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2012-01-28T19:23:00.000-08:00

REDISTRICTING: UPHOLD
THE NYS CONSTITUTION

The NYS Constitution (Art III) provides
that the State Legislature is responsible
for redistricting, or drawing state senate
and assembly district lines after each
U S Census.

Certain "good government" groups and
Governor Cuomo want to sidestep the
State Constitution and have an "independent
non-partisan appointed body" draw the
new district lines. Appointed by whom?
Non-partisan? Highly unlikely.
http://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Cuomo-says-he-will-veto-NY-redistricting-plan-2758826.php

Article III further provides that aliens
not be counted in reapportionment

The 2010 U S Census did not determine
and exclude aliens from the count.

How many aliens, legal and illegal
reside in New York?

Pursuant to the State Constitution
the State Legislature is required to
conduct an enumeration, excluding
aliens, in order to redistrict.

Let the State Legislature conduct
this enumeration and draw the
state senate, assembly and
congressional district lines to
protect the voting rights of
state voters who are legal residents
of New York as well as bonafide
U S citizens.

The Governor and the "good
government" groups should uphold
the State Constitution, rather than
attempting to sidestep it ...for
partisan political reasons.. like
ensuring one party rule in NYS
for the next decade.

The June 26 congressional primary
in NYS was ordered by a federal
Judge, in order that the votes of
our military be counted.
http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/110310/judge-sharpe-sets-june-26-primary/

So, let the State Legislature move
forward with the drawing of the
new state senate/assembly and
congressional lines without delay
and without partisan obstruction
by the Governor and "good
government" groups.

Joe Sullivan

2012-01-09T16:53:00.000-08:00

SECURITY IS THE
PRIORITY IN 2012

Security, at the national, state and local levels
is the priority issue in the 2012 elections and
beyond.

If we are not secure will will not have an
economy or economic recovery.

The homefront is the front line in the terror
war that has been brought to us by Islamic
radicals and others, who seek to destroy
America, Americans and our way of life.

For example:

lone wolf terrorists freelancing:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/09/florida-terrorism-plot-sami-osmakac_n_1194596.html?1326138489&icid=maing-grid10%7Chtmlws-main-nb%7Cdl23%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D126011

and

Iran building missle sites in Venezuela that
can reach any city in the U S and Canada:

http://www.newsroomamerica.com/story/129754/report:_iran_building_missile_bases_in_venezuela.html

Voters and special interest groups, as well
as the media put America and all Americans
at risk by not focusing on the Security issue
nationally, in New York State and in Albany.

Joe Sullivan

2012-01-05T16:04:00.000-08:00

GANGBANGERS AND OCCUPIERS

Both are products of the "progressive"
mindset that permeates our politics, schools
and the media.

The failed "Great Society" social programs
of the last 50 years have produced an urban
subculture which is poor economically as
well as poor in spirit.

Social services programs have promoted
and rewarded the dysfunction evident in
this subculture: including disintegration
of the nuclear family, out of wedlock births
growth of violent gangs, lack of respect
for, and value, of education, victimhood
anger, hostility, unwillingness to take
personal responsibilty for their own
anti-social behaviors and remaining
slaves to the "progressive" political
educational systems and to government
social services programs that keep this
urban subculture in bondage.

Albany is a case example. The minority
is fast becoming the majority. Look at city
schools. A 50 percent drop out rate dooms
far too many to lives of poverty, crime and
substance abuse.

White flight to the suburbs is a response
to condition in city schools, street crime
burglaries, home invasions and the growth
if violent gangs.

White flight has adversely impacted the
city property tax base, which in turn
has a negative impact on city schools, city
services and city government.

When the dependent minority becomes
the majority. when white elderly homowners
are no longer here who will pay for the city
schools, city services and social services
programs which the urban subculture relies
upon for survival?

The solution? Members of this urban
subculture have to take personal responsibility
for their own condition, behaviors. Attitude
changes are needed.Respect and value
education, realizing that it is through becoming
educated that they will be free, prosper and have
better lives.

Society must demand that politicians overhaul
social services programs to promote and reward
those recipients who, who want and strive for
better lives, and not promoting and rewarding
destructive anti-social behaviors that diminish
the lives of themselves, their children, their neighbors
and society as a whole.

Some changes in social services programs?
*Residency requirements.
*Promote nuclear families.
*Limit to one out of wedlock birth to a female 18
or older. No benefits for teen out of wedlock births.
In such cases, the parent recipient must share her
social services with her teen and grandchild.
* End social services foster grandparent scam.
* End "crazy money" SSI payments.
* Revert food stamp program to a commodity
   based program. Recipients receive monthly
   box of staples, including oats, peanut butter
   powdered milk, dried beans, flour, butter- as
   was done in the 1960's. Recipients learn to
   cook and eat better. Avoid obesity and related
   health problems. Farmers and farmland kept
   in operation for now and the future.

   Less opportunity for food stamp fraud and
abuse than the current card system.

* The Albany County Legislature should present
    a comprehensive report on social services and
    related spending. Who gets what? How many
    illegal aliens are receiving benefits? How many
    recipients are collecting duplicate benefits in
    other counties and neighboring states?

    Include zip code maps of recipient and benefit
    distributions

    We need real welfare reform at the state and
     local levels in 2012.

     The proposed comprehensive report should
      provide the basis for these reforms.

                                                   Joe Sullivan

2011-11-22T11:55:00.000-08:00

HOOKED. BAIL OUT NEEDED.

It was painful to listen to Governor
Cuomo on today's Fred Dicker radio
show (Talk 1300), as the Governor
blamed the Congressional "super
committee" for it's failure, while
dodging, dancing and weaving
in a vain effort to avoid Fred's
repeated questions as to whether
it is the President who has failed
as leader?

The Governor evaded the question
again and again, protesting that
it was a failure of government.

Fred's questioning was masterful
and relentless. The Governor was
not his usual confident self.

To be fair, Governor Cuomo
knows that he, New York and
all New Yorkers, would suffer
federal reprisals if he were to
acknowledge President Obama's
complete failure as a leader.

New York is captive to large
amounts of federal aid. The
Governor, had to dance, bob
dodge and weave , like a fish
on the hook, to protect himself
and us.

No, excuse!

The 2012 elections are D Day
for the future of America and
all Americans. Who will be
brazen (stupid) enough to deny
this?

The challenge before Governor
Cuomo, and all Democrats, is:
do they put party before the
survival of America, our survival
and their own?

The solution? Democrats have
to deny Obama renomination
if he can not be quietly convinced
to leave office, voluntarily, asap.

Unlike, Michelle, I have always
respected and had pride in
America.

However, I can not respect a
devious, incompetent, bent on
radically transforming
(translated-destroying) America.

Obama is underwater and he is
taking the country, and all of us
down with him.

America faces a political
leadership crisis at every level
of government.

We are taking on water and
sinking.

Politicians, the media and
the voting public are on board
the 21st Century equivalent
of the Titanic, dancing the
night away.

Not an ice berg in sight?
Right?

Joe Sullivan

2011-11-20T09:11:00.000-08:00

MEMO

Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2011 05:23:31 -0500 (EST)

To: Deb Busch RN, Albany County Legislator
Elect, 39th District (The Hill Towns)

Subject: Re: Victory Party Invitation

Deb, Thank you for the invitation

Interesting to observe your choice of speakers.

The speakers and the political parties they represent face
the same challenge in 2012 as do all of us.....survival.

Election 2012 will determine the fate of America and New
York State, as well as these 3 political parties, their county
chairmen and each and every one of us.

The ultimate determination will be made by those who
participate in the political process and those who vote in
the party primaries and general election.

The overriding need is for a large turnout of voters
who cast informed ballots.

In the local 2011 elections voter apathy was the winner in
most cases, except in your own election, and a few others
like Colonie Supervisor and Schenectady Mayor.

In the two latter races only a handful of votes determined
the outcomes.

In 2012 those who have the vote must use it, wisely, or
facing the prospect of losing it, as our state and nation are
radically transformed.

President Obama was elected on a theme of change and a
promise to radically transform America. His policies and
pronouncements have crippled the American economy
divided the nation, failed to secure our borders and
undermined America's security and status in world affairs.
Obama has circumvented the Constitution and Congress.
He has not lived up to his oath of office.

In New York State, Governor Andrew Cuomo has
presented himself as a fiscal Conservative, while pleasing
the more liberal factions of the Democratic Party.

Recently, on the Fred Dicker show, Governor Cuomo
declared " I am the government".

Keep in mind that the Governor has tried to usurp the
Constitutional role of the state legislature in redistricting
by means of an appointed "nonpartisan commission"
where the Governor makes a majority of the appointments.
Hardly, nonpartisan.

2012 presents him, and all Democrats, with a defining moment...
do they put party before New York, America and the people?

New York is a blue state. The best that the Republican
Conservative and Independence parties can do is select the
best , and same, U S Senate and congressional candidates who
can wage vigorous federal campaigns.

The rest of America will determine who the Presidential and
Vice Presidential nominees are. Our New York April Presidential
Primary will provide some interest and a training ground for
congressional and state candidates.

The present GOP contenders all leave something to be desired.
Keep in mind that- anybody but Obama- must be our ultimate
choice.
Hopefully, the rest of America will make the best possible selection.

In New York, given the reality of a large, left oriented politically
dependent electorate we will be fighting what amounts to a rear
guard action.

The congessional primaries will be set sometime betweeen
June and August.
The state office primaries are likely to remain in September.
By that time state elections will be eclipsed by the Presidential
and Congressional races.

Expect that the 2012 state political calendar will be set to benefit
the Governor and Assembly.

Here in Albany County the task is to join together to pick the
best possible candidates for State Senate, Assembly and
Albany County District Attorney.
In most cases this means presenting challengers to incumbents.

Divisive , expensive primaries should be avoided.
United we stand, divided we fall.

Selections must be decided early. Time is of the essence.
The old political calendar can not be followed. Nor, can the
calendar controlled by the Democrats be strictly adhered to.

The candidates must have a clear understanding of the
significance of election 2012, a clear message and work to
inform , educate and motivate voters.

The political parties can provide support and help get out the vote.

But, in the end, it is up to the voters to make the best, informed choices.

Congratulations Deb on your election as Albany County Legislator
39th District.

You earned it!

You are now a key player in theAlbany County Legislature and election 2012.

Joe Sullivan

2011-11-20T03:05:00.000-08:00

THE FAMILY TREE

It has been said that the nut does not
fall far from the tree.

This morning I rose very early to
prepare some barley pancake batter
and bran muffins for breakfest.

This allowed me to be close to Mick
and Paddy and keep an eye on them.
They had their rabies shots yesterday.
Being canine senior citizens, they
require close observation for any side
effects of the vaccine.

Gave them some buttermilk. They
were content to have me nearby in
the kitchen where they have slept
since they were pups.

I reflected on my good fortune
of having barley, wheat bran, whole
wheat flour, molasses, yeast, buttermilk
honey, fresh eggs, raisins, running water,
electric for the oven and a refrigerator.
All gifts from God and not to be taken
for granted. There were times when
we didn't have these things. Those times
may come again.

I took time out for a cup of Punjana Irish
Tea, manufactured in Belfast by the
Thompson family. Yes, Barry's Tea from
Cork is excellent too, but the former is
more readily available, at a good price
in the Christmas Tree shop. A bit of
honey, ginger and whole milk to top it
off and I was refreshed.

As I reflected on my good fortune at
having all these things. I looked forward
to the bacon and eggs that would go
with the barley pancakes, maple syrup
and bran muffins. The butter, too. Of
course, more tea. It gives strength, as
Cousin Sister Mary Bernadette ( Una
Harrington) of Mercy convent, Bantry
and Killaugh Townland, would often
say.

