It seems it may be high time for FreedomWorks to stop carrying on about how much the Tea Party movement is "about education" and to start saying that it's only interested in hearing from those who tout the party line. You see FreedomWorks … [Read more...]
Archives for September 1, 2011
Obama should step aside
Today the White House admitted that that there will be 9% measured unemployment through the election. Barack Obama should step aside and allow the Democrats to go through a nomination process to pick a better candidate. Because Obama has … [Read more...]
Fix America’s Schools Today! FAST!
Today's fallout from the White House's failed attempt to start and win a pissing match with the GOP (hey boys: next time, have a few drinks first; it'll give you more ammunition) captured this news cycle, but the real news will happen … [Read more...]
Bob Massie advisor and ex-Deaniac Joe Trippi signs on to do PR for Bahrain
This development seems ill-timed from Bob Massie's perspective. The latest political operative to sign on as a public relations guru for the Persian Gulf kingdom of Bahrain is former Howard Dean for president campaign manager Joe … [Read more...]
“Better than donuts”: Romney disparages iconic local business that made his ex-partners rich
The universe works in strange and mysterious ways. Just this morning, I met up with my good friend and esteemed co-editor, Bob, for one of our periodic conversations about anything and everything. Among the topics we discussed was, oddly … [Read more...]
The Bob DeLeo Movie and Some Stuff I Didn’t Post Today
Bob DeLeo is beating the odds. Not only that he's going home a hero to the citizenry. Amazing. To his peeps in Winthrop and Revere and East Boston he's a goddamn super hero. He's like Wesley Snipes in Passenger 57 or Kurt Russell in … [Read more...]
A Challenge to the President: Investment in Jobs Must Shape Our Destiny
Mr. President, next week you are going to lay out a plan that to improve our economy and create jobs. In this moment of national need, and on behalf of the mute millions who continue to suffer because of our past mistakes, I ask you to … [Read more...]
MASSterList: Patrick backs Obama’s transpo spending – Brown back from training – Patrick losing green base? – Wal-Mart in Bos.
GET ON THE TRAIN: Gov. Patrick gets behind President Obama on federal transportation spending. (Globe) CRITICAL ROLL: After Afghanistan training, Scott Brown now does +12 damage to orcs, dwarves and Harvard elitists. … [Read more...]
Obama’s stupid move lets him get out-dicked by Boehner
This little kerfuffle over the date of the president's speech to Congress about jobs was entirely predictable, entirely avoidable, and a foolish gambit by President Obama. NYT: President Obama and Speaker John A. Boehner clashed over, of … [Read more...]