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The “somewhat” useful idiot is being thrown out in front of the bus again with the latest scheme from the leftists in Congress. His name is Congressman Maurice Hinchey, and he’s about as stupid as they come. Problem is, he keeps getting reelected by people around these parts.
Today, Mr. Hinchey, the man who wants to [...]

Taxpayers from the Maine-Endwell School District are being shaken down to pay for new construction at the M-E school to the tune of $59.6 million. Yes, you read that right–nearly 60 MILLION DOLLARS. The money will be spent upgrading four school buildings, a bus garage, and building a brand new 8-lane swimming pool. Let’s hope [...]

Out come the obligatory “the sky has now officially fallen” stories for the poor, deprived children of the Chenango Valley Central School District. I can see it now, these poor kids will become waifs by this time next year. (Violins please.) The cause of this calamity? Those greedy taxpayers who voted down the CV budget [...]

If you read this blog on a regular basis, I would like to point out a little feature in the middle of the page (just to the right of my articles) called Blogroll. That’s a fancy name for “list of links to other sites.” Most of the links are to other blogs that I read. [...]

Today we celebrate Memorial Day. I’ve been taught what Memorial Day is about, but over the years of picnics, movies and other well-meaning distractions, it may have lost some of it’s meaning. It’s good to revisit the true meaning of this holiday. Let me ask, do you know what the roots and meaning of this [...]

It seems you get a right to free speech everywhere in Greater Binghamton except inside Binghamton City Hall. Mayor Matt Ryan instituted a new “rule” when he took office more than two years ago that no one noticed until Ryan started enforcing it…THIS WEEK. The rule? No cameras or recording devices allowed unless “Simon says” [...]

The New York Regional Interconnect (NYRI) power line is a proposed high voltage line that would run about 200 miles from Oneida County in Upstate New York to Orange County in Downstate (running through Broome County). Folks around these parts are mostly opposed to this monstrosity because it won’t economically benefit the people whose land [...]