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Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: MMS approves Cape Wind; no major environmental problems found
In response to: MMS approves Cape Wind; no major environmental problems found
Next time I see Hyannis Marina owner Wayne Kurker, I plan to ask if he'll offer chartered tours of the turbine array or if he'll forgo such a potentially lucrative initiative to entrepreneurs unburdened by ideology.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: MMS approves Cape Wind; no major environmental problems found
In response to: MMS approves Cape Wind; no major environmental problems found
Allow me to extend my deepest condolescences to Cape Wind's aggrieved opponents
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: 1929: Curley goes too far; 1979: Major reconstruction of Bourne Bridge begins; 1930: Blogfather hatched
In response to: 1929: Curley goes too far; 1979: Major reconstruction of Bourne Bridge begins; 1930: Blogfather hatched
Happy b-day, Whittaker Walt!
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Obama and Biden voted for $223 million Bridge to Nowhere earmark instead of funding for Katrina rebuilding
In response to: Obama and Biden voted for $223 million Bridge to Nowhere earmark instead of funding for Katrina rebuilding
Reminds me of film critic Pauline Kael saying she was stunned when McGovern lost because everyone she knew hated Nixon
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Obama and Biden voted for $223 million Bridge to Nowhere earmark instead of funding for Katrina rebuilding
In response to: Obama and Biden voted for $223 million Bridge to Nowhere earmark instead of funding for Katrina rebuilding
Apparently certain Senate votes are indefensible
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: So nice for al Qaeda to get a good look at you, Mr. Addington
In response to: So nice for al Qaeda to get a good look at you, Mr. Addington
... and stop being so mean to the poor misunderstood terrorists
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Head of Mass. Federation of Republican Women to speak in Yarmouth
In response to: Head of Mass. Federation of Republican Women to speak in Yarmouth
Hey, it worked for you, Ned
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Head of Mass. Federation of Republican Women to speak in Yarmouth
In response to: Head of Mass. Federation of Republican Women to speak in Yarmouth
Ah, that explains it
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Head of Mass. Federation of Republican Women to speak in Yarmouth
In response to: Head of Mass. Federation of Republican Women to speak in Yarmouth
How would you know?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Why we grieve at funerals
In response to: Why we grieve at funerals
My condolences for the loss of your friends, Solon. They were lucky that you were among theirs.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Today in Cape history: WWI naval battle feared off P'town
In response to: Today in Cape history: WWI naval battle feared off P'town
Much thanks to CC Rockhopper, capedave, maverick and Monponsett, your comments are appreciated!
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Today in Cape history: JFK to lease summer house on Squaw Island
In response to: Today in Cape history: JFK to lease summer house on Squaw Island
Great anecdote about JFK Jr, I'd never heard it, Jeff. Sounds like something he would have done.
I remember the incident you refer to on the road leading to Squaw Island; it happened the weekend before I started working at the Times. A woman who said she was a cousin of the victim called the newsroom a few weeks later with an intriguing theory about what may have happened.
I remember the incident you refer to on the road leading to Squaw Island; it happened the weekend before I started working at the Times. A woman who said she was a cousin of the victim called the newsroom a few weeks later with an intriguing theory about what may have happened.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Selectman candidates to speak before Wellfleet Democrats
In response to: Selectman candidates to speak before Wellfleet Democrats
He is according to the calendar listings emailed out by the Cape and Islands Democratic Council, but perhaps there's been a change of heart.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Ted Kennedy hypocrisy exposed on FOX News Sunday night
In response to: Ted Kennedy hypocrisy exposed on FOX News Sunday night
Way to go, Peter and Walter. Another well-deserved blow to Kennedy hypocrisy.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Today in Cape history: Whales return to Cape Cod Bay for first time in quarter century
In response to: Today in Cape history: Whales return to Cape Cod Bay for first time in quarter century
you're half right, clamshelli, the part where you said I was right. Thanks for sharing ;)
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Today in Cape history: Whales return to Cape Cod Bay for first time in quarter century
In response to: Today in Cape history: Whales return to Cape Cod Bay for first time in quarter century
You're more than welcome, maverick. Thanks for the opportunity to run circles around you yet again.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Out Of Focus
In response to: Out Of Focus
Correct me if I'm wrong, Monpo aka Ted, but didn't you just ask me - and you - to "stop"?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Today in Cape history: Whales return to Cape Cod Bay for first time in quarter century
In response to: Today in Cape history: Whales return to Cape Cod Bay for first time in quarter century
Nah, thanks anyway. Why am I not surprised a metaphor would throw you for a loop?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Today in Cape history: Whales return to Cape Cod Bay for first time in quarter century
In response to: Today in Cape history: Whales return to Cape Cod Bay for first time in quarter century
Plenty of quotes yet none from me, maverick. No wonder you spend so much time online and not fishing. You consistently return to port with an empty hold.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Today in Cape history: Whales return to Cape Cod Bay for first time in quarter century
In response to: Today in Cape history: Whales return to Cape Cod Bay for first time in quarter century
Ah, thanks for clarifying, maverick. You claim to have never said I made "false claims," yet in your first comment here you described me and Clean Power Now as "frauds." Reminds me of the "Seinfeld" episode where the alleged friend of Jerry's insisted that calling Jerry a "phony" was a compliment.
Next time, back your your claim before spending the day in futile research and then having to back pedal.
Next time, back your your claim before spending the day in futile research and then having to back pedal.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Making a case against red tape; Let's put wind at our backs; Building a business out of sand
In response to: Making a case against red tape; Let's put wind at our backs; Building a business out of sand
Agreed, Buzz. Truly chilling news.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Making a case against red tape; Let's put wind at our backs; Building a business out of sand
In response to: Making a case against red tape; Let's put wind at our backs; Building a business out of sand
Yikes! Hard to believe there's actually something good resulting from the allegedly catastrophic effects of climate change.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Out Of Focus
In response to: Out Of Focus
If Jul3ia decided cartooning was not to her liking, she could always co-star in a remake of "Thelma and Louise"
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Today in Cape history: Whales return to Cape Cod Bay for first time in quarter century
In response to: Today in Cape history: Whales return to Cape Cod Bay for first time in quarter century
My thoughts exactly, dilligaf. But someone who competes with this business - a charter boat captain such as maverick, for example - may take exception to a competitor getting a free plug.
Speaking of competition, this is how maverick views Cape Wind, which would share in the use of Nantucket Sound with, to cite one example, charter fishing boats. Rarely if ever does maverick acknowledge this as the basis for his opposition to the project. All while denigrating Cape Wind supporters for their "greed."
I'd suggest the man should be ashamed, but that would assume he has any.
Speaking of competition, this is how maverick views Cape Wind, which would share in the use of Nantucket Sound with, to cite one example, charter fishing boats. Rarely if ever does maverick acknowledge this as the basis for his opposition to the project. All while denigrating Cape Wind supporters for their "greed."
I'd suggest the man should be ashamed, but that would assume he has any.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Today in Cape history: Whales return to Cape Cod Bay for first time in quarter century
In response to: Today in Cape history: Whales return to Cape Cod Bay for first time in quarter century
I cited them as the source of the photo in the photo credit, as I do with all photos, maverick. As to my alleged false claims in the past, please cite examples. Your inability to do so will show how you are the one engaged in fraud, all while wrapping yourself in a cloak of piety.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Today in Cape history: Whales return to Cape Cod Bay for first time in quarter century
In response to: Today in Cape history: Whales return to Cape Cod Bay for first time in quarter century
Happy Easter to you too, maverick. And one of us actually means it.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Today in Cape history: Whales return to Cape Cod Bay for first time in quarter century
In response to: Today in Cape history: Whales return to Cape Cod Bay for first time in quarter century
My mistake, thanks for catching it. I just changed to photo to one of finbacks. Least I think they're finbacks ...
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Know thy ...friends and enemies.
In response to: Know thy ...friends and enemies.
Wrong again, Peter - Jim Gordon is not "the proponent" of the LIPA project and no amount of ant-wind spin by you will make it so.
Are you on the Alliance payroll?
Are you on the Alliance payroll?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: A Quick History Lesson
In response to: A Quick History Lesson
Maybe this candidate Lincoln will help change things
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Know thy ...friends and enemies.
In response to: Know thy ...friends and enemies.
Wattley approached, bearing an eerie resemblance to Guggenheim in his tux on the deck of the Titanic
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Cape Cod TODAY and WBUR
In response to: Cape Cod TODAY and WBUR
Same here, let's do it again sometime. You tango well.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Cape Cod TODAY and WBUR
In response to: Cape Cod TODAY and WBUR
I've felt fine all along. Nice to see you come around.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Cape Cod TODAY and WBUR
In response to: Cape Cod TODAY and WBUR
Imagine my relief that you're relieved
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Cape Cod TODAY and WBUR
In response to: Cape Cod TODAY and WBUR
My apologies, clamshelli, I'll type slower next time
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Cape Cod TODAY and WBUR
In response to: Cape Cod TODAY and WBUR
This from a person unwilling to submit to a basic tenet of integrity in public discourse - putting your name to your words.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Cape Cod TODAY and WBUR
In response to: Cape Cod TODAY and WBUR
To veer from praising me to blanket condemnation. That you would not consider this odd doesn't surprise me.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Cape Cod TODAY and WBUR
In response to: Cape Cod TODAY and WBUR
That's odd, clamshelli, I recall you singing a different tune about me back when I expressed doubt about Christopher McCowen's guilt.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Cape Cod TODAY and WBUR
In response to: Cape Cod TODAY and WBUR
That we do, Monpo. And you're invariably gracious in defeat, mon ami.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Cape Cod TODAY and WBUR
In response to: Cape Cod TODAY and WBUR
Monpo, had I been asked to take part, I would have declined. Spread thin enough as it is. And no, those aren't sour grapes.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Today in Cape history: Plane overshoots icy runway in Hyannis
In response to: Today in Cape history: Plane overshoots icy runway in Hyannis
Thanks for the insight, Producer. Always interesting to hear what is revealed years later in contrast to the initial reporting. I was a reporter at the Brockton Enterprise at the time and spoke with Mr. King the day after the accident, as he and his wife lived in Bridgewater. Still amazes me the juxtaposition of King's experiences in the war and this incident. He told me the chain-link fence sideswiped their car as the plane passed right in front of them, nearly giving both heart attacks. They were the two people taken to the hospital for observation, as I recall.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Times Pulling Punches
In response to: Times Pulling Punches
Williams is also too thin-skinned to allow anyone to comment on her blog, unlike the bloggers here.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Times Pulling Punches
In response to: Times Pulling Punches
Great question, SM. At the very least, the Times on Sunday should have run some sort of explanation, however brief, explaining the omission of a story they had built up on Friday.
As for their ombudsman taking a look at this, I have my doubts. His predecessor somehow managed to go two years without devoting a single column to the Times' coverage of the single most contentious issue facing the Cape in decades.
As for their ombudsman taking a look at this, I have my doubts. His predecessor somehow managed to go two years without devoting a single column to the Times' coverage of the single most contentious issue facing the Cape in decades.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Today in Cape and islands history: Rare sighting on Vineyard sets off flurry amid bird-watchers
In response to: Today in Cape and islands history: Rare sighting on Vineyard sets off flurry amid bird-watchers
But a rare delicacy indeed (least on this side of the pond)
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Today in Cape history: Steamers collide in dense fog off Chatham
In response to: Today in Cape history: Steamers collide in dense fog off Chatham
clamshelli, what's the site you're referring to?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Today in Cape history: Steamers collide in dense fog off Chatham
In response to: Today in Cape history: Steamers collide in dense fog off Chatham
Good question, Andy. No mention of the fate of the horse in the Sentinel account and, considering the circumstances, presumed lost. I'll add that to the story.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Today in Cape and Islands history: John Belushi laid to rest on Vineyard
In response to: Today in Cape and Islands history: John Belushi laid to rest on Vineyard
you're welcome, Solon, and yes, agreed, a terrible waste. I remember hearing the news of Belushi's death and thinking it was a prank.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Wind and the Cost of Electricity
In response to: Wind and the Cost of Electricity
Great piece, Chuck, very informative as always. As for a carbon tax, however, I couldn't disagree more. We're in a recession now; imposing a carbon tax would make it a depression. I seriously doubt there is the political will - even among Democrats - to make energy any more expensive than it is now.
Peter, a question that comes to mind in response to your last comment - does electricity generated without pollution or greenhouse gases possess any value?
Peter, a question that comes to mind in response to your last comment - does electricity generated without pollution or greenhouse gases possess any value?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: County Art Caper - "It's a witch hunt" she mumbled
In response to: County Art Caper - "It's a witch hunt" she mumbled
And mine are from the heart too, maverick, which you would understand if you actually appreciated what I wrote about the Chelsea plant and dredging.
Any reason you have such difficulty believing that those in favor of the wind farm aren't motivated by greed or other base motives? In contrast to this recurring, nay, Ahabesque insistence on your part, I have no trouble believing that you, Cliff Carroll, Audra Parker, Sue Nickerson, etc., are motivated by your beliefs - period.
Why the stingy unwillingness on your part to extend the same benefit of a doubt to those with the gall to disagree with you?
Any reason you have such difficulty believing that those in favor of the wind farm aren't motivated by greed or other base motives? In contrast to this recurring, nay, Ahabesque insistence on your part, I have no trouble believing that you, Cliff Carroll, Audra Parker, Sue Nickerson, etc., are motivated by your beliefs - period.
Why the stingy unwillingness on your part to extend the same benefit of a doubt to those with the gall to disagree with you?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: County Art Caper - "It's a witch hunt" she mumbled
In response to: County Art Caper - "It's a witch hunt" she mumbled
That it does, maverick, which explains why you never do it. My problem is the opposite, being more than willing to challenge my own beliefs. Do the words "Chelsea power plant" ring a bell? How about "dredging"?
Your sniping here has nothing to do with the issue at hand and everything to do with Cape Wind. Takes a big man to admit that, which is why you won't.
Your sniping here has nothing to do with the issue at hand and everything to do with Cape Wind. Takes a big man to admit that, which is why you won't.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: County Art Caper - "It's a witch hunt" she mumbled
In response to: County Art Caper - "It's a witch hunt" she mumbled
Thanks for clarifying that you remain a twisted coot, maverick. Stick to running your charter boat, but try to spend less time in the sun.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: County Art Caper - "It's a witch hunt" she mumbled
In response to: County Art Caper - "It's a witch hunt" she mumbled
Thanks again for clarifying, Peter, seeing how Mr. Robbins remains at a loss for words. Just out of curiosity, don't you think a more balanced approach to this inquiry would have included *both* county commissioners elected in the early 1990s - rather than just one?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: County Art Caper - "It's a witch hunt" she mumbled
In response to: County Art Caper - "It's a witch hunt" she mumbled
Peter writes - "all of the charges against PR were dismissed save one" - and it's that "save one" that makes all the difference. Whereupon Mr. Robbins, having been fired, promptly chooses to "retire."
Thanks for clarifying that, Peter, much appreciated, especially seeing how the person in question has suddenly developed laryngitis after having been so garrulous.
Thanks for clarifying that, Peter, much appreciated, especially seeing how the person in question has suddenly developed laryngitis after having been so garrulous.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: County Art Caper - "It's a witch hunt" she mumbled
In response to: County Art Caper - "It's a witch hunt" she mumbled
Lucky you, Mr. Robbins, here's your chance to talk "more" about it. When you say you "went through a legal process," I take that to mean you challenged your dismissal, correct?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Tilting
In response to: Tilting
maverick writes, "If Cape Wind is built I'm sure there will be many tourist boats that will fill that demand" for sightseeing trips to the turbines.
Yes there will, maverick. Couldn't have put it better myself.
Yes there will, maverick. Couldn't have put it better myself.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: County Art Caper - "It's a witch hunt" she mumbled
In response to: County Art Caper - "It's a witch hunt" she mumbled
Mr. Robbins, is it true you were fired by the county in the early 1990s and, if so, don't you think you have an obligation to inform the readers of that?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Tilting
In response to: Tilting
Same to you, maverick. Just out of curiosity, if the wind farm is built, will you turn away customers who want to see it from your charter boat?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Tilting
In response to: Tilting
Sustained $100-a-barrel oil seals it for Cape Wind, Peter and maverick, just as it helped doom Carter back in 1980. You are not only wrong on Cape Wind, you are on the wrong side of history.
The status quo is not an option.
The status quo is not an option.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Today in Cape history: Big Kennedy victory over Carter in Bay State primary
In response to: Today in Cape history: Big Kennedy victory over Carter in Bay State primary
Good ones! Or this one from the Washington Post a couple of days ago for a story about a South Korean tightrope walker over the Han River - "Skywalker crosses Han Solo"
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Today in Cape history: Big Kennedy victory over Carter in Bay State primary
In response to: Today in Cape history: Big Kennedy victory over Carter in Bay State primary
Mine is a true headline too, Buzz, in either the Post or the Daily News. And it has the advantage of being funny as opposed to macabre.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Today in Cape history: Big Kennedy victory over Carter in Bay State primary
In response to: Today in Cape history: Big Kennedy victory over Carter in Bay State primary
Best tabloid headline - after Senate acquitted Clinton - "Close but no cigar"
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: An award well-earned
In response to: An award well-earned
Refresh my memory, capewatchdog - wasn't there another county commissioner elected back in the early '90s?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Will today be "Black Monday"? Housing becoming affordable on Cape Cod; Church offers prize; Parade features Cape Wind
In response to: Will today be "Black Monday"? Housing becoming affordable on Cape Cod; Church offers prize; Parade features Cape Wind
Nice to see Wendy Williams continuing to maintain her alleged neutrality on Cape Wind.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Cape Wind: A critical part of the solution
In response to: Cape Wind: A critical part of the solution
So much for the polar bears all drowning
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Godspeed, good prince
In response to: Godspeed, good prince
CNN is reporting that Prince Harry is serving on the front line in Afghanistan. A man worthy of being called a prince.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: The 2008 Nader: Unsafe at any election
In response to: The 2008 Nader: Unsafe at any election
Nader will be less significant this time around than he was in 2004. After losing the last two presidential elections, those left of center are even less inclined to waste their votes on a third-party quixotic.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: The 2008 Nader: Unsafe at any election
In response to: The 2008 Nader: Unsafe at any election
Walter, when did McCain "at his most militant" - or any other time for that matter - ever say he would not have invaded Iraq?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: The 2008 Nader: Unsafe at any election
In response to: The 2008 Nader: Unsafe at any election
bittersweet, the Florida Supreme Court ordered a statewide manual recount, as sought by Gore; the US Supreme Court overturned the ruling.
If only Gore won his home state, all of that unpleasantness could have been avoided.
If only Gore won his home state, all of that unpleasantness could have been avoided.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Vinick absconds without Gordon business plan
In response to: Vinick absconds without Gordon business plan
That I have, maverick. It's lowered my tolerance for crackpots.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Vinick absconds without Gordon business plan
In response to: Vinick absconds without Gordon business plan
maverick, in response to your request - yawn
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Today in Cape history: Swedish tanker runs aground off Provincetown
In response to: Today in Cape history: Swedish tanker runs aground off Provincetown
ifawsupporter, any relation to monponsett? The similarity in your voices is eerie.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Romney explains it away
In response to: Romney explains it away
wavemaker, I'm going by what you initially wrote, which was that Romney said "nobody" cared about the C with A, not that "he" didn't. And like I said, Romney was proven wrong and in short order.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Today in Cape history: Swedish tanker runs aground off Provincetown
In response to: Today in Cape history: Swedish tanker runs aground off Provincetown
... and channeling James Joyce
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: December 16, 1956: Woods Hole extends hospitality to Hungarians fleeing Soviet brutality
In response to: December 16, 1956: Woods Hole extends hospitality to Hungarians fleeing Soviet brutality
that's odd, bittersweet suddenly got tongue-tied
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: December 16, 1956: Woods Hole extends hospitality to Hungarians fleeing Soviet brutality
In response to: December 16, 1956: Woods Hole extends hospitality to Hungarians fleeing Soviet brutality
the part you keep avoiding
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: December 16, 1956: Woods Hole extends hospitality to Hungarians fleeing Soviet brutality
In response to: December 16, 1956: Woods Hole extends hospitality to Hungarians fleeing Soviet brutality
you were being facetious, correct?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: December 16, 1956: Woods Hole extends hospitality to Hungarians fleeing Soviet brutality
In response to: December 16, 1956: Woods Hole extends hospitality to Hungarians fleeing Soviet brutality
bittersweet, when you say, "The military is the answer to all the questions," you're being facetious, right?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: December 16, 1956: Woods Hole extends hospitality to Hungarians fleeing Soviet brutality
In response to: December 16, 1956: Woods Hole extends hospitality to Hungarians fleeing Soviet brutality
Didn't think a question like that would throw bittersweet for a loop, but clearly I was wrong
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: December 16, 1956: Woods Hole extends hospitality to Hungarians fleeing Soviet brutality
In response to: December 16, 1956: Woods Hole extends hospitality to Hungarians fleeing Soviet brutality
bittersweet, when you say, "The military is the answer to all the questions," you're being facetious, right?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Romney explains it away
In response to: Romney explains it away
wavemaker, thanks for the insights about Romney. Clearly he was proven wrong about the Contract with America and in short order. That being said, could Romney have meant that no one in Massachusetts cared about it?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: An answer in the wind
In response to: An answer in the wind
Not sure, monpo. Within a couple of years is a guess.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: An answer in the wind
In response to: An answer in the wind
Agreed, maverick, it will probably be a year or two more before construction of the wind farm begins. And then you'll be adding sightseeing through the turbine array for your charter boat customers.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Cape Golfer Files Federal Suit for Place at Men's Tee in Dennis
In response to: Cape Golfer Files Federal Suit for Place at Men's Tee in Dennis
Shortly thereafter, as if by karma, Hooters closed
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: December 16, 1956: Woods Hole extends hospitality to Hungarians fleeing Soviet brutality
In response to: December 16, 1956: Woods Hole extends hospitality to Hungarians fleeing Soviet brutality
bittersweet, when you say, "The military is the answer to all the questions," you're being facetious, right?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Cape Golfer Files Federal Suit for Place at Men's Tee in Dennis
In response to: Cape Golfer Files Federal Suit for Place at Men's Tee in Dennis
Next target - female-only health clubs!
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: An answer in the wind
In response to: An answer in the wind
Tim, you'll have to bear with maverick. He's a charter boat captain and it's the offseason. By Presidents Day, the cabin fever really takes its toll.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: December 16, 1956: Woods Hole extends hospitality to Hungarians fleeing Soviet brutality
In response to: December 16, 1956: Woods Hole extends hospitality to Hungarians fleeing Soviet brutality
C'mon, hamalcar, is a nation truly free when jihadists can't make cell phone calls from airport tarmacs without the government listening in?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: A Political Animal
In response to: A Political Animal
A great analogy, Katie, comparing the campaign to the last one in "The West Wing." My wife and I have been watching the series on DVD chronologically from the start and picking up on a lot of stuff we missed.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Top Gay Marriage Lobbyists Busted for Raping Pre-Teen Boys
In response to: Top Gay Marriage Lobbyists Busted for Raping Pre-Teen Boys
Would love to continue shredding your inanities, Aaron, but one of us feels an obligation to be productive and it's not you.
A final note - you remind me of a quote from Flannery O'Connor - "There's a novel in everyone and most of them should stay there."
A final note - you remind me of a quote from Flannery O'Connor - "There's a novel in everyone and most of them should stay there."
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Top Gay Marriage Lobbyists Busted for Raping Pre-Teen Boys
In response to: Top Gay Marriage Lobbyists Busted for Raping Pre-Teen Boys
better yet, the psychotherapist
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Top Gay Marriage Lobbyists Busted for Raping Pre-Teen Boys
In response to: Top Gay Marriage Lobbyists Busted for Raping Pre-Teen Boys
More is the pity. Your cluelessness knows no bounds. A "bust" does not refer to a person being "caught by the police." It refers to a person being charged by police. Huge difference. You'd know that if you genuinely believed in the presumption of innocence, which you don't. Especially when it pertains to gay men.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Top Gay Marriage Lobbyists Busted for Raping Pre-Teen Boys
In response to: Top Gay Marriage Lobbyists Busted for Raping Pre-Teen Boys
You've insulted the readers at this site for years with your gibberish. Let's see - you're opposed to same-sex marriage, no presumption of innocence for gays - gee, where would anyone get the impression you're a self-hating gay?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Top Gay Marriage Lobbyists Busted for Raping Pre-Teen Boys
In response to: Top Gay Marriage Lobbyists Busted for Raping Pre-Teen Boys
Nice try, Aaron. Here is what you wrote - "a Deval Patrick Aide, was busted in Florida for Raping a 15 year old boy" - the man was charged, Aaron, not convicted. You are the presumer, not me. Now you try to weasel out of your own words, but they indict you nonetheless (figuratively speaking, so as not to confuse you)
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Top Gay Marriage Lobbyists Busted for Raping Pre-Teen Boys
In response to: Top Gay Marriage Lobbyists Busted for Raping Pre-Teen Boys
correction - "entitled" to the presumption of innocence
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Top Gay Marriage Lobbyists Busted for Raping Pre-Teen Boys
In response to: Top Gay Marriage Lobbyists Busted for Raping Pre-Teen Boys
You could conclude that all people are inclined to the presumption of innocence, regardless of political affiliation or sexual oriention. If you were inclined to think this way, which clearly you're not.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Top Gay Marriage Lobbyists Busted for Raping Pre-Teen Boys
In response to: Top Gay Marriage Lobbyists Busted for Raping Pre-Teen Boys
"A loyalist to liberals"? LOL! Aaron, you should apologize to those who spit out their coffee upon reading that.
