A blog about politics, business, faith and life in and around Greater Binghamton, NY
By Jim Willis on Jul 31, 2008 in Government & Politics, Society & Culture | 0 Comments
The slow (but picking up speed) erosion of our freedoms continues in Broome County and New York State. It started some years ago with laws that “save lives” like forcing people to wear seat belts, forcing parents to put their children in “approved” car seats, and forcing motorcyclists to wear helmets. None of these practices [...]
By Jim Willis on Jul 30, 2008 in Gov David Paterson, Government & Politics, Sen Hillary Clinton, Taxes & Spending | 0 Comments
This one “takes the cake” folks. Our do-nothing, supremely narcissistic Senator, Hillary Rodham Clinton, blames President George W. Bush for the mess that is New York’s budget. What? Ole George reached out from Washington and MADE us spend $47 billion on Medicaid–more than any other state in the country? Ole George forced millions of [...]
By Jim Willis on Jul 29, 2008 in Gov David Paterson, Government & Politics, Taxes & Spending | 0 Comments
Sooner or later New York State’s budget will come crashing down. Looks like it might be sooner.
Our illustrious, philandering governor (no, not Spitzer who was dumb enough to pay for sex, but Paterson, who gets his illicit sex for free)… will have a live televised address later today to announce the Empire State is running [...]
By Jim Willis on Jul 28, 2008 in Energy, Environment, Government & Politics, Marcellus Shale | 0 Comments
Another chapter in Grimm’s (Environmentally Amended) Fairy Tales…
Once upon a time big bad energy companies did something really really bad. They wanted to drill for natural gas where (gasp) natural gas actually existed! Can you imagine raping the ground for something natural? Anyway, these big bad energy companies were of course enabled by and codependent [...]
By Jim Willis on Jul 27, 2008 in Assy Donna Lupardo, Energy, Environment, Government & Politics, Marcellus Shale, Uncategorized | 0 Comments
A lot has happened since I’ve first written about drilling for natural gas around the Greater Binghamton region. For one thing, groups of land owners have banded together and signed contracts worth millions. Yes, millions. Some local farmers who have struggled for years working the farm, paying high taxes and trying to hold on to [...]