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To: Taro who wrote (318495)	1/3/2007 12:13:47 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572332

My God i wonder when they are going to indict Obama!!!!

To: Taro who wrote (318495)	1/3/2007 7:03:24 PM
From: steve harris	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572332

Did you hear CNN trashing Obama for Hillary? breitbart.com "Though I'd note that the `s' and `b' keys aren't all that close to each other, I assume it was just an unfortunate mistake, and don't think there was any truly malicious intent," Vieto said. Message 23124774 lol

To: Taro who wrote (318495)	1/3/2007 7:14:07 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1572332

Spitzer Seeks Sweeping Changes in Albany By DANNY HAKIM and JOHN HOLUSHA Published: January 3, 2007 ALBANY, Jan. 3 — In his first annual address to the Legislature, Gov. Eliot Spitzer proposed to overhaul almost every corner of the state’s operations and policies, saying he would move swiftly to guarantee health insurance for all children in the state, publicly finance state elections, rein in spending and draft a constitutional amendment to overhaul the state’s courts. He also said that he would seek to broadly overhaul the state’s ethics and lobbying rules, to make pre-kindergarten available to all four-year-olds by the end of his four-year term, to overhaul the public authorities that control most of the state’s debt and to make New York more palatable to business by changing the state’s approach to policies, like workers’ compensation. “Make no mistake, the changes I just described will not be easy, but change rarely is,” he said near the end of his speech, which was delivered in the chamber of the State Assembly here. “At every major transition point in out history, we have experienced uncertainty and growing pains. We will experience them again.” In his third day as governor, Mr. Spitzer offered a dizzying template of the ambitious agenda he outlined during the campaign. If nothing else, his speech represented a sharp break from George E. Pataki, the Republican who led the state for the last 12 years, and the new governor continued to obliquely tweak his Republican predecessor. Saying “our government is in disrepair,” Mr. Spitzer added, “New York is not in this position because of a lack of ideas, New York is in this position because of a lack of leadership.” The Senate majority leader, Joseph L. Bruno, the man who is now the state’s top Republican, planned to deliver a conciliatory response, judging from a draft of his comments circulated by his staff this morning. “This is the beginning of a new year and a new administration, and it brings a great deal of excitement about what we can accomplish together,” Mr. Bruno said. But many of the proposals laid out by Mr. Spitzer are not new to Albany, and have opponents with deep pockets. Despite the breadth of his remarks Mr. Spitzer placed special emphasis on political and campaign finance reform, saying it was necessary to regain the confidence of voters. To achieve this, he proposed “dramatically” lower limits on campaign contributions and an eventual move to full public financing of campaigns. “By cutting off the demand for private money, we will cut off the special-interest influence that comes with it,” he said. In addition, he said he will propose legislation that establishes “an independent, non-partisan redistricting commission” to draw the boundaries of legislative districts. “Until this happens, I will veto any proposal that reflects partisan gerrymandering,” he said. Mr. Spitzer said that by the end of the month he will submit a budget that will contain the “first installment” of a three-year, $6 billion property tax cut focused on middle-class homeowners “whose property taxes are rising too fast for their incomes to catch up.” nytimes.com