As I worked, my mind drifted to thoughts
of my relations. Over the generations
they were farmers, fisherman, sailors
sea captains, mercenaries, soldiers, miners
policeman, saloon keepers, longshoremen
blacksmiths, stone masons, teamsters, union
men, domestic servants, slaves and indentured
servants, outlaws, politicians, scholars, nuns
historians and a poet or two, and a baker.

A common thread that runs through the
whole lot is a fierce independent streak
and a rebel spirit.

So, by now, you can guess, that if God
gives me life, in 2012...you know what I
will be up to.

It is in the genes!

I will be doing my part.

Remember. Government can't save us.
We must save ourselves, our government
and America.

Now, you do yours.

Joe Sullivan

2011-11-12T18:41:00.000-08:00

CAMPAIGN 2011.
WATER OVER THE DAM.
PRELUDE TO 2012

I had a good time. Worked hard. Up and out
at 4 am most mornings. Walking door to door
and street to street delivering my message. Put
me in fine fighting form...185 lbs...same as
John L.

Richie Stack, Albany County Conservative
Party ,provided me with lawn signs
printing of literature, mailings and phone
calls. For these, I thank him.

Paddy and Mick were always in my corner.

Yet, in the end, voter apathy prevailed.
Turnout was very low. Less than 30 percent.

My voters came out without me having a
pull operation or have stooges lurking
about the polling places electioneering.

Jack "Bullhorn" McEneney, Joe Igoe
Dick Adair and his 14th Ward gang
Frank Commisso and others from
adjacent wards, with no contests, pulled
out the partyline Lemming vote, which
is down to an all time low of about 1,200
to save Gary D's seat for Gary or his
appointed replacement.

To see the above local draft dodgers and
socialists, including Congressman Tonko
marching at the head of the Albany
Veteran's Day parade was a sight to make
one want to puke.

What is past, is now history.

Onto campaign 2012, the main round
where the survival of America, and
each and every American, is on the line.

Offices up for election include:
President, Vice-President, U.S. Senate
Congress at the federal level and
State Senate and Assembly in New York.

Never, was it more important for voters
to go to the polls and cast informed votes.

If they do not, they may never get the
chance to do so again.

Joe Sullivan

2011-09-20T06:37:00.000-07:00

FOR COUNTY LEGISLATOR
DISTRICT 10 November 8, 2011

Read my announcement and a clear
statement of what I have done, said
and will do.

Sunday, July 24, 2011

Riding The Campaign Trail go to:
http://bpcnanews.blogspot.com/

and/or click on :

http://bpcnanews.blogspot.com/2011/07/riding-campaign-trail-campaign-trail-is.html

Joe Sullivan

2011-09-05T21:05:00.000-07:00

COMMANDER IN CHIEF, NOT.
LEMMINGS, YES?

Afghanistan is the military graveyard
of empires, from Alexander The Great
down to our own time.

For ten years the U S has been involved
in a military action there.

The rationale was that after the 9-11
attack by Jihadists, we were going to
deny them a training camp base.

The bitter irony is that they have a
safe haven in neighboring Pakistan
and worse still, Jihadists have come
to our land, legally and illegally, and
have established terror recruitment
bases all over the USA, recruiting
native born malcontents to join their
ranks, to plot and train for the day
that they will strike.

They have safe havens in the USA
because the erstwhile Commander
in Chief, and his inept administration
have failed to secure our borders and
ports; and because states, cities and
local governments, offer political
sanctuary to the tens of millions of
illegals who have invaded our land
among them, many foreign terrorists.

Time to bring the troops home, secure
the Mexican border and prepare to
defend the homeland from attack
from within and without.

Failure to review, revise and police
legal immigration policies and practices
including "student" visas, "green cards"
and the like allows Jihadists to legally
enter the USA.

New York State and City and the
majority of local political jurisdictions
therein, are exhibit A. Politically
correct to the point that all New
Yorkers are in grave danger.

Afghanistan is not a nation, it is a
tribal region.

We delude ourselves to think that
we can buy their allegiance.

Afghans have historically played
one foreign intruder against another.

There are never any winners in this
forelorn land, including the natives
themselves.

Our would be Commander in Chief
has announced a gradual withdrawl
of our military from Afghanistan.

Our foes know this and are stepping
up actions against our military to
inflict as many casualties on us as
they can.

The Afghan tribesmen know that
their survival depends on duplicity
and double dealing with the U S
Taliban and Al Qaida.

It is a major tactical mistake to
operate on the premise that we
can use a greatly drawn down
military cadre to train Afghan
police and military to defend
themselves and their land from
the Taliban and Al Qaida.

We squander the lives of our valiant
military and waste billions of dollars
at a time when we face economic
collapse at home.

All for what?

The Middle East will soon go on fire.
Pakistan will fall , cutting off vital
supply lines to our troops in a land
of cruel winter, leaving them to face
the same fate as the British army in
Afghanistan in the First Anglo-Afghan
War.

Iran will overrun Iraq and the oil
fields of the Middle East, denying
the U S the lifeblood of oil ensuring
economic collapse.

The Jihadist sleepers, both illegal
and legal, now in our land ,will
spring into action, along with their
allies of flash mobs of native born
domestic, antisocial malcontents.

Not only do we have an inept
Commander In Chief, but we have
and elected Congress , and a
complicit media ,which is enabling
him to destroy America.

Government can't save us. We must
save ourselves, the government and
America.

When we fail to study history and
fail to see the peril of blind partyline
adherence to smooth talking
incompetent, politically correct
"leaders", we doom our Nation
and ourselves.

Consider the reflections of one
of the few survivors regarding the
outcome of the First Anglo-Afghan
War in the 19th Century.

Keep in mind that, at that time
the British homeland did not face
the grave internal peril that Britain
Europe, America and all Americans
now face at home.

In 1843, the British army chaplain Rev G.H. Gleig wrote a memoir of the disastrous (First) Anglo-Afghan War, of which he was one of the very few survivors. He wrote that it was "a war begun for no wise purpose, carried on with a strange mixture of rashness and timidity, brought to a close after suffering and disaster, without much glory attached either to the government which directed, or the great body of troops which waged it. Not one benefit, political or military, was acquired with this war. Our eventual evacuation of the country resembled the retreat of an army defeated”. [10]

Read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War

Joe Sullivan

2011-09-02T09:26:00.000-07:00

FIRE IN THE HOLE.
GHOSTS OF THE MOLLY'S

August has come and gone again. Labor Day
is upon us.

My thoughts go back to my grandfather
Michael Joseph (O) Sullivan of Inchinteskin
Townland, Eyeries Parish, Beara West Cork
grandmother Julia Harrington of the Allihies
Parish, her father, my great grandfather Sean
Harrington A Buiale (Sean of the Field) in
Kilcatherine, and the thousands of other
relations from Beara, who made the great
journey across the Atlantic to the miner's
frontier of the American West, to California
in 49, the Washoe and Virginia City in 50
after that to the mining camps of the Montana
Idaho, Utah, the Yukon and the Southwest.

Grandfather Mike was a very tall man. A
hammer and drill miner in Butte, Montana
Cripple Creek, Colorado and the Nevada gold
rush camps of Goldfield, Tonopah and Rhyolite
where he met his untimely end at age 34 years
Mike was a union organizer for the Western
Federation of Miners and in the thick of the
labor wars in Cripple Creek and later Nevada.
I have his mine union ribbon,
WFof M 235 Rhyolite, Nevada.

http://www.kued.org/productions/fire/read_more/index.html

Earlier generations from Beara had gone to
mine coal in Wales, then the Upper Peninisula
Michigan to mine copper, to Galena, Illinois
to mine lead and to mine coal in Pennsylvania.

When I hear the song - Ghosts of the Molly
Maguires,- I think of all my ancestors who
went down in the mines. Hardy men, they were.

http://www.sunflower.com/~caitlin/Molly.htm

I have found their graves in Butte and other
Western mining camps and on still nights, in
the clear, quiet mountain air, heard the whispers
of the men below.

I will lift a pint or two in their memory.

They came to America to make a better life
for themselves, their families and us all. Not
to destroy America, as many contemporary
arrivals, illegal and legal, seek to do.

More often than not, they endured hard labor
severe hardships and met early deaths. Despite
this, they found fleeting moments of happiness.

My father told me about the funeral races
to St Patrick's Cemetery, Butte. One day he
was riding with Black Jim, his uncle and
brother to my grandfather Mike. Black Jim
ran a saloon on the Anaconda Road, Dublin
Gulch. Grandmother Julia, then a widow, ran
a boarding house for Irish miners a few doors
away.

Black Jim , and others were in a mad dash
to the graveyard. His horse threw a shoe
which nearly hit my father in the head.

The wagon careened out of control, the
coffin tossed out , the departed ejected
therefrom.

Not to worry. They were at our relations
place- the Five Mile Saloon.

They dusted off the departed, put him back
in the box, stood it agae the wall, and went
in for a some music, song and a few pints
and shots.

What else could men do, who, daily, faced the
prospect of an early death and the fire below?

Grandmother Julia brought the family back
to Beara in 1913, because she felt that Butte
was no place to raise her surviving 3 sons and
a daughter.

My father was sent to the old place in
Inchinteskin, to, along with Pats Cohu, work
the farm for their grandparents Sean O Sullivan
Mihicl Anna and Johanna O'Sullivan Shearhig
from Coulagh Ard (The High Field above).

My father said that though the work was hard
those were the best days of his life, growing up
in where the clean mountain air of Beara mingles
with the Westerly winds, mists and gales blowing
in off the Atlantic.

Another summer is on the wane. The days grow
shorter and the cold winds of winter will soon
arrive.

Joe Sullivan

2011-09-01T12:57:00.000-07:00

TAKE WARNING. PREPARE.

Prudent observers will take warning from
the recent earth quake and Hurricane Irene.

The quake did not cause much visible damage
but may have weakened many buildings and
transportation infrastructure.

Indian Point nuclear plants sit atop the Ramapo
fault line. Despite the pr ads, shut down is the
prudent thing to do.

More than 20 million people live in the shadow
of these twin plants. Safe, clean power? Hardly.

Better to conserve and import more Quebec
hydro power rather than risk a natural or
man made (terrorist) disaster for Metro NY/NJ
and the Hudson Valley.

Condolences at the loss of lives and property
from Hurricane Irene, which was downgraded
to a tropical storm by the time it reached NY.

Flooding losses were huge. Many went without
power for days.

Imagine a sustained loss of the power grid and
or utilities in our Northeast winter.

Imagine the disaster had it been a category 4
or 5 hurricane. Still a couple of months to go
in hurricane season.

The lesson of these two events is clear. We
must be be prepared for natural disasters
....and man made disasters, in particular
acts of terrorisr, by the foreign Jihadists
and their domestic recruits, who are plotting
unimaginable acts, seeking to destroy America
and all Americans.

Our borders and ports are wide open. Millions
of illegals have overrun our land, among them
the Jihadists,

They dwell amomg us, plotting and planning
our demise.

Failure of the federal government to secure
our borders and ports. Failure of states,and
local communities, to end sanctuary status
for illegal aliens has put our nation and each
of us in harms way.

Warning signs ought to be posted at all polling
places:

"Warning! Political correctness and
blind partyline voting are hazardous to your
health".

The man made disaster that waits us, dwarfs
any natural disaster.

Of course, the two may coincide one day
creating the mother of all disasters.

In that case the lights will be out for a long
long time.

