An item over at the differently-winged Hub Politics reports that, in 1998 when he ran for Congress, Chris Gabrieli said he wanted to "pass a law allowing people to put a small portion of their payroll taxes into personal savings accounts, … [Read more...]
Mary Jean v. Mass. State Police et. als.
Leominster mom Mary Jean's attorneys at the ACLU and a prestigious Boston law firm have filed their response to AG Tom Reilly's appeal of a federal injunction against the Mass. State police regarding the by now famous arrest video. Read Ms. … [Read more...]
Your Civil Liberties: Use em or Lose em (poll)
I just couldn't let this comment to a recent post on the Pechonis arrest video go.What exactly is the problem with this video? (0.00 / 0) Why does anyone care? Is it just that the video was made, and posted? I was … [Read more...]
Reilly Appeal of Arrest Video Injunction Posted to Conte2006.com (2.0)
Dan Kennedy on BMG
Thanks to Dan Kennedy at Media Nation for his write-up of the goings-on here at BMG. Dan emailed us 10 questions about our decision to endorse Deval Patrick in the Governor's race. Our answers are posted at Dan's site. … [Read more...]
Reilly Appeal of Arrest Video Injunction Posted to Conte2006.com
Reilly Going to the Mat on Arrest Video (with poll)
Aug 17, 2006Reillys office says judge erred in allowing videotapeBy Richard Nangle TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFFrnangle@telegram.comAttorney General Thomas F. Reillys office claims a federal court judge erred by extending a restraining … [Read more...]
Dan Kennedy Gets it on the Tom Reilly / Mary Jean video controversy
Dan Kennedy at his blog Media Nation shows that he totally gets it with regard to the Pechonis arrrest video now (thanks to the magic of YouTube) circulating on the Internet. And circulating it is. … [Read more...]
Does Tom Reilly Oppose Free Speech?
.... Mary Jean one of his 2006 "muzzle awards" rightly noticed that this might just be a case about improper use of the State Police for political ends. This is how Kennedy summed it up:Massachusetts State PoliceWeb activist threatened over … [Read more...]
Conversation and the Blogosphere
In my book Conversation: A History of a Declining Art, I quote a number of writers who argue that the blogosphere stokes political polarization, so I expected that my book would be attacked by many bloggers who think the blogosphere … [Read more...]
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