tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16895369Sun, 15 Apr 2012 22:51:09 +0000Bloomberg2009TWUDeath PanelBrokered ConventionMike HuckabeeNewspaperscellphoneHoward DeanEconomicsimmigrationTerrorismTown Hall RiotsCity Hall NewsFOIADemocratsperaltabirther movementMonserrateFederal Reserve AuditCopyrightsCarl KrugerBrooklyn2008inexperiencedhumorDINOresignationRepublicanQueensSteam Pipe ExplosionAttorney General GonzalezverizonwirelessEd OttTown Hallhealth careTaxi StrikeGallagherAssemblyStock MarketJoe BidenMPAAJohn McCainJohn EdwardsGPSBatboyBarack ObamacorruptionCity HallNew York stateIraqgay marriageCity CouncilNewsmaxright wing nut-jobsBlast the RightTLCBBMignoranceNational SecurityVP Debatefreedom of speechGOPwebsite domainUnions2012CongressBlackberryhypocrisypollingrefurbishedTerm LimitsBetsy McCaugheyTom DaschleAndroid25th City Council DistrictMayor BloombergNational Politicsspecial electionMedicareThe Daily ShowBloomberg BloopersGeorge W. Bushhttp://88.80.13.160JaguarAmerican Disabilities ActMonserateRIAANew York CityHawaii2010ripoffPovertyFinancial Bail OutWar on TerrorWikileaks.orgReza AlanMTAState SenateHHSSpitzerH.R. 3200Daniel DrommHillary ClintonBuickSarah PalinMy thoughts and opinion about politics in the nation, New York State, the Capital region, and the Cityhttp://www.seanfinnerty.com/noreply@blogger.com (Finnerty)Blogger135125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16895369.post-3433859513183193335Sun, 23 Oct 2011 22:42:00 +00002011-10-23T18:45:16.895-04:00Yes, there always going to be rich and poor. But we used to live in country where rich owned factory and make 30 times what factory worker make. Now we live in country where rich make money by lying about value of derivative bonds and make 3000 times what factory worker would make if factories hadn't all moved to China. Capitalism great system. We won Cold War because people behind Iron http://www.seanfinnerty.com/2011/10/cookie-monsters-occuppywallst-manifesto.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Finnerty)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16895369.post-4865563192909147348Sun, 16 Oct 2011 16:00:00 +00002011-10-23T18:49:18.752-04:00http://www.seanfinnerty.com/2011/10/business-insider-here-are-four-charts.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Finnerty)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16895369.post-3937310504346282793Thu, 13 Oct 2011 04:18:00 +00002011-10-13T00:22:28.789-04:00Though the verbiage for their complaints that both the Tea Party and Occupy Wall St use are very similar, the difference between the two camps is the relationship with their antagonists. The Tea Party is complaining towards Federal Government while Occupy Wall St is directing complaints towards high finance. Tom was right that the two movements were distinctively different in that the Tea Party http://www.seanfinnerty.com/2011/10/occupy-wall-street-vs-tea-party.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Finnerty)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16895369.post-559072434306587476Wed, 20 Apr 2011 19:33:00 +00002011-04-20T15:43:45.506-04:00verizonwirelessripoffcellphonerefurbished Most expensive 14 GB micro SD ever! Refurbished Droids are being sold for $399 off-contract same as the factory new units.Who in their right mind is paying top dollar for the handsets that someone elsewouldn;t deal with anymore?2GB microSD cards go for $4-$6, while 16GB microSD cards go for a whopping $25-$35. VZW giving suckers who buy their "certified pre-owned" handsets a $20 discount. Thankshttp://www.seanfinnerty.com/2011/04/no-discount-for-refurbished-droid-x.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Finnerty)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16895369.post-7949958692778737267Sun, 13 Mar 2011 16:31:00 +00002011-03-13T12:31:31.428-04:00Barack Obama2012NewsmaxpollingThough this highly biased unscientific poll doesn't prove what Newsmax wishes it would (which is that the entire interwebs believes that Obama and unions are bad) it still provides an interesting modicum of real data points. It provides a base of Obama supporters being ~25% of the poll takers that agree with Obama in his criticism of Union buster Wisc. Gov. Scott Walker (R), against stripping http://www.seanfinnerty.com/2011/03/even-broken-clocks-are-right-twice-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Finnerty)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16895369.post-3775430721797673822Sat, 12 Mar 2011 17:28:00 +00002011-03-13T11:38:15.866-04:00New York stateCarl KrugercorruptionState Senategay marriageDINOCarl Kruger is 1 of 8 Democrats in 2009 that voted against gay marriage has been outed by the FBI in the course of the corruption investigation that his live-in boyfriend helped launder money. Though all the claims of the State Senator's homosexuality is speculative, what isn't is the fact that Senator Kruger is not long for keeping his seat... and I good riddance to bad garbage!http://http://www.seanfinnerty.com/2011/03/carl-kruger-not-just-corrupt-closeted.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Finnerty)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16895369.post-1786305244064100241Sun, 05 Dec 2010 00:46:00 +00002010-12-04T19:50:34.894-05:00FOIAfreedom of speechWikileaks.orghttp://88.80.13.160Wikileaks.org domain name registration has been abandoned by Amazon web services to access it go to http://88.80.13.160<!