Just received this post from my friend at right-click.com: Sorry Obama-crats but the O-guy is not President of the U.S. Think I'm crazy? Check here, and here, and here. Article II of the Constitution says that no one can be president unless … [Read more...]
Inaugural Inanities
The insipid, inane, inept, irrelevant comments by the Talking Heads probably weren't any worse than in past years, but certainly not better. My favorites (not): 1. Interviewers of African-Americans who asked, "How do you feel about … [Read more...]
Don’t Tell Me Citigroup Doesn’t Deserve A Bailout!
From Bloomberg News Service we learn that: Jan. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Citigroup Inc. plunged as much as 25 percent in New York trading on concern the bank may be forced to seek more government assistance on top of the $45 billion of U.S. funds … [Read more...]
The Failed Obama Administration
A relic, no doubt, of my Catholic boyhood, I am sometimes masochistic. This may explain why, yesterday afternoon, I turned the car radio to listen to Jay Severin pump out the septic tank of his brain on WTKK. The topic was the … [Read more...]
Burning, Fiddling
In a few days the third year of the Patrick administration will begin. On January 4, 2007, brand-new Governor Patrick announced: What has distinguished us at every signature moment of our history is a willingness to look a challenge right … [Read more...]
Social Security = Ponzi Scheme – The Zombie That Will Not Die
The Globe today published a mercifully brief letter to the editor comparing Social Security to a Madoff-like Ponzi scheme. Since no one at the Globe seems to spend anytime using the internet as a resource, they could not have known that … [Read more...]
Let’s Just Make Mitch McConnell President And Be Done With It
Right after the election I wrote a post suggesting an end to Senate Rule XXII, the filibuster. It garnered a few comments, most thoughtful and skeptical, some dotty-such as asserting that the filibuster is not un-democratic. We now need to … [Read more...]
Blagojevich-Massachusetts: The Quiz
1. B.A., Amherst College,1982; Honorary Doctor of Laws, 2007. 2. That would be Foster Furcolo, who appointed Benjamin Smith, JFK's former Harvard College roomate, to the Senate on December 27, 1960 to keep the seat warm for Ted Kennedy in … [Read more...]
John Volpe the Visionary?
John Volpe, the Visionary? I am puzzled after reading Martin Nolan's encomium to John Volpe in the Sunday 12/7 Globe. I don't see that he makes a case for Volpe as visionary. When I recall Volpe's political career the first thing that come … [Read more...]
Why Can’t We Help Susan?
Susan was the driver of the van that we took back from the airport last night and the chatter quickly turned to the economy. Susan, a mom in her 30s with 3 kids, had no reservations about getting personal. She and her husband, who is in the … [Read more...]
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