Better to anticipate what can happen and
prepare as best one can. We are all in a
real life survivor challenge.

This is not a drill.

Joe Sullivan

2011-08-17T11:46:00.000-07:00

THEY DWELL AMONGST US

America was attacked on 9 11
by foreign terrorists.

With the 9 11 attack. The Home
Front became the front line in
war of survival for America and
all Americans.

President Obama warns of "lone
wolf" terror attacks coming:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/16/obama-lone-wolf-terror_n_928880.html?icid=maing-grid10%7Chtmlws-main-nb%7Cdl2%7Csec1_lnk3%7C87152

Wolves travel and attack in packs.

Foreign terrorists dwell amongst us
and are plotting our demise.

Some have come with the hoardes of
illegal aliens who have invaded our
land by way of unsecured borders
and ports.

Others have entered legally on
"student" visas and through the
legal immigration process.

They, and their native born offsprings
are a major threat to our security.

In addition, they have recruited
domestic terrorists from among the
ranks of native born, anti-social
malcontents.

Drop your video games, turn off
survivor and American Idol on the telly
and recognize you are in a real life
game of survival.

Contrary to President Obama's claim
we have to anticipate and guard against
both "lone wolf" attackers and more
organized "wolf packs" who seek to
do massive damage to our cities, our
transportation/utility infrastructures
and our food/water supplies.

The spectre of flash mobs in Britain
and American urban places is a sign
of what is to come.

The 10th anniversary of the 9 11
attack , coincides with the end of
Ramadan, and a full moon.

The 2012 election may never happen.

Americans would be wise to be
especially vigilant on the home
front and abroad at this time.

The Middle East may go on fire
as Iran and Israel square off.
Should Pakistan fall, the supply
line to our troops in Afghanistan
would be cut, and they would
suffer a winter fate similar to
that of the British army in the
19th century.

Iran would overrun Iraq and
Saudi Arabia, cutting off the flow
of oil which is the lifeblood of our
economy and way of life.

Do you really feel safe with
Barack Hussain Obama as
Commander In Chief, Hillary
Clinton as Secretary of State
and Leon Panetta as Secretary
of Defense?

We have no Patton to lead us!

America and Americans are
truly in a struggle for suvival.

Hopefully, our military leaders
recognize this and have a plan B
ready. State and local law
enforcement too.

On the home front state and
local governments should anticipate
what terror targets exist and take
immediate steps to protect those
targets from attack.

Ordinary citizens should store
water, food and emergency supplies
and be prepared to survive whatever
may befall us in the days ahead.
Read Second Amendment.

This includes protecting yourselves
your loved ones and your property
from marauding flash mobs and
"lone wolf", coyotes and jackels
that are sure to appear after a
major emergency/disaster, whether
it be of natural or man-made origins.

This scare you? It should. Wise up!

Pray that I am wrong. But, what if
I am not? Do you feel lucky?

Better to anticipate and prepare!

Anti-Terror Hotline:

1 866 SAFE NY (723 3697)

APD Center Station 458 5660

B &J Guns 1702 Central Ave.

Joe Sullivan

2011-08-16T05:18:00.000-07:00

FLOOD INSURANCE

Heavy rains. Hurricane season.

Flood insurance a good idea for
homeowners.

Go to:

http://www.floodsmart.gov/floodsmart/

Joe Sullivan

2011-08-13T02:05:00.000-07:00

HONOR THEM

These fallen warriors died so that we may
live in freedom.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/12/afghanistan-helicopter-navy-seals_n_925078.html?icid=maing-grid10%7Chtmlws-main-nb%7Cdl1%7Csec1_lnk3%7C86022

Honor them, their families and all who
serve, or have served, in our military.

Pray for them. Fly your American flag
in their honor, each day that you live.

Joe Sullivan

2011-08-07T11:04:00.000-07:00

HUGH CAREY RIP

Hugh Carey, Soldier, Congressman, Governor
and friend, passed away this morning at his
Shelter Island, NY home.

Thanks for the memories.

Joe Sullivan

2011-07-24T20:56:00.000-07:00

Riding The Campaign Trail go to:
http://bpcnanews.blogspot.com/

Joe Sullivan

2011-06-22T18:57:00.000-07:00

BRING HOME
THE TROOPS NOW!

Deploy them to the Mexican border.

Give Calderone (Mexico) 30 days
to end illegal aliens sneaking across
our border, to recall all Mexican
nationals who have illegally crossed
the border into the U S, to embargo
transfer of any funds by those aliens
to relatives in Mexico, and end the flow
of drugs to the U S;

and Chavez(Venezuela)
30 days to dismantle all missle sites
and agreements that threaten the
security of the U S and Canada.

Proclaim the Monroe Doctrine is
renewed and will be strictly enforced.

OR FACE CERTAIN U S ACTION!

Get those drones at the ready in
case these tin horns fail to comply.

We need nothing less than a
President Patton, not
the incumbent, and not most of the
rival 2012 contenders who have
announced thus far.

National security is the priority
issue, now and in 2012. When we
are not safe, and when we lack
a strong President, expect no
economic recovery. Rather, expect
no economy at all.

                                  Joe Sullivan

2011-06-22T18:36:00.000-07:00

LAY IT ASIDE.
GAME OVER.
JUST GO HOME.

The 2011 Legislative session is over.

A sham ethics bill is all that has resulted.

Last minute wrangling over a phoney
tax cap bill that provides no real property
tax relief, failing to include mandate repeals
and failure to present civil unions of same
sex couples as a legitimate way of offering
them the same benefits (if any) that are
available to traditional marriages between
men and women, are further evidence of
that the State Legislature and Governor
believe that New York voters are stupid.

Next thing our "elected representatives"
will do, is offer New York voters to buy a
number of bridges, tunnels and highways
(which we already own, and have paid for
many times over and over again).

Lay these issues aside, and take them up
in 2012 when all the Members of the State
Legislature and Congress have to stand
for reelection....and something.

Lay it all aside and just go home!

For the remainder of the year. Governor
Cuomo can radically transform state
government, revitalize the economy
and put people back to work.

He can direct state agencies to rescind
onerous state mandates on education
and businesses, as well as rescinding
countless regulations that get in the
way of economic development and job
creation by the private sector.

Joe Sullivan

2011-06-22T12:51:00.000-07:00

LEARN THIS

Education is a lifelong process of learning
the attitudes, knowlege, skills and behaviors
essential to earn a living, be an informed
citizen and to find joy in life.

To Learn, one must want to learn, put forth
the effort and apply that which is learned.

As Mayor Jennings often observes, we need
a new template for education, particularly
urban education.

Race To The Top and No Child Left Behind
are examples of well intended, but misguided
government programs that focus on grades
as measures of learning.

Ask not what your students "got". Ask what
did they learn? Observe their behavior.

The true measure of an educated person is
their behavior.

Alan Chartock (WAMC) had an interesting
guest on this subject today. Unfortunately
Prof Simon had no answer for caller Brian
who asked how can property taxpayers be
sure they get educational value for the support
they provide for public schools?

http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wamc/news.newsmain/article/657/0/1818846/Vox.Pop/Vox.Pop.Hour.1..Student.Evaluation.Methods.in.Education..062211....

The answer lies with property taxpayers
becoming informed and participating in
the educational process at the local level
particularly in school budget and board
elections.

The further answer is to be found in scaling
back the power and control over education
of the NYS and Federal Education Depts.

Lastly, let learners and teachers learn!

The Late, Great Tip O'Neill said that "all
politics are local."

So, it is with education. All education begins
with parents and the home, cultivating a love
and respect for learning in themselves and
their children.

Joe Sullivan

2011-06-16T06:42:00.000-07:00

WHITE DEATH

For years numerous posts about the
"White Death" have appeared on
Lonerangeralbany and bpcnanews.
blogspot.
Consult archives of both websites.

WAMC reports that attention is being
focused on the impacts of excessive
applications of road salt on ecosystems.

http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wamc/news.newsmain/article/0/2706/1815418/WAMC.News/Conference.Assesses.Use.and.Impacts.of.Road.Salt.on.Ecosystem

Good news!

Public health impacts need to be analyzed
too.

Is it possible that, in hard economic times

local and state governments will reduce

their budgets for road salt and seek

alternatives, like drivers slowing down

when road/weather conditions require

and using alternatives like sand?

It is no wonder our transporation

infrastructure, including bridges and

roads, as well as our expensive vehicles

homes and building are corroding away.

Why is the medical community not

studying the adverse effects of excessive

road salt dumping on public health. In

particular breathing air laden with a

mix of vehicle emissions and airborne

road salt? Persons with high blood

pressure are told to limit their dietary

intake of salt. Should they also stop

breathing? What about the increase

in asthma and other respiratory conditions

particularly among children?

Where are the NYS Health Dept and

local health care providers, like Albany

Med and St Peter's Hospital on this issue?

Joe Sullivan

2011-06-09T14:02:00.001-07:00

ARE YOU READY? A SURVIVOR?

Go to: http://bpcnanews.blogspot.com/

Joe Sullivan

2011-06-09T08:24:00.000-07:00

MIKE CONNERS HAS
SOME IDEAS.

Mike read the previous post and called
my attention to two of his, regarding
government finances:

http://blog.timesunion.com/conners/a-few-suggestions-on-how-we-can-live-on-less-taxes/1264/

http://blog.timesunion.com/conners/albany-county-its-10-towns-6-villages-and-3-cities-can-thrive-with-the-2-property-tax-cap/1258/

Read posts and reactions to. May
comment later.

Joe Sullivan

2011-06-09T07:20:00.000-07:00

NO JOY IN MUDVILLE (ALBANY).
THE AXE MAN COMETH.

Today's Times Union headline tells of
the dreaded layoffs of state workers:

http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Cuomo-orders-pink-slips-to-begin-July-15-1416271.php

No one in the Albany or the Capital
District should take joy at this prospect.

The state workforce is to Albany, what
the iron and steel industry was to Buffalo.

Cuts in the state workforce will negatively
impact the private sector. Less shopping
at supermarkets and mall stores, which
means less sales tax revenues for county
governments. Less income for repairmen
lawn maintenance outfits and others who
service homeowners. The entire private
sector will adversely be impacted.

Less property tax revenue, which will
have to be made up by remaining home
owners, in particular, the large sector of
elderly homeowners on fixed incomes
that dwell in Albany, Troy, Watervliet
Cohoes and Schenectady.

Less home sales. Less vehicle sales.

More spending on social services and
related government programs.

Want to really cut spending? Governor
Cuomo should take on the political third
rail of real welfare reforms, focusing on
the myriad abuses rampant in that sytem.

Social services, medicaid, law enforcement
prisons and schools account for the major
spending incurred by cities, counties and
the state.

New York state and most of it's political
subdivisions, including the City of Albany
have embraced the policy of sanctuary
status for the huge number of illegal
aliens present. This population adds
significantly to spending on social services
education, medical care and corrections.

More illegals means more spending, less
tax revenue and fewer jobs for citizens.

There are many times the number of
persons on welfare than employed in the
state workforce.

Supporting a growing dependent population
that can not carry it's own weight or
contribute to the betterment of society is
not sustainable in these hard economic times.

The message to Governor Cuomo and the
state Legislature is: (1) deal with real social
services reforms and (2) end sanctaury status
for the millions of illegal aliens who have
invaded our state.

Only then ,will New York get out of control
social services, and related, spending ,under
control.

Only then, will homeowners and businesses
realize real property tax relief.

Only then, will New York be on the road
to economic recovery.

Joe Sullivan

2011-06-04T11:42:00.000-07:00

CUOMO SOFT ON
ILLEGAL ALIENS?

