For the Kraft’s Patriot Place, a golden gateway
$9m in stimulus funds urged for footbridge over Route 1
Budget trims lead homeless shelters across Mass. to cut services and beds
Above are two headlines of stories that were published in the Boston Globe, Saturday, Nov. 7,2009.
I don’t have to read beyond those headlines to start inquiring about the insanity of living in Massachusetts.
Does it make sense that on one hand our Gov. is contemplating handing $9m in stimulus money to one of the top 500 wealthiest men in the world, according to Forbes magazine, to build a footbridge for Patriot’s Place while at the same time cutting beds and services to the destitute?
Oh, I get it, the homeless will be able to find shelter under this footbridge when temperatures are in the teens. Or maybe it’s to stimulate more revenue to end up in the Kraft’s coffers that way he can move up on the world’s ranking of billionaires.
I know, the homeless have nothing to offer you, but Kraft will make sure you get lifetime seats to Patriot’s games. Gee, all along I thought you were a soccer guy. Oh, I almost forgot, Kraft also owns the Revolution.
Nice going Gov – you just stimulated me to vomit.
11.08.2009
9.21.2009
The RATS Come Out in the Early Morning
Two more young lives have been extinguished because of the lack of respect for life (senseless violence). The following are excerpts from a Boston Globe article on Monday, September 21, 2009. A pregnant eighteen year old was the victim of the first incident.
Three incidents that occurred at 2:30, 3:30 and 5:00 AM., which makes me think of a saying, “NOTHING GOOD HAPPENS AFTER MIDNIGHT.” In fact, that’s when all the rats come out. Shed some light on these cowardly punks and see how they scatter.
One bullet hit her below her collarbone shortly before 2:30 a.m.
Police spokeswoman Elaine Driscoll said investigators have strong leads in the Castillo case and are following several leads in the death of Carl H. Belizaire, 21, of Mattapan, shot inside a three-decker on Edson Street in Dorchester a little more than an hour after the Hyde Park shooting.
Police were also investigating a large fight that erupted about 5 a.m. yesterday at 98 Intervale St.
Three incidents that occurred at 2:30, 3:30 and 5:00 AM., which makes me think of a saying, “NOTHING GOOD HAPPENS AFTER MIDNIGHT.” In fact, that’s when all the rats come out. Shed some light on these cowardly punks and see how they scatter.
2.10.2009
A-Rod Comes Out
Let me start out by saying that I'm neither a fan of A-Rod nor an apologist. I believe that everyone is given many choices in life and the decisions they make are theirs and they should be held accountable for such.
The problem I have and have had all along with the steroid issue in particularly baseball is why castrate a handful of players. It seems like they have been offered up as sacrificial lambs by both union officials and management in hopes of pacifying all those who are always "looking out for the children."
When are some of the greedy owners going to be brought onto the carpet to answer the question as to why they looked the other way when this was part of what appears to be a baseball culture. What about the commissioner? Don't tell me that he is and was so naive as to what was going on. They all knew it and now they make it look like that their hands are squeaky clean of this mess. They might as well have been the ones sticking the needles into these players.
I'll never forget the coverage that ESPN and the likes were providing during the home run race between Sammy Sosa nad Mark McGwire. They didn't care that these two popeye look alikes were doing damage to their bodies then because baseball was making a resurgence. People were coming out in droves, attendance was up, viewership was up which meant increased $$$$ for baseball.
You see when it comes to the pursuit of money (greed) everything appears and is projected to be fair game. Now years later they are forced to see the errors of their way. Just like Pontius Pilate, they turned over the mess that they didn't want to clean up over to Congress who were led by none other than Arlen Specter. What a joke!!!!
The baseball purists are upset because the steroid era has cast a shadow over the one area that people have used all along to compare the greats - statistics. I remember as a kid that for years we we're trying to get used to Roger Maris breaking the immortal Ruth's record. For years the name Maris was synonomous with the asterisk. Now they want to wipe out or asterisk a certain time frame and call into question the achievements of such.
