Eric Massa (NY-29) Will not seek re-election, Bob Recotta, Corning Leader [1]:
First-term Democratic Congressman Eric Massa announced Wednesday he will not seek re-election.
Massa, a Corning resident who unseated John R. “Randy” Kuhl Jr. in the 29th Congressional District in 2008, said in a brief statement his cancer, which had been in remission, had returned
I did not vote for him. If Massa truly has cancer, I wish him well, and the take the first bus out of town. Massa has been a bad joke. As for the guy Mass beat, Randy stay in Penn Yan [2].
One horrid Massa campaign spot, video:
Hat tip: Jim Geraghty, National Review [3].
“Sully” packs it in:
NEW YORK, March 3 (Reuters [4]) – The pilot who spectacularly landed a crippled U.S. Airways (LCC.N) passenger jet in New York’s Hudson River last year is retiring, the airline said on Wednesday.
All 155 passengers and crew aboard Flight 1549 bound for Charlotte, North Carolina, escaped after pilot Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger glided the plane to an emergency landing in the icy river within view of Manhattan skyscrapers
WT Over! NY Daily News [5]:
LOS ANGELES – Three Los Angeles elementary school teachers accused of giving children portraits of O.J. Simpson, Dennis Rodman and RuPaul to carry in a Black History Month parade have been removed from their classrooms, a school district spokeswoman said Wednesday
Well Eric, we could sell Arty Shawcross [6] coffee mugs?
ISYN, Hurricane Katrina Victims to Sue Oil Companies, Jim Hoft, Gateay Pundit [7]. Good luck with that cause and effect thing. Gee, I had chili last night for supper. Should I be worried about being added as a defendant?
The Big “O’, Obama’s high speed train to nowhere, video:
Hat tip: Glenn Reynolds, Instapundit [8].
If it will take California one hundred billion for a high speed rail link between Los Angelos and San Francisco, how far will the Obama’s administration eight billion get you? To Chicago to Gary?
If the O trains reach their promised top speed of one hundred fifty miles per hours, isn’t flying still faster?