tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126321412012-02-01T18:53:54.898-05:00Live simply, so others can simply live.Lino's Linehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02093286318701483177noreply@blogger.comBlogger3321100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12632141.post-49993028753812270252012-02-01T18:53:00.000-05:002012-02-01T18:53:54.905-05:00

Hey, Mitt Romney Maybe you should read “Ennui” It’s such a Bore Being always Poor Ennui is a short poem written by Langston Hughes, author and poet, born this day in 1902. I'm sure Mitt romney does care about the poor, it's just that he has trouble articulating it.

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This was posted on the web site Gloria.TV A Conversation in Heaven Humor SYLVIA: Hi! Wanda. WANDA: Hi! Sylvia. How'd you die? SYLVIA: I froze to death. WANDA: How horrible! SYLVIA: It wasn't so bad. After I quit shaking from the cold, I began to get warm & sleepy, and finally died a peaceful death. What about you? WANDA: I died of a massive heart attack. I suspected that my husband was

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Watching and listening to the Republican candidates for president makes for some of the best reality entertainment. The more I follow them the more I feel like I need a shovel to clean up all of their hypocritical excrement. It’s entertaining watching our former Governor get twisted like a pretzel as he finds the need to change his mind in accordance to what the latest polls reveal. His

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Three of the four major professional teams were in action today and all three won. Bruins beat Flyers in a shoot out 6 - 5 Patriots are headed to the Super bowl as they win the AFC title squeaking by Baltimore 23 - 20  Celtics over the wizsards 100 - 94

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I'm always amazed at how judges can get inside someone's head to make certain decisions even ordering someone to abort a baby and sterilization. This country has a long history of forcibly sterilizing those the government deems "feeble-minded" or otherwise defective. Part of atoning for that crime is to make sure that we stay out of the business of deciding who's worthy of having a kid. The

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“True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.” Martin Luther King, Jr.Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one. John Lennon

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The man from Bain Caused many to suffer the pain He made his millions Giving pink slips to the minions Don't be fooled by his casual attire those jeans are a coverup for one who enjoys saying you're fired Which Romney will we get? Which Romney do we want? .....that's who he'll be, but no matter what he will always be for the shareholders and care less about the stakeholders.

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Is Ryan complementing Jacobs on a good win? Kevin Garnett and Bill Walker Torrealba hitting an umpire

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Have you finished your Christmas shopping? Having trouble deciding what to get for someone? At a time when "stuff" accumulation seems to exceed "stuff" storage capacity, how about considering the gift of your time, of your heart? If a person gives you his time, he can give you no more precious gift. You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that

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I've lost track of how many trillions of dollars were given to bail out banks and Wall St., etc. Where has this gotten us? And who is going to foot this tremendous bill? As you can see from the following disturbing story that one person is a 92 yr. old woman who lives only a few miles from me. I guess this throw away generation would like to see these people disappear. Did she retire at 62 or 65

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Thanksgiving day has come and gone and we have seen many things stuffed. Many stuffed the bird and then proceeded to stuff themselves with some of that stuffing. After the ritual of stuffing the bird and then their stomachs many proceeded to venture out at some ungodly hour to wait in line for the stores that sell all kinds of stuff to purchase some more stuff to stuff their homes with. Picture

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It's time for a clean sweep of those do-nothing other than fatten-their -wallets who represent money wielding constituents that have a temporary tresidence in D.C. Americans are in dire need of work. Jobs are being lost faster than the Hermanator can say pepperoni pizza. If they are not part of the 1% when elected they surely become part of that elite group at the end of their terms. I'm no

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"When you play this game, you need to play with fire, you need to play with passion, you need to play with determination, you need to play with desperation. You need to have ice bags (on) after a game, maybe a little blood dripping. When you lace your skates, the guy on the left and right of you need to know you have their back." These were words uttered by NY Islanders coach Jack Capuano after

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The only way to get out of our current financial mess is to dig. Dig not to lower ourselves as Toles depicts in his poignant cartoon but to dig a hole to place our inept Senators and Congressmen in. 2012, which is a re-election year, will find these politicians spend the least amount of time on the job since they will be back home campaigning. Keep your shovels to dig out from the manure that