Why? Because now all of a sudden the taking of a performance enhancing drugs is deemed by society to be illegal? Well, why don't we ban caffeene, or alcohol or energy bars for that matter? How do we know that those won't be harmful to "the children?"
Do you know what's really harmful to "the children?" It's all those commercials that you bombard them with. It's using star players to promote all the junk stuff that's harmful to their health, such as soda. It's not steroids that are hurting "the children," but the alarming use of corn syrup and all the other sugary elements that are in the foods and drinks that they see your stars advertise.
Mr. Baseball Commissioner stop playing games with the steroid issue. Admit that you were part of the problem, and then do us a favor and resign and let's move on. This drip, drip, effect that you are causing is torture. You've thrown out A-Rod and now we wait for the next debacle that will occur with Barry Bonds. Spare us this next chapter whose ending we've know for years, that is everybody but you. Stop being in denial - YOU were part of the problem, so take the RESPONSIBILITY.
We need a commissioner who plays with real baseBALLS.
The problem I have and have had all along with the steroid issue in particularly baseball is why castrate a handful of players. It seems like they have been offered up as sacrificial lambs by both union officials and management in hopes of pacifying all those who are always "looking out for the children."
When are some of the greedy owners going to be brought onto the carpet to answer the question as to why they looked the other way when this was part of what appears to be a baseball culture. What about the commissioner? Don't tell me that he is and was so naive as to what was going on. They all knew it and now they make it look like that their hands are squeaky clean of this mess. They might as well have been the ones sticking the needles into these players.
I'll never forget the coverage that ESPN and the likes were providing during the home run race between Sammy Sosa nad Mark McGwire. They didn't care that these two popeye look alikes were doing damage to their bodies then because baseball was making a resurgence. People were coming out in droves, attendance was up, viewership was up which meant increased $$$$ for baseball.
You see when it comes to the pursuit of money (greed) everything appears and is projected to be fair game. Now years later they are forced to see the errors of their way. Just like Pontius Pilate, they turned over the mess that they didn't want to clean up over to Congress who were led by none other than Arlen Specter. What a joke!!!!
The baseball purists are upset because the steroid era has cast a shadow over the one area that people have used all along to compare the greats - statistics. I remember as a kid that for years we we're trying to get used to Roger Maris breaking the immortal Ruth's record. For years the name Maris was synonomous with the asterisk. Now they want to wipe out or asterisk a certain time frame and call into question the achievements of such.
Why? Because now all of a sudden the taking of a performance enhancing drugs is deemed by society to be illegal? Well, why don't we ban caffeene, or alcohol or energy bars for that matter? How do we know that those won't be harmful to "the children?"
Do you know what's really harmful to "the children?" It's all those commercials that you bombard them with. It's using star players to promote all the junk stuff that's harmful to their health, such as soda. It's not steroids that are hurting "the children," but the alarming use of corn syrup and all the other sugary elements that are in the foods and drinks that they see your stars advertise.
Mr. Baseball Commissioner stop playing games with the steroid issue. Admit that you were part of the problem, and then do us a favor and resign and let's move on. This drip, drip, effect that you are causing is torture. You've thrown out A-Rod and now we wait for the next debacle that will occur with Barry Bonds. Spare us this next chapter whose ending we've know for years, that is everybody but you. Stop being in denial - YOU were part of the problem, so take the RESPONSIBILITY.
We need a commissioner who plays with real baseBALLS.
1.24.2009
Mr. Obama, You've Lost My Respect Already
Mr. Obama in your inauguration speech you said, "and for those who seek to advance their aims by inducing terror and slaughtering innocents, we say to you now that our spirit is stronger and cannot be broken; you cannot outlast us, and we will defeat you," I realize you were sending a message to other nations, but don't you have to include yourself as a slaughterer of the innocents when you sign legislation that condones abortion?
