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Ordinarily, when a group that feels slighted by a bit of off-color humor gets all riled up and calls for a boycott or a formal apology on behalf of all mankind, I look askance. Some people are sensitive (read uptight) and they take some things in life very seriously (generally intangible things that ironically make for the best off-color humor). I give them their space and sometimes the benefit of a doubt, because I cannot usually relate. I’m a white anglo-saxon male raised in a relatively... Read More→

Just looking at the events of the last few days, it doesn’t take long to see there is something greater that is going on in the world when it comes to our world’s civilizations, mainly between the countries of the West and those of Islam. With Iran’s UN standoff, Hamas’s election victory and now the burning of Danish flags in Islamic countries around the world some further analysis might be useful. Anyone watching the events unfolding in front of us would be doing themselves a disservice... Read More→

10. Economists consider full employment for a nation to be when unemployment is at 5% and America is at 4.7%. 9. Homeownership is at record levels across all demographics. 8. The stock market goes down on the news people’s wages are increasing faster then projected (the concern is inflation). 7. Companies from small to large are reporting higher profits and revenue today then during the Dot Com boom. 6. I have to wait 40 minutes for a table at Applebee’s. 5. So many more people would rather pay... Read More→

John Boehner beat Roy Blunt by a relatively modest 122-109 votes to become the new Republican Majority Leader in the House today. I was pulling for John Shadegg personally, because he was a fresh face with a proven track record of fiscal conservatism. But in retrospect, Boehner wasn’t a bad choice. Blunt, for all his experience, was unapologetically and unabashedly connected to Tom DeLay. And if the Republican Congressional caucus expects to garner any respect with the electorate this November,... Read More→

Considering you could get Newsweek for $20 a year, those less informed look at me cross-eyed when I tell them I subscribe to the Economist, which costs $120 a year. Since it could be argued that news is news, when paying 6x more for the same information it better be pretty damn good. For those that get it you know what I’m talking about when I say it is. For those that don’t check out this article in tomorrows edition on President Bush and his goal of spreading Democracy in the Middle East.... Read More→

It definitely hasn’t been a good month for the Administration for Children Services (ACS). First two children in their system were brutally killed and now in the past week two ACS employees have been arrested for endangering a child. The first was an ACS supervisor who was arrested on a rape charge for sexually abusing his teenage daughter and today another employees was arrested for abusing her daughter. As I said yesterday we shouldn’t be surprised by anything that comes out of a city run,... Read More→

Throughout all of 2004 leading up to the election, one of the things we constantly heard from John Kerry and other Democrats was how “tax cuts don’t work” or that they were “only for the rich”. As far as the tax cuts being mostly for the rich they would be correct because of a few simple points and misleading statements. First, in order to get a tax cut you would need to pay taxes that in itself is obvious. However if you look at the fact that the top 20% of wage earners in this country... Read More→

For Immediate Release, February 1, 2006Contact: Jen SaundersEmail: pr@nyyrc.com THE NEW YORK YOUNG REPUBLICAN CLUB, INC. COMMENDS PRESIDENT BUSH’S STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS (New York, NY) The New York Young Republican Club, Inc. (NYYRC) commends President Bush on his 2006 State of the Union Address and praises the objectives he put forth in Tuesday’s speech. The New York Young Republican supports the President’s call to break our dependence on foreign oil and research alternative energy sources.... Read More→

For Immediate Release, February 1, 2006Contact: Jen SaundersEmail: pr@nyyrc.com THE NEW YORK YOUNG REPUBLICAN CLUB, INC. CONGRATULATES JUDGE SAMUEL ALITO & ADMONISHES SENATORS CLINTON & SCHUMER (New York, NY) The New York Young Republican Club, Inc. (NYYRC) congratulates Judge Samuel Alito on his appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court, while admonishing Senators Clinton & Schumer for voting no on such a qualified candidate. Judge Alito has received public support from many Republican... Read More→

In less than one month two children have been brutally killed in NYC that at some point had been checked on by the Administration of Child Services (ACS). Though the media is really playing up the story, the truth is every year dozens of children die that were being followed by the ACS. Should we be surprised that a social program run on the taxpayer’s dime at a cost of over $2 billion a year whose employees are covered by a union, would be inefficient? The problem with city run social programs... Read More→