Is Governor Cuomo compromising the
security and safety of New Yorkers and
failing to save billions in dollars of
costs associated with the presence of
untold numbers of illegal aliens in
New York State?

Reading the following raises more questions than
it answers.

Cuomo Ends State’s Role in Checking Immigrants

Marcus Yam for The New York Times

By KIRK SEMPLE
Published: June 1, 2011

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said on Wednesday that he was suspending New York’s participation in a federal immigration enforcement plan that has drawn fire from immigrant advocates, civil liberties lawyers and elected officials in the state and around the country.

Nathaniel Brooks for The New York Times

A statement from Mr. Cuomo’s office said there was “mounting evidence” that the program, called Secure Communities, had not only failed to meet its goal of deporting the most serious immigrant criminals but was also undermining law enforcement and compromising public safety. PROOF?

“There are concerns about the implementation of the program as well as its impact on families, immigrant communities and law enforcement in New York,” Mr. Cuomo said. Unless those concerns are eased, the statement said, New York will not take part. SPECFIC CONCERNS?

Mr. Cuomo’s decision makes New York the second state to announce its intention to withdraw from the program, and sets up a confrontation with the Obama administration, which has made Secure Communities a cornerstone of immigration enforcement strategy. Gov. Pat Quinn of Illinois said in May that he was canceling his state’s participation.

Under the program, begun by the Bush administration in 2008, the fingerprints of everyone booked into a local or county jail are sent to the Department of Homeland Security and compared with prints in its files. If officials find that a suspect is in the country illegally, or is a noncitizen with a criminal record, they may seek to deport the person.

By Wednesday, that fingerprint sharing had been introduced in about 41 percent of the nation’s jurisdictions, including 27 of 62 counties in New York. Mr. Cuomo’s move means that those counties’ participation will end. The entire country is scheduled to join the program by 2013.  NAME COUNTIES.

The practical effects of Mr. Cuomo’s decision are unclear. New York law enforcement agencies regularly check fingerprints with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Homeland Security officials said that regardless of New York’s participation in Secure Communities, the F.B.I. would still share fingerprints with the immigration agency.   SO, GOV ANDREW IS POSTURING?

Federal officials said that if states did not share fingerprints with the F.B.I., those states would lose access to federal criminal databases, undermining their ability to fight crime.

While Secure Communities has contributed to a sharp rise in deportations under President Obama, it does not appear to have won him many allies. It has angered immigrants who supported Democrats in recent elections. It has also failed to convince many of the president’s Republican opponents that he is sufficiently committed to enforcement.

Opponents of the program contend that even though it was mainly intended to ensnare convicted criminals and people deemed a security threat, it has instead caught too many immigrants charged with low-level crimes or guilty only of being in the country illegally. This pattern, the opponents argue, has driven immigrants deeper into the shadows and deterred them from helping officials fight crime. ONLY GUILTY OF BEING
IN COUNTRY ILLEGALLY?

In addition, critics have assailed the rollout of Secure Communities, which has been plagued by seemingly contradictory statements about how it works and whether local and state participation is voluntary. VAGUE

Mylan L. Denerstein, counsel to Mr. Cuomo, cited these concerns in a letter on Wednesday.

“Until the numerous questions and controversies regarding the program can be resolved, we have determined that New York is best served by relying on existing tools to ensure the safety of its residents, especially given our overriding concern that the current mechanism is actually undermining law enforcement,” Mr. Denerstein wrote to John Sandweg, counsel to Janet Napolitano, the homeland security secretary. WHAT QUESTIONS, CONTROVERSIES? WHAT EXISTING TOOLS?

Officials from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, an arm of Homeland Security that oversees Secure Communities, said it was reviewing the program to make sure it focused on criminals.

Immigrant advocates praised Mr. Cuomo. “It is clear the tide is turning” against Secure Communities, said Pablo Alvarado, director of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network in Los Angeles. “It’s high time for the president to terminate the program before any further damage is done to our communities.” WHOSE
COMMUNITIES?

                                                              ###
Rather than ending New York's
participation in the Secure Communities
program, Governor Cuomo should:

1. End Sanctuary status for illegal aliens
    in New York State, all counties
    cities, towns, villages and political
    units therof. And denying state and
    federal aid to juridictions, including
    school districts, that fail to comply.

2. Report to the people of New York
    answering these questions?

   a) How many illegal aliens are in
       the state and where?

    b) What is the cost to state, and local
        taxpayers, of providing social services
        education benefits, medical care for
         illegal aliens.

       c) What are the types and numbers
        of crimes perpetrated by illegal
        aliens? What proportion of those
        incarcerated in prisons and jails
        in New York, are illegal aliens?
        What is it costing state taxpayers
         for law enforcement, courts, jails
         and prisons related to illegal
         aliens.

The costs of failure of New York State
and the political subdivisions thereof
to far exceed any political benefit that
might accrue to Governor Cuomo and
the New York Democratic Party.

In fact, this failure puts all New Yorkers
at increased risk, when we are the targets
of a foe seeking to destroy us in their War
of Terror.

                                     Joe Sullivan

2011-06-01T09:10:00.000-07:00

A REALLY BIG
CARBON FOOTPRINT
ON THE ROAD TO RUIN

Obama and company step on the gas. Not
to mention aviation fuel consumed in non
stop political campaigning at public
expense.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-center-for-public-integrity/limousine-liberals-number_b_868922.html?icid=main%7Chtmlws-main-n%7Cdl9%7Csec1_lnk3%7C214760

No, tiny electric cars for this crowd.

Let the peasants eat cake!

Joe Sullivan

2011-05-31T18:19:00.000-07:00

REFORM SOCIAL SERVICES
IN ALBANY COUNTY

A weak resolution aimed at curbing welfare
fraud has been introduced in the Albany
County Legislature by a Republican
Member from the Town of Colonie.

http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/6-1M-scam-case-drives-call-for-reform-in-Albany-1400475.php

This scam is just the tip of the iceberg

and, yet, accounts for nearly a third of

the 18 million dollar county budget

deficit, according to a source cited

in the Times Union story.

Nothing less than a comprehensive

assessment and reform of social services

spending in Albany County will do.

Social services, medicaid and jails comprise
the major spending elements of the Albany
County budget.

All three are interrelated, reflecting the
growth of a dependent population, largely
concentrated in the cities of Albany, Cohoes
and Watervliet.

This growing dependant population can
not pay for the services that it requires.

This means rising property taxes to pay
for schools, libraries, fire, EMT, and
police services and more. An aging
population of homeowners, living on
fixed incomes is forced to pay the freight.

The Section 8 housing program is
destroying city neighborhoods, eroding
city property tax bases and diminishing
the residential integrity , and quality of
life, in ,once nice, neighborhoods.

The continued growth of a dependent
population is not sustainable.

County social services spending and
related state and federal programs
like SSI (Crazy Money), The Section
8 Housing Program, teen age pregnancy
and foster care programs reward
behaviors that are contributing to the
rapid increase of a dependent population
and increases untold opportunities for
fraud and abuses of the social services
system.

Albany County must conduct a
comprehensive assessment of all forms
of social services spending and assistance
this year, followed by specific legislative
actions and reforms next year.

Joe Sullivan

2011-05-20T06:22:00.000-07:00

OBAMA THE BUNGLER

Destabilizes the entire Mid-East. Aids
Al Qaida in Egypt and Libya. Promises
them billions in aid.

Sides with the Palestinians against Israel.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alan-dershowitz/president-obamas-mistake_b_864494.html

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110519/ap_on_re_us/us_obama_mideast_palestinians_1

Ignores that Chavez of Venezuela is setting
up missle sites that can be used to hit any
place in the USA or Canada.

Supports amnesty for the 30 million or so
illegals who have invaded our land. (Multiply
this number by 3, or more, when they bring
their relatives into the U.S.)

Cuts homeland security funding to the City
of Albany, other Upstate cities and small
cities throughout the USA, when the recent
raid on Osama's refuge in Pakistan produced
evidence that Al Qaida is now focusing on
attacking small cities, like Albany, because
they are soft targets.

http://poststar.com/news/state-and-regional/article_718a8967-86a3-5775-bb9e-637757af7757.html

Albany is the nerve center of NY State.
Take out state government, including the
social services offices, NYS DOT, the
State Homeland Security office, National
Guard HQ and NY Power Pool, among
others, and NY State will experience
chaos and civil disorder beyond belief.

After all these blunders, the erstwhile
Commander in Chief takes his family
on a holiday to Brazil.

Why are the whimps in Congress not
moving forward on Impeaching Obama
before he completely destroys America?

Democratic party officeholders and voters
who continue to support Obama are
placing the party, the nation, themselves
and all Americans in peril.

Time to put America before blind party
loyalty.

Joe Sullivan

2011-05-03T07:17:00.000-07:00

LIFE AND DEATH. FOR WHOM
DO THE BELLS TOLL? THE HOG
CALL? THE DOG BARK?

Death is a fact of life. But, rational people
will not be in a hurry for the grim reaper
to arrive.

Osama Bin Laden is gone. The US Navy
Seals did the job. They, our Navy pilots
and military intelligence accomplished
this magnificent military maneuver. It
is they, NOT any politician, who deserve
credit.

However, as Governor Cuomo has rightly
observed: this is not the end of the war
on terror. He is correct to increase
security in NY in the belief that retaliatory
acts will come. Governor Cuomo is correct
to increase security in NYC and elsewhere
in NYS.

We know not when, where or how the
retaliatory attacks will come, but we know
they will. We will not be able to prevent
all.

Terrorist targets abound everywhere. So
do the terrorists bent on our destruction.

Organized terror cells and free lancers
will creatively use our own environment
transportation infrastructure, utilities
food supplies, media, churches and schools
indeed every aspect of our way of life
including our poltical system, in their
efforts to destroy or conquer us.

Ordinary citizens are the eyes and ears
of efforts to protect our homeland from
the terrorists, both foreign and domestic.
If only citizens would wise up and so act.

Government can't save us, we must save
ourselves and save our government.

Every eligible voter casting informed
ballots in the 2011 local and 2012
national/state elections is the key.

The media must do it's part to inform.

Paul Vandenburgh did his part on Talk
1300 this morning by having an interview
with terrorism expert Steve Emerson.

A link to that interview will be found on
the Talk 1300 website. But encores need
to be played on Talk 1300, so that the
public gets the message.

President Obama should not visit the
World Trade site, Thursday. His presence
there only increases the likelihood of
terrorist retaliation in NYC, putting
the lives of ordinary Americans at
further risk.

The Presidental visit to the Ground Zero
only fuels speculation the timing of the
Seal raid was to increase Obama's poll
numbers at a time when his numbers are
at an all time low.

Governor Cuomo should, respectfully
not be seen with the President, if Obama
makes to Ground Zero visit.

Islam is a by it's nature a radical belief
system, bent on world conquest for
centuries.

The foot soldiers of Islam have invaded
Europe and America through immigration
both legal and illegal.

Deception is a part of their arsenal. They
do not wear military uniforms, but their
identity and behavior are readily discernible
for all the see...if one's vision is not
clouded by progressive indoctrination or
pure indifference, apathy or ignorance.

These foreign terrorists have swelled their
numbers through natural birth in America
and by recruiting native born anti-social
malcontents from prisons, urban gangbangers
and drug dealers.

Make no mistake! The War on Terror is
a war by Islam on us. There are no grounds
for diplomacy, tolerance, negotiation or
appeasement. Death to America is their
rally cry. They are to be taken at their
word and responded to accordingly.

