It’s still true, you never get something for nothing.
Bam, just like that. Two of the thorniest, most contentious, divisive, hot-button issues in public discourse solved, done!
It’s magic.
I’ve had this pain in my gut, ever since I read that New York Times article about the high-powered, high-cost deal Cuomo made with New York City Republican power brokers to get the swing votes he needed.
That pain was from confusion, unknowing. It’s gone, mostly, for now, until the next time.
Breaking News Alert
The New York Times
Thursday, June 30, 2011—1:15 PM EDT
Cuomo Will Seek to Lift Ban on Hydraulic Fracturing
The Cuomo administration is expected to lift what has been, in effect, a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing, a controversial technology used to extract natural gas from shale, people briefed on the administration’s discussions said.
Administration officials are discussing maintaining a ban on the process inside New York City’s sprawling upstate watershed, as well as a watershed used by the city of Syracuse, according to people briefed on the plan. But by allowing the process in other parts of the state, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo would open up New York to one of the fastest-growing—critics would say reckless—areas of the energy industry.
When did a hedge fund manager ever write a check for a cool quarter of a million without expecting something in return?, I thought to myself. These are really “nice”guys, I thought, what with all their concern for gender equality and all.
Now let’s ask them what they think about economic disparity or racial inequality. What are we gonna do about all those poor people? Maybe we could get a few well-meaning hedge fund managers to write a small check so as to influence some Republican senators when the vote comes up to raise the minimum wage.
I might take a little heat for this next comment but compared to Fukushima a little heat ain’t so bad.
I’m all for gay marriage, and any other kind of marriage for that fact, if that’s what you want, so long as it’s for the highest good.
But trading gay marriage for hydrofracking?
Call me conspiratorial. Call me a cynic.
I’m not exactly sure what the difference is between politics and pragmatism. But I know em’ when I see em.’
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You give me gay marriage, I give you hydrofracking
Posted on July 5, 2011 by Dennis Ballentine
It’s still true, you never get something for nothing.
Bam, just like that. Two of the thorniest, most contentious, divisive, hot-button issues in public discourse solved, done!
It’s magic.
I’ve had this pain in my gut, ever since I read that New York Times article about the high-powered, high-cost deal Cuomo made with New York City Republican power brokers to get the swing votes he needed.
That pain was from confusion, unknowing. It’s gone, mostly, for now, until the next time.
Breaking News Alert
The New York Times
Thursday, June 30, 2011—1:15 PM EDT
Cuomo Will Seek to Lift Ban on Hydraulic Fracturing
The Cuomo administration is expected to lift what has been, in effect, a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing, a controversial technology used to extract natural gas from shale, people briefed on the administration’s discussions said.
Administration officials are discussing maintaining a ban on the process inside New York City’s sprawling upstate watershed, as well as a watershed used by the city of Syracuse, according to people briefed on the plan. But by allowing the process in other parts of the state, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo would open up New York to one of the fastest-growing—critics would say reckless—areas of the energy industry.
When did a hedge fund manager ever write a check for a cool quarter of a million without expecting something in return?, I thought to myself. These are really “nice” guys, I thought, what with all their concern for gender equality and all.
Now let’s ask them what they think about economic disparity or racial inequality. What are we gonna do about all those poor people? Maybe we could get a few well-meaning hedge fund managers to write a small check so as to influence some Republican senators when the vote comes up to raise the minimum wage.
I might take a little heat for this next comment but compared to Fukushima a little heat ain’t so bad.
I’m all for gay marriage, and any other kind of marriage for that fact, if that’s what you want, so long as it’s for the highest good.
But trading gay marriage for hydrofracking?
Call me conspiratorial. Call me a cynic.
I’m not exactly sure what the difference is between politics and pragmatism. But I know em’ when I see em.’
This is politics on a grand scale.