Forgotten Cape

Kobe converted

Drunkin Donuts,.. the best kind. Tis the Season. Don't be hard on us. "If at first you do not succeed, try, try, try again." Welcome back! At least you're paying attention. I give you that much?!?

I'm starting to think some of you drink way to much Dunkin'.

It's either Bearse's Way or the Highway! There's the haves, the have-nots; the hasbeens and the forgetmenots. Also the the whatups?!? Can't say as I missed you, since I didn't know ya. Anything can cause anything. Nothing means anything these days; no matter where you go, there you are. Lately, it's just me and my dog against the world.

We have more communications and telecommunications than ever before, and yet it gets harder and harder to find and communicate with people. Go figure. Here's a good read: "The Durable Internet: Preserving Network, Neutrality without Regulation," by Timothy B. Lee. 36 pages of codswaddle put out by the Cato Institute, with 128 footnotes. I don't understand a word of it, and I went to college.

Some people worry about taxes. I worry about faxes,... and unwanted cell phone calls which I have to pay for.

Hey, Christy Mihos ain't a bad role model. He posts here and at boston.com. That is certainly civic-minded of him. I go to bed easy every nite too, Mid-Cape,...having left CT for good. What a hellhole that place is. And then there is New York City,...

Merry Christmas Buzzy Bee:-)

I've been waiting for Christmas,
And it's almost here.
I've been waiting for Christmas,
Santa's getting near.

Can't you hear the sleigh bells ringing?
Reindeer up so high.
Can't you hear the children singing,
As they watch the sky?


Merry Christmas everyone (even Ned).

bitter,

I agree with most of what you have to say.

Merry Christmas

The crime rate could be helped if you stop allowing the people in the justice system to get away with it.
Have a higher authority than "their own."
Elect judges every four years.
Have a people's oversight committee. And I don't mean lawyers and judges and cops....I mean everyday working people!
And hold them responsible. If your nephew is a cop, your uncle is a judge, your related to the da, your a kid from a local family....
it shouldn't matter.
More affordable housing. Less hiring people from overseas. More for young people, not only the elderly and tourists....it's NOT just a tourist and retirement community any more!
Let the hackdom die!!! Open up good-paying jobs for everyone, not just who you know or are related to.
Give a sh*t about something other than $$.
Capitalism takes a back seat to basic human decency.

Kobe Bryant and Rupert Murdoch are Jewish? Yipes it's Zionomania!

To be paranoid is to be American so I guess not. But to believe that Kobe is trying to take over the world with help by R. Murdoch and other high ranking Jewish folks? I just can't see it. Now, Jordan... maybe. As far as Cape Wind goes, I'm for it so I might be a Mason.

Welcome M. ...that would be, 'tOo many conspiracy vids'. Are you saying that one CAN be too paranoid?

Bipr, agreed. Some of the box stores are needed and centrally located in the right spots.

Monponsett, you've been watching to many 9/11 conspiracy vids on Youtube.

Buzz, while we may differ I appreciate the welcome back. :)

I hope everyone has a happy and safe holiday.

If I were retail planning czar I'd get rid of all the icky big-box discount stores and replace them with one or two Targets - maybe in Hyannis and Falmouth. Keep the Christmas Tree Shops 'cause they were originally local and tourists love 'em, and maybe keep the Job Lot in Dennisport for those obscure, really cheap must-have items. You'd have all you need to furnish the house, dress in Mizrahi chic and serve gourmet hors d'oeuvres to your guests.
And keep your cotton-pickin' fingers off the National Seashore.

You can actually blame everything bad that happens on Cape Wind, Kobe Bryant, and the Jews... no matter how irrational the justification may be. There are exceptions, but I tend to go CW for local, Kobe for national, and the Jews for foreign affairs.

It may sound strange, but I go to bed easy every night.

M, wow, where do we begin? We allow "more" retail stores to be built because we live in a capitalist society and landowners are generally free to do what they want (within zoning guidelines) to do what they want with it. Where do you shop? Every town has a "height limitation" in their zoning laws as well. The general population on the Cape has quadrupled (you moving back here adds to it) therefore we have a proportionate number of homeless. The crime rate has increased proportionately as well and many of those "locals" have moved here from elsewhere. Not quite sure regarding the "bidding wars" by town halls, although MA state laws require competitive bids on RFP's. The selectman that "aren't" Cape Codders are voted into office (its the democratic way) by the citizens of the towns, anyone of age can run for office, even you:)

Welcome home, it may not be the Cape Cod of old, but its where I prefer to live.