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Let me state up front that I was never a big fan of the current Red Sox owners form day 1 when they were given preference over another group who wanted to purchase the club. As soon as I started to warm up somewhat to this group they quickly let me down. It was evident that they were jealous of the "empire" that was New York and they would soon try and mimick that organization. This would

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It's taken a while for many to see the true colors of Red Sox upper management. It took this fat and greedy group to undergo the worst collapse in baseball history to be finally expose for who they are. When interviewed they seem to see no evil and hear no evil and use this ignorance as an excuse to have no responsibility in what was happening right under their noses. They actually took part in

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The following was written by 14 year old, Said Islam Yacoub from Cameroon, an orphaned (father) boy who was separated from his mother on March 17, 2011. He was picked up by Gheddafi’s police and put on a boat that brought him to Italy’s island of Lampedusa, where thousands of North African migrants, including many Libyans, have arrived recently. He is being held in an ex-military base along with

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Hall of Famer, Rod Carew, said it best: "This is a sad day for all of baseball and even harder for those of us who are fortunate enough to be a friend of Harmon's," as he was traveling from Hawaii to California. "Harmon Killebrew is a gem. I can never thank him enough for all I learned from him. He is a consummate professional who treats everyone from the brashest of rookies to the

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http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/03/19/big_dig_facing_hurdles_in_trying_to_recover_damages_for_lights/ The link above is to a story from Saturday’s (3/19/11) edition posted on Boston.com; “Big Dig Facing Hurdles in Trying to Recover Damages for Lights” Okay, I know I’m getting older and I’m starting to lose brain cells so please help me and tell me that I’m not

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As I look at the picture on the left of a town clock in the tsunami-devastated city of Kesennuma, Miyagi prefecture, northen Japan, I think of the meaning of time. Does anybody really know what time it is? Does anybody really know how much time........one has left? For the many in this village and surrounding villages time was not on their side on 3/11/11. Fifteen minutes was all they had from

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Living with a spouse who has been in the clutches of mental illness, an illness whose primary trait in many manifests itself in refusing and/or thinking that they don't need medication, there's always the quest for finding something that will work (whether it be a tactic, procedure, treatment etc.) that will finally get them to at least see and admit that they need help without having to resort

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It's happened again, another establishment is avoiding using the word "Christmas." I'm sad to relate that it is a company I worked many years for and was never afraid of using the word, Christmas. They would plan for the busiest time of the year, the Christmas season, where people would mail Christmas cards and Christmas gifts. They would put on more people to work just to handle the Christmas

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Congress is about to go home for Thanksgiving without extending benefits for the long-term unemployed, and conservative leaders have vowed to put their energy for the few remaining weeks of this Congressional session into extending the Bush tax cuts to the wealthiest 2%. These priorities are outrageously out-of-touch with the values of most Americans. It would be nice if all the bailout money

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I've seen Divas in sports in my day, but I must say that Brett Favre is in a league of his own. I don't remember the likes of George Blanda, who by the way hung up his cleats at age 48, ever going through the histrionics that one Brett Favre has put us through. George Blanda rewrote the record books, both as a placekicker and a quarterback. During the 1970 season, the unbelievable happened when

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Oh beautiful for spacious skies I've lived through many 4th of Julys For amber waves of grain, That we've seen from horse, car, train  and plane For purple mountain majesties That so many people have made their destiny Above the fruited plain! Stretching from McKinley to Lake Champlain America! America! Sounds like a lyric opera God shed his grace on thee As our

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The 4th of July - Independence Day - The birthday of this country. As many celebrate this day in many assorted ways, parades, concerts, barbecues, fire works, etc.. I wonder how much thought is given to the meaning of what the day represents, It is to celebraye the birth of a nation that happened back on July 4, 1776. I wasn't born here so if I somehow foul up some historical facts please excuse

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As the oil continues to spill into the Gulf of Mexico the frustrations and anger are being levied against BP execs, the Bush administration's self-regulating policies of corporations, Obama etc.Remember the old adage about when you point your finger at someone, there are always three pointing back at you. How can we not take responsibility? As someone recently mentioned, we are addicted to oil.

