MY Blog My Opinion

I voice my opinion based on facts.  I gather them from VB meetings which I record.  This way all you blogamites can listen and hear the facts.  If I need more info about an issue I ask one of the VB members.....most if not all the time, the Mayor.  Then I apply my point of view after I report the facts to all of you.  So all you "bully anonymous said posters" stop picking on me!!!!!  Agree with me or disagree with me I really do not care.  But ya better back up your point of view, and your opinion with some sound reasoning based on facts.  You want to take a jab at me with "jimmy your negative" or "cummings you do not report the facts" or "you cut ppl down" type comments.......guess what, those comments will not get approved.  This site gets over 100 hits a day and the only points of view I get are negative, off topic, miss the whole point comments.

People that post that stuff are nothing but..........

So if you disagree with me then back it up with why and try to stay on topic.

I am Jim Cummings the blogger, formerly known as pguston

Sleep Tight Tonight

To Darrel and Addie including all their families. get your rest.......things will be moving quickly soon enough

A Song For Darrel & Addie.....

Just a "Feel Good" tune that I thought might sum up todays meet and greet in the Bay.......

Leave your worries behind

'Cause rain, shine don't mind
We're ridin' on the groove line tonight


Check out the wheels a turnin'
You know we won't stop
We got this boiler burnin'
We're keepin' it hot
So grab your friends
Get the train comin' through
Climb on board
Where you leave's up to you..................

Campaign Managers, Consultants, and Staffers and Whoever!

Blunder after Blunder on both sides of the political fence, Republican or Democrat, Assembly or Senate.  Some have screwed up more than others.  All the blogs and forums are talking about what this candidate said or did and what the other did not do or say.  Is it entirely the candidates fault or is it ........bad management?  Maybe there are no bad candidates just poor choices in campaign managers, consultants or staffers.  So who runs the campaign?  Here is a quick definition.  How about the political party?  Could they be at fault?  Do they take control of the candidate and turn their campaign into a folly of Monty Python-esque proportions?  This state election has turned into an epic proportion of mud slinging backstabbing, double talking, contradictory bunch of malarkey.  I have been to some fund raisers and meets and greets that have been ......well ummmm....embarassing.  How can all of this get so out of control?  I want to take out the finger of "your to blame" and point it at the guilty party.  But who is to shoulder the blame?  Is it the candidate or the person they appointed to manage them?  Worse yet, is it the political party that supports that candidate.  I have my suspicions.  Of course there is the festering information that comes from the media:  which includes papers, tabloids, blogs [this one too] forums, radio and tv interviews......the whole gamut.  I am disheartened, disgruntled and annoyed...............

240-696-7345/RENZI

Not as catchy as tommy tutone's 867-5309/JENNY.  But this call did get my attention.......Dave Renzi says please stay on the line for a live townhall style conference call.  I listened in facination as Dave actually talked to real people and listened and reacted to their real concerns......I am not going to give davey any free publicity on this one.

This was an insult to anyones intelligence, even my 12 yo son listened to the so called teleconference and he knew it was staged.  He said Dad, people just do not talk that way!  He said he thought it sounded like it was rehearsed.  Atta Boy pg-jr!

IMO this "LIVE" call had the same feel as if you stepped on a steamy pile of dog $h1t in your bare feet!  DISGUSTING>>>>>REPULSIVE

davey davey who can I turn to?

Darrel Aubertine thats who!!!!

Economics Morons!

Supply and demand, the most basic of economic principles is understood by most.  But honestly folks neither one of the candidates running for 118th Assembly River District, Cantwell or Russell knows anymore than you or me about economics.  Guess what else?????? Nobody in Albany gives a rats ass about what these two candidates have planned to save our state from economic turmoil.  The respective parties economic plans are already in motion bouncing off each other.  Let me repeat myself .... Albany does not care who Addie or Bobby are and Albany is not interested in anything they have to say.  Who ever wins that seat will be given this description of what he/she is to do.......are you ready for it?  Here goes:

1. Sit here with your mentor.
2. Do Not say one word unless your mentor asks you a question [NOT Likely].
3. Sit some more with your mouth closed.  [Nobody in Albany cares what a freshman political neophyte has to say].
4. Sign on the line when you are told to.
5. Sit some more with your mouth closed and eyes and ears wide open.
6. Try to fit in and make contacts for your future network.

