http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/10/6/1428616/-Bernie-Sanders-What-the-Hell-Have-You-Done-for-Us-Lately "You don’t have to like Bernie Sanders’s ideas. I get it. He’s a Democratic Socialist, a progressive, and some folks don’t like … [Read more...]
Where’s the money for MBTA (and schools and parks)? — Part II
Thanks for directing the discussion about the recurring MBTA funding crisis to the Big Pig -- corporate welfare. As I commented at that posting, we are losing far more than the $150 million in film tax credits to what Auditor Suzanne Bump … [Read more...]
Women and children last
Just a few days after a state legislative hearing at which Deval's new Auditor (and former Secretary of Labor) Suzanne Bump testified that the state throws $2.2 billion annually into a "black box" of corporate welfare with no known benefit, … [Read more...]
These comfortable shoes are made for walking… or maybe just talking
Even the Kos ventured only a little tiny criticism -- and immediately defended himself, like a child anticipating a scolding, from his liberal parents. And he assured the readers that he will vote for Obama anyway. This is very … [Read more...]
Deval Patrick, union champion
So Deval gets up in front of an angry union crowd and plays "good cop" vs. union-buster Scott Walker. Walker just came out with it. But Deval is doing the same thing, only covertly. He is busting the teachers' union by promoting … [Read more...]
Bloomberg: film tax credits a waste, a race to the bottom
So Deval's hero, Michael Bloomberg, said the film and TV industry subsidy is a "race to the bottom" and "a waste." Will Deval emulate the politician he said during his campaign that he most would want to be? Or will he continue … [Read more...]
The Patrick-Baker Identity
During the gubernatorial campaign, I wrote that Deval and Charlie are fundamentally alike; I said that Deval devotees are being blinded by partisan politics and their reluctance to admit they were fooled. I urged liberals to break out … [Read more...]
Boston Herald/Fox25 debate
When the candidates at last week's Herald/Fox25 gubernatorial debate were asked to name living political leaders they most would want to be, Deval Patrick named NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a Democrat who became a Republican and then an … [Read more...]
We really have no choice
Unless we enact some form of ranked-choice voting, we will never be able to break out of the political Republicrat trap, and never have a chance at getting the real "change" that people desperately want. Third-party candidates will … [Read more...]
Jill Stein on Keller
Stein was excluded from the Old Boys' Debate, so here she is on the Keller program. http://wbztv.com/video/?id=907... … [Read more...]
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