Once more since arriving on Capitol Hill, the new Republican dominated House of Representatives and the newly reinforced Republican Senate minority has equivocated on the topic of spending cuts. By now we are all well aware that the … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2011
On FDR’s birthday, please take a moment…
4. FDR did know one thing well: he knew that nobody knew the answers to our nation's problems, but the answers would be found. As a presidential candidate, here is what he said: "The country needs and, unless I mistake its temper, the … [Read more...]
Egypt: Whether the nation?
It is a matter of personal frustration to watch the unfolding of events in Egypt and the approach of news sources. There is a constant search for carnage and heroes with only a sprinkling of under emphasized insight into the process … [Read more...]
DA Sutter says “Who needs the Defendant – hold their trials without them!”
DA Sutter says who needs a Defendant - hold the trial without them and send them to jail Everyone is entitled to their day in court, but many defendants don't want to be there for it. No matter, the show will go on, prosecutors say, with … [Read more...]
Durant-Alicea: A Summary
http://www.webstertimes.net/pd... If the link doesn't take you to the story, it is in the Webster Times, 1/28/11, page 6. I think it is well worth searching for. Mr. Alicea and or his supporters should give up the quest to … [Read more...]
Weekly Joke Revue
Follow the Rahm Emmanuel Chicago Mayoral campaign on Twitter @ MayorEmmanuel: Couldn't find an apartment. Just moving into the crawlspace of my old house. Nobody tell the fu--ing a--hole upstairs. (edited with discretion: the Twitter feed … [Read more...]
Governor Patrick’s Budget on Health Care: Playing Around the Edges
The budget grants the MA Secretary of HHS authority to change benefits and eligibility in MassHealth when possible- however her actions are restricted by the many constraints placed on the state by the federal government in the stimulus and … [Read more...]
Today’s democrats are yesterday’s GOP
The 1956 Republican platform was as liberal as the democratic party's platform today and that is NOT a compliment. "Under the Republican Administration, as our country has prospered, so have its people. This is as it should be, … [Read more...]
Nstar triples green premium
I was first lead to the Blue Mass group by the posts about Nstar's green program. I have been on that since I moved to Boston in 2009. Nstar has just given notice that the premium paid by their green customers is to increase by 340%. They … [Read more...]
On The View From Egypt, Part Five, Or, The Emergency Is Here
"My grandfather knew the exact time of the exact day of the exact year that he would die." "Wow, what an evolved soul! How did it come to him?" "The judge told him." --From "Plato and a Platypus Walk Into A Bar...", Thomas Cathcart and … [Read more...]
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