4. FDR did know one thing well: he knew that nobody knew the answers to our nation's problems, but the answers would be found. As a presidential candidate, here is what he said: "The country needs and, unless I mistake its temper, the … [Read more...]
Open season on senior citizens – now public pensions targeted
First it was Social Security, with Obama's commission calling for an eventual 22% cut in the average recipient's benefits even though Social Security is financially quite sound. Now public pensions are in the crosshairs: From Path Is … [Read more...]
Mass. Gun Laws Save Lives – Here’s Some Numbers
I just found some interesting figures that I'd like to share. As most people know, our Commonwealth has perhaps the toughest gun laws in the country. Our good friends to the north, New Hampshire, take the opposite approach. For … [Read more...]
People: this is the crazy $%#& we’re dealing with
From Media Matters: Conservatives Accuse Obama Of Lying About Giffords Opening Eyes; Her Doctors Disagree In one of the most cynical displays in recent memory, following the lead of Gateway Pundit Jim Hoft, several conservative … [Read more...]
Parole Board members who voted to release Cinelli resign
According to NECN, all five Parole Board members who voted to parole Dominic Cinelli have resigned: (NECN: Boston, Mass.) - Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick this afternoon held a news conference on the review of the Massachusetts state … [Read more...]
Bay State sanity (Brian McGrory column)
Excellent column - reality-based. Bay State sanity By Brian McGrory Globe Columnist / January 12, 2011 Not often enough does anyone say this around these parts, but thank God for Massachusetts. Thank God for our elected leaders. Thank God … [Read more...]
Face it: extremists on both sides do the same stuff
-- January 2009: A white supremacist named Keith Luke embarks on a killing rampage in Brockton, Mass., raping and wounding a black woman and killing her sister, then killing a homeless man before being captured by police as he is en route … [Read more...]
Most Americans say tax rich to balance budget: poll
(Reuters) - Most Americans think the United States should raise taxes for the rich to balance the budget, according to a 60 Minutes/Vanity Fair poll released on Monday. President Barack Obama last month signed into law a two-year extension … [Read more...]
Thanks Mass, for again showing the way forward on civil rights
In the 1700s, when the world's intelligentsia were jawboning the proposition that all men are created equal, it was the good people of Massachusetts that lit the fuse on the thing and got it on. The result was the American Experiment, … [Read more...]
Financial Crisis Panel In Turmoil As Republicans Defect; Plan To Blame Government For Crisis
From the Huffington Post: The four Republicans appointed to the commission investigating the root causes of the financial crisis plan to bypass the bipartisan panel and release their own report Wednesday, according to people familiar with … [Read more...]
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