I left this comment on the Responsible New York website, in response to Tom Golisano’s statement:
Thank you, Mr. Golisano, for bringing the most transparency we’ve seen in a long time to New York State government. Until now there have still been a handful of people that believed that politicians were elected by the people to [...]

So, I got this email from Premier Wines/Prime Wines/Prestige Wines begging me to help it keep wine out of supermarkets with what has to be the weakest, most self-serving arguments ever:
Don’t let “Big Box Greed” endanger your friends and family.
• Wine in 16,000 more outlets means more traffic fatalities
• Five times more stores will be [...]

Some people want to believe that our country’s economic crisis is so complicated that mere mortals cannot understand it. Only economists and politicians (hah!) have the brain power and education to decipher the complexity of how subprime mortgages and tightening credit markets have caused this unprecedented crisis. Don’t believe them.
You see, in actuality, [...]

The absurdity of appointing someone to become Treasury Secretary who can’t figure out how to pay their taxes correctly seems to be lost on most of America. I mean, this is “Change we can believe in?” How does failing to correctly pay your income taxes not once, not twice, not three times, but [...]

Congressman Brian Higgins recently released a news brief citing a report from the NYSDOT entitled “New York State Route 5 Buffalo Skyway Management Study“. In his press release, Higgins selectively released facts to bolster his position that tearing down the Skyway makes the most sense.
According to the report, presented by the NYSDOT at the [...]

Courtesy of Mr. P

One advantage of having a newborn is that I haven’t been able to be completely bombarded by the pre-election insanity. On the Presidential level, issues stopped being discussed after the last debate, and we’ve only been subjected to Palin’s wardrobe, Joe the Plumber, and Obaminfomercials. On the local level, we have pretty much [...]

via Power Line…
For a man of Biden’s experience, this is a surprising series of misstatements. First of all, he gets wrong one of the most basic facts about the Constitution: Article 1 establishes the legislative branch, not, as Biden said, the executive branch. This is not exactly an obscure fact; my 17-year-old daughter pointed it [...]

Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert, recently commissioned a survey of American economists to find out their opinions on the presidential candidates.
Interestingly, most economists are Democrats, and feel their party is the one with the right economic ideas.
When asked which candidate for President would be best for the economy in the long run, not surprisingly, 88% [...]