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Going It Alone

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It is obvious from the Supreme Court audio of the conservative justices’ questioning of the healthcare law that the country is hopelessly divided.  Its conservative red states against moderate blue states, those who believe in science and those who do not, those who believe in helping humanity and those who do not, those who believe in peace and those who do not, those who believe in education and those who do not, those who believe in equality for all and those who do not.

Esquire Magazine Outs the Generational War

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Perhaps now that one part of the MSM has broken the wall of silence, the sad reality will come out in the open. The young are clueless, but always have been. That's why in the past it was up to those older to look out for their best interests. Then the majority decided to stop doing so.

"Nobody ever talks about generational conflict. Who wants to bring up that the old are eating the young at the dinner table? How are you going to mention that to your boss? If you're a politician, how are you going to tell your donors? Even the Occupy Wall Street crowd, while rejecting the modes and rhetoric and institutional support of Boomer progressives, shied away from articulating the fundamental distinction that fills their spaces with crowds: young against old." Actually, it should be the young and the old who care about their own kids against those who don't. 

HATS OFF TO KARIM CAMARA AND JOHN SAMPSON

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There are times when the movers and shakers of mainstream media simply refuse to do their primary duty: edify the public as to what’s really happening in the corridors of power. And this is why blogs -like this one- have now emerged as crucial back-ups for those who seek to truthfully bring the four-one-one to the public.

Take the recent legislative package passed in Albany for example. Mainstream media heralded it as a victory for Governor Andrew Cuomo; but is it? Really?  

The Unions Cry Crocodile Tears About Tier VI

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For the past few years, as taxes have been increased and public services have been cut, New York’s public employee unions have protested. We’re on the side of those who rely on public services, they claimed. We are the 99 percent. And now that the retirement benefits of future public employees have also been cut, the unions are protesting again. We are on the side of future public employees, they claim. So where is the money going? Who is getting better off, as most people, and just about all future people, become worse off? Have New York’s state and local taxes been cut? Have public fees, such as transit fares, been cut? Who benefitted? You know the answer.