Once again - "presumption of innocence" - ring a bell at all, Aaron? Even faintly?
Once again - "presumption of innocence" - ring a bell at all, Aaron? Even faintly?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Top Gay Marriage Lobbyists Busted for Raping Pre-Teen Boys
In response to: Top Gay Marriage Lobbyists Busted for Raping Pre-Teen Boys
You're welcome, truthseeker. And perhaps when Aaron pops his head up again, we'll find out how many more weeks of winter to expect.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Top Gay Marriage Lobbyists Busted for Raping Pre-Teen Boys
In response to: Top Gay Marriage Lobbyists Busted for Raping Pre-Teen Boys
What's the matter, Aaron, at a loss to answer a tough question? I'll try again - are you even remotely familiar with the concept of presumption of innocence?
I should think so, seeing how not too long ago you were running to work at that place on Beacon Hill where, you know, they make laws.
I should think so, seeing how not too long ago you were running to work at that place on Beacon Hill where, you know, they make laws.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Today in Cape history: Verdict in late 19th century libel suit
In response to: Today in Cape history: Verdict in late 19th century libel suit
ifawsupporter, it may be time to step away from the cough syrup
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Today in Cape history: Verdict in late 19th century libel suit
In response to: Today in Cape history: Verdict in late 19th century libel suit
How will I know it's you, ifawsupporter? Sorry about the italics, it's how I distinguish what I write from news copy I'm citing.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Top Gay Marriage Lobbyists Busted for Raping Pre-Teen Boys
In response to: Top Gay Marriage Lobbyists Busted for Raping Pre-Teen Boys
Aaron, are you even remotely familiar with the concept of presumption of innocence? Also applies to gays.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Vinick absconds without Gordon business plan
In response to: Vinick absconds without Gordon business plan
Monpo, Cape Wind is one of many things to be done to reduce the enormous cost of relying on energy from abroad. The wind farm won't do it single-handedly. But if we don't build it, or renew the license at Pilgrim, or allow drilling at ANWR, or build refineries more than once every 30 years, or an LNG facility in Fall River, etc., etc., the cost of energy will become prohibitively expensive. Kinda like it has.
Nice to hear the MMA turbine doesn't bother you at all, in contrast to your initial crankiness about it.
Nice to hear the MMA turbine doesn't bother you at all, in contrast to your initial crankiness about it.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Vinick absconds without Gordon business plan
In response to: Vinick absconds without Gordon business plan
Monpo, the reason gas and other forms of fuel are so expensive in New England is because we have to import nearly all of our energy. Not so with wind - it is already here, in abundance, and will never run out. Those opposed to the wind farm are saying, in effect, let's remain addicted to dependence on foreign energy.
It takes gas prices hitting $5 a gallon for some to see the insanity of this. Others of us have seen the insanity all along.
It takes gas prices hitting $5 a gallon for some to see the insanity of this. Others of us have seen the insanity all along.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Vinick absconds without Gordon business plan
In response to: Vinick absconds without Gordon business plan
Great post, Solon :)
Peter, just out of curiosity, will you still be bad-mouthing Cape Wind when gas is $5 a gallon?
Peter, just out of curiosity, will you still be bad-mouthing Cape Wind when gas is $5 a gallon?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: If gambling is the new buffalo, what does that make the Guv?
In response to: If gambling is the new buffalo, what does that make the Guv?
"If gambling is the new buffalo, what does that make the Guv?"
Lemme guess - buffalo soldier?
Lemme guess - buffalo soldier?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Today in Cape history: Steamer Thistlemore runs aground off Peaked Hill Bars
In response to: Today in Cape history: Steamer Thistlemore runs aground off Peaked Hill Bars
I read somewhere that the old Lifesaving Service station at Peaked Hill Bars became home to Eugene O'Neill when he lived on the Cape. The building is long gone, lost to the sea.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Cape and Islands battered by ocean storm; Kennedy spurns Clinton plea; UK to build 12,500 wind farms
In response to: Cape and Islands battered by ocean storm; Kennedy spurns Clinton plea; UK to build 12,500 wind farms
"Mr. Kennedy called Mr. Clinton Sunday to tell him of his decision" - oh and tell Mrs. Clinton I said hello
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Today in Cape history: Funding provided for start of major reconstruction of canal
In response to: Today in Cape history: Funding provided for start of major reconstruction of canal
Thanks for the tip about that, Solon, appreciate it!
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Martin Luther King Jr. memorial march and observance scheduled
In response to: Martin Luther King Jr. memorial march and observance scheduled
thanks for the heads-up, Monpo, I just corrected it
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: When the Torture Debate Rages Beyond Your Cell
In response to: When the Torture Debate Rages Beyond Your Cell
Monpo, the research you're referring to was conducted by an academic named Stanley Milgram. Peter Gabriel wrote a great song about it called "Milgram 37 (we do what we're told)" on his album "So".
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Today in Cape history: Cape Cod Coliseum is put up for sale
In response to: Today in Cape history: Cape Cod Coliseum is put up for sale
Thanks, Buzz and Opinionator, I appreciate that. My favorite memory of the Coliseum is seeing the Clash perform twice there in the summer of 1982, on a Saturday and Tuesday of a three-show stint as I recall, and Elvis Costello on the Sunday between the two Clash shows (and Elvis on Letterman on Monday after his performance at the Coliseum).
We saw Elvis getting off his tour bus parked next to a side entrance and walked in right after him. Turns out my brother and I and friends of ours didn't need those tickets after all!
We saw Elvis getting off his tour bus parked next to a side entrance and walked in right after him. Turns out my brother and I and friends of ours didn't need those tickets after all!
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Today in Cape history: Cape Cod Coliseum is put up for sale
In response to: Today in Cape history: Cape Cod Coliseum is put up for sale
Funny you mention that, Monpo. As it turns out, I went to that concert too!
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Documentaries on electric car and kosher slaughterhouse practices to be shown in Falmouth
In response to: Documentaries on electric car and kosher slaughterhouse practices to be shown in Falmouth
sacred car makes tasty hamburger
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Charles Vinick, gone with the wind
In response to: Charles Vinick, gone with the wind
Inspired by Vinick's example, Jim Gordon has also gone to work as a consultant - for the Alliance!
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Documentaries on electric car and kosher slaughterhouse practices to be shown in Falmouth
In response to: Documentaries on electric car and kosher slaughterhouse practices to be shown in Falmouth
The Car that Wasn't Kosher
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Documentaries on electric car and kosher slaughterhouse practices to be shown in Falmouth
In response to: Documentaries on electric car and kosher slaughterhouse practices to be shown in Falmouth
wheels and squeals
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Cape Air takes on Adirondacks; Kennedy: Wind farm would harm tourism, fishing; Gloomy weather coming
In response to: Cape Air takes on Adirondacks; Kennedy: Wind farm would harm tourism, fishing; Gloomy weather coming
Hard to believe the man emanates from the same gene pool as JFK
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Enviromental and labor groups to speak in support; News stories from a half-dozen media on today's events; Alliance demurs
In response to: Enviromental and labor groups to speak in support; News stories from a half-dozen media on today's events; Alliance demurs
It's the Alliance that will soon be gone, Sacrebleu, and gone forever.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: What's up, Chuck?
In response to: What's up, Chuck?
Gee, it's almost as if Vinick could see what was coming in the MMS report ..
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Cape Wind gets a "thumbs up" from the Feds
In response to: Cape Wind gets a "thumbs up" from the Feds
Developing story ... apparent hostage situation at MMS headquarters ... suspect described as middle-aged, mustachioed mortgage broker from Cape Cod obsessed with potential for massive oil spill from Cape Wind transformer platform ...
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Cape Wind gets a "thumbs up" from the Feds
In response to: Cape Wind gets a "thumbs up" from the Feds
Laugh out loud funny line in the "Summary of Impacts" section - for "Competing uses of waters and seabed" - "Minor (except for impacts to Figawi Race which are moderate")
Oh the humanity!
Oh the humanity!
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Pistol-packin’ Peter hoisted by his own petard
In response to: Pistol-packin’ Peter hoisted by his own petard
Observers say critical mass was attained when Kenney and Manso approached within 10 miles of one another
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Hillary to Obama: Who you callin' ho?!
In response to: Hillary to Obama: Who you callin' ho?!
Darn, I gotta try harder!
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Today in Cape History: Fishing boat Cape Fear sinks in Buzzards Bay
In response to: Today in Cape History: Fishing boat Cape Fear sinks in Buzzards Bay
Not so much after "Goodfellas"
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Today in Cape History: Fishing boat Cape Fear sinks in Buzzards Bay
In response to: Today in Cape History: Fishing boat Cape Fear sinks in Buzzards Bay
Thanks, Mopo. I searched in vain for one of the Cape Fear itself.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Today in Cape history: Christa Worthington found murdered
In response to: Today in Cape history: Christa Worthington found murdered
Agreed, Mopo. That sort of thing doesn't happen nearly often enough.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Pope Wages War on Satan
In response to: Pope Wages War on Satan
hey, what did I tell you about keeping your head on straight ...
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Bus trips to New Hampshire planned for Romney, Clinton supporters
In response to: Bus trips to New Hampshire planned for Romney, Clinton supporters
Maybe, but at some point that flat tire oughta come off
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: David Bowie & Bing Crosby sing Drummer Boy
In response to: David Bowie & Bing Crosby sing Drummer Boy
I remember how surreal it was the first time that was on TV. Carey's "All I Want ..." is great too, an awesome part of the movie "Love Actually," and the Eagles' "Please Come Home for Christmas" sounds good every year.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Today in Cape history: Opposition fails to thwart major coastal project
In response to: Today in Cape history: Opposition fails to thwart major coastal project
thanks, Mopo, Merry Christmas to you too!
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Two fun runs - and a swim! - will greet '08 on Upper Cape
In response to: Two fun runs - and a swim! - will greet '08 on Upper Cape
aka, "Cape Cod West"
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Renee Sherwood looks to oust Cynthia Stead as top Cape GOP Woman.
In response to: Renee Sherwood looks to oust Cynthia Stead as top Cape GOP Woman.
Looks like it's Sammy the one who's really hiding.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Renee Sherwood looks to oust Cynthia Stead as top Cape GOP Woman.
In response to: Renee Sherwood looks to oust Cynthia Stead as top Cape GOP Woman.
Really, Sammy - and what alias would that be?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Renee Sherwood looks to oust Cynthia Stead as top Cape GOP Woman.
In response to: Renee Sherwood looks to oust Cynthia Stead as top Cape GOP Woman.
Aaron, Cynthia could not have outed you "every chance she got" with you already out - by your own acknowledgement. What Doug Bennett wrote here about Cynthia allegedly outing you in her column is inaccurate. Ironically, the person Doug could have cited as responsible for that is you.
But you are right about one thing - deep down, and on the surface for that matter, Cynthia is really a nice woman.
But you are right about one thing - deep down, and on the surface for that matter, Cynthia is really a nice woman.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Renee Sherwood looks to oust Cynthia Stead as top Cape GOP Woman.
In response to: Renee Sherwood looks to oust Cynthia Stead as top Cape GOP Woman.
My bad, Doug, thanks for clarifying that. I was looking at Cynthia's columns from this past September and October when I should have been looking a year earlier.
That being said, James raises a good point - wasn't Maloy already "out" by the time in question? I seem to recall a Doreen Leggett story before the primary where Maloy stated he was openly gay.
That being said, James raises a good point - wasn't Maloy already "out" by the time in question? I seem to recall a Doreen Leggett story before the primary where Maloy stated he was openly gay.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: December 16, 1956: Woods Hole extends hospitality to Hungarians fleeing Soviet brutality
In response to: December 16, 1956: Woods Hole extends hospitality to Hungarians fleeing Soviet brutality
Interesting character who was dismissed by too many early on, and getting his comeuppance now. From the old isolationist wing of the GOP that once included - hard to believe - George W. Bush.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: December 16, 1956: Woods Hole extends hospitality to Hungarians fleeing Soviet brutality
In response to: December 16, 1956: Woods Hole extends hospitality to Hungarians fleeing Soviet brutality
But clearly not enough for you to lighten up. Say, who you voting for next year - Kucinich again? Or maybe write in Sharpton?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: December 16, 1956: Woods Hole extends hospitality to Hungarians fleeing Soviet brutality
In response to: December 16, 1956: Woods Hole extends hospitality to Hungarians fleeing Soviet brutality
Only with those who squirt ink like a fleeing squid. Still making "no partisan claim," James?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: December 16, 1956: Woods Hole extends hospitality to Hungarians fleeing Soviet brutality
In response to: December 16, 1956: Woods Hole extends hospitality to Hungarians fleeing Soviet brutality
Yeah, you're a real centrist, James, whatever you say. Why is it liberals so often shy away from admitting they're liberals?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Renee Sherwood looks to oust Cynthia Stead as top Cape GOP Woman.
In response to: Renee Sherwood looks to oust Cynthia Stead as top Cape GOP Woman.
Doug, please cite the date of the column and specifically what Cynthia Stead wrote when she allegedly outed Aaron Maloy. I went to the CC Times' website and read through Stead's three columns "immediately" after the primary in September and did not see any references to Maloy.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: December 16, 1956: Woods Hole extends hospitality to Hungarians fleeing Soviet brutality
In response to: December 16, 1956: Woods Hole extends hospitality to Hungarians fleeing Soviet brutality
Also reported in the same NY Times story, though James neglected to mention this because it would refute his dubious premise - in December 2000, officials with the National Security Agency (NSA) "wrote a transition report to the incoming Bush administration, saying the agency must become a 'powerful, permanent presence' on the commercial communications network, a goal that they acknowledged would raise legal and privacy issues."
Notice the date: December 2000 -- before Bush became president.
9/11 changed nothing for these people; their hatred for Bush was well established before then.
Notice the date: December 2000 -- before Bush became president.
9/11 changed nothing for these people; their hatred for Bush was well established before then.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: IOWA CAUCUS PRIMER
In response to: IOWA CAUCUS PRIMER
I agree with you about Edwards, Spyro, and he did well in the last debate. Still a three-way race.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: December 16, 1956: Woods Hole extends hospitality to Hungarians fleeing Soviet brutality
In response to: December 16, 1956: Woods Hole extends hospitality to Hungarians fleeing Soviet brutality
As if the butchers involved in the insurgency were choirboys before we went in.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: December 16, 1956: Woods Hole extends hospitality to Hungarians fleeing Soviet brutality
In response to: December 16, 1956: Woods Hole extends hospitality to Hungarians fleeing Soviet brutality
Fine, James, these are not extraordinary times. How about consequential times, that more to your liking?
"Institutions have no moral agency," you say? That's like saying there's no such thing as institutional memory.
As for the Iraq war allegedly making us weaker, it's the insurgency in Iraq that's weaker, thanks to the surge. Iran shelved its nuclear weapons program six months after we toppled Hussein, about the same time Libya did the same and shortly before Syria pulled its troops out of Lebanon.
The war hasn't made us weaker, it's demonstrated American resolve, despite the persistent efforts of naysayers for us to turn tail before the job was done.
"Institutions have no moral agency," you say? That's like saying there's no such thing as institutional memory.
As for the Iraq war allegedly making us weaker, it's the insurgency in Iraq that's weaker, thanks to the surge. Iran shelved its nuclear weapons program six months after we toppled Hussein, about the same time Libya did the same and shortly before Syria pulled its troops out of Lebanon.
The war hasn't made us weaker, it's demonstrated American resolve, despite the persistent efforts of naysayers for us to turn tail before the job was done.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: December 16, 1956: Woods Hole extends hospitality to Hungarians fleeing Soviet brutality
In response to: December 16, 1956: Woods Hole extends hospitality to Hungarians fleeing Soviet brutality
Just as you "might throw away" your principles "to hurt someone who is threatening my family," so might the federal government - as it has under Bush. As it did under FDR when faced with an earlier totalitarian threat. As it did under Lincoln to eradicate slavery. What we are living through is hardly "business as usual." Will it take another terrorist onslaught for you to comprehend that?
Speaking of children, mine are tugging at my sleeve to play in the snow. Read up on what the choice was in "Sophie's Choice." There are times when evil forces good people to do things they would never do otherwise, and this is one of those times, as was the era in that novel. When this happens, it doesn't mean good people are evil. And good people looking from a distance should be able to see the difference.
Speaking of children, mine are tugging at my sleeve to play in the snow. Read up on what the choice was in "Sophie's Choice." There are times when evil forces good people to do things they would never do otherwise, and this is one of those times, as was the era in that novel. When this happens, it doesn't mean good people are evil. And good people looking from a distance should be able to see the difference.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: December 16, 1956: Woods Hole extends hospitality to Hungarians fleeing Soviet brutality
In response to: December 16, 1956: Woods Hole extends hospitality to Hungarians fleeing Soviet brutality
I see, thanks for clarifying that, James. The life of a terrorist is worth more than that of your daughter, got it. You're not a parent, are you?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: December 16, 1956: Woods Hole extends hospitality to Hungarians fleeing Soviet brutality
In response to: December 16, 1956: Woods Hole extends hospitality to Hungarians fleeing Soviet brutality
In other words, yes, it would be justified. Not surprisingly, you dodged the question after I answered yours.
Ever read "Sophie's Choice" or see the movie?
Ever read "Sophie's Choice" or see the movie?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: December 16, 1956: Woods Hole extends hospitality to Hungarians fleeing Soviet brutality
In response to: December 16, 1956: Woods Hole extends hospitality to Hungarians fleeing Soviet brutality
I'm opposed to torture too, James, except in extraordinary circumstances where it may save thousands of lives - such as in the scenario you depict. Yes, it would be justified to kill Atta's daughter in front of him to spare 3,000 people from mass slaughter on 9/11. And we've never had a president who wouldn't have done exactly that, with the possible exception of Bill Clinton.
Seeing how I was so gracious as to answer your question, how about you answering mine: would torturing a terrorist be justified to save the life of your 3-year-old daughter?
Seeing how I was so gracious as to answer your question, how about you answering mine: would torturing a terrorist be justified to save the life of your 3-year-old daughter?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: December 16, 1956: Woods Hole extends hospitality to Hungarians fleeing Soviet brutality
In response to: December 16, 1956: Woods Hole extends hospitality to Hungarians fleeing Soviet brutality
And you can think the Easter bunny brings pretty-colored eggs, James, doesn't make it so. Your assertion demonstrates you little you know about totalitarianism. Your comment would have gotten you arrested, and most likely far worse, in both East Germany and Iraq under Hussein. Yet you can post it here without fear - as you just did. Thank you for bolstering my premise.
If torturing Mohammed Atta had prevented 9/11, would you still say it was unjustified?
If torturing Mohammed Atta had prevented 9/11, would you still say it was unjustified?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: December 16, 1956: Woods Hole extends hospitality to Hungarians fleeing Soviet brutality
In response to: December 16, 1956: Woods Hole extends hospitality to Hungarians fleeing Soviet brutality
I see something else at work, bittersweet. As conditions continue to improve in Iraq, the more unhinged the Left becomes in this country.
Your claim that America is on the verge of becoming a totalitarian state is refuted by the fact you can make such an assertion without fear. You couldn't do that in an actual totalitarian state, such as East Germany while the communists ran the show or in Iraq before the US-led coalition toppled Saddam Hussein.
The common denominator here? America was instrumental in ending tyranny in both nations.
Your claim that America is on the verge of becoming a totalitarian state is refuted by the fact you can make such an assertion without fear. You couldn't do that in an actual totalitarian state, such as East Germany while the communists ran the show or in Iraq before the US-led coalition toppled Saddam Hussein.
The common denominator here? America was instrumental in ending tyranny in both nations.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: December 16, 1956: Woods Hole extends hospitality to Hungarians fleeing Soviet brutality
In response to: December 16, 1956: Woods Hole extends hospitality to Hungarians fleeing Soviet brutality
You're welcome, Solon. Very sad what happened to your fraternity brother. It reminds me of the incident involving the plane that overshot the runway at Barnstable airport several years ago. It nearly sideswiped a car being driven by a man from Bridgewater. His name was William King, from Bridgewater, if I recall correctly, and he was a Navy veteran who had survived kamikaze attacks on his aircraft carrier during World War II.
bittersweet, that "same aggression" we're allegedly vulnerable to in this country - how do you explain the Democrats regaining control of Congress last year?
bittersweet, that "same aggression" we're allegedly vulnerable to in this country - how do you explain the Democrats regaining control of Congress last year?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: 1976: Argo Merchant runs aground
In response to: 1976: Argo Merchant runs aground
Happy holidays to you too, maverick. I know how tough the offseason can be for an old salt. As for my previous comment, yes, still holds water. Your point being ...?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: 1976: Argo Merchant runs aground
In response to: 1976: Argo Merchant runs aground
Characteristically inane analogy, maverick, thanks for sharing. Are you suggesting we build offshore wind turbines on Nantucket Shoals, a site vulnerable to massive oil spills?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Pro-justice and anti-poverty coalitions to hold holiday party/fundraiser
In response to: Pro-justice and anti-poverty coalitions to hold holiday party/fundraiser
Not sure, Aaron, the names were listed on an email blast that went out.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: State Unmoved by Dr. Gryboski's Clean Bill
In response to: State Unmoved by Dr. Gryboski's Clean Bill
That wasn't a story, Jeff, and I wasn't writing it as "a reporter." It was an op-ed piece about a public figure. Nice try, though.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: State Unmoved by Dr. Gryboski's Clean Bill
In response to: State Unmoved by Dr. Gryboski's Clean Bill
Thanks, Jeff. In future stories, you might want to patch a hole like that before posting.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: State Unmoved by Dr. Gryboski's Clean Bill
In response to: State Unmoved by Dr. Gryboski's Clean Bill
Jeff, in your first email to the medical board, you described yourself as "a reporter." Did you as "a reporter" make any attempt to contact Dr. Gryboski to give her a chance to respond before you posted this?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Iran and the Intelligence Vaccine
In response to: Iran and the Intelligence Vaccine
bittersweet asks - "Why don't the idiot men who run this world try something different for a change?" - such as publicly disclosing intelligence findings that Iran has put aside its nuclear weapons program, thereby reducing the likelihood of war with Iran?
Looks like Bush - and the Iranians - are doing exactly what you want, bittersweet. Have you always had trouble taking yes for an answer?
Looks like Bush - and the Iranians - are doing exactly what you want, bittersweet. Have you always had trouble taking yes for an answer?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Iran and the Intelligence Vaccine
In response to: Iran and the Intelligence Vaccine
bittersweet, a man points a gun at you with the stated intention of ending your life. But before he can do so, a police officer shoots and kills him.
... see much difference?
... see much difference?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Iran and the Intelligence Vaccine
In response to: Iran and the Intelligence Vaccine
Good point, blackjackbarnes. The Democrats also need something, anything to shift attention away from progress in Iraq.
Say, didn't Libya also decide against pursuing its nuclear weapons program in late 2003 ...?
Say, didn't Libya also decide against pursuing its nuclear weapons program in late 2003 ...?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Iran and the Intelligence Vaccine
In response to: Iran and the Intelligence Vaccine
Katie, do you think there may be a connection between when Iran stopped its nuclear weapons program - in the fall of 2003 - and the US-led invasion of Iraq - six months earlier?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Ted Kennedy is writing his memoirs - and needs a title
In response to: Ted Kennedy is writing his memoirs - and needs a title
Teddy We Hardly Knew Ye
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Hypnotizing a potential witness - Worthington's daughter
In response to: Hypnotizing a potential witness - Worthington's daughter
It's official - the offseason has begun for maverick.
clamshelli, what can I say, your sheer brilliance is so daunting. Thanks again for your abiding interest in my posts.
clamshelli, what can I say, your sheer brilliance is so daunting. Thanks again for your abiding interest in my posts.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Hypnotizing a potential witness - Worthington's daughter
In response to: Hypnotizing a potential witness - Worthington's daughter
spoken like the censor you are, clamshelli
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Hypnotizing a potential witness - Worthington's daughter
In response to: Hypnotizing a potential witness - Worthington's daughter
absurd's the word for it, wavemaker, but look on the bright side - yet another irritated thought cop.
