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04/29/08 @ 2:41 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Kennedy School Plays War Game over Oil
Elected officials have no control over market prices..just the exorbitant taxes piggybacked on commodities...(gas)

Mass.Legislature proposed additional gas tax...
luckily it died a natural death..

Hillarah will get the job done with OPEC..she said so today..really?

What's Obama's stance?..he's tied up with Rev Wright distancing himself..

McCainiac...out drinking with Ted Kennnedy..best buddies..

any other viable candidates to address the oil situation?..

I think not...
04/29/08 @ 12:53 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Kennedy School Plays War Game over Oil
notice the luminaries from both sides of the political spectrum at this forum

refreshing...

as far as prior comment..


keep it one to one..

family is off limits..yours as well
04/29/08 @ 11:06 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Kennedy School Plays War Game over Oil
China will surpass the U.S. in oil demands and, as the rest of the world modernizes, oil demand increases,prices increase, and profits soar..

basic economics..

solutions anyone...?

no, the wind farm will not lower gas&oil prices...sorry...

cleaner air?..possibly but, with Brazil and China churning out coal and gas fired electric plants endlessly( to meet demands of their growing economies), without environmental regulations,...hmmmm

meanwhile..

regular gas here in Mashpee now at 3.65 and climbing..

"War is better for quarterly profits than peace... Corporations, not individuals now make the decisions... BIG war soon... hope me nuked quick."

is this a sign of 'futility?"

bar room banter?

or a sudden revelation?

I rest my case, your honor...

let the jury decide...
04/29/08 @ 10:28 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Peace Protestors ask for trial - Won't be prosecuted
"this is the great and powerful oz!"

'pay no attention to the (wo)man behind the curtain.."..

bitter..hi5!


regards

hamster the troll
04/29/08 @ 10:11 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Peace Protestors ask for trial - Won't be prosecuted
satire is only proper when espoused by the creator....in this case..ned

the rest of us must tow the line by the 'moderators' rules..

cru and bitter are perhaps more engaging for polite discourse (agreeing or not)..with satire as well..
we can disagree with some sense of civility..leave the ladies to their own battles..

fight your own...

(methinks thy thong's in a bunch!)

you can call me a "troll goddess " ***anytime..

I am comfortable with my "feminine" side.
after all..
you are what you eat..
and drink...

have one on mav..he's still buying..

have a great day..

I am..with humor

***hamster,troll,barfly,hi5er, aka hamalcar
04/29/08 @ 8:04 am
that "person" was looking for a perfectly good hat..a ladies red hat!

when retreived from his debacle..he was screaming "trolls..those damn trolls threw it away!"
04/29/08 @ 7:37 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Peace Protestors ask for trial - Won't be prosecuted
"you people are a stench in the nostrils of journalism..."

it's just the smell of bait to attract the bottom feeders..we have to eat as well..

ham(the shark)chief trollster
04/29/08 @ 7:34 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Peace Protestors ask for trial - Won't be prosecuted
bitter..

never mind the rest...

'coke' has become the equivalent of Orwell's 'soma"
04/29/08 @ 7:30 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Peace Protestors ask for trial - Won't be prosecuted
trolls..

mythological creatures..

we are destined to greatness..

thank you most "impotent" one for bestowing such an honor amongst us plebes..

we are eternally in your grace..
04/29/08 @ 7:20 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Peace Protestors ask for trial - Won't be prosecuted
mav

plus #2..
the goddess nedstarina has spoken...

you no longer have the 'right' to blog here...
"unless I see some improvement in your attitudes. Bloggers outrank trolls!"

"you people are a stench in the nostrils of journalism..."
04/29/08 @ 7:16 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Peace Protestors ask for trial - Won't be prosecuted
mav

plus..
neither is 'right"..

2 lefts..what does that equal?

I am confused...
04/29/08 @ 7:14 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Peace Protestors ask for trial - Won't be prosecuted
mav

simple math...

2 halves= 1 ***hole....
04/29/08 @ 6:48 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Peace Protestors ask for trial - Won't be prosecuted
bitter..
And my kids? Too busy trying to survive to think of anything else...
It's ingenius,really.
It is ingenius, really..and that's The plan in place..!!!!
once it was made clear to me in the late 60's. early 70's..I have tried to make peace within my world..as any attempt to decry or change the outcome is futile..hear me out..
a person of mention (now deceased uncle.. black bag operator of substantial power ..lt col/nsa..
used to go pheasant hunting at the 38th parallel korea with defense secretary westmoreland)revealed the following scenario in play back then..

1..All civilizations since recorded history will protect their interests
2.When the citizens become too inquiring to the systems ways..they will be redirected by force(silenced)or
other means(economic, war..etc)to take their eyes off the ball..
3.. The 50's and 60's had enormous economic growth..Dad worked, Mom stayed home,bought a house, went on vacation..all on 1 income..remember?
4..Vietnam protests sparked the middle class involvement..what to do?
5..make them work 2 jobs so no time to point fingers..
04/28/08 @ 8:43 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Peace Protestors ask for trial - Won't be prosecuted
life is but a dream..

war is hell and the contractors reap the rewards..as always..

hell we paid back ITT back in ww2 for reparations to their german war factories..

so what else is new?

we can complain til we're blue in the face..

yet nothins changed..ever

trillions on the war on poverty..

me thinks the dems had control then for forty years+

are the poor gone?

where's all the money?

my point exactly..

nothings changed..

to hell with conspiracies as they are always there..depsite our protests

it goes on and on..

I choose to breathe..

as the world turns...

catch you at mav's bar and fish grille...

bellyup..
mav..
you still buying the rounds?
04/28/08 @ 6:15 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Peace Protestors ask for trial - Won't be prosecuted
ned.

I have no reputation to uphold (no hats either)and shall continue to PWI and HI 5 as well..

as many here dwell in the past of dark conspiracies of long ago,dusty books, soliliquies of the 60's and neo cons, neo fascists,wind farms, bigoil, and the world according to Obama...or whomever the new Messianic
messenger of 'hope" will arise, enlightening the masses and bringing "change"," into the darkness of the Bush Cheney reign...

I say this...to it all..

"intellectual" to a few..

'"whatever" to those beholding to no one.

"laughable "to some...

I'm going fishing..
then off to the CCT bar..

see you there...

drinks on mav...
04/28/08 @ 5:05 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Peace Protestors ask for trial - Won't be prosecuted
mav

answer the phone..it's Dick Cheney

hold on..my phone's ringing..

Rev Wright's calling me..

sounds like a conspiracy..

are we in collusion?
04/28/08 @ 4:37 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Peace Protestors ask for trial - Won't be prosecuted
mav..

then we will not be allowed to 'Neddy' museums..

what a shame..

we must be fascists as well...

does wearing a red hat qualify us for redemption?
04/28/08 @ 4:33 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: The Tinman cometh...
Wishing success to the Tin Man...
04/28/08 @ 4:13 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Peace Protestors ask for trial - Won't be prosecuted
mav

who's for less democracy?

most are screaming for more socialism.
04/28/08 @ 3:57 pm
hmmmm..

..progressive mindset is an oxymoron
04/28/08 @ 3:45 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Peace Protestors ask for trial - Won't be prosecuted
bitter..

quite informative article...
what more could be said..?
it says it all..

thnax

hamalcar
04/28/08 @ 6:06 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Peace Protestors ask for trial - Won't be prosecuted
ned

I am waiting for the ring tone..

alas..lost my keys to the Greyhound locker..
04/28/08 @ 5:57 am
ned..
is it '"art imitates life".

or "life imitates art"??

..both..

since the neocons are behind every conspiracy in the 20'th century..

what have the lefties been doing?

oh I know..
The gentle jihadists are endorsing their candidates..

hmmmm...

conspiracy?
04/28/08 @ 5:47 am

What has the progressive mind set accomplished?
04/27/08 @ 9:38 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Peace Protestors ask for trial - Won't be prosecuted
troubled times are ahead....

leave your knitting needles,charter boats, ballet slippers, and Dali paintings behind.

ned has occupied CCT..

RUN AWAY..
04/27/08 @ 9:33 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Peace Protestors ask for trial - Won't be prosecuted
mav..

let's go fishing

the end is near
04/27/08 @ 9:32 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Peace Protestors ask for trial - Won't be prosecuted
justice{short}

How dare you assault Neddy the Hat Lady!

Why don't you know it was the imperialist fascist USA that made our enemies what they are today?

and..
they will spare all those that are sympathetic to their cause...

This all started in the era of Bush and they loved us before then...

If only Gore,and Kerry, had won, we'd be riding camels together and 911 never would"ve happened..

And the 'messiah' Obama will rectify all of this as well..

guess the rest of us 50% better prepare to defend ourselves...
04/27/08 @ 7:31 pm
I give it a year..

definitely a pre nup included..
04/27/08 @ 7:27 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: The day that Nantucket started falling into the sea
'a fool and his money are soon parted'
04/27/08 @ 7:18 pm
monpo,solon et al..

just thank the "just-us" system for releasing the afore mentioned perps..

if not released before..
am sure they will be..

keep voting for the current parties...
04/27/08 @ 7:12 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Peace Protestors ask for trial - Won't be prosecuted
Mike..

I was at the CCT bar with mav..

didn't see Rubin..

although there was a contingent of Red Hat Ladies and some guy named the Nedstar..their hero in purported splendor..

they were calling us 'fascists' and waving some kind of placards stating
'Obama' ..'will clean your ears!!!"

or some such drivle.. anyways..
mav was sitting with some guy named Abe and I was sitting with some guy named John McShame..

well..
afetr numerous rounds from both parties..

it's all a blur..
04/27/08 @ 7:01 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Green is the new black...?
mav..

your craft will be "green" when you pay up your Carbon Foot Print extortion to the Emperor Al Gore..

just a shakedown like the old days from the 'Hill'....

difference is..

the shakedown will be perpetual..
04/27/08 @ 6:07 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Peace Protestors ask for trial - Won't be prosecuted
monpo..

sorry you weren't invited..as none of us were..

next time though..meet us at the CCT bar..
"where everbody knows your name"..

mav and i will be there...

just don't say too much or those 'hat' ladies will correct you...
04/27/08 @ 6:01 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Peace Protestors ask for trial - Won't be prosecuted
Abe Lincoln was with mav watching 'Swan Lake"..then they got into a bit of drinking and couldn't attend..

Me, I was with the "other"gigolo, with whom I've been purported to vote for,having some beers and discussing our next war..thus we didn't attend..

There were some ladies in hats waving signs in a corner table ,cussing us out, and screaming"Facsist!"..

was that you mav, with the guy with a beard across the bar?..he looked vaguely familiar..

but after those 'rounds' you sent over.all night..

it's all a blur...

wait a minute...
04/26/08 @ 7:29 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Peace Protestors ask for trial - Won't be prosecuted
"thou dost protest too much.."

where's Hanoi Jane,Jerry Rubin,Abbie Hoffman,Ted Kennedy,John "scaramouche" Kerry,Nancy Pelosi,Barack O bama..?

they'd be there if they cared..
04/26/08 @ 7:17 pm
mav..

been out shark fishing and laying claim to some offshore properties all day..

gonna drill for oil...
04/26/08 @ 9:31 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Green is the new black...?
mav..
is your charter craft 'green"?

..let's invite the whole crew and go shark fishing..

any limitations on bait will be resolved...
04/26/08 @ 9:25 am
just honoring my principles..
04/26/08 @ 9:23 am
mav..

anything's possible with the Red Hat Club..

I am busy filling in my absentee ballot for McCain..as presribed by the presumptuous goddess nedstarina..

I'll be having a beer with the gigolo while he's windsurfing off shore with the scaramouche gigolo..

where are those sharks again?
04/26/08 @ 8:07 am
ned...quote..

"feel from the tone of your post that... you might actually at long last... be ready to HEAR this... keep this angle in mind and see if things make sense in light of it..."

I do see all sides of the issues..it's the "my opinion is the only right opinion" attitude that I disagree with..

You have repeatedly pigeonholed me as a right wing,pro conservtive/repub McCainiac...so far from the truth..

I will state that, I am not holding to either party demagoguery,question everything, then formulate my own opinion..and am always open to change and a new perspective...

only a fool would hold allegiance to one party and look to politicians to solve anything..

politicians only create problems for the rest of us and then make us pay...
in blood and money....

depite this ..

I still enjoy life.

and still Hi5 when I agree..

hats off..
04/25/08 @ 9:10 pm
cru,mav,buzz, ned and bloggers et al..

I have a question that affects all of us here..
Since we are fighting a war( unjust or not is irrelevant here)in Iraq which has millions of barrels of oil..
has cost us billions ,if not more, in money..
has cost us the sacrifice of thousands of young soldiers..

where is the damn oil that this war was supposedly fought and instigated for?
where is the payback for our losses and blood?

has 1 drop of oil been paid back to us for our sacrifices?..from Iraq?
I am outraged that not one politician nor 1 news media has asked this /to my knowledge

Our economy is being crippled by the current gas/oil prices that all of us are affected by in every facet of our lives..

every wasted dollar spent, and every life gone, in Iraq should be reimbursed a thousand fold in oil/gas repayment by the corrupt regime now in office there and here..

have you gone to the grocery store..seen your electric/gas bill?

have you seen the prices at the gas pump?
what the hell is going on?
perhaps one of you can enlighten me..
04/25/08 @ 3:49 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Big Red Tide Coming
sorry..accelerates...
04/25/08 @ 3:46 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Big Red Tide Coming
The phosphorous alone from septic systems has been a problem since the 50's..

witnessed when fishing the lakes of N.H. with my dad back then...

kills the aquatic life and propulgates algae..
04/25/08 @ 3:44 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Big Red Tide Coming
watch out for Chem Lawn trucks.

They are loaded with chemicals!
04/25/08 @ 5:58 am
the global conglomerate that rules now has ruled for over 100 years...

this "system" has perpetuated for thousands of years..

energy/oil/ profits/big business /raw materials/religion/absolute power/banks/and now the media have all been complicit and the driving force behind it..

as always throughout history...

some are just more brutal than others..

in the majority of the worlds' countries
we would already be dead for our thoughts, appearance, gender, sex, etc and be subject to state sponsored terror on a daily basis..

glad i am here...
04/24/08 @ 9:57 pm
cru..

thank you for your comments and support..

there are some, here, who just see what they want to see with blinders on no matter what one says here..

anyways..
as stated previously..

there are those amongst us who do love our country, and its ideals, but hold the present, and future, systems accountable for their inaction and nefarious ways..
without holding to a blind faith of the present political morons on both sides..
what more is there to say?

this is not an agenda...

just personal beliefs..

some can not understand nor comprehend the sense of ' duty' 'honor' that many worldwide hold dear..

including me..

nor will I , nor they I support, ever convince them otherwise..

nor would I waste my time to do so..

have a good night..

I know mav understands..

he IS person of principle and honor..

we speak often outside this blog...
04/24/08 @ 9:07 pm
ned..I have kids

one is serving his country in Ramadi,Iraq as we speak..
with the USMC..

I did not vote nor enable this war..Bush,Clinton, Kerry, Kennedy et al did..

at least my son is serving his country instead of whining about it..

Perhaps, as in the old days, political leaders would lead the charge and fight along side with those they send to fight and die..no more!

Don't sit there and disnonor my son and the millions of men and women who were willing to fight for what they beleived instead of hiding behind the pen or internet..

at least they were and are, willing to stand for something and possibly die to protect it..just like any of us who would die for their families in harms way..

Marines hold no allegience to any party.. only to defend the honor and protect their country..

so we may have the freedom to speak..

unlike millions of oppressed people world wide..

