If Judge Tuttman “followed the law” in reducing $100K bail to personal recognizance why would the judge in Dedham put a $20 K bail on the 76 yr old woman who ran over an old man on Great Plains Ave the other day? Because it was a “hit and run”? Now seriously, who is a greater risk to flee, a 76 yr old woman with no record or a convicted murderer awaiting trial for assaulting two prison guards? In my experience, anyone charged with a serious crime gets bail imposed. While I agree that we should not rush to judgment, Tuttman should be up for hearing before the Governor’s Council. Maybe she just screwed up. Or maybe she’s totally incompetent. At least two innocent young people are dead as a result. Is Tuttman’s error any greater than that of the old lady in Needham, or the woman who hit the wrong pedal and killed the MD in the cancer clinic? We all make mistakes, even judges. Judges like Murphy (extorting the Herald) and Tuttman should be compelled to accept responsibility like the rest of us.

Don’t the citizens deserve better?

There has always been patronage, corruption and nepotism. Those sins are likely endemic to the human condition. But if we continue to permit the high and mighty chosen few to ignore common sense and the people's cries for justice, then the answer to that question is "No".

Well its official, Massachusetts has let yet another murderer loose to wreak havoc on the innocent citizens of another state. From 1988’s Willie Horton to 2007’s Danny Tavares, Jr., the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has perfected a system to reduce in state crime. We let the criminals out so that they can flee to other states. There’s little doubt that the Department of Corrections should have sought criminal complaints for assault against two prison guards by a man convicted of killing his own mother with a butcher knife. Surely the Worcester District Attorney’s office should have requested a Dangerousness Hearing on Tavares’ bail review hearing. Then again isn’t the Worcester County DA the son of a former Congressman who was kiting checks in the Bank of Congress. And honestly, why is the system so convoluted? Shouldn’t “dangerousness” be an element of deciding if an accused can be freed on bail? Is likelihood of failure to appear the only valid criteria for leaving a killer lose on the streets? I’m pretty certain that numerous other defendants have been held in custody because of a “belief” that they would flee. Didn’t OJ have to post a bail? Was it because he failed to appear on some speeding violation? I think not.
There is a lot of blame pie to be shared here, but to these eyes the judge is an imbecile. I’ve read the remarks of Ed Ryan, Esq. and Hiller Zobel (who nullified a jail sentence for the nanny who shook a baby to death) and while their understanding of the law is doubtlessly correct, it totally lacks common sense. Why is Romney to blame for this? Well he appointed Tuttman who clearly is yet another loony liberal Massachusetts jurist, but the system here is broken. Not only are judges not held responsible for their errors, they are forbidden to comment. Hmmm. Judge Murphy sends what can only be described as an extortion note to the publisher of the Boston Herald and he gets a reprimand announced on the day before Thanksgiving. Golly, what would Tuttman’s punishment be for explaining her decision instead of hiding behind the robes. One would have to presume it would be somewhat less right? Hell Tavares only got 15 years for stabbing his mother to death!
This state has gone to hell in a hand basket. The former Senate President is the brother of our most infamous criminal. Haven’t the last three Speakers of the House been indicted? How long before Sal DiMasi slips up? Our Supreme Judicial Court pulls a “right” to gay marriage out of its judicial posterior while the Legislature stands idly by. But the same Legislature is now considering making spanking your own child a felony. Even if there was an avenue whereby judges could be held accountable (what an awful thought for liberals) the gutless fools who run the show wouldn’t do it anyway. No citizens’ petitions will get any sway on Beacon Hill. They have shown us all that much already. An innocent couple is murdered in cold blood for an alleged $50 but the parties responsible are beyond reproach. Even if judges were to be elected here in the People’s Republic I doubt that there’d be much of a change. The electorate here is too lazy or stupid to take responsibility for its government. That’s why we are governed by a few “intellectuals” who “know what’s good for us”. Ban marshmallow fluff! Trans-fats are illegal! Make spanking a felony! But recall a judge, Oh my no! Barney Frank can spank “Hot Bottom” all he wants but you smack junior’s butt and you are a felon. The kid in Marshfield (his name escapes me – pun intended) received 5 months in jail for plotting a “Columbine” style massacre of his high school mates. But had he not been stopped and killed 20 kids what would be the hue and cry. You know the answer. MORE GUN CONTROL. They catch the little deviant and he gets 5 months. If they don’t catch him, law abiding citizens get more restrictions on their liberty.

