The Wednesday after the first Monday of the new year – only NYS could word something in this manner. That is the date on which the governor is required to give his State of the State address to a joint session of the NYS legislature. So, yesterday, shortly after a new majority leader for the… Continue reading The State of New York
I have kept quiet about political issues for way too long. I took a little – a month or two – break from listening to all the politics of the US. I paid attention but didn’t comment. Now, I am getting annoyed. Barack Obama, in an attempt to reach his promise for diversity in his… Continue reading Rick Warren, Protest and the Inauguration
Should the results start getting to you – either coming in too quickly or not quickly enough, should the night drag on and ESPN2 with the UB Bulls playing Miami of Ohio Red Hawks – yes, billed as the battle of the blue and red – try playing Candy-Date Land. No, it does not have… Continue reading Candy-Date Land
Is this really what news coverage has come to? First, this morning, there was the crabgrass remark by Bob Schieffer. Now, I am watching CNN and they are “beaming” holographic reporters into the studio. This is not what I want in my reporting. I am off to watch college football.
So I bought a hard copy of the Press & Sun-Bulletin on Sunday so I could show my 18 year old son what the actual ballot would look like for his first ever trip to the ballot box – or as we know it, the voting booth. I explained how he would vote on the… Continue reading First Time Voters
Literally and figuratively. I just returned, about an hour ago, from my polling place. You see, I run to my local polling location. Up until two years ago, this was a relatively flat prospect. Then, the local fire department started a building project on the station on Route 26. The polling location moved to Union… Continue reading Exercising My Voting Privilege
Yes, I now have CNN on my television. CNN started publicizing a hotline to report voter irregularities last week or the week before. They reported on some during early voting in both Georgia and Florida. I have heard of some strange happenings in the local area thanks to Pressconnects.com but the recent voting irregularities report… Continue reading Strangest Weather-Related Issue So Far
Yes, I admit it. I turn my television set to CBS when I turn it on in the morning. I am not particularly a big fan of CBS news but I do want the local news on WBNG, the local CBS affiliate. So, I still have CBS on and the Early Show has Bob Schieffer… Continue reading John McCain and Crabgrass
I grew up in a very political home. My grandmother was a poll worker/election inspector. My best friend’s father was the county democratic chair. I volunteered on my first presidential campaign in 1972 at the age of 11, stuffing envelopes for George McGovern. My father could not believe, when I finally registered to vote, that I… Continue reading College Students and Voting
I am intrigued by this story that seems to be a non-story for national media. I don’t think that lines will be extraordinary where at my polling place. Granted, there are only two machines at the polling place but things generally run smoothly. My first time voter, 18 year old son, left the house at… Continue reading Business Productivity on Election Day 2008
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