created American jobs, and have created a commercial to explain their position. Here is the Dems commercial. The accompanying press release is below.

UPDATED: Charles Rangel, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. and Dynastic Revenge in Harlem

hlewis8@nyc.rr.com — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 05:00:00 +0100

By attacking Charles Rangel, the heavyweights in the New York Democratic Party are playing a subtler political game here than the headlines suggest. Charles Rangel was elected with the support of GOP New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller in a primary contest with the corrupt and legendary Democratic Congressman Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., who himself succumbed to ethics charges.

It's useful to remember that the original ethics charges against Rangel were brought by the New York Times, a [...]

Conservative Commissar Kassar Lashes Out at Regina-Potter, Admits GOP’s Plan of Attack is ...

atlasshrugsinbrooklyn@gmail.com — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 05:00:00 +0100

If you were to [...]

Melé Campaign Dedicated to Unseating Engel

raquel@raquelokyay.com — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 05:00:00 +0100

“Duty, Honor, Country” is the way Brigadier General Arthur Jackson closes his letter addressed “Dear Fellow Republican” dated July 2010, yet there is not one shred of duty, honor, or country comprised in the letter that falsely smears a fellow decorated U.S. Army Veteran, Republican Anthony “Tony” Melé, candidate for U.S. Congress.

What the good general neglects to disclose in his letter distributed to Republicans residing in New York’s District 17, is his avid support for Repub [...]

Jonathan Judge Helps Mike DiSanto!!!

chipsahoy0387@aol.com — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 05:00:00 +0100

The questions begs, For the millions of jiggers and elephants who make this blog the undisputed leaders politics.

The question begs, This reform minded com [...]

The Common Man and Common Sense

herb@hudson.org — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:44:43 +0100

If there was one overarching goal of the Marxist project, it was refashioning human nature. Whether religion or politics, the Marxists argued that an obsession with God and a belief in national identity had to be challenged and defeated. An ideology based on the common man ultimately had little confidence in his beliefs. Marxists maintained they were endowe [...]