8. Can the legislators point to a single state where the introduction of expanded gambling has closed the budget gap? If not, what proof is there that the rosy predictions of the casino billionaires and their paid researchers … [Read more...]
Archives for June 8, 2010
Foreigners should get the Hell out of Palestine
It's not their land. They should go home to Poland or Germany or America or wherever they came from. … [Read more...]
FMAP Extension in Play as Massachusetts Braces for the Worst – Please Act Now!
The Senate Substitute Amendment to H.R. 4213 (pdf) includes the Extension of Temporary Increase in Federal Medicaid Matching Rate (FMAP). This modification adds a six-month extension, through June 30, 2011, of the FMAP increases enacted by … [Read more...]
Thank you for helping Steve Grossman make history!
At Team Grossman, we used organizing for the convention as a means of organizing for the primary and general elections this fall. We began calling delegates on the evening of the first caucus (Needham) and continued reaching out to … [Read more...]
Weatherization Barnraising: Cambridge, MA on June 13
Our band, the "Band Joists" will play again Learn new skills in lowering energy bills Meet new people in a non-socially awkward setting cause you're all holding hammers and busy working Help the Democracy Center, a nonprofit that houses … [Read more...]
Who is the Worst Offender: The Climate Denier or The Complacent Staller?
This is a pivotal week in the clean energy debate. The Senate will vote on Murkowski's short-sighted resolution to take away the EPA's authority to regulate pollution. As we head into this critical time, it's not the … [Read more...]
Ideology Day
In which BMG becomes a seminar room. Here is an impassioned speech by newly elected NJ GOP governor Chris Christie against the power of the state's teachers union. It has sparked an interesting discussion on RMG between alert BMGers Manny … [Read more...]
Cape Cod Times: “Perry lied about covering up for Serial Child Molester.”
Since Saturday, 4th Barnstable District State Rep. Jeff Perry's hometown newspaper, the Cape Cod Times has followed up on the recent story involving Rep. Jeff Perry's role in protecting and covering up on multiple … [Read more...]
Obama needs to take a harder line with B.P.
This is the kind of news coverage that plays into a growing theme about the Obama administration, from banking regulation (no substantive reform) to health care reform (no systemic reform) to withdrawal from Iraq (an army of 50,000 … [Read more...]
We’ve Installed New Solar Panels – And We’re Celebrating with a Fundraiser for Jamie Eldridge
That might not be the normal way to celebrate this kind of event, but it's my way! No one ever accused me of being normal. BMG'ers are invited to a fundraiser for Senator Jamie Eldridge that I am hosting at my home. My husband … [Read more...]