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Friday’s Wall Street Journal had a very good story about the State government failing to go after Pedro Espada in 1995.
But for some reason, the story did not list the name of the man who was Governor at the time.
I wonder why.
Hmm, could it be because the Governor wasn’t named Cuomo, Spitzer or Paterson?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703395204576023843352497746.html
I just glanced over this report, and was struck by the chart on page 1, which shows the share of U.S. income taken by the top 1.0% of earners from 1914 to 2006. It shows the share of U.S. income going to the wealthy soared in the 1920s, just before the Great Depression, and in recent years, just before the Great Recession. This is nothing I didn't know. But what struck me was the almost exact match to the total credit market debt to GDP chart, found on this website. Total U.S. debt also soared in the 1920s, fell in the Great Depression, remained low for a while, then soared again in the 1980s and 2000s. Party on!
A week ago I reported on the NYC election results in the “Angry Black Man Primary” between the Freedom Party’s Councilman Charles Barron and the Rent is Too Damn High Party’s Jimmy McMillan.
At the start of every election season in New York, there is much talk among pols and the press about which major Party candidates the minor Parties (Independence, Conservative, Working Families this year, with the Greens joining the fun next year) will cross-endorse in the various contests throughout the state.
I thought of writing something of substance about "No Labels" (talk about an oxymoronic sentence) and then realized I had already done so months ago.
ROSCOE CONWAY: Speaking as someone who lives in a property tax cap state – stupid f'n idea. If school taxes are too high, throw out your school board. Oh, well, in the words of Ron Swanson, “The public is stupid.
The fact that Bill Clinon is aiding President Obama, is that a sign that Hillary Clinton won't run against Obama.
Some Democrats in Congress are denying the reality of the past election. They are angry over the Democrats loss of the House to Republicans and are letting their anger rule over reason by attacking President Obama for making a tax deal with Republicans in nothing less than Clintonesque fashion.
SENATOR RUBEN DIAZ, SR: I’d like to know if my colleagues in the New York State Senate – especially those who consider themselves purists – plan to do to something to Senator Kevin Parker now that he has been convicted of two misdemeanors.