"it is better to live a short life and die in honor than to live a long life and stand for nothing.."

a quote from my son..

semper fi..Adam!
04/24/08 @ 8:28 pm
ned..

as far as I am concerned ..you can have bush, cheney, kennedy,kerry, obama,mccain, clintons, and all the rest..

I am not a republican/democrat nor liberal or conservative..
I dislike the whole bunch and consider myself an American..that's it!
I respect our founding constitution as it was written, the bill of rights, and respect the men and women in uniform..not the pentagon, cia, nsa... and all the rest of the nefarious black bag agencies we have no info about..
I, like mav, know more stuff than I could ever blog about concerning state dept, nsa ops..etc..

that's not the point!

The point is, to me anyways..is this

We live in a relatively free society, like it or not, and we better enjoy what few freedoms we have left and fight to keep them..

Screw all of them..get on with our respective lives and try to enjoy each day..

what politician has ever improved your quality of life?

none for me..

thanx
04/24/08 @ 7:37 am
Quote of the Week

if you think Bush is a moron..

just wait til your 'messiah' or your 'smartest woman on earth" get elected....

can't wait....
04/24/08 @ 6:25 am
"terns, whales,Cape Wind,..oh my!"
"explosions,CapeWind,accidents..oh my!"
"murder,rape,Clean Energy..o.u.i.!"

run,toto,run..!

if only Gore, then Kerry had won..

The Turbines would be spinning.
Gas would be $0.35 a gallon..
Global warming would be gone..
No one would question anything..

and the likes of questioning blog commenters would be history..

life is but a dream...
04/23/08 @ 3:40 pm
is he an aspiring artist as well?

guess he's p.o'd about the Gore, then Kerry/Edwards losses to Bush...
if Kerry was prez, then none of this would happen and gas would be $0.35/gallon...

it's all Bush's fault!!!

whaahhhh...!!!
04/23/08 @ 3:23 pm
Ronny does not have a hat..

disqualified from ned's gang..
04/23/08 @ 5:56 am
let's save the planet by starving the poor and working class..

..crippling our economic infrastructure

how noble...
04/22/08 @ 8:06 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: The Ultimate Cheap Eats - FREE !
mav

give me a call at home..

we should meet asap and have some ribs...ehh?
04/22/08 @ 7:54 pm
CRU...

mav knows what he's talking about..

heed his advice...

we have similar backgrounds and then some..

stay cool..

calm and collected...as well

hamalcar
04/22/08 @ 7:50 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: The Ultimate Cheap Eats - FREE !
ned..

thanks for the review..

despite our obvious diametrically opposing views on everything...

at least you have a sense of satirical humor...

as do I...
04/22/08 @ 7:45 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: The Ultimate Cheap Eats - FREE !
mav..
as a chef..
I absolutely love smoked bbq ribs done by an expert..

I have followed Daves adventures since he opened but never found the time(working 6+ days a week)to get there to salivate and enjoy..

perhaps we'll see Ned there with the Red Hat Ladies..?

naw..he's an individual and would never join such an illustrious group..

that's why I (as a musician/chef) humor him as he humors me..

must be the 'creative' link..

never mind the dimples...
04/22/08 @ 11:57 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Heap big hypocrisy from Wampanaog
mav..

send me your address and I will forward a cd to you..

thanx
04/22/08 @ 7:41 am
# 1..Turkey shoot?...where's PETA?
(kill only the males?..how sexist)

# 2..Endangered terns..why the Military(imperialist conquerors),Conservationists(Mass Audubon), and Environmentalists (Cape wind) will unite to solve that...

what strange bed fellows..

how could this be?

# 3..Earth Day=Cape Wind=Clean Electricity

all this is not supposed to happen..
04/22/08 @ 7:08 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Heap big hypocrisy from Wampanaog
American Heritage® Dictionary: Description of omniscient
ADJECTIVE: Having total knowledge; knowing everything: an omniscient deity; the omniscient narrator. omniscience, omnisciency, omnisciently

we were both correct...
04/22/08 @ 7:05 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Heap big hypocrisy from Wampanaog
American Heritage® Dictionary: Description of omnipotent
ADJECTIVE: Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful
04/21/08 @ 8:10 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Heap big hypocrisy from Wampanaog
better yet..

Call teddy k..

that'll be more pc for 'Hatty'

Teddy loves women in hats!

Invite Johnny Kerry as well..we'll watch him sail surfing into the sunset..

'lovey... where's the scaramouche?"
04/21/08 @ 8:06 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Heap big hypocrisy from Wampanaog
mav

'Monkey Business' is available for charter..
04/21/08 @ 7:51 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Heap big hypocrisy from Wampanaog
mav..

stick around..

these characters can't compare to the 'guys' we knew..

they had honor and common sense..

very little here..

hamalcar

besides..

we're goin fishing...

that'll upset the PETA crowd...
04/21/08 @ 7:45 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Heap big hypocrisy from Wampanaog
go ahead buzz..and high 5 all you want!

When you disagree with the omnipotent ones on any issue..they take issue..

as they see only one side..as their delusional 'candidates' as well...

(THEY are missing that 5% relative to chimps..)

you gotta love it , though..

such self serving,elitist disdain for anyone who objectively disagrees..
like us,the middle class , who,quote, turn to "guns and religion" in quiet desperation...

"no.no.no!"

'godamn amerika!'

and so on..

need more evidence...?

at least we are happy...
04/21/08 @ 3:05 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Heap big hypocrisy from Wampanaog
Teddy and John (remove the $75,000 hydrant)Kerry are the tenants of liberalism and environmentalism..the leaders of the movement...

yet this CW has become such a religious cause that even their 'own' are chastised..

love it..
04/21/08 @ 3:00 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Heap big hypocrisy from Wampanaog
All's quiet on the western front, mav...

Just remember, if you oppose the "left'.viewpoint..

you are always wrong!

especially if you are factual and to the point...

and obviously are bought out by "big money"as the Wampanoags have now been accused....

I thought the environmentalists/greenies were akin to their oppressed brothers..the native Americans

..the usual mantra...
04/20/08 @ 9:07 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Cape author writes Obama bio
careful
mav,buzz..

your style,especially mine, is under the critique for merit..

for substance..or is it prelonged substance abuse?

this is better than the Comedy Channel!
04/20/08 @ 9:03 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Cape author writes Obama bio
I am having fun..ned

I have my pj's on too..
04/20/08 @ 9:00 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Cape author writes Obama bio
really..I had to add some fodder to get a response..

especially with a critic who knows all..

only..I've got it!

you are "tiptoing throught the tulips" reincarnated..

ahh

it all makes sense now..


don't worry mav..

I am having fun..

reminds me of a local restauranteur who had the 'english" language down to a pat and would attempt to belittle the rest of us with his command of the language ..

except...

he was a fool to everyone else in his self importance..

or was it impotence..?
04/20/08 @ 8:39 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Cape author writes Obama bio
yes, and principle is spelled wrong..

had to give you some ammo..

oh, how offensive!
04/20/08 @ 8:36 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Cape author writes Obama bio
so anyone that agrees with you has merit and the rest of us?

get over yourself...

how these overeducated morons that beleive govt is gonna save us is pitiful..
and quite insightful to the malaise we are in now..

keep on following your messiahs that are going to save us all from ourselves

buzz...

I wholeheartedly agree..

check the spelling..neduator

Congress is a sham and all the idiots that vote for them as well..

along with the 3 stooges running for president...

where are the likes of JFK,Hubert Humphrey,Reagan, Margaret Thatcher,Winston Churchill..etal

At least the above had some sense of priciple and decency, despite their humanity..

The majority want a mom/dad govt to solve all their and the world's problems all in one package..

and if you don't agree with them..then you have no point nor credibility..

the children here are still running the playground..

like mav..
I'm done with it

time for some adults that can agree to disagree..

somewhere else..
04/20/08 @ 8:11 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Cape author writes Obama bio
ned..

The current choice of candidates leaves me in a quandry....

as none of them even closely hold to principles ,or have the testicular fortitude,that I beleive will move this country forward..

anyways..

no leader ever has!!!

It's us, the people, that make this country what it is and what it will be..
04/20/08 @ 8:05 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Cape author writes Obama bio
ned..

This is what makes our nation great..

holding to beliefs,the right to speak freely, principles,ideas,dreams,and the subsequent right to vote for the candidates that represent your ideals,etc, and what you expect(local, state,and federal) from the govt..

All candidates are tied to big business and special interests to fund their bid for the presidency...

It's a matter of what's important to you ,as a voter, and as an American,to decipher where each respective candidate stands..period...

Personally, I don't want government to do anything except allow freedom of speech,freedom to vote, and protect this country..

and then.. leave us alone!
04/20/08 @ 5:20 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Cape author writes Obama bio
buzz...

couldn't have said it any better..

add 1 John McCain as well..dem in disguise..
04/20/08 @ 7:35 am
Nee Nee..

Correct...(tourists)

just watch them at the Mashpee rotary..

amazing fools...and arrogant!
04/20/08 @ 7:26 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Ferry fees rise; H-2B or not H-2B?
James..

Unfortunately, many of these "trophy" kids have no sense of work ethics, thanks to the worthless parental upbringing...

I deal with it everyday..

The retirees actually come in and apply where I work for part time employment ..for some fun and extra pocket change...

They show upon time, have a great attitude, and the job is done...
04/20/08 @ 6:37 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Cape author writes Obama bio
the last presidential leader who "inspired" a nation to greatness was JFK..

We have lost the will to greatness since then, as a nation turns to govt for all their problems to be solved..

JFK summed it up perfectly..

" Ask not what your country can do for you ask what you can do for your country..'

that's inspiration!
04/20/08 @ 6:25 am
Mars Candy Bar Co....

creator of M&M'S...

'melts in your mouth..not in your hands..!'

'life imitates art...."


hhmmmm...
04/20/08 @ 6:19 am
gives new meaning to "want an M&M...?"
more poetic than 'lewinski"
04/19/08 @ 7:29 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Skinnyland! Where the Elbow Dimples are Shallow!
ned..
probably passed by you in those crazy dayz..
lived on East 10th and 1st Ave from 71 - 72..
was always traversing around then...

"life is but a dream"
04/19/08 @ 5:56 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Everything goes up except our leader's wisdom
T.Boone Pickens. oil magnate, is spending 10 $bil on wind farms in Texas...

check it out..

interesting...
04/19/08 @ 5:51 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Ferry fees rise; H-2B or not H-2B?
At least most seniors and the seasonal workers have a sense of 'work" attitude, unlike the spoiled brats here on the Cape...
04/18/08 @ 8:55 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: The Beautiful Blogettes of capecodtoday.com
mav

what's the world coming to?

Bridgette Bardot was one of my adolescent fanatasies..

along with Ms Peel with the Avengers in her leather jumpsuit..wow!

Bridgette appears worse than us..yikes!
04/18/08 @ 8:53 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: The Beautiful Blogettes of capecodtoday.com
mav

gotcha

go to e mail

hamalcar
04/18/08 @ 8:18 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Everything goes up except our leader's wisdom
Buzz, mav
Read with interest concerning the CWF..

I have to concur that we need renewable energy that is expedient and beneficial to all of us..

To oppose the CWF project as it stands is rightfully done as mav points out..

It's not the project itself but the location in question...

and..

at what cost and benefit to us in real numbers?
04/18/08 @ 8:12 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: The insufferable arrogance of Cape Cod washashores
Walter..

I abide in Mashpee and there were neighbors here who went house to house with a petition..

get this..
my next door neighboor put up a green chain link fence along the side abutting to me.. no problem..
the petition was to force the neighbor to remove it as they felt it was devaluating the properties in our area!?

..none of us signed it.. they moved to New Seabury..

good riddance

Cape Cod at its finest...
04/18/08 @ 6:25 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Everything goes up except our leader's wisdom
well stated dilligaf...

welcome back mav..

how was the boat trip?
04/18/08 @ 3:41 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: The Beautiful Blogettes of capecodtoday.com
thank you all for your comments and listening..


sincerely

hamalcar

ps..mav..have a great trip..

can't wait til we ALL (here) get invited together soon....

I'll do the grillin"
04/18/08 @ 5:57 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: The Beautiful Blogettes of capecodtoday.com
ok..I've got it!

I nominate myself for the coveted..

best of 'blue" award!

want proof?

go to www.mp3.com/artist/hamalcar
04/18/08 @ 5:48 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: The Beautiful Blogettes of capecodtoday.com



04/18/08 @ 5:42 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: The Beautiful Blogettes of capecodtoday.com
mav....
what was the challenge?
neddy has already assumed the 'spelling bee' crown!

what's left?
04/17/08 @ 8:23 pm
Buzz

thanx

I am happy once again..
04/17/08 @ 8:17 pm
bitter, clamshelli..

a word from the old curmudgeon..

take a deep breath..
tomorrow morning..have a coffee or tea..
sit on your deck /patio..
keep the radio/tv off..
watch the sunrise..smell the spring air

hell, life is going on with or without us..enjoy it once in a while..

it took me time to figure it out..
I remain eternally optomistic, though not blind, nor unconcerned, to the world's plight...
just time off from all the crap once a day..

take care

hamalcar
04/17/08 @ 8:06 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: A call to arms in Barnstable
mav

perhaps you could answer this question for me...

Given the technologies available to create power without oil,what is the most efficient,expedient way that you know of ?

And what about these water current generators?

Curious..

I, like you, am not opposed to any method of clean power..just without the preface crap of Global Warming thrown in

Leave the politics out and get down to business..no pc..
just get it done.. period..
04/17/08 @ 7:36 pm
Buzz..

how dare you?
I am paying dearly for these services with absolutely no intelligent responses, just spellcheck..

now look what you,ve done!
I get no respect and no spellcheck..

oh well...

life goes on..

I was happy ,now the happiness is gone...



hamalcar
04/17/08 @ 6:59 pm
I love this site...free editing by Ned.

and I'll keep mispelling .
(that'll give you something to do..)
.who needs spellcheck, anyways?

thanx

I won't send a forwarding address..just in case a bill is rendered...
04/17/08 @ 6:48 am
Ok..
so Muslims want to assimilate into western society , acheive the American dream,and are not involved in the civil or political process...
So do as all the rest of us immigrants have done here in the past(and present)..

Follow and respect Our rules and laws
work hard
engage in local politics
and the rest is history...
04/17/08 @ 6:26 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: The Beautiful Blogettes of capecodtoday.com
Walter..

Your ladies win hands down against the Cape Cod Times women..

Have met Kitty Baker several times and she is a gem of a lady...

The CCT crew is much more poignant, relative, and opinionated for todays readers...and attractive to boot!

I am attempting to convince mav to do an Upper Cape/Lower Cape blog together as a perspective from two older , maybe wiser(sic), curmudgeons...

then perhaps we'll get a picture of mav?.and myself?

maybe not..afterall, you want viewers to keep coming back..
04/16/08 @ 8:04 pm
ned's back

got my pjs on...

and still happy..
04/16/08 @ 7:01 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: A call to arms in Barnstable
plus...

your daily catch is full of mercury!