No, legal_owl, no one ever "needs" to be overwrought. Don't transfer your need for this to the rest of humanity.
Crusader, those same rigorous standards for justice that apply to McCowen also apply to those in law enforcement and the courts that you are accusing of corruption. A reverse double standard is still a double standard.
No, legal_owl, no one ever "needs" to be overwrought. Don't transfer your need for this to the rest of humanity.
Crusader, those same rigorous standards for justice that apply to McCowen also apply to those in law enforcement and the courts that you are accusing of corruption. A reverse double standard is still a double standard.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Hypnotizing a potential witness - Worthington's daughter
In response to: Hypnotizing a potential witness - Worthington's daughter
By all means the, legal_owl, bring it to the attention of the proper authorities, you haven't a leg to stand on. My suggesting the possibility of hypnosis, with the guardians' consent, in no way, shape or form endangers this child, no matter how many overwrought assertions you make to the contrary.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Hypnotizing a potential witness - Worthington's daughter
In response to: Hypnotizing a potential witness - Worthington's daughter
So sue me, legal_owl. As for the spanking, you'll have to find another playmate.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: 1620: Ominous initial contact between Indians and Pilgrims
In response to: 1620: Ominous initial contact between Indians and Pilgrims
CCToday, I think Solon is asking where the plaque is located at the site, not online. Solon, I've been to the beach several times over the years, but have never seen the plaque. That's why the post initially did not include the lower photo, though I had seen one like it in an Internet search, because I could not state specifically where the plaque is located. The lower photo was added by the publisher.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Ted Kennedy is writing his memoirs - and needs a title
In response to: Ted Kennedy is writing his memoirs - and needs a title
"Politics for Dummies"
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: 2001: Farewell to last USO center on Cape Cod
In response to: 2001: Farewell to last USO center on Cape Cod
The real purpose of those medals, when you come down to it.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Today in Cape and islands history: "Jaws" actor dies of heart attack on Vineyard
In response to: Today in Cape and islands history: "Jaws" actor dies of heart attack on Vineyard
" ... for 15 years she kept her virginity, not a bad record for this vicinity ..."
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Ted Kennedy is writing his memoirs - and needs a title
In response to: Ted Kennedy is writing his memoirs - and needs a title
"Unsafe at any speed"
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Today in Cape history: Thanksgiving morning fatality at Sagamore Rotary
In response to: Today in Cape history: Thanksgiving morning fatality at Sagamore Rotary
Not sure offhand, Susan, but fatal accidents in the rotary were infrequent. This was part of the basis for my criticism of the flyover as unnecessary, that fatal accidents are unlikely in bumper to bumper traffic.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Seventh annual Andrea Holden race Nov. 24 in Dennis
In response to: Seventh annual Andrea Holden race Nov. 24 in Dennis
What a difference a couple of days make. Many people were dressed in shorts and T-shirts for the We Gather Together Race in Sandwich on Thanksgiving morning.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: An earlier reaction to aesthetics in a sacred place
In response to: An earlier reaction to aesthetics in a sacred place
Right, Barbara - the "heavily traveled navigational corridor" that's also a locale of "wild scenic beauty." One would be hard-pressed to find a better example of Cape Wind's opponents wanting it both ways.
In response to your question, I am well aware of the multitude of perceived adverse impacts - operative word on my part, perceived - of an offshore wind farm in Nantucket Sound.
I am also well aware that none of these allegedly apocalyptic outcomes have occurred in more than a decade and a half since Europeans began building wind farms off their shores.
The most important thing we can do to ensure public safety on Nantucket Sound? Keep the Kennedys away from any cars, boats or planes in proximity to it.
In response to your question, I am well aware of the multitude of perceived adverse impacts - operative word on my part, perceived - of an offshore wind farm in Nantucket Sound.
I am also well aware that none of these allegedly apocalyptic outcomes have occurred in more than a decade and a half since Europeans began building wind farms off their shores.
The most important thing we can do to ensure public safety on Nantucket Sound? Keep the Kennedys away from any cars, boats or planes in proximity to it.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Ted Kennedy is writing his memoirs - and needs a title
In response to: Ted Kennedy is writing his memoirs - and needs a title
A dissenting voice from the compound. That you, Ethel?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Ted Kennedy is writing his memoirs - and needs a title
In response to: Ted Kennedy is writing his memoirs - and needs a title
"His father's son after all"
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Ted Kennedy is writing his memoirs - and needs a title
In response to: Ted Kennedy is writing his memoirs - and needs a title
"The Road Not Taken"
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Ted Kennedy is writing his memoirs - and needs a title
In response to: Ted Kennedy is writing his memoirs - and needs a title
"The Wind and the Lion"
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Ted Kennedy is writing his memoirs - and needs a title
In response to: Ted Kennedy is writing his memoirs - and needs a title
"You drink and I'll drive"
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: And the winner is...
In response to: And the winner is...
Could be, not sure. Wish I could chat longer but gotta get up early. It's been fun, capewatchdog, whoever you are!
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: And the winner is...
In response to: And the winner is...
Thought it might be Edna St. Vincent Millay. Pretty sure she spent time on the Cape.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: And the winner is...
In response to: And the winner is...
"fire fire ... burning bright" - is that from a poem? Good line.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: And the winner is...
In response to: And the winner is...
'nite, Jeff. Sweet, sanctimonious dreams.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: And the winner is...
In response to: And the winner is...
Confronted with superior firepower, Blanchard beats a hasty retreat.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: And the winner is...
In response to: And the winner is...
I think so, yes. Thanks for your help with that. See how easy it is to be gracious?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: And the winner is...
In response to: And the winner is...
You're beyond help, Blanchard. And clearly in need of displaying your sanctimonious streak on a regular basis.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: And the winner is...
In response to: And the winner is...
There really isn't much guesswork to it, Jeff. Greater accountability is preferred, esp. when it comes to public officials and taxpayer money. How 'bout this - seeing how you have many questions to ask of Troy Clarkson, by all means, ask away. Now that he's writing a blog, it's so much easier for you and anyone else to ask him whatever you want. See how it works?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: And the winner is...
In response to: And the winner is...
Jeff, which would be better - if all politicians opened themselves up to greater accountability in the manner we are seeing here, or - as you suggest - none of them do so?
Being an elected official does not exempt a person from the First Amendment.
Being an elected official does not exempt a person from the First Amendment.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: And the winner is...
In response to: And the winner is...
Jeff, how is Walter guilty of favoritism when any and all other politicians can do exactly what Mr. Clarkson is doing? (and as Matt Patrick, Bill Doherty, Doug Bennett, etc., have already done)
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: WBZ confuses Hyannis with Palm Springs; Concern over oil barges; Costs and trials of herring seining; Barnstable ranks #2 in state survey for commitment to sustainability and smart growth; Alliance salaries revealed
In response to: WBZ confuses Hyannis with Palm Springs; Concern over oil barges; Costs and trials of herring seining; Barnstable ranks #2 in state survey for commitment to sustainability and smart growth; Alliance salaries revealed
Yes, hard to believe that Jim Gordon decided against building oil derricks at a site without oil, opting instead for windmills to harvest the locale's abundant wind.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Whatever Happened to Local Control of the Local Public Domain?
In response to: Whatever Happened to Local Control of the Local Public Domain?
"virgin territory," maverick? Perhaps you're unclear on the concept of virginity.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Christy goes renewable today
In response to: Christy goes renewable today
maverick, nice to see you come around on what Christy is doing. I suspect the same will happen if and when Cape Wind is built and your charter boat customers will be clamoring for sightseeing trips to Horseshoe Shoal.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Christy goes renewable today
In response to: Christy goes renewable today
Look at the bright side, Peter M, maverick has moved on from bloviating about the alleged lack of value in what Christy is doing.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Christy goes renewable today
In response to: Christy goes renewable today
maverick, christy isn't claiming that the turbines will be his sole source of electricity, they will generate electricity that would otherwise have to come from other sources. By your muddled logic, people should never buy sailboats because they can't be used when there's no wind. Agreed - but they can when there is. You do understand that, right? This isn't rocket science.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Today in Cape history: Woods Hole marine biologist acquitted of murdering wife
In response to: Today in Cape history: Woods Hole marine biologist acquitted of murdering wife
Thanks, Buzz, same to you. Interesting stuff, Josh. Do you know for sure whether Sutcliffe's wife spelled her name "Louise" or Luise"? The Enterprise had the latter, an infrequent spelling of the name.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Barnstable, Yarmouth and Dennis news of the week
In response to: Barnstable, Yarmouth and Dennis news of the week
This just in ... dog bites dog!
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: An apple that hasn't fallen far
In response to: An apple that hasn't fallen far
... which you apparently prefer to the worthless drivel of Patrick Kennedy, maverick.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: An apple that hasn't fallen far
In response to: An apple that hasn't fallen far
Thanks, Jeff, appreciate it. Speaking of the wind farm, I see that Wendy Williams has an op-ed about the project in today's Providence Journal. Nice to see Wendy continue maintaining her alleged neutrality on Cape Wind.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: An apple that hasn't fallen far
In response to: An apple that hasn't fallen far
Thanks, wavemaker. Painful to consider that Patrick carries the same genes as JFK.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Tribute to Eunice Shriver planned for Nov. 16
In response to: Tribute to Eunice Shriver planned for Nov. 16
I think Mrs. Shriver looks more frail than she actually is, but I could be wrong. Always thought of her as the hardiest of the brood. And remember, Rose lived to be 104 and Eunice is in her mid-80s.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Today in Cape and islands history: "Moby-Dick" published
In response to: Today in Cape and islands history: "Moby-Dick" published
I read somewhere that one of Melville's fellow whalers on the Acushnet was the son of an officer on the Essex.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Today in Cape history: The Mayflower arrives at Provincetown
In response to: Today in Cape history: The Mayflower arrives at Provincetown
maverick, you'd have to check with those who see the world only through the lens of perpetual victimization for the answer to that.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Today in Cape and islands history: "Moby-Dick" published
In response to: Today in Cape and islands history: "Moby-Dick" published
Your comment jogged my memory - thanks again, Monpo!
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Today in Cape history: The Mayflower arrives at Provincetown
In response to: Today in Cape history: The Mayflower arrives at Provincetown
A valid criticism, muwin, and the post has been edited accordingly.
Just out of curiosity, maverick, will you be surrendering your ill-gotten booty to our Native American brethren any time soon?
Just out of curiosity, maverick, will you be surrendering your ill-gotten booty to our Native American brethren any time soon?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Frank Zappa, Soldiers' Porn and Vilnius
In response to: Frank Zappa, Soldiers' Porn and Vilnius
Great post, Peter. I wasn't much of a Zappa fan until I saw him perform at the old Music Hall in Boston back in the '80s. Man, his band was tight!
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Reasonable doubt about a verdict
In response to: Reasonable doubt about a verdict
But it's not hard to shower when you're alive, clamshelli, as Worthington would have been for two days after she allegedly had sex with McCowen on Thursday to her death on Saturday afternoon as described above.
Two days without bathing after sex with the garbageman? Not likely.
Two days without bathing after sex with the garbageman? Not likely.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Reasonable doubt about a verdict
In response to: Reasonable doubt about a verdict
bittersweet, you are aware of the difference between being found not guilty and innocence, aren't you? The state not proving its case does not mean McCowen is innocent, it means there's enough reasonable doubt not to convict.
As for the alleged lack of evidence of McCowen "even being there," you are wrong. The DNA evidence proved conclusively that there was sexual contact between McCowen and Worthington (and agreed, this is not proof of sex). By his own admission, McCowen was there but he claimed the sex was consensual.
As for the alleged lack of evidence of McCowen "even being there," you are wrong. The DNA evidence proved conclusively that there was sexual contact between McCowen and Worthington (and agreed, this is not proof of sex). By his own admission, McCowen was there but he claimed the sex was consensual.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Reasonable doubt about a verdict
In response to: Reasonable doubt about a verdict
My willingness to part with previous beliefs, also known as freedom of thought.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Death of a runner
In response to: Death of a runner
Never ran that one, Ted. Ran another in Duxbury back in the early 90s, a 10K on the streets as I recall. Wouldn't be surprised if Salazar and Rodgers ran the Gurnet race, they both trained in the Boston area those days.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Mobs Turn out for Obama Rally
In response to: Mobs Turn out for Obama Rally
Mopo, how would Bill be getting a crack at anyone if Hill ain't breaking 38 percent?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Sandwich Democrats to meet tonight
In response to: Sandwich Democrats to meet tonight
I gots to wonder if you aren't also Ted, Monponsett.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Sandwich Democrats to meet tonight
In response to: Sandwich Democrats to meet tonight
These are calendar listings, Ted, not stories.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: The airports to nowhere
In response to: The airports to nowhere
Come to think of it, aren't the airport commissioners and managers in Hyannis and Nantucket opposed to Cape Wind ...?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Cape Cod Commission voting today on Cape Wind
In response to: Cape Cod Commission voting today on Cape Wind
Yeah, probably not a good idea to give 'em the finger before they vote.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Delahunt changes venue for forum on climate change - and closes it to the public
In response to: Delahunt changes venue for forum on climate change - and closes it to the public
correction - "Space is limited, so unfortunately this invitation is nontransferable."
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Unfair meddling in Cape Wind
In response to: Unfair meddling in Cape Wind
Agreed, wavemaker. They want their pound of flesh and the blood too.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Delahunt changes venue for forum on climate change - and closes it to the public
In response to: Delahunt changes venue for forum on climate change - and closes it to the public
Nice try, Grassy Knoll. Let me see if I have this straight - Harvard sends out word last Friday that the climate change event scheduled for last night, Oct. 15, had to be cancelled because Matthias Machnig was "ill and could not participate" - and yet Delahunt sends out a letter saying that Matthias will appear at a private function in Quincy earlier that same day.
In other words, "too ill" for the evening event at Harvard but just chipper enough for the luncheon in Quincy?
Even taking Machnig out of the equation doesn't justify Delahunt closing the event in Quincy to his constituents - "Space is limited, so unfortunately this event is not transferable" - c'mon, admit it, Barbara - that is classic doublespeak and you know it.
In other words, "too ill" for the evening event at Harvard but just chipper enough for the luncheon in Quincy?
Even taking Machnig out of the equation doesn't justify Delahunt closing the event in Quincy to his constituents - "Space is limited, so unfortunately this event is not transferable" - c'mon, admit it, Barbara - that is classic doublespeak and you know it.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Kennedy has surgery on blocked artery in neck
In response to: Kennedy has surgery on blocked artery in neck
Krista, how would Kennedy's eventual departure from the Senate keep Delahunt from running to succeed Kennedy? If anything, the likely basis for Delahunt's opposition to Cape Wind is that he is positioning himself to be anointed Kennedy's successor.
Even though Kennedy's mother lived to be 104, his father died at age 81 if I recall correctly - and Joe Kennedy was a teetotaler. Point being, Ted Kennedy may have another 30 years in the Senate or less than 10, more likely the latter.
Even though Kennedy's mother lived to be 104, his father died at age 81 if I recall correctly - and Joe Kennedy was a teetotaler. Point being, Ted Kennedy may have another 30 years in the Senate or less than 10, more likely the latter.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Delahunt changes venue for forum on climate change - and closes it to the public
In response to: Delahunt changes venue for forum on climate change - and closes it to the public
sophia, you make a good point about Delahunt. Cape Wind is not the only issue before him at any given time. That Delahunt helped you and your family doesn't surprise me. That's the Delahunt I remember, before he was twisted beyond recognition by his opposition to Cape Wind.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Bipolar Cleveland shooter asked for help and got none
In response to: Bipolar Cleveland shooter asked for help and got none
Interesting post, Peter, and I like that quote from Bertrand Russell. Another of his, paraphrased - education is the progressive discovery of the extent of one's ignorance.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: And the Beat Goes On - Follow the Money
In response to: And the Beat Goes On - Follow the Money
"Papa was a rolling stone, wherever he laid his hat was his home ..."
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Delahunt to take part in panel discussion at Harvard on climate change
In response to: Delahunt to take part in panel discussion at Harvard on climate change
Gee, could it be that our valiant congressman was worried about the dreaded words "Cape Wind" being uttered in his presence at a forum on climate change?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Those allegedly insurmountable problems with radar
In response to: Those allegedly insurmountable problems with radar
An excellent point, wavemaker. Best way to ensure public safety on Nantucket Sound? Keep the Kennedys away from it.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Tribe's investors picked a town with two contaminated Super Fund sites for Wampanoag casino
In response to: Tribe's investors picked a town with two contaminated Super Fund sites for Wampanoag casino
In response to CCToday's last comment - you're right, the Herald Tribune story does not say the tribe's land purchases in Middleboro are contaminated - but you claimed that the sites were contaminated at the end of your first comment here. That you did is what wamptruth was responding to in his comment that immediately followed.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
Diana, that you don't care if people attack Lynch's views, and him personally for that matter, is obvious. As for why Lynch wrote the essay, ask him, his email is included at the end.
As for the futility of engaging in further dialogue with you, I couldn't agree more. I prefer the real thing.
As for the futility of engaging in further dialogue with you, I couldn't agree more. I prefer the real thing.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
You're the one wasting time on personal attacks, Diana, as a more honest person than you would acknowledge. As for me posting his op-ed, that I did, just as I would post one from anyone who'd like to challenge Lynch's claims. See how it works?
For someone seemingly so upset about personal attacks, you display an odd tendency to look the other way when Lynch's critics call him a liar and a racist and compare his views to Holocaust denial and even sink so low - gasp! - as to allege Lynch once may have sold air conditioners. Why the blind eye toward all that, Diana?
For someone seemingly so upset about personal attacks, you display an odd tendency to look the other way when Lynch's critics call him a liar and a racist and compare his views to Holocaust denial and even sink so low - gasp! - as to allege Lynch once may have sold air conditioners. Why the blind eye toward all that, Diana?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
An example of how you "need to rise above," Diana, is to get your facts straight before perpetuating an obvious but unstated agenda on your part. I haven't called anyone a "liar" here but Mr. Lynch's critics have most certainly done that, which you conveniently turn a blind eye to. "Commenting on his wife"? - I have no idea what you are referring to. By all means, please clarify instead of leaving intentionally vague. "Questioning a persons (sic) education and intelligence" - as in, asking deltaman what his education and professional background was after he and others repeatedly denigrated the education and professional background of James Lynch - until his resume was posted, showing the man has a doctorate in history. Since then, the nasty and negative attacks on the man have stopped. I'd think you would welcome an end to such rancor. Instead, you are clearly chagrined.
You really want to build bridges, Diana? Stop with the double standards.
You really want to build bridges, Diana? Stop with the double standards.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
Practice, practice, muwin.
Diana, what's the name of your blog?
Diana, what's the name of your blog?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: The Monster we have created
In response to: The Monster we have created
Great post, Peter. Little of what's been happening with the Hopper landscape made sense to me until I read this.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
Wrong, Diana, I am challenging the people here who have genuinely been rude, those who referred to what James Lynch wrote as a "piece of sh**" and "worthless drivel" and those who disagree with them as "f**** racists". These comments and many more apparently slipped past your radar, yet when I challenge those who write them, you conclude that I'm the one who's rude. You're like the bystander who sees a police officer using force to stop a person from being assaulted, then complains about the evils of violence in any form.
As a fellow reporter and blogger I feel obligated to point out how disingenuous you are. Maybe you need to take a break, but that's a decision entirely your own.
As a fellow reporter and blogger I feel obligated to point out how disingenuous you are. Maybe you need to take a break, but that's a decision entirely your own.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
... your point being ...?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
Buzz, I've conversed with him by email and know that he's followed the comments here. Whether Mr. Lynch wants to answer his critics in this forum is up to him.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
"Many" may think whatever they choose, Diana. Fact is, I don't know enough about the subject to have an opinion one way or another.
Just an observation on my part that you are unwilling to acknowledge that Lynch is not the only person challenging the Mashpee tribe's claim to land for a casino in Middleboro. So are members of the Pokanoket tribe in Rhode Island, and from a Native American perspective. It's not opinion on my part to point this out, nor an endorsement, it's a statement of fact.
Just an observation on my part that you are unwilling to acknowledge that Lynch is not the only person challenging the Mashpee tribe's claim to land for a casino in Middleboro. So are members of the Pokanoket tribe in Rhode Island, and from a Native American perspective. It's not opinion on my part to point this out, nor an endorsement, it's a statement of fact.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
Posted by me in my capacity as editor, reporter and blogger at this site, and written by James Lynch.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
Diana, this is a legal issue that James Lynch is raising, not that I'm raising. If you'd like to write an op-ed in response to this, or if anyone else would for that matter, we'd be glad to publish it. Publishing op-eds is not endorsement of the views contained within; is an endorsement of the idea of providing a forum for an exchange of ideas.
Seeing how this op-ed has more than 200 comments in response, publishing it appears more than amply justified.
Seeing how this op-ed has more than 200 comments in response, publishing it appears more than amply justified.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
"This person, Mr. Lynch, sounds to me to be a non-native," Diana writes - in other words, Lynch cannot write of Native American history by virtue of not being of Native American descent (an assumption, not incidentally - can you state this with certainty, Diana?)
I reject your premise, just as I would if someone suggested that a Native American could not write authentically about the history of Ireland, the home of my ancestors. To borrow the words of a wise man ideed, the color of our skin is less important that the content of our character.
I reject your premise, just as I would if someone suggested that a Native American could not write authentically about the history of Ireland, the home of my ancestors. To borrow the words of a wise man ideed, the color of our skin is less important that the content of our character.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
Paula is a former reporter colleague of mine at the Cape Cod Times. I don't know the specifics of what happened when she challenged Marshall, but that she did speaks well of her.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
thanks for ending the repetition about that, filletofsole, much appreciated.
tillman3, I believe you are correct, based on reading Jeff Chapter XI's previous comments. Jeff appears to share deltaman's proclivity for dodging awkward questions.
tillman3, I believe you are correct, based on reading Jeff Chapter XI's previous comments. Jeff appears to share deltaman's proclivity for dodging awkward questions.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
In response to Jeff Chapter XI's comment - "my beef has never been with the man," referring to Lynch, "but with his delivery boy" - who are you referring to?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
Go or no go, I have no idea what you're talking about, deltaman. Clarity is not one of your strengths. As for deltaman, deltawoman, again, no idea and even less interest.
What I do know is that you have run roughshod over the reputation and professional credentials of James Lynch in the course of more than 150 comments here, yet when challenged as to what your employment and academic credentials are, you respond with ... zilch!
What I do know is that you have run roughshod over the reputation and professional credentials of James Lynch in the course of more than 150 comments here, yet when challenged as to what your employment and academic credentials are, you respond with ... zilch!
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
Looks like deltaman beat a hasty retreat, filletofsole, which I've noticed he tends to do when on the losing end of an argument.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
What do you do for work, deltaman?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
the post on tribal sovereignty, filletofsole, not this one. Some girls do like wrestling, by the way, or at least in my experience.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
thanks for clarifying that "this liar" you referred to was you and not Lynch, deltaman. Any reason why you've given such a wide berth to questions about your employment and academic credentials? Seeing how you've considered these subjects fair game when it comes to Lynch, why not you?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
... but it's hunky-dory for you to hurl insults at James Lynch, deltaman? You just referred to him as "this liar" a few comments ago, in case you've suddenly developed amnesia.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
That's a good suggestion, filletofsole, and I plan to do just that. I scanned through at the article when it was posted and haven't read the entire piece.
That being said, I doubt it will be the last court ruling on tribal sovereignty. Reasonable people can disagree on the extent of sovereignty but count me among those who believe it must allow for some degree of autonomy and control of tribal lands or it's meaningless.
That being said, I doubt it will be the last court ruling on tribal sovereignty. Reasonable people can disagree on the extent of sovereignty but count me among those who believe it must allow for some degree of autonomy and control of tribal lands or it's meaningless.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
filletofsole, whether you like it or not, the Mashpee tribe did receive federal recognition, and Marshall is no longer chairman of the tribal council (and may eventually go to jail).
At issue here is whether the Mashpee tribe has a claim to land for a casino in Middleboro. According to James Lynch, they don't, and he's not alone. Members of the Pokanoket tribe in Rhode Island are saying the same thing, which Lynch's critics in this forum can't bring themselves to acknowledge.
At issue here is whether the Mashpee tribe has a claim to land for a casino in Middleboro. According to James Lynch, they don't, and he's not alone. Members of the Pokanoket tribe in Rhode Island are saying the same thing, which Lynch's critics in this forum can't bring themselves to acknowledge.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
lemme guess, deltaman ... you sell air conditioners, right?! ... and it's been hot lately and customers have been testy and you really hate your job ... it's all starting to make sense ...