You're constantly talking about hope. What hope do these innocents have when you pass legislation that condones doing away with their lives. They are never even given the chance to see the light of day.
You readily act to do away with the torturing of prisoners yet on the other hand you allow the murder of innocent lives.
Do you ever sit back and look at your two precious daughters and think what if they were never given the chance to come out of their mother's womb?
Even though my conscience and beliefs told me not to vote for you, I still celebrated your historic election and had a glimmer of hope that you would do the right thing.
That audacity of hope has now been transformed into an audacity of arrogance in which you think that you can decide on life and death.
I'm very disappointed in your decision to end a ban on federal funding for international groups that perform abortions or provide information on them.
Only three days into your presidency and I'm disappointed. That candle that was lit with the flicker of hope flame is now out.
You're constantly talking about hope. What hope do these innocents have when you pass legislation that condones doing away with their lives. They are never even given the chance to see the light of day.
You readily act to do away with the torturing of prisoners yet on the other hand you allow the murder of innocent lives.
Do you ever sit back and look at your two precious daughters and think what if they were never given the chance to come out of their mother's womb?
Even though my conscience and beliefs told me not to vote for you, I still celebrated your historic election and had a glimmer of hope that you would do the right thing.
That audacity of hope has now been transformed into an audacity of arrogance in which you think that you can decide on life and death.
I'm very disappointed in your decision to end a ban on federal funding for international groups that perform abortions or provide information on them.
Only three days into your presidency and I'm disappointed. That candle that was lit with the flicker of hope flame is now out.
Strong Doubts About Stimulus Package
Is anyone paying attention, or are we too gag-ga eyed over electing our first black president?
I don't particularly care if our president is black, white, green or macchiato in Starbucks lingo which was stolen from the Italian, I just want them to be competent.
Where I was 95% behind the stimulus package, I now doubt it's effects. How much of our children's future are we willing to borrow from in order to right this economic disaster of a ship that has run aground?
Why should I watch our children's future being turned over to the likes of CEOs like John A. Thain. Mr. Thain your story has caused me great pain?
How can our government bail out fools like Mr. Thain?
What were you thinking of sir when the company you were running and getting extremely well compensated for was losing $15.3 billion just in the fourth quarter alone, and you decided to reward your employees with annual bonuses?
What came over you sir when you decided to spend $68,000 for a credenza and $87,000 for a rug for your office? How dare you spend $1.2 million to refurbish your office and then ask for a bailout because your company was in trouble.
You spent approximately $150,000 on two items for your office while my mom scrapes by after toiling for over forty years in a sweat shop on $10,600 per year from social security. Do you realize that what you spent in the blink of an eye recklessly and foolishly would pay for almost fifteen years of her income?
Mr. Thain, do you know what it's like to get by on $250/wk? Of course not, you probably spent that on lunch today.
My anger is not as much with you sir as it is with our elected officials who have no qualms at throwing money at people that don't deserve it.
In my anger I wish that there was a way that you could be punished other than by losing your job. Losing your job does nothing to your pocketbook sir, because you have been so grossly and ashamedly overpaid that you'll have more than enough to live on with one year's salary and bonuses, no to mention the lucrative stock options.
You, Mr. Thain is what has gotten us into this mess, as much as you might have some grandiose opinion of your net worth. In my eyes sir you are worthless.
I've never been on welfare in my life and hope that I'll never have to be, but I'm tired of hearing people complain about some poor slob getting a few bucks from the government, when we're on the verge of giving a trillion to fools who run companies like Mr. Thain.
Mr. President, I hope you've learned a lesson from your predecessor. He declared a war on terror and only involved one percent of the population while the remaining 99% have not felt the impact. You are about to declare a war on the economic mess and are ready to give away a trillion dollars of our children's money to help out the one percent while leaving the remaining 99% to struggle for themselves or wait for these greedy CEOs to throw them some crumbs.
