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November 3, 2009 - 06:00 pm
NEWS FEED: Albany Media Bias

Black Immunity

Well, this is just ridiculous: Racial disparity: All active ethics probes focus on black lawmakers
The House ethics committee is currently investigating seven African-American lawmakers — more than 15 percent of the total in the House. And an eighth black member, Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.), would be under investigation if the Justice Department hadn’t asked the committee to stand down.

Not a single white lawmaker is currently the subject of a full-scale ethics committee probe.

The ethics committee declined to respond to questions about the racial disparity, and members of the Congressional Black Caucus are wary of talking about it on the record. But privately, some black members are outraged — and see in the numbers a worrisome trend in the actions of ethics watchdogs on and off Capitol Hill.

November 1, 2009 - 07:19 pm
NEWS FEED: Albany Media Bias

Mayor Stratton's Funding Solution? Illegal Aliens!

You have got to be kidding me. Mayor Stratton's answer to beefing up the government handouts to Schenectady is to make sure the census counts illegal aliens?? The Gazette reports:
Every person that is not counted will cost the city roughly $20,000 in federal and state aid over the next decade, Stratton said.

He urged residents to fill out the questionnaire so that the city can qualify for more aid for Head Start, transportation, programs for the elderly, and Community Development Block Grants that support everything from homeless centers to arts festivals.

“Our city was severely undercounted in 2000,” Stratton said. “When that happens, we lose funding.

August 15, 2009 - 06:00 am
NEWS FEED: Albany Media Bias

Your Random Saturday

Pretty light one this week - supposed to be a GORGEOUS weekend - get out there and enjoy it before summer's gone!

Rich Galen on the behind the scenes secret backdoor Obama drug deal:
The New York Times had an amazing front page story yesterday which I would have thought would have jumped to the top of every cable news cycle except for the Senate's confirmation of Justice Sonia Sotomayor...

I want you to read the lead paragraph very slowly: Pressed by industry lobbyists, White House officials on Wednesday assured drug makers that the administration stood by a behind-the-scenes deal to block any Congressional effort to extract cost savings from them beyond an agreed-upon $80 billion.

July 28, 2009 - 04:45 pm
NEWS FEED: Albany Media Bias

Media Getting It - Yahoo Front Page 'Obamacare=You Lose' Headline

The government's Democrat's sacking of American health care reached a tipping point in the past few days with every poll worth the name is finding people that are both disinterested in 'fixing' health insurance as unemployment continues to spiral upwards with no end in sight and completely against the specific provisions that the press has been telling them aren't in there - because now the bill is out and, surprise! They're in there...including the outlawing of private health insurance. As Jerry might say, that's a pretty big matzo hanging out there. The front-page 'in the box' headline feature story has a not-mincing-words title of "

July 25, 2009 - 06:15 am
NEWS FEED: Albany Media Bias

Your Random Saturday

Let me get this straight...a person tasked with investigating ethics complaints against Governor Sarah Palin says she may have fallen afoul of ethics laws by having a legal defense fund meant to help her pay to defend herself against ethics complaints! I cannot believe things have become so ludicrous. The investigator himself seems to acknowledge as much, indicating that there is no way for the governor to get help defraying the hundreds of thousands of dollars needed to defend herself against baseless ethics complaints without that, in itself, becoming an ethics violation. Any anyone, anyone has the nerve to wonder why she resigned.

May 4, 2009 - 08:59 pm
NEWS FEED: Albany Media Bias

Thinking Out Loud

It don't mean nuttin', right?

Kennedy met with Kruschev and his seeming weakness and inexperience so emboldened the Russians that they planted nukes on our doorstep, nearly leading to nuclear war.

Johnson so badly bungled Kennedy's proper decision to confront the spread of communism that if forced Nixon to commit to getting us out of there. After he did the US began developing a reputation for weakness - that determined resistance could send us packing with our tails between our legs.

Carter let muslim terrorists kidnap American diplomats and other than a single, under-supported attempt to rescue them failed with barely a whimper, did nothing about it.

March 9, 2009 - 10:31 pm
NEWS FEED: New York Times

Obama’s Budget Faces Test Among Party Barons

President Obama will rely on Congressional committee gatekeepers to determine how his tax and spending plans move forward.