What if the Boston Globe were Relevant?

There I was, minding my own business, scrolling down the homepage of boston.com, as I do every morning for a good laugh, when I came across an article, if you can call it that, that epitomizes the Boston Globe. The link on the boston.com home page is called, What if everyone told the truth? It caught my attention because of its blatent hypocracy so I clicked on it and, alas, was subjected to Alex Beam's musings on the current state of things. Only the hypocrites at the Boston Globe would publish an article about truth telling yet fail to do so themselves. The irony of it is, is that the article isn't even about telling the truth, it is a diatribe of little wishes and dare I say agenda driven bullshit.

Alex Beam, like every other liberal at the Boston Globe, thinks Americans are stupid and that his insights into the NCAA, John McCain, and Iraq are thoughtful and insightful when in reality they are narrow and contrived. Now usually I don't let the nitwits at the Boston Globe upset me, but Alex Beam's column, filled with inaccuracies, poor fact checking, and blatent bias riled me up enough for me to post (something I haven't done in a while).

Alex, suppose companies did decide to cap their earnings at $100 million. We could call it communism.
Alex, suppose you do some research about NCAA colleges and find out that their student athletes do have to demonstrate a 10th grade reading level. We could call it Boston College.
Alex, suppose one day you wake up and realize that the only incapacitated president in the last twenty years was Bill Clinton, and that thinking someone's age can be factored as a requirement for a job is a lot like thinking someone's race can.
Alex, suppose you apologize to the hundreds of families of New England soldiers in Iraq for your lack of support and start acknowledging the accomplishments of the military instead of saying their deaths were in vain.
Alex, suppose we conjure up a day when the Boston Globe actually writes something of consequence or importance instead of writing about "what if's."

Wishful thinking!

Together We Can

Laugh Our Asses Off!!!

WTF??

Jamie Lynn Spears is pregnant? Honestly, WHAT THE FUCK? Pregnant at Sixteen? Sometime, not too long ago, didn't we look down on girls who got themselves knocked up before they could drive? Shouldn't this girl be ashamed of herself, or at the very least concerned about her own image? I would ask where her parents are, but after last year and the bizzarre behaviour of her sister, we can only conclude that their influence is not far reaching. To realize that her crazy sister, who, without a doubt, has some sort of untreated post-partum depression is a better influence on young girls, is depressing. At least Britney was married. Yet, magazines, TV and the news are going to treat this like another celebrity pregnancy. Sometimes girls find themselves in precarious positions, but Jamie Lynn Spears being pregnant is unacceptable, there is no excuse for this, there is only disgust and disgrace.

Are the Patriots Republican's?

Watching the Patriots on national television is a lot like hearing about George Bush on the news. Despite their stellar records both are made to feel inferior. All season long it has been a constant barrage of negativity towards the best team in the NFL. Yet, like the late Rodney Dangerfiled, they get absolutely no respect. The Patriots, a team with a perfect record, are never credited with making the tough plays, the team that is losing is. The Patriots are not recognized for their talent, they are portrayed as borderline cheaters, when in reality they are neither mediocre, nor are they cheaters. What Jim Nantz, Phil Simms, Cris Collinsworth, Bob Costas, George Castanza, Malcolm Jamal Warner, Dan Marino and Dan Shula fail to admit to themselves, because of their huge egos, is that The New England Patriots are arguably the best team in the history of the NFL, and it scares the ever loving carb-free shit out of them. It also scares the shit out of every Patriot loving fan. Are they really this good? Can they be this good? Who should I thank for them being this good? I joked around with my husband after the third or fourth game of this season, telling him the Patriots were going to go undefeated, and we laughed. It's hard to laugh while holding your breath.

Denial..

It seems that John Edwards is visiting Egypt. While the Boston Globe is visiting never-never land. The Globe never ceases to amaze me with their timely pieces of fluff.. where in this article would you have the faintest idea that Edwards was accused of cheating?? That is right you wouldn't, but god forbid they let you forget that they supported Deval for governor, it must be in their contracts to mention this once a week.

