Did you see this in the New York Post? ALBANY – Expenses at the little-used Executive Mansion jumped 14 percent last year as Gov. Paterson replaced bed linens, bought new lawn furniture and replaced an inventory of 30 dozen wine glasses. Paterson racked up $61,951 in household expenses in his first nine months in the [...]

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Friends, according to the weekly political magazine, National Journal, (by way of the Buffalo’s Business First) Louise Slaughter was ranked as the most Liberal member of the United States House of Representatives.  Slaughter received a score of 93.2 percent on National Journal’s liberal ideological scale.  I guess those of us who are represented by the [...]

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Mr. Whipple must be rolling over in his grave.  All of you who like to use soft toilet paper better watch out!  The progressive/liberal/socialists have declared war on soft toilet paper. From The Guardian: The tenderness of the delicate American buttock is causing more environmental devastation than the country’s love of gas-guzzling cars, fast food [...]

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Gentle Reader: I think Richard Dollinger may be done with elective politics.  There was widespread speculation that the well heeled Dollinger was going to be appointed to the vacant County Court Seat, as a quid pro quo if you will, for running against Joe Robach last fall. Mr. Izguhde tells me that the buzz in [...]

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Recessions are all about a lack of confidence in the systems.  Depressions are about panic and fear in the systems.  When you think about what is the difference between today and yesterday and why are people losing their jobs, it becomes perplexing.  Sometimes you want to think, “well why aren’t people buying consumer goods and [...]

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Anyone who reads monroerising.com regularly knows that I’m not afraid to pat myself on the back when I make predictions that turn out to be correct.  I consider myself a modern day Nostradamus when it come to predicting the behavior of Democrats.  While I’ll admit this was one of my easier predictions, the Albany Times [...]

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Jimmy T is up big in his race to succeed Kirstin Hilldebrand in NY – 20.  According to the AP: The Siena College poll reports Tedisco, the state Assembly’s Republican leader, has a 46 percent to 34 percent lead over Scott Murphy, a venture capital manager.  (snip) Tedisco is viewed favorably by 47 percent of [...]

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Regarding the post earlier today on Scott Murphy not answering questions about ROTC:  we came across this stuff that looks like Murphy actually is part of the liberal/progressive/socialist wing of the Democratic Party. FLASHBACK: MURPHY ON ROTC (RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING CORPS) AT HARVARD While at Harvard, Murphy applauded a group’s decision to declare unconstitutional a [...]

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Right after the election I stated that Joe “Hair Plugs/Plagiarizer”  Biden the Ex Vice President Elect would be a gift that keeps on giving.  He has not failed me. Earlier in the week he was on the CBS Early show and was asked for the website name that would have the pork spending stimulus plans [...]

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Benjamin Netanyahu plans to apply the same small-government policies when he becomes Israel’s prime minister as he did six years ago as finance minister.  Then his tax and spending cuts helped lift the economy out of recession. One of President Obama’s biggest fears in the Mid East is Benjamin Netanyahu. He will hold a hard [...]

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