The bottom line is this.......the best candidate is the one that is equipped with social and political survival skills. 

 Vote for the person not the plan!

What I think Of the Republican Candidates.

Click the picture below for a link to an elaborate essay by pguston.

Money NOT Well Spent!

The money that has been spent on the Renzi Campaign is obscene.  Check this article out from the WDT
......The state Senate Republican Campaign Committee has sent $658,450 to its candidate, David A. Renzi, finance disclosure reports show. The committee has spent an additional $299,679 on his behalf......

Hold on to Your Shorts

I know I am not the gateway to information in Alex bay.  I owe a good deal of this blogs traffic to my friend Dotster @ Abay.com.  Most of you will know what I am going to tell you before you read it here.  But I am going to announce it here anyways:

The Abay.Com Forums are back open!

This will no doubt make some very happy and make others want to curl up and die.

Let the games begin!

Renzi Prison Comments

If there is one topic I might have a PHD in, is anything that might have to do with prisons. Dave Renzi's understanding of the prison plan can be summed up as only what his campaign manager has explained to him.  Holy $hit Dave, if you do not know how the NYSDOCS or the NYS Civil Service System works: let me give you some free advice......zip-it and open your ears and listen.  We do not need you feeding fuel to the flames with your idiotic shoot from the hip "I know everything comments".
Darell is not responsible for any of this.  Any consolitdation has to do with the NYSDOCS Commisioners response to Gov. Patterson's request for budget reductions...............

Why? Why would this blogger waste his time with me?

J.Burke said...

Bobby Cantwell is not only the best candidate, but he is willing to risk his entire campaign to make sure he runs a fair and honest campaign. He turned down not only help from the Albany Republicans but also hundreds of thousands in funding because they wanted to go negative.
Can Addie Jenne say the same? Riiight. She has had trouble raising money from the Democrats I spoke with up there so DACC stepped in and threw her $200,000.
A vote for Russell, is a vote for NYC.
-J.Burke
http://www.TheFrontlineCoalition.com
The Home of the New York Conservative Blogger
September 25, 2008 10:42 AM

The above is a comment that I received is in response to The Poll>>>>>>>Tie.  How did this guy find my blog?  Why would he bother with me?  I am just a small town political hack and  not a very good one at that.  {To TF @ DD......I am not worthy......not worthy at all.} The blog that Mr Burke runs is huge, gigundous, making mine just a speck of flea poop.  I spent some time pondering the visit to my blog by this guy.....I just wonder what his intent was.  Did he visit  to educate my small number of readers and the author?  Or maybe to flex his huge moosles in an attempt at .........whats the word.......oh yeah.......intimidation.

pg

Law of Diminishing Returns

Most of the seasoned posters on this blog will know what this topic means.  If ya don't, lemme splain it to yas.  I will use the Renzi Campaign fund as the model.  The Republicans have forked over $710,902 for Dave Renzi who btw is running for NY State Senate.  Renzi is running against Democrat Darrel Aubertine, who has been given $87,711 for his campaign.  According to the WDT, Renzi has 8 times more campaign funding than Aubertine.  The Siena Poll came out today and the results are interesting:  51% of the people polled will vote for Darrel Aubertine and only 31% will vote for Dave Renzi.  With the money spent on the Renzi campaign the Republicans would have hoped that the poll results would have at least been reversed making Renzi the victor of the poll.  That was alot of money not wisely spent, hence the law of diminishing returns......not getting what you expected from spending that amount of campaign money.  As the returns diminish to zero, then the Republican investors get very desperate and want to show something for their investment in Renzi..............now the investors get aggressive...............and that boys and girls is how negative campaigning starts

Some Pictures....