--Session data-->http://www.seanfinnerty.com/2010/12/wikileaksorg.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Finnerty)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16895369.post-5759285873022252517Mon, 01 Nov 2010 21:05:00 +00002010-12-04T19:46:12.242-05:00Whether at the end of the E train or the B train, it doesn't matter Mosques are not welcomed by Tea Partiers. New York City may have given birth to religious freedom (Flushing Remonstrance of 1657) but a very small minority are seeking squash the religious tolerance of the city. Sad for the Tea Partiers as their attempt is like a bug trying to squash a giant, just not going to happen.http://http://www.seanfinnerty.com/2010/11/tea-partiers-islamophobic-to-core.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Finnerty)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16895369.post-4543345026075317805Sun, 15 Aug 2010 01:14:00 +00002010-08-14T22:27:18.555-04:00BlackberryBBMAndroidSure this off topic but just under a year ago I switched from blackberry to my Motorola Droid and I recently came across this blackberry ad within Android's app marketplace. Probably a bad use of RIM's marketing budget since is unlikely that some with an android phone is going to blackberry just for BB messenger.http://www.seanfinnerty.com/2010/08/blackberry-advertising-on-android.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Finnerty)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16895369.post-3939657478542914347Fri, 13 Aug 2010 18:43:00 +00002010-08-14T21:13:59.929-04:00Central union staff tends to be the only people that Unions want to ensure never get unionized, though this guy was trying to organizing the UFT it is true of all the unions.http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/08/13/2010-08-13_i_was_kicked_to_curb_by_bully_union.html#ixzz0wUKbKe76http://www.seanfinnerty.com/2010/08/writer-jim-callaghan-says-uft-booted.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Finnerty)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16895369.post-5329510075536340802Sat, 31 Jul 2010 03:59:00 +00002010-08-14T22:28:22.763-04:002010MonserateDemocratsSo it's official my District Leader, for now, disgraced party flip flopping, slush fund stealing all around thug Hiram Monserate got on the ballot.http://www.seanfinnerty.com/2010/07/oh-snap-slasher-got-back-on-ballot.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Finnerty)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16895369.post-6234878429591249148Mon, 14 Jun 2010 15:00:00 +00002010-07-25T16:20:49.952-04:00When I first heard about the Empire State Building dissing Mother Theresa, I heard the explanation that they do not honor religious figures and if they had honored Mother Theresa then what would stop the Scientologists from demanding L. Ron Hubburd being honored. Then I looked at who else has been honored, as well as who has been snubbed. Red China, Mariah Carey (as part of the promotion of her http://www.seanfinnerty.com/2010/06/marines-are-less-worthy-than-mariah.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Finnerty)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16895369.post-4183380360117593301Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:26:00 +00002010-03-02T19:40:47.667-05:00special electionperaltaMonserrateJust received a mailer that coincides with this email former Chief of staff of disgraced and expelled State Senator Hiram Monserrate, Julissa Ferreras endorsing Monserrate's opponent, Jose Peralta, in the special election March 16th to fill the 13th Senate Seat that Monserrate was expelled from as well as attempting to recapture.Can't wait to vote against the domestic abusing, tax-payer robbing, http://www.seanfinnerty.com/2010/03/loyalty-is-fleeting.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Finnerty)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16895369.post-4747864506536473113Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:20:00 +00002010-07-25T16:19:55.024-04:00I can't believe I hadn't apologized to the big bankers yet, silly me.lolhttp://digg.com/d31HHYshttp://www.seanfinnerty.com/2010/02/dear-wall-street-were-sorry.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Finnerty)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16895369.post-894346215251833970Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:20:00 +00002010-06-30T21:57:22.426-04:00As fictional President Bartlet said "I've always been proud that this country has some of the dumbest criminals in the world"http://www.patspapers.com/story_stack/item/gangs_help_cops_by_oversharing_on_twitter_facebook/http://www.seanfinnerty.com/2010/02/gangs-help-cops-by-oversharing-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Finnerty)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16895369.post-1171132748153757959Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:55:00 +00002010-02-02T09:00:20.756-05:00http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/11/opinion/11krugman.htmlhttp://www.seanfinnerty.com/2010/01/op-ed-columnist-learning-from-europe.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Finnerty)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16895369.post-4839982866086129987Sat, 09 Jan 2010 14:09:00 +00002010-02-02T08:59:19.460-05:00http://patrick.net/housing/crash.htmlhttp://www.seanfinnerty.com/2010/01/housing-crash-continues.