It has become increasingly obvious that the Senate Democrats are not ready for prime time.  The latest example of this comes courtesy of (alleged) woman-beater, Senator Hiram Monserrate.  As we have reported over the last few weeks, Senator Monserrate was charged with felony assault after he allegedly broke a glass and then used a jagged piece to [...]

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It seems that a day does not go by without another politician being dragged down by a scandal.  Interestingly, almost all of these scandals involve DEMOCRATIC politicians.  Michelle Malkin recently wrote a column about Democrat Rod Blagojevich where she neatly summarized many Democratic accomplishments this year: “2008 was the year of Democratic Reps. William “Cold Cash” Jefferson, Charlie [...]

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Hats off to Mr. Peabody for picking up on this story so fast.  I only have two things to add: 1.  Allegedly, he beat his girlfriend with a broken beer bottle.  2.  According to the New York Post, as a New York City Council member, he “touted himself as a staunch advocate of victims of domestic [...]

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On Saturday Night Live this weekend, one of the performers did a (pretty accurate) Governor Paterson impersonation, and I cannot decide if it was hilarious or borderline inappropriate.  At the moment, I think it was both. Has living in New York for so long turned me soft?  I need to hear from you, faithful readers!  You can see [...]

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Governor Paterson plans to unveil his 09-10 buget tomorrow, and he will be making major cuts across the board.  Sifting through the early reports, I think he is on the right track.  Although I do not agree with everything he is proposing, I understand that some of his proposals are necessary to placate the (now) [...]

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Not surprisingly, Senator Malcolm Smith’s deal to take control of the New York Senate is unravelling, throwing the Senate into even greater chaos.   According to the Daily News: A deal allowing Democrats to take control of the state Senate was on the verge of collapse Tuesday night.  Three dissident Democrats were backing off their support of Malcolm [...]

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I could write for hours about how the diversity movement turns logic on its head and often leads to absurd results.  For today, however, I will limit my ranting to one particular issue: if you are trumpeting diversity, you can basically accuse anyone of being racist with no consequences.   I think accusing someone of being [...]

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One of the running themes in my columns is that self-anointed reformers are not to be trusted.  Most of the time, they have very little respect for law and order and simply use the banner of reform to dupe voters and to consolidate their own power.  I’ve addressed this topic here, here, here, and here. I [...]

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This morning at 11am, Governor Paterson held a press conference to detail his plan to cut 2 Billion dollars from this year’s budget.  To his credit, he seeks major cuts in the two biggest budget lines: education and healthcare. In short, he wants to cut the planned 9% increase in education spending to only 5%, and he [...]

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It is very bad that the Democrats won a majority of the seats in the state Senate.  It is bad for upstate, it is bad for those who care about a culture of life, it is bad for people who cherish their right to keep and bear arms, it is bad for those of us [...]

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