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Too Much Water And Privatized Turbines
September 15, 2011 How the late summer floods in the Hudson Valley were greatly exacerbated by mismanagement, and how the blogger found religion in the middle of Great Lake Sacandaga You might recall that before we got all these recent hurricanes and floods we had Summer. The sun was shining, the air was warm and…
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Paul Tonko Does The Right Thing
August 6, 2011 The President and the Republicans continue to compromise the economy, but our Congressional representative stands firm The other week I received a form letter from my Congressman, Paul Tonko, thanking me for contacting his staff over the phone “with my concerns.” I get these impersonal mailings from politicians fairly often. Usually I…
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This particular letter from Mr. Tonko was actually an email
July 28, 2011 Dear Mr. Van Riper, Thank you for contacting me with your concerns about Social Security and Medicare. I appreciate hearing from you on these important matters. Medicare and Social Security are two of the most successful government programs in U.S. history, and I am committed to ensuring their success well into the…
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Our Pool Is Now Open
June 30, 2011 The City is sending signals that it wants to shut down Lincoln Park Pool, so go swimming right now this summer while you can Lincoln Park Pool has opened for the summer. This unique City of Albany treasure is one of the largest outdoor public swimming pools in the world, so big…
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After The Assassination
May 22, 2011 Don’t worry folks, no conspiracy theories here, just questions. Besides, our politicians never lie. Who knows if he’s hiding in some cave or not. We haven’t heard from him in a long time. The idea of focusing on one person really indicates to me people don’t understand the scope of the mission.…
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Look At These Tulips
May 8, 2011 The whole world is being sent to hell but finally it’s Spring and the flowers are out Saturday morning I checked out the tulips in Washington Park on the day of the Albany Tulip Festival. My goodness gracious they were the best I’ve ever seen them. Unfortunately I didn’t have my camera…
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Brattleboro, Fukushima And Albany
April 24, 2011 Other than money, there’s exactly one very horrible reason why we may end up with a nuke power plant on the outskirts of Albany *UPDATE* A NY Times article confirms that leading nuke corporations like Exelon are following a strict policy of milking profit out of dying nuke plants near meltdown. Like…
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Police Dispatchers And Corruption
March 31, 2011 The blogger explains why he has developed such a bad attitude toward City of Albany officials, why his attitude is very much justified, and why he may soon have to change his opinion Several weeks ago, in the middle of a day in the middle of week, a couple of jerks tried…
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The Blogger Goes To Church
February 26, 2011 The fastest growing established church in Albany gives The Wife an award, and she neglects to mention her infirmities What does it take to drag a heathen apostate like myself into a church, any church? On a Sunday morning no less, when the very last thing I want to do is dress…
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Showdown At The Bath House
January 10, 2011 A sit-in protest at Bath #2 reveals that Mayor Jennings is becoming politically isolated For the November article on Bath #2 go here. City of Albany Mayor Jerry Jennings finally managed to shut down our South End swimming pool. Bath House #2. But we didn’t let Him deprive us of our pool…