Good news continues to roll in from Beacon Hill. First, as expected, Governor Patrick signed the repeal of the 1913 law, which is now appropriately consigned to the dustbin of history. His apt comment: "In five years now since … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2008
Anti-Equality States Jonesin’ for Marriage Tourism Cash
According to his U.S. Census data, there are about 6,300 gay couples in Nevada. Based on what's happened in Massachusetts since it legalized gay marriage, he estimated about half of those couples would get married here if they could. If … [Read more...]
Struggling to Understand Vennochi
Joan Vennochi's columns usually are very clear, but I'm struggling with the one today. (I now see, on reading my esteemed co-Editor David's post of this morning in its entirety, that he has basically the same reaction. What a relief to know … [Read more...]
Millions Of Dollars Versus Millions Of Voters
In a democracy, every person has a single vote. Unfortunately, what is becoming increasingly true is that someone with millions of dollars and the willingness to fund front groups has the ability to influence millions of votes. Take the … [Read more...]
Moonbat Pride
The T-shirts have been ordered. The web site is up. Just as "Yankee" was once a British insult against the colonial rebels, but became a proud nickname - so with Moonbats. Few may know that the "Moonbat" was once a stealth plane - Or … [Read more...]
End of session roundup
Big items remaining on the agenda include the aforementioned election-day registration, the Turnpike rescue (the Senate version significantly differs from the House), a health care cost bill, and of course veto overrides. At this … [Read more...]
This far and exceeds the Obscene!!!!!!!!!!!!
I mean would some please tell me how you could have faith and believe in our systems when you read this day after day. The concentration of wealth is continuing to shift into the hands of the few at an alarming rate (can you hear the … [Read more...]
You Call This a Speaker’s Fight?
Once again Joan Vennochi, the best political columnist in Boston for the last 15 years by far, nailed it. It's all about self-interest and you progressives/socialists are no better than any of the other whores on Beacon Hill. Let's take it … [Read more...]
Joan Vennochi and the Masters of the Speaker’s Office
Vennochi's complaint is that the progressive bloc of the Democratic Party is apparently willing to let Speaker DiMasi get away with anything, so long as he's pushing our agenda. While I've been very supportive of him, I don't find … [Read more...]
“Convenient and sufficient access to the Internet”
That's what the Chinese government has said it is willing to supply foreign journalists covering the Beijing Olympics. But, of course, the Chinese government itself will determine what is "sufficient." Bottom line: [A] … [Read more...]
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