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For the Kraft’s Patriot Place, a golden gateway$9m in stimulus funds urged for footbridge over Route 1Budget trims lead homeless shelters across Mass. to cut services and bedsAbove 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

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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. One bullet hit her below her collarbone shortly before 2:30 a.m.Police spokeswoman Elaine Driscoll said investigators have strong leads in

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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

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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

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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

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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 (

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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

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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

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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

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Ever since Governor (Yes We Can) Patrick banged heads with Sal (No He Can't) DiMasi over the casino proposal and lost, the news media has started to report on some alleged improprieties tied to his Honah the Speekah.The most recent story involves a friend of the Speekah who supposedly got a special favor for doing a favor. Hey, what's wrong with that? You scratch my palm and I'll scratch yours

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"Florida Lawmakers Consider Bill Banning Ornamental Testicles"This story was on CBS online.These are the same people that gave America George Bush with hanging chads and all.The same people who moved up their Primary election date even after they were told that if they did so the votes would not count.What next? Rumor has it that they are petitioning Mickey and Donald to run on the Presidential

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Do you ever wonder why the so called "right wing" shows have to put a label on everything. They even have to clarify their own shows. Here are three that I can think of off the top of my head;1. There's a guy on cable who claims, "He's looking out for you." Wow I'm impressed, I used to think that only family and friends cared enough about me. While he's looking out for me, he's amassed a fortune

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Lush Bimbaugh and his DIDNO heads are at it again. Faced with the prospect of their party being voted out of the White House, Lush and his loyal listening lapdogs are trying to raise havoc in the remaining Democratic primaries.These rich, radical and bored buffoons have resorted to another demented Karl rovian prank. It's obvious that they are so out of tune with their middle of the road

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I wish there was something that could be done to speed this presidential election process along. I'm sick and tired of hearing "Billary" whine. If you really and truelly cared about the country, you would act more responsible. We have hundreds and thousands of our young men and women fighting a war that you helped start with very little light on the horizon on ending and all you do is whine

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As much as I want to warm up to Republicans, fiascos such as the one that took place yesterday on national TV make me want to vomit. I'm appalled at seeing my tax money wasted on hearings that have no importance to the nation. You are the laughing stock of the world. You send innocent men and women to risk their lives for the cause of nation building while our nation slowly crumbles to the ground

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Just a few days ago our President went begging to the Saudis - here's the headline;U.S. To Saudis: Please Pump More OilDid it ever dawn on our President that maybe, just maybe, he should have gone to the American people to explain the benefits of cutting back on consumption?Did it ever dawn on the President that this might be one way that we can have an impact on the war on terror?Please pump

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Here we go again. I'm afraid that for the umpteenth time America is going to have a choice of the lesser of the two evils again for President. Evil Hillary and Evil Romney might be the frightening choices.How can two people whose campaigns are continuously funded by special interest groups possibly be the deliverers of change? How will they ever sever their allegiances to the lobbyists for major

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We're finally starting to see some passion in people as we get closer to the election of a new president. The battleground is now very close to home (neighboring state of NH), and we can smell the smoke from the many verbal salvos being fired at the frontrunners. Mr. Perfect (slick Mitt, I wonder if he ever got dirty while playing as a boy, Romney), was attacked on four fronts during Saturday's

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Memo to Advertising GurusI realize that you have various ways to promote and sell products and one of them which really bugs me is to show the same ad over and over ad nauseum. I realize that this gimmick will irritate me to the point that at least I know your product but I'd like to tell you something, IT"S NOT WORKING WITH ME.God bless Peyton Manning but I've seen more of Peyton Manning hacking

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On one hand I'm fascinated by the current Presidential campaigns (both parties) and yet on the other I'm really disgusted as I see that we are going to be left with very little to choose from.As I listen to all these panderers talk, I come away with the same feeling - THEY ARE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING DIFFERENT THAN THEIR PREDECESSORS.All I hear is SOUND BITES, little snipets of information that

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"Jeffrey Young, Newton's superintendent of schools, said he kept students in school because many of their parents work and they would have gone home to empty houses."As I read this as part of the boondoggle that a ten inch snowfall created for Massachusetts yesterday, I couldn't help but think of my childhood.My mom was a single parent (widow not divorce) who had to go to work to survive not to

