Random thoughts

Some random thoughts

Aren’t we lucky in the Northeast? While hundreds of thousands were evacuating their homes in Texas and Louisiana to get out of harms way, thousands from Red Sox Nation were making a pilgrimage to Camden Yards in Baltimore to follow St. Tito and his wealthy band of baseball players in their search for the Holy Pennant.

President Bush is starting to act more and more like John Kerry. He spent the good part of five years as the tough cowboy who never admitted to making a mistake, to now taking and accepting responsibility for many things including the great Chicago fire. He has become as wishy washy as the person he ridiculed for changing his mind during the presidential campaign.

I wonder how many people know that there is a preliminary municipal election in Boston this coming Tuesday, September 27.  I’d venture to say that more people know all about Britney’s Spears C-section.

If there’s one upside to the last two hurricanes is that it’s spotlighting the lingering weakness in emergency operations. While Menino goes around complaining about the LNG tankers coming through Boston harbor, we find that Boston has no viable emergency evacuation/response plan. We can’t rely on our government to take the responsibility to protect us. Our elected officials, bar some, are all in it for self aggrandizement. Always vote for reducing the size of government and you’ll be better off.

Why is my tax money being used to help the Red Sox ownership make more money? Thanks to Joan Vennocchi for having the stones to write about how Larry Lucchino is getting legislators such as DiMasi and Traviglini to sponsor bills that will be financially rewarding to the Red Sox ownership. When are my two compares going to sponsor anything that will help the poor working stiffs in the city? I hope they get acida from the free Fenway franks they’re getting in return.