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
You're probably right, filletofsole, but deltaman's shabby evasiveness has piqued my curiosity.
deltaman, you would remember if you were gainfully employed and/or ever earned a high school diploma, college degree, etc., right?
Incidentally, you assume I'm opposed to the Mashpee Wampanoag having tribal sovereignty and receiving federal recognition. Wrong again - this man is on a streak!
deltaman, you would remember if you were gainfully employed and/or ever earned a high school diploma, college degree, etc., right?
Incidentally, you assume I'm opposed to the Mashpee Wampanoag having tribal sovereignty and receiving federal recognition. Wrong again - this man is on a streak!
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
I take it that's a "no" on both counts, deltaman, as to you holding a job and/or a Ph.D ...?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
"Stay peaceful"? Wow, you are so often unintentionally funny, deltaman. No need to shout, we can hear you just fine.
Something else you might learn in your fishing expedition to discredit James Lynch - according to Lynch, the Mashpee tribe's anthropologist and her then-client, the Paucatuck Eastern Pequot, and Donald Trump, claimed to Indian Gaming magazine that Lynch had falsified his credentials.
When the magazine was confronted with evidence that the allegation was false and threatened with a lawsuit, Indian Gaming published a retraction, paid Lynch's legal fees and compensated him for the error, again according to Lynch.
One other thing - Lynch says he's never sold an air conditioner in his life. And even if he had, I'm not sure how this has any bearing in the least on his academic and professional credentials.
Funny how the discussion turned away from the substance of what Lynch wrote into a scurrilous attempt to malign a man's character.
How about you, deltaman, what do you do for work, assuming you do? And do you have a Ph.D in history?
Something else you might learn in your fishing expedition to discredit James Lynch - according to Lynch, the Mashpee tribe's anthropologist and her then-client, the Paucatuck Eastern Pequot, and Donald Trump, claimed to Indian Gaming magazine that Lynch had falsified his credentials.
When the magazine was confronted with evidence that the allegation was false and threatened with a lawsuit, Indian Gaming published a retraction, paid Lynch's legal fees and compensated him for the error, again according to Lynch.
One other thing - Lynch says he's never sold an air conditioner in his life. And even if he had, I'm not sure how this has any bearing in the least on his academic and professional credentials.
Funny how the discussion turned away from the substance of what Lynch wrote into a scurrilous attempt to malign a man's character.
How about you, deltaman, what do you do for work, assuming you do? And do you have a Ph.D in history?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
deltaman, you'll clearly believe whatever you choose to believe in, regardless of its connection to reality. Get thee to a clue :)
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
operative word in your last comment, deltaman - "legal"
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
I'm fine, Jeff, thanks for asking. How are you?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
In response to Jeff - I said that James Lynch was not paid by capecodtoday for reprinting his essay here, not that he isn't paid for his work as a consultant - two entirely separate things. You understand that, right?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
From a story published Aug. 30 by southcoastnews.com under the headline, "Rhode Island tribe challenges Middleboro land claim" -
"A Rhode Island Indian tribe that is seeking federal recognition has challenged the Mashpee Wampanoag's effort to build a casino in Middleboro, saying it has ancestral and cultural rights to the land."
The story states that Michael "White Eagle Deer," tribal president of the Pokanoket tribe, sent a letter to Gov. Deval Patrick.
"The Mashpee casino's proposal in Middleborough is an affront to the Pokanoket Tribe and a strong indication the Mashpee Tribe has lost sight of its own heritage and tradition," Weeden wrote. "We stand against the usurpation of Pokanoket lands for gaming or any other purpose by another tribe. In light of the current push, we strongly urge you, as Governor of Massachusetts, to refuse to enter into negotiation, or other favorable consideration of an Indian casino on our lands."
A question for those who've reacted so strongly to Lynch's essay - does White Eagle Deer have a right to his opinion in this matter?
"A Rhode Island Indian tribe that is seeking federal recognition has challenged the Mashpee Wampanoag's effort to build a casino in Middleboro, saying it has ancestral and cultural rights to the land."
The story states that Michael "White Eagle Deer," tribal president of the Pokanoket tribe, sent a letter to Gov. Deval Patrick.
"The Mashpee casino's proposal in Middleborough is an affront to the Pokanoket Tribe and a strong indication the Mashpee Tribe has lost sight of its own heritage and tradition," Weeden wrote. "We stand against the usurpation of Pokanoket lands for gaming or any other purpose by another tribe. In light of the current push, we strongly urge you, as Governor of Massachusetts, to refuse to enter into negotiation, or other favorable consideration of an Indian casino on our lands."
A question for those who've reacted so strongly to Lynch's essay - does White Eagle Deer have a right to his opinion in this matter?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
Wish I could, Buzz, but I can't find anyone willing to sell me an air conditioner, what with the way they've been shamed and all.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
I can't help but wonder if any air conditioners are sold in Mashpee. Warning to those engaged in such a heinous practice - your views on anything but air conditioner sales shall not be tolerated! Are we clear?!
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
Challenged to a discussion on the merits of any issue, deltaman suddenly gets tongue-tied.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
deltaman, I invite you to discuss any issue on its merits or lack thereof. Let's see how long you can do that without resorting to theater criticism about, ah, "style." Any issue at all.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
help me out here, deltaman - how is my "disparagement" of your views, i.e., not agreeing with you across the board, any different than your disparagement of mine?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
You don't want an "honest and open discussion," wopanashqa, you want Stalinist art. And you run off and pout when it's not provided.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
Please cite where I claim objectivity, deltaman. Those who know me well can attest as to how full of opinions I am.
Your claim of me using "pulpits" here "anonymously" is inaccurate and more than a little hypocritical, coming from someone who posts comments while hiding behind a screen of anonymity.
As for commenters here having the opportunity to pillory Ahmadinejad's views on anything, how would they be able to do that without knowing exactly what he said or wrote?
Fact is, a helluva lot more people know far more about the subject of Mr. Lynch's op-ed by virtue of him writing it, the post being published here and the comments to follow, than they would have known had it not been published.
Your claim of me using "pulpits" here "anonymously" is inaccurate and more than a little hypocritical, coming from someone who posts comments while hiding behind a screen of anonymity.
As for commenters here having the opportunity to pillory Ahmadinejad's views on anything, how would they be able to do that without knowing exactly what he said or wrote?
Fact is, a helluva lot more people know far more about the subject of Mr. Lynch's op-ed by virtue of him writing it, the post being published here and the comments to follow, than they would have known had it not been published.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
wamptruth, your claim that this is a form of "institutional racism" is nothing more than an attempt to shut down honest debate and dialogue. Sorry, it's not going to work.
deltaman, do you understand the concept of providing a forum to express views that others may not agree with? Or does your grasp of that extend only to those you agree with?
If the president of Iran wished to express his views here on US foreign policy in the Middle East, you would not allow that, would you? Ironically, Ahmadinejad does exactly that when it comes to dissent in Iran.
deltaman, do you understand the concept of providing a forum to express views that others may not agree with? Or does your grasp of that extend only to those you agree with?
If the president of Iran wished to express his views here on US foreign policy in the Middle East, you would not allow that, would you? Ironically, Ahmadinejad does exactly that when it comes to dissent in Iran.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
Perhaps you'd care to write an op-ed refuting Mr. Lynch's claims, deltaman. No compensation would be involved, however, just as Mr. Lynch was not compensated. Sometimes free speech is just that.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
I take it that's a "no" ...?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
wopanashqa, do you believe that someone who is not of Native American descent can write accurately of your history?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
You're right, wopanashqa, I don't have training in this, which is why I asked. That's what I do when I don't know.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
muwin and wopanashqa, is the plural "Wampanoag" or Wampanoags"? Or are both acceptable?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
My agenda, maverick? To help engender a lively and illuminating debate. Why does this bother you so?
In response to wopanashqa, the map and illustrations did not come from Mr. Lynch, who wrote the essay. The map and illustrations were added by the publisher of this site.
In response to wopanashqa, the map and illustrations did not come from Mr. Lynch, who wrote the essay. The map and illustrations were added by the publisher of this site.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
Only once before someone else responds, wopanashqa, to prevent any one person from posting an unlimited number of comments and crowding out all other discourse. If you would like to write an op-ed response to Mr. Lynch, you are more than welcome to do so.
You're welcome, Susan. In response to maverick and muwin, my posting of this was not an endorsement of the views expressed within, whether you are willing to accept that or not. I am one of those people who actually doesn't have a problem with other people expressing views I don't share.
If either of you would like to write an op-ed challenging Mr. Lynch's views, by all means. And my posting of that won't be an endorsement of your views. See how it works? The blog is called "Op-Ed" for good reason.
You're welcome, Susan. In response to maverick and muwin, my posting of this was not an endorsement of the views expressed within, whether you are willing to accept that or not. I am one of those people who actually doesn't have a problem with other people expressing views I don't share.
If either of you would like to write an op-ed challenging Mr. Lynch's views, by all means. And my posting of that won't be an endorsement of your views. See how it works? The blog is called "Op-Ed" for good reason.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: OUI arrest after crash; house condemned in Harwich
In response to: OUI arrest after crash; house condemned in Harwich
Tim, as for changing the sex, did you remember the hormones ...?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
I don't know one way or the other, maverick. The gentleman who wrote this essay thinks that they don't, others think that they do. As for casinos, there are good things that come with them, as well as bad things. Hence my mixed feelings. You're clearly looking for an argument but thanks, no thanks.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
I posted it to give readers a perspective on this they may not have heard before. As for casinos, Indian or otherwise, I have mixed feelings about them.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
In response to: Mashpee: A Question of Fact vs. Fiction
maverick, this was written by James Lynch, whose background is described at the end of the essay.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Meet John Kerry, soon to be former senator
In response to: Meet John Kerry, soon to be former senator
... and the point is to use photos that dovetail with the premise of what I'm writing. Whether I succeed is in the eye of the beholder. The main reason for using them is that blog posts are more likely to be read with photos than without.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Is it time for Bill D. to befriend Bill W.?
In response to: Is it time for Bill D. to befriend Bill W.?
A morning vote on that, was it?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: I hate Cape Cod
In response to: I hate Cape Cod
Just out of curiosity, Ben, you didn't go swimming anywhere near the ferry lanes in Nantucket Sound, did you ...?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Teen arrested on school grounds with marijuana, replica gun
In response to: Teen arrested on school grounds with marijuana, replica gun
In response to Buzz ... "if the phone don't ring, it'll be me" ... Hank Williams?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: "Not in God's Backyard"
In response to: "Not in God's Backyard"
Glad I brought a smile to your face, Susan. And thank you for your illuminating insights about how migratory birds can be blown off course from migratory flyways by weather, searching for food, motel layovers, etc. In other words, building wind farms in deeper waters offshore, away from recognized flyways, provides no guarantee of avian security. Thanks for clarifying that, you're as helpful as maverick. Well, almost.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: "Not in God's Backyard"
In response to: "Not in God's Backyard"
I owe it all to you, maverick, you're just a fount of useful information. Bless you.
Ah yes, I see that any mention of the proposed wind farms in Buzzards Bay along a major migratory flyway crowded with thousands of endangered birds still leaves you tongue-tied, in stark contrast to your usual verbosity - so much for the birds!
Not a diversion - an inconvenient truth.
Ah yes, I see that any mention of the proposed wind farms in Buzzards Bay along a major migratory flyway crowded with thousands of endangered birds still leaves you tongue-tied, in stark contrast to your usual verbosity - so much for the birds!
Not a diversion - an inconvenient truth.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: "Not in God's Backyard"
In response to: "Not in God's Backyard"
Thanks for sharing, Susan. Tell me, are you concerned about the thousands of migratory birds that fly along Buzzards Bay where Jay Cashman wants to build wind farms, or just those that fly over Nantucket Sound where Cape Wind would be built?
Apparently you're doing your part to maintain the silence from Cape Wind opponents over the Buzzards Bay wind farms.
Apparently you're doing your part to maintain the silence from Cape Wind opponents over the Buzzards Bay wind farms.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: "Not in God's Backyard"
In response to: "Not in God's Backyard"
Not "if," maverick - "did."
Offshore wind farms are great things, Neil, providing they aren't built so far offshore as to be prohibitively expensive. Which is why Cape Wind is not proposed for deeper waters far from the grid.
Offshore wind farms are great things, Neil, providing they aren't built so far offshore as to be prohibitively expensive. Which is why Cape Wind is not proposed for deeper waters far from the grid.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: "Not in God's Backyard"
In response to: "Not in God's Backyard"
With all this alleged censorship taking place, maverick, how is it your comments magically avoid the dragnet? Hey Walter, wake up!
You are mistaken, yet again, in your claim that my post was not edited. I said I would, and I did - "migratory birds also don't fly over Nantucket Sound, where Cape Wind would be built, according to these sources" - the latter part of the sentence was added in the editing. And those were sources coming from you.
I acknowledged that what I wrote needed to be edited to reflect where the information was coming from. How about you, maverick - are you willing to admit that your claim about the story not being editing is inaccurate?
Warning - this would veer dangerously close to an apology and you don't apologize to anyone, as I recall.
You are mistaken, yet again, in your claim that my post was not edited. I said I would, and I did - "migratory birds also don't fly over Nantucket Sound, where Cape Wind would be built, according to these sources" - the latter part of the sentence was added in the editing. And those were sources coming from you.
I acknowledged that what I wrote needed to be edited to reflect where the information was coming from. How about you, maverick - are you willing to admit that your claim about the story not being editing is inaccurate?
Warning - this would veer dangerously close to an apology and you don't apologize to anyone, as I recall.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: "Not in God's Backyard"
In response to: "Not in God's Backyard"
maverick, while we've dithered on this side of the Atlantic, European nations have built two dozen offshore wind farms. Please cite an example - just one - that "destroyed" the locale where it was built.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: The Great Atlantic Flyway ... that doesn't pass over Nantucket Sound
In response to: The Great Atlantic Flyway ... that doesn't pass over Nantucket Sound
Maverick, I write so much about Cape Wind and offshore renewable energy because they are important to me - not from an economic point but spiritual. When I see strenuous efforts to maintain an unsustainable energy status quo, I start to lose my faith. When I think of the potential of renewables, it is restored.
Every now and then, those on the other side of the aisle actually believe what they say. You are one of those people, and so am I. So be it.
Every now and then, those on the other side of the aisle actually believe what they say. You are one of those people, and so am I. So be it.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: The Great Atlantic Flyway ... that doesn't pass over Nantucket Sound
In response to: The Great Atlantic Flyway ... that doesn't pass over Nantucket Sound
I published the information you provided about the migratory flyway, which apparently you've forgotten, maverick (thanks again, by the way). I work for capecodtoday, not Cape Wind. I have never received a dime from Cape Wind. I assume your opposition to Cape Wind is based on principle and not compensation from the Alliance and do not insult you by stating or implying otherwise. You, on the other hand, are incapable of extending the same civility toward someone who does not share your opinion.
That my blogs are such an embarrassment must explain why you spend so much time on them.
That my blogs are such an embarrassment must explain why you spend so much time on them.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: The Great Atlantic Flyway ... that doesn't pass over Nantucket Sound
In response to: The Great Atlantic Flyway ... that doesn't pass over Nantucket Sound
maverick, here's what you wrote on Tuesday in a comment to my post about Delahunt - "You are all on the payroll of Cape Wind and an embarrassment to the truth" - an inaccurate claim, followed by an insult. A maverick two-fer, in other words.
Perhaps you are unclear as to what constitutes truth and insults, seeing how you are so cavalier about both.
Perhaps you are unclear as to what constitutes truth and insults, seeing how you are so cavalier about both.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: "Not in God's Backyard"
In response to: "Not in God's Backyard"
Hmm, N.I.G.B.Y. ... something tells me the Alliance won't be pushing this acronymn. Then again ...
Forgive them, Carl, they know not what they do.
Forgive them, Carl, they know not what they do.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Teen arrested on school grounds with marijuana, replica gun
In response to: Teen arrested on school grounds with marijuana, replica gun
Not hard to figure out, Buzz ... they never write, they never call ...
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: The Great Atlantic Flyway ... that doesn't pass over Nantucket Sound
In response to: The Great Atlantic Flyway ... that doesn't pass over Nantucket Sound
I have an abiding interest in the truth, maverick. I have no interest in spending time with people who insult me on a regular basis, only to offer maudlin, disingenuous apologies a few days later. You do this on a regular basis; spare me this time. Jim Gordon is fortunate to count you among his opponents.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: "Not in God's Backyard"
In response to: "Not in God's Backyard"
maverick, thank God mine doesn't require working with people trying to kill the wind farm.
Cape Wind won't come at the expense of Nantucket Sound, no matter how many times you strenuously claim otherwise. Europeans have been building offshore wind farms since 1991. Skies still haven't fallen on their side of the pond.
Cape Wind won't come at the expense of Nantucket Sound, no matter how many times you strenuously claim otherwise. Europeans have been building offshore wind farms since 1991. Skies still haven't fallen on their side of the pond.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: The Great Atlantic Flyway ... that doesn't pass over Nantucket Sound
In response to: The Great Atlantic Flyway ... that doesn't pass over Nantucket Sound
Yes, many times, Maverick, I have relatives who live on Nantucket and the Vineyard. Thanks but no thanks for the invite to boat trip and wager and thanks again for the helpful info on migratory flyways.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: The Great Atlantic Flyway ... that doesn't pass over Nantucket Sound
In response to: The Great Atlantic Flyway ... that doesn't pass over Nantucket Sound
Thanks for clarifying the matter further, Barbara. No bull (OK, aside from an occasional Red Bull - toro!)
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: "Not in God's Backyard"
In response to: "Not in God's Backyard"
How about rank hypocrisy, wolfram, are you offended by that?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: The Great Atlantic Flyway ... that doesn't pass over Nantucket Sound
In response to: The Great Atlantic Flyway ... that doesn't pass over Nantucket Sound
Thought you might like this one, Barbara, but again, I couldn't have done it without maverick. Thanks for the additional clarification. What's up with the maps at the "Nutty Birdwatcher" site?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: The Great Atlantic Flyway ... that doesn't pass over Nantucket Sound
In response to: The Great Atlantic Flyway ... that doesn't pass over Nantucket Sound
A fair enough criticism, maverick, and I will edit what I wrote accordingly (and as it was first written, incidentally).
Gee, based your most recent data, it would appear the Great Atlantic Flyway is considerably broader than you initially claimed. Thanks for clarifying that.
Gee, based your most recent data, it would appear the Great Atlantic Flyway is considerably broader than you initially claimed. Thanks for clarifying that.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Cape Cod Commission subcommittee urges full commission vote against Cape Wind
In response to: Cape Cod Commission subcommittee urges full commission vote against Cape Wind
Yes, Neil, and "ultimately" it may prove less costly to extract copper from the moon. Not now, but "ultimately."
I've yet to hear an opponent of the wind farm answer this question, but what the hay, maybe I'll get lucky this time - Neil, if farther offshore is the way to go ... right? ... why isn't anyone actually doing it?
I've yet to hear an opponent of the wind farm answer this question, but what the hay, maybe I'll get lucky this time - Neil, if farther offshore is the way to go ... right? ... why isn't anyone actually doing it?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Cape Cod Commission subcommittee urges full commission vote against Cape Wind
In response to: Cape Cod Commission subcommittee urges full commission vote against Cape Wind
Not taken that way at all, Democrant, thanks for the compliment.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Delahunt’s deepwater deceptions
In response to: Delahunt’s deepwater deceptions
That's easy, maverick, your observations are always wrong, such as when you claim I'm on the Cape Wind payroll. Even if I were, so what? How would that be any different than Charles Vinick and Sue Nickerson being on the Alliance payroll? Are you so small and pinched to believe that people can never be paid to do something they believe in?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Paul and Monte Carlo Have History, Reports Law Enforcement
In response to: Paul and Monte Carlo Have History, Reports Law Enforcement
Friends don't let friends blog while intoxicated.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Delahunt’s deepwater deceptions
In response to: Delahunt’s deepwater deceptions
Agreed, maverick, you're not a waterfowl expert.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Poor Mitt
In response to: Poor Mitt
Aaron, how does a gay Republican reconcile a professed belief in "equality" with opposition to gay marriage?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Delahunt’s deepwater deceptions
In response to: Delahunt’s deepwater deceptions
Barbara, help me out here - how would building wind turbines in deeper waters off the Cape and islands not pose a threat to migratory fowl along the "Great Atlantic Flyway" you've frequently mentioned?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Delahunt’s deepwater deceptions
In response to: Delahunt’s deepwater deceptions
bittersweet, whenever "deepwater" is cited by opponents of the wind farm, what they are really saying is - anywhere but within view of The Compound.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Delahunt’s deepwater deceptions
In response to: Delahunt’s deepwater deceptions
Nice to see Wendy Williams continue maintaining her rigorous alleged neutrality toward Cape Wind.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: ‘That's where I sail'
In response to: ‘That's where I sail'
thanks once again, deltaman, for what I assume you meant as a compliment.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: ‘That's where I sail'
In response to: ‘That's where I sail'
Your radar's off once again, deltaman. If Sen. Kennedy had just such an accident, I'd be among the first to lend a hand. And to borrow a line from Barney Frank, I'd hate myself in the morning.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: ‘That's where I sail'
In response to: ‘That's where I sail'
deltaman, if you're asking whether I'd lose sleep over the number of turbines dropping from 130 to 100 or 75 to get the project built, no, I wouldn't. Problem is, Cape Wind has long maintained that the project is not economically viable with fewer turbines. And does anyone believe that Ted Kennedy and the Alliance would roll over after such a reduction? No way in hell.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Wind, the Beginning of the End of Oil Generated Electricity
In response to: Wind, the Beginning of the End of Oil Generated Electricity
Outstanding as usual, Chuck, very illuminating. And as to be expected, unchallenged by wind farm opponents.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Meet John Kerry, soon to be former senator
In response to: Meet John Kerry, soon to be former senator
bittersweet, McCowen had no say in the verdict, that was up to the jury. You missed my point - a verdict of second-degree murder or manslaughter would not mean McCowen is innocent. To wonder aloud if McCowen was not alone in killing Worthington hardly exonerates him of complicity in her death.
As to your earlier query - "no offense JC, but now you care about defendants languishing in jail" - you are aware, or at least I hope you are, of the difference between a defendant fully entitled to the presumption of innocence and a convicted murderer? You do understand that distinction, right?
As to your earlier query - "no offense JC, but now you care about defendants languishing in jail" - you are aware, or at least I hope you are, of the difference between a defendant fully entitled to the presumption of innocence and a convicted murderer? You do understand that distinction, right?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: "National treasure" is regional sewer
In response to: "National treasure" is regional sewer
Great observation, Shecky (have we met, by the way ...?) What next, bloggers appearing alongside duly sanctioned talking heads on the TV news?!
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Petition demanding recall of Tribal Council challenged
In response to: Petition demanding recall of Tribal Council challenged
Better for the tribe to rid itself of the few bad apples than for their malign influence to continue. What is happening does not reflect poorly on the Wampanoag as a whole, who remain as decent as when they saved the Pilgrims from starvation. They will emerge from this stronger, because they've been through far worse.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: ‘That's where I sail'
In response to: ‘That's where I sail'
Come to think of it, Cape Wind's turbines could pose a threat to public safety - if Ted Kennedy is sailing anywhere near them.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Petition demanding recall of Tribal Council challenged
In response to: Petition demanding recall of Tribal Council challenged
wamptruth, what are the four items to be discussed?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Meet John Kerry, soon to be former senator
In response to: Meet John Kerry, soon to be former senator
Yeah, matters involving life and death have that effect on me. I'm funny that way.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Meet John Kerry, soon to be former senator
In response to: Meet John Kerry, soon to be former senator
Diana, the difference between Bob George, the DA, the ADA and the judge - only George represented McCowen, the defendant whose life was on the line. You imply that George requested additional testing during the trial. He did no such thing and for a reason you can't bring yourself to acknowledge - the results may have come back negative for a match with Frazier's sweater. When in doubt, punt.
I find it astounding how you feel "uncomfortable" about an "innocent man going to prison" - without any chance of parole - while also suggesting we "let it go." Truly, truly astounding.
What shocked many reporters and others writing about the trial when the verdict came down, and I know because I was one of them, is that McCowen was convicted of first-degree murder and not second-degree murder or manslaughter. A conviction of either lesser offense would hardly have exonerated McCowen, however; he still would have been complicit if not instrumental in Worthington's death. The only basis for doubt, as I see it, is in whether McCowen was alone. And if he wasn't, a killer still walks free.
I find it astounding how you feel "uncomfortable" about an "innocent man going to prison" - without any chance of parole - while also suggesting we "let it go." Truly, truly astounding.
