was a significant win of 17 GOP MA House seats. Not bad at all and a great start to getting some balance. But another stark result was the GOP now holding 37 Governor seats around the country up from 24. Significant for the redistricting … [Read more...]
Archives for November 5, 2010
Menino bans company from working in Boston
Today, Mayor Menino banned the company that accidently hit the gas line which caused a house to explode in Hyde Park from working in Boston. Under what authority can he do this? Wouldn't it take at least a resolution by the Boston City … [Read more...]
Howie Carr Kicks Wounded Dog in Temper Tantum Over GOP Loss
Howie Carr, the man who tried his hardest to protect Jeff Perry by downplaying the creeps role as the chief enabler of a child molester. Remember how Perry accompanied the molestor to the home of the 14 year old victim immediately after the … [Read more...]
Keith Olbermann suspended indefinitely!
Story Keith Olbermann, the pre-eminent liberal voice on American television, was suspended Friday after his employer, MSNBC, discovered that he made campaign contributions to three Democrats last month. The indefinite suspension was a stark … [Read more...]
“Watch this: Delete! Heh heh.”
"Just because we're on an airplane doesn't mean we change the way we do business! Just send me an email." "OK" "Oh, another email from that suckup Brian about the shareholder's meeting. Watch this - delete!" "uh.." The legislature … [Read more...]
Where do we go from here? A Post-Election Forum
Making sense of these crazy elections... Where do our social movements in Boston go from here? What role might "One Nation Working Together" play in this dangerous time? The "One Nation Working Together" rally brought together an … [Read more...]
The Tea Party and the G.O.P.: The First Fissures?
I recently wrote that I believe a number of unavoidable "train wrecks" will occur between the Tea Party and the Republican Party. When it comes to these "train wrecks" it's not a matter of if, it's a matter of when. The first of these are … [Read more...]
MA Republican whining begins in earnest
Baker said he would have had to run a perfect race "in an ideal political environment" and that, by pulling 8 percent of the vote Tuesday, Cahill "made our already narrow window that much narrower." Ah yes, the old Howie Carr "it's all Tim … [Read more...]
Social Security: The War Begins Tuesday, And You Better Say Oh, No!
BIG MISTAKE MANY MAKE RELY ON HORN INSTEAD OF BRAKE BURMA SHAVE --Actual "Burma Shave" Message, 1945, from "Verse By The Side of the Road", Frank Rowsome, Jr. So here's the dish: a limited partnership corporation called The Blackstone … [Read more...]
Matt Viser and Globe let Scott Brown run wild
Someone has to hold politicians accountable to some reality-based standard. If the press won't do it, even by quoting their own reporting, at least there is the BMG Twitter feed: @ScottBrownMA says Dems "voted with him" 0% of the time. … [Read more...]