President Obama deceives himself and us
when he declares that America is not at
War with Islam.

Adherents of Islam started the war on
terror which is only the latest episode
and possibly the final, in the centuries
old quest of Islam for world conquest.

It is not possible for a people who love
life, to understand or deal with an
adversary who loves death more than life.

President Obama swore an oath to uphold
the Constitution and to protect America
and all Americans from all enemies foreign
and domestic.

Live up to that oath, President Obama, by:

1. not circumventing the Constitution or
Congress

2. securing our national ports and ports
immediately

3. no amnesty for the tens of millions of
illegals who have invaded our land.
Require proof of U S citizenship for
voting, education, jobs, social services
social security, medicaid etc.

4. end illegal alien sanctuary policies
by the nation, states, counties, cities
towns and villages in the United States.

5. removing pc rules of engagement on
of forces in Afghanistan, Iraq and worldwide

6. dipping all ammo, bombs, missles
used in the war on terror in pig fat, jamming
the airwaves with hog calls and battlefield
deployment of hogs to clear roadsides of
IED's are among effective retaliatory
acts that should be part of our arsenal in
combating the war on terror.

http://www.arkansasrazorbacks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=6100&ATCLID=1514554

Old Hickory (Andy Jackson) and the Rebs
beat the Brits in the battle for New Orleans
employing cotton bales defenses against an
obsolete stand up army strategy memorialized
in this song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuUJVGYVofM

Remember the Ayatollah of Iran's dog
fatwa? Dogs can have their day with this
tune :

Subject: Lyr Add: IF I WERE A DOG

From: fulurum

Date: 08 Sep 02 - 04:02 PM

IF I WERE A DOG

Colm Gallagher

CHORUS: O ho! O ho! If I were a dog, I'd have me day.

O ho ho! Wouldn't I be wagging my tail?

If I were a dog, I'd wag my tail

And sit me down beside the fire.

Girls could pat me on the head

Or anywhere else their heart did desire.

Wouldn't go chasin' after cats.

Wouldn't go howling at the moon.

I couldn't be bothered with things like that.

If I was a dog what I'd be doing...CHORUS

If I was a dog, I'd eat of the best,

And only the best that money can buy.

I'd go down to the butcher's shop

And lick the leg of the butcher's wife.

I'd be dining on filet mignon,

Pelican fingers and lobster fins,

And delicate frogs. If I were a dog,

I wouldn't go routing in somebody's bins. CHORUS

I wouldn't be on for herding sheep.

I wouldn't be on for hunting hares.

I'd prefer to be home in my sleep,

Or digging a hole to God-knows-where.

Wouldn't be on for pulling a sled

Like huskies in the Yukon do.

I'd prefer to be home in my bed

With a Pekinese poodle or Kerry blue. CHORUS

And woe betide the man who tried

To spay the wife or neuter me.

Before I let him get away with that,

By God, I'd show him my pedigree.

I'd put up a hell of a fight

And wouldn't it be a sight to see?

One strategic nip,

The neuterer becoming the neuteree. CHORUS

And sooner or later, I'd father a litter

And teach the little ones how to be.

If anyone tried to get smart, by God,

I'd chase the lot of them up a tree.

So if you walking along the street,

An elegant dog you happen to see,

Steppin' it out, give us a shout.

You could be you, and that could be me. CHORUS

From Tommy Makem's 'Live at the Irish Pavilion' Shanachie 52036.

President Obama claims a drop of
Irish blood. Time to get an Irish Terrier
for the White House dog. Send that
Portuguese Waterdog back to Hyannis.

Act Like an Irish Terrier not an
Egyptian, Mr President!

Read carefully to act like an Irish
Terrier:

http://www.kennel.com/irishterrier/index.html

7. not allowing the Muslim Brotherhood
and affiliates, to gain control of Egypt,
Libya, The Arabian Peninsula and the
entire Middle East. Certainly not to
provide them with military and foreign
aid to accomplish this goal.

8. Iran's growing nuclear capabilty and
the existing nuclear arsenels of North
Korea and Pakistan must be immediately
destroyed. The safety of all world
residents is at stake. This is the primier
environmental risk that we all face.

Military action is necessary. Talk is
useless. We delay at our own peril.

The U.S., Russia, China, India
Western Europe, Australia, New
Zealand and Canda, as well as other
nations who wish to survive, should
join in and execute immediate
conventional military operations
to achieve this end and avoid a
nuclear holocaust for all.

Nothing less than our collective
survival is ay stake.

Joe Sullivan

2011-04-26T12:28:00.000-07:00

TONKO VOTING RECORD
IN CONGRESS. YOU LIKE?

http://www.votesmart.org/voting_category.php?can_id=4403

Joe Sullivan

2011-04-26T12:25:00.000-07:00

MEDICARE/MEDICAID
BE INFORMED.

http://www.kff.org/healthreform/sidebyside.cfm

http://www.heritage.org/initiatives/health-care

Joe Sullivan

2011-04-26T12:05:00.000-07:00

TONKO MAKES
CAMPAIGN STOP
AT AVILA ALBANY

Congressman Paul Tonko (D-NY21)
makes a campaign appearance at
Avila Retirement Community today:

http://tonko.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=29&sectiontree=7,29&itemid=554

The time and location of this "Town
Hall Meeting on Medicare and Medicaid"
provides a friendly, controlled setting
for Tonko to get some face/sound bite
media coverage at prime news time
this evening.

The purpose is NOT to inform or to
provide the general public with an
opportunity to directly interact with
Tonko. Questions will be selectively
screened.

Avila and residents therein are
beneficiaries of taxpayer funded
government benefits. The residents
themselves, are not impacted by
any proposed changes in medicare
or medicaid because of their age.
Nonetheless, this is a captive, docile
audience of likely Democratic voters
who will make a nice prop for Tonko
and President Obama, as they seek
the senior vote in the 2012 election.

Avila community is affiliated with
the RC Diocese of Albany, which
is very dependent on federal and
state funding to sustain operations.

Observe how the local media covers
this event.

How informed does this make you?

Joe Sullivan

2011-04-19T16:00:00.000-07:00

TIME TO REFORM THE
FOOD STAMP PROGRAM

Return to the old system of monthly
distribution of surplus food boxes.

Once upon a time, needy persons
and families received monthly food
boxes containing cheese, butter
dry milk, oatmeal, peanut butter
lard, flour, dry beans etc.

Vegetables, like turnips, carrots
potatoes, squash and greens could
be included, when in season.

This would benefit the hungry and
help to sustain farmers and farmland
locally, and nationwide.

People would learn to cook and bake.
Obesity would cease to exist. People
would be healthier and require less
expenditures for medical care.

Abuses of the food assistance program
would be minimal.

How many hundredweight of potatoes
would be required for a carton of smokes?
A hit of crack? A pair of fashion sneakers?
A caddy?

Joe Sullivan

2011-04-19T15:26:00.000-07:00

SOCIAL SERVICE SCAMS
ARE NOT SUSTAINABLE

Hard times are here for all. The worst
is yet to come.

Social services and related spending
makes up the lion's share of the Albany
County budget.

In the City of Albany 70 percent of
the city school population comes from
households that do not pay property
taxes to support city schools and city
or county governments.

Social services scams such as this
can no longer be tolerated:

http://www.timesunion.com/default/article/Food-stamp-scam-linked-to-4-stores-1338084.php

This is but the tip of the social services
abuse ice berg.

This is an election year for the Albany
County Executive, Comptroller and all
County Legislators.

Incumbents, challengers and voters
must address the need for an immediate
comprehensive review of all social services
and related, spending in Albany County
and City.

Who is receiving what kind of assistance?
How much? Correlate all forms of assistance
including government (taxpayer) funded
benefits and other assistance such as food
pantries, assistance furnished by churches
schools, medical providers and other sources.

How many illegal aliens are receiving these
benefits?

How many "traveling people" collect these
benefits in New York and adjacent states?

A burgeoning dependent population can
not be sustained by a shrinking population
of elderly homeowner property taxpayers
trying to exist on fixed incomes.

Families and individuals, who are able
are fleeing the City of Albany. Who will be
left to pay for city services and city schools?

Joe Sullivan

2011-04-12T19:54:00.000-07:00

HAPPY 92
HUGH CAREY

Soldier, Governor and American.

The kind of leadership we lack
today at the national level.

Recalling the good times with
John L., Al L., DG, Marty B.
Pat Mc. any many more.

Those were the days!

Thanks for the memories
Governor Carey.

Joe Sullivan

2011-04-12T19:39:00.000-07:00

A HOUSE DIVIDED
WILL NOT STAND

Heed the warning of President Lincoln
on this 150th anniversary of the American
Civil War.

http://online.wsj.com/article/AP22ddb4e8f153436cacdc3e2e9f7e60e3.html

http://www.ancestry.com/civilwar_sub?o_xid=21837&o_lid=21837

Our nation is more divided than ever.
The divisions are not North and South
but diverse, including ethnicity, race
sex, age, religion, socioeconomic class
political, legal and illegal immigration
law abiding and lawless, and many more.

The politicians, media, schools and
special interest groups have promoted
these divisions.

America is beset by enemies foreign
and domestic. We lack political leadership.
The Constitution is being circumvented
Our economy and monetary system are
on the verge of collapse. Oil, the lifeblood
of our economy and way of life, is becoming
too costly, and soon will not be available
at any price.

Unity, not diversity, is needed now, if
we are to survive the challenges that
are before us.

United we will prevail. Divided we will
fall.

What will it be?

Joe Sullivan

2011-04-12T18:36:00.000-07:00

THE OBAMA MARATHON.
A RECORD TO RUN ON OR
TO RUN FROM?

President Obama has been on a
non-stop political campaign for
the past three years or more.

As President he, his family, his
appointees, and financial backers
have left a huge carbon footprint
nationwide and worldwide.

As a recently announced candidate
he and his entourage should foot
the bills for all air travel, security
and related expenses for his globe
trotting campaign appearances
fund raisers and photo ops.

All this constant travel is unnecessary
because Obama has the mainstream
media as his personal cheerleaders
and pr campaign arm. They will be
rewarded by huge infusions of cash
for campaign ads in 2012.

Familiarity breeds contempt. Like
a moth the President is drawn to
the camera lights.

Here is a recitation of 10 Obama
flip flops:

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/nilegardiner/100083104/the-u-turn-president-barack-obama-top-ten-flip-flops/

Obama can run, but he can't hide
from his record.

Joe Sullivan

2011-04-12T07:04:00.000-07:00

TUNE THIS. THE SURFING BIRD.
BIRD IS THE WORD.

The Surfing Bird, by the Trashmen
was a popular song years ago.

Now, the tune is enjoying renewed
popularity among diverse groups
including Jihadists, the Obama
administration, George Soros
Brazil, Paul Tonko, GE, New York
State and local governments; and
certain investors.

Note one word change in the lyrics.
Substitute OIL for bird.

Try it:

http://www.rockabilly.nl/lyrics4/s0130.htm

Unlikely to be a hit with drivers
now -but could become a hit tune
with voters in 2011 and 2012 elections.

Joe Sullivan

2011-04-12T05:42:00.000-07:00

NOW, THIS IS
TERRIFYING,
TWEET THIS

http://www.news9.com/story/14402514/new-terror-alert-system-includes-warnings-on-facebook-twitter?clienttype=printable

Janet Napolitano keeping us safe?
Deciding when terror risks exist
whom to notify and how?

Using social networking sites to
pass the word?

Check her out on facebook, see
who is friending her.

This is the same person who urged
putting returning veterans and
advocates of limited government
on the government anti-terror
watch list.

