Monthly Archives: August 2010

Chris Christie: The Movie

Posted on August 22, 2010 | Leave a comment

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That’s Just Who Kirsten Gillibrand is This Week

Posted on August 22, 2010 | 2 Comments

It’s funny. I have a friend who is as liberal as I am conservative, and we’re always getting into it with each other. When then Congresswoman Kristen Gilligan was appointed Senator, I told my friend, “Leave it to Gov. Paterson to nominate a Democrat I would like more than you to replace Hillary Clinton.”

Gilligan was a pro-gun, small government, tax cutting blue dog Democrat. That is of course, until she became Senator and was “enlightened” by big city liberals. She then started to flip on every position, most notably when it came to guns. After bragging aboot having a shotgun under her bed and having those same “enlightened” big city liberals criticized her for it, a press release went out that the guns were removed.

Now Gilligan, who received an “A” rating from the NRA when she was in Congress, is now proud to be endorsed by gun control advocates. As the NY Post points out, this isn’t the only time she’s been “enlightened” over the past year and a half…

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UFC 118 Predictions: Edgar vs. Penn 2

Posted on August 22, 2010 | 2 Comments

The UFC is shipping off to Boston this Saturday, headline by a rematch between Frankie Edgar and BJ Penn for the lightweight title. Edgar shocked everyone by defeating the champ in the first place? Can he do it again? More importantly, can I break at least .500 with predictions this time?

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I like Joe Lauzon over Gabe Reudiger and Andre Winner over Nik Lentz

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I’m sure Demian Maia wants to make up for his now infamous loss to Anderson Silva. Because of that, I see him beating Mario Miranda.

It hasn’t been announce as a “#1 Contenders Fight,” but you can easily see the winner of Kenny Florian vs. Gray Maynard fighting the winner of the main event. This fight should be close, but I find it difficult to ever vote against Florian. I see “Ken Flo” earning his THIRD title shot.
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Romney on the Economy: Fix It

Posted on August 18, 2010 | 2 Comments

It’s time for another Mitt Romney “chair shot” editorial where, just like in pro-wrestling (which politics seems to be faker than), he runs in when no one is paying attention, wacks the President with a chair (proverbially), and leaves through the audience.

And I have to be honest, I’ve never wanted to be hit in the head with a chair so much before in my life because if I hear the word “mosque” one more time…I’ll have something snarky to say aboot it on the Twitter.

It’s also welcome because, while August is traditionally the “silly season” of politics, the economy and jobs (or the lack there of) are still kinda important. Unemployment is at 9.5 % (1.5 % higher than the Obama Campaign said it would get if we passed their stimulus) and small business, which are struggling in the first place, are afraid to move with the threat of tax increases and other anti-business rhetoric coming from the White House.

Mitt, whatcha got for us?

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Education Reform: Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush Stylee

Posted on August 17, 2010 | 1 Comment

“Marco Rubio understands that God has given every child the ability to learn.” - Jeb Bush

We had a little scare in the Florida Senate race where Marco Rubio lost his lead over Charlie Crist. Thankfully now that the Gulf oil spill is getting cleaned up and people are reminded that Crist is an un-ideological tool, things are back to normal. Rubio was back to a five point lead in Rasmussen, and while I don’t necessarily trust Ras on its own, it was backed up with a six point lead in Mason Dixon.

We can now return to vital social issues n’ stuff, like education. Florida was a home to the education reform movement thanks to former Governor (and the man who should have been 43) Jeb Bush, and while the current Gov, recently vetoed Florida’s education reform bill, the former appeared with Marco Rubio recently as he unveiled his plan to reform the education system.

Some of the highlights…

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David Malpass: Bring on the Tax Revolt

Posted on August 17, 2010 | Leave a comment

“Right now. We could create 300,000 jobs in the six months.”

I found it slightly amusing to hear David Malpass say a “tax revolt” is coming. That’s exactly what happened last year with our county executive race here in Nassau County (where Bruce Blakeman was originally from, before moving into his ivory tower on the upper-east side of Manhattan). We had an actual “Tax Revolt” ballot line, which delivered enough votes to put the under funded longshot challenger Ed Mangano over the Tom Suozzi, the incumbent with a ridonkulous amount of money.

Hmmm…a longshot challenger defeating a well funded incumbent. Interesting…

David Malpass is uniquely qualified to discuss taxes, because while everyone with an (R-State) after there name tried to lay claim to the legacy of Ronald Reagan, Malpass actually helped engineer the Reagan tax cuts while at the Treasury Department. And he took his tax-revolt message to (no sleep ‘til) Brooklyn recently…

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