Bill Ryan is the leader of the Dem controlled Westchester County Legislature. In the 2008 budget – which raised Westchester's already monumentally crushing property tax levy by 3% – he tried to sneak himself another breathtaking pay raise ($89k to $124k, for a part-time position) a feat he successfully pulled off two years ago when he managed to get himself a 14% bump. This from someone who has made little to no effort to keep … Read more of this entry »

Before you rush out to buy more unnecessary crap for everyone on your "holiday" list, take a look at this twenty minute film by Annie Leonard that details the 21st Century human supply chain through to disposal. It makes you think, and is really worth taking the time to watch.
Here's the link.

Vlad "the impaler" Putin has calmed the post Glasnost chaos enough that the Russians (at least the ones who are still living in Russia) have lost sight of HOW he calmed the chaos. They voted for his party in a sketchy election, covered by a tightly controlled media, in which his opponents were jailed for saying mean things about him. So now he can, if he chooses, remain in a position of power indefinitely. Not … Read more of this entry »

– Rudy Giuliani (Circa 1996)
"The anti-immigration issue that's now sweeping the country in my view is no different than the movements that swept the country in the past," "You look back at the Chinese Exclusionary Act, or the Know-Nothing movement – these were movements that encouraged Americans to fear foreigners, to fear something that is different, and to stop immigration."