No doubt you’ve seen or read the news that the Social Security System will begin paying out more in benefits than it will receive in revenue, something the “experts” in the CBO didn’t expect to happen until at least 2016. Well we knew it would happen and President Bush did as well which is why [...]

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Welcome Comrades, Please take a seat as we recall the recent history of how our great Socialist Republic was forged. First we took as our guide the writings of our father Karl Marx. He provided us with a 10 point program that would be easily implemented in an advanced industrialized nation over time. For ease of reading we [...]

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Well my fellow Risers of Monroe, it’s been a long time since I have posted or even commented here in cyberland…in fact so long that I almost forgot I had a username. I like many of you have been very busy with work and family and in my case preparing for a new child coming [...]

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WASHINGTON – Western New York Representatives Chris Lee (NY-26), Brian Higgins (NY-27), Louise Slaughter (NY-28) today sent a letter to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Randy Babbitt urging him to implement much-needed guidelines on pilot fatigue and pilot commuting. During a recent Senate hearing the FAA Associate Administrator for Aviation Safety Peggy Gilligan announced that [...]

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As government encroachment gains momentum and you and I watch our liberties and money go out the window I believe a moment of thoughtful insight into what our nation once was and what it could once again be is appropriate. We were…founded as a Democratic Republic, a representational form of democracy. We were… founded on [...]

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I remember when Eric Massa was first elected.  I was shocked that people would elect this guy, regardless of how much of a doof Randy Kuhl was.  Massa struck me as incredibly arrogant and a little nuts.  To his credit, he seemed to be doing a decent job in his first 7 months.  But then I [...]

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I’ve learned that as I read different blogs or online journals that deal with politics, that I’m not always going to agree with what I read.  I think its important to read all variations of commentary and reporting when dealing with current affairs and the effect that has on our leadership.  One such publication I [...]

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As we’ve mentioned before, we have a pretty big readership base in Buffalo.  We received this from Buffalo area patriot Russ Thompson: Today at 5 PM many people will be protesting Brian Higgins at his fundraiser. Higgins and Slaughter refuse to hold any public meetings so we will protest the fact that they have made [...]

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Friends, this isn’t exactly new news, but the  GOP County Chairs in the North Country have nominated Gouverneur Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava to serve as the party candidate when Congressman John McHugh is confirmed by the Senate to serve as Secretary of the Army. It’s being published that the powers that be are going to make [...]

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A while back Lemon Lymon brought us this in depth review of Obama’s behind the scenes political gamesmanship that essentially forced New York Congressman Steve Israel out of the race for U.S.  Senate.  Israel was strongly considering a primary run against the Governor Paterson selection of Kirsten Gillibrand. From that coverage, here’s quote from the Congressman regarding [...]

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