You Can't Be Neutral On A Moving Train

I was first introduced to Howard Zinn in my 11th grade Advanced Placement US History class, and I read A People's History of the United States shortly after graduating college. And now that he's gone, we have to remember his greatest lesson: You can't be neutral on a moving train.

Patterson Not the Only One Being Replaced

2010 does not look like a good year for Governor David Patterson. His polls are in the tank. His campaign funds are desperately low. He just lost one of his top campaign strategists. And he's faced with making severely unpopular proposals in an effort to bridge New York State's $7.4 billion (that's with a "B," people) deficit. Do you think imposing a one-cent-per-ounce tax on sugary drinks is going to send people running to pull a lever next to his name? How about that $1-per-pack tax on cigarettes? (By the way, I'm not saying these proposals are good or bad, just that they are most likely bad PR for a governor in Mr. Patterson's position) I guess those commercials I mentioned back in November haven't been helping all that much.

So, with each passing day it looks more and more like Attorney General Andrew Cuomo will be the Democratic nominee for governor of New York this November. He has the numbers, the money, and the image to defeat Patterson in the primary, and Patterson's campaign is in a state of turmoil. I guess we'll find out September 14.

But Governor David Patterson isn't the only one that's going to be replaced this year. I am, too. For a few different reasons, I have decided to indefinitely suspend my blog, and it will subsequently be removed from the Poughkeepsie Journal website once a replacement has been chosen. If you are interested in being the person who replaces me, please send an email of interest and sample blog posts to Irwin Goldberg at igoldberg@poughkee.gannett.com. Until then, I'll still be making a few posts here and there.