I'm pleased to announce that this post is number 15,000 in the Blue Mass. Group catalogue. We've come a long way from the "Welcome" post -- BMG post no. 1 -- that went up in late November, 2004. Since then, we've recorded over 8 … [Read more...]
Archives for March 7, 2009
Time for Kudos to those who serve well…..
While often here at Blue Mass Group we take our elected officials to task for their questionable decision making skills, every once in while it is important to acknowledge our best and brightest, the men and women who take their job … [Read more...]
Tim Cahill Proposes Equivalent of Crack Houses to Raise State Revenue
United Press International, quoting an extensive story on the front page of today's Boston Globe, summarizes the reality behind Tim Cahill's -- and, it must be admitted, the governor's -- illusion that slot machines (whether in parlors or … [Read more...]
Shocking announcement in Globe today “Shift to civilian flaggers yields little savings so far”
This story from the Globe talks about how little the overly watered down flagman bill has saved the state money. I was a big fan of this measure, until they put more caveats on it than the typical on-air drug advertisement. Both share the … [Read more...]
The hard working Republican Senate leadership
Minority Leader Richard Tisei: The meeting of the Republican Caucus will come to order. On today's agenda, discussion of whether or not to accept the automatic 5.5% raise in salary. In my opinion, we should reject the raises. I'll … [Read more...]
Ann Coulter on March 10th
Speaker Series: Bill Maher & Ann Coulter http://thingstodo.msn.com/bost... Is the a group going to the see Ann Coulter on Tuesday? I was never a huge fan, but saw her at CPAC last weekend and was really smitten. Would love to join … [Read more...]