<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6793936615533022179</id><updated>2011-04-21T14:34:50.866-07:00</updated><title type='text'>New York Tea Party</title><subtitle type='html'>"Taxation without Representation is Tyranny" (James Otis 1725-1783)

American rights--the cause of Liberty and the right and duty to resist tyranny;

Government derives its just powers from the consent of the governed.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://newyorkteaparty.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6793936615533022179/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://newyorkteaparty.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Sam Adams</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08844392584694015561</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_-Vq-2GtEWS8/SCtUTUfDydI/AAAAAAAAABA/7WlgJrlSIVM/S220/225px-SamuelAdamsLarge.jpeg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>8</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6793936615533022179.post-3073727775996032057</id><published>2008-03-23T00:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T04:13:30.768-08:00</updated><title type='text'>King Michael Bloomberg's Attempt at Abolishing the Eighth Amendment</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Vq-2GtEWS8/R-YEtCtMO4I/AAAAAAAAAAs/HOxfM6KLOL0/s1600-h/bill+of+rights.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5180833593203374978" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Vq-2GtEWS8/R-YEtCtMO4I/AAAAAAAAAAs/HOxfM6KLOL0/s320/bill+of+rights.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="color:#663333;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330033;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bill of Rights -&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Amendment VIII&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc9933;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;Excessive fines&lt;/span&gt;; &lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;cruel and unusual punishment&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Excessive bail shall not be required, &lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;nor excessive fines imposed&lt;/span&gt;,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;nor &lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;cruel and unusual punisjment&lt;/span&gt; be inflicted. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6793936615533022179-3073727775996032057?l=newyorkteaparty.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://newyorkteaparty.blogspot.com/feeds/3073727775996032057/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6793936615533022179&amp;postID=3073727775996032057' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6793936615533022179/posts/default/3073727775996032057'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6793936615533022179/posts/default/3073727775996032057'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://newyorkteaparty.blogspot.com/2008/03/king-michael-bloombergs-attempt-at.html' title='King Michael Bloomberg&apos;s Attempt at Abolishing the Eighth Amendment'/><author><name>Sam Adams</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08844392584694015561</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_-Vq-2GtEWS8/SCtUTUfDydI/AAAAAAAAABA/7WlgJrlSIVM/S220/225px-SamuelAdamsLarge.jpeg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Vq-2GtEWS8/R-YEtCtMO4I/AAAAAAAAAAs/HOxfM6KLOL0/s72-c/bill+of+rights.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6793936615533022179.post-3967239027382419441</id><published>2008-03-22T23:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T04:13:31.411-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Hated "Tax Collector" Foundation of The American Revolution</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Vq-2GtEWS8/R-X48CtMO1I/AAAAAAAAAAU/iJGJdNGwe7s/s1600-h/lastscan.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5180820656761879378" style="WIDTH: 99px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 221px" height="200" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Vq-2GtEWS8/R-X48CtMO1I/AAAAAAAAAAU/iJGJdNGwe7s/s200/lastscan.jpg" width="213" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Vq-2GtEWS8/R-YMeCtMO5I/AAAAAAAAAA0/siVbTKoEaFc/s1600-h/Seal.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5180842131598359442" style="WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 230px" height="243" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Vq-2GtEWS8/R-YMeCtMO5I/AAAAAAAAAA0/siVbTKoEaFc/s320/Seal.jpg" width="213" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6793936615533022179-3967239027382419441?l=newyorkteaparty.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://newyorkteaparty.blogspot.com/feeds/3967239027382419441/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6793936615533022179&amp;postID=3967239027382419441' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6793936615533022179/posts/default/3967239027382419441'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6793936615533022179/posts/default/3967239027382419441'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://newyorkteaparty.blogspot.com/2008/03/hated-tax-collector-foundation-of.html' title='The Hated &quot;Tax Collector&quot; Foundation of The American Revolution'/><author><name>Sam Adams</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08844392584694015561</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_-Vq-2GtEWS8/SCtUTUfDydI/AAAAAAAAABA/7WlgJrlSIVM/S220/225px-SamuelAdamsLarge.jpeg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Vq-2GtEWS8/R-X48CtMO1I/AAAAAAAAAAU/iJGJdNGwe7s/s72-c/lastscan.