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Governor Compares State Legislators to Dracula
Gov. David Paterson said Monday some Albany lawmakers are like Count Dracula, showing pleasant faces to lull citizen advocates, only to become bloodsuckers when the sun goes down. Gov. David Paterson said Monday some Albany lawmakers are like Count Dracula, showing pleasant faces to lull citizen advocates, only t... more
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Democrats Rip into McCain at Convention
``If he's the answer, then the question must be ridiculous,'' New York Gov. David Paterson said of the Republican presidential candidate.
Democrats ripped into John McCain as indifferent to the plight of the working class and an ally of big oil on Tuesday, launching wave after wave of attacks from the podium of their national convention. ``If he's the answer, then the question must be ridiculous,'' New York Gov. David Paterson said of the Republican presi... more -
Opposition for gay marriages in NY
Opposition arises after governor's directive to recognize unions.
Religious and social conservatives vowed Thursday to fight Gov. David Paterson's directive requiring state agencies to recognize gay marriages performed legally elsewhere, saying it flouts traditional values and is a big step toward legalizing same-sex unions in New York.
"The definition of marriage predates recorded history," said New York State Catholic Conference Executive Director Richard E. Barnes. "No single politician or court or legislature should attempt to redefine the very building block of our society in a way that alters its entire meaning and purpose."
Gov. Paterson issued a memo earlier this month saying that gay New Yorkers who marry where it is legal will have the right to share family health care plans, receive tax breaks by filing jointly, enjoy stronger adoption rights and inherit property.
He cited a February ruling in a New York Appellate Division court in which the judges determined that there is no legal impediment in New York to the recognition of a same-sex marriage.
Meanwhile in California, there's good news for gay marriages
http://current.com/items/89000306_calif_court_won_t_del... Opposition arises after governor's directive to recognize unions. ... more -
Governor Paterson and Hillary Clinton: Why won't they shut up?
This is a very interesting article from NY's Daily News about why both Hillary Clinton and Governor Paterson's characters are being called into judgment. Here is just a snippet of the article:
But both the governor of New York and the senator from New York get called out on character now, and judgment. Why? Because neither knows when to zip it, that's why. Paterson keeps telling us about all the women he's had - send up a flare if you think there aren't more to come - and his Delta House past. And Hillary Clinton talks herself into a world of trouble by making a trip to Bosnia in 1996 sound as if it were a scene out of "Black Hawk Down" when it wasn't anything of the kind.
Check out the full article and let us know what you think? Should politicians be honest from the start? Do we secretly wish they were a bit more secretive about things? Let us know what you think below! This is a very interesting article from NY's Daily News about why both Hillary Clinton and Governor Paterson's characters ar... more -
Paterson, Obama, And The Shield of Truth
by Nicole
This is definitely the way to go. Instead of waiting nervously for his skeletons to fall out of the closet one by one, the newly appointed New York Governor David Paterson, who replaced his disgraced colleague Eliot Spitzer, took the bull by the horns and confessed all just hours after taking office.
After rumors of infidelity surfaced, Paterson and his wife Michelle admitted they had both had affairs during a rocky period in their marriage in a joint interview with New York's Daily News on Monday. The pair then faced reporters together at a news conference held this morning in the Capitol's Red Room.
"I didn't want to be compromised, I didn't want to be blackmailed, I didn't want to hesitate taking an action because the person on the other end might hurt me or my family. I just thought this was the time to come forward and reveal this," Paterson told reporters.
Perhaps this may serve as a new model, with politicians and statesmen confessing all before they take office (which Paterson didn't strictly do, but it's not like he got to pick his timing here) so they can get on with the important work at hand unfettered by sins of the past. After all, public officials only become truly accountable to us at the point that they begin their public service (or, if elected, start campaigning for office), and some of the best and brightest hopes are surely likely, at the very least, to have follies of youth buried in their past.
What are mistakes but opportunities to learn and grow? We, in turn, should learn to be more pragmatic about sin. To quote the big J.C., "let he who is without sin cast the first stone." If we allow our politicians to admit to more mistakes without fear of hysterical or over zealous judgment, we also allow them to better serve us. So let's be grown-ups about this, and get such compromising information out in the open where it is rendered benign. This has to be a more evolved policy than our current one, where the cardinal sin is getting caught.
It's at this point I'd like to give Obama the opportunity to hit the public confessional. McCain and Clinton have been in public service so long that their dirty laundry is by now well aired, but the press have only just started digging into the life of the new kid on the block.
If Obama does indeed win the Democratic candidacy, as it very much looks like he might, it'd be sad if the Republican's won the election by default were an unrecoverable scandal to break closer to November. The tenet of public service is to put those you serve above yourself (and your own career prospects). I'm therefore urging you, Obama, if you have anything you're hiding, whether it be financial or sexual impropriety, or something that could appear as such, to take a leaf out of Paterson's playbook and get it out there now. Your best shield in the upcoming battle is the truth.
http://www.dailymantra.com by Nicole ... more -
Newsblast! 03.17.08
Space robots, truckful of bees, and Mad Money gets eaten by Bear.
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New NY Governor David Paterson takes oath
Disgraced Gov. Eliot Spitzer's resignation became official Monday, paving the way for Lt. Gov. David Paterson to take the oath of office and become New York's chief executive.
Spitzer's term, cut short after allegations surfaced that he hired a call girl from a high-priced escort service, officially ended at noon. He resigned last week, a stunning fall from power for the crusader who vowed to rid the state Capitol of corruption.
At his swearing-in as the state's 55th governor, Paterson plans to use his inaugural speech to project confidence and optimism, while relating his own personal struggles to New York's ability to overcome challenges, an aide said. Disgraced Gov. Eliot Spitzer's resignation became official Monday, paving the way for Lt. Gov. David Paterson to take the oath of... more -
David Paterson is BLIND! Why is the media not covering this?
When Eliot Spitzer steps down as Governor Monday, New York's Lieutenant Governor David Paterson will become the nation's first legally blind governor and third African American governor. Why is the media spending so much time on Spitzer and so little on this historic moment??? When Eliot Spitzer steps down as Governor Monday, New York's Lieutenant Governor David Paterson will become the nation's fir... more
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WE OWN THE NIGHT- 365 DAYS OF MARCHING - THE AMADOU DIALLO STORY- MOVIE CLIP 3
WE OWN THE NIGHT- 365 DAYS OF MARCHING - THE AMADOU DIALLO STORY- MOVIE CLIP 3
Activists, politicians and religious leaders discuss the 4 officers responsible for Amadou Diallos death, the NYPDs Street Crimes Unit and its motto WE OWN THE NIGHT..
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