..then you'll have to sharpen your pencils and sketch for a living..
04/16/08 @ 6:58 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: A call to arms in Barnstable
mav..

questioning the enviro/warming/wind crowd will get you nothing but false science and no facts..remember

we are in league with,God Forbid!, Ted Kennedy..John Kerry etal plus all the Osterville money people..WHAT A QUANDRY.EHH?
04/16/08 @ 6:31 pm
perhaps we find some undesirable wenches to post on the pix..

oh, sorry..too offensive.
plus you have offended the transgenders and those who are not heterosexual..

thought we were an all inclusive society or was it "village?'
shame on you as well
04/16/08 @ 6:18 pm
mav

maybe it's time, once again, to forum our own blog here..
where intelligent debate is allowed and encouraged..not diminished..

what say you?
04/16/08 @ 6:15 pm
clamshelli..

how dare you question one who questions and purports to know, and admonish,everyone elses point of view as false , misguided, miserable, and unhappy....let alone uneducated in verbage...

of course unless you agree with the'one'100%

why , this is blasphemy!!..clamshelli

have you no sense of dignity and awe in the presence of the self appointed annointed one?
there IS NO other point of view..
shame on you, me, and the rest of us 'commoners"...

besides, we are happy in our ignorance or lack of...

love ya

lol

this is getting better by the day!

happy as a "clam"

sorry shelli..no pun intended
04/16/08 @ 6:01 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: A call to arms in Barnstable
as the wind farm turns...

nod to mav
04/16/08 @ 6:00 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: A call to arms in Barnstable
really..?

the Don QUIXOTES WILL SAVE US ALL!

Damn the fees,sports,buses, art, music!
Damn the sound!
Wind farms are THE solution to impending global warming...run away runaway!

'the sky is falling.."

'call Al Gore now!'..

mav..
you've got to love it!

there is a crisis at every corner!

this is better than I Love Lucy reruns...
04/16/08 @ 4:54 pm
mav..

we'll start our own blog as a dynamic duo..haha

at least then we will have credibility and our pix ,too!

one problem, though...

we have nothing to complain about..

we are too happy in our ignorance..

..guess we'll go fishing instead and bloviate about Federal Hill and the old days...
any ideas?
04/16/08 @ 4:48 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: The Beautiful Blogettes of capecodtoday.com
mav..

perhaps you should've stayed on the boat..yer in KK territory me friend..

remember..

if you are 1 cm to the right of the left..

you are marked, as I..

..and unhapppy and low in stature..

you don't have a blog either..

we must be miserable ole curmudgeons that are blind to the ways of the truth..

I love this...

..and happy to boot!
04/16/08 @ 4:31 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: The Beautiful Blogettes of capecodtoday.com
mav

you've got my vote
04/16/08 @ 4:28 pm
..perhaps mav shall be converted ,as well, and led into the light?

are you game, mav?
04/16/08 @ 4:27 pm
Ned

Your verbage and stature astound me in my apparent unhappiness as I sit here in my pjs(without a blog)...
intellectual diatribe, as always ,prevails, as the annointed ones decide what is happiness..

fantastic reply and i can't wait for more..

funny thought, have actually enjoyed the exchanges with cru,bitter,clamshelli,mav et al..

we actually had points to make without a critique,although a difference of opinion..I was happy then..

thanks for allowing me to see the 'light' and the error of my ways..

I am happy now...
04/16/08 @ 6:04 am
further more..

I don't "wish' to be understood nor seek your approval on anything..you are an apparition here as i..free to post.free to discuss and label all you want..

it is typical human response and I enjoy it...
a small political jolt is interjected to get response as well...

Just remember..don't take what we have for granted..
There are those who seek to quell all we have for their political power and are willing to legislate free speech,such as we have here,if it opposes their beliefs..

I find both parties dispicable,Clinton,Obama,McCain and all they represent..

we have become a polarized nation and too many follow the dogmas of party lines...
never realizing their blind faith..

The only precious freedom we still have is speech and the freedom of ideas...
I choose to remain 'free' and right now, have not made a decision on whom I'd vote for..cause none of them even remotely represent what I stand for or beleive...
None have any testicular fortitude.."sorry" ladies..lol
04/16/08 @ 5:47 am
sarcasm is fine..ned..

in fact it's healthy when to the point...
When posts are up by opposing views, or different points of view,I find it humorous how the'labels' are immediately thrown due to lack of basic understanding ,(intelligence exceeded by sheer ignorance!)
The belief system that either party candidate is going to save America is blind faith..
The contradictions to my belief sytems, as you mentioned, were faced many years ago..it's called maturity..

Notice how it's called 'whining",then my response,according to your contradictions to my beliefs,must be..

"stop whining' as well?
04/15/08 @ 8:06 pm
right winger/left winger,talk radio nut job,homophobic,limbaugh lover,bush lovin,pro-lifer/pro abortion, republican/democrat,LE conspiracy,opinionated self thinker..
does this clarify my/your profile?
...not.

but dare question or have an out of line opinion contrary to ..some here..
one is lableled as such..

welcome to Massachusetts..
land of liberty and dissent..

unless you disagree or think for yourself..
just a thought for those who beleive they know better than the rest of us...
public discourse is one of the few freedoms we have left..
honor it, respect opposing opinions/ideas..without the vitrolic diatribe....
many of you understand the cost of this freedom by those who have served, despite the politics of it, and are serving today...
we pontificate daily but some never understand nor realize the sacrifice that was/is made by those few who are willing to die for this freedom..
to agree to disagree without fear of reprisal!
thank you
in honor to my son
lncpl,1STBAT,9TH MARINE CORPS,
Ramadi,Iraq
semper fi
hamalcar
04/15/08 @ 5:50 pm
mav

careful about the military comments..

you know that all they do is kill innocents and are less than their counterparts(islamo-terrorists) in their justification of defending their imperialist empire..USA..
04/15/08 @ 5:45 pm
the ' messiah' complex arisen again..
these lost souls are the result of many factors..

drug/alcohol dependency
mental health issues
war veterans
and so forth..

as a 'compassionate' society, one would hope these people would receive the care they need..but our present bureaucracy never succeeds in assisting anyone except..

those who refuse to work (and can)

illegal aliens

govt hacks on disability

..as a state run by a 95% majority by a particular political party that supposedly is for the downtrodden and working class..

can someone please explain this?
04/15/08 @ 8:53 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Shopper injured at Kmart; Hyannis stabbing
capemom..

just read the court reports on these 'perps' after numerous prior charges..

dismissed dismissed dismissed....
04/15/08 @ 8:38 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Message to Voters - STAY HOME
capemom..

good point..

New England is well appointed with a dissaportionate amount of over educated, we know better,self serving , elitists...

they reinvent govt on a daily basis,ponder endlessly on matters that don't concern them, and, remain hopelessly polarized to ancient dogmas of their respective political parties..waiting for the truth from their leaders on how to vote and think..

yet common sense and reason are archaic virtues..

let alone to think for themselves....
04/15/08 @ 8:29 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Shopper injured at Kmart; Hyannis stabbing
Hyannis is becoming the inner city of Cape Cod..

welcome to the land of the free..

free to commit crimes without retribution..
04/15/08 @ 8:21 am
ned..

well stated!
Keep personal choice(abortion) out of politics and let people decide for themselves...

Welcome back to the "fold"..

in regards to your "back" comments ..

no one is sure who's complicit and has alternative identities here on this blogosphere..
that's what makes it intriguing..

beleive half the comments are "tongue in cheek" to keep the sparks flying!!

at least you have a sense of humor..
04/14/08 @ 4:51 pm
mav et al

staying true,
as many here do,( never sway and stick to the conviction..never minding the naysayers)
will prevail for those of us who do..

seek the truth(for yourselves)

just a matter of time before the vitrolism returns..

love it..

as it brings out the 'truth' to their agendas..

we will be labeled..
nut jobs, rightwingers,
conspiracy theorists,
mindless morons who don't see the light ..and on and on..

let em rage..and sit back and enjoy the nonsense..

it's entertainment...

meanwhile we all pursue our truths..

as they are only true to ourselves anyways..

the hell with the rest of em..

let em squirm amd name call and beleive whatever they want..

at least we(as mentioned) agree to disagree and respect one another in some sense of civility..
04/14/08 @ 3:57 pm
contact WHOI and they will have an interview with the whales..

then you'll have your answer, mav..
04/14/08 @ 3:55 pm
Right whales will not respond favorably.

left whales with a landslide..perhaps
04/14/08 @ 3:50 pm
fire up the engines Captain Mav..

I am ready to embark on the blue waters and escape the Cape for a day..or years.

maybe when we return ,this case will have some life to it once Boston gets going..

good luck bitter...

stay on it!
04/14/08 @ 3:39 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Message to Voters - STAY HOME
Troy, Good luck with the vote tonight, especially with the 'charmer" moderator at the helm(maybe he won't attend..)

Witnessed 1st hand the arrogance here in Mashpee before "he' ventured over the border to Falmouth..
04/14/08 @ 6:06 am
"my goodness.." ned

"we' are pegged as talk show/ right wing /nut jobs who can't think for ouselves and are easily manipulated?

funny,never much cared for Limbaugh (etal)...
as they perpetuate their own agenda and personal empires under the guise as Republican conservatives..

they are as bad as the leftwing nut jobs who perpetuate their own agenda ,under the guise of helping the poor/working class/minorities against the big bad corporations, while reaping in their respective millions as well. on the backs of their (with hands out)helpless victims...

Personally. I don't trust either political party..

Go back to Kerry/Kennedy and get a new rulebook and figure it out for yourself...
or whomever you worship for enlightenment...
04/13/08 @ 8:27 pm
mav...

now we know where to get some ballast..


good night

it's quittin time...
04/13/08 @ 8:25 pm
funny, when I look to the "left' in my rear view mirror..

there you are!

thank you once again!

..and have a great night!
04/13/08 @ 8:18 pm
ned,

ditto head? limbaugh fan?..
this is beyond the pale and enjoyable

right wing nut job,etc...ahh the truth comes out..

send more compliments when you get your carbon footprint evaluated...

This is the best slam yet..

thank you for the intelligent diatribe...

look forward to more..

sincerely

hamalcar

you were right..excuse me(don't want to offend) , correct. mav
04/13/08 @ 8:02 pm
mav

gone back to knitting again..

catch ya at AC Moore for further discussions..
04/13/08 @ 7:55 pm
mav

sorry to say that Jack Bauer and the 24 team have gone 'green"..

that's why the delay for new shows..

getting approval from algore for their carbon footprint before new production..

guess you'll have to power your boat with wind the way things are going..

glad we grew up when we did,,ehh?
04/13/08 @ 7:02 pm
mav

you are still not in recent comments..are you geting mine?
04/13/08 @ 6:20 pm
mav

have you noticed that all your comments are not posted on the recent comments scroll/

hmmm..looks like you have something there..
04/13/08 @ 6:17 pm
mav

try macafee..and stay away from the wind farm..

gale winds from enormous bs..
04/12/08 @ 8:34 pm
clamshelli

the name rings a bell, but honestly don't recall..

my encounters at Little Anthony's were
with Nicky Bianco, "Baby Shanks",Frankie (Cadillac) Salemmi to name a few...

and countless dozens of others..

I was young then, and wish I had better recall now...

remember everyone was a bookie, and on payout day, there were more 'bookies' in the restaurant than paying customers..

we would hangout at Lincoln Greyhound and bet on the 'dogs" after lunch, then head back to the 'club'and prep for dinner...that's another story..
04/12/08 @ 8:25 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Phone Bugging?--The Worthington Conspiracy
mav

I was thinking after our charter..at someones abode

we could all bring our catch of the day

thanks to you..and bring appropriate side dishes..then I will cook, we will eat, banter and have a ball..whaddya think?
04/12/08 @ 7:12 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Phone Bugging?--The Worthington Conspiracy
and thank you re; my son

much appreciated!

semper fi
04/12/08 @ 7:11 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Phone Bugging?--The Worthington Conspiracy
dilligaf..

I was repsonding to cru as to local fish markets where one could purchase semi fresh seafood..

not the mav boat...
04/12/08 @ 7:09 pm
clamshelli..

after careful consideration I beleive the only ones who could solve this case(without prejudice) once and for all ..

would be..

the 'folks' that mav and i once knew..

unfortunately, they are all deceased or serving time..

these modern day LE are too complicit and corrupt with their hands in politics,and money, as usual...

perhaps some retired military(USMC,Special Forces)as well....

at least they have sense of honor and finishing the job..

keep plugging..you will prevail

hamalcar
04/12/08 @ 6:59 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Phone Bugging?--The Worthington Conspiracy
dilligaf..

once a poet ..always a poet..

love it!
04/12/08 @ 6:56 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Phone Bugging?--The Worthington Conspiracy
cru et al

Yes, thank you for your concern..

My son (USMC) left for Ramadi on Good Friday this year..has a 7 month tour of duty there..

meanwhile back at home..
he leaves his new bride and son to be( sept 08 due date)..

we have him in our prayers...
thank you...

As far as chillin... and grillin goes..

Let's get it done!

mav has invited the crew..but when we land bound..where do we start cooking?

I'll gladly do the honors..someone has to have the " place' to cook...

As fish goes..we use Foley's up here at Roche Bros(I am Mgr Prepared Foods/Catering)and their seafood is excellent...have also used Ipswich Shellfish as well..

perhaps mav can interject on the "best of" locals..

will gladly share recipes anytime ...

let's make this happen...
04/12/08 @ 5:40 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Phone Bugging?--The Worthington Conspiracy
mav et al..

1st..
mav, thanx for the invite..that was very gracious of you and the gratis is accepted though not intended on my part..

just wanted to take my son out when he returns ..as a gift so thanx, sincerely..

2nd..

there's a group of us here who expound on a daily basis and keep the blog alive with our respective diatribe that's somewhat civil(most of the time)

thanx to all..

perhaps we should meet collectively,eat, drink, and "live" blog and I'll do the grilling!(25 years as a chef)

any thoughts?

could be interesting....
04/12/08 @ 4:39 pm
So Mav,

You have charters for war vets,eh?

My son is a LNCPL,1STBAT,9TH MARINE CORPS, MOTOR T,"MACHINE GUNNA" (50cal) serving his time now in Ramadi..

should be home in Sept 08..

We could fish, talk about the ole Fed Hill days and then some...welcome back to the fold....

still haven't finished my memorial knitting for the wind farm(sic)
04/12/08 @ 10:06 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Centerville crashes stall Route 28 traffic
Troy..

regionalization?

Surely you jest?
04/12/08 @ 10:03 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: GateHouse Media acquires The Nantucket Independent
Nowadays,as always, all media has its political slant..

be it left, right,anti capitalist, pro socialist..whatever..

sift through it all and figure it out for yourselves or, choose not to read those particular reads...

nothing is new under the sun...
04/12/08 @ 10:00 am
The Falmouth. Mashpee etc "Emptyprise" as it is known in these parts....
04/12/08 @ 7:00 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Self interest at its worst
Peter..

I am sure you are not the least bit surprised from their respective actions..

It's the same here in Mashpee..

Everyone's so concerned with their personal gain and opinions nowadays that they have lost peripheral vision on the world around them,especially close to home..

The drumbeats " for the children", "for the environment", "for the good of the peolple"..are deafening....

...and aimed at your wallet..
04/11/08 @ 6:08 pm
Hey mav..

gone for the evening?
04/11/08 @ 6:04 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Phone Bugging?--The Worthington Conspiracy
Andy et al..

Seems you,ve stirred up the ole blogasphere with 138 comments...quite an accomplishment..

All of us here love to weigh in on Cape Cod controversies, stories,conspiracies, and other such banter...

It's an amazing world in which we live and blog..at least we all here have an opinion and take the time to post ..

as long as we stay on subject..

Hopefully, your observations (as a conservative republican? or is it in jest?)regarding the slight(incident) in Chatham doen't shade your opinion of us with the resulting posts...
04/11/08 @ 6:00 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Race in America, and Chatham
Prejudice is a human condition regardless of ethnicity..period!

Isolated incidents as this do exist and ,will probaly always exist anywhere on the globe.

It is removed only by experiencing the culture and exchange with people of all ethnicities and slowly eliminating the biases perpetrated by those who are too ignorant to change...
04/11/08 @ 5:49 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: From L.L. Bean to Brooks Brothers
Peter,

Since the CCC is self regulatory,

and answers only to themselves,

the door is wide open for self serving shenanigans as usual...

