Earmarks certainly do have their place, as Mr. Brown concedes. When Republicans held Congress that place, by the way, grew enormously. Just like the need for birth certificates, scrutiny of earmarks is a need only felt by Republicans when … [Read more...]
Archives for May 7, 2010
“The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street”
"I think the monsters are on the next block over." The politicians and officials have latched on to creating and exploiting fear in us. They are shameless. We must rise above this for our own good. We must become again a … [Read more...]
Why Thursday’s market insta-crash is a non issue
Some are blaming high-frequency trading machines that can execute multiple trades in milliseconds. Do we have that capability? ("No - we are the victims.") Other variants of this spin the predictable … [Read more...]
Charlie Baker’s Negative Attack on Patrick
It's not primary season yet. Heck, the Democratic State Convention is still a month away. Yet, Charlie Baker has already started with the negative attacks. Can't say that I have ever seen a strong campaign starting attacks … [Read more...]
Response to Stephen Lynch’s defense of health care NO vote
Here is my letter: To the Editor: Congressman Stephen Lynch addressed Town Meeting on Wednesday evening and spent a considerable amount of time defending his no vote on health insurance reform. Unfortunately there was no opportunity … [Read more...]
Does Charlie Baker even know what a Project Labor Agreement is?
A Project Labor Agreement is a trade-off between the project owner (in this case, the state) and the people building the project. Basically, the state agrees to hire all workers on the project through specified union halls, and … [Read more...]
Weekly Joke Review
Scalded Republican apes. Richard Ross forgets his own name position on one of the key issues of his campaign. I almost feel the Revue is redundant this week. But, we press on. President Obama at the White House Correspondents' Dinner: On … [Read more...]
Four Days.
As everyone here is undoubtedly aware, we're in the final stretch of the race to elect Dr. Smulowitz. We need all hands on deck to contact voters, turn out the vote, and win back Scott Brown's former seat on Tuesday over the … [Read more...]
The Globe, The Legislature and the RMV
I read this story yesterday and thought it was interesting, but one that left me with a few questions. 1. Why didn't the Globe write that the RMV is run by... a former legislator. Rachel Kaprielian is a former state rep from Watertown who … [Read more...]
EB3 GLAD Man of the Year – Paul Levy – Baker/Cahill – Rip-Off Radio Ad – Trangenders – Jason Lewis
Should I start with other stuff and finish with "Ernie's Transgender Report" as I campaign for the "2010 GLAD Person of the Year Award?" EB3 - the She-males' and He-males' BFF ---- Hey Paul Levy, thank you for allowing me to use you as a … [Read more...]