Posted on 02/19/2005 8:04:56 PM PST by neverdem
sweet!
LOL I am trying to figure out how the dems can believe this crap when John Kerry did worse in his home state of Massachusetts than did Al Gore.
very photogenic !
Count me in to make this into somethign big
It's a combination of both. #1 and the most critical is the renewing of the Republican Party Identification, Pataki and Bruno have both added to the demise of the party, the blatant disregard that Bruno showed toward the Conservatives was and is disgusting and in your face, he must step down some how some way.. A Primary maybe?
Pataki has lost support because of his ability to control Albany.. It doesn't help that Silver has a veto proof majority and he must be removed too.
The best thing Pataki can do for the remainder of his term is to take it to the people, name names and bring forth the issues that are crippling this state.
Lay out a plan to reform Medicaid and push it forward.. There is no reason why we cannot put forth a good Medicaid reform package and get it to pass if we use our God given gift of speech.. and the freedom to use it... It will go nowhere if the powers that be are afraid to go against the unions in the health care industry.
This state offers everything under the sun in health care and no one is denied medical help in this state. But do we have to offer the rolls royce of systems where plastic surgery is allowed, sex change operations, crowns, caps, braces, in dental.... A simple copay system is an absolute necessity, the abuse of using emergency rooms as a walk in doctors office.. If your sick call your doctor and make an appointment.
The worst part of it is, the people that really need health care IE: the elderly and the really sick that are employed and just make a few dollars to much and are left out in the cold, they are told "sorry you income is 13.00 a month to much, you are not eligible for Medicaid. Prescription drugs that are taking the savings of the senior citizens....
Last year we lost population but equal to the loss was an increase in the immigrant population. We lose the best and brightest and receive more of the government dependent. I know that is not politically correct to say that but the truth hurts some times. We need residency requirements, one should not be automatically eligible for welfare, food stamps, Medicaid the moment you move into this state.
We need an all out change in the way government operates in this state, Who will be the leader to step up to the microphone? We are leaderless at this point.......
Next meeting March 3rd..
Pataki has governed the state as a hard core ultra leftist. He is the most liberal governor in the country (When I fled NY to NJ I had a hard time hating McGreevy because even he is way more Conservative than Pataki).
He's the only kind of Republican who can win in New York State.
That's debatable, But yes he has ruined any "real" Republicans chances in the future. Liberalism is the cause of all the problems in NY, But because of Pataki and the RINOs in the Senate, Republicans will get the blame.
The NY Senate GOP majority is mostly RINO.
The NY Senate is ALL RINO, There is not a Conservative among them. They routinely vote unanimously on all kinds of liberal goodies like tax/spending increases, regulations, taking of freedoms, etc.
The Democrats control the Assembly.
There is not one iota of difference between the Assembly Democrats and the RINOs in the Senate.
Looking for work there now!
Is this a Buffalo-only group? What is going on in Rochester, Syracuse, ADK's, Hudson Valley, etc??
Another reason the count is spurious is because New Hampshire, with .3% of the country's population, has 6% of the USA's state legislators in its lower house alone. Because there are 400 representatives, the house is extremely volatile; a swing of 40 seats in that state in a given year is not unheard-of. Imagine what that would do in Texas, California, or New York.
Any state that has <50,000 people per state legislator (everything in New England, the Dakotas, Alaska, lots of other unpopulous states) should be reweighted if this statistic is to have any meaning.
No we want to move it across the state, we have someone working on it in NiaFalls and someone in the south towns.
Hopefully this will take off as soon as we start getting more publicity.
Next year we will be focused on Albany....
Please don't tell me you work at Wachovia or the truly evil Nationsbank (pretender to the once great name of Bank of America).
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