What shocked many reporters and others writing about the trial when the verdict came down, and I know because I was one of them, is that McCowen was convicted of first-degree murder and not second-degree murder or manslaughter. A conviction of either lesser offense would hardly have exonerated McCowen, however; he still would have been complicit if not instrumental in Worthington's death. The only basis for doubt, as I see it, is in whether McCowen was alone. And if he wasn't, a killer still walks free.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Meet John Kerry, soon to be former senator
In response to: Meet John Kerry, soon to be former senator
I think I answered the question as well, Diana, and the answer is clearly one you're uncomfortable with. That's why you're giving it a wide berth. As to whether the crime lab was "unwilling to proceed with further testing" during the trial - please cite the source of that information, I'd be most curious to see it.
Even if what you claim is accurate, and I doubt it is, nothing - once again, nothing - prevented Bob George from making the request in open court. If I'm in George's shoes, I am going to make that request loud and clear in court and then call every reporter covering the trial to make sure that word gets out and then plaster it on billboards just for good measure. George did none of the above.
The reason - the sobering possibility that the threads would not match those on Frazier's sweater and George's motion revealed as a fishing expedition.
Sounds to me like you want only evidence tested which supports your belief about what happened, as opposed to "all" the evidence.
Not incidentally, the prosecution also didn't ask during the trial for the threads to be tested.
Even if what you claim is accurate, and I doubt it is, nothing - once again, nothing - prevented Bob George from making the request in open court. If I'm in George's shoes, I am going to make that request loud and clear in court and then call every reporter covering the trial to make sure that word gets out and then plaster it on billboards just for good measure. George did none of the above.
The reason - the sobering possibility that the threads would not match those on Frazier's sweater and George's motion revealed as a fishing expedition.
Sounds to me like you want only evidence tested which supports your belief about what happened, as opposed to "all" the evidence.
Not incidentally, the prosecution also didn't ask during the trial for the threads to be tested.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Meet John Kerry, soon to be former senator
In response to: Meet John Kerry, soon to be former senator
Diana, ever strike you as odd that Bob George, McCowen's lawyer, could easily have filed a motion requesting that evidence such as the blue thread found on Worthington's body be tested for a possible match with the blue and white fibers in the sweater worn by Jeremy Frazier - that George could easily have filed this motion - but never did? Strike you as peculiar in the least?
It would be logistically impossible to test every single thread, hair, etc., at a crime scene. The lengthy backlog at the crime lab would be extended by years, with defendants languishing that much longer in jail before trial.
The cops walking around the crime scene - you're the one touting the need for compassion - try to keep in mind that one of the first cops there was Worthington's cousin. And the blanket placed on Worthington's body, the blanket with hairs and semen from former boyfriend Tim Arnold - the blanket was placed over Worthington's half-nude body by medical personnel motivated by a sense of decency.
As for that lawsuit, last I heard it was settled out of court, as civil suits frequently are.
It would be logistically impossible to test every single thread, hair, etc., at a crime scene. The lengthy backlog at the crime lab would be extended by years, with defendants languishing that much longer in jail before trial.
The cops walking around the crime scene - you're the one touting the need for compassion - try to keep in mind that one of the first cops there was Worthington's cousin. And the blanket placed on Worthington's body, the blanket with hairs and semen from former boyfriend Tim Arnold - the blanket was placed over Worthington's half-nude body by medical personnel motivated by a sense of decency.
As for that lawsuit, last I heard it was settled out of court, as civil suits frequently are.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Meet John Kerry, soon to be former senator
In response to: Meet John Kerry, soon to be former senator
bittersweet, I think you share a birthday with Jim Morrison and, in a weird parallel, Dec. 8 (or maybe 10th) may have been the date of the Altamont concert.
Don't agree at all incidentally with your last point. Life has been getting better for most people in the world for decades and in all likelihood will continue to do so, even with the war in Iraq, terrorism and other challenges facing us.
A few books have been suggested in this thread - a couple I'd add to the mix - "The Progress Paradox: How Life Gets Better While People Feel Worse" by Gregg Easterbrook (2003) and "The Good Life and its Discontents" by (I think) Robert Samuelson, coming out in the late 80s.
You think things are bad now? Read up on what life was like in this country during the Civil War, or in the South through the post-Reconstruction period after federal troops departed in 1877 and lynchings were commonplace. Speak with elders who lived through the Depression and World War II and they will describe an era when privation and personal losses were far worse than they are now.
Don't agree at all incidentally with your last point. Life has been getting better for most people in the world for decades and in all likelihood will continue to do so, even with the war in Iraq, terrorism and other challenges facing us.
A few books have been suggested in this thread - a couple I'd add to the mix - "The Progress Paradox: How Life Gets Better While People Feel Worse" by Gregg Easterbrook (2003) and "The Good Life and its Discontents" by (I think) Robert Samuelson, coming out in the late 80s.
You think things are bad now? Read up on what life was like in this country during the Civil War, or in the South through the post-Reconstruction period after federal troops departed in 1877 and lynchings were commonplace. Speak with elders who lived through the Depression and World War II and they will describe an era when privation and personal losses were far worse than they are now.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Meet John Kerry, soon to be former senator
In response to: Meet John Kerry, soon to be former senator
Thanks, deltaman, good advice. Not a rainbow has passed since that hasn't reminded me of her, and I keep looking for them. Apropo that you mentioned the light from Cathy's passing - the epitaph on her gravestone is "Beauty is a light in the heart."
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Meet John Kerry, soon to be former senator
In response to: Meet John Kerry, soon to be former senator
Diana, the standard for acquittal in a murder trial is reasonable doubt, not certainty. If certainty was the standard, the prisons would be less crowded and the rest of us less safe.
As for Lennon, I recall all too well what happened that night because a stepsister I loved dearly, as did nearly all who knew her - she was voted most popular girl in her senior class at high school only a few years before - was buried that day, Monday Dec. 8, 1980. She died in a car accident three days earlier.
And after Cathy's funeral, held on the cusp of winter, some of those attending looked up to see a rainbow. I learned of this later that day when people were talking about it at home. It's been so long, I'm not sure how I missed that rainbow, and oh how I wish I hadn't, but I assume it was because my head was bowed as I wept.
Above us only sky indeed.
As for Lennon, I recall all too well what happened that night because a stepsister I loved dearly, as did nearly all who knew her - she was voted most popular girl in her senior class at high school only a few years before - was buried that day, Monday Dec. 8, 1980. She died in a car accident three days earlier.
And after Cathy's funeral, held on the cusp of winter, some of those attending looked up to see a rainbow. I learned of this later that day when people were talking about it at home. It's been so long, I'm not sure how I missed that rainbow, and oh how I wish I hadn't, but I assume it was because my head was bowed as I wept.
Above us only sky indeed.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Meet John Kerry, soon to be former senator
In response to: Meet John Kerry, soon to be former senator
thanks, deltaman, for the sideways compliment, or at least I think it was.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Meet John Kerry, soon to be former senator
In response to: Meet John Kerry, soon to be former senator
Your anticipation is off the mark, deltaman, but your average in that regard remains high. Worthington's survivors, including and perhaps most especially the 2-year-old daughter who was home when her mother was murdered, and who could easily have become a second victim by wandering from the house in the dead of winter, grieve as much as bittersweet. Maybe even as "deeply."
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Meet John Kerry, soon to be former senator
In response to: Meet John Kerry, soon to be former senator
The aforementioned scorn is more than a bit ironic, considering the extended dialogue about Lennon that preceded it.
I recall plenty of people twisted beyond recognition by Lennon when he wielded his only weapon - words, often accompanied by music.
I recall plenty of people twisted beyond recognition by Lennon when he wielded his only weapon - words, often accompanied by music.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Time to lawyer up
In response to: Time to lawyer up
I was gambling in Havana
I took a little risk
Send lawyers, guns and money
Dad, get me outta this
I took a little risk
Send lawyers, guns and money
Dad, get me outta this
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Meet John Kerry, soon to be former senator
In response to: Meet John Kerry, soon to be former senator
Future campaign song for Kerry - "Ballad of John and Yoko"
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Meet John Kerry, soon to be former senator
In response to: Meet John Kerry, soon to be former senator
Fine by me, Diana. Freedom's just another word for posting where you want.
Loved how rock critic Robert Palmer (not to be confused with late rock singer of same name) put it - without McCartney, the Beatles wouldn't have been half as popular; without Lennon, they wouldn't have been half as important.
Crusader, try not to confuse the trajectory of your own life with that of the world as a whole. Two separate things, really.
Loved how rock critic Robert Palmer (not to be confused with late rock singer of same name) put it - without McCartney, the Beatles wouldn't have been half as popular; without Lennon, they wouldn't have been half as important.
Crusader, try not to confuse the trajectory of your own life with that of the world as a whole. Two separate things, really.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Meet John Kerry, soon to be former senator
In response to: Meet John Kerry, soon to be former senator
... and you've taken a vow of poverty, have you, Crusader?
Yes, bittersweet, I know the photo you're referring to, I think Yoko put it on the cover of her first album after Lennon died. Chapman did not kill Lennon because Lennon was a hypocrite, which we all are in one form or another; Chapman killed Lennon because Chapman was a psychopath.
I wrote a blog piece about Lennon a couple of years ago on the anniversary of his death, with a self-explanatory title -
"Happiness is a Bodyguard with a Warm Gun."
Yes, bittersweet, I know the photo you're referring to, I think Yoko put it on the cover of her first album after Lennon died. Chapman did not kill Lennon because Lennon was a hypocrite, which we all are in one form or another; Chapman killed Lennon because Chapman was a psychopath.
I wrote a blog piece about Lennon a couple of years ago on the anniversary of his death, with a self-explanatory title -
"Happiness is a Bodyguard with a Warm Gun."
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Meet John Kerry, soon to be former senator
In response to: Meet John Kerry, soon to be former senator
I loved Lennon, still do, but can't stand that song. "Imagine no possessions, I wonder if you can" - sung by a guy worth $150 mil.
Great observation, muwin, about the raging kodiak and her cubs. I was thinking along the same lines. Is there a parent alive who has not felt the blood rise at even the thought of a predator harming his or her child? Actually, there are. The ones who should never have had children.
Great observation, muwin, about the raging kodiak and her cubs. I was thinking along the same lines. Is there a parent alive who has not felt the blood rise at even the thought of a predator harming his or her child? Actually, there are. The ones who should never have had children.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Enough signatures on petition for recall of entire tribal council
In response to: Enough signatures on petition for recall of entire tribal council
A good example, wamp-pride, of how online media is changing news coverage. It's not just public officials who must allow themselves to be accountable and transparent. Those of us covering the news have the same obligation.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Meet John Kerry, soon to be former senator
In response to: Meet John Kerry, soon to be former senator
The notion isn't mine but comes from Martin Luther King Jr. - "Peace is not the absence of war but the presence of justice."
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Meet John Kerry, soon to be former senator
In response to: Meet John Kerry, soon to be former senator
I disagree with you, Diana. The solution to conflict isn't peace; that's the opposite of conflict. The solution to conflict is justice, as the bumper sticker suggests - no justice, no peace.
Justice, or a sense of fairness, is universal and innate. That's why children grasp it so quickly. The absence of justice virtually guarantees conflict for those inflicting it.
Justice, or a sense of fairness, is universal and innate. That's why children grasp it so quickly. The absence of justice virtually guarantees conflict for those inflicting it.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Meet John Kerry, soon to be former senator
In response to: Meet John Kerry, soon to be former senator
Seems to me you've got it backwards, deltaman, you're the one who's gotten winded. Nighty night.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Meet John Kerry, soon to be former senator
In response to: Meet John Kerry, soon to be former senator
Oh I get it, everything comes back to crimes against humanity involving Native Americans. Are you able to make the leap to other subjects or is that pretty much it?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Meet John Kerry, soon to be former senator
In response to: Meet John Kerry, soon to be former senator
Really, deltaman - and how do you explain the vast wealth accumulated by Arab nations in the same period, seeing how they produce little of value but oil?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Meet John Kerry, soon to be former senator
In response to: Meet John Kerry, soon to be former senator
Can't say I see the resemblance, deltaman, but maybe that's just me.
Your theory of history is a secular version of it starting with Adam and Eve (or Cain and Abel). Look back at what I wrote - I referred to the "modern incarnation" the war we are in, starting as of 1972 with a watershed event in the history of terrorism, the massacre of Israeli Olympic athletes by Palestinian guerrillas. If you'd rather cite the starting point as the Crusades or the first caveman to hit another with a rock, by all means. But all you're doing is engaging in obfuscation.
Gotta hand it to those predatory oil barons, making countless billionaires out of Arabs they've bought so much oil from. And the rest of us too for that matter. All those people who see on the roads next time you go driving - predators all. We could just steal the Arabs' oil with our immense military might, but no, we have to go and buy it instead. Think of how cheap it would be if we substituted theft for commerce!
Your theory of history is a secular version of it starting with Adam and Eve (or Cain and Abel). Look back at what I wrote - I referred to the "modern incarnation" the war we are in, starting as of 1972 with a watershed event in the history of terrorism, the massacre of Israeli Olympic athletes by Palestinian guerrillas. If you'd rather cite the starting point as the Crusades or the first caveman to hit another with a rock, by all means. But all you're doing is engaging in obfuscation.
Gotta hand it to those predatory oil barons, making countless billionaires out of Arabs they've bought so much oil from. And the rest of us too for that matter. All those people who see on the roads next time you go driving - predators all. We could just steal the Arabs' oil with our immense military might, but no, we have to go and buy it instead. Think of how cheap it would be if we substituted theft for commerce!
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Meet John Kerry, soon to be former senator
In response to: Meet John Kerry, soon to be former senator
Fair enough, Democrant, you did acknowledge that Kerry "can certainly be criticized" for his sluggish response to the Swift Boat vets. Not that you'd ever level such a criticism yourself, but you can see where others might. Thanks for clarifying that.
As for "misplaced outrage" - heaping more scorn on Bush and Cheney than on bin Laden and his cult of death, as Democrats are inclined to do - that's misplaced outrage.
This war didn't begin with Bush, its modern incarnation began at Munich in 1972, scene of an earlier surrender by the West in 1938 to another band of anti-Semitic totalitarian thugs. Then as now, it took a few more years for some people to recognize that the threat was real and couldn't be ignored or shrugged off.
As for "misplaced outrage" - heaping more scorn on Bush and Cheney than on bin Laden and his cult of death, as Democrats are inclined to do - that's misplaced outrage.
This war didn't begin with Bush, its modern incarnation began at Munich in 1972, scene of an earlier surrender by the West in 1938 to another band of anti-Semitic totalitarian thugs. Then as now, it took a few more years for some people to recognize that the threat was real and couldn't be ignored or shrugged off.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Meet John Kerry, soon to be former senator
In response to: Meet John Kerry, soon to be former senator
Just saw your comment, deltaman - LOL - thanks!
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Meet John Kerry, soon to be former senator
In response to: Meet John Kerry, soon to be former senator
Thanks, Maverick, on this we agree. I'm not saying the kid wasn't looking to cause a scene, it looks like he was. But to subdue him with tasers for his actions ...?
Best suggestion on how police could have defused the situation came today from Peter Manso - let the kid drone on, the other students will eventually respond with boos, and then louder boos, and the obnoxious student will get the message. Much more effective than tasers.
Best suggestion on how police could have defused the situation came today from Peter Manso - let the kid drone on, the other students will eventually respond with boos, and then louder boos, and the obnoxious student will get the message. Much more effective than tasers.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Meet John Kerry, soon to be former senator
In response to: Meet John Kerry, soon to be former senator
Ah, ever the party apparachnik, Democrant, hence your choice of appellation. It wasn't until August 2004, with publication of the book "Unfit for Command," that the Swift Boat veterans became widely known and their allegations a problem for John Kerry. If you want to claim that Kerry responded promptly and effectively to their charges, by all means. As I recall, Kerry went windsurfing.
As for the student involved in the incident "looking for a confrontation," something tells me you'd be singing a different tune had it been Cheney in the room instead of Kerry.
As for the student involved in the incident "looking for a confrontation," something tells me you'd be singing a different tune had it been Cheney in the room instead of Kerry.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: What took you so long, Mr. Delahunt?
In response to: What took you so long, Mr. Delahunt?
Delahunt must have been listening to the old Clash tune "London Calling" en route to the gig in Fall River -
"The ice age is coming
the sun's zoomin' in
meltdown expected
the wheat is getting thin
a nuclear error
but I have no fear
'cause London's calling
and I ...
live by the river!"
"The ice age is coming
the sun's zoomin' in
meltdown expected
the wheat is getting thin
a nuclear error
but I have no fear
'cause London's calling
and I ...
live by the river!"
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Did somebody get to the MMS?
In response to: Did somebody get to the MMS?
maverick, where have I expressed displeasure with MMS? Psst, this was an editorial from the Providence Journal, not one written by me.
I agree, it does appear that the MMS is doing a thorough job, or at least attempting to do so. But I have little doubt you'll be slamming MMS in a couple of months after release of the final environmental impact statement finding negligible impacts from Cape Wind. At that point you'll be condemning MMS, as you've done for years with the Army Corps, while I'll still be praising MMS for doing a thorough job.
I agree, it does appear that the MMS is doing a thorough job, or at least attempting to do so. But I have little doubt you'll be slamming MMS in a couple of months after release of the final environmental impact statement finding negligible impacts from Cape Wind. At that point you'll be condemning MMS, as you've done for years with the Army Corps, while I'll still be praising MMS for doing a thorough job.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Did somebody get to the MMS?
In response to: Did somebody get to the MMS?
Nice to see Wendy Williams maintain her alleged neutrality.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: What took you so long, Mr. Delahunt?
In response to: What took you so long, Mr. Delahunt?
Excellent observation, Chuck. The contrast between Delahunt and Watson was stunning. One of the people who attended described to me how Delahunt sucked the life out of the room, which was then restored after he left and those who actually believe in renewables had a chance to speak.
Cape Wind aside, it embarrasses me as a constituent that Delahunt is my congressman.
Cape Wind aside, it embarrasses me as a constituent that Delahunt is my congressman.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Cotuit crash; YPD seeks masturbator; Police seek man for credit card fraud
In response to: Cotuit crash; YPD seeks masturbator; Police seek man for credit card fraud
Nee Nee, was Donovan's "Mellow Yellow" mentioned?
"Electrical banana,
Is gonna be a sudden craze ..."
Always gotta kick out of how that one flew in under the radar.
"Electrical banana,
Is gonna be a sudden craze ..."
Always gotta kick out of how that one flew in under the radar.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Bill Richardson & The Red Sox; $80 a barrel oil
In response to: Bill Richardson & The Red Sox; $80 a barrel oil
No, bittersweet, the candidate who doesn't want the job makes for a lousy leader. Lincoln, FDR, Kennedy and Reagan really, really wanted to be president. Which has almost everything to do with why they were great presidents.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: What should the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe do next?
In response to: What should the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe do next?
Peter, I can't remember the last time I read a more incisive analysis of future uses for Otis (but let's not forget to add wind turbines to the mix!).
Is it the Iroquois who believe that all actions should be taken with their effect down to the seventh generation of descendants? What you are suggesting is, in my opinion, a much better legacy for the Wampanoag to leave future generations than would a casino and entertainment complex.
Is it the Iroquois who believe that all actions should be taken with their effect down to the seventh generation of descendants? What you are suggesting is, in my opinion, a much better legacy for the Wampanoag to leave future generations than would a casino and entertainment complex.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Cotuit crash; YPD seeks masturbator; Police seek man for credit card fraud
In response to: Cotuit crash; YPD seeks masturbator; Police seek man for credit card fraud
Wild, wild horses couldn't keep him away from that gas station.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Bill Richardson & The Red Sox; $80 a barrel oil
In response to: Bill Richardson & The Red Sox; $80 a barrel oil
LOL. Huckabee's name will be better known soon enough. Could be Clark, he's close to the Clintons and also from Arkansas, a border state that's always trouble for the Dems. What Clark would not do is make history the way a minority candidate like Richardson or Obama would, nor deliver minority voters in the same numbers.
Conventional wisdom has Hillary picking Obama for running mate; by the time they are done tearing each other down in the next few months, and Hillary's left standing, she's far more likely to pick Richardson to share the ticket.
As for minority voters, Latinos surpassed blacks as the largest minority group in the US a few years years ago, a disparity that will only widen with time. Richardson is from New Mexico, a toss-up state, compared to Obama coming from Illinois which will go to the Dems regardless of who's on the ticket.
Richardson also wears well over time, which is essential in the marathon of a presidential campaign. To the extent Obama can be compared to JFK, it's Kennedy circa 1956, not 1960.
Conventional wisdom has Hillary picking Obama for running mate; by the time they are done tearing each other down in the next few months, and Hillary's left standing, she's far more likely to pick Richardson to share the ticket.
As for minority voters, Latinos surpassed blacks as the largest minority group in the US a few years years ago, a disparity that will only widen with time. Richardson is from New Mexico, a toss-up state, compared to Obama coming from Illinois which will go to the Dems regardless of who's on the ticket.
Richardson also wears well over time, which is essential in the marathon of a presidential campaign. To the extent Obama can be compared to JFK, it's Kennedy circa 1956, not 1960.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Bill Richardson & The Red Sox; $80 a barrel oil
In response to: Bill Richardson & The Red Sox; $80 a barrel oil
Good luck with it, Jeff. Whether this issue has traction aside, I think Richardson stands an excellent chance of becoming the next VP as Hillary Clinton's running mate, opposed by a ticket of Romney-Huckabee. You heard it here first!
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Cotuit crash; YPD seeks masturbator; Police seek man for credit card fraud
In response to: Cotuit crash; YPD seeks masturbator; Police seek man for credit card fraud
Darn, I knew the punch line to that one! To which I'd add, maybe the muzak played at the time was Devo's "Whip It."
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Bill Richardson & The Red Sox; $80 a barrel oil
In response to: Bill Richardson & The Red Sox; $80 a barrel oil
Good question, Jeff, I wasn't aware of doubts about that.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: FBI demands records from three Mashpee Wampanoag tribal council members
In response to: FBI demands records from three Mashpee Wampanoag tribal council members
Nice to see the Cape Cod Times finally catch up with Peter's repeated scoops in the paper's coverage yesterday - and they needed two reporters to do it.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Cotuit crash; YPD seeks masturbator; Police seek man for credit card fraud
In response to: Cotuit crash; YPD seeks masturbator; Police seek man for credit card fraud
Any truth to the rumor that the muzak wafting from gas pumps at the time was Michael Jackson's "Beat It" ...?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Cotuit crash; YPD seeks masturbator; Police seek man for credit card fraud
In response to: Cotuit crash; YPD seeks masturbator; Police seek man for credit card fraud
Not so sure, Buzz, I heard it was a lube job.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Cotuit crash; YPD seeks masturbator; Police seek man for credit card fraud
In response to: Cotuit crash; YPD seeks masturbator; Police seek man for credit card fraud
Wasn't that guy the lead singer for Culture Club?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: What does it all mean?
In response to: What does it all mean?
crusader, did you happen to see my last comment before you wrote the last couple of yours? Seeing how what I wrote had the potential to shake things up for you and all. Then again, ideologues are not easily dissuaded.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Cotuit crash; YPD seeks masturbator; Police seek man for credit card fraud
In response to: Cotuit crash; YPD seeks masturbator; Police seek man for credit card fraud
Maybe the cops are looking for a hand.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: What does it all mean?
In response to: What does it all mean?
"No preferential treatment for friends of the DA!" writes crusader. And still not a shred of evidence that O'Keefe and Gryboski were friends or even passing acquaintances prior to the death of her husband.
Tell you what though, crusader, after Jeff Blanchard reported here that two of Gryboski's neighbors said they were never approached by police after Lancaster's death, I went to the neighborhood three times, on three separate days. Two neighbors within view of Gryboski's house said they had not been approached by police - and two said they were. And none of these four neighbors said they ever saw O'Keefe and Gryboski together.
Tell me, crusader, are you as willing to put in the same legwork to nail down your claims, or do you prefer to avoid the labor involved and cut loose with gossip instead?
Tell you what though, crusader, after Jeff Blanchard reported here that two of Gryboski's neighbors said they were never approached by police after Lancaster's death, I went to the neighborhood three times, on three separate days. Two neighbors within view of Gryboski's house said they had not been approached by police - and two said they were. And none of these four neighbors said they ever saw O'Keefe and Gryboski together.
Tell me, crusader, are you as willing to put in the same legwork to nail down your claims, or do you prefer to avoid the labor involved and cut loose with gossip instead?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Proven Wrong (by the Soviets)
In response to: Proven Wrong (by the Soviets)
With all due respect, deltaman, I think you're misinterpreting Judge Hand's quote. He wasn't advocating tax evasion, which is illegal, he was suggesting "to keep taxes as low as possible" - big difference.
To which I would add - There is nothing so sinister as arranging the affairs of state as to keep taxes as high as possible. A virtual guarantee of economic stagnation and government abuse.
