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President Obama pulled a big no-no last week. He insulted an all-American institution, the fine city of Las Vegas, daring to suggest that people should save their money rather than “blow a bunch of cash” on gambling in Sin City if they want to help fund their children’s college education.
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Scott Brinton
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2/11/10
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Jets head coach Rex Ryan, the Big Apple’s newest favorite son, gave a bunch of rowdy Dolphins fans the finger after they heckled him in a Miami bar. The Jets fined Ryan $50,000.
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Al D'Amato
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2/11/10
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Peter Schmitt, presiding officer of the Nassau County Legislature, got off on the wrong foot this year when he announced a 47 percent pay increase for himself and similar raises for the two other top members of the Legislature.
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Al D'Amato
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2/4/10
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Last week, the biggest loser wasn’t Massachusetts Senate candidate Martha Coakley or the Democratic Party or President Obama. The biggest losers were New York schoolchildren, who were sold out by the state Legislature in favor of the tremendously powerful teachers unions.
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Al D'Amato
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1/29/10
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I have three comments on last week’s earthquake in Haiti. One, I hope you’ll consider giving to a Haitian relief fund. Ten dollars, $50, $1 million, give what you can.
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Scott Brinton
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1/21/10
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I imagined the liberal lion, Senator Ted Kennedy, rolling over in his grave at the thought that his old Senate seat could actually go to a Republican.
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Al D'Amato
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1/21/10
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I've covered government at all levels for nearly 17 years, and never during that time have I heard “socialist” and “communist” pop up more in our national political conversation than I have in the past 12 months.
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Scott Brinton
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1/14/10
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Think about what you know now, January 2010, that you didn’t know a year ago. Standing on the threshold of the new year, we have a moment to look back at how those 365 days changed us, as individuals and as a people and as paid-up members of the human race.
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Randi Kreiss
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1/7/10
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All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth ...” Well, I suppose that wouldn’t be on my Christmas wish, but I know my young son would appreciate some more teeth.
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Al D'Amato
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12/24/09
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In recent months, critics of the Obama administration have lambasted the president’s $787 billion stimulus plan, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, passed in February. Sure, they say, the stock market is soaring and the real-estate market is steadily climbing. But America is still shedding jobs. Ergo, the stimulus must have failed.
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Scott Brinton
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12/10/09
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