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It seems that many Americans are living in another dimension. Given the habits of many, they seem to have this distorted notion that America still controls everything. Even with many experts barking at their doors telling them that they are one of the major causers of the worlwide green house effect, they choose not to listen. They continue to buy gas guzzling cars like trucks and SUVs even

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As each day comes to an endI can't help but to think of them.They are just starting their dayIn Iraq and Afghanistan, so far awayFrom their loved ones who worryAbout their well being as they scurryIn pursuit of Al Sadr and Zarqawi.As I think of the 140,000 strongI keep asking, why are you there, what went wrong?Bush and Company's big productionWas built around "Weapons of Mass Destruction."Well

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It was fitting and also sad to see what appeared to be Roger Clemens' final game (if he tries another come back he's a fool) with the sinking ship known as the New York Yankees.Instead of leaving when he was still on top of his game, he chose to come back for one more time.He went out like a damaged and wounded prized race horse. There was no more fight in him. The only fight in him was in

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A 17 yr. old, sitting in one of the front rows at Fenway Park has become the new hero in New England. Did he jump into a lake to save someone? Did he run into a burning building to pull someone out? No. He became a hero just by sticking his hand out to deflect a foul ball from being caught by the Angels' catcher, thereby giving the Red Sox batter another life, affording the opportunity to knock

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"WE DID IT! WE DID IT!"These were chants you heard last night from the pink hats and corporate suck ups as the Red Sox clinched the American League pennant.What did you do? What part did you play during the season to help achieve this PHENOMENAL feat? Did you bat? Did you field? Did you coach? Did you pitch?NO, NO, NO and NO.What you did was criticize Terry Francona - some of you even called him

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Let me preface this by saying that I'm not a Bush hater, I just think that he should leave quietly and go back to his ranch tending to the brush.Once again he's going to come before the American people tonight to tell us of his upcoming plans for Iraq. What the heck can he possibly tell us when all along he has refused to listen to anyone outside of his tightly knit closed minded circle that got

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A recent report states that between 1994 and 2003 there has been a 40-fold increase of children and adolescents being treated for bipolar disorder. I didn't say double or 10-fold but 40-fold. This is astounding! What the hell is going on?Why isn't anyone questioning this dramatic increase? I know if the IRS sees even a 5-fold increase in your tax refund, you will surely come under scrutiny via an

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Today's edition of the Boston Globe has the following headlineCoakley rules out more indictments in Big DigWell it looks like they found their sacrificial lamb (Powers Fasteners) and will not go any further.Isn't interesting that the company cited is from out of state (New York). What happened to all the other companies? Is it possible that some politicians are protecting them for fear of being

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Rudy Giuliani has conned and continues to con many Americans as being this great big hero of the 9/11 tragedy. He has been riding this wave of admiration at the expense of many of the first responders who either have died or are feeling the aftereffects both physically and emotionally.Oh, the macho Giuliani, was a hero because he showed up at the site and made sure that he got plenty of photo ops

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As I read another story on the fifteen year long Big Dig Debacle, I'm reminded of the words RESPONSIBILITY and CULPABILITY. Why is it that no one takes responsibility for their actions any more and furthermore why is it that when we do find that someone has knowingly screwed up and hurt others that we let them off scott free, or better yet we reward them?There are three people who come to mind

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I've been a sports fan all my life and used to watch many of the broadcasts of the four major league franchises in Boston along with the Olympics and World Cup Soccer.Over the past ten years my passion for sports has waned to the point that I now consider myself just a casual observer. Yesterday the home run record for a career was broken and I couldn't get myself up to watch it. I could not

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Mitt Romney yesterday called his onetime support for abortion rights his greatest personal and political mistake, and sought to reassure voters during a Republican presidential debate that he is a reliable and determined foe of abortion, an issue important to the party's religious conservatives.Wouldn't you consider this a flip-flop? And why is no one taking him to task for flip-flopping, just