To which I would add - There is nothing so sinister as arranging the affairs of state as to keep taxes as high as possible. A virtual guarantee of economic stagnation and government abuse.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Of Blogs and Wampanoags
In response to: Of Blogs and Wampanoags
Your recollection about Bernie's lawsuit against Leo is accurate, Josh. I remember the stories about it and was disappointed to see bad blood between them. Never met Leo unfortunately but Bernie was a regular at a restaurant where I tended bar in Falmouth years ago. One day we were talking about Chappaquiddick and I mentioned Jack Olsen's compelling theory that Kennedy wasn't in the car, as described in Olsen's book "The Bridge at Chappaquiddick," and Bernie said, I know all about that theory - I gave it to him.
Diana, the blog you're referring to is Cape Cod Murder. Yes, the focus of that one is pretty much limited to the Worthington case.
Diana, the blog you're referring to is Cape Cod Murder. Yes, the focus of that one is pretty much limited to the Worthington case.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Proven Wrong (by the Soviets)
In response to: Proven Wrong (by the Soviets)
Great post, Jack. Reminds me of one of my favorite quotes, from Judge Learned Hand - "The voice of liberty is that which is not sure it is always right."
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Of Blogs and Wampanoags
In response to: Of Blogs and Wampanoags
Not sure which blog you're referring to, Diana, I juggle a few.
Josh, I remember having the same reaction after learning of Leo's death. The late Bernie Flynn, who'd worked both the Costa and Chappaquiddick cases as a state police detective, recommended "In His Garden" to me but I couldn't get through it, too macabre. Leo's "Senatorial Privilege" is among the best books ever written about the Kennedys.
Josh, I remember having the same reaction after learning of Leo's death. The late Bernie Flynn, who'd worked both the Costa and Chappaquiddick cases as a state police detective, recommended "In His Garden" to me but I couldn't get through it, too macabre. Leo's "Senatorial Privilege" is among the best books ever written about the Kennedys.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Phoenix does Peter - House Pest
In response to: Phoenix does Peter - House Pest
But christy, aren't you going to check first on Peter's press credentials?! I understand that he's not ... psst ... a member of the club.
Thanks for the heads-up ;)
Thanks for the heads-up ;)
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: What does it all mean?
In response to: What does it all mean?
Same here about bullfighting, deltaman, always struck me as barbaric.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: What does it all mean?
In response to: What does it all mean?
No need to twist anything you say, Crusader, the original is twisted enough.
Your fervent hand-wringing for a convicted murderer and sneering disdain for a woman who acted in self-defense to kill a man who abused her for years puts you on a moral par with Squeaky Fromme.
Your fervent hand-wringing for a convicted murderer and sneering disdain for a woman who acted in self-defense to kill a man who abused her for years puts you on a moral par with Squeaky Fromme.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: What does it all mean?
In response to: What does it all mean?
Congratulations, Crusader, you just insulted well over half the readers with your half-assed observation about women on the Cape allegedly less intelligent than those in the city.
Trust me on this, I most assuredly will never say it's all about you. You're all about you, and that's about it.
Trust me on this, I most assuredly will never say it's all about you. You're all about you, and that's about it.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Phoenix does Peter - House Pest
In response to: Phoenix does Peter - House Pest
yes, lucky for us all the man never went to J-school.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Of Blogs and Wampanoags
In response to: Of Blogs and Wampanoags
in my opinion, Diana. IMHO - in my humble opinion.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: What does it all mean?
In response to: What does it all mean?
Crusader, it's always been slim pickings for shrews.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Phoenix does Peter - House Pest
In response to: Phoenix does Peter - House Pest
If Peter's not a journalist, what does that say about those who claim the title and keep getting beaten by him?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Of Blogs and Wampanoags
In response to: Of Blogs and Wampanoags
Great post, Josh, very illuminating. And right on target about The Blogfather!
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Two dozen, give or take a couple dozen
In response to: Two dozen, give or take a couple dozen
It's not off-topic in the least, maverick. That the Steamship Authority and Hy-Line Cruises pontificate about Cape Wind allegedly befouling Nantucket Sound, while they've been dumping millions of gallons of human waste into the same body of water for decades, is the height of hypocrisy, gall and arrogance.
It also speaks volumes as to their real motivation for opposing the wind farm. It has nothing to do with preserving this pristine tidy bowl of a national treasure.
As for Chuck Kleekamp's views on dredging, take a look back at what Chuck wrote - "I have no idea whether or not dredging will be needed for the wind farm." Please cite an example of where anyone - anyone - on your side of the wind farm has deviated from the dogma in a similar fashion. Take your time searching, you'll need it.
It also speaks volumes as to their real motivation for opposing the wind farm. It has nothing to do with preserving this pristine tidy bowl of a national treasure.
As for Chuck Kleekamp's views on dredging, take a look back at what Chuck wrote - "I have no idea whether or not dredging will be needed for the wind farm." Please cite an example of where anyone - anyone - on your side of the wind farm has deviated from the dogma in a similar fashion. Take your time searching, you'll need it.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Every day is September 12
In response to: Every day is September 12
The daughter of a former colleague of mine worked as a temp in the South Tower. Got a call on Sept. 10 saying she wasn't needed the next day.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Two dozen, give or take a couple dozen
In response to: Two dozen, give or take a couple dozen
maverick, thanks for finally providing a clear, unequivocal answer, I appreciate that. That you do not dump raw sewage from your boat into the Sound does not surprise me. Based on what I know about you, you're not the type to do so, unlike the Steamship Authority, to cite one example, which is the type that does. Apparently saves them money.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Two dozen, give or take a couple dozen
In response to: Two dozen, give or take a couple dozen
Great suggestion, Chuck, I'd love to. I'll be in touch. Looks like Maverick may have developed laryngitis.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Two dozen, give or take a couple dozen
In response to: Two dozen, give or take a couple dozen
Maverick - nice to hear that you don't discharge "there" but how about "anywhere" on Nantucket Sound?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Two dozen, give or take a couple dozen
In response to: Two dozen, give or take a couple dozen
Why the difficulty answering a simple question, Maverick - do you dump raw sewage in Nantucket Sound beyond the state three-mile limit?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Two dozen, give or take a couple dozen
In response to: Two dozen, give or take a couple dozen
thanks for the, ah, warning, Maverick. I'll take it with the grain of salt it deserves.
Your response about whether you dump raw sewage was ambigious, most likely intentionally so. Let me see if I understand you correctly - you don't dump sewage in the Sound because "it is illegal" - "unless of course you are in federal waters." Thanks for clarifying that. Do you have some kind of signal on your boat to let you know when it's OK to dump fecal matter and urine in the waters off the Cape and islands?
Sorry to alarm you with the canine ferocity of an awkward question.
Your response about whether you dump raw sewage was ambigious, most likely intentionally so. Let me see if I understand you correctly - you don't dump sewage in the Sound because "it is illegal" - "unless of course you are in federal waters." Thanks for clarifying that. Do you have some kind of signal on your boat to let you know when it's OK to dump fecal matter and urine in the waters off the Cape and islands?
Sorry to alarm you with the canine ferocity of an awkward question.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Two dozen, give or take a couple dozen
In response to: Two dozen, give or take a couple dozen
That would be for Cape Wind to decide, Maverick, I don't speak for them. Sounds like there's an abundant supply of fish out there on the Sound and the artificial reefs created by the wind turbines would draw even more. Don't take my word for it, that's according to Bobby Kennedy Jr.
Just out of curiosity, do you dump raw sewage in the Sound from your boat in the manner of the ferries - yes, I know, all perfectly legal - or do you foot the dime to haul the sewage to a pump station?
Just out of curiosity, do you dump raw sewage in the Sound from your boat in the manner of the ferries - yes, I know, all perfectly legal - or do you foot the dime to haul the sewage to a pump station?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Two dozen, give or take a couple dozen
In response to: Two dozen, give or take a couple dozen
That it does, Maverick. What you characteristically neglected to mention was that I asked my question of washiki two days ago, you asked yours of me less than an hour ago.
In answer to your question - yes on both counts, my "participation" being to write for this site.
Incidentally, didya get a chance to read the pieces I wrote that were critical of the proposed power plant in Chelsea and Cape Wind's claim that it won't need to dredge?
Those charter fishing junkets you offer on the Sound - surely you don't accept filthy lucre for anything so pure, do you?
In answer to your question - yes on both counts, my "participation" being to write for this site.
Incidentally, didya get a chance to read the pieces I wrote that were critical of the proposed power plant in Chelsea and Cape Wind's claim that it won't need to dredge?
Those charter fishing junkets you offer on the Sound - surely you don't accept filthy lucre for anything so pure, do you?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Uncertainty remains over whether Mashpee Wampanoag will revive land suit
In response to: Uncertainty remains over whether Mashpee Wampanoag will revive land suit
Yes, another good story. A question for Peter, a bit off topic but not too far - ever notice how self-proclaimed pacifists can be so bellicose?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Two dozen, give or take a couple dozen
In response to: Two dozen, give or take a couple dozen
I'm fine, Maverick, thanks for asking. How are you?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Public comment from Cape Cod Commission hearing on Cape Wind
In response to: Public comment from Cape Cod Commission hearing on Cape Wind
Thanks, Solon, I appreciate that. A lot more was said that I plan to add. One of the benefits of online media compared to print.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: What does it all mean?
In response to: What does it all mean?
Confronted with a difficult question, washiki hasn't been heard from since.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: What does it all mean?
In response to: What does it all mean?
deltaman, at least twice now washiki has alleged that Peter Kenney has committed "outright lies" in his reporting. The first time washiki alleged this, I asked for a single example. None was forthcoming. Washiki has alleged the same thing a second time. Once again I've asked for a specific example. The only response has been from you, about perceived omissions about the Binghams. Until allegations about the Binghams are substantiated, they are nothing more than allegations.
Didya happen to notice that Glenn Marshall acknowledged the allegations against him were true? (although not until after they were substantiated).
Didya happen to notice that Glenn Marshall acknowledged the allegations against him were true? (although not until after they were substantiated).
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: What does it all mean?
In response to: What does it all mean?
You weren't able to answer this question last time I asked, washiki, and I doubt you will this time - please cite a single example of an "outright lie" told by Mr. Kenney in his reporting.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: And then there was Shawn
In response to: And then there was Shawn
Interpret the question as you see fit, deltaman, its intent was straightforward. I'm pretty sure but not certain that the proper plural usage is Mashpee Wampanoag.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: And then there was Shawn
In response to: And then there was Shawn
Great analogy, deltaman. Maybe you could help answer a question I have. Is Wampanoag the plural of Wampanoag, or is it Wampanoags? I recall an editor at the Times telling me a few years back that it's Wampanoag.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: And then there was Shawn
In response to: And then there was Shawn
I don't have a problem with you posting comments with a pseudonym, deltaman. Many people who do so here are friends of mine. What I find hypocritical is you criticizing the forum itself for its alleged lack of rules when one of these supposedly non-existent rules allows you to post comments anonymously.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: And then there was Shawn
In response to: And then there was Shawn
Excellent point about the woeful lack of rules here, deltaman. Such as posting comments behind a pseudonym.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: No decision by Worthington trial judge for hearing on alleged racism among jurors
In response to: No decision by Worthington trial judge for hearing on alleged racism among jurors
Attorney George telling me that in court this morning.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: No decision by Worthington trial judge for hearing on alleged racism among jurors
In response to: No decision by Worthington trial judge for hearing on alleged racism among jurors
In response to Crusader - because it appeared to me in court this morning that Judge Nickerson was going to set a date for the hearing; by the end of the day, according to Scott Nickerson, Judge Nickerson had not done so. This is why I preceded the second report with "Update, 4:30 p.m."
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Why Mashpee wants another Treaty
In response to: Why Mashpee wants another Treaty
Yes, good work, Peter. But as for yesterday's meeting of the tribal council, what happened? Has the tribe agreed not to pursue any further land claims against the town?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Why is Sen. Wilkerson interested in the Wampanoags?
In response to: Why is Sen. Wilkerson interested in the Wampanoags?
Methinks deltaman does as well, as indicated by his choice of pseudonym. The quintessential definition of profession extends beyond being a paid occupation, in which case most journalists could be said to be members of a profession. Actual professions - medicine, law and education come to mind as examples - require an advanced degree, rigorous apprenticeships and testing leading to certification, and boards of overseers enforcing a code of standards universally accepted within the profession. None of these apply to journalism.
This is not to denigrate journalism or those engaged in it, but I've heard it mischaracterized as a profession so often that I felt compelled to set the record straight - as journalists are wont to do.
This is not to denigrate journalism or those engaged in it, but I've heard it mischaracterized as a profession so often that I felt compelled to set the record straight - as journalists are wont to do.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Why is Sen. Wilkerson interested in the Wampanoags?
In response to: Why is Sen. Wilkerson interested in the Wampanoags?
Journalism isn't a profession, deltaman. Common misconception.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Why is Sen. Wilkerson interested in the Wampanoags?
In response to: Why is Sen. Wilkerson interested in the Wampanoags?
Yes, particularly in the form of campaign donations from any number of contributors who've never previously felt obligated to offer tribute to the esteemed senator.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Why is Sen. Wilkerson interested in the Wampanoags?
In response to: Why is Sen. Wilkerson interested in the Wampanoags?
Not to mention the Mickey Morris who worked at Dewey, Cheetum & Howe.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Why is Sen. Wilkerson interested in the Wampanoags?
In response to: Why is Sen. Wilkerson interested in the Wampanoags?
On this we agree Democrant (law of averages being what it is, had to happen eventually) - any involvement by Wilkerson immediately sends up a warning flag.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: A good season for Cape; New effort to revive oil spill bill
In response to: A good season for Cape; New effort to revive oil spill bill
In response to lmco35 - doesn't the state have jurisdiction within the 3 miles of its coastal waters?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: A foolish consistency at Emerson
In response to: A foolish consistency at Emerson
It's why I changed my name from Bartholemew.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Random Thoughts and They Aren't All for Kids
In response to: Random Thoughts and They Aren't All for Kids
They still do, Buzz. Disdain for overweening civic piety kicks in early.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Random Thoughts and They Aren't All for Kids
In response to: Random Thoughts and They Aren't All for Kids
Ah Democrant, often it's self-evident.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Random Thoughts and They Aren't All for Kids
In response to: Random Thoughts and They Aren't All for Kids
What was it that Emerson said about consistency, Democrant?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Random Thoughts and They Aren't All for Kids
In response to: Random Thoughts and They Aren't All for Kids
A 40B affordable housing project has been proposed for just down the road from where I live. Many of my neighbors are opposed to it, Democrant. I hope it gets built.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Tribal leader convicted of rape in 1981, claims as war hero and police officer unsubstantiated
In response to: Tribal leader convicted of rape in 1981, claims as war hero and police officer unsubstantiated
Your "issue" is not with Marshall you say, washiki? Not sure if you've noticed but plenty of other people clearly have an issue with him, most especially the honorable and decent members of a tribe he has maligned by his actions. Peter also puts his name to what he writes, unlike you, who makes unsubstantiated allegations behind a pseudonym.
You allege Peter is lying. Please provide an example. Not something he's written that is inaccurate, though errors aren't to be dismissed lightly, especially when someone's reputation is on the line. But an error is not a lie, as widely believed. A lie is a deliberate attempt to deceive. Please provide an example of where Peter has done that and back it up.
You allege Peter is lying. Please provide an example. Not something he's written that is inaccurate, though errors aren't to be dismissed lightly, especially when someone's reputation is on the line. But an error is not a lie, as widely believed. A lie is a deliberate attempt to deceive. Please provide an example of where Peter has done that and back it up.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: WBZ says Patrick will recommend Casinos, Guv's staff denies it; YouTube kids Barnstable; McCowen featured in Hate Paper; Humpback "Megaclicks"; Inside the Tribe
In response to: WBZ says Patrick will recommend Casinos, Guv's staff denies it; YouTube kids Barnstable; McCowen featured in Hate Paper; Humpback "Megaclicks"; Inside the Tribe
Dirty work better left undone, washiki?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Dead Men Don't Talk
In response to: Dead Men Don't Talk
legaleagle1, I am far more comfortable describing what occurred as homicide because it is indisputably what occurred. And in the eyes of the law, it was justifiable homicide.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Tribal leader convicted of rape in 1981, claims as war hero and police officer unsubstantiated
In response to: Tribal leader convicted of rape in 1981, claims as war hero and police officer unsubstantiated
Yeah, and some people never get it right, washiki. So Marshall should stay on as chairman of the tribal council?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Paddelboat capsizes in Dennis; Mashpee head-on crash; Centerville break; Hyannis fires, Harwich crash
In response to: Paddelboat capsizes in Dennis; Mashpee head-on crash; Centerville break; Hyannis fires, Harwich crash
CCToday forgets the tribes were once, ah, tourists too. They weren't here originally either. You have to go to Africa for that level of authenticity.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Dead Men Don't Talk
In response to: Dead Men Don't Talk
Good question, Buzz.
You're more than welcome, legaleagle1. I'm not a lawyer, as the saying goes, but as I understand the law, you are alleging that a crime has been committed without providing any evidence to that effect. The grand jury heard from two dozen witnesses (I don't recall the exact number), testimony that none of the rest of us was privy to, and decided against indicting Dr. Gryboski. Put another way, the grand jury concluded that no crime had been committed.
Stating it is your opinion that a crime occurred, and doing so behind a pseudonym, is one thing. Stating as fact that a crime occurred, and that Dr. Gryboski committed it, and putting your name to that claim in a public forum, would leave you vulnerable to a lawsuit for defamation.
I can assure you that if I were in Dr. Gryboski's shoes, and you said of me publicly that I was a criminal for my actions in this matter without a shred of evidence to bolster your claim, you'd be the one finding yourself in court.
You're more than welcome, legaleagle1. I'm not a lawyer, as the saying goes, but as I understand the law, you are alleging that a crime has been committed without providing any evidence to that effect. The grand jury heard from two dozen witnesses (I don't recall the exact number), testimony that none of the rest of us was privy to, and decided against indicting Dr. Gryboski. Put another way, the grand jury concluded that no crime had been committed.
Stating it is your opinion that a crime occurred, and doing so behind a pseudonym, is one thing. Stating as fact that a crime occurred, and that Dr. Gryboski committed it, and putting your name to that claim in a public forum, would leave you vulnerable to a lawsuit for defamation.
I can assure you that if I were in Dr. Gryboski's shoes, and you said of me publicly that I was a criminal for my actions in this matter without a shred of evidence to bolster your claim, you'd be the one finding yourself in court.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: No relief from the heat with Shady Glenn
In response to: No relief from the heat with Shady Glenn
... the windup and the pitch to Kenney ... CRACK! ... holy cow, yet another towering blast, could it be!? could it be!? that ball is gone!
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Dead Men Don't Talk
In response to: Dead Men Don't Talk
yes, please do, legaleagle1, and thank you for providing a good example of how reasonable people can disagree without being disagreable. What do you believe was the motive for what you refer to as "this crime"?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Dead Men Don't Talk
In response to: Dead Men Don't Talk
Buzz, perhaps you should also consider how you've demeaned idiots around the world by referring to Crusader as one. Speaking only for myself, I was deeply hurt - and yes, dare I say it? degraded - by that remark.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Dead Men Don't Talk
In response to: Dead Men Don't Talk
good point, bittersweet - a classless society is clearly the only way toward utopian salvation, provided of course that the proletariat control the means of production ...
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Glenn Marshall; There is still much to tell
In response to: Glenn Marshall; There is still much to tell
Another awesome post, Peter, outstanding. The scribes in the MSM can pretend you don't exist, but they're hanging on every word.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Dead Men Don't Talk
In response to: Dead Men Don't Talk
Well put as usual, Buzz. Crusader states - "until society rejects abusers - this problem will continue." Well, "society" in the form of one brave woman issued the ultimate rejection of abuse, and the abuser on the receiving end will never abuse again.
Cruader, please tell me in October who you think will win the World Series so I can bet the ranch on the other team.
Cruader, please tell me in October who you think will win the World Series so I can bet the ranch on the other team.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Cape tribe leader steps down after exposure, admits cocaine conviction, lies
In response to: Cape tribe leader steps down after exposure, admits cocaine conviction, lies
Without a doubt, Marshall was the single most obnoxious and arrogant person I ever dealt with while working as a reporter at the Cape Cod Times, in the one and only time I spoke to him. The tribe deserves far better.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Dan Kennedy on Peter Kenney
In response to: Dan Kennedy on Peter Kenney
Something tells me Ferson's returning your calls in the future, Peter. Awesome work, deserving of all of Kennedy's praise and more. How refreshing to see news based on facts and not rumor and innuendo.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: How to Kill Your Husband and Stay Out of Jail, Part 3:
In response to: How to Kill Your Husband and Stay Out of Jail, Part 3:
In less than a year, a Hyannis man is convicted to life in prison with no chance of parole for the murder of a Truro woman, a Manhattan man is sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for the murder of a Nantucket woman, and a Barnstable woman walks free after claiming self-defense and years of abuse justified shooting her husband to death.
Krista's baffling interpretation - "This is not a country of laws as much as it is a country of men."
O-kay.
Krista's baffling interpretation - "This is not a country of laws as much as it is a country of men."
O-kay.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: The Missing Keys
In response to: The Missing Keys
Good one, Jul3ia. Keep at it, you're a much better cartoonist than many at the daily papers.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Why Does Anything Involving Barnstable County Government Have to be Messy?
In response to: Why Does Anything Involving Barnstable County Government Have to be Messy?
Peter, do me a favor and send me your email address. I'm at polnotes@yahoo.com.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Provincetown's biggest Carnival Parade ever
In response to: Provincetown's biggest Carnival Parade ever
Great pics, Pat. Reminds me of a Halloween night visit to P'town in the late '80s with an old girlfriend. I wore a kung fu outfit and she was a ballerina in a tutu. After the bars emptied at 1 am and Commercial Street was wall to wall with revelers, we ran into a guy wearing a tutu, ballet slippers and carrying a wand. He made a beeline for my girlfriend, tapped her on both shoulders with the wand and exclaimed, "Another fairy! I love it!" Everyone around us broke up laughing. My favorite memory of P'town.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: How to Kill Your Husband and Stay Out of Jail, Part 3:
In response to: How to Kill Your Husband and Stay Out of Jail, Part 3:
Wow, Crusader, in the space of two sentences you go from "at least I stick to my guns" to "now I'm not so sure." Let me clarify it for you - you are certainly consistent - consistently wrong.
Ever read the book or see the movie "All the President's Men"? Woodward and Bernstein's biggest skeptic wasn't in the White House, his name was Ben Bradlee - their editor.
Hard as it may be for you to believe, there is actually a middle ground of discourse between your twin poles of gushing cheerleader and toxic vituperation.
Ever read the book or see the movie "All the President's Men"? Woodward and Bernstein's biggest skeptic wasn't in the White House, his name was Ben Bradlee - their editor.
Hard as it may be for you to believe, there is actually a middle ground of discourse between your twin poles of gushing cheerleader and toxic vituperation.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: How to Kill Your Husband and Stay Out of Jail, Part 3:
In response to: How to Kill Your Husband and Stay Out of Jail, Part 3:
Well put, Peter. A "mandatory reporter" for infidelity? Wow. Yes, and perhaps we could confine the guilty to re-education camps for lectures on morality over loudspeakers while picking rice.
Crusader, is it a stretch in the least to hear your shrill denunciations had Dr. Gryboski been indicted for murder? Anyone remotely familiar with you knows it is not.
Crusader, is it a stretch in the least to hear your shrill denunciations had Dr. Gryboski been indicted for murder? Anyone remotely familiar with you knows it is not.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: A Ghost Story
In response to: A Ghost Story
"Why was it printed?" Crusader, ever cross your mind it was an honest mistake by a reporter acting in good faith? Take a look at any newspaper on any given day and you'll usually find corrections for just that type of error. Not every mistake is evidence of evil intent.
The presumption of innocence also applies to police and public officials, not just trash haulers with criminal records. If, that is, you believe in equal justice.
The presumption of innocence also applies to police and public officials, not just trash haulers with criminal records. If, that is, you believe in equal justice.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: 11 women killed; Does anyone care?
In response to: 11 women killed; Does anyone care?
What Phillips wrote could just easily be said of Joe Kennedy (the patriarch, not the stumblebum grandson), as it could of any Bush. And is it my imagination but aren't the Clintons also engaged in dynasty building?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: 11 women killed; Does anyone care?
In response to: 11 women killed; Does anyone care?
Thanks for clarifying that, Jeff. Just a suggestion but you might want to respond to comments within the thread where they appear to maintain continuity in the dialogue. My question about Pina was posted in another comment thread.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: A Ghost Story
In response to: A Ghost Story
A well-composed but flawed litany. Defense attorney Bob George has stayed with the case on a pro bono basis after the conviction; it doesn't appear to me that his motives are entirely crass. In contrast to many defense attorneys who read from the script, George seems to genuinely believe in McCowen's innocence.
