Awesome, veto some more.

Wouldn't some sort of microscope or binocular device be more dignified than what is depicted in that picture?

He'll likely set a record. Former Gov. George Pataki issued scores of vetoes in some of his final budget battles with lawmakers, but he never approached anything close to 6,900.

The traditional New York budget writing method has the governor and two legislative leaders work out a secret deal, leaving little need for a veto.

In my state the two legislative leaders work out a deal and the governor vetoes stuff, maybe on the order of 100 items rather than thousands.

kronicfeld: Wouldn't some sort of microscope or binocular device be more dignified than what is depicted in that picture?

Nah, we're still trying to unsee the mental image of the previous governor plowing away at some hooker in nothing but black socks.

brown black noser.

We're not sure if he's vetoing or sleeping, actually. We just wait until he's finished.

Pimp hand?

He's got 6899 problems, but a veto ain't one.

HotWingConspiracy: I like when politicians know they aren't running for reelection. This guy is burning every bridge he can and raping his opponent's grandmothers with the smoldering planks.

Really, it's the only way he could do what he is doing.

They forced him to basically not run, because ever since he became governor (almost said 'elected') he's been trying to actually balance the state budget. The problem is that there are too many special interests fighting for their little pieces of turf. It's mainly unions, both public employee unions and unions in jobs like teaching and nursing.

I don't like a lot of Paterson's ideology, but I have to say I admire him for trying to reign in runaway spending at the state level, and for having the balls to actually do it.

I suspect that Governor Cuomo Jr., who has been anointed and all but elected, will look like a pussy in comparison.


/WTF do teachers need a union? It's not like a coal face is going to collapse on them, or they might lose an arm because a machine doesn't have a proper guard, or something.

sed 's/reign/rein/g'

Thank god. I've been looking for this picture forever. Normally my google-fu is fairly decent, but I had a hell of a time finding it (or not finding it). No I have it

Phil Herup: Is he not 100% blind? It appears he has some vision.

He is 100% blind, but they scent various portions of the documents he has to sign so that he can tell one from another.

Phil Herup: EatHam: they scent various portions of the documents

Genius.
What scent?
why not a tactile point?

Spending is scented with lavender, and revenue is scented with taffy. You can't use a tactile point, because of OSHA regulations.

EatHam: Phil Herup: Is he not 100% blind? It appears he has some vision.

He is 100% blind, but they scent various portions of the documents he has to sign so that he can tell one from another.

Did they do that for Spitzer, too?

Dr Dreidel: Did they do that for Spitzer, too?

Spitzer had scented pens, but it wasn't lavender.

HotWingConspiracy: I like when politicians know they aren't running for reelection. This guy is burning every bridge he can and raping his opponent's grandmothers with the smoldering planks.

This guy is exercising petty vengeance on a legislative body that turned against him in a vain attempt at salvaging his reputation and any form of career he could have after leaving office.

dittybopper: They forced him to basically not run

Forced him not to run? Are you kidding? They forced him to attempt to use his authority in an attempt to obstruct justice for an ex-con? They forced him to commit perjury? Sure thing there. How this schmuck is still in office, I'll never understand.

I think we all know why his face is so close to the paper.

EatHam: Dr Dreidel: Did they do that for Spitzer, too?

Spitzer had scented pens, but it wasn't lavender.

The pen is mightier...

Mangoose: HotWingConspiracy: I like when politicians know they aren't running for reelection. This guy is burning every bridge he can and raping his opponent's grandmothers with the smoldering planks.

This guy is exercising petty vengeance on a legislative body that turned against him in a vain attempt at salvaging his reputation and any form of career he could have after leaving office.

dittybopper: They forced him to basically not run

Forced him not to run? Are you kidding? They forced him to attempt to use his authority in an attempt to obstruct justice for an ex-con? They forced him to commit perjury? Sure thing there. How this schmuck is still in office, I'll never understand.

Well, well, well. We know who is a part of the NYS Democratic Machine, now, don't we?

saintstryfe: Anyone else kind of hope that Richard Ravitch sticks around?

He had a really tight plan for working to fix New York before every politician decided to flat-out lie about his plan, proclaiming it was "Borrowing" and saying they were against it, mocking the guy who's saved the City and the State several times, then going ahead and - ha - borrowing.

Screw Ravitch.

He rolled out this plan to save the MTA by proposing that free NYC bridges be tolled, plus higher vehicle registration fees and adding a payroll tax that applies equally to an everyday subway rider and a farmer in Millerton who's never been to the city.

Which would've been fine in an everybody-has-to-take-a-bite-of-the-shiat-sandwich way, but surprise, surprise - when the legislature got through with it, the NYC tolls disappeared and the registration fees and upstate payroll tax stayed, and Ravitch was perfectly fine with that.

So I get to pay an extra $150 a year to subsidize trains I never ride (it's 30 miles to the nearest Metro North station), plus my bi-annual registration went from $22 to $120...all to bail out an MTA that got caught red-handed keeping two sets of books and hands its retirees bullshiat disability pensions without a second glance.

Ravitch is just another one of Shelly Silver's toadies.

As for the state GOP, they're seventeen different flavors of useless, stuffed into a gigantic rancid pita of corruption and sleaze. Fark them, too.