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6793936615533022179.post-4098569519701570159</id><published>2007-06-11T19:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-13T19:54:01.341-07:00</updated><title type='text'>New York Sun - Silver's Skepticism</title><content type='html'>New York Sun&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By Jacob Gershman&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;June 11, 2007&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial, Sans-Serif;font-size:100%;"&gt;Read the article here: &lt;a href="http://www.nysun.com/article/56253?access=821991" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"&gt;http://www.nysun.com/article&lt;wbr&gt;/56253?access=821991&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6793936615533022179-4098569519701570159?l=newyorkteaparty.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://newyorkteaparty.blogspot.com/feeds/4098569519701570159/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6793936615533022179&amp;postID=4098569519701570159' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6793936615533022179/posts/default/4098569519701570159'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6793936615533022179/posts/default/4098569519701570159'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://newyorkteaparty.blogspot.com/2007/06/new-york-sun-silvers-skepticism.html' title='New York Sun - Silver&apos;s Skepticism'/><author><name>Sam Adams</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08844392584694015561</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_-Vq-2GtEWS8/SCtUTUfDydI/AAAAAAAAABA/7WlgJrlSIVM/S220/225px-SamuelAdamsLarge.jpeg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6793936615533022179.post-8631562302005302183</id><published>2007-06-10T14:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T04:13:31.826-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;    &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;         &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Vq-2GtEWS8/Rmwq37Y_xOI/AAAAAAAAAAM/w8l0nJCCelY/s1600-h/178px-Time_100_Michael_Bloomberg.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Vq-2GtEWS8/Rmwq37Y_xOI/AAAAAAAAAAM/w8l0nJCCelY/s200/178px-Time_100_Michael_Bloomberg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074478020463412450" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;This Blo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;g is&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt; in response to &lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"&gt;"King Michael Bloomberg's&lt;/span&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt; pompous,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;  ill-advised and  tyrannical  attempt&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;to impose his "Reign of Greed" over&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt; the Free and Independent People of the City and State of New York&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;!  With his outrageous proposal of imposing his so called &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt; $8.00 Congestion Tax&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6793936615533022179-8631562302005302183?l=newyorkteaparty.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://newyorkteaparty.blogspot.com/feeds/8631562302005302183/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6793936615533022179&amp;postID=8631562302005302183' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6793936615533022179/posts/default/8631562302005302183'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6793936615533022179/posts/default/8631562302005302183'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://newyorkteaparty.blogspot.com/2007/06/o-utcry-and-uprising-of-masses-in.html' title=''/><author><name>Sam Adams</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08844392584694015561</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_-Vq-2GtEWS8/SCtUTUfDydI/AAAAAAAAABA/7WlgJrlSIVM/S220/225px-SamuelAdamsLarge.jpeg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Vq-2GtEWS8/Rmwq37Y_xOI/AAAAAAAAAAM/w8l0nJCCelY/s72-c/178px-Time_100_Michael_Bloomberg.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6793936615533022179.post-1664337373777153977</id><published>2007-06-09T22:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-11T04:35:56.062-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Intolerable Acts of King Michael Bloomberg the I, of 2007.</title><content type='html'>&lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In his latest attempt to subjugate the free  and independent people of New York. He is brazenly attempting to impose an outrageous and &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;unjustified &lt;font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;$8.00 city entry tax&lt;/font&gt;, which will cause undue and immense &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;harm&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt; and &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;financial hardship. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;Adversely &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;affecting &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;primarily &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;the hard working middle and lower class citizens and small businesses, &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;the backbone of the city's economy. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;Who are as it is struggling to keep bread on their table and a roof over their &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;family's &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;heads. thereby affecting the  city economy as a whole.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;The silent majority who are  &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;going to be affected and are &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;opposed to &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;this&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt; atrocity, shall not sit idly by. We will voice our outrage in order to prevent this from ever becoming a reality.