St. Patrick’s Day, Casinos & the hive mind

Green Eggs and Ham

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p>Do you like casino wham?
I do not like it Sal I am.

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p>Will you play in Middleborough?
The resort will be so very thorough.

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p>I will not would not Middleborough.
I would not could not gamble thorough.
I do not like casino wham
I do not like it Sal I am.

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p>Will you play at Suffolk Downs?
Could it make the horse track rounds?

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p>It will not be at Suffolk Downs.
It could not make the horse track rounds.
No ponies help nor even hounds
This shell game really just confounds.
I do not like casino wham.
I do not like it Sal I am.

Please God. No Poems!

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p>Here’s one for the governor.

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p>”This breakfast lets us rise above the day to day politics and enjoy each other’s company. In that spirit I want to say something that will make Speaker DiMasi look good. To the thousands of good citizens around the Commonwealth watching this at home I want you to remember one important thing when you see the Speaker on TV.

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p>”The Camera Adds 40 lbs.”

Menino: “Governor, no matter what Geraldine Ferrero says, you didn’t get here because you’re black.  As for how I got here, I honestly have no idea.”

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p>DiMasi: “Governor, we don’t need casinos.  If we want guys to blow $5,000 in an hour, let’s just direct them to Spitzer’s favorite website.”

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p>Best line that won’t be said: Probably cracked by Diane Patrick to her husband a few days ago while watching Mrs. Spitzer on TV.  “And I thought I was depressed.”    

“And I want to welcome the handsome man representing the Barack Obama campaign who is sitting at the front table. today.”

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p>”Governor, be very careful.  Of the last five governors from Massachusetts, four went after jobs in the federal government.  And we went 1 for 4 — plus, the one who ‘won’ had to move someplace colder!”

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p>”Governor, I see that our neighbor in New York is getting a new governor who’s legally blind.  I’m starting to understand who taught you how to read a budget.”

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p>”Deval looks a little tired today.  He’s busy working on the budget.  You see, it turns out that our former governor ran a budget the same way he runs a campaign…lots of money blown with nothing to show for it.”

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p>”So now Deval has a secretary of education, first time we’ve ever had one in the state.  I thought that was already Sal’s job.”

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p>”We keep hearing about vote rigging in Kenya and Russia to keep people in power for decades on end.  I asked Mayor Menino what he though about that last week and he said ‘you can tell they’re amateurs…they keep getting caught.’ “

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p>”We want to thank Diane Wilkinson for running the business end of this brunch.  She put a lot of time into it.  And we hope you’re all enjoying your forty-dollar roll.”

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p>”I walked into Ben Tisei’s chambers last year when he was watching one of those first Republican debates, you know, with all the losers still in it.  I just heard him whispering over and over ‘see?  I knew I wasn’t alone…’ “

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p>”Tough crowd today, but I take comfort in what Geraldine Ferraro taught me…they’re only attacking me because I’m white.”

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p>”Nice to see Jack Hart here.  You all know Jack — he hosts our brunch every year around Saint Patrick’s Day, and the rest of the year he…actually, Jack, what is it that you do during the rest of the year?”

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that legalized gambling might put competitive pressures on smaller,  family businesses, especially in Sal’s home district…”

This never before released photo shows Deval at a casino unity rally wearing traditional Wampanoag dress. His friend Barack Obama did warn him of the risks…

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