Like the addled Blanche, too many of us are willing to depend on the kindness of strangers, in this case, those who share the outlook of petty criminals and drug dealers — those who first and foremost understand self-interest.What, … [Read more...]
Unremarkable Race and Gender
The MSM are not entirely lame. Quite a few have noted that so far gender and race have not been obvious issues in this quest for becoming POTUS. In fact, only Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have raised it, and then only to say that … [Read more...]
Pats, Sox and Our Mentality
Cross-posted at Marry in Massachusetts. Cliché warning: I'll both belabor the obvious and torture sports analogies here. The game of if, if, if will surely play in Philly today, as it should here. In an era, sports and otherwise, that … [Read more...]
Is the Action League a Sham?
Cross-posting: This also appears at Marry in Massachusetts.As a PR-release machine, this Massachusetts corporation is at its finest. The major dailies run the self-described executive director's predictably reactionary pronouncements. So do … [Read more...]
No Fun Funding Massachusetts
I have every reason to believe that Deval grew up the way I and many of us did. Pay your bills. Admit your errors. Take personal responsibility. Don't leave your mess for someone else to clean up when you're gone.Only now do many of us seem … [Read more...]
Holding Free Speech Captive
They are, if you pardon the expression, snugly in bed with anti-women's rights organizations and protesters. Aborting inviable fetuses is murder in their loaded lingo.Pushing All LimitsConsider two recent matters - related claims in the … [Read more...]
Learning from Niki and the Og
Tag Ends: For the record, the final included three also-ran politicians. The report in the Lowell Sun ranked them at 2%, 1% and about 0%, for independents Patrick Murphy and Kurt Hayes, and Constitution Party Kevin Thompson.On the … [Read more...]
Nation of Perpetual Punishment
Cross-posted at Marry in Massachusetts.A startling percentage of us seem to demand perpetual punishment for him, as we do for most convicted criminals. Surely if the vengeance crowd had compassion, they lost it. If they learned the concepts … [Read more...]
LOGO Forum Snippets and Snipes
Barack ObamaBizarrely enough, expected listeners to believe that chiding a group of anti-gay Black ministers is all the equality cred he needs. I specifically talked about the degree to which the nation of gay marriage in Black … [Read more...]
George Continues Pissing on the Constitution
The executive order is far too broad to be constitutional. This is one of those that even the legislatively constipated Senate could and must gather the 60 votes to overrule. It is a terrible precedent by itself. It specifically forbids … [Read more...]