Decommissioning the CCC will be virtually impossible

(with its bureaucratic entrenchment)

The "only" solution to dissolve this red tape monster is ..

All Cape towns must secede from its manipulative grasp one by one!

I fear that task will take some time..

as we all(some anyways) know how political structure works here..

Keep up the posts!
04/10/08 @ 7:42 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Race in America, and Chatham
Some of the blogs here are akin to viewing a Dali painting...enjoyable yet somewhat skewed to reality..eh mav?
04/10/08 @ 7:39 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Race in America, and Chatham
think I'll pour a glass myself and watch American Idol.....a multi racial show
04/10/08 @ 7:38 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Race in America, and Chatham
mav has left the building
04/10/08 @ 8:15 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Race in America, and Chatham
I can't excuse the behavior by ignorant over educated bigots who are so called enlightened..they are the ones who usually cry afoul about racism ..makes em feel good about themselves..
as usual, they are the 1st to perpetuate it..as noted in the article.

All I am saying is the majority of us here in Mashpee and surrounding areas don't have this blatancy as in other areas..

yes there is this "attitude' from all races white or brown, and it is disgusting...and not justified!

However, there will always be those who hold on to their respective race with prejudice towards others..

Fortunately they will be lost in their bitterness as the majority moves on..
04/10/08 @ 7:54 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Race in America, and Chatham
..it's usually laughable amongst us melting pots how some from all races still hold on to the 'color' profiling..especially when national politicians perpetuate this nonsense and make it an 'issue' or a "crisis"..

spend some time with us here(english,black,irish,portuguese,cape verdean,blackfoot, wampanoag, jamaican,scotch,etc etc..)..we're just find with whom we are..

we have removed our biases and rose colored glasses...
04/10/08 @ 7:45 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Race in America, and Chatham
funny.

I live here in the "poor" town of Mashpee where we all live,work and see each other as people,Americans, and not as a race based view...my friends don't see me as white nor them Jamaican,Wampanoag, Black,Irish etc, but as friends..we hold no guilt so we don't see color....

many of us have moved well beyond that nonsense..

perhaps others should do the same..
04/10/08 @ 7:34 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Phone Bugging?--The Worthington Conspiracy
mav, cru..

it's time to blog about endangered species, again..meet ya on the rail trail
04/09/08 @ 6:31 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Phone Bugging?--The Worthington Conspiracy
Walter's watching the game , too

will resume the ole days on the 'morrow'

good night to all

hamalcar
04/09/08 @ 6:29 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Phone Bugging?--The Worthington Conspiracy
"all is quiet on the western front"

Sox at 6;30 my guess....

see ya in the early am, mav...

goodnight..lower your lights

hamalcar
04/09/08 @ 6:24 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Phone Bugging?--The Worthington Conspiracy
Mav..

so where do you buy your supplies..AC Moore?..they have a lovely selection of colors and designs as well as great patterns..I just love shopping there after Petsmart for fluffy..
04/09/08 @ 6:21 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Phone Bugging?--The Worthington Conspiracy
Mav

ok ..don't want to scare away the folks..got me knitting needles up and off to start a new afghan for my cat..under candle light
04/09/08 @ 5:24 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Phone Bugging?--The Worthington Conspiracy
mav,

my former employer, unamed, worked for the boys all his life,always sponsored, never did he accept..

asked by me 'why?'

'simple.It's 3 a'f*&^%(n) clock in the mornin and i get a call to do a job, a made man i gotta go, independent i say no thanks and go back to sleep.."

He told me a story about the Greenwood inn.."gotta a call from Gus.."the house across the street has gotta go..need it for parking for my restaurant..owner won't sell..offered him double cash for its worth..no deal..owner's in Fla.. 'demo" the house!"

TonyP's response...
'I don't do demos"
'Find someone who can and it'll be worth your while"

So he calls a couple of guys he knew in Chicago, flys em in to Green Airport.
04/09/08 @ 5:07 pm
The Cape Cod Commission should be totally decommissioned and all Cape towns should/must have this petition on their ballots..period.

A waste of time and money by elitist near do wells who beleive they know better than those of us in business and homeowners alike..

What a sham perpetrated on business and the public alike!

They are as bad as the local 'hysterical societies' ,shaking down businesses with their "vision' of Cape Cod and what it should be...pointy headed intellectual, overpaid, elitists..
04/09/08 @ 4:54 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Phone Bugging?--The Worthington Conspiracy
mav,

you and i probably know enough stories to start our own blog...."life as we knew it..Federal Hill and beyond.."

let me know....

fascinating days for sure...
04/09/08 @ 4:48 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Phone Bugging?--The Worthington Conspiracy
mav,

Are you referring to the Greenwood Inn/Warwick?..original father GusP?
bet we have similar stories to tell..
04/09/08 @ 6:01 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Phone Bugging?--The Worthington Conspiracy
"CODE OF SILENCE"....contd..

The problem today is, and has been, that the level of corruption goes from our small towns all the way to the top..

with one very important difference..

Back then, drug trade was sanctioned eventually by Patiarca (and the NY families) after the Dutch contingent made so much money in the early 30's and 40's with the heroin trade..

but families and women were still protected.

My ex boss(now deceased) ran the 'trade' in Spanish Harlem for the New England family..and even then,

women and children were off limits

These clowns nowadays have no respect for anything or anyone except for their political and economic gain..

women and children included!


..more to come...
04/09/08 @ 5:38 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Phone Bugging?--The Worthington Conspiracy
Cru, mav..

It's amazing ,segueing into today's world re; The Worthington Case, and restrospecting the past as we've discussed.

Back then, women, children were off limits by both LE and organized crime..at least for hits and coverups..

(except for the likes of Whitey and a few rogue animals form either side..)

Drugs were also off limits..especially usage!

These present day wannabes on both sides of the law are so complicit in the drug trade and coverups..guess they read too many Tom Clancy novels..

There are no ethics, honor, just blatant greed and corruption and no repercussions..especially if you are enforcing the law..

I wonder if the truth will ever come out untarnished regarding the worthington case as,in my day as well, the code of silence is deafening....
04/08/08 @ 6:37 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Phone Bugging?--The Worthington Conspiracy
buzz,cru,mav

I was referring to my ole days on Federal Hill Prov.R.I....

and about Buddy....
he was flamboyant to the crowds and quite the character behind the scenes as well...did many a political fundraiser for him over the years..

say what you will..but at least he brought millions to revitalize Providence, unlike his predecessor Joe Doorley who ran it into the ground...

that's the difference between the Irish Mob and the Italians..
an Irish Mobster would hit you ,take your money, and leave you to the elements..

An Italian would hit you, take your money, then throw you some change and expect you back for more business..

at least they gave you a chance...

knew them all ..what a ride it was..
04/08/08 @ 6:06 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Phone Bugging?--The Worthington Conspiracy
hey maverick..

remember those days..eh?

Small world bakery..those hot fresh italian loaves..Tony's Colonial Mkt..priceless with all the grandmas in their aprons bundled with groceries watching the guys behind the counter to make sure they weren't tipping the scales..Joe's Quality Beef,Venda Ravioli,etc,etc..

One could walk down Atwells Ave safe and sure as the boys were hangin out at Joe Srs National Cigarette and Vending...

go further down Atwells to 'SilverLake" ? was it? for all the 'hot' shops...my memory escapes me as time goes on...

I was at the Italo American on Broadway for years in the kitchen...then at Little Anthony's..ahh the good ole days..

true..they are all gone and respect was given and a code of honor in place..

my favorite, though was St Joseph's Feast..now that was a celebration!

unlike the brutal Whitey..that's another story..
04/07/08 @ 7:35 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Phone Bugging?--The Worthington Conspiracy
cru..

thanx for the info and the diligence

I am well aware of corruption(worked in Federal Hill.R.I. for many years at private and social clubs as a chef..nough said)..
Knew,very well, a former( now deceased) check writer for one of the "families" in Boston who lived here on Cape..

he spoke with Whitey that particular day after being on the FBI'S most wanted
and told me the reason the FBI didn't bring him in, was due to the complicity with the FBI,that Connelly was just the fall guy and the tip of the iceberg in New England FBI/organized crime collusion..

So all being said, I am not the least surprised, nor outraged, at the dealings here in the Worthington Case..

It is what it is.business as usual..if you know too much about the powers that be..be careful or you face the penalty...and yes, coverups are a day to day commonplace occurence with law enforcement on ALL levels..even here on quaint(sic) Cape Cod...
04/07/08 @ 6:23 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Phone Bugging?--The Worthington Conspiracy
Justice prevails..just not on Cape Cod..

the ponderings and conspiracy theories abound here yet, no conclusive evidence has been exposed from either side of this issue...
If there is a LE coverup from locals to the DA'S office,tainted evidence, wiretapping, etc, then perhaps someone should notify the FBI..just not the local FBI as they are in question i.e. Whitey Bulger and Connelly...

this constant conjecture is not solving the supposed crimes nor the possible real perps...

contact some Fed authorities if you beleive it to be true..

just an idea...
04/07/08 @ 6:51 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Phone Bugging?--The Worthington Conspiracy
bitter...

your posts have stirred up the proverbial pot and a lot of questions..

So there's all this evidence you possess(dna of 3 under fingernails,etc)that must have been presented at trial...so what happened..?

if there was so much evidence hidden then why hasn't this been investigated?

then the wiretapping, etc..

you seem to have a wealth of nefarious info that has not been addressed...

perhaps the state police or fbi been contacted to investigate..?

just curious...

not judging..

thanx..

remaining impartial..hamalcar
04/06/08 @ 8:37 am
point proven again...

read prior posts

bitter..
Let's see what the Boston outcome will reveal..

as for the rest out there..point proven again and again..you hurl insults at opposing views(ie bitter) whom I don't always agree with, but, at least have respect for other opinions without insults and cheap shots..

hang in there bitter etal
04/06/08 @ 8:28 am
bitter

since the inception of this trial ( or mistrial)and given all the court transcripts etc etc....

..what do you beleive the next outcome will be?
04/06/08 @ 8:09 am
..ahh..

let the mudslinging begin..

so early on a Sunday morn.


better get your kevlar on..

here we go...
04/06/08 @ 8:05 am
hey bitter!

my point was just proven at 8;02 am

hamalcar
04/06/08 @ 7:59 am
what is an infernal machine?..a molitov perhaps?
04/06/08 @ 7:51 am
cct bloggers..

Once a blog is posted..

comments come from all sides of the issue(s),

then the attacks begin,and never end!

..meanwhile the subject is lost in the quagmire by all the so called Cape Cod experts..on crime,politics,energy,et al..

just show the facts and opinions without attacks..

perhaps your point(s) will reach someone as intended..

some of us enjoy agreeing to disagree with some civility..
04/06/08 @ 7:14 am
"my goodness..."..the ghost of ifaw is resurrected..

the vitrolic attacks come back..

anyone for intelligent diatribe?
04/05/08 @ 11:21 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Does off Cape mean off base?
crusader

The louts you contend(ed) with are everywhere.
I lived in R.I.for 15 years,before moving here 18 years ago, and you are unfortunately correct on your views..
04/05/08 @ 9:19 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Does off Cape mean off base?
I, too, am ready to get off the sandbar of "illusions"..heard the carolinas are booming...
04/05/08 @ 9:17 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Does off Cape mean off base?
guess we all better head to somerville..sign me up crusader.

by the way, which university of higher education is it?

inquiring minds want to know
04/05/08 @ 8:11 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Monitoring our world from Woods Hole
One just has to expose NASA's Aqua Satellite findings to substantiate this..guess NASA is owned by Dubya and big oil, to..ehhh?
04/05/08 @ 8:09 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Monitoring our world from Woods Hole
justiceforall..

sshhh!
don't let the truth beknown..
What cause will all the lemmings have to fall inline with ,then?

global cooling..impending asteroids?
04/05/08 @ 8:06 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Does off Cape mean off base?
Cape Cod's Monkey Business(as usual)..


I have lived and worked in 3 major cities where, there was so much corruption around ,that your hair would stand on end just thinking about it!

One spends so much time bemoaning the state of affairs,then addressing them, and nothing gets accomplished..even here in Mashpee. The shenanigans continue and ,despite our comparative small problems, it's business as usual!

Town meetings are afforded to those few who don't work or ,can afford the time to go(work prevails).They pass all these initiatives for new temples of civil service,public land, at the cost of millions while schools overspend,then cry afoul and demand overides or cut necessary services,or charge for them,at our expense! It never ends...

I've finally thrown in the towel...

The monkeys have taken over the zoo.

And it ain't peanuts that these monkeys receive in stipends either..

Going to enjoy the few hours a day I have,after working to support the zoo and its keepers,enjoying my life.
.here on Cape(amidst the few peanut shells I have left)
04/04/08 @ 6:40 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Truth, Religion, Obama and Politics
As a nation of Jerry Springers overtakes this country they will seek a new messiah to lift them up from their depravity.as they are too lazy to do it themselves....thus Hillary and Obama to the rescue!!
04/04/08 @ 6:32 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Does off Cape mean off base?
Wow, I never realized after all these 20 years how nefarious and corrupt the Cape is..guess you folks should get the heck outta here asap!

There must be birds singing, honest DA'S,honest pols, and infinite blue skies somewhere off the sandbar..

Ahh..such drama and crisis abounds while I sit here on the Cape enjoying life..still working 65 hours a week to make ends meet and still go to the beach to fish and picnic... I pay no attention to the idiots around me,,they are everywhere!!!
(former NYC,Boston,Providence resident)
04/02/08 @ 8:55 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Truth, Religion, Obama and Politics
Peter..they are waiting for salvation from the 8 years of Dubya and expect the royal incarnation of their saviour to come from Obama..
then the Muslims will stop hating us, the skies will be blue,poverty,despair,and global warming will be eradicated and all of us will be saved as the windmills fly..oh my..can't wait!!!!

Jay Severin was right today..public edumacation has prevailed and we are reaping the seeds that were sown..sheer ignorance to our country,history, and world politics..ahhh.. nirvana awaits us ,Peter..
04/02/08 @ 4:10 pm
they remind me of the animal rights activists of the 60's and 70's..leather belts,boots and hats..love it
04/02/08 @ 4:08 pm
oh..and since all cars worldwide are made from petroleum based products..uh..what's an activist to drive now?
04/02/08 @ 4:07 pm
Do all anti oil activists drive to the protests in hybrids or gas guzzlers?

need to know...
04/02/08 @ 5:59 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Truth, Human Resources and Politics
Let's not indict the military, nor just the right wingers so quickly here...

All parties are culpable in this war..

So quick to indict the right wingers at every turn...funny all the left wingers you so admire have their hands dirty as well..the Whole gang is involved from Washington,both sides..so don't get so enamoured with your precious Democrats, nor Republicans as they all(most) voted for the war,they all read the intelligence reports..

As far as the female soldiers, yes it is disgusting and those accountable should be court martialed..

however..

the actions of few should not diminish the service of the majority,left, middle ,or right..
04/02/08 @ 5:46 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Voter's Voices To Be Heard on High School issue
Brent,

I have known Troy since 1992 and he has always been down to earth and tenacious with his principles, unwavering..

I, too have encountered the 'above the masses" attitude here in Mashpee with some now'former' selectmen and other town officials..how soon they forget!

You now have one of our 'former' town officials who is intelligent yet, excellent,... at arrogance,doubletalk, and condescension..

Good luck with your school situation.

Would enjoy having you Falmouth folks sit in and observe some of the shenanigans here in Mashpee regarding the schools...whew!
04/01/08 @ 7:07 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Voter's Voices To Be Heard on High School issue
Does it surprise you how callous even local elected officials become after time?

