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The story of Joseph Stack is a tragedy, of an extremely confused and disturbed man who sought to terrorize innocent civilians and employees of the government in the interests of his own sick, twisted agenda. It’s also, paradoxically, a tale of incredible fortune and serendipity.
Unfortunately, it also seems to be an opportunity for partisans on [...]
I could see the smoke from miles away on the Whitestone Expressway, a thick acrid black shroud of destruction tearing its way through a commercial strip in my hometown Jackson Heights. In the aftermath, it would turn out to be a four-alarm fire of questionable (or at least “unknown”) cause and all storefronts on the [...]
When you are faced with a career in the political arena — filled with countless public appearances and speaking engagements — suffice to say you are going to have more than a few gaffes. However, when these misstatements come in the biggest, most carefully vetted speech of the year — such as in the State [...]
On behalf of the voters of New Jersey and now…Massachusetts???
Let’s face it, our lives are pretty decent, and for that we should consider ourselves blessed. We in the United States and other nations of the “West” are not torn apart by political strife, genocide, or cataclysmic natural disasters. For the most part, we all are able to wake up each morning, safe and sound, [...]
Hey, can you do me a favor? Can you remind me just which American political party is the one that’s always portrayed in the media and during debates as the one filled with horrible, filthy racists and elitests? I don’t see any Republicans making the news lately for absolutely beyond-the-pale outrageous statements aimed towards President [...]
The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution clearly states:
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to [...]
With so-called comprehensive healthcare reform all but passed in the United States Senate, it seems certain that our nation will soon nationalize a major segment of our economy and place it under strict, socialist government control. I will spare you for now a thorough discussion on the merits and demerits of such a system, aside [...]
Fresh off the humiliating election of woefully over-matched President Barack Hussein Obama — accompanied by nearly filibuster-proof majorities for the Democrats in both houses of Congress — this year’s Election Day turns our focus to more local, personal roots, as several notable contests are underway in both the Empire and Garden states. These campaigns, though, [...]
If you ever wanted a clearer picture of the perils of one-party ideological rule in a jurisdiction, look no further than the continued reign and candidacy of New York’s own Napoleonic Mayor, Mike Bloomberg.
Mayor Mike, as he likes to be called, was a lifelong Democrat until political expediency (avoiding a crowded primary battle) saw him [...]
(A post in which I “mash-up” my two favorite topics: politics and association management…and in the interest of full disclosure, this is NOT about anything happening at my own association, just one of those random things that can come only to me while reading a wide array of blogs related to both news and my [...]
(Inspired in large part thanks to a similar post on The Cranky Conservative…)
- It’s hard for someone as humble as me to admit it, but turns out I was way ahead of the curve in declaring President Barack Hussein Obama the Anti-Christ: a solid nine percent of the residents of the fine state of New [...]
I’m a few days behind on my news, but that really shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone that has ever read this site with any regularity. Anyway, I wanted to make a comment on a certain meme that went around Twitter and Facebook this week; a little sweet-sounding, simple, and very effective slogan promoting healthcare [...]
A post in two parts:
I remain forever amazed at how little the politically devout actually know about marketing and messaging their platforms to the larger masses. Without question, politics inspires a certain form of relentless passion in engaged individuals, but that passion often creates a sort of “mandatory call to action: you must agree with [...]
I know I couldn’t have been the only one who immediately thought of a certain song when hearing of President Barack Obama’s plan to indoctrinate — uh, I mean, address — all of America’s students next week.
HEY, OBAMA! LEAVE THOSE KIDS ALONE!
Nah, I think it’s actually kinda cool that the President could potentially reach out [...]
We live in a world unlike any other witnessed before by human civilization. Unparallelled prosperity (current recessions notwithstanding) and access to information have left us with the entire world at our figurative fingertips. No piece of knowledge is beyond a Google or Bing click away, and news from the farthest corners of the planet feel [...]
It only took a mere $10 billion in costs and nearly a year of unplanned delays before the newsmedia and certain elements of the scientific community began to question the value and process behind Europe’s Large Hadron Collider — the vast underground, super-cooled electromagnetic tunnels underneath France and Switzerland that will allegedly allow for high-speed [...]
This past weekend, I flew back from a brief four-day respite in Miami’s wonderful South Beach, and found myself constantly staring at an advertisement for a company called Carbonfund in my JetBlue’s 37 channels of DirectTV display.
Something was just “off” about this message, I kept telling myself, not even factoring in the post-modern hypocritical nonsense [...]
Browsing through the usual chatter on Twitter this AM, I was struck by random speculation and questions everyone has related to what is currently happening in Iran, and how/if the United States should respond.
Let’s start with the Middle Eastern nation itself: while I have not yet seen Jimmy Carter personally step forward and endorse the [...]
I usually read Hope n’ Change mostly to chuckle at its pithy, on-point cartoon critiques of the follies plaguing the current presidential administration. Today’s content, though, chills my bones and makes me ponder terrible thoughts.
And though the media keeps saying that the (ahem) former terrorists will be in Palau’s “custody,” the men will [...]
Apparently, my fair and jealous New York City had quite the week while I basked in the warm and inviting glow of the California sun. For starters, after years of controversy and repeated postings by your humble author, Department of Finance Commissioner Martha Stark resigned from her position. Hopefully, the halls of the fine revenue [...]
Let’s face it, times are not good for the Grand Old Party. We are ostensibly shut out of the federal dialogue other than as a crumudgeonly voice of opposition, and many states have similarly fallen to the dark side of Democratic (capital “D”) rule. Meanwhile, the party continues to tear itself to pieces over what [...]
Now that April 15th has come and gone, let us turn our attention not to the unjust and coerced tithing of the American citizenry but rather towards our favorite and most humble civil servant and tax collector, the Commissioner of the New York City Department of Finance.
When last we left Martha Stark, she had abruptly [...]
Three interesting little tidbits from the world of celebrities and gossip that I’m too lazy to post individually:
Gwyneth Paltrow has underway a campaign to fill the earth with smelly, greasy-haired pregnant women. Apparently, according to an article in the rail-thin Madonna BFF’s online magazine allegedly authored by the celebrity herself, the magical elixir known as [...]
The political world remains transfixed on a small, otherwise nondescript region of upstate New York; there, a hotly contested race for state’s seat in the 20th Congressional District remains too close to call, as Republican Jim Tedisco and Democrat Scott Murphy remain deadlocked in this highest of stakes.
Really? One meager seat out of 435? Methinks [...]
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