Editorial
New York City Loses On Anti-Terror Funding--Again
      Once again, the Department of Homeland Security has allocated billions of dollars in anti-terror funding, and once again New York City has received a far smaller slice of the pie. The DHS is awarding only $134 million in Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) Grants for the New York City region- a ...
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Leaves An Out
To The Editor:
      In commuting Scooter Libby's jail sentence, perhaps President [George W.] Bush has outfoxed everyone. If he had pardoned Libby, the case would have been closed completely, with no legal opening to review the Jesuitical and vindictive actions of prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald.
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Driving Him Wild
To The Editor:
      I have some gripes I'd like to air about careless drivers. To begin with, I was driving home to Bellerose and this guy was driving through a stop sign, saw me and was about to continue making his turn, yet due to my repeated honking of my horn decided he ought to stop. Well, I could be wrong, but ...
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Mixed Emotions
To The Editor:
      Several articles and news items that appeared either in the Gazette of July 18 or on the radio and television news media left me with mixed emotions that I am about to share with fellow Gazette readers. I am elated upon hearing that the new Long Island City library has expanded hours.
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Bill Defeated, U.S. Won
To The Editor:
      The American people won a great victory when the U.S. Senate defeated the Secure Borders, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Reform Act of 2007 (S.1348 ) on Thursday, June 28, 2007. This deceptively named immigration reform bill was nothing but a travesty and a suicide pact for America.
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Op-ed
The Road To Secession
BY JOHN J. COX
      I was strolling down an aisle inside the Home Depot on Northern Boulevard when I bumped into my old pal, Vernon Jackson. He was pricing portable generators. "Summer's here," said Vernon, "and I don't plan on spending it the way I did last year - no lights, no refrigerator, no television, no fans...
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