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The family unit is under such tremendous strain nowadays that more and more we see rashes of mothers and fathers killing their children and then killing themselves. The family unit bubble is being stretched so thin that it’s bursting.Over the past two months I’ve read one too many story of how a mother or father has killed their kids and then done themselves in. It’s hard for me to fathom how a

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How far can the Red Sox go when their starting shortstop Julio Lugo is hitting a paltry .196 after 68 games?Why is it that the Red Sox since the departure of Nomar have had a hard time keeping a shortstop around for more than one year?Here's a comparison of the starting shortstops for the Red Sox from the last four years;Name -Year played for Sox - Current Team - Current Avg. - Current SalaryLugo

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Just inSenate Passes Landmark Fuel Economy BillIn an eleventh-hour compromise fashioned after two days of closed-door meetings, an agreement was reached to increase average fuel economy by 40 percent to 35 miles per gallon for cars, SUVs and pickup trucks by 2020.What makes it a "landmark" bill?Maybe it's just because they did something. Wow, that's great! But did you notice the timetable.Do the

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Once again, as a citizen and taxpayer in Massachusetts, I have been shafted by the people that are supposed to represent me.These scumbags have changed their vote and blocked a proposed constitutional amendment that would have allowed state residents to decide whether to keep or ban same-sex marriages in the Bay State. Back-room political favors were offered to legislators who switched their

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Boy do I feel good after reading this little nugget on the Channel 5 News Web Site;Boston Mayor Tom Menino said he is on the case.Gee, I wonder what case he's on?A case of Pastene Ready Kitchen Tomatoes?NoA case of Bud Light?NoLet's see, I know, he's on Howie Carr's case.No, wrong again.He's on the case to solve the rat problem in Boston. It seems that there are too many rats eating at some of

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The Don Imus fiasco has washed ashore so much hipocrisy that there'll be a red tide alert from now until election day.I never saw so many rats stick their heads out of their holes. Where have they been up until now? I don't condone the remarks made by Mr. Imus, but is this the first time that he went over the line? Where have all these self appointed holier than thou "reverends" been for the last

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I wish that someone would tell me that all the violence that's happening throughout the world is just an April Fool's joke.People that look like fools today are the ones that voted for George Bush and John Kerry for being so weak that he couldn't defeat him.We have been made fools of by Karl Rove and Dick Cheney.Somebody please tell me that this is all an April Fool's joke.

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Just came across the following headline;Angelina Jolie Officially Adopts Vietnamese BoyThat’s nice, but why is this making headlines? Is she the first person to adopt a child? Or is she the first person to adopt a Vienamese boy?What about the thousands of other parents who’ve adopted children? Why haven’t their stories been in the paper?Has Ms. Jolie done anything any more special than the others?

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The man has yet to throw one pitch in a regular season baseball game for the Red Sox (the wannabe Yankees of baseball) and already I’ve grown tired of hearing his name every day. It’s Dice-K puts on a Sox uniform, Dice-K meets the media, Dice-K carries Veritek’s bag, Dice-K goes to the bathroom… On and on it goes ad nausea and I say WHO CARES? WHO CARES? WHO CARES? WHO CARES?What has this guy

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February 19, 2007 and from Iraq we learn that;-two U.S. soldiers were killed and 17 wounded,-car bombings and other attacks claimed at least 34 Iraqi lives in Baghdad and elsewhere-And that a Marine was killed Saturday and an Army soldier died Sunday while fighting in the Anbar province.This is a fairly light day for casualties from terrorist attacks compared to numbers that have been reported

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The tragic death of four year old, Rebecca Riley, caused by an overdose of prescription drugs has left me screaming for an answer to the following questions;How does the medical profession diagnose a two year old as being bi-polar?Who in their right mind would put a two year on a regiment of two potent anti-psychotic drugs and blood pressure medication?Seeing first hand, my wife was diagnosed as

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I wonder if the following story,Developers of five affordable housing projects in Massachusetts concealed nearly$4 million in profits by grossly inflating their costs and understatingrevenues, according to an investigation by Inspector General Gregory W.Sullivan, who is calling for money to be returned to local taxpayers. Boston Globe Sun. 2/4/07