They become so enraptured with their postitions that they are above their constituents after a while?
04/01/08 @ 3:04 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Voter's Voices To Be Heard on High School issue
scenarios...sorry
04/01/08 @ 3:03 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Voter's Voices To Be Heard on High School issue
Troy..
Well written and informative article.

Which way do you surmise the voters will sway?

I wouldn't be surprised that Mashpee is going to push an overide to fund school budget shortfalls, never mind the building debacle in Falmouth..two different senarios..same culprits..

the usual suspects
04/01/08 @ 7:26 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Nothing short about these circuits
.capemom..

a nod to you on "shakedown"
04/01/08 @ 7:25 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Nothing short about these circuits
Peter..
I stand by my argument..

the only difference between organized crime and government is..govt has the law on its side..period!

I worked on Federal Hill for years in 2 private social clubs as a chef..

You would get a better shakedown deal from the "boys" than the Cape Cod Commission...
03/31/08 @ 6:35 pm
karent..

and you won't get a handout cause you work and pay your bills(personal accountability!) and both parties ignore the Americans (who play by the rules and get screwed) while we bail out Corporate fraud,socialism fraud, and ignore veterans, elderly, working class and reward sloth and corruption.across the board..indeed time for "change" but not with these 3 stooges running nor their respective political dinosaur parties...
03/31/08 @ 6:28 pm
karent..
I couldn't agree more!

This is exactly the problem as stated in my prior post!

Too much govt handouts from both parties while we pay the piper..as stated..no personal accountability!

enough of it all!
03/31/08 @ 5:41 pm
National attention to ridiculous oil spills by Kennedy are promulgated to Fox News headlines.....

meanwhile..

Nero fiddled while Rome burned
03/31/08 @ 5:35 pm
Peter.

My biggest concern is the current trend our govt is heading..dems are true socialists and the repubs have become 80's and 90's version of the former democrats..and the majorities from both parties bases have followed suit...

We are now facing a vast majority that wants govt to solve all their problems from birth to death..no personal accountability and too much intrusion on all levels of govt from local to federal...enough!!

your comments?

03/31/08 @ 4:30 pm
Yeah, keep voting Democrat for socialism but the Repubs are close behind....don't trust either party..heck...

McCains best friends are Kennedy and Kerry..
03/31/08 @ 5:46 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Why blog? Reason #92, to get a $300,000 book deal
Well stated!

Perhaps these blogs get more hits per day than the CCT gets in a week due to ALL points of view are allowed..
03/31/08 @ 5:36 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Cape Cod TODAY featured on FOX News Sunday at 9 p.m.
Mav..I agree..

Hannity was on a fishing expedition and not a bite!

Seems he was desperate for some "news' at the expense of Ted....

Walter did not look pleased..
03/29/08 @ 7:54 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Cape Cod TODAY featured on FOX News Sunday at 9 p.m.
Walter and Peter,

I again plead your response and an in depth viewpoint from your Fox interview and how you were treated(professionally?)and your humble opinion of Fox and Hannity..

inquiring minds want to know....

thanx

hamalcar
03/29/08 @ 7:46 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Cape Cod TODAY featured on FOX News Sunday at 9 p.m.
Congrats to Walter for affording all sides a viewpoint, despite his politics, and wishing him the success he is due for his unbiased moral & business sense.

hats off to you!

..And Walter and I are opposite politically but, are at least civil in our discourse and beliefs..

hamalcar
03/29/08 @ 7:37 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Cape Cod TODAY featured on FOX News Sunday at 9 p.m.
Well this site gets its due, despite the naysayers to the politics of it.

At least the right winger Hannity has good things to say about this country and not the constant barrage of how this country is doomed like the rest of the left wingers.
How can one constantly absorb, yet beleive, the anti American rants from so many of the main stream politicians and media?

We might as well give up and commit mass suicide the way they describe and bemoan our country.

I don't subscribe to either party !

I love living here and appreciate what we have..perhaps all the rest should understand the plight of other countries worldwide and then come back and see what( despite its faults) the truely great society we have here..

I don't see NPR,CBS,NBC,ABC,MSNBC,CNN giving this blog site any due...wonder why?

Bloggers slam both sides of the political spectrum here and at least Fox
is noticing...
03/29/08 @ 6:39 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Cape Cod TODAY featured on FOX News Sunday at 9 p.m.
Walter,Peter,,

A followup on your interview and perspectives on Sean Hannity/Fox are greatly anticipated..

hamalcar
03/29/08 @ 6:18 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Cape Cod TODAY featured on FOX News Sunday at 9 p.m.
This must come as quite a shock that the "right wing" Fox News(Sean Hannity especially)is covering this blog site.
I thought conservatives, and those of opposing views, would not tolerate any ideas except of their own agenda.
Maybe we can now discuss ideas and personal views without the vitrolic diatribe...excellent!

My congratulations to all here!

Perhaps we bloggers will now have a more balanced perspective.

Blog on!

hamalcar
03/28/08 @ 4:46 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: No Cape Wind yet; but a lot of gas and hot air
..if so..then why the constant barrage from the proponents against oil based energy as a higher price to us? sounds like a ploy as usual from them..heh?
03/28/08 @ 4:43 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: No Cape Wind yet; but a lot of gas and hot air
Peter..so if Cape Wind(as stated) offers a higher rate to the grid, then all other utilities will be paid that price?
03/25/08 @ 8:20 am
Some of us get our info from real scientists who don't receive grants, nor oil money, and actually study the real facts, not a hypothesis based on assumption and skewed computer models..and actually question or have the facts disputing the religious frenzy of the global warming cause celebre.

Why is it that if you have a question concerning global warming and question its existence or scientific basis, one is automatically labled a right winger and paid by big oil?
Why is the NASA Aqua satellite/computer findings so disparaging?
Perhaps it is true...time will tell.

Same scenario when 99% of the educated world accepted the fact the earth was flat...hmmm..how dare one thinks for themselves..
03/25/08 @ 6:54 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Everyone Should Be Angry
Ned..a perfect example that if you don't agree..you're labeled..thanx..
even though I am not a rightie, nor leftie, nor Reaganut..funny..

Many of my family/friends were civil servants(left & right)..fought in WWII(ALL Democrats)worked in the State Dept,local town politics,road construction, administration,state and federal agencies as well.oh and two of them(now deceased ) were there digging the canal as well.

They all told of the ineptitude back then of govt(dem & repub)...
..and ineptitude today!

Read the story!

your insightfulness is
is only exceeded by sheer lack of understanding the facts..

On the other hand, yes, socialism would never have acheived these feats and still be standing..I use them all the time....

thinking on my own two feet, not party diatribe..

hamalcar
03/24/08 @ 7:14 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Everyone Should Be Angry
imagine..(as hopefully most of you are engaged in some sense of business)you and your business have a timetable that affects the lives and money of literally thousands of clients( which we all are..)..you have set the rules, yet abide by none of them and delay, delay and then deliver literally nothing cohesive after the fact..how long would your company exist?.ahh..welcome to government and its status quo.
what a sham,or
shame,as well....

meanwhile ..the vitrolic debate enrages just as Hillary and Barack ensue their lively debates..

As the world turns...

hamalcar
03/24/08 @ 6:59 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Everyone Should Be Angry
meanwhile..Peter is dead on target..

Govt is at best, inept, and would fail miserably, as it does already, in the dreaded private sector..

It is so wrappped up with overpaid bureaucrats (that can never make an honest decision in a timely fashion)who have failed both sides of this wind farm issue..

Congrats Peter for an enlightening clear sided expose...

hamalcar
03/24/08 @ 3:30 pm
maverick,solon,Buzz,Jack..

yeah, I was shocked to read such relevant news, especially since every argument for everthing here on Cape is due to the impending doomsday of global warming...what's a person to do, now?

Get some heavy winter gear for the impending Ice Age ?

What's to be of all the carbon footprints?

'Liars,bribers, and tears, oh my!"*
*quote from 'Dorothy"

03/24/08 @ 6:13 am
Marohasy: "Actually, no. The head of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) has actually acknowledged it. He talks about the apparent plateau in temperatures so far this century. So he recognises that in this century, over the past eight years, temperatures have plateaued ... This is not what you'd expect, as I said, because if carbon dioxide is driving temperature then you'd expect that, given carbon dioxide levels have been continuing to increase, temperatures should be going up ... So (it's) very unexpected, not something that's being discussed. It should be being discussed, though, because it's very significant."

Duffy: "It's not only that it's not discussed. We never hear it, do we? Whenever there's any sort of weather event that can be linked into the global warming orthodoxy, it's put on the front page. But a fact like that, which is that global warming stopped a decade ago, is virtually never reported, which is extraordinary."
03/24/08 @ 6:05 am
Global warming really?..

Perhaps, probably not,all the warming conspiracy crowd should digest the NASA Aqua Satellite findings as recently published...

Oh well, the truth is there..but too much money and a "cause' would be destroyed..
03/23/08 @ 10:05 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Evangeline meets the Pine Beetle
It's not only that it's not discussed. We never hear it, do we? Whenever there's any sort of weather event that can be linked into the global warming orthodoxy, it's put on the front page. But a fact like that, which is that global warming stopped a decade ago, is virtually never reported, which is extraordinary."
03/23/08 @ 10:03 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Evangeline meets the Pine Beetle
No, actually, there has been cooling, if you take 1998 as your point of reference. If you take 2002 as your point of reference, then temperatures have plateaued. This is certainly not what you'd expect if carbon dioxide is driving temperature because carbon dioxide levels have been increasing but temperatures have actually been coming down over the last 10 years."
03/23/08 @ 10:01 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Evangeline meets the Pine Beetle
Marohasy: "That's right ... These findings actually aren't being disputed by the meteorological community. They're having trouble digesting the findings, they're acknowledging the findings, they're acknowledging that the data from NASA's Aqua satellite is not how the models predict, and I think they're about to recognise that the models really do need to be overhauled and that when they are overhauled they will probably show greatly reduced future warming projected as a consequence of carbon dioxide
03/23/08 @ 9:58 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Evangeline meets the Pine Beetle
NASA's Aqua satellite has specifically exacted that there has been no global warming for the last decade, and, the earth's temperature has corrected itself, as it always does...now what?
03/21/08 @ 6:53 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Barnstable Police arrest four peace protesters
Wether you agree or not with our present politics, perhaps you might realize that it was self sacrifice and a sense of honor, that made this nation what is is today..the willingness to fight and possibly die to protect and preserve all that you hold dear..this is a Very VIOLENT and ugly world despite all the naysayers who have the luxury to say so..including myself..

We,have ,as a nation, enjoyed such freedoms unknown to most of the world,yet, because of overeducated idiots who spend their precious freedom and time protesting the freedoms they have and those whom protect it..they might soon lose it...our entire world history, like it or not, is shed with blood and violence and perhaps those who are fortunate enough, like myself, who have never endured war and sheer violence..should appreciate the luxury of freedom and appreciate those who are willing to give the ultimate sacrifice we all hold dear...life...
03/21/08 @ 6:42 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Barnstable Police arrest four peace protesters
Yes.. what a world..my son LanceCpl 1st Battalion,9th Marines left his new wife,yet to be born baby,his parents and siblings for Iraq today to defend his country..unselfish,non political,and Honorably..

He wanted to stand for something that meant honor, comraderie,and defend his country and family..period..yet Cape Cod only honors those who smoked too much pot in the 60's and have time on their hands to diminish what the majority of us Americans still beleive in..freedom..yes they have the right to protest,but,how about an article on the courage of our young men and women who choose to serve and defend their country,and perhaps lay down their lives in doing so?..that's Real sacrifice....

semper fi

hamalcar
03/21/08 @ 6:12 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Know thy ...friends and enemies.
Personally..I don't care which way the wind blows on Cape Wind..since we have THE HIGHEST! electric rates on the continental US..and climbing..let em have the wind farm and when the rates increase even higher..I am sure they will be screaming even more...

The rest of the civilized world has nuclear,coal ,oil, and be damned the pollution attitude..we scream for green and get what we ask for..face it, like it or not, the world runs on big oil and will continue despite the protests here and afar..I am all for alternative solutions but only big money investors are seeking their "bottom line' to our detrement for alternative energy...just wait and see..

'follow the money"
03/21/08 @ 6:01 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Know thy ...friends and enemies.
Peter...

Your comments are welcome here...even if I don't always agree..that's the human nature of it all..all of us have opinions and even don't agree with ourselves sometimes..never the less..

Keep on with your diatribe..it seems if you don't agree with a good amount of bloggers here, you,any of us, are vilified for our perspectives and opinions..ahh welcome to the socialist nation of Massachusetts..how dare you have an opinion!!!
03/19/08 @ 4:14 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Saying what Obama can not say about race
yes having the same problem
03/19/08 @ 5:49 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Saying what Obama can not say about race
Obviously, any response to the contrary by, any other person of color, or not ,will be viewed,and responded to, as racist..how convenient..

So no matter what, what is the point of all this rhetoric?
Because of all the injustices perpetrated by an ignorant minority of whites in the last 300 years, the rest of non black society is reviled and held accountable for the present situation of some black people?
Like it or not,there are those amongst us who view one another as Americans/Humans and not as people of a particular color,race,sexual persuasion et al..
We have lifted ourselves above the fray and moved on to respect one another as fellow human beings, and do not buy in to the hate and rage still perpetuated by the few from either side...
Three of my closest friends are people from ,as you say,non white cultures,( African,Jamaican,Blackfoot,Wampanoag) and they love America and have done just fine ..what about those non white Americans by the millions who don't buy this rhetoric and have moved on as well?
What about their stories?
Especially the native Americans..
03/18/08 @ 9:23 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Are Americans Arming Themselves?
Almost all crimes committed with guns are done with unregistered stolen guns by criminals!....
03/18/08 @ 8:57 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Cape Cod TODAY and WBUR
Well, at least we all got some coverage here on Cape Cod..yes right winger,gun toting,Hypocritical philanderers,et al..
..and the left winger,socialist,anti-bush,anti military hypocritical philanderers as well..guess we were all covered
03/17/08 @ 5:58 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Truth, Defense Spending and Politics
We can blame Bush,Clinton,Kerry.Kennedy whomever we want..they are ALL to blame!
03/17/08 @ 5:57 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Truth, Defense Spending and Politics
Remember..Congress approves all spending..and who is running congress?
I don't see either side doing a damn thing..
03/17/08 @ 5:54 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Truth, Defense Spending and Politics
We all take sides as if our respective party(s) are coming to lead us from the fray...wake up..look what your Democrats and Republicans have done..and you keep reelecting them to continue the pillage..while screaming and kicking all the way..
03/17/08 @ 5:51 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Truth, Defense Spending and Politics
I'm sure Washington is laughing all the way to the bank as we( who foot all the bills..taxes?)mudsling each other and blame the other side...nonsense..they have us exactly where they want us..divided and off the mark while they continue their nefarious rape of this country and its ideals/economy/and way of life....disgusted!

hamalcar
03/17/08 @ 5:47 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Truth, Defense Spending and Politics
reminds
03/17/08 @ 5:47 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Truth, Defense Spending and Politics
These clowns have bankrupted our country and neither party has the testicular fortitude to do anything about it...
Bush,cheney,kennedy,kerry,pelosi,clintons et al are ALL inclusive to the demise of this countrys fiscal mess...get the facts straight

Remins me of the fable..

''Nero fiddled while Rome burned!!!"
03/17/08 @ 5:42 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Truth, Defense Spending and Politics
Understanding that only Congress can approve all spending,approve all legislation, then actually both parties are culpable in the fiscal mess we are now in...
1.Refusal to approve oil/gas exploration/refineries within the Continental US...thus foreign oil dependence
2..Appropriating Billions to nonsense social programs that only benefit the administrators, not the recipients..

