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RELEASE: JULY 17, 2008
 

The United States is heading for a major anniversary on October 20th, 2008. It will be the 35th anniversary of the OPEC oil boycott, which began on that date in 1973 in the shadow of the Yom Kippur war. (Gee, a war in the Middle East! There is no reason to worry about another one of those, is there?) That was the first signal, years before the environmental consequences of fossil fuel use were understood (by some), that abject dependence on a depleting resource increasingly concentrated in potentially hostile hands was a future economic and national security disaster. The 1979 oil crisis, associated with the Iran Hostage Crisis was the second signal. (Gee, conflict with Iran, that’s not likely to recur is it?) The 1990 Gulf War was a third signal. The attack on 9/11 was the fourth signal. But two generations of Americans willfully ignored these messages. And they instead listened to the messages they wanted to hear, that cheap and available energy was what they deserved -- regardless of the future risks and consequences. And voted for elected officials who delivered those false messages. And here they have left us.

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Fiscal hawks cry foul – “We’re spending like a drunken sailor”:

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/federal-deficit-soars-2008-07-16.htmlFew House Republicans are showing John McCain the money:

A possible development in the Room Eight subpoena case:

While the District Attorney has basically maintained his silence -- he issued a statement saying the subpoena we received wasn't politically motivated, but not much more -- Bronx GOP chairman Jay Savino told us, and the Village Voice's John DeSio -- that the subpoena's were part of an investigation into harassment of Bronx Republicans.  DeSio quotes from some quite scary-sounding letters Savino says one Republican received.

A generous colleague sends on some transcript from today in the Blue Room, where Mayor Bloomberg was asked to react to the Room Eight subpoenas. Bloomberg backed the freedom of the press, and expressed concern about Johnson's subpoenas, but also seemed to question whether blogs should have equal freedoms:

"That's sadly one of the things that's happened to us, where there were credentials and ways you could know who the journalist was and with bloggers it's a lot harder to do that," he said.

His full response:

I just don't know the details. You could call Ben Smith. I'm sure he'd be happy to give you some details on it. I don't know the details of what happened The government should never try to keep the press from performing the function that the reason that we give them special privileges and that is to keep everybody honest and to tell them what's going on.

State of New York | Executive Chamber
David A. Paterson | Governor

For Immediate Release: July 16, 2008
Contact: Errol Cockfield | Errol.Cockfield@chamber.state.ny.us | 212.681.4640 | 518.474.8418

***Please Credit Photos to William Alatriste***

THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK
OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS

CITY HALL
NEW YORK, NY 10007
(212) 788-7116
**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**
July 16, 2008

Contact: 212-788-7116
Release #65-2008

Speaker Quinn, Rev. Al Sharpton, Council Member Melissa Mark-Viverito, Harlem Mothers S.A.V.E, and Community Members Stand Together to Say “It’s Not Snitching, It’s Saving a Life”
Symbolic Repainting Over Stop Snitching Mural

CITY HALL * Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn, Rev. Al Sharpton, Council Member Melissa Mark-Viverito, Council Member Maria del Carmen Arroyo, Council Member Robert Jackson, Council Member Peter Vallone, Assemblyman Keith Wright, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer and Nazli Parvizi, Commissioner for the Mayor’s Community Affairs Unit stood together today to send a message to New York City residents that may have witnessed a crime that “it’s not snitching, it’s saving a life” to contact police with potentially life saving information.

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THE
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK

COUNCIL MEMBER GALE A.
BREWER   

          Quinnipiac University

CONTACT:
Mark
Johnson
(518) 474-4015
FOR RELEASE:
Immediately
July 16, 2008

DEC COMMITS TO IMPROVEMENTS ON WASTE TIRE
CLEANUPS
DEC Agrees with Need for Progress at Major
Sites in Suffolk and Saratoga

ATTORNEY GENERAL CUOMO OBTAINS APPROXIMATELY $1 MILLION FOR VICTIMS OF GREENPOINT’S DISCRIMINATORY LENDING PRACTICES
 
Approximately 270 African-American and Latino Borrowers Have Received Restitution