Albany, NY (WBEN) - Days before the New York legislature returns for a special session to attack growing budget deficits, Seneca Nation leaders were in Albany pressing their opposition to a bill that would require collecting taxes on millions of dollars of cigarette sales by Indian tribes.

WBEN 930 : Senecas Press Against Tobacco Tax Bill

Well, if nothing else it's consistent. New York State requires its residents to declare out-of-state, catalog and online purchases on their income tax so why not force a sovereign nation collect sales taxes on New Yorkers who make purchases within the nation's territory?

It'll be interesting to see where this goes.

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A panda walks into a cafe. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and fires two shots in the air.

"Why?" asks the confused waiter, as the panda makes toward the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder.

"I'm a panda," he says at the door. "Look it up."

The waiter turns to the relevant entry and, sure enough, finds an explanation.

"Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves."

Gotta love it NYS liberals trying to tax everything they can. God forbide they cut the size of their government.

What's it cost to drive the Thruway now, like 20 bucks? That was the last straw for me. When the 30 year bonds were near up they spent millions on every rest area with huge timber and stone buildings, crushing any Mom and Pop that wanted to build a C-store, gas station or little restaurant near an off ramp. And a lot of that Upstate money goes to subsidize trains and commuter boats for NYC.

Didn’t they also “equalize” electricity costs, so Upstate (near the nuke plants) rates nearly doubled, while NYC rates (200 miles down the transmission lines) came down a penny or so?

I'm so glad I escaped from there 12 years ago.

UPDATE: WBEN 930 : Senecas: No Progress In Push Against Cig Tax

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A panda walks into a cafe. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and fires two shots in the air.

"Why?" asks the confused waiter, as the panda makes toward the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder.

"I'm a panda," he says at the door. "Look it up."

The waiter turns to the relevant entry and, sure enough, finds an explanation.

"Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves."