Recently I have been helping the mass young dems (http://ydma.org/ JOIN US!) recruit some new members to help some of our efforts across the state. Cause of this, I am asked to reach out to registered democrats to try including them in some … [Read more...]
Archives for March 27, 2012
Rachel Maddow gives BMG a shout-out
Thanks to bean for noting the fact that our post demonstrating - for, we believe, the first time - that Mitt Romney supported the idea of a federal individual health insurance mandate in 1994 received a substantial shout-out on the Rachel … [Read more...]
Provost on Hijacked Ballot Initiatives
In a quiet battle that needs to get louder and more visible. Rep. Denise Provost (27th Somerville) is fighting for a rational ballot-initiative process. She and Sen. Cynthia Stone Creem are flanking this key field from different … [Read more...]
Trial in alleged assault of intellectually disabled man is put off again
(Cross-posted from The COFAR Blog) Today (Tuesday) marked the fifth time Sheila Paquette has traveled from her home in western Massachusetts to Cape Cod to seek justice in the alleged assault of her brother, John Burns, an intellectually … [Read more...]
Supreme Court readies Bush v. Gore II on health care
If anyone had any doubt that the Supreme Court is the unelected third branch of government subject to the same rules of politics as the other two branches, Bush v. Gore, which put George W. Bush into office at the behest of five Republican … [Read more...]
Occupy the MBTA sends open letter to MBTA – and calls for National Day of Action on April 4th
The Open Letter is here As a result of the call to action from Occupy the MBTA, actions in support of public transportation and against the the underfunding and privatization of public transportation are occurring in cities all over … [Read more...]
Health care update: one observer thinks the mandate “is in trouble”
Oral argument at the Supreme Court has almost wrapped up on the crucial question whether the individual mandate is constitutional. And, based on early reports, it's quite possible that the answer to that question is "no." Tom Goldstein, … [Read more...]
Probation Indictments: SJC, Boston Globe and Carmen Ortiz Self-Interests
I just read the probation indictment. This piece of junk is literally the next chapter in the figurative conspiratorial gang rape of three private individuals by the corporate narcissism of The Boston Globe, the elitism of the Supreme … [Read more...]
“I Like Obamacare”
Well, I don't like the "Obamacare" label, anywhere near as much as the "Affordable Care Act", but the Obama campaign is up and running with it. Go order your shirt/bumper sticker/pin here: Obama for America | 2012 | Store | Obamacare … [Read more...]
What happened when I called our US Senator
Monday morning I called our US Senator's office to ask his views on the Repeal Big Oil Tax Subsidies Act, which the Senate was planning to take up that day. When the staffer answered, I asked him to tell me what the Senator's views on … [Read more...]