Finnerty's Democratic Blog

Cookie Monster's #OccuppyWallSt Manifesto

2011-10-23T18:42:00.002-04:00

Yes, 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

Business Insider: Here are the four charts that explain what the protesters are angry about 2011

2011-10-16T12:00:00.000-04:00

Occupy Wall Street vs. Tea Party

2011-10-13T00:18:00.002-04:00

Though 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

No discount for refurbished Droid X

2011-04-20T15:33:00.003-04:00

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. Thanks

Even Broken clocks are right twice a day--Newsmax Poll results

2011-03-13T12:31:00.003-04:00

Though 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

Carl Kruger not just corrupt, closeted self hating gay

2011-03-12T12:28:00.003-05:00

Carl 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://

Wikileaks.org

2010-12-04T19:46:00.003-05:00

Wikileaks.org domain name registration has been abandoned by Amazon web services to access it go to http://88.80.13.160

Tea Partiers... Islamophobic to the core

2010-11-01T17:05:00.002-04:00

Whether 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://

Blackberry advertising on Android marketplace, money well spent

2010-08-14T21:14:00.002-04:00

Sure 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.

Writer Jim Callaghan says UFT booted him for trying to unionize his colleagues

2010-08-13T14:43:00.003-04:00

Central 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#ixzz0wUKbKe76

Oh SNAP! The Slasher got back on the ballot

2010-07-30T23:59:00.003-04:00

So it's official my District Leader, for now, disgraced party flip flopping, slush fund stealing all around thug Hiram Monserate got on the ballot.

Marines are less worthy than Mariah Carey

2010-06-14T11:00:00.002-04:00

When 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

Loyalty is fleeting

2010-03-02T19:26:00.005-05:00

Just 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,

Dear-Wall-Street-We're-Sorry

2010-02-04T23:20:00.005-05:00

I can't believe I hadn't apologized to the big bankers yet, silly me.lolhttp://digg.com/d31HHYs

Gangs Help Cops By Oversharing on Twitter, Facebook | Pat's Papers

2010-02-04T23:20:00.004-05:00

As 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/

Op-Ed Columnist - Learning From Europe - NYTimes.com

2010-01-11T14:55:00.002-05:00

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/11/opinion/11krugman.html

Housing Crash Continues

2010-01-09T09:09:00.001-05:00

http://patrick.net/housing/crash.html

New CBO Cost Estimate for Health Care Legislation

2009-11-20T22:33:00.000-05:00

$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

Betsy McCaughey--still bat sh!# crazy

2009-08-21T09:27:00.008-04:00

Jon 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 copy

Large Swaths of the American Public Are Ignoramuses

2009-08-20T09:53:00.009-04:00

Liberal 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

The Christian Street

2009-08-12T23:25:00.010-04:00

The 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

Fed Audit Supported By 75% Of Americans: Survey

2009-07-31T12:04:00.002-04:00

Fed 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

City Hall News, Broken!

2009-07-30T14:19:00.004-04:00

CityHallNews.com has exceeded their bandwith limit. What story do you think cause all the extra traffic?

Monser-Rat!

2009-06-08T23:08:00.003-04:00

Today 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

MTA starts hiring freeze. Really! Why didn't they start this last year!

2009-04-24T16:00:00.002-04:00

MTA 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