Help is on the Way in NY-"The Rent Too Damn High Party"
Last night, the candidates for governor of New York debated. There was ultimate liberal, tax and spend insider Andrew Cuomo on the stage with tough guy Carl Paladino. Not much of a choice, eh? Well think again. Right there in the middle was a guy wearing black gloves named Jimmy McMillan of the "Rent Too Damn High" Party.
You can't make this up, folks. Here it is:
So who are you gonna vote for all you lucky New Yorkers?
He might get my vote. Unfortunately, he shares a weakness with most of the Tea Party platforms: delivering the goods, if elected, is a whole different ball of wax. What he does offer is a better sense of urgency and priorities than the political insiders.
Born 1945 in Los Angeles. Worked from 1998-2016 as adjunct teacher at University of California at Irvine Ext. teaching English as a second language.
Served three years in US Army Military Police at Erlangen, Germany 1966-68.
1970-1973- Criminal Investigator with US Customs
1973-1995 Criminal investigator with Drug Enforcement Administration. Stationed in Los Angeles, Bangkok, Milan, Italy, Pittsburgh and Office of Training, FBI Academy, Quantico, Va. until retirement.
Author of Erlangen-An American's History of a German Town-University Press of America 2005,
The Story of Papiamentu- A Study in Slavery and Language, University Press of America, 2002, and
The Languages of the Former Soviet Republics-Their History and Development, University Press of America, 2000.
2 comments:
Reminds me of the Israeli party called: Old People's Party.
He is right though. It is very expensive to live in NY.
He might get my vote. Unfortunately, he shares a weakness with most of the Tea Party platforms: delivering the goods, if elected, is a whole different ball of wax. What he does offer is a better sense of urgency and priorities than the political insiders.
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