Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan deserves to lose her seat
I just sent this letter to Stewart Umholtz, the challenger to Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan in the upcoming election:
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Muslims are their own worst enemy, if what they want is peace
The Pope gives a speech in which he quotes a Byzantine emporer characterizing Muhammad’s teachings as “evil and inhuman” and referring to spreading Islam “by the sword.” Offended Muslims all over the world protest the Pope’s speech by burning the Pope in effigy; participating in violent riots; firebombing churches; wounding and killing people; calling for… Read More »
Beating a ticket
Approaching a red light on Washington St. at the intersection with Waverly Ave. near Newton Corner. Thought the two cars riding the yellow line at the red light were turning left (cars often don’t signal turns at that intersection, or for that matter anywhere else in the Boston area). Started to pass them on the… Read More »
Kudos to Intuit
I use TurboTax to do my taxes every year, and I’m signed up for Intuit’s AutoRenew program, which means that they send me the new version of TurboTax automatically every year when it comes out. I’ve got a credit card on file with them, and they charge the credit card when they ship the software.
NSTAR stops sending people paper bills, without their permission
I got this email from NSTAR on August 14:
Massachusetts, Boston and Cambridge police play pass-the-buck with potential terrorists
In an ideal world, the treatment received by a private citizen calling 911 would inspire confidence in the ability of the police to protect people from crime and terrorism. In reality, it seems designed to inspire confidence only in the criminals and terrorists.
Weird prerecorded phone call and Web site mccabillexposed.com
I just got a phone call with a prerecorded message about House Bill 4493, which you can read here. The message claimed that the bill was going to be passed “tomorrow” and that I should call the backer of the bill (Senator Jack Hart) and the director of the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority (James Rooney)… Read More »
Israel letter in today’s Boston Herald, with my response
First, the letter (also online at the Herald):
Disproportionality, collateral damage, and Israeli objectives in Lebanon
Is Israel’s bombing campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon “disproportionate?” Is Israel to blame for the civilian casualties? What does Israel hope to accomplish?
Ford sucks; is anybody (affordable) any better?
My wife and I own a 1995 Ford Taurus, which we bought used, and a 2004 Ford Freestar, which we bought new, from Framingham Ford, in Framingham, MA. Framingham Ford has lived up to all the negative stereotypes associated with car dealerships. We will certainly never do business with them again. Furthermore, because of the… Read More »