By Jim Willis on May 9, 2008 in Environment | 2 Comments
The latest from the People’s Republic of New York State (in good standing with Communists everywhere), courtesy of the AP and Newschannel34:
(Albany, N.Y.) AP – New York environmental officials have proposed a statewide ban on open burning, to reduce pollution and the risk of wildfires.
Current rules exempt the state’s 850 towns with fewer than 20,000 [...]
By Jim Willis on May 9, 2008 in Assy Donna Lupardo, Environment, Government & Politics | 3 Comments
Kudos and thumbs-up to the people at Binghamton University who are considering leasing some of their 900 acres of land in Vestal and Endwell to energy prospectors actively searching for natural gas veins throughout our region. Read about it in today’s Press & Sun-Bulletin: Gas-drilling rush expands to BU. Frankly, I’m surprised! But happily so. [...]
By Jim Willis on May 5, 2008 in Environment | 13 Comments
Recommended for your reading: Are Global Warmists Pulling a Cool Fast One? by Marc Sheppard. This article is published online in the American Thinker, one of the best blogs in existence.
Marc Sheppard’s article points out how those who believe in the religion of man-created global warming have a teeny tiny problem on their hands…we’re heading [...]
By Jim Willis on Apr 12, 2008 in Environment, Government & Politics, Mayor Matt Ryan, Society & Culture | 6 Comments
A departure today from strictly Greater Binghamton news–but not much of a departure. I’d like you to read an excellent article at The American Thinker: The slick trick behind global frauding. The American Thinker is one of the very best political blogs, period. This particular article on so-called “global warming” is outstanding. So why write [...]
By Jim Willis on Apr 7, 2008 in Environment | 1 Comment
I once had a high opinion of Dr. Laurence Spraggs (pictured right), President of Broome Community College (BCC). He had the temerity to oppose Broome County Executive Barbara Fiala’s plan to use the tobacco shakedown money the feds stole from legitimate businesses and are sending our way to re-outfit the worn-out Harvey Justice building in [...]
By Jim Willis on Nov 18, 2007 in Environment | 10 Comments
Sunday’s Press & Sun-Bulletin contained a guest viewpoint by retired Binghamton University professor Richard A. Rehberg, Ph.D., on the dangers to good ‘ole Binghamton from the big bad monster Global Warming. It contained the usual unsubstantiated scare tactics used by the left in this country to convince the people to lay down their freedoms, which [...]
By Jim Willis on Nov 12, 2007 in Business, Environment, Transportation | 2 Comments
In typical and predictable fashion, the leftists at the Press & Sun-Bulletin have written an editorial blaming Detroit for not producing fuel-efficient automobiles. The implied message is, high prices for gas would be just fine if we were driving cars and vans and SUVs that got 100 miles/gallon. In part, the editorial reads:
[I]t still doesn’t [...]