She also declared our Southern
border safer then ever.

http://instantnewskaty.com/2011/04/05/20431

Napolitano in charge of Homeland
Security? Now, that is really
terrifying!

Joe Sullivan

2011-04-10T09:36:00.000-07:00

INFIDELS ARE
AN EASY MARK

Politically correct infidels are an
easy mark for the Holy Warriors
who are bent on the conquest of
Europe and America.

Americans, realize it or not, admit
it or deny it, are engaged in a real
life survival drama which is rapidly
playing out before our eyes.

The main stream news media is not
objectively informing Americans of
the peril that we all face in the coming
days, weeks and months.

We need more objective information
rather than subjective opinions.

Read:
http://blog.timesunion.com/opinion/senator-ball%e2%80%99s-abuse-of-power/10560/

We are on the receiving end of Jihad
or Holy War. It is only a matter of
time before the systematic, devestating
terror attacks are unleashed on our
Homeland.

Is anyone really ready?

Are we no longer holy or warriors as
a people?

The media has the solemn responsibity
of presenting objective, balanced analysis
of the facts on the vital issue of Homeland
Security.

Additionally, the media should inform
the public what threats and dangers exist
and what the public must do to save
themselves, their loved ones and their
property.

What did NYC Police Commissioner
Kelly and MTA Security Director Zeigler
have to say at the April 8 NYC public
hearing?

Why are no similar public hearings
at the state and local levels, being held
in the Capital District?

All New York is a priority target of
our foes.

Wise up and be ready!

Government can't save us; we must
save ourselves and the government.

The survival of the media is on the
line as well. The people can not save
you; you must save yourselves and
save us.

Partner with the people, not the
politicians and special interests!

Joe Sullivan

2011-04-07T15:45:00.000-07:00

ON THE BALL

Homeland security is the priority issue.

When we are not secure the economy
jobs, health care, water and food supplies
our way of life and our very survival are
on the line.

Senator Ball, Chair of the NYS Senate
Veterans, Homeland Security and Military
Affairs Committee is focusing on this issue
with an April 8 public hearing in NYC.

For details and to view the hearing on line
go to:

http://www.nysenate.gov/event/2011/apr/08/consider-opportunities-improved-new-york-state-s-homeland-security-operations-and-

Joe Sullivan

2011-03-25T11:26:00.000-07:00

NY REDISTRICTING
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
IF BASED ON 2010 CENSUS

The 2010 U S Census counted aliens
illegal and legal.

The NYS Constitution provides that
the redistricting process exclude
aliens.

Therefore, redistricting in New York
State and Albany County, to pass
Constitutional muster, will require
that the state and county conduct a
census which excludes aliens when
drawing district lines based on
population numbers.

Read:

http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Census-points-to-loss-of-House-seats-1297805.php

http://lonerangeralbany.blogspot.com/2011/02/redistrict-pursuant-to-nys-constitution.html

Joe Sullivan

2011-03-25T10:57:00.000-07:00

NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION?

*Nuclear power plants located near huge
urban places. Some built on fault lines
in New York and California.

*Storing spent fuel rods on site at
nuclear plants, because there is no
safe place to dispose of (store) spent
fule rods.

* Obama administration closed
Yucca Mountain, Nevada nuclear
waste disposal site.

*Failure of the Obama administration
to secure our borders and ports; and
to revise U S immigration policy to
bar hostiles from entering the country.

*Tens of millions of illegal aliens who
have invaded our land, among them
OTM's , many of whom are jihadists.

* Many resident "legal" immigrants
and their native born offsprings, as well
as, many here on "student" visas may be
jihadists and/or sympathizers.

* Jihadists are cunning foes. Recall 9-11
attack?

Add these facts up. Do you really have
confidence in the Obama administration
or Congress, to keep us safe?

Read:

http://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Breach-suspected-at-troubled-Japanese-power-plant-1300844.php

http://www.timesunion.com/opinion/article/Repeat-No-more-Fukushimas-1297850.php

http://lonerangeralbany.blogspot.com/2011/03/ask-not-for-whom-bell-tolls.html

Joe Sullivan

2011-03-16T10:46:00.000-07:00

A POLITICAL FUTURE
BLOWING IN THE WIND?

Congressman Tonko was a member
of the Democratic majority in the
111th Congress.

Tonko raised a lot of special interest
money. How much? From whom?
What did he spend it on?

Did Tonko's legislative achievements
and stands on issues merit the amounts
cash he received? Name them.

Read (be sure to explore all tabs)

http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00030196&cycle=2010

What has Tonko done to benefit the
people of the 21 st Congressional District?

2011-2012, the 111th Congress, is a different
ball game.

Tonko is now a minority member. That
means Tonko will be even less effective
than he was when a majority member.

As a result campaign contributions to
Tonko, will dry up. Follow the money in
his 2011 and 2012 fund raising reports.

Tonko will be more dependent on
"free publicity" from Capital District
media which, like all media, depends
on cash tranfusions of campaign political
ad spending every election cycle.

Tonko has hitched his political wagon
to President Obama. Will that turn out
to be a liability in the 2012 election?
Will Obama contribute cash and public
support to Tonko's campaign?

Tonko's tenure in congress has yielded
little in benefits to the people of the
21st Congressional District. Tonko's
wind energy kite lacks a strong, steady
wind. Tonko is missing in action when
it comes to vital issues of national
security and foreign affairs.

Simply said, Tonko is a partyline
follower not a leader. Tonko's record
in Congress is undistinguished.

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=412319

Will Tonko's district disappear in
the redistricting process now underway?
If not, will Tonko disappear from
Congress after the 2012 election?

The answer will come from the 21st
Congressional District voters, next
year, and how the Capital District
Media covers campaign 2012.

Hopefully, those voters will cast informed
votes, knowing that the 2012 elections will
determine the survival of America and their
own survival as well.

The same goes for the Capital District media.

Joe Sullivan

2011-03-12T17:06:00.000-08:00

ALBANY
ST PATRICK'S
PARADE

Went to the parade today. Wore
my grandfather Michael J Sullivan's
Bonanza Local 235 WFM ribbon in
his memory.

He wore that ribbon 113 years ago
in the Nevada mining camp of
Rhyolite, now a ghost town in the
desert on the edge of Death Valley.

A long way from his native
Inchinteskin Townland in Eyeries
Parish of the Beara Peninsula of
County Cork.

Mike lies in St Patrick's Cemetery
Butte, Montana, along with Great
Grandfather Sean Harrington A Buaile
and so many other relations from
Beara who went West to the miner's
frontier. RIP.

Joe Sullivan

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2011-03-12T16:17:00.000-08:00

ASK NOT FOR WHOM
THE BELL TOLLS.
IT TOLLS FOR THEE

John Donne
Ernest Hemingway

The mother of all meltdowns?

While watching events in Japan
consider that we and 34 million
other Americans live in the shadow
of the Indian Point nuclear plants
which sit astride the junction of
two geologic fault lines.

The mother of all nuclear meltdowns
could occur here!

http://www.science20.com/news_releases/earthquake_risk_new_york_city_and_indian_point_nuclear_power

This prospect is made worse by
on site storage of nuclear wastes.

NYS Attorney General Schneiderman
to his credit, is taking legal action to
remedy this madness:

http://westchesternewsonline.com/state-attorney-general-files-suit-over-nuclear-waste-storage

The Indian Point nuclear twins should
be shut down before a disaster occurs
here.

Keep in mind that there are Jihadists
foreign and native born ,who dwell
amongst us. NYC and the entire
metro region are prime targets for
those who seek our destruction. They
are cunning and resourceful. The 9-11
attacks on the World Trade Center
are exhibit A.

Meanwhile, keep your vehicle gas
tanks full and plan alternative
evacuation routes....just in case.

http://autos.aol.com/article/car-evacuation-emergency-safety-kit/?icid=main%7Chtmlws-main-n%7Cdl6%7Csec1_lnk3%7C205818

Support the Governor and State

Legislature of Vermont in their

efforts to have the Vermont Yankee

nuclear plant , located Northeast

of the Capital District, shut down.

Need electric power? Buy hydro

power from Quebec.

Got coal? Yes, we do. Use it!

Got natural gas? Yes, we do.

Safely tap the Marcellus shale!

Contrary to advocates of nuclear

power expansion - nuclear power

is not safe when plants sit astride

fault lines, when we have no plan

or place for disposal of nuclear wastes

and while we have Jihadists lying

in wait to strike us a mortal blow.

Ding, dong. Ding, dong!

Joe Sullivan

2011-03-06T19:35:00.000-08:00

TAP THE U S
STRATEGIC
OIL RESERVE?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110306/pl_nm/us_usa_energy_reserves

NOT A PRUDENT MOVE FOR
A COMMANDER IN CHIEF.

There is no oil shortage now. Just
price gouging.

If the supply of oil is cut. We will
need the strategic oil reserve to be
full to serve domestic security and
emergency needs as well as to
conduct overseas military ops.

China is moving to establish a
strategic oil reserve for the same
reasons:

http://www.zerohedge.com/article/us-prepares-tap-strategic-oil-reserve-crude-prices-surge-asian-disaster-preparation

Oil is the lifeblood of our economy
and military ops. Our enemies know
this.

They are intent on denying us oil
from the Middle East fields.

What is our Commander In Chief
going to do about it?

Hint: forget about sitting on hands
diplomacy or pandering
to and appeasing
our enemies. (Iran and allies)

Who are the Saudi's and Iraqi's siding
with? The Turks (who belong to NATO)
The Egyptian military?

What are the NATO members going to
do?

What is Israel going to do about it?

The U S, NATO and Israel had better
sort it all out pronto!

Joe Sullivan

2011-03-06T17:51:00.000-08:00

ADIOS AFGHANISTAN
BUENOS DIAS MEXICO

Some say that the U S must
remain in Afghanistan to deny
terrorists a place to set up
training camps.

Silly! They have plenty of
training camps in Pakistan
Iran and elsewhere, including
the USA.

Our Southern border is not
secure. Tens of millions of
illegal aliens have invaded
the U S homeland, among
them OTM's including foreign
terrorists.

Other terrorists have come
to the U S legally through
student visas and immigration
channels.

Their native born offsprings
have broadened the terrorist
base, together with recruitment
of native born anti-social
malcontents in prisons, from
gangbangers, drug dealers
and leftist revolutionary types.

Does it make any tactical sense
to have large numbers of U S
and NATO troops providing
targets for Al Qiada, the Taliban
and rogue tribesmen, while
leaving our Southern border
wide open and allowing the
offspring of "legal" immigrants
and native born malcontents of
every hue, to swell the terrorist
ranks in the American homeland?

Hardly! Afghanistan is a military
wasteland, and has been for the
past 2,500 years or more.

If Pakistan falls supply lines
to our troops in Afghanistan
would be cut. Large concentrations
of U S and NATO troops are targets
for Iranian missles.

Our troops would suffer the
same fate as the British Army of
the Indus in the 19th century.

Read:
http://www.amazon.com/Afghanistan-Military-History-Alexander-Taliban/dp/0306812339

The solution? Not easy but
necessary for our survival.

Redeploy U S and NATO forces
to secure the Suez Canal and
the oil fields of the Middle East.

Be prepared to counter any move
on the oil fields by Iran, including
keeping the sea lanes open and oil
piplines secure.

Expect that Iran will likely opt to
utilize missles and small units of
terrorists to destroy oil fields, rather
than launch a full scale ground
attack with standing armies.

Iranian missles fired from
Venezuela could raise havoc
in the U S, while the terrorists
foreign born, illegal and legal
their offsprings and their
recruits from among native
born malcontents, could
distrupt and terrorize urban
places, transportation and
utility lines and food supplies.