Make sure that whatever is handed out is done with attachments and stipulations that we will get in due time much of it back. Otherwise DON'T DO IT.
I don't particularly care if our president is black, white, green or macchiato in Starbucks lingo which was stolen from the Italian, I just want them to be competent.
Where I was 95% behind the stimulus package, I now doubt it's effects. How much of our children's future are we willing to borrow from in order to right this economic disaster of a ship that has run aground?
Why should I watch our children's future being turned over to the likes of CEOs like John A. Thain. Mr. Thain your story has caused me great pain?
How can our government bail out fools like Mr. Thain?
What were you thinking of sir when the company you were running and getting extremely well compensated for was losing $15.3 billion just in the fourth quarter alone, and you decided to reward your employees with annual bonuses?
What came over you sir when you decided to spend $68,000 for a credenza and $87,000 for a rug for your office? How dare you spend $1.2 million to refurbish your office and then ask for a bailout because your company was in trouble.
You spent approximately $150,000 on two items for your office while my mom scrapes by after toiling for over forty years in a sweat shop on $10,600 per year from social security. Do you realize that what you spent in the blink of an eye recklessly and foolishly would pay for almost fifteen years of her income?
Mr. Thain, do you know what it's like to get by on $250/wk? Of course not, you probably spent that on lunch today.
My anger is not as much with you sir as it is with our elected officials who have no qualms at throwing money at people that don't deserve it.
In my anger I wish that there was a way that you could be punished other than by losing your job. Losing your job does nothing to your pocketbook sir, because you have been so grossly and ashamedly overpaid that you'll have more than enough to live on with one year's salary and bonuses, no to mention the lucrative stock options.
You, Mr. Thain is what has gotten us into this mess, as much as you might have some grandiose opinion of your net worth. In my eyes sir you are worthless.
I've never been on welfare in my life and hope that I'll never have to be, but I'm tired of hearing people complain about some poor slob getting a few bucks from the government, when we're on the verge of giving a trillion to fools who run companies like Mr. Thain.
Mr. President, I hope you've learned a lesson from your predecessor. He declared a war on terror and only involved one percent of the population while the remaining 99% have not felt the impact. You are about to declare a war on the economic mess and are ready to give away a trillion dollars of our children's money to help out the one percent while leaving the remaining 99% to struggle for themselves or wait for these greedy CEOs to throw them some crumbs.
Make sure that whatever is handed out is done with attachments and stipulations that we will get in due time much of it back. Otherwise DON'T DO IT.
5.25.2008
Massachusetts Hacks Keep Hacking Away at Our Wallets
Just when you thought there was a ray of hope that some change was going to take place to save the taxpayers $100 million, a cloud in the form of lobbying by a special interest group (the police) put a damper on it all. See Globe story -
www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/05/2/officials_punt_on_police_details/
Good luck to all the policemen who get to keep these prized and costly perks (details) at everyone's expense. It's just a way for our elected officials to once again say thanks to you with our money. They prove once again that they are like jellyfish (NO SPINE).
The next time I hear someone complain about the people on welfare (something that my family has never been on), I would like to point all the other forms of welfare that residents of this state are or were on. The biggest scam that comes to mind is THE BIG DIG. How many people from politicians, various companies to all the construction workers benefited from the cash cow that's fed by people like you and me.
You want a favor, just grease some hack's hand, and you'll get it. Look at the Cashman and DiMasi relationship. Do you think everything was done on the up and up? Even a third grader could sniff out the truth. Just think, if DiMasi didn't ruffle someone feathers on the moral stand he took on getting legislation passed for casinos in the state. Someone better start digging a little deeper to see how much Foxwood's and Mohegan Sun are paying to keep casinos out this state.
The problem is that no one is held accountable. Companies and hacks (look at what was done to Finneran) bilk millions and end up getting a paltry fine while a kid stealing a pack of cigarettes does jail time.
