January 2010
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One Day - Matisyahu
The coolest kid ever
A lot of my work involves community organizing. Tonight I was invited to a youth ambassador’s meeting. The age range was from about 12 to 18. Well to make a long story short after I gave a brief talk about substance abuse prevention, I spoke with what I think is the coolest 12 year old I’ve ever met. The conversation what something like this;
Kid marches up to Paul. He is short,...
Don't believe the hype
Recently a Republican nominee for governor, Charlie Baker was quoted as saying “state spending has skyrocketed”
Here are the actual figures taken from Mass.gov
FY2005: $22.2bn (Romney) FY2006: $24.3bn (Romney) FY2007: $26.2bn (Romney) FY2008: $28.1bn (Patrick) FY2009: $27.7bn (Patrick) FY2010: $27.0bn (Patrick, projected)
How has it skyrocketed? It looks pretty steady to me. There...
“Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable… Every step toward the...”
– M.L.K.
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An open letter to Democrats and liberal...
*Be advised this is not intended to be read by Republicans or conservatives. If you are of that persuasion please move along, there will be many things in this letter that upset, bother, annoy and displease you. If you would like to enjoy your evening and not become pissed off, just move along. There really is nothing to see here. No seriously. I need to have a firm talking to with my party.
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