The LA times blog is asking the question - is Sarah Palin a Plus or a Minus on the Republican ticket?

Have a look and a laugh!

How has Sarah Palin effected the Mcain campaign? (38 hits)

Btw, Obama 08!!!

Deficit doesn't prevent big raises in Nassau (119 hits)
18 Apr 2007 at 9:25pm
Despite predictions of a looming budget deficit in Nassau next year, County Executive Thomas Suozzi has handed out $1.1 million in pay raises and promotions to his patronage appointees, with the largest salary increase going to a former campaign worker.
Report: Crowds, not gap widths, cause LIRR injuries (93 hits)
18 Apr 2007 at 10:56pm
A state report released Wednesday found no link between the number of gap falls and the width of the gaps — finding instead that big crowds and high passenger volumes led to gap accidents at Long Island and Metro-North railroad stations.
State blasts 4 LI fire districts for sloppy spending (93 hits)
18 Apr 2007 at 11:26pm
Until recently, taxpayers in the West Islip Fire District were footing the bill for subscriptions to the Playboy channel, "Strip Night NY" and "Naked News TV" for volunteers at the firehouse.
Finnerty seeks investigation of Duke DA (87 hits)
18 Apr 2007 at 10:54pm
Collin Finnerty wants to turn the tables on the North Carolina district attorney who pursued wrongful charges against him.
Push to meet land buy target (78 hits)
19 Apr 2007 at 12:00am
Despite a strong past record on land preservation, Long Island will fail to meet targets for buying up open space and development rights unless local and state governments pick up the pace — and funding — of such efforts dramatically, according to a report to be released today by the Long Island Pine Barrens Society.

Youth minister sex abuse civil suit begins (103 hits)
16 Apr 2007 at 2:24pm
The Rev. Thomas Haggerty looked on sternly Monday morning as a lawyer accused him of turning a blind eye to a child molester who had been working as a youth minister at his East Meadow church.
Duke lacrosse players appear on '60 Minutes' (68 hits)
15 Apr 2007 at 8:06pm
Even as the North Carolina attorney general said there was insufficient evidence to pursue a criminal case against them, the three Duke lacrosse players waited to hear the one word that would end their nightmare.
LIRR probing spike in accidents (77 hits)
16 Apr 2007 at 1:42pm
A Long Island Rail Road safety committee is examining a spike in customer accidents since January, LIRR Acting President Ray Kenny said Monday.
Robber leaves credit card at crime scene (82 hits)
16 Apr 2007 at 1:21pm
A brazen robber who police tracked down after he left his credit card at the scene of the crime was ordered held Monday in the Nassau County jail $200,000 bond or $100,000 cash bail, court officials said.
Body of man found in Merrick (114 hits)
16 Apr 2007 at 2:30pm
The body of a man who police believed to be homeless was found early Monday outside residences along Preston Lane in Merrick, authorities said.

Terrier killing prompts call for pit bull ban (102 hits)
13 Apr 2007 at 8:11pm
Winston the small brown dog was a carrot fanatic who zealously guarded his Upper Brookville home against rabbits and squirrels.
Region gets ready for the storm (83 hits)
14 Apr 2007 at 7:42am
New York City and surrounding areas braced Saturday for a wallop from a winter storm well into what was supposed to be spring.
For Duke DA, it's not business as usual (62 hits)
13 Apr 2007 at 10:19pm
Hours after being humiliated on television in front of millions by North Carolina's highest prosecutor, Durham County District Attorney Mike Nifong arrived to the county's judicial building on Main Street at 8:30 a.m., walked past a group of reporters crowding the hallways outside his office, stepped inside and locked the door, his administrative assistant said.
Lottery winner in a whole new ballgame (94 hits)
13 Apr 2007 at 10:11pm
Gilberto Bueno played the lottery almost every day for 17 years, dreaming of a fortune that would bring an end to his nights stocking shelves in a Key Food supermarket in Queens.
CA to pursue civil claim against Wang (75 hits)
13 Apr 2007 at 11:25pm
Charles Wang, the co-founder and former chairman of Computer Associates, directed and participated in the massive $2.2-billion accounting fraud at the company, according to a blistering report issued late Friday by a committee of outside directors of the company now known as CA.

