A poll released this evening by Suffolk polling agency has put Deval Patrick at 42 percent! Charlie Baker at 29 percent and after the probation assault by the Globe Tim Cahill has stayed at a shaky 14 percent and Jill Stein coming in … [Read more...]
Archives for May 25, 2010
Stephen Lynch and his health care vote UPDATE
You can see this as well at my blog: http://seaneoreilly.blogspot.com Letter from Mr. Wayne Manson of Old Post Road (see his letter and my response below) Mr. Manson's Letter: WALPOLE - To the editor: Just a couple of corrections to Sean … [Read more...]
Durbin is wrong: BP = “Broke the Planet”
Sen. Dick Durbin to the NYT: "BP in my mind no longer stands for British Petroleum - it stands for Beyond Patience," said Sen. Richard J. Durbin of Illinois, the No. 2 Democrat in the Senate. "People have been waiting 34 days for British … [Read more...]
6/3: Veterans for American Power Town Hall – Boston
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Senator Brown to vote to continue segregation in the armed forces
In a vote directly equivalent to endorsing continued racial segregation in the Armed Forces after 1949, Senator Brown announced today that he wants to continue Don't Ask, Don't Tell, despite the fact that the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of … [Read more...]
State Rep candidate on the AIR
Hello fellow BMGers, I will be on the air today discussing our campaign and what I will bring to the legislature as a representative from the 9th Bristol District. TUNE-IN WSAR 1480AM 3-4PM Call-In 508-673-1480 listen online @ … [Read more...]
Judge Mulligan Is the Real Jerk in This Probation Mess
The SJC and Judge Mulligan went out and hired a $500.00 an hour lawyer to conduct a thorough and costly investigation so it can come back and tell them what they already knew and wanted to hear. Then, hopefully they can move their guy, an … [Read more...]
Shouldn’t Boston have to share the 2 1/2 pain?
In my own hometown of Brockton we had three overrides on the ballot in '08 (all three failed), and then had to lay off more than 400 teachers last week. Sadly, we don't have hundreds of thousands hidden away in other accounts, let … [Read more...]
Massachusetts & Greece
Anyone else notice parallels between Greece's economy-breaking retirement-at-50 for public workers and local wasteful political sinecures and sickening Massachusetts political retirement abuses and BPD hogs at the trough? … [Read more...]
32 cents a barrel is too much???
Responding to the massive BP oil spill, Congress is getting ready to quadruple-to 32 cents a barrel-a tax on oil used to help finance cleanups. The increase would raise nearly $11 billion over the next decade. The tax is levied on oil … [Read more...]