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-weight: bold;" size="4"&gt;Just as &lt;font style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51); font-style: italic;"&gt;"We The People"&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-weight: bold;" size="4"&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"&gt; &lt;/font&gt;succeeded in having King Mike the I, backtrack and waive the parking tickets  issued &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-weight: bold;" size="4"&gt;to us, his lowly subjects&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-weight: bold;" size="4"&gt; during  the snow storm back in February 2007.(See full story below) &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-weight: bold;" size="4"&gt;And just &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-weight: bold;" size="4"&gt;as &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-weight: bold;" size="4"&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51); font-style: italic;"&gt;"We The People"&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-weight: bold;" size="4"&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"&gt;  &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-weight: bold;" size="4"&gt;defeated the  &lt;font style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;Illegal immigration bill&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt; &lt;/font&gt;  in Congress, so shall we be victorious in our just cause.  Let's unite, rise up and take action. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-weight: bold;" size="4"&gt;It's time we let our voices be heard and make a difference. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" size="4"&gt;Your participation and input is encouraged and welcome!!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6793936615533022179-1664337373777153977?l=newyorkteaparty.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://newyorkteaparty.blogspot.com/feeds/1664337373777153977/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6793936615533022179&amp;postID=1664337373777153977' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6793936615533022179/posts/default/1664337373777153977'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6793936615533022179/posts/default/1664337373777153977'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://newyorkteaparty.blogspot.com/2007/06/intolerable-acts-of-king-michael.html' title='The Intolerable Acts of King Michael Bloomberg the I, of 2007.'/><author><name>Sam Adams</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08844392584694015561</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_-Vq-2GtEWS8/SCtUTUfDydI/AAAAAAAAABA/7WlgJrlSIVM/S220/225px-SamuelAdamsLarge.jpeg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6793936615533022179.post-3070076651557122389</id><published>2007-06-09T13:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-12T14:59:59.126-07:00</updated><title type='text'>POLS RIDE MIKE HARD ON CONGESTION 'TAX'</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;New York Post&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By HEIDI SINGER and MAGGIE HABERMAN&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;June 9, 2007 -- Mayor Bloomberg made his hardest sell of his congestion-pricing plan yesterday as he faced a testy grilling from skeptical state lawmakers &lt;font style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;who called the fee an unfair tax.&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt; Bloomberg pitched the plan as a must-do for New York, saying the state Legislature should approve it in the next few weeks so the city can qualify for $500 million in federal aid to cover $225 million in start-up costs and pay for mass-transit improvements. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt; "Now is the time to do this," Boomberg said, adding that neighborhoods would benefit from improved mass transit, and the fee would help ease pollution, reduce asthma rates, and even reduce global warming. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt; "The threats to our city, and our planet, are inconvenient truths that we can no longer avoid facing, and that we can no longer wait for Washington to confront," Bloomberg added, referring to the title of Al Gore's Oscar-winning documentary, "An Inconvenient Truth." &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt; At a hearing with state lawmakers in Manhattan, he and Deputy Mayor Dan Doctoroff said it would take roughly 1,000 cameras at about 340 different locations to administer the system by photographing the license plates of cars entering Manhattan south of 86th Street so bills can be sent to drivers. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt; Assemblymen Herman "Denny" Farrell (D-Manhattan) and Richard Brodsky (D-Westchester) greeted the idea skeptically, often cutting off Bloomberg and Doctoroff as they talked. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;font style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt; "Is this not a flat tax?"&lt;/font&gt; Farrell asked, adding that while he agrees congestion is a problem, he has concerns that &lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;"the cure turns out not to be as good as it should be and we get into a worse situation."&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt; Farrell also cited the "campaign" in the media by supporters of the plan to push the Legislature into action, saying, &lt;font style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;"This is not a time for haste but for thoughtful consideration."&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt; Calling congestion pricing "regressive," Brodsky said, "If there is a proposal that's fairer and that's practical, we should adopt it." &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;font style="font-style: italic;"&gt; Assemblywoman Cathy Nolan (D-Queens) said the plan would do little to keep people from "toll shopping" to drive on the free bridges, noting that the Queens Midtown Tunnel backup, where there's a $4.50 toll, is already massive.