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Posted by tgl on 2007-01-05 16:22:41 +0000

dump

  • I wasn't paying attention when Romney was inaugurated , but the excitement and hope around Patrick is palpable. I wasn't happy that Romney was elected, but I wasn't particular moved by O'Brien either. So, maybe it was like this four years ago, and I wasn't paying attention.
  • More on Mitt: I didn't really start actively disliking Romney until about 2 years ago, when he stopped being governor and started using his office as a campaign platform. He spent more time out-of-state last year than in-state. Come to think of it, we might have been better off if he had just moved to South Carolina last January.
  • What do Pink Floyd, Genesis, and C4RT have in common? Excellent stoner music.
  • Surge of troops. Ugh. What a horrible and dismaying policy. I'd support a re-invasion, going back in with another 150,000 troops with a post-invasion plan in place, but another 20 or 30 thousand pairs of boots isn't going to do much.
  • Can I get a language expert to weigh in on this "Saddam got justice" idiom? Did Hussein really receive justice? He received a punishment, certainly. But justice? Can _anyone_ receive justice? I don't think so.
  • Barney Frank on top of the House. All Jewish grandmothers celebrate. Strike that, all grandmothers celebrate. Strike that, all celebrate.
  • Smuttynose's Winter Ale is much better than I remember. It's all malt, all the time. Robust and warming, yum.

Posted by ConorClockwise on 2007-01-05 16:50:33 +0000
While Romney wasn't the worst MA governor ever, nor was he the worst of my lifetime, he certainly didn't like the job much. Agreed, Mitt became a condescending shit about 2 years ago. Now all he does is travel to Iowa, NH, S. Carolina and other early primary states, bashing us Baystaters and reneging the platform he ran on 5 years ago.

Posted by pchippy on 2007-01-05 17:07:36 +0000
Let me just recap some key points of Mitt's campaign for governor, in case you've forgotten them, tgl: --He announces he's running for governor. --The Democrats point out that he hasn't been living in Massachusetts long enough to meet the legal residency requirement. --Mitt argues that he was a Massachusetts resident even while he was living in Utah. --The Democrats point out that he didn't pay any MA resident income taxes while he was living in Utah. --He says, "oops, I'm sorry; that was an inadvertent oversight" and pays his back taxes. --The voters of Massachusetts ELECT HIM.

Posted by pchippy on 2007-01-05 17:12:03 +0000
Lorbering: My coaster at the airport bar last night (where I was sipping a Shipyard and waiting for my lovely wife's return to USA) touted Sam Adams's "Beer Drinker's Bill of Rights." The particular right listed on the coaster: All beer should be made from only the four classic ingredients--malt, hops, yeast, and water. Leaving aside for the moment the fact that this rule is really just a restatement of the German Reinheitsgebot... ...where does this leave the Sam Adams Cherry Wheat, Cranberry Lambic, etc.?

Posted by tgl on 2007-01-05 17:13:45 +0000
Non-German beers. Let us now give thanks to the Belgians.

Posted by tgl on 2007-01-05 17:17:02 +0000
...so I should have despised him sooner? Mitt Romney, illegal immigrant.

Posted by tommy on 2007-01-05 17:52:35 +0000
I'm no expert, but would you settle for a language crank? According to the American Heritage online dictionary, one of the meanings of "justice" is "fair treatment and due reward in accordance with honor, standards, or law". I think that one can "receive fair treatment" or "receive due reward". So, I think that "receive justice" is grammatically okay. Good editorial cartoon in the Glob today (maybe yesterday?) about Mitt, which predicted a Romney prez. term would effectively stop halfway through while he toured the globe and made anti-American jokes. Mitt in 2010: Q: What's the difference between Americans and yogurt? A: Yogurt has culture.

Posted by ConorClockwise on 2007-01-05 18:15:30 +0000
Excellent joke. If Mitt wants separation from MA in order to appear less of a New Englander, he should move back to Utah (and he can take that hideous temple on rte 2 in Belmont with him.) But we shouldn't let him; make sure all those pro-gay interviews and photos he did with Bay Windows come to light.

Posted by tendiamonds on 2007-01-05 18:55:26 +0000
Not really a Lorber, due to the Nashua.

Posted by tommy on 2007-01-12 17:35:23 +0000
This video was mentioned in the Globe yesterday.

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