We’re Open on Saturdays (An Open Thread)

Posted on September 24, 2011 by lmsinca
Andrew M. Cuomo – Governor


Joint Statement From Governor Cuomo, Christie, Corbett and Perdue Urging Congress to Put Aside Politics on Disaster Assistance

Albany, NY (September 23, 2011)

“Our states have been hit hard by Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee. While the flood waters have receded and the storms are passed, the damage to communities, businesses and infrastructure remains significant. Billions of dollars in loss and destruction pose a serious threat not only to local and regional economies, but to the nation’s economic recovery.

Our states’ governments and our citizens are doing their part to restore and rebuild.

The federal government must also do its part.

Federal assistance for the victims of storms and floods should be beyond politics. Within 10 days of Hurricane Katrina, Congress passed and the President signed over $60 billion in aid for the Gulf Coast. It’s been 28 days since Irene and Lee started battering our states. We urge this Congress to move swiftly to ensure that disaster aid through FEMA and other federal programs is sufficient to start rebuilding now.”

Governor Andrew Cuomo, New York

Governor Chris Christie, New Jersey

Governor Tom Corbett, Pennsylvania

Governor Bev Perdue, North Carolina

(Bi-Partisan Disaster Relief-lms)

On an encouraging, bipartisan note, I’m happy to report that we saw the trailer for The Thing today, and it actually looks … really good.

I could’t quite figure out how it relates to the first two. It looks like something of a combination of them. But, assuming it reviews well, I cannot wait to see it. —QB

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    lmsinca, on September 24, 2011 at 5:00 pm said:

    I'm going to be mostly out today but thought I'd leave an open one for anyone who drops by. The above is a letter from the four Governors sent to Congress.I'll check back later tonight. Have a great Saturday all. I just re-planted my fall garden, the dogs had a great time playing in there last night. Can't quite figure out how they got the gate open though.

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    Fairlington Blade, on September 24, 2011 at 8:09 pm said:

    I'll be very interested to see how this one plays out. The Republicans targeted a priority of Democrats. This is the FAA played out on a bigger scale. BB

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    quarterback, on September 24, 2011 at 8:45 pm said:

    Okay, what the heck is going on with formatting now?I added an item below lmsinca's and had to delete returns and extraneous code to format properly, but then it added returns to lmsinca's!

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    quarterback, on September 24, 2011 at 8:49 pm said:

    And now it has added more back to mine. I am at a loss.

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    lmsinca, on September 25, 2011 at 2:32 am said:

    qb, I think I fixed it. Does it look right to you?

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    kevinwillis.net, on September 25, 2011 at 3:23 am said:

    Blogger has done that forever. Adding custom HTML, like hrs, seems to make it worse.

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