In light of the budget cuts to education, health care, and the parks system announced yesterday — coupled with increases to what else? — defense and homeland security spending — the Oreo Perspective from TrueMajorityACTION is even more poignant: We’re defending ourselves to the point that our children are getting dumber. (Thanks, Johnny, for the […]
Entries from February 2006
The Oreo Perspective
Tuesday, February 7th, 2006 · Comments Off on The Oreo Perspective
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Brokeback Mountain
Monday, February 6th, 2006 · 1 Comment
Thursday night it was Syriana and Friday night it was Brokeback Mountain. I’m quickly making my way through my list of as-of-yet unseen Oscar-nominated films. Sarah joined me and Jen Friday night; she enjoyed Brokeback so much her first time seeing it that she was eager to see it again. Brokeback Mountain is one of […]
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Gore Day 3
Monday, February 6th, 2006 · Comments Off on Gore Day 3
On our way to Gore yesterday for an afternoon of skiing, Nat and I were cruising along the Northway in his WRX. We were cruising in the middle of three lanes no faster than the flow of traffic at about 80 or 85 miles per hour, when suddenly, a blue minivan we had passed earlier […]
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Chowderfest ’06
Saturday, February 4th, 2006 · 1 Comment
We missed the Saratoga Springs Chowderfest last year, but not a chance would we miss the annual event — and highlight of the Saratoga Winterfest — two years in a row. As with Chowderfest ’04, Brindisi’s was a clear standout from the crowd this year, again offering the lobster-crab corn chowder. The line was at […]
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Syriana
Friday, February 3rd, 2006 · Comments Off on Syriana
I saw Syriana last night — the first movie I’d seen in ages — and added it to my very short list of Oscar-nominated movies that I’ve seen so far: Star Wars: Episode III, Cinderella Man, March of the Penguins, War of the Worlds, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Batman Begins, and Crash. I suppose […]
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Gillibrand for Congress
Wednesday, February 1st, 2006 · 9 Comments
Yesterday New York Attorney General (and our next governor) Eliot Spitzer, Saratoga Springs Mayor Valerie Keehn, Accounts Commissioner John Franck, County Supervisor Joanne Yepsen, Prolific Blogger Gabe, and a slew of other local Democrats gathered for the standing-room-only announcement at Canfield Casino that Kirsten Gillibrand is challenging Congressman John Sweeney for his seat in the […]
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