Secure our Southern border
and ports immediately. Bring
home some units from Afghanistan
to assist.

States should deploy their
National Guard units to protect
likely targets of terrorists.

The tens of millions of illegals
need to be identified and returned
to their countries of origin.

Those here as legal immigrants
on student visas, as well as those
born in the U S, who are likely
Jihadist sympathizers must be
observed closely.

Gangbangers in urban places
across America must be disarmed.

Failing to recognize the peril we
face and failing to take necessary
steps to maintain the supply and
flow of oil, as well as to secure
our borders and ports and deal
with the enemies who dwell amongst
us, can result in the collapse of
our economy, civil chaos and
strife and subsequent martial law.

National security is the paramount
issue. All else pales in significance.

Our survival is on the line!

Joe Sullivan

2011-03-06T16:00:00.000-08:00

SPRING BREAK FOR DUMMIES

Girls gone wild South of the border?

http://www.stratfor.com/analysis/20110225-travel-and-security-risks-over-spring-break-mexico

Courtesy of http://www.stratfor.co/

Joe Sullivan

2011-03-02T17:43:00.000-08:00

COAL TO CHINA?

The U S is wealthy in coal. Coal
is used to generate most of the
electricity required to support
our way of life.

Oil prices are rapidly increasing.
As Jihadists set the Mideast on fire.
Oil will soon be rationed and not
available at any price.

Like it, or not, as America is
starved of oil, we will have to turn
to coal to survive.

Does it make any sense to mine
coal in Montana and Wyoming and
ship it to China to fuel electric
power plants to support China's
growing manufacturing and population
demands?

Read:
http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/201103/china.aspx

http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/news/opinion/columnists/national/article_6dd5c5de-1468-11e0-b387-001cc4c002e0.html

I say, end all U S coal shipments to
China.

We will need this coal to fuel our power
plants, heat our homes, move freight and
people by rail, including commuter light
rail; to replace petroleum in manufacturing
pharmaceuticals, plastics and a myriad
of other products which we rely on.

Joe Sullivan

2011-02-28T13:02:00.000-08:00

REDISTRICT PURSUANT TO
THE NYS CONSTITUTION

The NYS Consitution provides that the
legislative power of the state shall be
vested in the senate and assembly.
(ART III, Sec 1)

The NYS Constitution further provides
that aliens (legal or illegal) not be counted
when apportioning population and drawing
district lines. (ART III, Secs 4 and 5-a)

The 2010 U S Census failed to determine
the citizenship of respondents to the census.

Therefore, pursuant to Art III, Sec 4 of the
NYS Constitution the state legislature shall
provide for the necessary enumeration of
population (excluding aliens) required to
draw district lines.

The Redistricting Reform Act of 2011
S3419/A5288 should be held in committee.

http://www.governor.ny.gov/press/021711independent-redistricting-commission

http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=S03419%09%09&Summary=Y&Text=Y

It is not plausible that a politically
appointed " Independent Redistricting
Commission", consisting of Democrats
and Republicans, only, and a federal
census that failed to exclude aliens from
enumeration, can be counted upon to
protect the public's interest in fair and
proper elections.

The senate and assembly should exercise
their Constitutional power to draw new
congressional and state legislative districts
based on a new state enumeration of
population that exludes aliens.

County, city, town election district lines
and school district lines, should be drawn
on new enumerations of population that
exclude aliens, pursuant to the NYS
Constitution.

New York State is overrun with illegal
aliens who burden taxpayers with costs
for social services, education, medical care
law enforcement and prisons, as well as
depriving New Yorkers who are legal
state residents ,and U S Citizens, of jobs.

The State Legislature should prohibit
sanctuary status for illegal aliens in
the state, and every political subdivision
thereof. Any county, city, town, village
and school district failing to comply
should be denied any form of federal
and state aid.

Such action would result in reducing
state spending on social services, mediacid
police and fire services, and prisons; reduce
the state budget gap and provide property
tax relief.

Joe Sullivan

2011-02-14T09:30:00.000-08:00

OIL THIS

What is happening in Egypt, North Africa
and elsewhere in the Middle East, can be
understood in relation to this article on
the end to the era of cheap oil:

http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/peak-oil-cheap-oil-is-gone-for-/19837213/?icid=main%7Chtmlws-main-n%7Cdl8%7Csec1_lnk3%7C201111

The end of the era of cheap oil, means
major changes for our way of life, including
an end to cheap food, commuting , urban
sprawl settlement, and an end to tourism
and travel, as well as the ability to sustain
global military operations, including
aiding allies who come under attack.

The U S and Canada have large shale oil
deposits that must be conserved for the
long haul.

The U S has vast coal reserves which can
be brought into play more quickly and
more inexpensively than building nuclear
power plants. In addition, our neighbor
Canada, has huge hydro electric capability
which can be made available to the U S
if Canada is willing.

We also have large reserves of natural gas
which can be utilized, taking care to
protect aquifers and surface waters.

Drill for oil offshore, safely. It is foolish
for the U S government to have a
moratorium on offshore oil drilling while
our enemies are drilling everywhere.

Green energy alternatives can play a
limited role in the future, but are very
expensive, variable and  not able to
meet the energy needs of our huge metro
areas.

With the end of cheap oil goes the end
of the era of motor vehicle use for daily
commuting and transporting food, goods
and materials in commerce. Trans-
continental travel and transportation
by motor vehicle will be over. Intercity
bus transportation as well.

Forget about the mirage of high speed
rail. Instead, the nation, states and
cities, must embark immediately on
efforts to rebuild and expand conventional
rail networks, including light rail to
connect populated suburbs, and rural
areas with cities.

Waterways, canals, ports and our merchant
marine fleet must be rebuilt and used to
move bulk cargoes, freight and passengers.

Land use and settlement patterns will
change. People will move back to cities
and where the jobs are. Decaying urban
water/sewer systems will have to be
rebuilt. Old housing stock replaced.
Regional shopping centers will decline.

Cities will have to be rebuilt. Our
manufacturing base restored,

All these actions will create needed
jobs to put people back to work and
stimulate our economy.

The adaptations required are myriad
and will not happen overnight. But
they must begin, now!

We need political leaders with vision
and an informed electorate which
understand that their very survival
and way of life are on the line.

The mainstream media has a critical
role to play in saving America. Serving
as a political publicity arm for pc
"progressive" politicians must end.

The media holds the key to our
collective survival. It can and must
provide the education that our public
schools are failing to provide.

Our whole educational system is in
need of reform from top to bottom.
Our schools are not turning out
graduates who are equipped to
comprehend and deal with their own
futures, nor to view their futures in
light of local, state national and world
realities and events.

The schools and media must end
their promotion of pc, partisan, political
agendas.  Focus on the dire need to truly
educate and inform the current electorate
and future generations, so that our
Republic and way of life survive the
changes and challenges we face in a
world which is rapidly spinning out
of control.

                                     Joe Sullivan

2011-02-10T11:21:00.000-08:00

DEMOCRACY FOR DUMMIES

The regime change underway in Egypt is
not about extending democracy to the
people.

Events taking place in Egypt are the
playoffs in the coming Oil Super Bowl.

The Muslim Brotherhood will emerge
in control of Egypt and control the flow
of oil through the Suez Canal to Europe
and the United States.

Oil is the lifeblood of Europe and America.

Reduced oil flow will mean no economic
recovery.

Higher oil prices, followed by scarcity
rationing and eventually no oil available
at any price, will bring Europe and
America to their knees.

Saudi Arabia and Iraq are the Mideast
Super Bowl. Regime changes there will
spell the end for Europe and America.

British PM Cameron has it right on
the threat of multiculturalism.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704364004576131940794840176.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop

Europe and North America have allowed
the Trojan horse of Muslim immigration
to breech the walls of national security.

The rise of global Islamic dominance is
at hand.

The ultimate blame for this and all that
is wrong in the U S today, lies with an
apathetic, uninformed electorate which
have allowed control of schools ,our
local, state and federal governments
media and their minds, to wind up in
the hands of politically correct, self-styled
"progressives".

The progressives and Islamists are
partners in a quest for global control.
But, only one will prevail. It will not
be the progressives!

When a singer can't sing the National
Anthem correctly at the Super Bowl
all the world can see that America
is ripe for the taking.

Barack Hussain Obama is no Charles
The Hammer. No one in Congresss
appears to have the courage to begin
Impeachment of a President and erstwhile
Commander in Chief who has failed
to uphold his Constitutional Oath to
defend America from all enemies
foreign, and, now, domestic.

Forget about 2012, gameover by then.

Muslims are the likely victors in this
current installment of a centuries old
struggle.

No Miss America pagent likely next
year. Bikinis will, be out, Burkas in.

Joe Sullivan

2011-02-10T02:54:00.000-08:00

ARE YOU A SURVIVOR?

Take the time to review this website, paying
particular attention to the links found at the
right side of the page.

http://www.nationalterroralert.com/

Joe Sullivan

2011-02-01T16:07:00.000-08:00

GROUND HOG ROUND UP

Obamacare unconstitutional, null, void
rules Justice Vinson. Excellent ruling.

http://www.ohiofreepress.com/health-2/2011/read-the-entire-ruling-by-judge-vincent-against-obamacare/

However, a different ruling can be
expected from the Supreme (Obama)
Court.

Governor Cuomo inspires hope for
New Yorkers in budget address.

Egypt

President Mubarak announces he
will not seek re-election.

President Obama should do likewise.

Concentrate his efforts on keeping
America and Americans safe. Secure
our borders/ports. End sanctuary
status for illegals. No amnesty. No
benefits of any kind to those here
illegally. Embargo all transfers of
funds to, and trade with Mexico
until the Mexican government
cooperate with U S to secure our
common border, ending illegal
migration and the drug trade.

No Iranian missles in Venezuela.

NATO should act to keep the
Suez Canal and Strait of Gibralter
open to ensure the flow of oil to
Western, Northern and Southern
Europe, as well as U.S.

http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/01/opinion-egypts-revolution-huge-dangers-and-stark-alternativ/

Oil is the lifeblood of the economies
and ways of life in Europe and America.

Oil is essential for our common defense
and to conduct military/naval/air offensives
where and when required.

World War III is underway. When we
deny this, and fail to act to defend our
homeland and overseas interests; we do
so at our own peril.

There will be no second chances.

Joe Sullivan

2011-01-26T09:06:00.000-08:00

STATE OF THE UNION 2011

Leaderless, divided, adrift and in peril.

Prepare for the worst.

Emergency/Disaster Preparedness

We live in dangerous times. Disasters
natural and man made can occur at
any time. The threat of terror attacks
grow more frequent every day.

Do not look to government to save you.

They are not prepared. Nor,are local
churches, synagogues, schools, businesses
(despite our repeated urging over the years).

You are on your own when it comes to
saving yourselves, your loved ones and
protectioning your homes and property.

The wise will prepare by taking action
to increase the chances of themselves
and their loved ones, surviving whatever
comes our way in the days, weeks and
months ahead.

Some sources of information to get you
started:

http://www.security.state.ny.us/preparedness/

http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/aly/

http://www.dos.state.ny.us/fire/firepub.htm

http://www.fema.gov/hazard/terrorism/index.shtm

http://www.fema.gov/hazard/index.shtm

http://www.health.state.ny.us/environmental/emergency/index.htm

http://www.semo.state.ny.us/info/publicsafety/winter_safety_tips.cfm

http://www.holisticvetpetcare.com/rid_fleas_1.htm

http://www.ageless.co.za/herbal_remedies.htm

http://www.nysrpa.org/

http://www.talk1300.com/

http://www.albanyny.gov/Government/Departments/Police.aspx

http://www.ready.gov/

B and J Guns 1702 Central Ave Albany 862 9831

Our neighborhood watch

Everyone is part of our watch.