It doesn't matter who is at the helm - it's always the same old same old. Special interest groups hire lobbyists to help their cause and sway the people that were elected to represent us to vote for what they want.
Who the hell is lobbying for the taxpayer? Sometimes I get the feeling that I'm in the minority and maybe it would be to my best interest to join the if you can't fight them join them club.
Unless we decide to cut government we will continue to be manipulated by the special interest groups. Do we need all the stiffs that are up on Beacon Hill?
Absolutely not.
www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/05/2/officials_punt_on_police_details/
Good luck to all the policemen who get to keep these prized and costly perks (details) at everyone's expense. It's just a way for our elected officials to once again say thanks to you with our money. They prove once again that they are like jellyfish (NO SPINE).
The next time I hear someone complain about the people on welfare (something that my family has never been on), I would like to point all the other forms of welfare that residents of this state are or were on. The biggest scam that comes to mind is THE BIG DIG. How many people from politicians, various companies to all the construction workers benefited from the cash cow that's fed by people like you and me.
You want a favor, just grease some hack's hand, and you'll get it. Look at the Cashman and DiMasi relationship. Do you think everything was done on the up and up? Even a third grader could sniff out the truth. Just think, if DiMasi didn't ruffle someone feathers on the moral stand he took on getting legislation passed for casinos in the state. Someone better start digging a little deeper to see how much Foxwood's and Mohegan Sun are paying to keep casinos out this state.
The problem is that no one is held accountable. Companies and hacks (look at what was done to Finneran) bilk millions and end up getting a paltry fine while a kid stealing a pack of cigarettes does jail time.
It doesn't matter who is at the helm - it's always the same old same old. Special interest groups hire lobbyists to help their cause and sway the people that were elected to represent us to vote for what they want.
Who the hell is lobbying for the taxpayer? Sometimes I get the feeling that I'm in the minority and maybe it would be to my best interest to join the if you can't fight them join them club.
Unless we decide to cut government we will continue to be manipulated by the special interest groups. Do we need all the stiffs that are up on Beacon Hill?
Absolutely not.
5.17.2008
Bush's Answer to the Oil Crisis
This is what President Bush had to say about our oil problems;
"Our problem in America gets solved when we aggressively go for domestic exploration. Our problem in America gets solved if we expand our refining capacity, promote nuclear energy and continue our strategy for the advancing of alternative energies as well as conservation,"
Once again he's got it all backwards. He missed such a golden opportunity right after 9/11 to tell the American people that every one could help in the fight against terrorism by tightening their belts by conserving and using less gas and oil.
But no what does he do, he tells everyone to go shopping. He was so wrapped up in duping us that way he could get the approval from Congress to invade Iraq that he got himself and us in the mess we're in today.
The next seven months cannot go bye fast enough. I'm afraid that Bush isn't going to leave quietly, he's bound to make one more blunder that will really sink us and jeopardize the entire world.
"Our problem in America gets solved when we aggressively go for domestic exploration. Our problem in America gets solved if we expand our refining capacity, promote nuclear energy and continue our strategy for the advancing of alternative energies as well as conservation,"
Once again he's got it all backwards. He missed such a golden opportunity right after 9/11 to tell the American people that every one could help in the fight against terrorism by tightening their belts by conserving and using less gas and oil.
But no what does he do, he tells everyone to go shopping. He was so wrapped up in duping us that way he could get the approval from Congress to invade Iraq that he got himself and us in the mess we're in today.
The next seven months cannot go bye fast enough. I'm afraid that Bush isn't going to leave quietly, he's bound to make one more blunder that will really sink us and jeopardize the entire world.
5.10.2008
West Roxbury Is SUV Heaven
Today I drove up to the top of Millenium Park in West Roxbury and was amazed at the number of gas guzzlers that were parked there.
As I sat in my car sipping a cup of coffee while watching a bunch of kids playing soccer in the large field, I couldn't help but notice that one of every three vehicles that drove in was some sort of SUV. At first glance I thought that they were probably being used to transport five or six soccer players but my closer observation revealed no such thing, in fact the most people that I saw getting out of these vehicles were two.