LI student at Iona College found dead (82 hits)
12 Apr 2007 at 9:15am
A 19-year-old Iona College student from Long Island, who police said had a medical condition which they would not detail, was found dead in his dorm room on Wednesday morning by his roommates in his on-campus dorm.
Report: Lax permit review for water polluters (74 hits)
12 Apr 2007 at 12:55am
New York state's environmental agency is violating the federal Clean Water Act by allowing facilities that discharge into state waters to go decades without thorough permit review, according to a report issued Thursday by a state environmental advocacy group.
Rain Thursday, more to come this weekend (66 hits)
12 Apr 2007 at 9:58am
It's raining outside — and generally miserable. The roads are jammed with morning rush-hour delays. And the weather Thursday has also had an effect on the big local airports, already causing delays of more than an hour.
Famed journo tells students to "dig, dig, dig" (65 hits)
12 Apr 2007 at 1:31pm
Bob Woodward, the Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist of Watergate fame and beyond, stressed to Stony Brook University journalism students Thursday that they strive for journalism's "ideal" of finding out "exactly what happened," by continuing to "dig, dig, dig."
LIRR gap fall at Syosset station (67 hits)
11 Apr 2007 at 8:31pm
A 73-year-old Queens Village woman Wednesday morning was the latest victim of the notorious gap at the Syosset Long Island Rail Road station.

Man who shot officer in 1971 gets 1 to 3 years (69 hits)
10 Apr 2007 at 1:39pm
A fugitive arrested in 2005 for the shooting of an unarmed Stony Brook University police officer more than 35 years ago was sentenced Tuesday to 1 to 3 years in prison.
Nassau wants to mount cameras at red lights (74 hits)
10 Apr 2007 at 3:01pm
The corner of Merrick Avenue and Old Country Road in Westbury is the most dangerous in Nassau County and would become vastly safer with a red-light camera, County Executive Thomas Suozzi said Tuesday.
Nassau's county wheels being used by many (57 hits)
9 Apr 2007 at 11:08pm
Nassau's Off-Track betting agency provides take-home cars and free gas to 17 employees, including some Democratic Party operatives, according to a report by the Legislature's fiscal watchdog.
Cops kill pit bull, arrest owner on drug charges (74 hits)
10 Apr 2007 at 4:27pm
An East Meadow man unwilling to accept a ticket for an unlicensed pit bull was arrested on assault charges after he released the dog on two officers, causing them to shoot and kill the animal, police said Tuesday.
Wednesday deadline for Suffolk police exam (77 hits)
10 Apr 2007 at 1:18pm
Want to become a police officer?

Part-time board members get big-time benefits (91 hits)
8 Apr 2007 at 11:08pm
Katuria D'Amato, wife of former Sen. Alfonse D'Amato, gets free family health insurance as a member of the part-time Hempstead Zoning Board of Appeals.
Islanders fans stunned, elated by win (78 hits)
8 Apr 2007 at 10:36pm
Even for die-hard local fans, the New York Islanders' dramatic Easter Sunday clinch of a final National Hockey League playoff berth seemed touched by something other-worldly.
Shoreham resident killed in crash (79 hits)
8 Apr 2007 at 9:14pm
A Shoreham arborist was killed when he lost control of his pickup truck and crashed into a fence in Rocky Point, police said.
Island Park blaze injures one (59 hits)
8 Apr 2007 at 9:12pm
Fire officials are investigating a predawn blaze Sunday in Island Park that left one resident injured with burns.
Two assaulted in Manorhaven (92 hits)
8 Apr 2007 at 8:20pm
A man followed a group of friends home early Saturday in Manorhaven, then punched two of them in the face and threatened them with a gun, Nassau police said.