Be alert, observant, carry your
cell phones at all times, keyed to
the following numbers:

APD Center Sq Station 458 5660

Anti-Terror Hotline 1 866 SAFE NYS

(723 3697)

Joe Sullivan

2011-01-24T17:09:00.000-08:00

ABORTION

In the 37 years since the U S Supreme Court
Roe V Wade ruling, an estimated 50 million
young lives have been terminated.

Among them millions of prospective workers
who would have contributed to the economy
and helped maintain solvency of social security
and medicare .

Millions who might have served in our nation's
military to defend and protect the rest of us.

Untold numbers who might have become doctors
nurses, teachers, clergy, and political leaders who
would have made contributions to the betterment
and survival of our nation.

These lost lives are America's loss and our loss.

RIP.

"Ask not for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for
thee".

          John Donne
          Ernest Hemingway

                                                Joe Sullivan

2011-01-20T20:02:00.000-08:00

WANT TO CUT SPENDING,
REDUCE MEDICAID, D0
PROPERTY TAX RELIEF?

Forget about lay offs of state, county, city
workers; phoney tax crap proposals, closing
state and local parks, terms limits, public
campaign financing schemes and elusive
ethics reforms. Elected officials swear
to uphold the U S and State Constitutions.
Hold them to those oaths.

Eliminate unfunded federal/state mandates
on local governments/schools.

Make fewer laws. Enforce those that exist
that have merit. Repeal those that do not.

Effectiveness of lawmakers, at all levels
should be measured in terms of sponsored
repeals of mindless, obsolete and unconstitutional
laws, and effective constituent representation.

Lay off illegal aliens. No welfare, education
medicaid or other benefits, of any kind, paid
for with taxpayer dollars, without evidence
of  U S citizenship and legal state residence.

Require proof of U S citizenship and legal
state residence of any current recipients
and future applicants.

In LA County, the welfare tab for illegal
aliens was 600 million dollars last year.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/01/19/welfare-tab-children-illegal-immigrants-estimated-m-la-county/

That figure did not include school costs.

Audit welfare, education, medicaid and
all other social service programs, as well
as prisons/jails, to determine how much
is spent on illegals aliens and non-residents
as well as double/multiple dippers, each
year ...in New York State, Albany County
as well as every city, town and village in
the state.

End monthly SSI "crazy money" payments
to parents(s)/guardian(s) already receiving
social services and/or foster parent funding.

These payments only reward bad behavior
promote dysfunctional homes, schools and
neighborhoods.

In addition, these payments promote the
unsustainable growth of a dependent
population of takers, who contribute little
or nothing to the betterment of society.

Cut prison spending costs. Out source violent
offenders, terrorists, lifers and other
dangerous perps to China. Gung Hu!

Deport illeal aliens prisioners/offenders to
countries of origin. If they appear again in
U S, they go to China.

Draft urban gangbangers for foreign legion
service in remote world trouble spots. They
provide their own community guns/ammo
machetes, box cutters, knives and other
weaponry. U S government provides one
way transportation.

Congress must act promptly to secure our
national borders and ports.

End sanctuary status for illegal aliens at
state, county, city, town, village levels.
No federal/state aid to any of these who
fail to immediately comply.

Prediction. Spending on welfare/social
services, schools, medicaid will be greatly
reduced. Much less crime, and much
greater public safety/security will result.
REAL property tax relief will be achieved.

                                      Joe Sullivan

2011-01-20T18:44:00.000-08:00

HU DAT? SAY WHAT?

China's Hu speaks through an interpreter.
BO through a Tele.Promp.Ter. Both con men.
Neither on the level.

Joe Sullivan

2011-01-20T10:11:00.000-08:00

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

WIND AT WORK FRIDAY

President Obama will blow into town
with Congressman Paul in tow. He
will blow out of town almost a quickly
after about 2 hours.

This is a DC Clipper, the political version
of an Alberta Clipper. Both produce some
wind and a bit of light, fluffy snow, but are
of little consequence.

Forget about battery powered cars, you
won't see any in the Presidential convoy.

This political photo op, promoting green
energy, is being staged at a huge needless
expenditure of fossil fuels, manpower and
tax dollars. It has no credibility.

Haven't these guys ever heard of the services
of Go to Meeting?

Please, Mr President, take Congressman
Paul with you when you leave town.

Thank you.

Joe Sullivan

posted by J P Sullivan
4:46 PM

2011-01-19T07:11:00.000-08:00

WHAT'S UP, DOC?
YEAR OF THE RABBIT!

Washington DC is all decked out in
Chinese flags as Obama bows before
the bunny.

Conduct unbecoming a Commander
in Chief.

http://www.usbridalguide.com/special/chinesehoroscopes/Rabbit.htm

Joe Sullivan

2011-01-18T12:17:00.000-08:00

BIG CARBON FOOTPRINT COMING
TO CAPITAL DISTRICT (AGAIN)

President Obama has been on a never
ending campaign trail for years and
a never ending series of vacations.

He, the First Lady, and his administration
have left a nationwide and global carbon
footprint that has contributed to the global
warming crisis and climate change.

Consider all the fossil fuels consumed and
all the hot air generated. Consider all the
manpower and financial expenditure that
has been involved in this never ending
campaign/vacation spree.

The media continues to fawn over the
President and serve as his free campaign
public relations arm. (Till the next round
of paid advertising coming with the 2012
election).

Now, this road show is returning to the
Capital District again, to promote green
energy at GE, including wind and battery
powered cars.

We have had enough wind for the past
3 years, or more.

If the President is so keen on promoting
battery powered cars, why didn't he use
one to travel from DC to the Capital
District?

Quiz: How many times would he have
had to plug in and recharge? How many
days would that journey have taken?

Why didn't the President travel by
Amtrak? Consider how far a train can
travel on one gallon of fuel.

Better yet, why doesn't the President
stay in Washington and do his job,
upholding the Constitution and protecting
the U S?

The local media could run Family Guy
and Three Stooges programs, instead,
giving the weary public a break from
this political theater of the absurd.

On second thought, now that Obama
is coming here to tout green energy
maybe the local media will have the
courage to ask the President about
the artificial manipulation of oil and
other energy prices which are the
root causes of rising gasoline, home
heating oil and food prices in the
Capital District?

Why not ask the President why he
is not facing reality that oil is the
lifeblood of our economy and way of life?
Why is he not allowing oil drilling
offshore, when our enemies and
competitors are drilling? Why is
he not utilizing our vast coal reserves
and clean coal technology to replace
petroleum dependence? Why is he
not promoting tapping our vast natural
gas resources, including the Marcellus
shale of Western NY? Why is he not
promoting rebuilding and expanding
our railroad network, including light
rail to move people and freight?

Ask him why he doesn't understand
that all these things would generate jobs
and economic prosperity, not to mention
independence from foreign energy sources?

Maybe, the local media will do their job?

Then, this political circus would be worth
the public paying attention!

Joe Sullivan

2011-01-08T18:00:00.000-08:00

RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT

2010 was an eventful year. Voters
reclaimed the House of Representatives.
That is good. I did not get to go to Congress.
Maybe in 2012? Anyway, Paul Tonko is now
in the minority and will have a tough time
getting re-elected in 2012...that is if the
21st District isn't among the 2 congressional
districts that will be lost when redistricting
takes place.

Colonel Gibson won the 20th District. He
is the Congressional go to guy for getting
things done in the Capital District. He
serves on the Armed Services and Agriculture
committees which benefits Watervliet Arsenel
and local farmers.

Obama, Pelosi and Reid managed to push
through the lame duck Congress, some
misguided legislation. The START treaty
with Russia is a farce. Repeal of don't ask
don't tell does nothing to improve the
effectiveness of our military. The military
is not a social networking venue for those
obsessed with their sexual preferences.
One's sexual preference is a personal
matter.

Can al Qaida and the Taliban expect to
see soldiers flaming in drag on patrol?

Obama did not get the Dream Act, Amnesty
for illegals, and Cap N Trade through the
111 Congress. Not likely that the 112 Congress
will pass these either.

Energy prices are on the rise again. As a
result food prices are going up. Had Cap
N Trade passed, our energy bills would
have tripled.

Obama is coming to Schenectady next
Tuesday, to promote "green energy" and
to prop up his allies at GE and minority
Congressman Tonko.

The Hudson River PCB dredging project
should be scrapped. The labor and millions
of dollars redirected to rebuilding/improving
the aging water/sewer systems of Albany, Troy
Waterford. Cohoes, Watervliet and other
downstream communities.

President Obama is blowing in the wind
with regard to pushing wind energy and
battery powered vehicles. The latter have
limited ranges and will be priced beyond
the meams of middle and low income people.

Obama would do better to advocate oil
drilling, tapping our vast coal reserves
and the Marcellus shale deposits of New
York and rebuilding/expanding our
conventional rail systems as well as
building light rail lines to connect
cities, suburbs and rural areas. These
actions would be major moves toward
spurring economic development, jobs
and energy independence from foreign
oil.

Here in New York State , some balance
has been restored in government with
the State Senate going back to Republican
control. This is positive for Upstate
because all the major statewide elected
officials are from downstate.

Governor Cuomo has relaxed security
at the Capitol In Albany. Not a good idea.

Mayor Jennings announced, Friday
that State St is being redesigned to
accommodate more buses filled with
minions of special interest groups that
invade Albany every Tuesday, during
legislative sessions to lobby legislators.

Albany City taxpayers have to pick
up the tab for policing and clean up
after these mobs.

Constituents who want to lobby their
representatives can do so in their home
districts. No need to create a circus day
at the State Capitol every Tuesday.

Additionally, when the Black and
Puerto Rican Legislators come to Albany
in February, to party, do so on their own
dime, not at taxpayer expense. Pay policing
and clean expenses as well.

As for the legislative agenda:

1. Consolidate Albany city schools
with city government. Establish one
property tax bill/date to fund both.
Return to K-8 neighborhood schools.
Trim top heavy administrative positions.
Give teachers more freedom to devise
meaningful practical curricula aimed
at graduating productive good citizens.
Make the Mayor and City Council
responsible/accountable for the operation
and performance of city schools.

2. Stop playing Tax Crap games. A tax cap
is not property tax relief. It is nothing more
than a guaranteed property tax increase
which takes the decision making away from
local voters. Zero school budget increases
will be a good start this year. Take away
unfunded state mandates. In subsequent
years reduce school spending.

How will all the cash incentives proposed
by the Governor in his State of the State
address be paid for? With more spending?

How about enacting a school spending/aid
and property tax rate formula geared to
graduation/drop out rates? Schools with
a 50 percent drop out rate would get a 50
percent reduction in spending/state aid?
Property tax payers would get a 50 percent
reduction in school taxes? Sounds like a plan.

3. The voting public does not have to smooze
with elected officials. Just do their jobs
and skip the photo ops. That is all that
the public expects. We are busy trying
to survive in our everyday lives, hoping
that elected officials act in our best interests.
We know how to write or call you, if and
when the need arises.

Best wishes to all for a Blessed, Safe, Joyful
Productive 2011.

Just in case, anticipate and be ready for
whatever may befall us in the days ahead.

My focus, will be on neighborhood issues
this year:

http://bpcnanews.blogspot.com/

However, state and national issues will not
be forgotten, particularly as they relate
locally.
Joe Sullivan