Now the powers that be have moved the Massachusetts primary ahead to February 5th, Super Tuesday. Why? So that Massachusetts can be more relevant in the nation. I’m guessing that in Maryland (Horton) and Washington (Tavares) the law abiding citizens think that Massachusetts is plenty “relevant” enough thank you. Our primary should be the day after the Democratic Convention ends. We do enough damage as it is.

I loved Jeff Jacoby's column in today's (10/17/07) Globe. There's no question that the socialist teacher's union has pushed it's agenda at the expense of all efforts at improving education. I have to say that I find Edward's remark ridiculous. Why is it that these fools don't feel that they have the right to impose their views on their children but that they have a God given right to dictate to the rest of us? I realize that Edwards had no role in the "play" but here in Massachusetts the pols have no problem dictating to the people they supposedly represent. Seat belts, tax roll back, even the same-sex marriage invention got shoved down everyone's throats. They KNOW the seat belt law is good so it gets pushed on us twice. They want our money so they ignore a roll back referendum. They were afraid that the people wouldn't "do the right thing" so they conspired to force the gay marriage deal on everyone even though they had a chance to legislate it into law. I would likely have voted to allow gay marriage had I been trusted to do so. It's none of my business what anyone else does if it doesn't effect me. I guess I would have made a crappy politician and a worse teacher. Sadly these fools know less about history than they do about government. The wheel may turn slowly, but it turns. Someday, I hope I'm long gone by then, there will be a violent backlash against this foolish pandering. What we get afterwards could make the French Revolution and Nazi Germany look like garden parties. Hopefully some of these hypocrites will be the ones with their heads on the pikes. Edwards would still look good with his $400 haircut.

Lord save us from this beast!

$5,000 savings Bonds for every child born in the USA?!?!? What happened to “Zero Population Growth”?

Government handout of $1,000 for people who start a 401(k)!?!?!

Socialized medical care!?!?!?!

Is there anyone else out there listening to this crap? Who is going to pay for all of this? Oh, I forgot. "The Rich". Those dirty bastards who have money. (Clintons and friends excepted of course.) Does no one study economics anymore? Now the lady in waiting has decided that a prohibitive tax on estates over $7 million will fund this give away. Why do socialist persist in living in a vacuum? Do they not realize that money is fluid? "Rich" people make their money work for them. Tax them too much and they MOVE IT AWAY FROM THE TAXES! Ask the Kennedys. Did Rose probate her estate in Massachusetts? HELL NO. Somehow Florida was chosen because it has little or no estate taxes. So how did Massachusetts benefit from that? It didn't. Anyone who dies with $7 million is smart enough to find a way around a confiscatory estate tax. The burden will fall to the rank and file taxpayer. A new entitlement will have been created. OH JOY! Just what we need. More people getting money for nothing. The cutoff for the give away is $100,000 PER COUPLE. $50K if you expect the entire $1000. What's next a "dictatorship of the proletariat"? With a democratic congress and Hillary at the helm it might just be time to take Osama up on his offer. Convert to Islam and scrap the tax laws altogether. Does it truly make a difference if you're on your hands and knees three times a day bowing to Mecca or to Washington, DC and her "Highness" awaiting coronation? This fraud has ZERO qualifications to be a US Senator let alone President of the United States of America. The media is already in bed with her. (Sorry for that image.) Is there no one out there to save us from her destruction of this nation? We need a return to self-determination, to responsibility and hard work. Enough with the give aways, welfare brats, illegal aliens, and political correctness. Without a return to what made America great we are doomed to either socialism and despair or fascism and desperation.

