You read it here first! A new coalition of nonprofits calling itself "We Need Two" is setting up an online petition to urge the legislature and the Gov (who needs no urging) to act on Senator Kennedy's desire to have an interim … [Read more...]
Archives for August 27, 2009
No Umbrella, Please
Cross-posted from Blue News Tribune. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ratcheted up bellicose US rhetoric against Iran Wednesday, accusing the country of funding "terrorism" and interfering in the internal affairs of states throughout … [Read more...]
CBS’s KATIE COURIC IS AN IDIOT !
Watched the CBS Evening News tonight,Thursday August 27th on Channel 4 only to hear Katie Couric who was broadcasting fron the Kennedy Library say that the Kennedy Library was "located on the shore of the Charles River." Katie Couric are … [Read more...]
BMG’s Flag Flying for XM/Sirius Listeners
The BMG flag flew this morning, and will be repeated throughout the week, on the Sirius/XM current events chat show The New School, which runs on their POTUS Politics Weekly channel. Congressperson Dana Rohrabacher led off the show, … [Read more...]
Pop the cork, fingers snappin’ … no more?
Meet me at Foxwoods! On the brink of default, the Mashantucket Pequots are seeking to restructure $2.3 billion worth of debt, a senior adviser to the tribe said in interviews this week. The debt is $1 billion more than the tribe's … [Read more...]
Time Has His Revolutions
The Globe is reporting, of course, on potential successors to Senator Kennedy. The article makes the point that while there are several strong contenders, "The shape of the race - and the Kennedy political legacy - will hinge on whether … [Read more...]
SHOULD THE GLOBE ASK JEFF JACOBY TO STEP DOWN
Since the radical right wing token conservative was so far off base and so ill informed as to call for Senator Kennedy to step down from his US Senate position hours before Kennedy died one wonders if the Boston Globe should ask the … [Read more...]
Deval Patrick Cookout in Hopkinton on Sunday
"Please join Governor Deval Patrick for a cookout in Hopkinton on Sunday. Sunday, August 30 at 2 PM Mass Laborers District Council 7 Laborers Way, Hopkinton Suggested donation $25 RSVP: (617) 367-2010 or cookout@devalpatrick.com We … [Read more...]
Ted Kennedy and the Role of the Federal Government
For example, my family and I get our healthcare at community clinics which owe their existence to the Senator's 1966 law allowing them to get federal reimbursements and more by affiliating with hospitals, but remaining community owned and … [Read more...]
Barney Frank Rules Out a Senate Run
Cross-posted from Blue News Tribune. WBUR has the story here. The Senate race comes up near the end. Interestingly, he said he would have run if John Kerry had been elected in 2004, because Democrats were then the minority. But now, he is a … [Read more...]