The Morning Paper

[annabanana]

Also:

Cuomo pulls NY our of ICE immigrant round-up program.. (yay)
http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/06/01/new.york.immigration/

This program rounded people up willy-nilly, with no phone calls or just cause.. and THEN sorted them out, sometimes days later. For that time they had been effectively "disappeared", leaving kids stranded at daycare and spouses and family frantic.

also:

There is a push for NY to set up the Healthcare exchanges called for in the President's bill.. the sooner the better
http://www.newsday.com/opinion/oped/knickman-health-care-reform-s-next-step-1.2921225

also:

Our new Attorney General, Eric Schneiderman, is suing the Army Corp of Engineers to force them to follow environmental guidelines before allowing FRACKING to access natural gas in NY. I knew I liked this guy)
http://albarchive.merlinone.net/mweb/wmsql.wm.request?oneimage&imageid=14695798

also:

A 12.5 million hunk of change was paid back to us in a settlement of a Medicare fraud lawsuit involving over-billing from 1998 to 2000 by an outfit named Gentive Health Services. Here's to many more!
http://newsandinsight.thomsonreuters.com/Legal/News/2011/06_-_June/Home_health_care_co__settles_fraud_charges_for_$12_5m/

There was also some crap about some "Weiner" joke pulled on our good Congressman.. Why they felt it was important enough for page 4 is beyond me. . .

[liberal N proud]

1. The toon gets a K&R

:rofl:

[Skidmore]

2. She is pretty much like a bloodsucking pesky mosquito.

Lady Liberty needs a can of Raid.

[malaise]

3. K & R n/t

[Scuba]

4. The toon is awesome. Your local paper is more moderate than mine. n/t

[badgerpup]

5. Umm....

:wtf:

Sarah Palin is aware that the Statue of Liberty was a gift from FRANCE, right?
:silly:




Silly me...

[hootinholler]

6. But where did the Statute of Liberty come from?

That's where she said she was going.

-Hoot