Given that: Massachusetts is a very-charter friendly state. Massachusetts has been very aggressive in pushing high standards. Our governor appears to be on very good terms with the president and his secretary of education. One would … [Read more...]
Archives for July 24, 2009
Dick Morris: “Obama’s plan is gonna kill ya.”
This absurdity -- nay, this calumny! -- from the guy who's supposedly going to transform Christy Mihos from 2006's comic relief to next year's Charlie-slayer. Question for Christy Mihos: do you agree with "Dick" Morris that President … [Read more...]
Stupid is as Stupid Does: Cambridge PD Attorney Doubles Down on Acting Stupidly
Without supporting scientific data, Cambridge officers are instructed that some minority group members and individuals who are exposed at an early age to hot peppers, either in diet or in the fields or in food processing plants, develop a … [Read more...]
Baseball Hall of Fame Induction Weekend
As an aside that hooks up to the events of this past week, I noticed this:Few if any rookies had stepped into as potentially stressful a situation as Rice did when he was called up. He was a black player from a southern town coming to a … [Read more...]
Police unions get their backs up; Obama talks with Crowley [update] and Gates
I see that Bob has just written a similar post. But I was working on this when his went up, so I'm posting it anyway. ;-) Around here, things seem to be going from bad to worse. Police unions today called on President Obama and … [Read more...]
Crowley to Critics: “Up Against the Wall, and Spread ‘Em!”
It's pretty clear that James M. Crowley doesn't like criticism. He assembled a group of fellow officers today and demanded that the President of the United States and the Governor of the Commonwealth apologize to him for criticizing his … [Read more...]
Weekly Joke Revue
Jon Stewart, the most trusted newscaster in America, according to Time magazine, simultaneously eviscerates the birther movement, Republicans who back it, CNN, and the traditional media who have abdicated to The Daily Show: The Daily Show … [Read more...]
Front page watch: Chris Matthews may have been right after all
Right after President Obama's health care presser the other night, Chris Matthews predicted that Obama had "stepped on his headline" by venturing into the controversy still swirling around Gatesgate. Initial results showed him to be … [Read more...]
The police are unfairly attacking Governor Patrick.
Here's my principal beef with this ongoing Friday morning press conference being held by the solid BLUE LINE regarding the arrest of Harvard's Professor Gates. They've decided that Governor Patrick owes an apology to the constabulary? … [Read more...]
LET’S BE BLUNT
Both Crowley and Gates are sociologically programmed to react in the ways they did. Bluntly, James Crowley comes out of a Anglo-Saxon, Irish background which has an established background of being unwelcoming to people of color. … [Read more...]