Posts Tagged “New York City”
 As Tropical Storm Fay makes landfall Tuesday in southwest Florida, expectations that it would intensify to a Category 1 hurricane have faded–just as government requests for evacuation fell on more than a few deaf ears in a part of the nation that, as one resident put it, "has seen this movie before", and are taking a wait-and see attitude instead. In fact, it looks like this particular movie is a Razzie nominee…- John McCain told a Veterans Of Foreign Wars convention Monday that Barack Obama placed his self-interest ahead of his country’s when he opposed a troop surge in Iraq, and then later tried to prevent funding for those troops. Of course, this group is sort of in his pocket–he could have accused Obama of brushing his teeth with Aqua Fresh and gotten a big ovation…
 A proposed New York City anti-terrorism plan, conceived by the NYPD and named Operation Sentinel, would track and check the one million cars and trucks a day entering Manhattan using license-plate readers, radiation detectors and closed-circuit cameras. And you thought the backup on the Lincoln Tunnel was bad now…- Presidents from about 100 of the nation’s best known universities are calling on lawmakers nationwide to reduce the age of drinking from 21 to 18, saying the fact it is illegal for so many of their students doesn’t stop them from drinking–it just makes it more dangerous for them. I definitely understand that–just like I understand that legalizing it won’t make 18-year-olds on their first away-from-home experience suddenly decide to behave rationally and responsibly…
- Northern Ireland has been hit with significant flooding from a recent downpour equal to three weeks’ worth in a single day that has forced many to the roofs of their homes and cars . The latest reports suggest most if not all have been rescued, which is wonderful news–but did provide quite a respite to pub fights…
- A new study reveals that over one-half of a group of randomly surveyed adults believe that God’s intervention could save a family member–even if physicians declared that treatment would be futile. Any doctor that doesn’t believe in the power of faith is either an intern or a fool…
Tags: Barack Obama, Florida, John McCain, New York City
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- Barack Obama spent much of yesterday distancing himself from former pastor Rev. Jeremiah Wright, after a series of TV appearances where Wright blamed 9/11 on US actions and suggested the government was capable of using the AIDS virus against minorities. Unfortunately for Obama, Wright has his 15 minutes of fame and is trying like crazy to stretch it into a couple of weeks…
- The promise of biofuel as an energy alternative has become a heated debate, with many blaming ethanol production for escalating corn prices and with it the global food crisis. I don’t want to prolong our dependence on oil, but we’re gonna run into real problems enjoying a bowl of freshly popped unleaded…
- A study by civil rights activists criticizing the war on drugs says New York City is the world leader in marijuana arrests with 400,000 busts in the last decade. No wonder cops have the best dope…
- Both Democratic and Republican senators attacked the 2005-enacted Real ID Act yesterday, calling it a gigantic unfunded mandate for states and an affront to the privacy of Americans. I wonder how many voted for it then and are trying hard to keep that on the down-low…
- A pair of the nation’s biggest meat processing plants were cited by the USDA for inhumane treatment of cattle. I consider this a serious business–the mistreatment of beef must be limited to men at grill time…
- The Swiss scientist who invented LSD in 1943–and first tested it before a bicycle ride home–has died of a heart attack at age 102. Under the circumstances, he’s lucky he made it home alive…
Tags: 9/11, AIDS, Barack Obama, biofuel, Democrat, ethanol, New York City, Real ID Act, Republican, Senate
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- Democrats in Michigan say they will be unable to organize a do-over primary vote, leaving the question up in the air of what will become of their delegates. Barack Obama has suggested that he and Hillary Clinton split them, with Hillary favoring anything at all that would keep it from happening…
- Former senior White House aide "Scooter" Libby was banned from practicing law in the nation’s capital following his perjury conviction, with officials there saying that lying to the FBI about the case of former CIA operative Valerie Plame amounted to "crimes that involve moral terpitude". In other words, he’s got the perfect credentials for politics…
- New York City’s police commissioner and union president both expressed concern over budget cuts that will reduce the NYPD to its smallest size in 15 years. The good news is, for the first time in years, there will be enough night sticks to go around…
- A half-dozen states have balked at a federal mandate to beef up their driver’s license requirements for security purposes, and risk having their citizens’ ID rejected at airports and federal buildings. They say it’ll cost far too much and many of their dirvers are not crazy about being photographed kissing a picture of President Bush…
- A speech by Iraqi prime minister Al-Maliki proclaiming the nation has defeated terrorism and is on the road to recovery was interrupted–by one of Baghdad’s frequent power outages. It’s yet another walking, talking contridiciton in Iraq–perhaps the one thing we’ve consistently done there…
- New research confirms what many of us already know–giving to others makes people feel good, and that sharing what they have with others can actually make people happier than keeping it. I certainly hope whoever paid for this feels really good about it…
Tags: Baghdad, Barack Obama, CIA, Democrat, FBI, Hillary Clinton, homeland security, Iraq, Michigan, New York City, primary, White House
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- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has warned the Justice Department that she will file a civil suit if they don’t launch a grand jury investigation into whether a current and former member of the Bush administration should be prosecuted for contempt of Congress. However, she promises a nice hug to anyone who cooperates…
- If you get a letter from the IRS next month, don’t panic–130 million households will be receiving them as a reminder about their eligibility for tax rebate payments that begin in May. Of course, it your letter includes a photo of you in the Cayman Islands with a bag of cash, it’s probably something else…
- New York City’s tax department has offered free credit monitoring to thousands of people who received forms from them and inadvertently had their Social Security number exposed through the envelope window.. It sounds like something else there was exposed too…
- Britiain’s Prince Harry is being withdrawn from Afghanistan, where he had been serving since mid-December, now that news of his deployment there has been leaked. No–not from me, silly…
- In what has to be one of life’s true miracles, a newborn baby girl in India fell through a toilet on a moving train and onto the tracks, yet survived after a two hour search. The really good news is that the odds are so slim for someone falling off a train through a toilet, she’ll never have to worry about that again…
- A report on prisons concludes that more than one in 100 American adults are behind bars, making the US the world’s #1 incarcerator. Of couse, the Lindsay Lohans of the world and their hour-and-a-half lockups tend to mess with the average…
Tags: Afghanistan, Bush administration, Congress, IRS, Justice Department, Lindsay Lohan, Nancy Pelosi, New York City, tax rebate
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- Some experts say that gas prices could reach $4 a gallon by spring. They also say "taxi" an awful lot…
- Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton debated again last night in Ohio, a week before primaries there and in Texas may determine whether Clinton can remain in the race. It probably explains the way she kept calling Obama "Bill" whenever she accused him of being dishonest with voters…
- A raid in New York City’s Chinatown seized a million dollars’ worth of fake Gucci, Prada, Rolex, Coach and other designer products yesterday. The only problem is that most of the people selling it are as fake as the merchandise…
- In a statement to a Congressional hearing, a computer expert called the White House’s email system setup "primitive", which he said created a high risk of data being lost. Frankly, notes tied to rocks and thrown down the hall leaves something to be desired…
- US Airways announced it will begin charging passengers $25 to check in a second bag. They’re gonna make you travel light, one way or another…
- An electrical grid problem in Miami shut down a nuclear plant and cut power to about 3 million residents along the Florida Keys. It was a near-disaster–think of all the blenders out of commission…
Tags: Barack Obama, Congress, debate, email, Hillary Clinton, New York City, White House
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