&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt; And the man who has one of the biggest roles in the process - Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver - wasn't at the hearing, and kept his cards close to the vest on whether he can be sold on it. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt; Silver said he hadn't spoken to the mayor, but said it's a "major issue."&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="" face="arial" size="2"&gt; &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:heidi.singer@nypost.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"&gt;heidi.singer@nypost.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6793936615533022179-3070076651557122389?l=newyorkteaparty.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://newyorkteaparty.blogspot.com/feeds/3070076651557122389/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6793936615533022179&amp;postID=3070076651557122389' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6793936615533022179/posts/default/3070076651557122389'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6793936615533022179/posts/default/3070076651557122389'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://newyorkteaparty.blogspot.com/2007/06/pols-ride-mike-hard-on-congestion-tax.html' title='POLS RIDE MIKE HARD ON CONGESTION &apos;TAX&apos;'/><author><name>Sam Adams</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08844392584694015561</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_-Vq-2GtEWS8/SCtUTUfDydI/AAAAAAAAABA/7WlgJrlSIVM/S220/225px-SamuelAdamsLarge.jpeg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6793936615533022179.post-6426531959385306576</id><published>2007-06-09T11:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-11T04:37:40.567-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Bloomberg Forced to Appologize, Waives Parking Tickets - February 16, 2007</title><content type='html'>&lt;font style="text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold;" size="3"&gt;Mayor Michael Bloomberg&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-weight: bold;" size="3"&gt; after being put against the wall, apologized on Friday to drivers all over the city who were outraged that parking rules were upheld during this week's winter storm, resulting in thousands  (Over 4,000) of tickets on stuck cars.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;" size="4"&gt;"I'm sorry for the inconvenience to people,"&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-weight: bold;" size="4"&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-weight: bold;" size="3"&gt;he said,  Bloomberg added that the tickets would be thrown out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Friday's newspapers took up the cause: with a front page headline of "Give Us A Break," the Daily News called for citywide ticket dismissal. And the New York Sun reminded Bloomberg about the unfortunate tale that followed Lindsay for years.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="4"&gt;&lt;font style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;If Mayor Michael Bloomberg, is really so sorry to &lt;font style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;inconvenience the people&lt;/font&gt; of New York, how can he justify his preposterous proposal  of imposing the $8.00 Entry Tax into NYC.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6793936615533022179-6426531959385306576?l=newyorkteaparty.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://newyorkteaparty.blogspot.com/feeds/6426531959385306576/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6793936615533022179&amp;postID=6426531959385306576' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6793936615533022179/posts/default/6426531959385306576'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6793936615533022179/posts/default/6426531959385306576'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://newyorkteaparty.blogspot.com/2007/06/bloomberg-forced-to-appologize-waives.html' title='Bloomberg Forced to Appologize, Waives Parking Tickets - February 16, 2007'/><author><name>Sam Adams</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08844392584694015561</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_-Vq-2GtEWS8/SCtUTUfDydI/AAAAAAAAABA/7WlgJrlSIVM/S220/225px-SamuelAdamsLarge.jpeg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6793936615533022179.post-1572833445157075674</id><published>2007-06-08T23:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T04:13:31.998-08:00</updated><title type='text'>"Rebellion To Tyrants Is Obediance To God"   - Founding Fathers</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Vq-2GtEWS8/R-X-pStMO2I/AAAAAAAAAAc/2ZpcfZMY0FY/s1600-h/Seal.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5180826931709098850" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Vq-2GtEWS8/R-X-pStMO2I/AAAAAAAAAAc/2ZpcfZMY0FY/s200/Seal.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6793936615533022179-1572833445157075674?l=newyorkteaparty.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://newyorkteaparty.blogspot.com/feeds/1572833445157075674/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6793936615533022179&amp;postID=1572833445157075674' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6793936615533022179/posts/default/1572833445157075674'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6793936615533022179/posts/default/1572833445157075674'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://newyorkteaparty.blogspot.com/2008/03/rebellion-to-tyrants-is-obediance-to.html' title='&quot;Rebellion To Tyrants Is Obediance To God&quot;   - Founding Fathers'/><author><name>Sam Adams</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08844392584694015561</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_-Vq-2GtEWS8/SCtUTUfDydI/AAAAAAAAABA/7WlgJrlSIVM/S220/225px-SamuelAdamsLarge.jpeg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Vq-2GtEWS8/R-X-pStMO2I/AAAAAAAAAAc/2ZpcfZMY0FY/s72-c/Seal.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