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Sometimes I have to pinch myself to make sure I’m not living in a foreign country. I came to this country when I was 8 ½ yrs. old and within weeks I was speaking fluent English even though my mother continued to speak Italian at home. I knew from early on that since America was my new home I had to make English my primary language, that’s the least I could do in thanks to have been given the

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“It won’t stop us.”This quote at first glance might be a snip-it from the good old Post Office’s motto whereby “neither rain nor snow etc..” would not stop the mail carrier from making their appointed rounds. Or it could be a locker room quote of the Indianapolis Colt’s football team as they prepare for the Super Bowl sans a key player who will be out because of injury.But it isn’t either. It’s a

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A few years ago a book came out addressing today’s societal problems in raising children titled “It Takes a Village.” I thought that the title was very apropos especially from my upbringing. You see I came from a one parent home who grew up in one of what was then a historic ghetto; the North End. My mom was not on welfare and went out to work each day to support us. She worked on Station St. in

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As I watched President Bush deliver his speech the other night whereby he told us that he wants to send an additional twenty thousand troops to Iraq, I started to feel sorry for him. He didn’t look like the man that addressed this country just six months ago. He has one of the worst approval ratings (30%) of any sitting president in history and yet he continues to forge ahead with the botched up

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“I have to run away. It’s not a place to live in anymore.”These are the sentiments and feelings expressed by a Muslim woman living in Baghdad. She doesn’t identify herself as being a Shiite or a Sunni for fear of reprisal.Another person claimed that, “If we got rid of the terrorists, there would be no country better than Iraq.”Quotes that I read on New Year’s Day 2007. One of my calendars say

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I've been a resident of Boston for 51 years and have never seen this city in such a deplorable state. For years the powers to be could always excuse this condition and blame it on the Big Dig, but now that the Big Dig is coming to a close (keeping my fingers crossed) who are they going to pass the blame to?I want to know where all the additional money in the form of higher property taxes, higher

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I hate to beat the proverbial horse to death, but again today’s story in the New York Times does nothing but add more fuel to the fire of anger that I have in my body for the disgustingly unfathomable high bonuses that are being bestowed on some of the Wall Street firms’ top executives.Goldman Sachs paid Lloyd C. Blankfein, its chairman and CEO, a bonus of $53.4 million, the highest ever for a

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Lately it seems that I have been focusing on how cluttered our lives have gotten. It seems the more money we make the more STUFF we buy. I have observed that many of us seem to have a fetish for certain items. For me, especially when I was working, I was constantly looking out for ties. I must have at least 75 ties in my closet of various styles and colors and from an assortment of famous

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"You only get one life and money is the answer to everything under the sun."This quote is from a posting on the forum section of CBS News online edition. The comment was attached to the "Workers Find Gold at Goldman Sachs" article.On Tuesday Goldman Sachs, a big investment house, reported the biggest profit in Wall Street history which translates to year end bonuses that will average $622,000 for

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Let me start off by wishing a Merry Christmas to all, even the so called politically correct who opt to say Happy Holidays instead. What makes them afraid to say Merry Christmas? Maybe they have a hard time saying the word Christ. Maybe they forgot the reason we celebrate the Christmas Holiday. Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ was born on Christmas.Why does Christmas seem to offend some? Surveys

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It's been recently reported that the inauguration for our newly elected governor is going to cost over $1 million and that the partying will go on for about a week.Right off the bat, I'm getting bad vibes from the new dude that will occupy the State House. I don't feel in a partying mood - not with the sad state of affairs in the City of Boston and Massachusetts.When are we going to be

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I’m disgusted at how once again I read in both of Boston’s daily papers the so called leaders of this city have immediately responded to a rash of break ins in what they call the city’s tony Newbury Street shopping district. It didn’t take long to increase police presence in this area.How long have they sat on their fat and overpaid derrières before they decided to put a few additional cops in

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Sundays are about more than just making money.Mr. Truitt Cathy, founder of fast food chain Chick-fil-A, has maintained this principle for 60 years. His 50,000 employees are offered the opportunity to spend Sundays with their families and not at work. Chick-fil-A has been closed on Sundays ever since Cathy founded the chain 60 years ago.He has bucked the trend of opening on Sundays by living by