3.Corporate bailouts by the billions to
mismanaged corps

4.Billions and billions of foreign aid.

need I say more?

Put pressure on all your respective legislators..Democrat and Republican
03/16/08 @ 5:57 pm
Our Govt again rewarding criminalaliens and keeping the legal immigrants out who work,and work hard, pay taxes...nough said..

time for 'Change' and it ain't Barack..
03/16/08 @ 5:54 pm
hmmm..so the Congressional Hispanic Cuacus has blocked renewing H2B'S for those who come here LEGALLY!..REALLY?

Guess we must reward the criminals..heh?
03/16/08 @ 5:50 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Cape protest Wednesday at start of 6th year in Iraq
'kumbaya"..get a job..
03/14/08 @ 6:11 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: The Never Ending Story
Please prove me wrong on last post..
My son is headed for Iraq(have his actual earnings per month) on 3/20/08 with the 1st Battalion/9th Marine Corps..

Both McCAIN and Bush want to reward amnesty and social security for illegals, yet are willing to send my son to war with a pittance ..this is my problem with them..and i voted for them..
03/14/08 @ 6:07 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: The Never Ending Story
Andy..can't wait to be bothered..
I don't follow party lines by the lib/repubs nor the socialist/dems.
Both parties have abandoned their founding principles and the average American..(especially the hard working families,veterans,and elderly) to special interests and lobbies

They dare reward criminalaliens with better unearned benefits than our military?...disgusted!

hamalcar
03/13/08 @ 7:34 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: The Never Ending Story
Wow, I never realized that there was another like minded individual on these blogs..what a welcome sight!

Even though I am an independent, I am a very conservative voter...

Nice article

hamalcar
03/13/08 @ 8:09 am
So the fish will be affected by global warming sooner than any effect by the wind turbines?..ahh the truth is out!

Alas..Global Warming!
Lemmings by the millions are following this junk science with religious fervor as the new cause celebre for humanity..sheer nonsense!!!

As if these wind farms are going to help the war on global warming..these are the same "scientific experts" who warned of the doomsday ,just 30 years ago ,of global cooling and an impending iceage...due to our industrialization..huh?
03/13/08 @ 7:30 am
that's because there was no drawn butter
03/13/08 @ 7:18 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Cape Wind - Which way should the wind blow?
typo...argument
03/13/08 @ 7:18 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Cape Wind - Which way should the wind blow?
Buzz..
Thanx for the info..

These forums are for what purpose?
Hear both sides of the srgument before they make an informed decision based on what?
Seems to me that they will base their decisions on what the facts are before them, not public outcry from either side.

Am i correct?
03/13/08 @ 7:06 am
99% of power outages here in Mashpee are usually due to some enlightened inebriated activist who hates Nstar and always aim for the poles...
03/12/08 @ 7:42 pm
Peter Robbins..
Thank you for stating the facts..which scares most people..keep up your diligence..much appreciated..the light of truth will shine on those(and they run or cry foul)..some old proverb,whatever..well informed ,intelligent..keep it up


hamalcar
03/12/08 @ 6:49 pm
codpeace..well stated
03/12/08 @ 6:48 pm
it seems in the course of events lately,whether on the news or here on the blogs..we all take our positions and start taking opposing views too seriously and many just get down right nasty..rather than discuss as a debate perse..it is frustrating no matter which side of the fence you sit and have some sense of civility...
03/12/08 @ 6:44 pm
this is just public discourse and opinions are anonymous here..some get so worked up venting that insults are hurled from one side to the other..oh well..let em hurl..it's just an opinion..but very little lack of thought sometimes,just vehement ..very few have the facts..just emotional diatribe...interesting isn't it?
03/12/08 @ 6:38 pm
amen clamshelli..it never ends...
03/12/08 @ 6:31 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Cape Wind - Which way should the wind blow?
So what is the outcome from all these meetings and for us pro/con wind farm debaters on the blog?
Who makes the final decision?
03/12/08 @ 6:03 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Response to Senator Kennedy, Unabridged
Once anyone has opposing points of view to the left, you automatically are labeled..Fox News? ..really..like ABC,CBS,NBC,CNN are just as balanced?..not!
Both sides have an agenda..but if you think for yourself, watch out from both sides!!

hamalcar
03/12/08 @ 6:00 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Response to Senator Kennedy, Unabridged
Wow..Foxboy..how dare you question the elite liberal agenda? See how the insults are conveniently thrown when you do not walk in tow?You must be a right winger,homophobic,racist,pro war,oil loving evil republican who causes despair and poverty throughout the world..or maybe you just disagree..oh forbid!

I am an independent who disagrees with both sides on most issues, so what's my nickname?

I must come up with some facts myself so I can earn a nickname as well..love it..
03/11/08 @ 7:31 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Comments to MMS at Cape Wind Hearing 3/10/08
I smell something fishy here and it ain't the low tide..can't wait til years later once Don Quixote's precious mills are running at less than peak power and we pay the difference and have to delve into the nasty coal/oil power plants to keep our lights on...what a mess this is...this'll make the Big Dig pale in comparison to the back room deals .etc ..we pay Mirant $9 mil a month?....to do nothing? who accepted this deal.eh Mr Patrick?
03/11/08 @ 7:25 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Comments to MMS at Cape Wind Hearing 3/10/08
so if we (consumers/taxpayers)are paying $9 mill a month to keep Mirant running at low capacity and we don't even need its power? what gives here/

am I missing something? Peter did you catch this?
03/11/08 @ 7:23 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Comments to MMS at Cape Wind Hearing 3/10/08
something is afoul here...
03/11/08 @ 7:22 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Comments to MMS at Cape Wind Hearing 3/10/08
My question is..why is Mirant only running at 17%?
03/11/08 @ 11:47 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Just for the public record-The Worthington Case
crusader

your astute observations are welcome..
There are those amongst us who do have an understanding how the game works all too well, as in this case..
Let my divert for a moment to prove a point..(relative to the secrecies and
dominoes effect as you stated)
When Whitey was 1st on the lam as the FBI'S most wanted and unable to locate(a joke!)..I personally spoke with a gentleman(unnamed) who was, say, a former bookeeper for the Anguillo Family
...and he had just got off the phone with the Mr Bulger..said that the reason they(fbi)couldn't find him(a joke!)was that he would implicate the entire fbi elite here in New England and elsewhere, and that only 1 fbi agent(Connelly) was implicated as the fall guy..thus the dominoes stopped!!1

Ah, the story continues today here on Cape Cod and beyond.....
03/11/08 @ 11:36 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Just for the public record-The Worthington Case
crusader..
correct..like the Whitey Bulger nonsense..just the tip of the iceburg implicating the FBI...time will tell, eh?
03/11/08 @ 11:33 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: The coal miners come to Cape to complain
what is the final hurdle facing Cape Wind now? Public sentiment or bureaucratic red tape?

Once these public forums are over..then what?
03/11/08 @ 10:43 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: No Sale Sign
at least we can rest in comfort (without electricity) when the new bills arrive, knowing we did the right thing....
03/11/08 @ 10:41 am
ala king, perhaps?
or maybe marsala over linguine...
03/11/08 @ 10:40 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: No Sale Sign
As we trade barbs across the net, the real money makers will laugh all the way at our expense on both sides of this issue!
I was privy (back in R.I.)to many state legislators (who told me in confidence)that whenever a state project/bill/etc comes to the people as 'it's for the people' it really means for the contractors and state officials pockets..just as the 'big dig' and now the 'WIND FARM'.."for the environment,against big oil,against global warming>>."...just another boondoggle with the right buzz words to work all of us into a frenzy and at each others throats.....just wait and see...

hamalcar
03/11/08 @ 10:33 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Just for the public record-The Worthington Case
Exactly where does the case stand now?
Do any of you beleive it will be justice served once the dust settles?

Should be quite a quandry for those involved..keep up the diligent questioning...hope the real truth is exposed soon!
03/11/08 @ 10:29 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: The Cape Wind "Stealth Story" cometh
Just remember one thing..this is all proposed under the guise of stopping global warming..in the meantime are we rushing to judgement?
Are you prepared to pay up to 3X your current rate for the good of the environment? The proponents have stated this is not about curtailing costs, but as an alternative to foreign oil and renewable energy..Ok,that's feasible enough..
Good or bad( depending on your stance)..once these turbines are up, they are here to stay..and if a newer more efficient renewable technology arises, then what?

Just some questions..I am not for nor against just yet..
03/11/08 @ 9:14 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Just for the public record-The Worthington Case
there's an old adage that holds so true today.."follow the money"
Local/state/fed govt exists now only to perpetuate itself(greed) at the expense of us private sector and at the expense of justice served..period
They create laws that they themselves are exempt from and have the authority and lawyers to hide the truth of their ways....
03/11/08 @ 9:08 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Just for the public record-The Worthington Case
clamshelli..corruption has existed forever,especially in small towns,and one can not get too wrapped up with it all,or you will go crazy trying to figure out why?

Yes, public forums like this are great to vent and put the heat on those we question, but I am afraid that 'business as usual" will prevail despite our collective protests and demands for justice..beleive me, I have approached/discussed/questioned local pols here in Mashpee on basic civil/town expenditures and policies...and still(no murder coverup here)it was business as usual..but never give up..still enjoy life and still confront injustice and question authority..that's what keeps me going..
03/11/08 @ 8:58 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Just for the public record-The Worthington Case
clamshelli..

This is true, since I worked with the real ones on Federal Hill(Prov) for 8 years as a chef in private"social clubs".
At least the old school ones had a code..you knew where you stood and the consequences if you crossed the line!

Now, we have the govt(public employees) surrounded and protected by 100's of lawyers.need I say more?

Snakes in the grass surrounded by sharks
03/11/08 @ 8:53 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Just for the public record-The Worthington Case
Buzz.. nothing is too far from the truth..the more absurd it sounds.the more it might be the truth..given the nefarious ways of the so called justice system..but all this conjecture re;Worthington Case,is astounding..as if our opinions and theories will really matter in the end..I doubt it..moving on to enjoy life..thanx
03/11/08 @ 8:49 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Latest ploy to stop Cape Wind
Pro or con..I just want facts which have been overshadowed by innuendoes and skewed studies..my question is simple..

What will we save in electric rates if the wind farm is built?

If Mirant is shut down,and suppose the turbines fail, where is our juice coming from then?
03/11/08 @ 8:44 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Just for the public record-The Worthington Case
Listen up!

Justice is a misnomer..the only difference between govt and organized crime(one in the same) is the govt has the law on its side..been there on both sides..keep digging,folks...somehow the truth might come out
03/10/08 @ 1:47 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: No Sale Sign
Christy..will you be there at tonights hearings?Mattakese?..wonder how many Big Dig contractors are salivating as we speak? heh?
03/10/08 @ 1:43 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: No Sale Sign
Love to have a video of tonights hearings in W.Yarmouth..what a hoot that'll be..opponents will be shouted down 10 to 1..any odds?
03/10/08 @ 1:41 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: No Sale Sign
Christy..as you well know about the behind the scenes dealings(akaBig Dig), I am sure you are correct( once the dust settles and the Quixote Windmills are generating the proposed 75% of our electric needs)about the actual costs to all of us!
Probably a done deal..let em have their windmills and we'll see what our rates are then..never mind the corruption that will eventually surface..like the Big Dig.....thanx
hamalcar
03/10/08 @ 6:09 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: No Sale Sign
Christy,tron..be careful if you speak against the tide..we are part of the problem..free speech must be stopped at all costs..how dare we speak from an individual point of view?
03/10/08 @ 6:05 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: No Sale Sign
I suppose the next step,in order, will be to make the U.N. our new nations capital and "An Inconvenient Truth' will be the new bible...I'll stay where I am..on higher ground..once the Global Warming tides swell over us all...what a joke..
03/10/08 @ 6:01 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: No Sale Sign
Once the wind mills go up..then we will be saved by the upcoming 'hope' and 'change" gang of theives..and any opposing views( any right of center,that is) will subsequently be silenced..we will then be led to the slaughter by the blind faith crowd...
03/05/08 @ 6:38 pm
Peter....still have yet to see the savings facts with a Wind Farm off our shores...let's see what those wind turbines actually produce (per the article) at Logan after a year as stated
03/05/08 @ 6:06 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Tilting
EDITOR'S NOTE: Commenters must wait until they are responded to before commenting again.
___________________________

While we are all held hostage from foreign oil and, bemoaning the pros and cons of turbines offshore,oil prices continue to rise/ all countries to our borders continue to drill for oil by the billions off our shores...and we sit here paying the bill, due to outdated environmental laws,...riduculous!!!!
03/04/08 @ 5:46 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Cape Wind: A critical part of the solution
So, even after 12 hours, no one from Cape Wind can substantiate any claims of savings/kwh, etc...interesting....
03/04/08 @ 7:50 am
usps02651..

one can only "hope" and wish for "change"..then all our problems will be solved!
03/04/08 @ 7:07 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Cape Wind: A critical part of the solution
and....say the turbines need repair,the sytem goes down...who pays for it?..

Will Cape Wind absorb the costs or will they be passed on (like NSTAR) to us the customers?
Will Nstar buy the generated product and deliver to us with a surcharge?

These are just a few practical answers not given..being pragmatic and neutral to the Cape Wind project, I'd appreciate any infromative responses..


thanx


hamalcar
03/04/08 @ 7:02 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Cape Wind: A critical part of the solution
Cape Wind Really?....

There is a constant exchange pro/con here but never real facts concerning the benefit of this project!

What will we actually save(IN DOLLARS)with our wind mills generating this new renewable energy?

What is the sctual proposed kwh rate compared to our present rate?

Can anyone answer ?

I am all for renewable energy and less foreign oil dependency,but, where are the facts?
03/03/08 @ 4:56 pm
maverick...

show me what govt workers produce?

I'll show you.__________________________
03/03/08 @ 5:58 am
ifaw..

even though we don't usually agree on anything..your last post "obama,oprah.." was great!
03/01/08 @ 6:52 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Nickerson Doesn't See Bias as Reason for Freedom
blownaway..

just follow the resulting posts each time I post no matter which blog site it may be..always the same..

It's better than Comedy Central!
03/01/08 @ 6:49 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Nickerson Doesn't See Bias as Reason for Freedom
blownaway..

Be careful what you blog on this subject..any sense of satire/humor or different point of view interjected might result in a barrage of inane verbage towards you..

This subject is not going away..

I have been following this,as well,so ... sit back and enjoy the exchanges!

This is my favorite site for diatribe...

...meanwhile the case continues..

Wonder what the final verdict(s) will be..who will eat crow and who was correct from all these posts?
03/01/08 @ 6:35 am
If that be the case, then maybe we have a lawsuit on our hands as well...Mirant is just up the road..so to speak
03/01/08 @ 6:33 am
What exactly is causing the erosion..is it similar to breeches here on the Cape?
Has the sea level actually risen and washed away this islands'shoreline?

Or was it from natural occuring ocean effect as we have here on our outer banks?

Seems we have the same situation here from coastal storms and erosion...
02/29/08 @ 7:34 pm
amen to that,fireman..our llustrious lawyers and justice system protects these scum who prey on the innocent and we pay their salaries for defending him, and his lifelong 3 squares a day for this piece of human garbage,while he exercise ,reads,and gets himself an "edumacation" at our expense...digusted
02/29/08 @ 7:26 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Glowing grades don't lie, Cape Wind is not the villain
bittersweet..

despite big oil..the question is..will the proposed wind farm actually save the environment and help us be more energy efficient or is it another boondoggle perpetrated on us, the public, under the guise of saving the environment?..I doubt it..it will cost tons of fuel/energy to build,and it will put millions in the hands of another big corporation at our expense.once again..is it really a win for anyone except the developers?

we'll have to see..I just want the facts, not an agenda by any proponent or
opponent...period...
02/29/08 @ 6:27 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Glowing grades don't lie, Cape Wind is not the villain
The average public forgets what happened 5 minutes ago..afterall..Oprah,American Idol,Lindsay Lohan etc etc are what drives the moronic state of America..they buy a bill of goods by their upcoming Presidential candidates in a furor with sound bites of 'change' 'hope' etc but never ask the questions or examin the facts ..

