Hi, I'm a student at Brandeis University, working at the Progressive Change Campaign Committee this summer. Speaking for myself, I am frustrated by my lack of options for supporting campaigns I believe in. Right now, there isn't much an … [Read more...]
Archives for August 7, 2009
There’s a better way to volunteer
Hi, I'm a student at Brandeis University, working at the Progressive Change Campaign Committee this summer. Speaking for myself, I am frustrated by my lack of options for supporting campaigns I believe in. Right now, there isn't much an … [Read more...]
Menino says he “works too much”
This past week on Broadside, Jim Braude interviewed all of Boston's Mayoral candidates beginning on Monday with McCrea, and ending today with Mayor Tom Menino. The expression ending on a high note in no way applies here. Mayor Menino … [Read more...]
nazi astroturf
I just had a surreal conversation with a guy handing out pamphlets: guy: Do you know Hitler endorsed Obama's healthplan? me: Hitler? guy: Yes, in 1939. me: Really? That's interesting. Who're you working for? guy: I'm just a … [Read more...]
Kerry’s super-rude staff
Just off the phone with K's office in DC, asking him not to sign the one-sided letter related to Israel and the Middle East that Senators Bayh (D-IN) and Risch (R-ID) are circulating in the Senate. I should be used to it by now, but the … [Read more...]
Weekly Joke Revue
This is real Thuggery
SEIU Union Thuggery rearing its ugly head once again. … [Read more...]
Jim Aloisi, a Rich Man – Universal Health Care – Jamie Eldridge – Menino – McPhee, WITH POLL
----------------------------------- Question for Universal Health Care supporters: Suppose i am a homeless guy who lives at the Pine Street Inn. Suppose I am standing on the corner next to a person who currently has health … [Read more...]
Are we there yet?
The third stage: being there All through the Bush years, progressive right-wing watchers refused to call it "fascism" because, though we kept looking, we never saw clear signs of a deliberate, committed institutional partnership forming … [Read more...]
PREDICTION: Daniel A. Grabauskas Will Be Charlie Baker’s Lt. Governor Running Mate
Another DUMB move by the clueless Patrick Administration in removing Dan Grabauskas as head of the MBTA. It was an unnecessary and politically foolish if not disastrous move. Expect Republican Candidate for Governor Charlie Baker to pick … [Read more...]