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The Daily Show welcomes those in town for the Republican National Convention

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Has your opinion of him gone down in the last four years?
Do you want to see someone who thinks he is doing a great job be elected?
It’s scary to think what will happen if McCain gets elected…

I’ve never seen the large inflatable rat outside of Manhattan. But it sounds like Channel 7 deserves it.

http://7newsunfair.com/

Best of luck to the members of NABET-CWA Local 25.

In solidarity.

Paterson has lost his mind. He wants SUNY to cut another $100 million on top of the $52 million cut he already enacted.

I like this quote from the NYSUT media release:

NYSUT Executive Vice President Alan B. Lubin noted that when Paterson appeared before the union at its convention in New York in April, he vowed to make higher education a priority.

I guess what nobody realized was he intended to make higher education a priority for insane budget cuts. I really hope he gets recalled, although I know the chances of that happening are slim. What kind of a human being cuts education funding?

From the realm of political attack ads, first we have John McCain comparing Barack Obama to Paris Hilton:

Now we have Obama calling McCain a celebrity:

Of course the best response is the funniest from Paris Hilton:

Why politicians need to do attack ads at all is beyond me. Can’t we just focus on the issues and let the voters decide based on that? Unfortunately once they start they have to be responded to, in an ever escalating distraction from what really matters. Maybe by the next Presidential election all advertising will be banned. A simple fact sheet of all candidates should be mailed to all elligble voters, upon which a clear statement from the candidates as well as their voting records on those issues would be listed. Then we can have a President elected based on issues, not whether or not they windsurfed.

In anticipation of further cuts from our non-elected governor I have sent the following to my representatives.

As a lifelong New Yorker, current taxpayer, and employee of SUNY I am
very concerned with the actions of our imposed governor David
Paterson. Mr. Paterson seems intent on waging war against the working
class and in the process seems determined to destroy the public
education system of our fine state.

I feel that it is my duty as a citizen of New York to raise these
issues. If Mr. Paterson calls for any further reductions or cuts in
any education budget or acts in any way that will cause the working
class to shoulder the burden of fiscal hardships in the state I humbly
request your support in recalling him from office. We cannot allow an
extremist like Mr. Paterson to do untold damage to the working class
of New York and must act to swiftly and legally remove him from
office.

It is unfortunate that we were forced to go from an elected official
to an imposed one. It is even more unfortunate that he chooses to act
in ways against the good of the working class of New York. I urge you
to seek his recall before he causes any more damage.

Sincerely,
Christopher Taverna

There are many ways to fix the budget problems of the state. Cutting education should never be one of them. If you feel similarly feel free to use my wording above and contact your representatives to get him out of office quickly. If you don’t know who your representatives are you can look them up. Once you know who your elected officials are a quick search online will find their contact information.

The wonderful thing about a democracy is that it is participatory. If you don’t like the way something is going you can speak up. If you don’t like the way things are handled, come election day you can vote for change. Officials are not elected into power to be left alone. The People must continue to have their voices heard over those of the lobbyists and others who only have their own best interests in mind. As a collective group we, the citizens of New York, can affect a positive change.

http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/mediareleases_10605.htm

One of Merriam-Websters definitions for satire is:

trenchant wit, irony, or sarcasm used to expose and discredit vice or folly

As such the often talked about Obama New Yorker cover is a perfect example of satire. It is using sarcasm to expose and discredit the folly of the Republican smear campaign to convince people that Obama is a Muslim and his wife hates America. I was surprised to hear the uproar over the cover.

It is hilarious, because it is so ludicrous to see what the Republicans are saying actually put down in art. To hear someone claim that Obama is a Muslim could be believable. To hear someone claim his wife is militantly anti-American could be believable. To see him fist bumping, oh sorry “terrorist fist jabbing”, his Black Panther wife while dressed in African garb as the American flag burns in the fireplace below the portrait of Osama bin Laden is just too far out. It should be obvious that when taken to this extreme the Republican claims are ridiculous and unbelievable.

Unfortunately there are apparently many many people who just don’t get it. It is inappropriate. It is not politically correct. It is racist. And so on these people claim. But there is also the real fear that somewhere someone is going to look at that and say “Yup, there’s that Muslim fella that wants to be runnin’ our fine Nation. Just look at that, can you believe he had a flag burning while they took his picture?”

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