Mota is extremely well-spoken; she has a richness of experience in the neighborhood; and evinces compassion on behalf of her neighbors. And walking around the neighborhood with her, one gets the strong impression that she knows everybody … [Read more...]
Archives for September 7, 2007
CA Legislature 1st to Pass Equal Marriage Bill…Again
Before Schwarzenegger pockets the bill out of electoral fear, he might want to bone up on the lack of negative effect pro-marriage stances have had recently on governor Doyle in Wisconsin, and of course Patrick in Massachusetts.[Doyle … [Read more...]
Republican Culture of Corruption: 2007 So Far
[First, a cheap plug for my blog Senate 2008 Guru: Following the Races.]Does it seem like there's a new Republican scandal in the news every single week? Well, that may be because there is. That seems like an awful lot … [Read more...]
Iraqi Tragedy and Republican Partisanship
Republicans were completely incurious about the lack of WMD. If you care about winning, you care about getting the intelligence right. If you only care about winning the next election, then you change the subject. Similarly, they had no … [Read more...]
Another BlackBerry outage?
This is kind of random, but I just thought I'd ask. A few months ago, the BlackBerry email service experienced a massive network-wide failure -- why it happened, and what the ramifications would be, was the talk of the tech town for a … [Read more...]
A Salute to Creativity
This month's Lasthorseman seal of approval goes to this wonderfully creative group for their protest of the APEC summit. ROTFLMAO.They can take away everything we are but this has to get an award for pointing out the hypocrisy of … [Read more...]
Massachusetts AFL-CIO endorses Niki Tsongas for Congress
“I am honored and grateful to receive the support of the AFL-CIO and am proud to stand with Bob and working families throughout our District and across the state,” said Tsongas. “The Bush Administration continues to … [Read more...]
Taxes, casinos and the Big Dig Culture
The fact is that the way our budget-sausages are made can only arouse suspicion: Throw a bunch of sales- and income-tax $$$ together in a big pot, stir briskly and pour. It's very easy to put a fair amount of porky lips-and-butt into … [Read more...]
The Truth About the Boston MS-13 Raids
The supposed purpose of ICE's "Operation 13", as the raids were dubbed, was to target members of MS-13, a violent Salvadoran gang. This operation was concieved, no doubt, in response to the politicized killings in New Jersey, … [Read more...]
This Deserves Attention: Prescription Drug Debate
For your reading pleasure, here's the text of the Study:Study: Switch From Lipitor To Generic Ups Heart Risks Dow Jones International NewsEnglish(c) 2007 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. VIENNA (Dow Jones)--Switching patients from Pfizer … [Read more...]