PELOSI/REID MUST GO. STOP THE HUDSON RIVER PCB DREDGING!

 

SULLIVAN * DEMOCRAT * CONGRESS  21st DISTRICT, NY

 

3 AUG 08

Contact: JPS 438 5230

 

 

                  SULLIVAN SAYS: PELOSI AND REID MUST GO.

               STOP THE HUDSON RIVER PCB DREDGING PLAN

 

Joseph P Sullivan, of Albany, Democratic candidate for the 21st Congressional District seat of retiring Representative, Mike McNulty,  made a cameo appearance

 today, on Classy Rich Vassi's, Sunday morning WROW radio talk show (9-11 am).

 

Sullivan called in responding to Vassi's comment that 21st District voters should not elect a Democrat to Congress because it would ensure re-election of Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House. Pelosi has opposed off shore oil drilling.

 

Vassi welcomed Sullivan's call, and declared that all 21st and 20th Congressional District candidates would be given equal time. Vassi made a giant step forward in

campaign reform.

 

Sullivan declared the following:

 

      1. He would not vote for Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House.

 

          Both Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, must go.

          They are major reasons for the dyfunctional, ineffective performance

           of Congress, which has a 9 percent public approval rating.

 

      2. Offshore oil drilling and renewed of our nation's vast coal reserves

          must  begin  now, without further delay.

 

      3. There should be an immediate stop order on plans to dredge Hudson

           River PCB's.

 

          Let sleeping dogs lie. Disturbing the sediment capped pcb's will

          only create more pollution, in the Hudson River, and on land and in the

          air of the Capital District.

 

          "Cleaning" up the Hudson River PCB's is akin to trying to clean up

           the Yucca Flats, Nevada spent nuclear waste site. Neither can be

           effectively and safely "cleaned".

 

      4. Sullivan said: divert the billions of dollars to be spent on the pcb dredging

           project to rebuilding the aging water/sewer infrastructures of Albany,

           Troy, Schenectady and other Capital District communities.

 

 The Democratic Primary will be held Noon - 9 pm, Tuesday, September 9, 2008.

 

August 15 is the deadline for new voters to register and enroll as Democrats, so that they might participate in the September 9 primary.

 

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THAT CHICK DON'T GET IT! TRACEY BROOKS, PRO-CHOICE OR POOR CHOICE?

 

SULLIVAN * DEMOCRAT * CONGRESS, 21st DISTRICT NY

 

29 July 2008

Contact: JPS 438 5230

 

                             THAT CHICK DON'T GET IT!

 

The following is an analysis of a slick (but not smart) brochure

which 21st District voters received in the mail today.

 

1.  Sexist message: "Those guys won't change anything"

 

2. Only 3 guys in picture. The 4th   Demoguy is missing. Can you

    guess which one is missing? Hint the  guy with a white

    beard,  the only veteran in the race,,  and the only one

    of the 4 (TB included) who has a website with a platform

     of substance.

 

3. Timing is everything in politics. TB's mailer is premature. She

    is counting the vet  out before his petition is thrown out. Maybe

    she knows the fix is in, ...and she is a party to the deed?

 

4. TB appears to be wearing one of Hillary's cast off campaign

     iron pants suits.

 

5. Change? There is no change here and no message of substance.

 

6. TB claims touts her Catholic Charities work experience, while

    also claiming to be pro-choice. That will ge her the Catholic vote?

 

    TB is not pro-choice because  she does not defend a voter's

    right to choose.

 

    She also says she will guarantee access to health care for all

    (excluding the aborted).

 

Tracey Brooks  more political BS to the people again.

 

                                                                                      J P Sullivan

 

                                                                                   

 

 

SULLIVAN CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS, NOT CASH

SULLIVAN * DEMOCRAT *  CONGRESS, 21st DISTRICT, NY

 

21 July 2008

Contact: JPS 438 5230

 

 

                   CANDIDATES FOR CASH? OR FOR CONGRESS?

 

 

Joseph P Sullivan, of Albany, Democratic candidate for Congress, 21st District

said , today, that media coverage of the 21st district contest, thus far, has been

obsessed with a cash count.