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“Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine.”Fifty fours years ago today, the film, Casablanca, had its world premiere at the Hollywood Theater in New York. It starred Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman who seemed to have been tailor made for the roles of Rick and Ilsa. Interestingly, producer Hal B. Wallis nearly hired Ronald Reagan and Ann Sheridan for the

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Thanksgiving has yet to arrive but many stores have been in the Christmas mode for the last two or three weeks.Thanksgiving traditionally has been a day or days for families to get together. Traveling starts the weekend before and culminates on a very hectic Wednesday. It seems that from a work production standpoint to be one of the least productive weeks of the year with many having the Friday

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I happened to be in South Station today and the place was bustling with people either coming in or leaving Boston for the Thanksgiving holiday. Other than Logan Airport, South Station has got to be the second busiest place during the holidays. With the Red Line underground, Amtrak and the Commuter rail lines at ground level; add to this the bus terminals above the rail lines and this makes for

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It’s interesting to see what the loss of power after the most recent elections has done to some of the staunchest neocons. It angers me to see that these power hungry, selfish, I know better than thou, Cheney and Bush supporters, now coming out of their rat holes to admit that Iraq was probably handled wrong.Many doubters have been fed “stay the course” and “it’s better to fight them there than

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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Revenue has just given all Boston property tax owners an early Christmas gift in the form of a Revaluation Assessment Notice. With real estate prices dropping they have the gall of using the market data as of January 1, 2006. Talk about being opportunistic. Where are they when real estate prices fall?Anytime there’s a revaluation, I can expect to

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Anything important is never left to the vote of the people. We only get to vote on some man; we never get to vote on what he is to do. - Will RogersOne prediction says that there will be approximately a 60% turnout to vote today in Massachusetts. That equates to roughly 2.4 million voters. There were 2.2 million in the last gubernatorial election in 2002.With three millionaires in the running for

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A recent political ad run by Independent candidate Christy Mihos depicts politicians as cartoon characters putting their heads up their rear ends. This satirical ad showing how politicians in Massachusetts act whenever they have to make a decision has now been played out in real life by our bone head Senator, John Kerry.How can someone of his stature, his educational background, and former Viet

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Ponder these words of wisdom from Grantland Rice"For when the One Great Scorer comesTo write against your name,He marks—not that you won or lost—But how you played the game."

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Sometimes we all find ourselves in the bad habit of talking about someone else. Some of us do it more than others. In order to make us aware of the damage that gossip does, I give you the following:Saint Philip Neri once gave a gossipy lady the following penance:"Go to the market, buy a chicken, and pluck it on your way back here, scattering the feathers as you walk. When you give me the plucked

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"In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress."This quote, so apropos for today, is credited to John Adams, the second president of the United States.This most important, favorite son from Massachusetts was a big man even though short in stature (only 5’ 6”).He made a name for himself as a young man by arguing

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Isn’t it interesting that the GOP, the party that aligns itself with the “better than thou,” morally right, the only holders of true Christian values’ voting bloc, is the same party that is spending 90 percent of its advertising budget on negative ads. The party that is supposed to set the standards has lowered the bar on what is acceptable for negative campaigning in election year 2006.Finding

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The old adage “too many cooks spoil the broth” is being proven beyond a reasonable doubt in the various broadcast booths across the USA. Once relegated to Monday Night Football, broadcast booths have become increasingly congested in the other major sports venues. It seems the bigger the game the more announcers are assigned.I grew up listening to Curt Gowdy (Red Sox), Chris Schenkel (NY Giants

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Dick “Doom and Gloom” Cheney will be looking for a job in the next two years. Based on his performance over the last six years what position do you think that he is most suited for?A. Funeral Home DirectorB. Warden at Sing SingC. Ambassador to VenezuelaD. Maitre D at Chez BimbaughE. Political Analyst for FOX TVF. Mascot for the Georgia Bulldogs (No uniform required)

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Red Sox fans saw the 2006 baseball season come to an end Sunday. It ended on a somber note because they failed to reach the post season. I imagine that the owners are rather disappointed also in seeing this high paid bunch fall short of their yearly goal. Did they get their bang for the buck? They did from players such as Kevin Youkilis and David Ortiz and as much as they were pleasantly

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