By Jim Willis on Dec 21, 2008 in Gov David Paterson, Government & Politics | 1 Comment
As many of you have heard via the press, our esteemed Governor (David Paterson) has concocted a crazy-quilt budget that taxes everything from haircuts to breathing. I have not reviewed his proposal in detail so I am not prepared to render a lengthy post on it right now. As I’ve stated on this blog repeatedly, [...]
By Jim Willis on Dec 7, 2008 in Environment, Marcellus Shale | 2 Comments
Here’s the latest update: While New York dittles around, Pennsylvania is producing natural gas from the Marcellus Shale formation. Right now. Today. Film at eleven.
The above is the sum total of what’s happened over the past several months with regard to drilling natural gas in Broome County and surrounding regions. There is a (surprisingly) somewhat [...]
By Jim Willis on Dec 1, 2008 in Free Speech, Government & Politics, Rep Maurice Hinchey, Sen Barack Obama | 2 Comments
Your right to free speech will soon be revoked. Ithaca, liberal bastion located not more than an hour from Binghamton, is a small preview of what’s coming under the iron fist of the Obama/Reid/Pelosi political troika. From the American Thinker comes an article titled, A Place Where Only Liberal Speech Is Protected, written by Cornell [...]