 

Sullivan is not a candidate for cash, he is a candidate for Congress and is focused

on issues vital to our survival as individuals, families, communities and a nation.

 

Go to Sullivan's website:  (click on)  http://journals.aol.com/lonerangeralbany/lonerangeralbany/

 

Compare Sullivan's website content with that of other candidates in the

September 9 Democratic Primary.

 

Tracey Brooks  http://www.traceybrooks.com/

 

Darius Shahinfar     http://www.dariusforcongress.com/

 

Phil Steck   http://www.philsteck.com/

 

Paul Tonko   http://www.paultonkoforcongress2008.com/

 

Also, read the  The Albany Project summation of  the JCC candidate forum held July  17:

http://www.thealbanyproject.com/showDiary.do;jsessionid=9597AA1069629508C0228DE0D2CEFC20?diaryId=3760

 

Campaign reform is easy, said Sullivan. Candidates can do their part- don't take the money...simply post their positions on critical campaign issues.

 

The Media can publish candidate websites, for the benefit of those that have

computers. The Media can summarize the content of those websites, for the benefit of voters who do not have computers. (The majority).

 

Voters can then make the effort to become as fully informed as possible; and

cast informed votes for the best candidate to represent the interests of 21st District voters in Congress. They can pass the word to family, neighbors and friends.

 

The Primary is Tuesday, September 9.  Polls will be open Noon to 9 pm.

Be there!

 

 

                                                                           Joseph P Sullivan

 

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SULLIVAN FOR CONGRESS 2008 PLATFORM

SULLIVAN FOR CONGRESS, 21st DIST, NY, 2008 PLATFORM

Go to Archives, click on June 16, 2008 entry.

THANK YOU THE ALBANY PROJECT/SOUNDPOLITIC

Thank You  THE ALBANY PROJECT/ Soundpolitic for your summation of

the July 17, 2008 JCC 21st Congressional District Forum:

http://www.thealbanyproject.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=3760

THANK YOU  Jewish Family Services of NENY Neighborhood NNROC

and the Albany JCC for hosting the forum.

A major step toward campaign reform!

                                                                      J P Sullivan

SULLIVAN'S SOLUTIONS: ENERGY CRISIS

SULLIVAN'S SOLUTIONS: THE ENERGY CRISIS

SULLIVAN  ON ENERGY

 

SULLIVAN ON ENERGY

The oil crisis is real and it will get worse. Oil is the lifeblood of our economy and way of life.

Politicians in Washington and Albany are posturing, but doing little or nothing to provide the public with relief from the rapidly escalating costs of gasoline, diesel, home heating oil, natural gas and electricity.

These politicians have failed to take effective, immediate short run, and long term steps to deal with our energy crisis.

In the short term the public is on it's own. We must adapt our way of life to use less fuel, and other forms of energy. Driving less, car pooling, driving at slower speeds, keeping on vehicles in peak performance, lowering the thermostat in winter, insulating our homes, keep thermostats down in work places, schools and other public buildings, using less lighting in homes, shopping plazas  and public places and so. In a word conservation.

Transportation for organized sports at schools, colleges and  for professional sports will have to be curtailed or eliminated altogether.

At the same time we must demand that the Congress and state government stop the partisan posturing on the energy crisis and enact immediate, short term relief, and at the same time, take action to provide long term relief.

Short term, federal and state governments, must suspend collection of federal and state taxes on gasoline, diesel and home heating oil.

Congress and the state legislature must not adjourn this year without passing concrete legislation aimed at long term solutions to the energy crisis.

Congress should:

1. Authorize drilling for oil in Anwar and in offshore U.S waters,

2. Authorize rapid expansion of alternative energy production, including coal, water power and wind turbines, recognizing that it may be a decade or more before these alternative energy sources are on line.

2. Mandate that automakers make a crash program to produce vehicles that get 40 to 50, or more miles per gallon of gasoline. Note that electric or battery powered vehicles have a short range and may be an option in urban areas, but, in the vastness of our country, more MPG is the immediate need.