Global Warming and energy independence drives the wind farm proponents as the new 'gods' of civilization...but no one asks the questions any more..they swallow it all as sheep..well. guess we'll hold them to the fire til we get an answer one way or the other...turning blue as I wait...
02/29/08 @ 6:20 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Glowing grades don't lie, Cape Wind is not the villain
maverick,Peter..then we must continue the push for these answers..yeah right..as if they will ever be answered!

We are surrounded by a majority of lemmings who respond to 'feel good' agendas never looking at the facts or forbid !..questioning the almighty environmentalism bureaucrats..

hey we are all for clean energy but let's look at the facts first...cause the rest of em will be the 1st to scream and holler when their rates go through the roof...too little too late..
02/29/08 @ 6:12 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Glowing grades don't lie, Cape Wind is not the villain
Peter..
Despite all the propoganda from both sides..when asked the facts publicly..there is no answer from Cape Wind proponents..their site propulgates all the justifications for their"cause' but never,ever informs us of any savings incurred by their project...just why we should accept it..and all those of us who dare question their motives as NIMBYS..

...the usual supects...business as usual..never addressing the facts...just Big Oil, Bush, energy independence etc...all the buzz words to pacify the lemmings and ill- informed
02/29/08 @ 5:56 pm
Maverick..don't forget the police details while the PDW stares at the hole..reminds me of the story...bear with me for some humor......

Supervisor and 9 shovel holders standing around the hole for hours...suddenly the supervisor looks down and sees a snail in front of his foot...crushes the snail with his foot!
Shovel holder # 2 says"why did you kill that snail?"

supervisor..'that damn thing's been following me all day!"


...amen
02/29/08 @ 5:49 pm
You mean we are getting real news via the web without an anti-American slant?

There's rarely any facts given anywhere..only agendas..even on the blogs..but at least we get more than one point of view..and a public discourse at that!

All newspapers deserve their current plight...good riddance to the Globe etal
02/29/08 @ 5:41 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Glowing grades don't lie, Cape Wind is not the villain
Is there an independent audit agency that can accurately pinpoint the exact peak wattage produced by the wind turbines at full potential?

And, again, what would we Capers actually save over conventional electric rates adjusted for inflation?
02/29/08 @ 4:59 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Glowing grades don't lie, Cape Wind is not the villain
Is there anyone who can answer what the wind turbines will produce for us here on Cape?

Actual facts,kw hours,actual savings etc...have yet to see..
02/29/08 @ 5:38 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Glowing grades don't lie, Cape Wind is not the villain
Great..but at what cost to us, the taxpayer?
What is the actual estimated output from the wind farm in kilowatts and what exactly would be the savings in rates to us here on Cape?
02/29/08 @ 5:33 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Nickerson Doesn't See Bias as Reason for Freedom
Buzz, maverick, bittersweet, et al...

The barrage continues from bambi at every post..at least you blog intelligently from all sides of the issue without crossing the line..

My question..do you beleive justice will prevail on this case?..and if the real perp is not in jail.will the real perp or perps be prosecuted?
02/28/08 @ 9:12 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Nickerson Doesn't See Bias as Reason for Freedom
Buzz..
Buzz...
Watch out..the truth, or just your opinions, makes some very queezy and upset at best..the vitrolic(my favorite word for many here)spew is upon you..whether I agree with your comments or not..yet to see..I support your intelligent discourse and your right to speak it..keep it up...even if we don't agree.. yOU HAVE MY SUPPORT!!

You should see some of the comments following my comments..gotta love it!

hamalcar
02/28/08 @ 7:28 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Nickerson Doesn't See Bias as Reason for Freedom
No. never accept the status quo..just pointing out the nefarious ways of the justice(sic) system from eperience and those involved..it is not as right and true as it should be and I always admire those who question the powers that be..keep their feet to the fire..keep posting..good work..just wish some would stop being so negative toward's each other..these characters need some fire under their feet always..might keep a few of em honest or even'fessup'
02/28/08 @ 7:20 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Nickerson Doesn't See Bias as Reason for Freedom
thanx ifaw..was anticipating your supportive verbage..always love your comments..thnax
02/28/08 @ 7:11 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Nickerson Doesn't See Bias as Reason for Freedom
..not bad for one who supposedly is uneducated and doesn't work..eh?

jingle bells...haha
02/28/08 @ 7:10 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Nickerson Doesn't See Bias as Reason for Freedom
ifaw..International Fund for Animal Welfare
02/28/08 @ 7:07 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Nickerson Doesn't See Bias as Reason for Freedom
The constant barrage of threats,insults and innuendos never ceases to amaze me from these posts..as if the DA and respective attorneys really care what any of us say or beleive on the Worthington case...Justice is not blind, period!!!
The law will come down on whatever(or whomever) is expedient and who knows who..real justice is rarely served nowadays..they need a scapegoat and will cover/protect themselves and the real perpetrators of the crime as always..

Why do you constantly conjecture and attack one another when none of you(including myself) are privy to the real truths?..

It's a fixed game(justice) and the good ole boy network as usual...

They must love the vitrolic exchanges here as one eschews the other...
02/28/08 @ 6:10 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: A stash of cash to avoid a crash
Once bright and responsible citizens yearn for positions in "public service",then become totally corrupted members of" personal service",serving only themselves and their respective cronies.
Exactly what is the purpose of county govt anyways, except another extension of local govt, creating 'wonderful programs" for Cape Codders???..no..more money in their pockets at our expense..enough..when will it ever end?
02/28/08 @ 5:57 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: A stash of cash to avoid a crash
The problem is now ,we're facing a huge percentage of 'public' employess,and those on the dole,who rely on us who work and fund these financial vampires..we'll soon be the minority..

Maybe they can borrow from China to perpetuate their salaries and programs/grants and pork..

It will be a small tea party at that...
02/28/08 @ 5:52 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: A stash of cash to avoid a crash
Peter,
Well written and documented!
Reminds me of when Mashpee had a fiscal crunch(no money)..I approached the Board of Selectmen and asked "does the board do financial planning?"..what an uproar!Squirming in the seats and how dare you glares..

Anyways..this is how our so called representative govt works..creating unfunded programs on the backs of the working private sector with no accountability,no fiscal planning, just tax and spend as usual..this goes on perpetuallly in every small town and up to the federal level daily.
Time for another tea party perhaps?
02/26/08 @ 3:27 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: We need a gadfly like Joel Feigenbaum
If you even question Global Warming you are labeled immediately with a furor..God forbid you ask a question outside the faithful...doomed for life and branded as such...love it
02/26/08 @ 3:24 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: We need a gadfly like Joel Feigenbaum
Maverick..I agree..too many on the global bandwagon,I choose to walk along and watch..We are surrounded by "let's do it without the consequences" mentality ...remember the Big Dig?..look at the financial consequences..disastrous!!!

Wind Farm? another disaster waiting to happen..no one can answer the questions I had regarding wattage ouput and actual savings to Cape Cod ..cause there are none..

Yes,everything nowadays is Reactive rather than Proactive...
02/26/08 @ 12:27 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: We need a gadfly like Joel Feigenbaum
Any changes in ocean/land/atmospheric temperatures indeed reek havoc upon us.(ie tornados)..
what's a layman or scientist to do?
Whatever the actual cause of warming is(while the scientific and political pundits duke it out)..I remain calm and enjoy life, depite the doom & gloom that might beset us..guess we'll have to wait it out..eh?

Heard the weather down your neck of the woods is better than here..my son is at Camp Lejeune..

If sea levels do rise, my home will be waterfront property..interested?
02/26/08 @ 12:01 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: We need a gadfly like Joel Feigenbaum
So unless I agree with all the experts findings re; Global warming, then my opinions are pointless(watch fantasy football?)...thank you for the enlightened discussions..

By the way..

My Father taught environmental sciences at both Suffolk and Northeatern University..

Not that qualifies me in any way, but dimissing another point of view or, dare question the majority, is my perogative..

Science is, or once was, based 1st on theories then 100% absolute proof of the facts to prove such..at least it used to be that way..

Many scientists beleive,and argue, that solar flares and the resulting super heating of the sun in its present cycle are the only factors associated with a "slight' rise over the last 100 years of the earth's temperatures..

Just another point of view....

And just recently, some global scientists are saying we are facing global cooling ...my only point was..there is disparity amongst the scientific community..why not research all sides of the isuue?..only time will test whom was right...
02/26/08 @ 11:23 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Cape Pols pile on the pork
Here they go again..business as usual..there are real issues on all sides of the fence that need funding, yet, in their eternal wisdom, lawmakers spend our money on useless pork..

Keep up the great reporting..helps us put their feet to the fire..do you have the names of the legislators?
02/26/08 @ 11:18 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Cape Wind is for the Birds
staying on the subject..thank you Editors!...enjoy the blog and respect the rules..

hamalcar
02/26/08 @ 11:04 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: We need a gadfly like Joel Feigenbaum
tim,
I would like to see the problem documented that earth's temps are on a
rapid incline.It seems we react too quickly to generated crises on a daily basis before all the real facts are out...
If global warming is a problem caused by say, the sun, (of which I have read several pieces about), then there is not much we can do..right?
Global warming and cooling has been well documented over time and at what point we are at now is still under debate amongst the so called experts.

Again, most opinions are just theories, not facts, and I choose not to weigh in on conjecture,nor, fear for the future while the verdict is still in deliberation...
02/26/08 @ 9:31 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Supreme Court takes Indian Land suit
how can a "famous,gay,self hating,abusive,parasitic,schoolyard bully, who is too lazy to work,liar"blogs then be threat to anyone except him/herself?

If any posts were out of line I would be shut down by Walter....

so where's the reporting?

perhaps you support shutting down free speech(except that with your agenda,or lack of)???

please continue your posts(love em) as I will report as I see it...jingle all the way"..have a great day.. I am..

who is hamalcar?

ask Troy(registered Blogger)
he knows me all too well
02/26/08 @ 9:15 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Supreme Court takes Indian Land suit
I was never hired as a reporter..never threatened a blogger nor name called..

disagreement is now "hate"...typical

if you read any of my prior blogs, all were done in satire..no name calling ever!!..and with parody/humor and my own opinions..must've hit a soft spot somewhere with the verbal insults and threats...still laughing...jingle all the way..perhaps "Change" and 'hope" will come to town and save us all..

am not in lock step with either political agenda..
02/26/08 @ 9:06 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Supreme Court takes Indian Land suit
Buzz...
follow the prior posts by the gentle ravings of a madman/mad woman...

guess I hit a nerve somewhere having some laughs..oh well...off to my Cape Cod day...jingle bells..
02/26/08 @ 8:58 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Supreme Court takes Indian Land suit
ifaw is starting a new comedy post...
02/26/08 @ 7:49 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Supreme Court takes Indian Land suit
did you win?
02/26/08 @ 7:27 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Cape Wind is for the Birds
ifaw..glad i could be of comfort to you..comedy/parody/sarcasm keep me going...thanks...mission accomplished!!
02/26/08 @ 7:24 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Cape Wind is for the Birds
couldn't jog or power walk due to the ubiquity of the power lines before my eyes...
02/26/08 @ 7:18 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Cape Wind is for the Birds
it was the tank ride( like dukakis) that opened my eyes...
02/26/08 @ 7:15 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Cape Wind is for the Birds
ifaw...you have redeemed me...thank you

subsequent payment for services rendered is in the mail

thanx

hamalcar..

i feel so much better!!!
02/26/08 @ 7:12 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Cape Wind is for the Birds
i am the only one who makes no sense to me..
I have seen "hope", "change", and wind turbines on my horizon..i am lost without all this guidance..please assist me so that i may redeem myself from my ways, and follow the truths posted here on the great blogosphere...

self parody is a crime..please forgive me
02/26/08 @ 7:06 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Cape Wind is for the Birds
i am confused..please enlighten me..
02/26/08 @ 7:00 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Cape Wind is for the Birds
geeze..hamalcar is still here blogging all types of nonsense..doesn't hamalcar have a job or what?..who is hamalcar anyways?...left minded idiot talking to the "right' mind..what a quandry again...think I'll listen to NPR then Fox news..left/right..I'm confused now..
02/26/08 @ 6:47 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Cape Wind is for the Birds
my amusement grows exponentially at every post on these blogs..as a right minded individual , that is..
02/26/08 @ 6:45 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Cape Wind is for the Birds
typo..define "right mind" if you would
02/26/08 @ 6:44 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Cape Wind is for the Birds
that's correct..please corect the folly of my ways..have yet to find 1 person who is in their right/left mind...still happy...thnaks
02/26/08 @ 6:36 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Cape Wind is for the Birds
contact cape wind and have them install a turbine in your yard..go for it!

At least the energy produced will go to you, not the grid, and the rest of us won"t have to pay for it..unless you're an illegal..
02/26/08 @ 6:32 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Cape Wind is for the Birds
ifawsupporter ...

Thank you..and a happy one at that !!
02/25/08 @ 8:08 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Cape Wind is for the Birds
so many people worldwide,and especially here on Cape, are so wrapped up in the spin from their overeducated counterparts that they are unravelling at the seams...too much info but no common sense filters(all eroded)to sort the info...Democrats/Republicans/Liberals/Conservatives/Pro Business/Anti Business/Religious Right/Religious Left,etc.etc..al the norms have become fractured and few can think for themselves and are steering to desperation...ahh the follies of modern society..look to your leaders and they are in a deeper quandry themselves...what's an intellectual to do?....perhaps, think for yourself...
02/25/08 @ 7:58 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Cape Wind is for the Birds
...and furthermore..without electricity..you would not have NPR to listen to,nor the messianic messages from your beloved leaders in hope to be..you people are laughable and to my sheer enjoyment..keep up the posts..please..continue
02/25/08 @ 7:50 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Cape Wind is for the Birds
so cut the power lines to your house and burn trees..ohh ,but that would be cruel..sorry..burn your house as it is made from innocent trees...the folly of the overeducated elitists..too many books(processed from trees) ahhh..we are doomed!! I love this..the quandry and total catch 22 the elitist environmentals are in..perhaps their respective presidential candidates can elicit hope and bring change to their lives..perhaps not..This is better than Comedy Central..keep posting in your desperation..me I am enjoying life...hope they do build the Wind Farm and the electric bills skyrocket...it will..


loving it


hamalcar
02/25/08 @ 5:26 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Cape Wind is for the Birds
Never mind the huge eyesore,environmental and other impacts that have been whitewashed by big money..Massachusetts taxpayers were promised a great new system with the Big Dig...the rest is history and I rest my case!

hamalcar

welcome comments from either side
02/25/08 @ 5:23 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Cape Wind is for the Birds
The argument by the propone is cost savings ...funny..like the electricity produced by the quaint wind farm would go right to our homes here on Cape?What a ludicrous statement!it would go into the grid and we Cape codders would once again be flimflammed...probably cost more with hidden fees and cost upstarts,etc etc,,sort of a Big Dig ON THE CAPE....watch your wallets!!!
02/25/08 @ 5:17 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Cape Wind is for the Birds
Instead of all the rhetoric re: The Wind Farm(how quaint), my question would be this..using the argument of saving us Cape Codders actual money for wattage use..what are the facts? how much (none I fear) would we benefit from this boondoggle?

