http://conservativenewyork.com Defending New Yorkers from Excessive Government Wed, 13 Jan 2010 03:50:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When the City of Albany ripped up Delaware Avenue last summer, no cost was spared for the ARRA-backed project.  The project paved the road, replaced sidewalks and curbs, planted new trees, installed new crosswalks that "look" like bricks, fixed up the sewers, and more. ..including new street signs? Why did we ... http://conservativenewyork.com/2010/01/leave-my-signs-alone/ In this article, a topic that has yet to hit the mainstream liberal media, MIT economist Jonathan Gruber is revealed to be on contract under President Obama's Department of Health and Human Services while he publicly advocates for ObamaCare. Gruber was contracted by HHS for $297,600 to provide "technical assistance" evaluating ... http://conservativenewyork.com/2010/01/public-proponent-of-obamacare-on-obamas-payroll/ We were very close to having another terrorist attack on our shores yesterday, on Christmas Day.  Thank God it was averted, and I pray that it was an isolated event. The accused Islamic terrorist comes from Nigeria, is a student in London, and received training and materials from Yemen. As a nation, ... http://conservativenewyork.com/2009/12/attempted-terrorist-attack/ Someone just reminded me of another segment of the population to add to the list that our President attacked:  Postal Workers. On August 5th, 2009 President Obama said at a town hall meeting in Portsmouth, New Hampshire: "UPS and FedEx are doing just fine. It's the Post Office that's always having problems." It ... http://conservativenewyork.com/2009/12/another-obama-quote/ Under President Obama's leadership, the U.S. has suffered yet another problem with the H1N1 virus. Not only has H1N1 claimed the life of hundreds of Americans, especially children, it also exposed a systemic problem with the government's execution of health care in the country. There have been shortages of the rushed H1N1 ... http://conservativenewyork.com/2009/12/another-setback-for-americas-h1n1-health/ Governor Paterson announced today that he is unilaterally cutting 10% of payments in aid to municipalities. The Governor has proposed this before, however, and the NYS Legislature refused to approve such a move - fearing the political backlash of cutting funds to their constituents.  Governor Paterson, though, has proven that he ... http://conservativenewyork.com/2009/12/paterson-to-cut-aim/ For some reason, Congresswoman Anna Eshoo, who represents parts of Silicon Valley, has decided the Federal government should be involved in deciding how loud your TV should be. Congresswoman Eshoo is pushing to turn down the volume of television commercials down.  Why? Is this our most pressing national issue? Should the Federal government ... http://conservativenewyork.com/2009/12/congresswoman-attempts-to-control-tv-volume/ Despite resigning his position as Governor due to his involvement in a prostitution sting, Eliot Spitzer is considering running for Attorney General again, according to the New York Post. Spitzer may have been a competent Attorney General, but New Yorkers have had a real shortage of honest, hard-working, transparent political leaders.  ... http://conservativenewyork.com/2009/12/another-questionable-figure-to-run-again/ Despite a bipartisan law passed by Congress and signed by President Obama to stop funding ACORN with tax dollars, the Obama Administration still pushes for ways to fund the organization that helped elect him. It is appalling that the Department of Justice used some very creative reasoning to justify the continued ... http://conservativenewyork.com/2009/11/obama-admin-tries-to-pay-acorn-for-illegal-activities/ It is expected that President Obama will once again summon more troops to Afghanistan. In March, President Obama ordered 20,000 troops into Afghanistan.  It is expected that on Tuesday, during his prime time speech, he will announce that he is sending another 34,000.  There are currently about 68,000 troops in Afghanistan. I ... http://conservativenewyork.com/2009/11/obama-to-escalate-war-in-afghanistan-tuesday/