I got out of my car and started to walk around the parking area and as I was walking I was taking a count of what was parked there around 3:00 PM. I counted a total of 66 vehicles. Out of a total of 66 vehicles I saw 2 pickup trucks, 3 minivans, and 33 SUVs making a total of 38 gas guzzling vehicles. I realize that West Roxbury is one of the most affluent parts of the city of Boston but a parking lot where 57% of the vehicles are gas guzzlers, I sort of wonder about the mental stability of some of these people. Don't they realize that bigger is NOT always better. Even my former high priced dentist realized this. He no longer drives a Hummer. He learned very quickly that the Hummer was a Bummer every time he was forced to make a pit stop for gas.
What's the fascination with big gas guzzling vehicles?
By the way, have you ever noticed that there are more women five foot two and under who normally drive these big babies.
At what point will people start to sell their SUVs? I used to think that the water mark would be when gas hit $3.oo/gal. but I was proven wrong. Maybe they're waiting 'til it hits the $4 mark.
I went back and sat in my car to finish my cup of coffee and thought, "What a waste of a precious natural resource." But then isn't that what we're good at?
One Cent Increase Gets People Mad
As a former Postal Service employee, I'm always amazed at the vitriol heaped upon this agency whenever it raises postage costs. A one cent increase, such as the one taking effect next Monday, creates such a stir especially in the media. But gas going from a mere $30 a barrel to what now closed at $124 causes very little concern in comparison.
Gee, I wonder how many letters the average household mails during the course of a week? If one mails ten letters the increase is a mere dime, ten cents; yet that ten cents hurts them more than the $10 to $20 dollars more that's being dished out for gasoline. I never understood where people's priorities were; they compain about a penny while pissing away a dollar in the same breath.
Outside of the military, the Postal Service has one of the largest fleets in this country and when gas goes up a penny, it costs them $8 million a day. How much has gas gone up since the last postage increase? It almost seems that it should cost at least seventy five cents to mail a letter instead of the forty two which it will cost on Monday.
Instead of being mad at all the companies that are forced to raise their prices to offset the escalating gas prices get mad at yourselves for not pushing back on your political leaders for not having the foresight to push for laws that will have us as a nation less dependent on oil. It boggles my mind how we on one hand have sent hundreds of thousands of troops to fight the SUPPOSED war on terror while on the other we continue to fund their coffers by buying their oil. Can someone answer for me why we are still doing business with our enemy?
IT'S INSANE!!!!!!!!!! But we deserve it when one of our criteria for selecting a President is based on whether he/she wears an American flag pin on their lapel.
We are good at focusing on minutia.
Gee, I wonder how many letters the average household mails during the course of a week? If one mails ten letters the increase is a mere dime, ten cents; yet that ten cents hurts them more than the $10 to $20 dollars more that's being dished out for gasoline. I never understood where people's priorities were; they compain about a penny while pissing away a dollar in the same breath.
Outside of the military, the Postal Service has one of the largest fleets in this country and when gas goes up a penny, it costs them $8 million a day. How much has gas gone up since the last postage increase? It almost seems that it should cost at least seventy five cents to mail a letter instead of the forty two which it will cost on Monday.
Instead of being mad at all the companies that are forced to raise their prices to offset the escalating gas prices get mad at yourselves for not pushing back on your political leaders for not having the foresight to push for laws that will have us as a nation less dependent on oil. It boggles my mind how we on one hand have sent hundreds of thousands of troops to fight the SUPPOSED war on terror while on the other we continue to fund their coffers by buying their oil. Can someone answer for me why we are still doing business with our enemy?
IT'S INSANE!!!!!!!!!! But we deserve it when one of our criteria for selecting a President is based on whether he/she wears an American flag pin on their lapel.
We are good at focusing on minutia.
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