As for Judge Nickerson, he went out of his way to be fair to the defendant and handle the trial judiciously. The only time McCowen spoke was after he was convicted and he thanked Nickerson for treating him respectfully.
I'd have more respect for the skepticism of critics of this case when it comes to claims of police misconduct if they can cite a single example of same. Mason and Burke had nothing to do with problems at the crime lab, and a three-year plus gap between murder and McCowen's arrest hardly seems like a rush to railroad. The cops first spoke to McCowen in person within two months of the murder, and were aware of his color and occupation. Three years would pass before he was charged.
As for Judge Nickerson, he went out of his way to be fair to the defendant and handle the trial judiciously. The only time McCowen spoke was after he was convicted and he thanked Nickerson for treating him respectfully.
I'd have more respect for the skepticism of critics of this case when it comes to claims of police misconduct if they can cite a single example of same. Mason and Burke had nothing to do with problems at the crime lab, and a three-year plus gap between murder and McCowen's arrest hardly seems like a rush to railroad. The cops first spoke to McCowen in person within two months of the murder, and were aware of his color and occupation. Three years would pass before he was charged.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: 11 women killed; Does anyone care?
In response to: 11 women killed; Does anyone care?
I see what you mean about how many in both major parties appear indistinguishable. I read an article years ago comparing the "underclass" to the "overclass," the latter a reference to parasitical elites above and beyond the reach of law (who, for example, seek the shelter of waterfront compounds after committing crimes that would put lesser mortals behind bars). The overclass is hardly limited to one party and has the means to cause far more damage than the underclass.
I was in college when the Highway Killings occurred but I vaguely recall that Pina considered a suspect. No?
I was in college when the Highway Killings occurred but I vaguely recall that Pina considered a suspect. No?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Political flapping in Cape-Wind controversy
In response to: Political flapping in Cape-Wind controversy
Good one, Jeff. I can hear Joe asking such a dumb question. He was always my least favorite of the clan, though RFK's shrill and hypocritical denunciation of the wind farm could change that.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: A Ghost Story
In response to: A Ghost Story
Are you forgetting, Jeff - CM was a narc too. And perpetual ejaculators aren't solely situated atop the law enforcement pyramid. They've also been known to work as trash haulers on the Outer Cape.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: 11 women killed; Does anyone care?
In response to: 11 women killed; Does anyone care?
But why would a cover-up continue after Democrat Dukakis left office and was succeeded by Republican Weld? It wasn't just a change in administrations, but a change in parties running the executive branch of state government. Wouldn't there be considerable motivation on the part of Republicans to expose this, if only to embarrass Dukakis and those around him?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: 11 women killed; Does anyone care?
In response to: 11 women killed; Does anyone care?
Jeff, when you say LE, I assume you mean law enforcement, or is that an inaccurate assumption?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Cape Cod Museum of Natural History hosts a Cape Wind debate
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"On the payroll again"? If by that you mean, am I paid for stories I write for this site? Yes, Maverick, I provide a service and the publisher compensates me. Agreed, pretty radical stuff.
Do your charter boat patrons pay for the use of your boat or do you offer it for free?
Do your charter boat patrons pay for the use of your boat or do you offer it for free?
Jack Coleman [Member]
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In response to: How to Kill Your Husband and Stay Out of Jail, Part 3:
You're welcome, Jeff. Just as I offer criticism as warranted, I give credit where credit is due.
I agree, it is odd that police would not speak to the neighbors about this. But maybe the answer to that lies in what the neighbors said about the other key aspect of this - the possibility of a relationship between Gryboski and O'Keefe prior to Lancaster's death.
Did the neighbors you spoke with say they ever saw Gryboski and O'Keefe together and, if so, what exactly did the neighbors say?
I agree, it is odd that police would not speak to the neighbors about this. But maybe the answer to that lies in what the neighbors said about the other key aspect of this - the possibility of a relationship between Gryboski and O'Keefe prior to Lancaster's death.
Did the neighbors you spoke with say they ever saw Gryboski and O'Keefe together and, if so, what exactly did the neighbors say?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Cape Cod Museum of Natural History hosts a Cape Wind debate
In response to: Cape Cod Museum of Natural History hosts a Cape Wind debate
Any futile spin from Vinick on ferries of the Steamship Authority, an Alliance ally, dumping millions of gallons of raw sewage into Nantucket Sound?
Potential new slogan for the Alliance - Save Our Pristine Toilet of a National Treasure.
Potential new slogan for the Alliance - Save Our Pristine Toilet of a National Treasure.
Jack Coleman [Member]
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In response to: How to Kill Your Husband and Stay Out of Jail, Part 3:
Good question, Sammy. What did the neighbor actually say about not being approached by police and whether Gryboski and O'Keefe knew each other before the shooting.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: How to Kill Your Husband and Stay Out of Jail, Part 3:
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You've made me less of a skeptic, Jeff. If I'm a cop investigating a case like this, I definitely want to talk to the neighbor. Nice work.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: ATF Head Sullivan Reacts to O’Keefe Controversy
In response to: ATF Head Sullivan Reacts to O’Keefe Controversy
How about trying to get to the truth as motivation, Jeff, that cross your mind?
You wrote that "apparently some of these neighbors feel the two may know each other beyond the courthouse," referring to Gryboski and O'Keefe. Begs the question - how many neighbors did you talk to?
I agree, the big picture is important. But so are the details.
You wrote that "apparently some of these neighbors feel the two may know each other beyond the courthouse," referring to Gryboski and O'Keefe. Begs the question - how many neighbors did you talk to?
I agree, the big picture is important. But so are the details.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: ATF Head Sullivan Reacts to O’Keefe Controversy
In response to: ATF Head Sullivan Reacts to O’Keefe Controversy
Mason and Burke were not among the police officers who met with McCowen the day after Worthington's body was found. They investigate homicides, not drug offenses. How can Mason or Burke explain the call(s) if they have no idea why they were made or who made them?
From their perspective, if it's not germaine to their case, they aren't going to waste their time pursuing it. Wishful thinking on your part is not enough to make this aspect of the case relevant.
I didn't say, as you imply, that McCowen went to police the day after Worthington's body was found; I said that he met with police that day in his capacity as a drug informant, which he did and which he was. And the name McCowen coughs up to fulfill his obligation to the cops is that of Jeremy Frazier, the same person he later claims killed Worthington. Wow, what a coincidence!
From their perspective, if it's not germaine to their case, they aren't going to waste their time pursuing it. Wishful thinking on your part is not enough to make this aspect of the case relevant.
I didn't say, as you imply, that McCowen went to police the day after Worthington's body was found; I said that he met with police that day in his capacity as a drug informant, which he did and which he was. And the name McCowen coughs up to fulfill his obligation to the cops is that of Jeremy Frazier, the same person he later claims killed Worthington. Wow, what a coincidence!
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: A Few Bad Men
In response to: A Few Bad Men
Thanks, Maverick, and by all means, puke away!
"Earn a living" off the project? No, that would be the Alliance.
"Earn a living" off the project? No, that would be the Alliance.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: ATF Head Sullivan Reacts to O’Keefe Controversy
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clamshelli, ever occur to you that any contact or attempted contact between Frazier and state police had nothing to do with Worthington's death?
Here's a genuine alarming coincidence - McCowen's meeting with police in Orleans in his capacity as a drug informant (and that he was one is beyond dispute). Know what's amazing about this meeting? Took place only 24 hours after Worthington's body was found. Yeah, hard to believe.
According to the testimony of two of the officers who met with McCowen, CM mentioned three drug suspects. McCowen was short on specifics for two of them, but not the third - Jeremy Frazier. Oh man, did McCowen provide a wealth of detail about Frazier's alleged drug dealing, according to the cops' testimony.
The significance of this? McCowen is already concocting a cover story to have Frazier take the rap for Worthington's murder. McCowen knows that Frazier was drinking heavily that night, got into a fight at the party in Eastham and left with a full head of steam.
And McCowen knows he can also count on all too many people falling for this fantasy.
Here's a genuine alarming coincidence - McCowen's meeting with police in Orleans in his capacity as a drug informant (and that he was one is beyond dispute). Know what's amazing about this meeting? Took place only 24 hours after Worthington's body was found. Yeah, hard to believe.
According to the testimony of two of the officers who met with McCowen, CM mentioned three drug suspects. McCowen was short on specifics for two of them, but not the third - Jeremy Frazier. Oh man, did McCowen provide a wealth of detail about Frazier's alleged drug dealing, according to the cops' testimony.
The significance of this? McCowen is already concocting a cover story to have Frazier take the rap for Worthington's murder. McCowen knows that Frazier was drinking heavily that night, got into a fight at the party in Eastham and left with a full head of steam.
And McCowen knows he can also count on all too many people falling for this fantasy.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: A Few Bad Men
In response to: A Few Bad Men
Many thanks WB, Solon, lmco35 and Peter, I had fun writing it.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: ATF Head Sullivan Reacts to O’Keefe Controversy
In response to: ATF Head Sullivan Reacts to O’Keefe Controversy
clamshelli, seeing how I'm so wildly off the mark about the most plausible reason for state police attempting to contact Jeremy Frazier that night, perhaps you can enlighten me. By all means, I'd love to hear you explain what happened.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: ATF Head Sullivan Reacts to O’Keefe Controversy
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You not liking my answer doesn't mean I didn't answer the question, clamshelli. Try reading it again, perhaps more slowly this time.
Now it's your turn - the relevance of the alleged call(s) between Frazier and state police. Unless you can state a possible connection (any connection!) between the calls and Worthington's death, you're the one muddying the waters.
Now it's your turn - the relevance of the alleged call(s) between Frazier and state police. Unless you can state a possible connection (any connection!) between the calls and Worthington's death, you're the one muddying the waters.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: ATF Head Sullivan Reacts to O’Keefe Controversy
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You're certainly entitled to your opinion, clamshelli, but clearly you don't understand the significance of Frazier being involved in a fight that night - violent behavior witnessed by McCowen that becomes part of the rationale for McCowen to later try and pin Worthington's murder on Frazier.
Just out of curiosity, does the presumption of innocence apply only to McCowen, or does it also apply to Frazier? Assuming it applies to Frazier as well, the burden is on you to explain the relevance of the call(s) to any alleged involvement by Frazier in Worthington's murder.
As for that alleged widespread outrage over this case - strongly reminiscent of the anger among Manson "family" members after Uncle Charlie was convicted.
Just out of curiosity, does the presumption of innocence apply only to McCowen, or does it also apply to Frazier? Assuming it applies to Frazier as well, the burden is on you to explain the relevance of the call(s) to any alleged involvement by Frazier in Worthington's murder.
As for that alleged widespread outrage over this case - strongly reminiscent of the anger among Manson "family" members after Uncle Charlie was convicted.
Jack Coleman [Member]
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In response to: ATF Head Sullivan Reacts to O’Keefe Controversy
Clearly you are not well informed when it comes to this case, clamshelli. If you were, you'd understand the significance of what happened at the party in Eastham - Frazier was involved in a nasty brawl, according to the testimony of at least three witnesses at the party.
The most likely explanation for Frazier's repeated calls to state police that night - he is acting in his capacity as (alleged) police informant to rat out the guy he fought at the party. You are right about one thing - there are "numerous" (again, about two dozen, according to the phone records) calls from Frazier to state police, indicating he's pretty jazzed up about something, most likely the fight. And the one return call from state police - a cover-the-base response to an insistent yet ultimately annoying snitch.
Unless you believe that Frazier was determined to get the attention of police on the night he allegedly kills Worthington. But gee, that's not very plausible, wouldn't you agree?
The most likely explanation for Frazier's repeated calls to state police that night - he is acting in his capacity as (alleged) police informant to rat out the guy he fought at the party. You are right about one thing - there are "numerous" (again, about two dozen, according to the phone records) calls from Frazier to state police, indicating he's pretty jazzed up about something, most likely the fight. And the one return call from state police - a cover-the-base response to an insistent yet ultimately annoying snitch.
Unless you believe that Frazier was determined to get the attention of police on the night he allegedly kills Worthington. But gee, that's not very plausible, wouldn't you agree?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: ATF Head Sullivan Reacts to O’Keefe Controversy
In response to: ATF Head Sullivan Reacts to O’Keefe Controversy
That's why I phrased it the way I did about whether Frazier was a police informant as opposed to stating it as fact, clamshelli. But based on the testimony of Shawn Mulvey and Frazier's phone records brought into evidence during the trial, Frazier was suspected of being an informant.
As for Frazier's repeated calls to police on the night of the murder - a couple dozen attempts, as I recall from the trial, with one call back from police lasting less than a minute, based on the phone records - something significant involving Frazier happened at the party in Eastham. Do you recall what it was?
As for Frazier's repeated calls to police on the night of the murder - a couple dozen attempts, as I recall from the trial, with one call back from police lasting less than a minute, based on the phone records - something significant involving Frazier happened at the party in Eastham. Do you recall what it was?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: ATF Head Sullivan Reacts to O’Keefe Controversy
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In response to clamshelli - based on testimony in the trial, safe to say that Frazier was a police drug informant, or was at least suspected of being one?
bittersweet, by your alleged logic, Mason and Burke "would have to use" everything - everything - that McCowen told them after he was arrested because CM would "inevitably tell a lawyer the same thing." In other words, Mason and Burke accurately recounted what CM told them. Thanks for clarifying that.
The DNA evidence did not prove sex, it proved sexual contact. Big difference between sex - which implies consent - and sexual contact - which can include rape. Based on your lofty standard of all rights accruing to the defendant and the none to the victim, thousands of accused rapists would walk free because they left no evidence of assault, only their DNA.
That 10- to 12-inch long hair? From the pony-tailed former boyfriend who once lived with Worthington and whose hair and semen were found on the blanket that EMTs used to cover her body.
bittersweet, by your alleged logic, Mason and Burke "would have to use" everything - everything - that McCowen told them after he was arrested because CM would "inevitably tell a lawyer the same thing." In other words, Mason and Burke accurately recounted what CM told them. Thanks for clarifying that.
The DNA evidence did not prove sex, it proved sexual contact. Big difference between sex - which implies consent - and sexual contact - which can include rape. Based on your lofty standard of all rights accruing to the defendant and the none to the victim, thousands of accused rapists would walk free because they left no evidence of assault, only their DNA.
That 10- to 12-inch long hair? From the pony-tailed former boyfriend who once lived with Worthington and whose hair and semen were found on the blanket that EMTs used to cover her body.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: ATF Head Sullivan Reacts to O’Keefe Controversy
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Dead wrong, bittersweet - Frazier's alleged presence at the murder scene comes into the trial via the testimony of Mason and Burke about McCowen's statement after he was arrested. It could not have come from McCowen because he never testified, remember?
You claim there is "no proof of Christopher McCowen even being at the crime scene" - yeah, aside from a DNA match of his semen and saliva in and on Worthington's body, with the odds of the DNA not coming from McCowen about 182 billion to one. Aside from that, no proof at all.
And the evidence of Frazier at the scene - even less than what you claim is an alleged lack of evidence for McCowen at the scene - in other words, less than zero.
As for the untested evidence from the scene - are you sitting down for this, because your knees might go wobbly - there was nothing that prevented Bob George from filing a motion during the trial for that evidence to be tested - which George never requested - because the request could have boomeranged and further implicated his client.
You claim there is "no proof of Christopher McCowen even being at the crime scene" - yeah, aside from a DNA match of his semen and saliva in and on Worthington's body, with the odds of the DNA not coming from McCowen about 182 billion to one. Aside from that, no proof at all.
And the evidence of Frazier at the scene - even less than what you claim is an alleged lack of evidence for McCowen at the scene - in other words, less than zero.
As for the untested evidence from the scene - are you sitting down for this, because your knees might go wobbly - there was nothing that prevented Bob George from filing a motion during the trial for that evidence to be tested - which George never requested - because the request could have boomeranged and further implicated his client.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: A Few Bad Men
In response to: A Few Bad Men
More likely this -- when Cape Wind is built, the Alliance is gone for good. The Alliance is as dependent on Cape Wind for its existence as George magazine was on JFK Jr.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: ATF Head Sullivan Reacts to O’Keefe Controversy
In response to: ATF Head Sullivan Reacts to O’Keefe Controversy
In other words, bittersweet, no one is referring to you as "the enemy" but it's something you can claim in an effort to bolster a weak argument.
By my understanding of logic, it would be your husband arrested and charged with murder in the scenario you described and, justice willing, convicted of it.
I notice you've given a wide berth to the question about Mason and Burke bringing Frazier into McCowen's statement when it only weakens their case. Perhaps if you stopped banging your head against a wall you'd be able to listen to reason.
By my understanding of logic, it would be your husband arrested and charged with murder in the scenario you described and, justice willing, convicted of it.
I notice you've given a wide berth to the question about Mason and Burke bringing Frazier into McCowen's statement when it only weakens their case. Perhaps if you stopped banging your head against a wall you'd be able to listen to reason.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: ATF Head Sullivan Reacts to O’Keefe Controversy
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Who is referring to you as "the enemy," bittersweet? You come across as more than a bit overwrought.
Nice try, Crusader, but let me lend you a badly needed hand - the answer is, Mason and Burke are not going to introduce a second suspect at the scene of the murder if they are, as you claim, concocting a false statement from McCowen. In fact, it's the last thing they would do - if they were so inclined, which I doubt - because it would jeopardize the case.
Take a deep breath and think about it - you are alleging that the statement from McCowen is not from him, but is a lie from Mason and Burke. If that were true, logic dictates that it would be a better lie.
The lawyer who "drowned off Nantucket" - lemme guess, it was really Mr. Mustard with a candlestick in the parlor, right?
Nice try, Crusader, but let me lend you a badly needed hand - the answer is, Mason and Burke are not going to introduce a second suspect at the scene of the murder if they are, as you claim, concocting a false statement from McCowen. In fact, it's the last thing they would do - if they were so inclined, which I doubt - because it would jeopardize the case.
Take a deep breath and think about it - you are alleging that the statement from McCowen is not from him, but is a lie from Mason and Burke. If that were true, logic dictates that it would be a better lie.
The lawyer who "drowned off Nantucket" - lemme guess, it was really Mr. Mustard with a candlestick in the parlor, right?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: ATF Head Sullivan Reacts to O’Keefe Controversy
In response to: ATF Head Sullivan Reacts to O’Keefe Controversy
Agreed, Crusader, plenty of people love to talk, and it sure looks like that's all there is to this - talk.
Since you and bittersweet keep changing the subject - understandably so - to the McCowen case, a question for both of you about the police interrogation of McCowen: if Mason and Burke put words in McCowen's mouth that he never said - in other words, lied - why do they bring Jeremy Frazier into McCowen's alleged statement when all it does it complicate their case and make a conviction less likely?
Neither one of you answered this several months ago when I wrote a post to the same effect at the Cape Cod Murder blog, and I doubt you'll be able to answer it now.
Since you and bittersweet keep changing the subject - understandably so - to the McCowen case, a question for both of you about the police interrogation of McCowen: if Mason and Burke put words in McCowen's mouth that he never said - in other words, lied - why do they bring Jeremy Frazier into McCowen's alleged statement when all it does it complicate their case and make a conviction less likely?
Neither one of you answered this several months ago when I wrote a post to the same effect at the Cape Cod Murder blog, and I doubt you'll be able to answer it now.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: ATF Head Sullivan Reacts to O’Keefe Controversy
In response to: ATF Head Sullivan Reacts to O’Keefe Controversy
Ah, family obligations - how admirable, capewatchdog! Especially compared to, oh for example, a bachelor public official's fondness for a well-turned ankle. Thanks for clarifying your most recent misinformation. So now you're saying Joe didn't actually see Gryboski and O'Keefe together, but was, ah, "told" this and "repeats it and is overheard," presumably by you. Then again, maybe someone else overheard/eavesdropped and passed along the tidbit to you, which you dutifully posted in a public forum behind a screen of anonymity. So what it comes down to is - a bartender is told some gossip and responds with, hey, how 'bout that? Wow, pretty amazing stuff.
I'm curious - was the person who told this to Joe drinking at the time of the conversation? Just a hunch.
I'm curious - was the person who told this to Joe drinking at the time of the conversation? Just a hunch.
Jack Coleman [Member]
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No need to apologize, bittersweet, we all have our moments.
That's odd, capewatchdog seems to have vanished since his "check with Joe at the Barley Neck Inn" false lead was refuted. Go figure.
That's odd, capewatchdog seems to have vanished since his "check with Joe at the Barley Neck Inn" false lead was refuted. Go figure.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Response to Senator Kennedy, Unabridged
In response to: Response to Senator Kennedy, Unabridged
Great post, Matt, very informative and timely.
In response to Barbara's comment - one person's blight is another's beauty. Whether the aesthetics are good or bad are opinions, yours and mine, nothing more. But surely you are aware that windmills have caught the artist's eye for decades.
If and when this project is built, you won't find a newstand or gift shop anywhere on the Cape and islands not selling Cape Wind postcards. And everyone will wonder what all the fuss was about.
In response to Barbara's comment - one person's blight is another's beauty. Whether the aesthetics are good or bad are opinions, yours and mine, nothing more. But surely you are aware that windmills have caught the artist's eye for decades.
If and when this project is built, you won't find a newstand or gift shop anywhere on the Cape and islands not selling Cape Wind postcards. And everyone will wonder what all the fuss was about.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: ATF Head Sullivan Reacts to O’Keefe Controversy
In response to: ATF Head Sullivan Reacts to O’Keefe Controversy
No grand jury, bittersweet? What are you talking about? There most certainly is. And I agree with what Solon wrote that it is unlikely the grand jury will indict Gryboski.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: ATF Head Sullivan Reacts to O’Keefe Controversy
In response to: ATF Head Sullivan Reacts to O’Keefe Controversy
In response to capewatchdog's last comment - I called Joe at the Barley Neck Inn this morning and he said he would not know Ann Gryboski if he bumped into her. How could Joe possibly have seen O'Keefe and Gryboski together if he has no idea what she looks like?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: A Ghost Story
In response to: A Ghost Story
Hey there, Maverick, thanks for the compliment. How's the fishing?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: A Ghost Story
In response to: A Ghost Story
Crusader, my lack of interest in where you work cannot be measured; I was conveying a comment from a friend. If you wish to take it up with him, you'll find his blog by googling Peter Porcupine.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: A Ghost Story
In response to: A Ghost Story
Posted as requested by blogger Peter Porcupine -- "Porcupine had not visited Walter's Okefenokee for a while, but was alerted by his friend Mr. Coleman that his name was being bandied on a thread regarding the DA by Crusader and other lack-wits (Crusader - what DID happen to that prestigious job that Harvard was giving you, when you flounced off in a huff?).
"For the record, Porcupine no longer has an account to post on this site, nor will he have one in the future. Please regard this in the same spirit as those advertisements of old, which advised that a person was no longer responsible for the debts of another. Porcupine will not post or comment on this site, ever, and anyone claiming differently, with the exception of Mr. Coleman and his one-time notice, is a cad and a liar."
"For the record, Porcupine no longer has an account to post on this site, nor will he have one in the future. Please regard this in the same spirit as those advertisements of old, which advised that a person was no longer responsible for the debts of another. Porcupine will not post or comment on this site, ever, and anyone claiming differently, with the exception of Mr. Coleman and his one-time notice, is a cad and a liar."
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: A Ghost Story
In response to: A Ghost Story
Crusader, I think O'Keefe would be required to do far more than "state" to a blogger trolling for a story whether he had a, ah, "personal" relationship with Gryboski. I'm not a lawyer, but I think O'Keefe would be required to recuse himself as DA, just as he did when he was a witness to the shooting outside the courthouse last fall. That O'Keefe has not recused himself suggests to me he did not know Gryboski prior to the death of her husband.
Overheated gossip and the coincidence of Gryboski and O'Keefe previously living in the same neighborhood hardly constitute proof. Even another non-lawyer like you should know that.
Overheated gossip and the coincidence of Gryboski and O'Keefe previously living in the same neighborhood hardly constitute proof. Even another non-lawyer like you should know that.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: A Ghost Story
In response to: A Ghost Story
Sure, Crusader, no venom - your several thousand previous venonous comments about O'Keefe aside.
Let me see if I have this straight - O'Keefe is clearly guilty of something, anything by his refusal to dignify gossip from a blogger, but McCowen - whose DNA proves he was at the scene of Worthington's murder, who lied repeatedly to police about physical contact with Worthington, who had weekly access to her property, who knew Worthington was vulnerable as a single mother without a male in the house, who had five restraining orders from five different women, who'd served time in prison for a burglary conviction and who by his own admission to police "put the boots" to her and assaulted Worthington before someone else allegedly murdered her?
Only in your Alice-in-Wonderland worldview, Crusader.