.......are worth 1000 words!

Polls

I have learned from experience that Blog Polls tend to piss people off.  I have launched a few and oh well, that is the nature of the beast............just opinions.........folks.  So here is one that is intended to get some of you off your apathetic dead butts and get you thinking.  Who do you want?  If you want to back your vote up with a comment then dump it here.  Lets go everybody, that includes Dem, Rep. and Indie's alike and everyone in between..............

A musical Break

After all that annoying  rapid fire posting from tonights VB meeting............

Homage to a Comment

I have not done this in a while.  Elevating a dumb comment from the cinders of the basement up to the ground level.  This is in response to the topic A Sign Of Support.

Anonymous said...

I told his father and other republican officials the other day having you support Cantwell in this town is not in Bobby's best interest. With you supporting him everyone will vote for someone else. You are so well liked here.......

Can you imagine.......the rantings of lil ole me could actually cost anyone votes?  Can you appreciate the ramifications if this were true!!!!  So, if I put both parties signs in my yard,.............  then there would be no winners??  How cool is that...............and ridiculous

Sign Of Support

Yes I am whining,  I have been wanting to put a sign of support in my yard for quite sometime..........!  I took what my wife refers to as the 50 cent tour around Abay on Saturday.  I found ONE Bobby Cantwell for Assembly sign in the village.  I thought to myself.......how did that get there.........and where is mine?  Is anyone from the Cantwell Camp reading my blog, other than the person that called my house one night?  How did that ONE sign sneak into the village?  Why would they only bring one sign.  Is gas cheap enough to make multiple sign placement trips?

My property is divided into TWO parcels, ample room for TWO signs.  Lots of traffic on my street.

Addie Russell is more than welcome to place one of her signs on my property.  If I have a vacancy, she can place TWO signs

pg is p.o.

Addie Russell

Addie is a Democrat running for the 118th Assembly District, and was a special guest at tonights Caucus.  If you downloaded the audio of the caucus, then move the slider bar on your audio player to 21:51 to hear her speak. 

I bet you are wondering what pguston is going to say about her casual talk with the small crowd of Democrats.  I bet ole TF at Danger Democrat is wondering too.  I am sitting hear listening to the audio and can not help but ponder this: "what kind of a political mess have I gotten myself into".  I have a picture and a link to the Republican candidate on the right.  Above that link I have put the cliche` crossing party lines.  What happens when you cross that line?  Can I change my mind and skip back over again?  Or should I stick to my commitment, blindly plugging away for the other guy.  This is truly a quagmire.  That is such an uncool word for an almost 50 guy to use. 

I had a chance to speak to Addie after the caucus and I found her to be very sincere and easy to talk with.  She put herself through law school by working summers in ABay at several different restaurants.  She lives in Theresea and grew up in Philadelphia. 

I strongly urge all of you to listen to the candidates closely.  Attend functions so that you have an opportunity to ask them questions.  Encourage your candidate to participate in a debate.

More later..........

pg

Parking Meters

I could not believe what I saw today!  I have always known that the meters were free on Sunday's.  But I never knew that the meters were active on american holidays.  The 2 most prominent holidays that I am concerned about are 4th of July and Labor day.  The 4th is a give away since the Village shuts down all of the meters on Church St and makes them No parking- tow away zones for the evening fire works.  At the last VB meeting the board voted unanimously to extend the monitoring of the meters till Sept 15th which is a 2 week extension.  Since we have this extension, the Village could certainly over look the Monday Labor day holiday and give the meters and the staff that patrol them the whole day off.

 If you click on the picture of the meter it will zoom to a larger image, you will notice that the days for meter exception are Sundays and Holidays.  Holidays has been scratched off with a sharpie marker.  How about this........ Parking enforced with the exception of Sundays and all Holidays.............both American and Canadian Holidays..... Instead of calling it Holidays it could be called Tourist Appreciation Days.

pg

Thoughts?  Comments??

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