The Odd Couple: The two State Senate Democrats who voted against every budget bill were Tom Duane and Ruben Diaz. The No Club www.capitaltonight.com
Spitzer: "I said, 'Shelly, if you had your pension here, would you give it to Tom DiNapoli to manage?' He said, 'Of course not.' So I said, 'Then why would you make him the comptroller?'”
I made the same observation more than once during the campaign. Will Eliot Spitzer run for Mayor in 2013? | West Side Spirit
This April Fools joke nearly fooled me. Is this really so implausible on a Council where one seat is currently occupied by a former State Attorney General who followed his loss with a run for Community School Board 10?
That being said, it's probably unfair to compare Spitzer to Kopell; Eliot wears socks to bed; G. Oliver probably keeps his shoes on. Spitzer Said To Be Eyeing Council Run www.cityhallnews.com
Another horrible consequence of the Republicans taking Congress. Former Congressman John Hall Returns to Music | The New York Observer www.observer.com
While I agree with the gist of this editorial, which seeks to preserve the current manner of delivering an important service, I cannot keep myself from noting that if the Orthodox Jewish community really wants to protect its vital social services, it should stop voting for the party committed to end them. Dismantling Jewish Legal Services,Editorial Board www.jewishpress.com
Sully nitpicks about the word genocide, and he's right. But even though, as a Jew, I have to respect protecting the "brand," it does occur to me that when you're the one getting killed, the others kinds of mass murder probably don't feel all that different. Quote For The Day II – The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com
How would Moammar look in a bowtie?
How bout we drop some bean pies on his tent? Farrakhan defends Libya's Gadhafi as 'brother' www.chicagobreakingnews.com
UN workers murdered?
Responding to this incident has got to have Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh awfully confused. Afghan Mob Kills 10 United Nations Workers www.nytimes.com
Kudos to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights for their honesty and bravery of exposing how Palestinian terrorists inflict pain upon their people. Gaza Rights Group Says Militants Endanger Civilians www.nytimes.com
Finally, the real Fred Malek story: the only thing really redeeming to be said in his behalf is that it might not be as bad as what Kissinger said. Fred Malek: Nixon's Jew-counter goes on the record but omits the worst part. www.slate.com
I don't question the thesis here, which is sound, but Sully's tagline line sticks out as incredibly silly:
“Think of it as the final reckoning of Nixon's Southern strategy.
Nixon rebuilt his party on sand.”
Nixon's rebuild won seven of the next ten Presidential elections. That's most of an adult lifetime, which in this cockeyed caravan is most of the politics any of us ever gets. Winning The White House Without The White Vote – The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com
Compassionate conservatism was always a lot of hot gas filling out a very thin balloon, but now even that pretext has been deemed too costly. House Republicans Turn Out The Lights On President Bush's Compassionate Conservatism | The New Repub www.tnr.com
The party of “constitutional government.” House GOP: We don't need no stinkin' Senate – Political Hotsheet – CBS News www.cbsnews.com
The GOP: Boldly going forth into the 19th Century! Maine GOP Legislators Looking To Loosen Child Labor Laws www.huffingtonpost.com
Our inalienable rights as Americans include that of "life;" thank G-d we're Americans.
This article should be a stern rebuke for those who say that for the right wing, the "Right to Life" begins at conception and ends at birth.
They’re really not all that committed to that right for even that long. Nebraska Denies Prenatal Care to Undocumented Women | Mother Jones motherjones.com
Send guns, money and Henry Drummond!
Why won’t any sensible Republican speak out?
“He who troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind.” ThinkProgress » With New ‘Monkey Bill,’ Tennessee Takes Evolution Education Back To Scopes thinkprogress.org
I admit, and not without a bit of shame, that I can rarely muster too much outrage about prosecutorial overzealousness in the effort to convict the guilty–but I draw the line in cases of prosecutorial overzealousness in the effort to convict the innocent.
This decision is an outrage! Connick v. Thompson: Clarence Thomas writes one of the cruelest Supreme Court decisions ever. www.slate.com
Suggestion to cyclists: if you don‘t want speed bumps, then learn to stop at red lights and stop signs. CB6 to Prospect Park West cyclists — slow down! www.nypost.com
Another Rock Prediction proven to be as accurate as all the others (AKA Lori Knipel's April Fools Facebook joke):
Lori Citron Knipel: “On this day, I finally came to a Major Decision…I’m running for Boro President!”