Gen. Stanley McChrystal's comments today in Brussels on Afghanistan remind me of BP's analysis of the Gulf oil spill. He temporizes and distracts from the main point: it's a continuing disaster with no known solution or end point.I think it … [Read more...]
Massachusetts & Greece
Anyone else notice parallels between Greece's economy-breaking retirement-at-50 for public workers and local wasteful political sinecures and sickening Massachusetts political retirement abuses and BPD hogs at the trough? … [Read more...]
thoughtful Jacoby column
I know this post's title is an oxymoron, but every so often, there's a column by Jeff Jacoby that I can actually read. This one's about an irony of the Internet.Activists confronting repressive regimes in the 21st century often have all the … [Read more...]
Glib Geithner
Watching Geithner being interviewed on Maddow now and don't believe a word out of his mouth. Stick with him and the broken system changes little. He won't ruffle feathers on Wall Street. … [Read more...]
Mendacity of Hope: Obama Eviscerated
Like your left rants high-octane? I do. Chris Hedges obliges on truthdig with Ralph Nader Was Right About Barack Obama. I'd like to hear people's refutations after reading Hedges. Obama lies as cravenly, if not as crudely, as George W. … [Read more...]
Grassroots: Care & Feeding
Following up this recent BMG thread, here is a BuzzFlash commentary on a new Rolling Stone piece about Obama's (and by extension, Patrick's) stewardship, or lack thereof, of supporters in the off years: While Tea Partiers were in the … [Read more...]
Anti-Bullying Case in One Paragraph
A single paragraph in Kevin Cullen's Globe column today effectively summarizes the case for passing the proposed anti-bullying legislation:"What the community, and even more so the students, needs is a strong antibullying policy that … [Read more...]
Hizz 5th term will be the greatest!
City Employees Cash in on Boston's Affordable Housing Program … [Read more...]
Anti-Bullying Bill: Time to Pass It
There is no justice if this tragedy is not a tipping point for the Legislature to enact the pending anti-bullying bill.Prince committed suicide on Jan. 14 after a tumultuous freshman year, where she was picked on and taunted, friends and … [Read more...]
Presidential Vocal Chords Utilized!
It's nice to know our president is capable of speaking with a strong voice when he wants to. Too bad he didn't choose to during the Senate health care reform debate. "That's not acceptable, and I will not tolerate it,"taking them jointly to … [Read more...]
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