The Kodak bankruptcy has understandably been big news in Rochester, but given Kodak's iconic status, it has also made news across the country.
This is a sardonic take by Henry Payne in the National Review Online about the way the Obama administration operates, using the Kodak B/K as its basis. To be fair, Kodak would not have been a business which really justified a bail-out, but Payne is correct on the point that since Kodak is a non-union shop, the idea would never have come up in the current administration.
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Pressure By Any Other Name
Today's Democrat & Chronicle indicated that "pressure" was being applied on the MCC Board of Trustee's to decide on a location for their downtown campus.
I thought they already decided.
The "pressure" the D&C was describing was the building owner's threat that if a new lease isn't signed at the Sibley Building, MCC may be out. Obviously, MCC needs a location until the Kodak site is ready (which would not be for 2 years).
Pressure? Sounds like extortion.
I thought they already decided.
The "pressure" the D&C was describing was the building owner's threat that if a new lease isn't signed at the Sibley Building, MCC may be out. Obviously, MCC needs a location until the Kodak site is ready (which would not be for 2 years).
Pressure? Sounds like extortion.
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Is Santorum For Real?
After scoring a dead heat with Mitt Romney in Iowa, Rick Santorum is the latest "non-Mitt" candidate to catch fire. Will he last? Charles Krauthammer seems to think so.
Krauthammer, writing in the National Review Online, called Santorum "an admirably worthy conservative alternative" to Mitt Romney. Many have derided Santorum because of his very sharp social conservative views. But I wonder if Krauthammer is on to something with his view that conservative "Reagan Democrats" may be looking for someone who does hold to some old-fashioned bedrock social viewpoints. Those voters have seen "Occupy Wall Street" and they are not impressed.
Several years ago, I sent Santorum a few bucks as he tried unsuccessfully to hold his PA Senate seat. I hadn't thought much about his chances as a GOP Presidential nominee. A few weeks ago, a friend gave me a link to a website where you answer questions and it tells you which candidate you most agree with. I expected it to say Newt Gingrich, but I was surprised to learn it was Santorum. I would not have thought so, because I don't consider myself a strident social conservative. But after looking at some of his other views, I realized that I did support quite a bit of his "platform"
It remains to be seen if Santorum is a contender or a pretender. But I think Krauthammer may be correct in his assessment that Santorum is "the first challenger {to Romney} to be plausibly presidential: knowledgeable, articulate, experienced, of stable character and authentic ideology". Time will tell.
Krauthammer, writing in the National Review Online, called Santorum "an admirably worthy conservative alternative" to Mitt Romney. Many have derided Santorum because of his very sharp social conservative views. But I wonder if Krauthammer is on to something with his view that conservative "Reagan Democrats" may be looking for someone who does hold to some old-fashioned bedrock social viewpoints. Those voters have seen "Occupy Wall Street" and they are not impressed.
Several years ago, I sent Santorum a few bucks as he tried unsuccessfully to hold his PA Senate seat. I hadn't thought much about his chances as a GOP Presidential nominee. A few weeks ago, a friend gave me a link to a website where you answer questions and it tells you which candidate you most agree with. I expected it to say Newt Gingrich, but I was surprised to learn it was Santorum. I would not have thought so, because I don't consider myself a strident social conservative. But after looking at some of his other views, I realized that I did support quite a bit of his "platform"
It remains to be seen if Santorum is a contender or a pretender. But I think Krauthammer may be correct in his assessment that Santorum is "the first challenger {to Romney} to be plausibly presidential: knowledgeable, articulate, experienced, of stable character and authentic ideology". Time will tell.
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