Capuano's Trip is Indefensible

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Friday January 27, 2006 · 3:49 AM PST

2006/01/27 · 03:49

Representative Mike Capuano is my representative to the US House. His trip to Brazil is bad news because it puts Democrats in a potentially hypocritical position. How can we be complacent when a representative takes a $20,000 trip to Brazil with LOBBYISTS for which the representative paid NOT ONE CENT? We can't, and if we do then we are worse hypocrites than the Republicans.
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Bush's Failed Self-Review

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Tuesday December 20, 2005 · 4:33 AM PST

2005/12/20 · 04:33

Yesterday President held a wide-ranging press conference on a variety of subjects. Of course the dominant issue on the minds of the press was Bush's latest usurpation of power, the NSA wiretapping. The Washington Post has an interesting article on the press conference. I want to highlight a few of the defenses the Bush Administration has been throwing out. Read More

Where is Retirement Going?

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Wednesday December 07, 2005 · 4:17 PM PST

2005/12/07 · 16:17

I am young, I am only 25 years old. I am, however, very concerned about retirement. Social Securtiy is becoming a joke. The numbers tell me that when i get ready for retirement, long before then actually, there will be hardly enough young and middle-aged people for me to rely on to be paying in to Social Security for me to get my monthly check. Thanks to the baby boomers who are swamping the resources of the fund now (through no fault of their own but only through the fault of their large numerical size) and the mismanagement of the funds by a generation of politicians in Washington D.C. I have to worry about retirement already...and I haven't even landed my first real job since graduating law school! Read More

Blogs and Campaign Finance Reform

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Monday November 28, 2005 · 7:15 AM PST

2005/11/28 · 07:15

An article from Saturday's Globe has been running through my mind these last few days. At first the article was sort of innocous yet informative. However, the more I have thought about the article the more I find that it captures, on a microscopic level, the pull I feel over campaign finance reform. Read More

Politics of Personal Destruction...Literally

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Tuesday November 15, 2005 · 8:56 AM PST

2005/11/15 · 08:56

Bill O'Reilly is an idiot. This conclusion is hardly new. I am sure that most of us are aware of his crazy rant about San Francisco. After hearing it and reading a little about it I sort of dismissed the whole thing as Bill being idiotic Bill...until this morning. Read More

Another Blow to the Independent Judiciary

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Friday November 11, 2005 · 7:05 AM PST

2005/11/11 · 07:05

Governor Romney offered a rather scathing critique of the SJC's decision on gay marriage. He did so to impress his audience, the rabidly conservative Federalist Society. Two things annoy me. Read More

Privacy is a RIGHT!!

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Wednesday November 09, 2005 · 10:03 AM PST

2005/11/09 · 10:03

As with any of us, sometimes in our writing we fail to put down what we assume everyone knows. Sometimes, too, in our writing we also suffer form a degree of vanity; we assume that our prose is so precise that the meaning we have in our head has managed to be perfectly expressed on the paper. I think this may be a good argument for certain omissions of key words and phrases in the Constitution, such as privacy.
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Say NO to stealth vouchers

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Thursday October 27, 2005 · 5:32 AM PDT

2005/10/27 · 05:32

People for the American Way has been keeping tabs on something called stealth vouchers. Essentially what the right wing nut bags are looking to do in the budget reconciliation bill is slip in a voucher program for the Gulf Coast states that will allow any displaced students to take their education dollars from the state and bring them to the school of their choice. Of course, as with any voucher program, this means that religious schools are elligible to receive state funds.

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Sunday October 23, 2005 · 6:12 AM PDT

2005/10/23 · 06:12

I was reading a book given to me by a good friend. The book was nothing more than a series of pictures and quotations of President Kennedy. I came across one that hit me right between the eyes not only because it was said over forty years ago but also because its truth is something we would all be wise to take notice of today.

Terror is not a new weapon. Throughtout history it has been used by those who could not prevail either by persuasion or example. But inevitably they fail, either because men are not afraid to die for a life worth living, or beacuse the terrorists themselves come to realize that free men cannot be frightened by threats and that agression would meet its own repsonse.

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Tuesday October 11, 2005 · 2:34 PM PDT

2005/10/11 · 14:34

I am greatly disturbed by the New York Times article concerning liberals' failure to capitalize on the public sympathies, not to mention the vivid photographic proof, concerning the deep poverty and racism the prevails in our society. What concerns me most is our inability to make our case. The fact that Bush is ramming down the throats of the victims in the Gulf States a program that, like every other Bush program, benefits the rich mostly and the poor marginally at best, shows that we as progressives and liberals are utterly failing to put out our arguments and message. Read More

Right on, Senator!

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Sunday October 09, 2005 · 8:01 AM PDT

2005/10/09 · 08:01

I am admittedly a little late to the game for commenting on this post by Senator Barrak Obama as it occurred some 10 days ago now. However, I think it's significance warrants another look. I believe this for several reasons. First, I am greatly impressed that an elected official would have the courage to be so open and direct about his thoughts on the future of his party. Secondly, to make the posting in the often hostile environment of DailyKos is very impressive given that there is a history of attack on those who do not tow the line (see the comments to both the Senator's post for good examples of attack). Lastly, I think it impressive whenever a politician goes on record with written word. Doing so shows thoughtfulness in his or her words because each can be chosen deliberately and because I believe that in this lightening fast cable news world, the sound bites and on air interviews are easily lost. However, the Senator's post can be easily and readily recalled to be analyzed for eternity. I think the Senator's post was right on the mark on nearly every single point. Read More

Do we want this mess?

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Tuesday October 04, 2005 · 11:21 AM PDT

2005/10/04 · 11:21

As the Republicans' misfortunes are growing at a tremendous rate and the likelihood of at least some Democratic advance becomes possible, I think we Democrats need to stop and ask, "Do we really want to be in the lead right now?" The American public's confidence in government is at an all time low. Also, according the same poll the Democrats' negative rating isn't exactly something to be excited about considering it is in the 60's. So again, why, if the country does not trust Congress and it isn't showing any real love for Democrats do we want to step up right now? Especially when we have no plan of action, no blueprint for how we are going to put the public on our side as well as restore the confidence in our legislative branch. Read More

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Capuano's Trip is Indefensible

Bush's Failed Self-Review

Where is Retirement Going?

Blogs and Campaign Finance Reform

Politics of Personal Destruction...Literally

Another Blow to the Independent Judiciary

Privacy is a RIGHT!!

Say NO to stealth vouchers

Advice for our President

We missed the boat...but not for good!

Right on, Senator!

Do we want this mess?