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Shorter Dick Cheney:

November 25, 2005 By Charley on the MTA

"We're fools but not liars."Ha ha, I know, I know... they're both. … [Read more...]

My open source software full disclosure

November 25, 2005 By Charley on the MTA

Here's my full disclosure regarding open-source/Free software issues: My brother once worked for the Free Software Foundation, which essentially invented open-source; he now works for, and I have stock in, Red Hat, a company which makes … [Read more...]

Boomerang

November 24, 2005 By Charley on the MTA

Yeah, so Romney and Healey's anti-immigrant-education stance hasn't been going so well lately, and now the State House News Service reports in its roundup (note to MA bloggers: sign up for this) that voters aren't buying:On the question of … [Read more...]

Fulfilling expectations

November 22, 2005 By Charley on the MTA

In the "Arrgghghghggh" department... I came this close to actually praising Our Guv for supporting the proposed Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative to limit greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. Too good to be true, as it … [Read more...]

2006 and local blogs

November 22, 2005 By Charley on the MTA

Linked from Political Wire, Kari Chisholm of Mandate Media has a post about the potential importance of political blogs in the '06 elections. Mandate Media runs the indispensible LeftyBlogs site, which sorts out the local blogs by state. … [Read more...]

Today, RFK would have been 80

November 20, 2005 By Charley on the MTA

Wes F. and David Eisenthal have reminded us that today would have been Bobby Kennedy's 80th birthday. Here's a site dedicated to him. I'll just chime in with my thoughts. It seems to me that the Democratic Party, and by extension the … [Read more...]

Return on Community Investment

November 20, 2005 By Charley on the MTA

Len Stewart of Cape Cod Works has a must-read post on how we must look at any health care reform: It's an investment in our community, which will bear real and tangible economic as well as moral benefits. Quoting Dave Rogoff, Director of … [Read more...]

Get your Lowell on

November 19, 2005 By Charley on the MTA

In the House brouhaha (ballyhoo, balderdash) from yesterday, Rep. Marty Meehan (D-Lowell) reacted to Rep. Jean Schmidt calling a Bronze Star Marine a coward: "You guys are pathetic! Pathetic!"Now that's what I call representation. … [Read more...]

Blue.S.A.

November 18, 2005 By Charley on the MTA

Disapproval of Bush is as American as apple pie -- make that blueberry:Now, how is it that NY, VT, and RI dislike him even more than eeeevil librul old MA? Jeez, we got some work to do. … [Read more...]

Heavy navel-gazing on the blogiversary