Let me see if I have this straight - O'Keefe is clearly guilty of something, anything by his refusal to dignify gossip from a blogger, but McCowen - whose DNA proves he was at the scene of Worthington's murder, who lied repeatedly to police about physical contact with Worthington, who had weekly access to her property, who knew Worthington was vulnerable as a single mother without a male in the house, who had five restraining orders from five different women, who'd served time in prison for a burglary conviction and who by his own admission to police "put the boots" to her and assaulted Worthington before someone else allegedly murdered her?
Only in your Alice-in-Wonderland worldview, Crusader.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: A Ghost Story
In response to: A Ghost Story
Crusader, is your venom toward O'Keefe so great that you are oblivious to seeing the rationale for what I did? Clearly so.
Having been burned by Maria Flook, ya think O'Keefe might be less inclined to schmooze when a reporter comes calling with an alleged story based on rumor and a coincidence?
Having been burned by Maria Flook, ya think O'Keefe might be less inclined to schmooze when a reporter comes calling with an alleged story based on rumor and a coincidence?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: ATF Head Sullivan Reacts to O’Keefe Controversy
In response to: ATF Head Sullivan Reacts to O’Keefe Controversy
"That gives it a whole new meaning" - gives what a whole new meaning, bittersweet?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: A Ghost Story
In response to: A Ghost Story
Couldn't agree with you more, clamshelli, that starting or perpetuating a rumor is irresponsible. Thank you for confirming my point!
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: A Ghost Story
In response to: A Ghost Story
I did see them. I thought you were referring to the Gryboski case.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: A Ghost Story
In response to: A Ghost Story
bittersweet, who is claiming this case is "solved"?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: ATF Head Sullivan Reacts to O’Keefe Controversy
In response to: ATF Head Sullivan Reacts to O’Keefe Controversy
Assuming it's true, bittersweet, which I doubt. I worded it the way I did to echo Blanchard's line in the story that "apparently" some neighbors believe O'Keefe and Gryboski "may know each other beyond the courthouse." Do the neighbors believe that or not, and if so, on what basis - O'Keefe and Gryboski's proximity as former neighbors? How many people reading this know their neighbors 10 houses away?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: ATF Head Sullivan Reacts to O’Keefe Controversy
In response to: ATF Head Sullivan Reacts to O’Keefe Controversy
Some of Gryboski's neighbors have also "apparently" claimed that police did not come to their homes to ask them any questions about Lancaster's death. Oddly, there is no mention of this alleged claim in either of Blanchard's stories.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: A Ghost Story
In response to: A Ghost Story
Yes, clamshelli, that is correct - I purposely made up a rumor and published it in a comment here, then acknowledged authorship a day later - to demonstrate the ease with which a rumor can start. Much as a reporter may trespass at a nuclear power plant or similarly sensitive site to demonstrate a troubling lack of security. Your outrage at my trespassing is duly noted.
Several comments and counting from you and still no answer to the question I asked -- is there a difference between starting a rumor and perpetuating one?
As for my background, enter my name in a search on this site and you'll find plenty to read.
Several comments and counting from you and still no answer to the question I asked -- is there a difference between starting a rumor and perpetuating one?
As for my background, enter my name in a search on this site and you'll find plenty to read.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: A Ghost Story
In response to: A Ghost Story
Not an agenda, clamshelli, but an aversion -- to reckless impugning of reputations. Sounds like you may have the same aversion if you'd think for a minute before you type. Look again at the third paragraph of the story here and its reference to "persistent rumors of a private, personal relationship between O'Keefe and Gryboski."
Is this an exception to your stated belief that "rumors of any kind, dont help any situation"?
Is this an exception to your stated belief that "rumors of any kind, dont help any situation"?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: A Ghost Story
In response to: A Ghost Story
If starting a rumor is "all quite juvenile," clamshelli, how would you characterize perpetuating one - at the more elevated level of adolescent?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: A Ghost Story
In response to: A Ghost Story
Are those quite willing to suspend the presumption of innocence and hang a noose around a man's neck capable of answering a fundamental question -- namely, is there any difference between starting a rumor and perpetuating one? -- or does such a question detract from the camaraderie of a lynch mob?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: A Ghost Story
In response to: A Ghost Story
Yes, Buzz, there is a very persistent rumor about that making the rounds. A rumor that I initiated on this site yesterday. But as for starting a rumor or perpetuating one, what's the difference, right?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: A Ghost Story
In response to: A Ghost Story
Was that a "click" I heard from Blanchard in response to my question regarding the rumor about him? Apparently he considers it beneath his dignity to respond. Kinda ironic when you think about it.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Kennedy on the Town
In response to: Kennedy on the Town
Hell not sure, LeeAnn. As I recall they were barely visible on the horizon.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: A Ghost Story
In response to: A Ghost Story
Hey Jeff, any comment on the persistent rumor that you were in the house on the day of the shooting? Your silence about this is troubling.
Crusader claims - "If O'Keefe declines to comment, it's an admission of guilt as many see it" - but when McCowen declined to testify during his trial, it had nothing to do with whether he was guilty, right?
Crusader claims - "If O'Keefe declines to comment, it's an admission of guilt as many see it" - but when McCowen declined to testify during his trial, it had nothing to do with whether he was guilty, right?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: A Ghost Story
In response to: A Ghost Story
Hey Jeff, what's this rumor I hear that you were in the house on the day of the shooting?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: A Ghost Story
In response to: A Ghost Story
Correction - make that O'Keefe guilty of being former neighbor of future murder suspect and alleged victim of murder.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: A Ghost Story
In response to: A Ghost Story
C'mon, Solon, O'Keefe is clearly guilty of being the former neighbor of a future murder victim.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Junk democracy in action
In response to: Junk democracy in action
... "nonsense" should be easier to refute, pcunix, don't you think?
I seriously doubt you really don't understand the import of the clause in the law referring to a charter, but you've done your darndest to avoid its significance.
Agreed, I have an agenda -- upon learning of something egregiously flawed, and ardently supported by those blase about its implications - shrug! - I write about it. Guilty as charged.
I seriously doubt you really don't understand the import of the clause in the law referring to a charter, but you've done your darndest to avoid its significance.
Agreed, I have an agenda -- upon learning of something egregiously flawed, and ardently supported by those blase about its implications - shrug! - I write about it. Guilty as charged.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Junk democracy in action
In response to: Junk democracy in action
Agreed, bittersweet, perjury is a bad thing. And the residents of Truro are sleeping more soundly.
MA law didn't tell you what you had to do, pcunix, that was an interpretation of state law by town officials (along with a provision of the town charter you're oddly at a loss to cite). Didya happen to notice that the state law you cited said zilch about how to decide on a proposed casino? Laws are invariably open to interpretation because they tend to be written by lawyers in such a way as to guarantee the need for lawyers to interpret them.
Your absolutist, brook-no-dissent view of the issue is the real exercise in obfuscation, and if it makes you uncomfortable when someone asks probing, inconvenient questions -- good!
MA law didn't tell you what you had to do, pcunix, that was an interpretation of state law by town officials (along with a provision of the town charter you're oddly at a loss to cite). Didya happen to notice that the state law you cited said zilch about how to decide on a proposed casino? Laws are invariably open to interpretation because they tend to be written by lawyers in such a way as to guarantee the need for lawyers to interpret them.
Your absolutist, brook-no-dissent view of the issue is the real exercise in obfuscation, and if it makes you uncomfortable when someone asks probing, inconvenient questions -- good!
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Junk democracy in action
In response to: Junk democracy in action
Fair access to the ballot for all is a "completely unsupportable agenda," pcunix? Sure, whatever you say. I'll find that lawyer about the same time you find the passage in the charter stating the town could conduct this unprecedented vote only the way it was done.
What's this I hear about casino supporters allegedly engaged in ballot stuffing? Hold the fort, I get it! "Necessity," right?
What's this I hear about casino supporters allegedly engaged in ballot stuffing? Hold the fort, I get it! "Necessity," right?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Junk democracy in action
In response to: Junk democracy in action
This from a person with a strong desire for the casino to be approved. It's not the process that's critical, pcunix, it's the fairness of the process, also known as justice. That's what you keep missing.
As for that state law you cited, a problematic passage crops up right at the end - "... or as otherwise authorized in accordance with a duly adopted charter."
According to the all-knowing Google, Middleboro, not surprisingly, has a town charter. Got another citation, this one from the charter, stating that the vote absolutely, positively, no ifs, ands or buts about it, had to be done this way?
As for that state law you cited, a problematic passage crops up right at the end - "... or as otherwise authorized in accordance with a duly adopted charter."
According to the all-knowing Google, Middleboro, not surprisingly, has a town charter. Got another citation, this one from the charter, stating that the vote absolutely, positively, no ifs, ands or buts about it, had to be done this way?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Junk democracy in action
In response to: Junk democracy in action
You are probably right about the outcome being the same either way, pcunix. Before hearing the final tally, I was expecting casino proponents to win by a 57-58 percent margin. What you are missing is that process is more important than outcome when it comes to the integrity of democracy.
For example, even if a police officer knows a defendant is guilty and likely to be convicted, the officer can't perjure him or herself on the stand and say, oh well, the defendant's going to jail anyway. A police officer doing this runs the risk of allowing a guilty man to walk free.
Holding an election in such a way as to disenfranchise voters serves only to discredit a result that may well have been obtained otherwise.
For example, even if a police officer knows a defendant is guilty and likely to be convicted, the officer can't perjure him or herself on the stand and say, oh well, the defendant's going to jail anyway. A police officer doing this runs the risk of allowing a guilty man to walk free.
Holding an election in such a way as to disenfranchise voters serves only to discredit a result that may well have been obtained otherwise.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Junk democracy in action
In response to: Junk democracy in action
My impression about your blase attitude toward voting rights, pcunix? Probably kicked in when you shrugged off "fairness" in holding an election as opposed to the allegedly all-important "necessity."
The results had the town pursued what I suggested are pure speculation on your part. What's beyond dispute is that the way Saturday's election was structured had the effect of disenfranchising many seniors and parents with children -- shrug!
The results had the town pursued what I suggested are pure speculation on your part. What's beyond dispute is that the way Saturday's election was structured had the effect of disenfranchising many seniors and parents with children -- shrug!
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: FBI raids Alaskan home of Senate wind farm opponent
In response to: FBI raids Alaskan home of Senate wind farm opponent
More accurately, Democrant, you're no longer befuddled as evidenced by your conceding the point about their being no relationship (none that we're aware of anyway) between Stevens' opposition to Cape Wind and the FBI probe. Tip of the hat for coming around on that.
As for "thinking in terms of conventional war," that would be you. Ever occur to you that it may be necessary to fight al Qaeda somewhere other than Afghanistan -- in Iraq, for example, against jihadists who explicitly refer to themselves as al Qaeda in Iraq -- or is such a notion too unconventional for you?
As for "thinking in terms of conventional war," that would be you. Ever occur to you that it may be necessary to fight al Qaeda somewhere other than Afghanistan -- in Iraq, for example, against jihadists who explicitly refer to themselves as al Qaeda in Iraq -- or is such a notion too unconventional for you?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Junk democracy in action
In response to: Junk democracy in action
You'd have to ask the people who organized the stunt, pcunix, I don't have a stake in this either way. The blog post I wrote wasn't in support or opposition to the casino plan, it was critical of the voting mechanism set up to decide the matter. Something tells me you wouldn't be quite so blase about voters being excluded from a major decision had the outcome not gone the way you wanted ;)
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: FBI raids Alaskan home of Senate wind farm opponent
In response to: FBI raids Alaskan home of Senate wind farm opponent
I'll try to ease your befuddlement, Democrant, though it could prove daunting. Didya happen to notice where this post was blogged? At "Renewable Energy Revolution" -- as opposed to a political or media blog. Stevens is presumably best known to readers of this blog as an opponent of the wind farm. See how it works?
As for whether al Qaeda was in Iraq before 9/11, I don't know for certain, nor do you. I do know al Qaeda is in Iraq now, most likely in response to our military presence. Based on what happened 9/11, and al Qaeda's current presence in Iraq, al Qaeda seems to have an abiding hatred for all things American. Would you prefer we fight them at a place of our choosing or theirs?
As for whether al Qaeda was in Iraq before 9/11, I don't know for certain, nor do you. I do know al Qaeda is in Iraq now, most likely in response to our military presence. Based on what happened 9/11, and al Qaeda's current presence in Iraq, al Qaeda seems to have an abiding hatred for all things American. Would you prefer we fight them at a place of our choosing or theirs?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Junk democracy in action
In response to: Junk democracy in action
Good grief, pcunix, ever consider that lawyers occasionally get it wrong? It was hardly "necessity" for the vote to be conducted this way and absolutely no other (and "necessity" for whom, by the way?) You would not have needed a large venue if the town did what I suggested. Just the polls open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., as they would for any other election.
When this is challenged -- and according to jessiepowell's comment, it already has -- the basis for the challenge will be that the mechanism for this vote had the effect, intentional or otherwise, of excluding too many voters.
Come to think of it, when and where has there ever been a multi-hour daytime meeting outdoors at the height of summer for voters to make a decision? Or do we reserve such an unwieldy approach for the really important decisions?
When this is challenged -- and according to jessiepowell's comment, it already has -- the basis for the challenge will be that the mechanism for this vote had the effect, intentional or otherwise, of excluding too many voters.
Come to think of it, when and where has there ever been a multi-hour daytime meeting outdoors at the height of summer for voters to make a decision? Or do we reserve such an unwieldy approach for the really important decisions?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: FBI raids Alaskan home of Senate wind farm opponent
In response to: FBI raids Alaskan home of Senate wind farm opponent
Hence the title of a PJ O'Rourke book about Congress - "Parliament of Whores."
This just in ... Ted Kennedy has filed legislation seeking a governor's veto of any FBI probe of a member of the Senate ...
This just in ... Ted Kennedy has filed legislation seeking a governor's veto of any FBI probe of a member of the Senate ...
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: FBI raids Alaskan home of Senate wind farm opponent
In response to: FBI raids Alaskan home of Senate wind farm opponent
Stevens does, however, deserve a medal for chutzpah. While the bodies were still floating in New Orleans, he took hold of taxpayers firmly by the ankles and shook loose hundreds of millions of dollars -- all for a bridge that would benefit several dozen of his constituents. Kinda leaves you breathless.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: FBI raids Alaskan home of Senate wind farm opponent
In response to: FBI raids Alaskan home of Senate wind farm opponent
LOL, Peter! Then again, we must strive to be fair. They haven't even put this crook from Alaska on trial yet.
Perhaps Democrant is confusing him with another Senator Stevens from the far north.
Perhaps Democrant is confusing him with another Senator Stevens from the far north.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: FBI raids Alaskan home of Senate wind farm opponent
In response to: FBI raids Alaskan home of Senate wind farm opponent
The story cited here and the post itself in no way, shape or form implies the FBI probe has anything to do with Stevens' opposition to Cape Wind. Naturally, this in no way, shape or form keeps Democrant from implying that they do.
And aside from al Qaeda trying to slaughter as many innocent civilians and American soldiers in Iraq as possible, al Qaeda and Iraq have absolutely, positively nothing to do with each other. Agreed, Democrant. Thanks for clarifying that.
And aside from al Qaeda trying to slaughter as many innocent civilians and American soldiers in Iraq as possible, al Qaeda and Iraq have absolutely, positively nothing to do with each other. Agreed, Democrant. Thanks for clarifying that.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Pollution + Dilution = Solution
In response to: Pollution + Dilution = Solution
Maverick asks - "And please explain how you can follow the letter of the law in this land and be 'immoral'."
Other than Cape Wind, that is.
Other than Cape Wind, that is.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Cape Wind Double Feature, Part One coming Thursday at 11pm; Part One, Better than Ted's Plan
In response to: Cape Wind Double Feature, Part One coming Thursday at 11pm; Part One, Better than Ted's Plan
" ... and Windy has stormy eyes ..."
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Cape Wind Double Feature, Part One coming Thursday at 11pm; Part One, Better than Ted's Plan
In response to: Cape Wind Double Feature, Part One coming Thursday at 11pm; Part One, Better than Ted's Plan
I couldn't agree more, Christy. You and I differ on the wind farm, but I have no doubt that you really do oppose the project and I'm pretty sure you believe I support it. What I do not respect is when someone like Wendy claims neutrality when it could hardly be more obvious that she is a diehard Cape Wind supporter. This has been the single biggest misrepresentation from anyone on either side of the debate.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Cape Wind Double Feature, Part One coming Thursday at 11pm; Part One, Better than Ted's Plan
In response to: Cape Wind Double Feature, Part One coming Thursday at 11pm; Part One, Better than Ted's Plan
Spoken like a true alleged non-partisan, Wendy.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Junk democracy in action
In response to: Junk democracy in action
Children not being welcome and not being allowed are separate things, Opinionator. I've been to more town meetings than I care to recall and I can't remember a single one where parents could not bring their children. But my complaint is not that children were excluded; they aren't registered voters anyway. It's that residents with children had to find someone to watch their kids or foot the bill for a babysitter if they wanted to vote on the casino, a burden not be shared by those without children. The notion of creating barriers to voting runs counter to our history.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Christy's windmills look good from here
In response to: Christy's windmills look good from here
... hello, Ripley's Believe It or Not? ... got one for you ... the Great Gadfly's gotten tongue-tied ... yes, I know! Hard to believe ...
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Daily Show to tackle Cape Wind, make fun of Alliance
In response to: Daily Show to tackle Cape Wind, make fun of Alliance
Did they also interview Cliff Carroll ...? Sweet Mother of God, please tell me they interviewed Cliff ... I'M BEGGING YOU, PLEASE ...
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Christy's windmills look good from here
In response to: Christy's windmills look good from here
Peter, it's self-evident to those willing to see. Wind farms aren't being built in deeper waters -- we've yet to build any in shallow waters, not incidentally -- because it's not economically feasible to do so, at least not for now.
Two other developers, Winergy and Jay Cashman, also considered Nantucket Shoals as a potential site. They, like Cape Wind, also decided against pursuing it. That's three for three. And as we say in media, two's a coincidence, three's a pattern.
Two other developers, Winergy and Jay Cashman, also considered Nantucket Shoals as a potential site. They, like Cape Wind, also decided against pursuing it. That's three for three. And as we say in media, two's a coincidence, three's a pattern.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Christy's windmills look good from here
In response to: Christy's windmills look good from here
Nice attempt on your part, Peter, to conflate "folks around here" with Cape Wind. Seeing how I'm dealing with a semantic contortionist of Clintonesque proportion, I'll rephrase the question - what is keeping any other company - as in, other than Cape Wind - from building a project in deep waters off the US coast? Seeing how it's so eminently feasible and all.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Christy's windmills look good from here
In response to: Christy's windmills look good from here
Who knows, Peter, maybe you could be saved too and avoid being labeled an anti-Cape Wind Bag. If deep water is now the way to go, what's keeping anyone from doing it on this side of the Atlantic?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Christy's windmills look good from here
In response to: Christy's windmills look good from here
Well put, tripstr. The underlying basis for much of the opposition to the wind farm isn't hard to fathom - Anything And Everything But Cape Wind.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Christy's windmills look good from here
In response to: Christy's windmills look good from here
Peter, WB was generous in his assessment of your accuracy. You claim that "several" smaller wind projects like those proposed by Mihos, along with "larger" municipal projects, would provide greater benefits than Cape Wind - try "several" thousand. And that's assuming there wouldn't be zoning restrictions, which there are in many areas such as where I live in Plymouth.
Still, I look forward to your blast at that target-rich Alliance.
Still, I look forward to your blast at that target-rich Alliance.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Christy's windmills look good from here
In response to: Christy's windmills look good from here
In response to Peter - while what Mihos is doing is worthy of praise, it is not something that can be emulated in any broad, "meaningful" way, and bittersweet's comment is an indication of that. We would need thousands of projects like the one proposed by Mihos to come anywhere near the level of benefits provided by Cape Wind.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Alliance alchemy
In response to: Alliance alchemy
Thanks, Solon, appreciate that. Vinick's reaction was classic Alliance, as if his audience consisted solely of Alliance donors and other true non-believers. They could be expected to nod dutifully in unison; everyone else would consider Vinick's claim ridiculous and telling.
If and when Cape Wind is built, the Alliance is doomed, and rightfully so.
If and when Cape Wind is built, the Alliance is doomed, and rightfully so.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Dispatches from the Toolan trial
In response to: Dispatches from the Toolan trial
Thanks, Mopo. Just coming off one of my occasional comas.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Waiting until the threat is imminent
In response to: Waiting until the threat is imminent
It wouldn't have been the meek immigrant parents ponying up the dough for legal action, capemom, it would have been the NRA if Cho had been thwarted in buying guns or the ACLU if he'd been expelled because of his writings.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Waiting until the threat is imminent
In response to: Waiting until the threat is imminent
thanks to you too, Maverick. Didn't see your comment until after I posted the last one.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Waiting until the threat is imminent
In response to: Waiting until the threat is imminent
Thank you, Barbara. I remember reading a column a few years back, a parody of a "Nightline" transcript for a show that aired in September 2001. A few weeks earlier, FBI agents at airports around the country arrested dozens of young Arabic males for their alleged involvement in an outlandish plot to hijack commercial airliners and fly the planes into skyscrapers, the Capitol and the Pentagon (yeah, right).
Within hours of the arrests, the ACLU filed a class action lawsuit against the government alleging egregious violations of civil liberties for those arrested on basis of flimsy and outdated intelligence gathered by the CIA.
Condi Rice came on the show to point out that 19 of the men arrested had shaven off their body hair, a common practice for radical Muslims preparing for suicide attacks. To which another guest, Mohammad Atta, one of those arrested, responded -- please, we're metrosexuals.
Within hours of the arrests, the ACLU filed a class action lawsuit against the government alleging egregious violations of civil liberties for those arrested on basis of flimsy and outdated intelligence gathered by the CIA.
Condi Rice came on the show to point out that 19 of the men arrested had shaven off their body hair, a common practice for radical Muslims preparing for suicide attacks. To which another guest, Mohammad Atta, one of those arrested, responded -- please, we're metrosexuals.
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Waiting until the threat is imminent
In response to: Waiting until the threat is imminent
Not writing up to Halberstam's standards, Democrant? Guilty as charged. But thanks for alluding to us both in the same breath.
"Cannot go it alone" is code for "let others do the dirty work." As for the "propped government" in Afghanistan, you'd abandon that to the jihadists as well, would you? It was exactly that sort of isolationist indifference that led to 9/11.
To borrow a line from Trotsky -- you may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you. Jihad has been waged with increasing fury and carnage for more than two decades. It is only in the last few years that the West, mainly the US, has fought back. Many would prefer, yourself included, that we not fight back and retreat into the false security of a cocoon which doesn't exist. This enemy is not giving us that choice. How many more Americans must be slaughtered before you understand that?
"Cannot go it alone" is code for "let others do the dirty work." As for the "propped government" in Afghanistan, you'd abandon that to the jihadists as well, would you? It was exactly that sort of isolationist indifference that led to 9/11.
To borrow a line from Trotsky -- you may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you. Jihad has been waged with increasing fury and carnage for more than two decades. It is only in the last few years that the West, mainly the US, has fought back. Many would prefer, yourself included, that we not fight back and retreat into the false security of a cocoon which doesn't exist. This enemy is not giving us that choice. How many more Americans must be slaughtered before you understand that?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Waiting until the threat is imminent
In response to: Waiting until the threat is imminent
Right, Democrant, "denigrating." Can an accusation of hate speech be far behind? As for providing the opportunity to puff your chest in righteous indignation - you're welcome.
What's genuinely lamentable is for Democratic activists like you and your party as a whole to have deluded yourselves and weak-kneed cohorts abroad that the US is the threat to peace, as opposed to more obvious criminals like bin Laden and Hussein.
Having spent years denying the existence of genuine threats from abroad, you wonder why many people in this country have been rendered incapable of recognizing one seething in their midst. Go figure.
And didya happen to notice that more than a few of Cho's ravings had a class warfare edge to them?
What's genuinely lamentable is for Democratic activists like you and your party as a whole to have deluded yourselves and weak-kneed cohorts abroad that the US is the threat to peace, as opposed to more obvious criminals like bin Laden and Hussein.
Having spent years denying the existence of genuine threats from abroad, you wonder why many people in this country have been rendered incapable of recognizing one seething in their midst. Go figure.
And didya happen to notice that more than a few of Cho's ravings had a class warfare edge to them?
Jack Coleman [Member]
In response to: Have You Hugged Your Wallet Today?
In response to: Have You Hugged Your Wallet Today?
Opinionator, you also disagreed about the across-the-board nature of the Bush tax cuts and then simply ignored when I pointed out how you were wrong. The MSM has had it in for this president since before day 1, and I speak from the belly of the beast.
In response to: MMS approves Cape Wind; no major environmental problems found