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As most of you know, I am big on ballot security and voting issues. I have proudly given testimony in support of expanding the reach of the Motor-Voter Law while before the City Council (on behalf of my former employer the Association of the Bar of the City of New York) and as a member of the Social Welfare Committee (for those that don’t know, the Motor-Voter Law allows people to register to vote at the DMV). While I recognize studies that show making it easier for people to register does... Read More→

to get one. They started up the “FudgeReport” (http://fudgereport.net/) to “serve as a central depot for people to access information and news coverage about GOP Senate candidates”. As one commentor put it, “Where on the FudgeReport can I find the copy of Michael Steele’s credit report?”  Read More →

I don’t know if anyone picked up the recent issue of National Review with Mayor Giuliani on the cover (in drag). I am a subscriber and I have to say I was terribly disappointed in the article, which discusses the Mayor’s chances at the 2008 GOP presidential nomination. Admittedly, I am a supporter of the Mayor’s and hope that he runs. That being said, there were numerous problems with the piece. For one, Mrs. O’Beirne only manages to cite one pundit (NY Post’s John... Read More→

No one has been claiming that Queens has been unfairly targeted by a conspiracy to deprive them of air conditions. I live in Queens and I don’t feel like Con Ed targeted my neighbors (I wasn’t affected by the blackout). What I am claiming is that Con Ed was totally incompetent and heads should roll. Moreover, Con Ed is more than a publicly traded company that is accountable to its shareholder – Con Ed is a public utility which holds a government-granted monopoly over the distribution... Read More→

I LOVE NICK VERTUCCI!!! I LOVE HIS CONTRARIAN VIEW POINT!!! I also think he has gone insane with the summer heat. Nick, my brother, my crunk nizzle (as the kids say), you have got to be kidding me. I have gone nuts when Home Depot failed to deliver doors for my kitchen cabinets on time. If something like ELECTRICITY was not being delivered to my house, I would look to burn the CEO of Con Ed in effigy and get pitch forks and torches (at least the torches would provide light). People died thanks... Read More→

I just got back from the Burger King down here in lower Manhattan, just across from Ground Zero and I am totally disgusted – not by Burger King itself (perhaps I should look at the “nutritional” infromation for my Angus Burger to remedy that) – but by the exchange at the counter. The total came to $6.71. I gave the woman – who looked like she had just graduated high school – or was at least no younger than someone entering her senior year — $6.76. Predictably,... Read More→

How much press coverage can this guy get. The South Florida Sun-Sentinel has him claiming that the American presence in Iraq is more dangerous to world peace than nuclear threats from North Korea or Iran. This after he called our marines cold-blodded killers and has advocated the “cut-and-run” method for war stategy for some time (with a notable exception in 1991). Indeed, in April 1994, Murtha urged the Clinton administration not to use military force to stop the fighting in the former... Read More→

I have to tell you, I was one of a few of us that attended the Soluntions America fundraiser last night and I left very impressed. Impressed with the operation, impressed with the event and impressed with the former mayor. I’ve been a part of numerous campaigns and events before, but I was struck by the professionalism and the results. That they raised $2 million for the first real event the PAC had says quite a bit. And am I the only one that found Rudy’s message — terrorism,... Read More→

The TWU has just voted down the contract or, as the PA puts it: “The city’s transit workers, one month to the dayafter they stranded 7 million riders with a crippling three-daystrike, voted Friday to reject their new three-year contract by amargin of just seven votes.” What a bunch of bums.  Read More →

As is my practice, I tend to enter debates at the last minute, to give a Montel Williams-like summary, or, some would say, Jerry’s Final Word. Rather than doing so to get the last word, I feel it best to enter after passions have subsided and after all views have been aired. It helps me make better sense of things, First, I would like to thank Jessica Bruder and the Observer for contacting me regarding the story that everyone seems to be commenting so much about. I can say that I was not... Read More→