A martial thwart (94 hits)
6 Apr 2007 at 12:00am
Teen uses karate he learned from dad to ward off 4 attackers carrying crowbars at Smith Haven Mall

They were taller, older, stood four abreast and carried crowbars.
Good Friday reenactment in Central Islip (68 hits)
6 Apr 2007 at 3:46pm
Jesus Christ walked down Carleton Avenue in Central Islip Friday, carrying a cross as Roman guards shouted "cobarde!" and "Rey de los Judios, salvate!" - "Coward!" and "King of the Jews, save yourself!"
Westbury man arraigned on fake check charges (84 hits)
6 Apr 2007 at 3:20pm
A Westbury man was arraigned Friday on charges alleging that he tried to steal $47,000 from a man trying to sell a house, authorities said.
Outrage flows over Spykes (71 hits)
6 Apr 2007 at 12:00am
WASHINGTON - Campaigners against underage drinking have condemned a new cheap, small and colorful alcoholic drink they say is targeted at teenagers, and are writing to local retailers asking them not to sell it.
Fluid cleanup in Port Washington marshlands (62 hits)
6 Apr 2007 at 1:23pm
Crews from LIPA and the DEC Friday continued the clean up of some 30,000 gallons of a mineral oil-like fluid that seeped into marshlands adjacent to Hempstead Harbor in Port Washington after a crew drilling in the area struck an underground high-voltage power line, officials said.

For LI businesses, visa snag could be summer bummer (32 hits)
4 Apr 2007 at 10:03pm
Year after year, Dune Management depends on dozens of Dominican and Jamaican housekeeping and laundry workers to get through the summer season in the Hamptons.
LIRR shrinks gaps at end-of-line stations (32 hits)
4 Apr 2007 at 10:16pm
The Long Island Rail Road is shrinking gaps at most of its end-of-the-line stations to 5 inches — 2 inches less than the railroad industry's minimum gap standard.
Leg washed ashore in Nassau match torso found in Westchester (39 hits)
4 Apr 2007 at 9:50pm
The leg washed ashore on Nassau County's North Shore last week and a woman's torso found weeks earlier off the coast of Mamaroneck in Westchester County share the same DNA, authorities said Wednesday.
Woman agrees to $800K settlement with grandkids whose mom was killed (45 hits)
4 Apr 2007 at 3:21pm
The mother of a Merrick man imprisoned for hacking his wife to death with a meat cleaver 11 years ago settled a civil lawsuit with her grandchildren for $800,000 on Wednesday.
Hundreds mourn LI man killed in Hawaii crash (43 hits)
4 Apr 2007 at 9:02pm
Hundreds turned out Wednesday to mourn John O'Donnell, the East Rockaway man killed in a helicopter crash last month in Hawaii while celebrating his 25th wedding anniversary.

Suspect in parents' homicide faced eviction (46 hits)
2 Apr 2007 at 10:36pm
Accountant Grace Thorpe wanted her jobless 20-year-old son out of her Elmont home. They had argued often about his lack of ambition, police say, and she was growing tired of his lack of respect.
Audit finds $6.4M deficit, possible fraud, in district budget (41 hits)
2 Apr 2007 at 10:22pm
The Patchogue-Medford school district is running a $6.4 million budget deficit, according to a new report from the state comptroller's office that also finds the district has virtually no documentation to support up to $4.1 million in "potentially fraudulent transactions."
Accident cleared on LIE, delays remain (45 hits)
3 Apr 2007 at 7:35am
A pre-dawn tractor-trailer accident that had traffic snarled for miles on the westbound Long Island Expressway was cleared at 7:06 a.m. Tuesday, New York State Department of Transportation officials said.
Lawmakers mull $2 cigarette tax (32 hits)
2 Apr 2007 at 11:33pm
It may not be long before cigarettes are just as expensive on Long Island as they are in New York City.
NYPD recruit guilty in murder-for-hire plot (47 hits)
2 Apr 2007 at 9:37pm
Sherry Nohar's testimony in support of the man who was caught on tape plotting her murder mattered little to jurors, "because she wasn't there," they said moments after convicting the former New York City Police recruit on conspiracy charges Monday.