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Finnerty)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16895369.post-4352090790663856244Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:33:00 +00002009-11-20T22:37:55.918-05:00$597 Billion to cover the all Americans under proper health insurance, hmm seems pricey but worthwhile for about the same price as the Defense budget every but instead designing new and expensive ways to kill people.But wait it gets better. The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office's price tag of $597 Billion isn't for one year but the cost through 2019! That's rigtht $59.7 Billion cost per http://www.seanfinnerty.com/2009/11/new-cbo-cost-estimate-for-health-care.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Finnerty)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16895369.post-8851353296834259242Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:27:00 +00002009-08-21T10:26:40.569-04:00H.R. 3200health careBetsy McCaugheyThe Daily ShowDeath PanelJon Stewart reading verbatim the H.R. 3200 to Betsy McCaughey that the end of life consultation spelling out exactly what life sustaining treatment the patient will be willing to receive. Below is the pertinent part of the legislation that read aloud, with McCaughey declaring immediately afterward that 'sustaining treatment' meant ending life and she had written "disgusting" on her personal copyhttp://www.seanfinnerty.com/2009/08/betsy-mccaughey-still-bat-sh-crazy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Finnerty)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16895369.post-5853984795895427936Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:53:00 +00002009-08-20T10:52:08.465-04:00ignoranceJohn McCainMedicareBarack Obamabirther movementHawaiipollingLiberal blogosphere has already jump all over the fact that 39% of the American public believe the government should stay out of the beloved government agency Medicare. My concern is that only 90% believe the fiftieth state admitted to the Union believes Hawaii is part of the United States.6% of the respondents deny that Hawaii is part of the United States, while another 4% taking the Hamlet http://www.seanfinnerty.com/2009/08/large-swaths-of-american-public-are.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Finnerty)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16895369.post-7712139809426214532Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:25:00 +00002009-08-13T19:24:55.614-04:00right wing nut-jobsTown Hall RiotsReza AlanTown HallTerrorismThe Christian Street (like the eastern variation the Arab Street) is unfocused, intense, fearful and of course very, very, angry. Reza Alan wrote a book/thesis about the Islamic-fanatics called Cosmic Wars, that could just as easily describe the temper tantrums that have been occurring at Congressional town halls all through out the country.Neither the Arab Street or the Christian Street have http://www.seanfinnerty.com/2009/08/christian-street.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Finnerty)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16895369.post-3818279862814426687Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:04:00 +00002009-08-13T19:26:30.149-04:00EconomicsNational PoliticsFederal Reserve AuditFed Audit Supported By 75% Of Americans: SurveyOf course the Federal Reserve should be audited, shouldn't the most economically influential organization in the country be accountable the same way the banks they deal with every day are? FDIC has the responsibility to audit banks they insure, so the Federal Government who insures the Federal Reserve with full faith and credit of the American http://www.seanfinnerty.com/2009/07/fed-audit-supported-by-75-of-americans.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Finnerty)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16895369.post-1567433548645377953Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:19:00 +00002009-07-30T14:31:36.774-04:00City Hall NewsCityHallNews.com has exceeded their bandwith limit. What story do you think cause all the extra traffic?http://www.seanfinnerty.com/2009/07/city-hall-news-broken.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Finnerty)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16895369.post-1466181269743406849Tue, 09 Jun 2009 03:08:00 +00002009-07-28T13:06:15.276-04:00RepublicanState SenateMonserrateDemocratsToday in response to my State Senator betraying his Democratic Party, I called to have my displeasure with him as a constituent and I am guessing I'm not the only one since the constituent liaison who picked up the phone kept fumbling the name of his boss.It went a little something like this.HM staffer: "Senator Malcolm's ... I mean Hiram Monserrate's office, how can I help you?" Me: "I'm a http://www.seanfinnerty.com/2009/06/monser-rat.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Finnerty)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16895369.post-4809237750087683036Fri, 24 Apr 2009 20:00:00 +00002009-06-09T21:11:56.224-04:00MTA starts hiring freeze. Really! Why didn't they start this last year!http://www.wnyc.org/news/articles/129772MTA had service cuts and fare increases the last year why did they think that they had any money then but just came to the revelation now? I'm not one that is prone to privatizing anything but Elliott Sanders & the rest of the incompetent management at the MTA has got to be sacked and http://www.seanfinnerty.com/2009/04/mta-starts-hiring-freeze-really-why.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Finnerty)0