Great comments from this week
We get hundreds of comments here at AOA each week. Here are a few that made us think or laugh this week.
Thanks to everyone who posted a comment!
About New York vs California
"As far as I'm concerned, Cali can talk crap all they want. It's justified. I don't know any New Yorker who would defend our Legislature right now. Smells too much like Stockholm Syndrome."
... said Mrs. Misanthrope
"Stockholm Syndrome? Nope.
I'd say the smell is something more rural."
... said Jon (was) in Michigan
"I think you're being too hard on Gov. Paterson. First, Sacremento has nothing on Albany.
Second, he can pronounce our state name correctly.
Third, he just pulled quite possibly the ballsy-est move in all of politics, and if it sticks, he will be: a) a hero and b) remembered forever for the crazy scheme.
Fourth, California is Exhibit A as to why the founding fathers believed in republican (small r) government, and not direct democracy."
... said Mark Anderson
"I want to be able to pay my bills with IOUs. How about in exchange for internet I give someone at time warner a backrub, or a spaghetti dinner?"
... said Litt1eMinx
On Pedro Espada
"Just what this guy needs, a cover story to further encourage his delusions of grandeur. Why take this guy seriously? The only reason anybody even knows his name is because he clawed his way to the top of the biggest political morass in years, through infidelity and pretension. He's just a tool in the biggest toolbox around."
... said Lucy
"...So back off, ladies. This one's mine."
... said Alice Person
"Reward If Found: Smiling children and happy cats everywhere in the Capitol Region."
... said kimelodic
"This summer is so freaking lame. Even the ice cream truck in my neighborhood is playing "Cruel Summer" (by iconic 80's girl group Bananarama) these days."
... said Siobhan
"This summer is so lame, even the mayor is looking pasty. (sooo not true)"
... said kimelodic
(and there were many others)
On enthusiasm for Michael Jackson at the post office
"No, I'm pretty sure he's going on the dollar bill first, by next week at the latest. "
... said chrisck
One the (possibly) new lieutenant governor
"I will not stand in the way of anybody else being Fake Acting Lieutenant Governor and have tendered my resignation effective immediately. I retire my erroneous claim to the position so that our state can move forward illegally and illegitimately."
... said Kevin Marshall (who earlier declared himself lieutenant governor)
On ranting about women in Albany
"This reminds me of an incident from high school. In the girls' locker room, there was a picture of the volleyball team. And over a girl's head was an arrow and the word "looser".
The point: A holier-than-thou argument is more persuasive when one knows how to properly spell."
... said Alice Person
"@Alice Maybe they spelled it exactly right. BAM"
... said intrinsic
"I've never in my life been more ashamed to be a New Yorker than over the past 30 days. Their behavior and hubris is appalling, and now they want us all to hold hands and sing kumbyah? This is a family blog so I will hold the rest of this paragraph to myself.
If ever there was a case for term limits, it's been this past month."
... said AddiesDad
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