Hillary Clinton without makeup

N.A.D.S. a cute acronym for Not Another Dime Suckers. This now needs to become the battle cry of every taxpayer here in the People's Republic of Massachusetts. Except, of course, for the limousine liberals who will likely avoid the Massachusetts tax structure altogether. Can you say "Rose Kennedy"? Here in Boston we proudly name the land above the BigDig as "The Rose Kennedy Greenway". Oddly, Rose chose to have her "green" estate probated in tax friendly Florida. Only Captain Renaud could fake shock. Now, some twenty odd years after Michael Dukakis folded all of the gas tax money into "General Revenues"pork barrel, even Renaud would not be shocked to find the roads and bridges of the Commonwealth in such disrepair. "We're 19 Billion short!" they say on Beacon Hill. And "What about the children?" Frankly I've had more than enough of these dolts and thieves. I'm tired of being governed by a pack of failed attorney's who couldn't make a living in their chosen profession, of layabouts and spineless weasels who's only purpose in life is to find ways of cheating hard working people out of their earnings so as to support shiftless in-laws and payback patronage to union bosses who cheat their members. These bloated bureaucrats have spent every dime we've ever given them and we have little or nothing to show for it unless you count gazebos in Braintree, artistic grants for a light switch and a huge leaky tunnel. Now these felons have the temerity to propose an ADDITIONAL 11.5 cent/gallon hike in the gas tax and a GPS spying program to charge us all another 5 cents per mile should we be foolish enough to drive to work each day. These are the same fools who are outraged over eavesdropping on Ahmed and Mohammad planning to blow up LNG tanks, but spying on commuters is A.O.K. with them. They are the same idiots who preach about the environment, then buy speed boats that get 1 mpg, insist on large luxury vehicles to do "the people's business" and oppose wind farms because it might disturb the pristine view from their stately mansions. Even when one of their number has a brain fart and comes up with a proposal falling short of their socialist agenda (Coupe Deval's Casino's for cash plan) the nanny's fear the "social ills" of gambling. None of them have any qualms about the state lottery however. Our state lottery is as big a sucker bet as any seen at Foxwoods, Mohegan Sun, Vegas or Atlantic City. Every "gambler" knows that "the numbers" are the single worst bet imaginable. For decades "numbers" were organized crime's biggest cash cow.

Many of us work in Boston because that's were the jobs are. I do not cherish arising at 5:00 am each day to begin an 1 1/2 hr commute over some of the worst roadways in America, but I have no choice. The cost of living in metropolitan Boston is insane. Few can afford $400,000 for a 2 bedroom cape on 1/8 acre of land in a bad neighborhood. Now we may not be able to afford to live in Central Massachusetts and waste 3 hours a day in the company of people "multitasking" while they drive. To those Solon's who want more of my money I say "N.A.D.S.!" Not another dime suckers! Not until the dolts at the MBTA have to work until 70 like I do. Not until toll takers on the turnpike make the same as the kid in the drive up window at the Burger King. Not until every brother-in-law, sister, cousin, and monkey's uncle is thrown out of state government on his or her fat candy ass. Not until illegal aliens are treated as "illegal" and sent on their merry way back to from whence they came and not provided with free education and health care.

N.A.D.S. to you Massachusetts! NOT ANOTHER DIME SUCKERS!!!

'Nuff said

Red State, Blue State. I'm curious as to why the "conservative" states are called "Red" and the liberal ones "Blue" . To me, life here in the People's Republic of Massachusetts is similar to the old Soviet Union ergo "Red" seems far more appropriate for the liberal havens. Maybe it's just because being governed by the self-proclaimed elite makes one "blue" living here.