It has been a while since I posted, I think my distaste for all things political in this state made me want to crawl into a hole and never come out, but as of late I have felt compelled to resume my inane ramblings. Like gambling, ragging on this state can be addictive.

Rudy's Push to Save America

Together We Can Vote for Kerry Healey

In a little less than twenty-four hours we will have a new governor and although I believe in miracle finishes and Hail-Mary passes, I fear that Kerry Healey, much like the Tennessee Titans in Super Bowl XXXIV, will be heading toward the end zone and time will run out. I am still crossing my fingers, praying to God, and holding on to a pillow, my head in it, rocking back and forth like Demi Moore in St. Elmo’s Fire, but I have my doubts about Rob Lowe saving me, especially considering he is a Democrat.

My experience at the live debate left me with quite a bitter taste in my mouth and I needed time to regroup. Seriously, I was disgusted; disgusted with the Deval supporters, Christy Mihos, and the fact that the questions were truly one-sided and agenda driven. I was disgusted that Deval did not give us a one-on-one debate and that every time I turn on my television I am bombarded with a commercial that seems more like the Chariots of Fire video than a political ad. I am disgusted with groups that are supposed to be safe-havens for women yet they give their endorsement to a man who does not seem to really believe rape is a crime, or that crime is a crime, unless it has to do with how the criminals are being treated. I was not victimized by Healey’s infamous garage ad, but I was confused by the Deval ad with Martha Coakley, because, at first, I thought it was Geraldine Ferraro. I am also under the assumption that if The Massachusetts Teachers Association has enough money to make those cool ads with the cut-outs they shouldn’t need anymore of the tax-payers money. Obviously I should be in Iraq because I am uneducated and ignorant.

I think that just about sums up my animosity and the time I have missed on my sabbatical. However, the day of reckoning has come and the time is upon us to do the only thing we can do and that is vote. If you don’t, you won’t have any right to bitch about the shit storm that will undoubtedly hit us should Deval Patrick win.

Shadow Boxing

Through a stroke of good luck, I was fortunate enough to attend the debate last night in Faneuil Hall. If you are passionate about the issues of this campaign and are waiting for a debate that features more than Christy Mihos doing his stand-up routine and Grace Ross spouting what can only be defined as socialist agenda, don’t hold your breath. From the entrance of the candidates (Kerry Healey was booed and Deval was praised as if he were the second coming), to the lack of control displayed by David Gergen, to the inane and motivated, unfair and unbalanced questions, it was an exercise in futility and felt more like a high school pep rally than a debate between gubernatorial candidates vying for the corner office. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised, but I can be disappointed. And although I feel Kerry Healey did a good job defending herself and her issues, and at times felt that both Ross and Mihos helped her out, Deval Patrick and his supporters (who whooped and hoo-hawed like they were at a taping of the Jerry Springer show) once again got the last ‘scripted’ word, and refused to debate Kerry Healey one-on-one. In all honesty, in a one-on-debate he will lose (and that is what he is afraid of) and he will have to answer questions that have been left out of previous debates because there are too many candidates and not enough time to get to issues that matter to the voters. The fact that Deval won’t debate Kerry Healey has nothing to do with whether or not it is fair to Ross and Mihos, it has to do with the fact that he does not care what the people want, it is about what he wants. Anyone that thinks either Deval or Kerry Healey will not be governor is living in a dream world and the talk of it being fair is another liberal ploy at political correctness. I find Ross and Mihos interesting but they waste my time with answers that I don’t care about and deflect the pressure from Deval answering the questions we need to hear from him. The inclusion of parties in races other than Democrat and Republican are perfectly fine, but when their poll numbers show them with no chance of eclipsing the two parties, their platform should not be included when they do not represent a majority of the people who are going to vote.