3. Improve repair and expansion of rail road building. Rail will eventually replace long haul trucking as a means of moving freight and automobiles for commuting to and from work.

4. Reform and shorten Congressional sessions and travel by adopting telecommuting as an alternative. Stream line legislative calendars, eliminate dead end legislation that is going nowhere, and amounts to political partisan grandstanding or posturing.

New York State should:

1. Take steps to expand and improve railroads for movement of freight and passengers.

2. Move quickly to restore the Erie Canal and Hudson River ( and port facilties) as  highways for transporting heavy freight. The building of the Erie Canal , put lots of people to work, and made New York The Empire State. 80 per cent of the state's population still resides along the Erie Canal-Hudson River corridor.

3. Reform and streamline the state legislature by adopting telecommuting, reduce needless and expensive travel and per diems, and limiting the length of sessions, introduction of legislation  and legislative session agendas to only meaningful bills that have sponsorship in both houses.

The above are but a few of the steps that should be considered for action, now, buy individuals, families, groups, institutions, state government and Congress.

Let's get cracking!

                                                                  J P Sullivan

 

SULLIVAN'S SOLUTIONS: AFGHANISTAN

This is the first in a series of issue-oriented papers in which I publish my solutions for major issues facing America.

 If elected to Congress I will personally visit Afghanistan to assess conditions on the ground and to seek the advice of our Soldiers and Marines fighting to bring peace and prosperity to the Afghan people.  I propose the following Sullivan’s Solution for Afghanistan.

1.    Find and kill or capture Osama bin Laden and Mullah Omar. These
terrorists must face American justice one way or another.
2.    Triple Afghan Army pay. Increasing Afghan Soldiers’ monthly pay to the
equivalent of 300 US dollars a month is a cost effective way to ensure that
Afghans not Americans are responsible for defending Afghanistan.  This small
and affordable increase in pay will ensure that the Afghan Army is fully
manned and trained. Most Afghan units now are severely undermanned and
seldom able to conduct independent military operations.
3.    Triple the number of NATO trainers in Afghanistan. Currently American
Military training units, that advise the Afghan National Security Forces,
are undermanned.  Mission creep has led to undermanned US advisor teams.
This puts the lives of our military men and women in unnecessary danger of
being killed or captured by the Taliban. Under-strength training teams are
unable to effectively train Afghan Security Forces. Instead of sending more
US Army combat brigades to Afghanistan, send 5,000 more
military trainers to fully man our advisor teams.
4.    Triple monthly pay for Afghan teachers. Education is one of the most
important keys to success in Afghanistan and teachers are the means for
achieving that end. Today in many areas of Afghanistan teachers are
threatened, tortured, and killed for simply trying to educate Afghan
children. About 70% of Afghans cannot read or write. As a former educator, I
know the importance of education. Afghanistan’s greatest hope for a peaceful
future is its children. In addition to tripling teacher pay, incentive pay
should be given to teachers who work in the most dangerous areas and
security forces should be assigned to ensure their safety. My son knows
first hand from his one-year tour in Afghanistan that Afghan children are
thirsting for an education.
5.    Triple  aid going directly to the Afghan people. Most financial aid
given to the Afghan government is spent long before it has a chance to reach
the local Afghan. We must find a way to circumvent the corruption prevalent
in the Afghan government and bring finical aid directly to average Afghans.
Most Afghans live in the same conditions as their ancestors have lived for
thousands of years – no running water, no sewage systems, no roads, no
electricity, no sanitation, no hospitals and the list goes on. Unless the
average Afghans realize an improved standard of living there is no incentive
to risk losing their heads to Taliban. Would you?
6.    Triple aid going to Afghan women’s groups. Afghan women
endure second-class status in Afghan culture. They are forced to wear
sack-like clothing known as burkas.  They are beaten, berated and spit upon
by male dominated Afghan society. This must change and we must help bring
about that change. Read the book “A Thousand Splendid Suns” for an idea of
how Afghan women have suffered in the past. Their suffering continues today.

                                                                                        J P Sullivan