I turned on the radio to go to work this morning and tuned into the Water Cooler where the DJs awaiting the arrival of Mayor Duffy. I was excited to hear what the mayor would have to say regarding the struggles of our city.
Mayor of Rochester, Robert Duffy went to the WDKX studio and took calls from Rochester listeners who voiced their concerns about the City. Among the issues discussed were surveillance cameras, youth programs, noise ordinances and drugs. Mayor Duffy answered with assertive responses to these concerned listeners. You can listen to the full program here.
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Thought it was hard to be a fan of a candidate that wasn’t Barack or McCain? Try running on the platform of Ron Paul for yourself and have to face this kind of intimidation. Just listen to the story of this 22 year old running for the House of Representatives. It might shock you:

For a full article visit Myrtle Beach Online
Below is the full text:

Home break in baffles candidate
By Claudia Lauer - clauer@thesunnews.com
While no one agrees with everything a candidate for political office says, most people don’t respond by making threatening phone calls or breaking into the candidate’s house.
Mark Bennett, the …

Here’s a really cool picture that I found on flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/travelinlibrarian/259774103/

Photo by travelinlibrarian. Visible in the photo are Buffalo, Rochester and the Finger Lakes!

For all you political activists out there, here’s a message you won’t hear anywhere else:

What do you all think of this video, Paul supporters or not?

 
Ever wonder why the government numbers given for the inflation statistic don’t seem to mesh up with your personal experience with real-world prices? Could it be that the government isn’t telling the whole truth? In fact it has been ‘lying’ for years by manipulating the way CPI is measured and reported to give a watered-down statistic that really underestimates the true level of inflation. Dollar devaluation is a severe problem in the US when you look at the graphs provided by John Williams of www.shadowstats.com and his arguments and explanations behind them. Take a look at this alternate data to educate yourself …

The following article comes from www.infowars.com and talks about the rise of the police state in major US cities. Judging from Duffy’s rhetoric and actions in the past, it’s not hard to imagine a situation like this emerging in our own city.
 
D.C. Police State: Is Philadelphia Next?
Kurt Nimmo
Infowars
June 9, 2008
For Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, “stop and frisk” without probable cause is not enough. He apparently hankers to turn the “City of Brotherly Love” into a police state, based on the District of Criminals model.
“During his primary campaign, Mayor Michael Nutter called for a crime emergency which would have banned hanging …

Just when I thought our economy couldn’t get any worse…

…we start shipping our area’s greatest assets overseas: our institutes of higher education. It’s not just colleges and universities though. Major corporations like Halliburton have closed up shop and moved to Dubai too. If you miss the old U.S.A. you’ll love the new U.A.E. Oh yeah, RIT will still be here as well, but will the draw to America still exist when satellite schools exist all over the world?

RIT seals deal on new campus in Dubai
BENNETT LOUDON • STAFF WRITER • JUNE 9, 2008

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Rochester Institute of Technology President Bill Destler signed an …