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O’s ‘fraud’ rip at health industry

11. March 2010

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WASHINGTON -- President Obama yesterday continued his campaign against insurance companies in his feverish push for health reform, accusing them of lining their pockets with cash that should go to help patients.

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O: We’ll stick by you, Haiti

11. March 2010

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WASHINGTON -- President Obama said yesterday conditions in quake-stricken Haiti remained dire and promised that the United States would be a reliable partner in reconstruction efforts. Obama, speaking at the White House after meeting with Haitian President Rene Preval, said only a global response to the country's crisis could...

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To borrow a phrase: It sucks

11. March 2010

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ALBANY -- Lt. Gov. Richard Ravitch's scheme to borrow $6 billion over the next three years and have state finances overseen by a "Financial Review Board" was criticized yesterday by the state comptroller, mocked by Mayor Bloomberg and attacked by fiscal watchdogs

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Can’t trust these bozos to fix the mess they created

11. March 2010

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ALBANY -- Mayor Bloom berg got it right yesterday with his flip observation that Lt. Gov.

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This insane fiscal cycle has to end

11. March 2010

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After years of flagrant over spending, fiscal conjuring, ever-increasing taxes, fees and reliance on one-shot revenues, it appears Albany's fiscal day of reckoning is at hand. With the 2010-2011 budget deficit at $9 billion and recurring deficits projected for as far as the eye can see, if the governor...

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Senate passes $150 billion jobs bill

10. March 2010

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The U.S.

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Sen. Harry Reid embraces GOP’s ‘Scooby Doo’ comparison

10. March 2010

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The Republican National Committee may have thought it was dogging Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) by satirizing him as cartoon character Scooby Doo, but Reid is getting scrappy with the portrayal in his own fundraising appeal, Fox News reported Wednesday.

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