Let's deal with facts here..I too, do not live on or near the ocean here on Cape,but do not want some govt subsidized project on the sound, either..Give us the real truth ..

hamalcar
02/24/08 @ 3:52 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: We need a gadfly like Joel Feigenbaum
Wonder how much worse the (pretend) man made global warming hype would've been had Algore won?..heck,back in the 60's and 70's they were worried about global cooling..what's next?If it weren't for the Global warming scam, Algore would be out of a job,how convenient.....
02/23/08 @ 4:44 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Bush Taking Aim On A Spy Satellite: Shoot To Kill!
ahh,thou dost protest too much!!!.Bush,Cheney,Clinton etc are all political stooges controlled by global corps while we throw stones at our(so-called) leaders and feel self satisfied (from either side of the political spectrum)

The talking heads (from the liberal left media ABC,CBS,CNN etc and the right wing demagogues on FOX/talk radio) bemoan the current state of affairs and work the frenzied masses into a maelstrom.all an attempt to polarize us and keep us from finding the truth of what our govt is up to..(which we will not find!)

Relax, enjoy life,forget the politicians from both sides as they are in it for themselves/once one looks to the govt to solve their personal or social/economic problems, they are doomed to eternal dissapointment

Our Federal,State, and local govts have become leeches on us working class fools on both sides.Dem/Repub)
Our country is perhaps the greatest experiment ever attempted but,we have allowed,unknowingly ,our system to destroy itself through these political monsters.time for a new party that represents us/the working/retired/military.
02/21/08 @ 4:25 pm
1 st civilized nation ..yes..who says England was civilized?
02/21/08 @ 6:09 am
Aaron..these are the same people who 1st look at your skin color,ethnicity,religion,sexual persuasion,political persuasion,etc etc.and judge you on appearance alone..not on how you are as a person

At least there are those of us who are 100% happy within ouselves and actually Embrace all humanity and laugh at our follies....

Hamalcar
02/21/08 @ 6:00 am
Aaron ,so in other words,if you are not a socialist,big govt supporter,left winger,anti-American,and..you think for yourself then you must be afraid of yourself(homophobic)..how laughable and vitrolic the extremists are..Keep up the good fight!

Oh, and yes,we, the 1st civlilzed nation to adopt equal rights,are the bane of the free thinkers....funny,I have worked,and do now, with and known dozens of gays,minorities who have assimilated into society and draw no attention to themselves because they are comfortable for whom they are and actually work for a living and conduct themelves as human beings and are treated as such with no bigotry.!

They are sick of these drum beaters who are the minority within themselves & who demand special rights...When a human being acts as a human ,then all profiles(black,brown,gay,whatever..)disappear...oh well..they take themselves so seriously..get alife

Hamalcar
02/20/08 @ 6:11 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Insurance expert to speak at GOP women's luncheon
amen to that..FAIR? I THINK NOT...another state scam at its best
02/19/08 @ 7:29 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: An answer in the wind
maybe we should sing 'kumbaya' and chant, smoke a dube, and have a vigil for world peace as well..face it..just lower my electric bill someway before I am taxed and billed to death here on the Cape..enough..check the electric rates in the Carolinas kw hours..ask Tim
compare the rates..hamalcar
02/19/08 @ 7:23 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: An answer in the wind
argue all you want pro or con..it's a fix that the developers make the profit,we lose either way..Drill for more oil,refineries,,..big oil ain't goin away for a long time folks..our entire financial structure and commerce is totally dependent on petroleum.period... as a song title once said"Dream On" or was it 'blowin in the wind"??
02/19/08 @ 7:18 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: An answer in the wind
ah..just follow the money..I'd bet the ranch that if these turbines go up..so will our rates..never seen any govt subsidized program reduce my bills nor taxes,ever
02/19/08 @ 4:52 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Laura Ingraham: "Power to the People"
Do you suggest reading the book? Or is it all right-wing hate speech?..or maybe a swift-boat?

It's funny how any one right of center is labeled Right wing extremist,homophobe,racist,war mongerer,Republican,anti-immigration,anti-poor,pro big business,pro-war,etctec and how dare anyone question the intellectual elites and their gospel...

Now that millions do, the pro socialists ,big govt crowd has their knickers in a bunch as well..hilarious

Personally, I don't trust either side of govt...

Hamalcar
02/19/08 @ 8:53 am
We live in a world with so much negative info that we have become depressed as a people..look, the world has been brutally worse in the past, if you study the past,that is..and we must enjoy what we have and stop worrying about every bad incident throughout the world..most of it, we could not possibly change or affect especially corporate/black bag operations..that'll never go away..human persecution and slaughter has gone on since the beginning of time...donate to a good charity,visit the elderly,help your neighbor in need, whatever..affect POSITIVE change by your own deeds ..

Me, I enjoy life..and choose not to absorb all the crap we are inundated with..especially from government(s)

Once you expect results or help from govt, you are doomed to displeasure..govt is not the answer to your problems..you are..

hamalcar..eternally optimistic
02/19/08 @ 8:37 am
Our State Dept and all inclusive spy agencies are too busy monitoring possible 1000's of buzz words by Real terrorists world wide every minute..It's like worrying about Mafia hitmen coming after civilians...nonsense..Does anyone have anyone they know who has been picked up/tortured/held by these cloak & dagger types?Perhaps no..

We are living in a world where "the sky is falling!!!!" mentality yet, the sky is clear.... Relax...
02/19/08 @ 8:31 am
Jack...I apologize..these poor isalmo fascists should be afforded every right to plot and destroy us, by all means.what was I thinking?..We should only tap into the rest of the American citizens who use buzz words such as Linsday Lohan, Oprah, Princess Di,Brittany Spears,George Bush, Global Warming, etc..all crucial words that we need to spy and monitor.It amazes me to no end that Americans beleive that every email,cell phone call is being monitored by our govt..madness!

They can gladly monitor my e mail,pc, cell phone, read my mail..I don't care!

I have nothing to hide, nothing to fear..only Americans who want rights afforded to our enemies...
02/18/08 @ 4:34 pm
..me..I do not agree with many things our govt does, most of what it does ,and has done, as well!However, we as a people and nation,despite the corruptness of the govt,are still the best worldwide..we can agree to disagree on any issue without fear of reprisal whatsoever...we are an infant compared to European nations..much maturing indeed must happen..but to constantly worry about covert operations is a waste of your precious, and mine as well, time.
These nefarious agencies will operate under their corporate funding forever whether we like it or not..they are not going away and have never answered to our system of law ,ever..it is too covert and no one has ever gone after them..they are not American Nationals 1st of all, but a global conglomerate that operates outside the jurisdiction of all nations worldwide..
I know..a relative was a LtCol NSA and now deceased and told us stories that would make you think Orwell's 1984 was a childrens tale in comparison/enough said.Do not worry, the most dangerous enemy is a govt that erodes your freedoms by taxes 1st(irs?)right to bear arms.
02/18/08 @ 4:19 pm
I must then move to Denmark country ..packing now..

I don't like my right of financial freedom destroyed by taxes for social programs that outspend the miltary 3 to 1..here's the actual budget from the GAO WEBSITE.....2008

defense 606,546,000,000.00
social 1,831,679,000,000.00

These are just actual facts.....

Yes Denmark is very prosperous and does provide well for all its people, agreed.

We live in a society that engrosses people from all walks of life, and because of its size and power, must spend an inordinate amount in the protection of its citizens.., Have we,OUR GOVT, supported dictators, despots and contributed to the death of thousands over the years?Yes..is it right? no..who sanctioned it? who knows..probably covert and rogue CIA/NSA who operate under the wire on a daily basis..Yes, antiquated drug laws are putting thousands in jail for minor crimes..agreed again..

However, what exactly are you concerned about your particular rights being given away?What rights have been taken?

I go freely everywhere and no rights have been taken from
02/18/08 @ 5:51 am
As if any of you folks believe Bush/Clinton have or had.. any real power!!
All this Bush/Clinton nonsense escapes the real issue...

They are mere figure heads to throw stones at, or support while the actual decisions are made far from our view..

While some of you believe we are the demon empire,perhaps do some research at the rest of the world's powers and we pale by comparison ..this is an extremely violent world and we live in the absolute freest society known to mankind!..period..do you think that the NSA wiretaps your conversations? nonsense..even if they did..what do you fear if you have nothing to hide?

Where is the collective outrage that 10's of thousands are slaughtered/tortured worldwide? yet we are the only ones that actually afford"rights" to our enemies..hell..try that in some other country..and off with your head..wake up!!
02/12/08 @ 7:26 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to:
Well written and informed!
As a fiscal and Constitutional conservative,I firmly beleive that both parties have abandoned their base..period..

There is no Democrat who represents the people/working class anymore and no Republican who is truly conservative..

Washington ,and the states, have become a monopoly perpetuating their globalism ,taxing us,eroding our individual and soveriegn ( national) rights.

Republican leadership is now a liberal/Democrat tax and spend party and the Democrats have become socialists on a grand scale..

My question to you is...what are we to do?

Bush laid the groundwork for this demise over the last 8 years(and I voted for him)although I know he is but a small player in the grand scheme.

As a proud Marine dad, I tell my son when he gets back from his tour in Iraq, to go to Washington with his fellow 50,000 Marines and rebuild Washington and start anew..that's what needs rebuilding from the ground up!!!

I could go on & on...
02/11/08 @ 6:10 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Tallahassee Lassie
Let's ask Chef John(Marcellino)about his
input as a public fixture in the Tribe.

He touts a new restaurant coming his way at the new Casino...any truth to that?Congrats to the entire Tribe on their recognition of late and only hope that their differences will be resolved and those who truly beleive in the priciples of Wamapanoag, will become the leaders...
02/10/08 @ 4:27 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Tallahassee Lassie
Let's face the facts here...As a long time resident of Mashpee( and formerly Boston, NYC, &Providence), I have worked with, and befriended, people of all race/color/and sexual persuasions..That being said, there is a loud and vocal minority( no pun intended) from all the above that beleive any question on their moral or principal behavior is racist or homophobic,whatever!!!
Just because you are a Wampanoag does not mean you are above reproach..period!

Unfortunately the tribe has adopted a corrupt attitude towards their own who question authority and, as in any matter of family, when the almighty dollar is at stake, all bets are off!

Human greed always erupts as evident in the current Mashpee tribes situation..
01/31/08 @ 7:08 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Hillary to Obama: Who you callin' ho?!
Amazing!! Half of America is whining about their current state of financial woes and yet support more govt intrusion,regulation,and higher taxes from both the Left(Clinton/Obama) and the right(darling of the left McCain)..as if either party is going to save us from ourselves...ha!

Perhaps we should all clean up our own lives fiscally and stop looking to govt to solve all our problems..hell the govt perpetuates itself and rewards criminal behavior(corporate and criminaliens) and expects the rest of us to tow the line & pay the bill...disgusted!!!!
01/17/08 @ 8:35 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: When the Torture Debate Rages Beyond Your Cell
they've been experimenting with us for decades nonetheless..some are only finding it out now due to our technology( the internet)and those who come forward with pertinent info..it is indeed a brave new world and ,yes, we are all experimented with since birth..inundated with bits of info carefully placed for our unwitting indulgence..whether we know it or not!
Most of it is sublime impulses..

How do I reach this conclusion?

My uncle was involced during the early 60's to the late 70's as a LT.Col. with the nsa..did all sorts of bad stuff and told us about this back then..hang on and keep your head high..just tired of hearing the plight of criminals..we're in the mix too..
01/17/08 @ 7:53 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: When the Torture Debate Rages Beyond Your Cell
who the hell stands up for us here on the sandbar or over the bridge? no one..all these libs are more concerned about the rights of bugs,criminals,losers,whales,piping plovers,and extol the virtues of big government(and keep relecting the hacks) and yet cry foul over our enemies treatment in prison and losers in jail..what about us who obey the law?

Perhaps you beleive that these self appointed presidential candidates will save us as well..."dream on"
01/17/08 @ 7:45 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: When the Torture Debate Rages Beyond Your Cell
seems to me that there are too many people with too much time on their hands investigating the plight of criminals..what about us who work and raise our kids and have been inundated with relentless taxes by the extended "winter hill gang" running this moronic commonwealth?
We get screwed every day by these criminals on the street and the criminals running this state on beacon hill..that's my story and investigative journalism...enough of all these losers!!!
01/03/08 @ 3:06 pm
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Thoughts of Falmouth Folks as we Celebrate '08
Troy

Whatever happened to Ingrid (et al) from the Swan?
12/15/07 @ 5:25 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Patriotism-Where Is It?
Continuing...speaking of gays.and I know many..they are killed daily overseas and any public display of sexuality(not permitted by the State religion) is punishable by stoning and/or death..Americans are so spoiled by the very freedoms they seem to hate..they lack the will to think for themselves,yet alone defend themselves,wish a total govt control of all their problems to be solved...how pitiful.Think outside the box and stop blaming your Nanny Govt for your perceived petty problems..I work with people from Jamaica/Brazil,Poland,Hungary,Belize, Russia who come here and are astounded at our freedoms and choices and long to become citizens here..We enjoy so much that we have No Clue as to the plight of the rest of the world...
Quit your whining and don't look to the govt of either party to solve your problems..Shut up and get a life,work, spend,save and enjoy the bounty here before it is all gone..Talk to people from other parts of the world and ask them what their lives are like..perhaps it ain't so bad here afterall...more to come...by the way..Merry Christmas to all! Hamalcar
12/15/07 @ 5:10 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Patriotism-Where Is It?
It is quite interesting how so many in this country( who enjoy all the freedoms bestowed upon them )continuously slam the very foundations of this great country..perhaps these secularists should spend some time in any other democratic (or not)country and really experience persecution/racism/violence/oppression and lack of any freedoms whether economic or free speech...All they do is whine about everything here and the plight of criminals/illegal criminalians/ and our treatmentof those who would gladly kill us...send em all to the Middle East where women are tortured, prisoners/dissenters beheaded with no trial,those who speak out killed, no public discourse etc etc...by the way..State mandated religion is your only choice there as well..so what State religion is forced upon us?What freedoms of ours have been restricted?If you have no crimes to hide, then what has the Patriot act done to persecute you? Have state security forces entered your homes and killed you and your family?When you disagree with the principles/govt here, do they behead you?Do you need papers to travel?..wake up!
12/12/07 @ 7:37 am
hamalcar [Member]
In response to: Wampanoag Princess barred from voting
Why are those who question finances and tribal activities shunned?Why are many refused at the polls for Tribal council elections?For "supposed" noble leaders to conduct themselves like this is a sham to the Wampanoags who are dilligently trying to advance their cause...shame..shame
12/08/07 @ 5:42 am
Falmouth tax payers beware! As a long time resident of Mashpee,one has seen the cost of business/home ownership swell in fees and bureaucratic red tape under the former rule of your new town administrator.All these increase are solely for fattening the pay raises/retirement/new jobs for those we elect (who know not of the private sectors cost of living ,yet alone fiscal responsibility)...
Local govt hacks are a microcosym of state and federal govt...all at us working voters expense..beware, beware...
12/08/07 @ 5:30 am
Bob Whritenour..hmm..the same slick willy that used to snowball Mashpee town meetings..Remember vividly his reasons for creating all the new Town positions and, when asked if these were permanent civil service that could be eliminated due to a financial crunch..he screamed"We need thse jobs!!...blah blah " and never answered the question with a simple yes or no..

It is amazing how voters and tax payers crumble under double speak profesional hacks and then squirm when town costs go up..beware when the catch phrases"for the people!' " for the children!"" for the good of the town!"
..this means 2 things..hide your wallet and they are fattening their wallets at your expense...amen

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