INSIGHT
“Perhaps the fact that we have seen millions voting themselves into complete dependence on a tyrant has made our generation understand that to choose one’s government is not necessarily to secure freedom.”
—Fredrich August von Hayek
“Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.”
—Mother Teresa
“Unless a man is master of his soul, […]

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GOVERNMENT & POLITICS
Democrats didn’t win; Republicans lost
Contrary to the imaginations of DNC chief Howlin’ Howard Dean and his cadre of Demo-gogues, turnover in the House and Senate was not just the result of “failed policies in Iraq.” Nor was it a vote of confidence for the Democrats’ “New Direction”. If that were the case, then […]

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Petition to End Grand Island Tolls
A local man has started a petition to end the tolls on the Grand Island bridge, similar to what happened to the 190 tolls in Buffalo.
Rus Thompson, who lost a race for the New York State Assembly to Sam Hoyt this past Tuesday, has started the drive.
“It’s an expense issue, […]

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Suozzi to replace Hevesi ?? Now that would be a move that would impress me. I really liked Tom Suozzi and supported him in the primary.
As I was making my rounds through my email alerts I saw this statement posted at the Politicker in the comment section.
i heard spitzer wants suozzi to replace hevesi […]

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I was told that if I got elected I would not have an office or anything so my reply was, I don’t care if I have a closet and a cell phone, at least Silver would have a no vote from me. I am sure Greg will be fine as he works with the […]

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If this isn’t the most dysfunctional group of leaders in government, I don’t know who is. Hevesi admitidly violated ethical standards and violated the public trust. As far as I am concerned the machine voted for him so a Democrat could or would be appointed to replace him.
He does not deserve to stay in office […]

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This is the text of the petition and the URL is at the bottom, click on it and sign it… Let’s get this moving. I will also setup a link in www.RusThompson.com
I will be visiting all businesses in and around Grand Island to see if they will put this in their stores.
We need media […]

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What can I say? We ran in a race where the district is so gerrymanderd the results had to be expected. Party line votes is what happens when there is no money to run an effective campaign, and the entire media is focused on one race ignoring every other race in WNY. Then the […]

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These are the articles from the local print media from last week.
What ever you do, GO VOTE!

Challenger from the Island ~Grand Island Record~
BY JOSEPH KISSEL
gnedit@gnnewspaper.com
For islander and veteran conservative challenger Rus Thompson, Tuesday’s state Assembly election is about nothing less than saving New York’s soul. “Albany is broken,” he said. “Politics in New […]

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Governor Pataki says NO to Grand Island tolls..
In the past few weeks the toll issue took center stage in the Buffalo area. The moves were made to remove them at the Breckenridge and Ogden tolls areas and they have been removed, thanks to the efforts of many involved.
With the forward momentum it seemed senseless that […]

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