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About Me: "Capitalism is the extraordinary belief that the nastiest of men for the nastiest of motives will somehow work for the benefit of all." ....John Maynard Keynes
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Comment on: Mitt Romneyâs newly moderate tone helps in race to the end - Politics - The Boston Globe
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Comment on: Perspectives can change on Liberty Mutualâs salaries, payouts - Metro - The Boston Globe
Aren't there any rightwingers out there who are going to defend this poor company from these ruthless attacks?
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Scalia?
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Comment on: NFL officials are as much to blame as owners - Sports - The Boston Globe
I do not undertsand why folks like you so despise people who have pensions. Instead of calling for others to lose something good, why not fight for what's good for yourself?
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"Replacement refs are doing their jobs under nearly impossible conditions. They deserve respect, even in trying circumstances." No, they are scabs trying to take other people's jobs and they deserve N more »
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Comment on: Seahawks stun Packers on final play, 14-12 - Sports - The Boston Globe
Damn unions are at it again. Why don't the real refs just crawl back to work and let the poor financially broken NFL owners continue to scrape by? Who do these refs think they are? They want a pension more »
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Comment on: Scott Brown beyond the camera lights - Metro - The Boston Globe
What is the garbage (lies/untruths) in the column?
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Comment on: Growth in bike use outpaces motoristsâ expertise driving alongside - Metro - The Boston Globe
This clearly states what is wrong with a certain segment of the cyclists. What an arrogant fool.
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Comment on: 'Making Washington inconsequential'
I am sure that you agree that the southern states certainly should have been left alone to deal with the racial issues of the last century. Why isn't that included in your list?
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Comment on: Sabotage, violence do union no good - The Boston Globe
Scabs (not replacement workers), who are stealing jobs, are using much worse violence than any of the striking workers. Taking a person's livelihood does much more damage than violence against propert more »
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Comment on: 'Ruling by state’
"The challenge to the validity of the foreclosure was purely technical, he said." Is Mr. Kiley of the Massachusetts nakers association saying that banks don't believe that technical legal issues are i more »
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Comment on: Ed commissionerâs plan for teacher evalutions gets it right - The Boston Globe
"...Three or four consecutive years of exposure to that level of instruction can eradicate the achievement gap between low-income and high-income students..." Do you really think it is this simple and more »
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Comment on: Atlas mugged - The Boston Globe
...the scene in which Dagny and Hank ride a high-speed train on the rail line they have built. I am very sorry to inform the Randians and others that these two people could not have possibly built the more »
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Comment on: 'Revolution are on lookout'
Why is there even any talk about using public funds for a private enterprise structure? more »
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Comment on: Union ârightsâ that arenât - The Boston Globe
Jeff, Jeff, Jeff: you write:"...Among the states that donât allow public employees to bargain collectively are North Carolina, Texas..." If unions are the problem, how come Texas has a budget crisis more »
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Comment on: 'Way of life under fire'
I really do weep for the US. The nasty, vicious comments posted by so many people who have been shortchanged by the business elite are pitiful. Goodness, they are falling for the age-old 'divide & con more »
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Comment on: Fighting public-sector unions - The Boston Globe
Jacoby writes: "Private employees find themselves working longer and being taxed more heavily so that government employees can enjoy outlandish pay and perks." Do you really think that this is the rea more »
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Comment on: 'Tax break lets high-fliers pay 15 percent rate'
OK...rightwing nuts: How is this the fault of unions? Since everything bad is the result of unions, the tax break given to the ultra-rich must be the fault of unions.
Please explain.
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Comment on: 'Hiring recommendations part of the job, DeLeo says'
...DeLeo sponsored 12 people for probation jobs, seven of whom were hired, according to the report...
Didn't the other 5 give DeLeo enough money? more » -
Comment on: 'Newton synagogue cancels talk by critic of Israeli policies'
...a âsmall, influential groupââ within the congregation"...
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Comment on: 'The foreclosure mess'
So here are the words used to describe the banks' actions: due process is not observed; improperly foreclosed; not properly executed; sloppiness; who actually owns the mortgage. Nothing illegal, just more »
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Comment on: 'Inside Job movie review -- Inside Job showtimes'
OK...can a rightwinger explain how this is all the fault of public employee unions?
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Comment on: 'Teachers need a lesson'
JudgeBean wrote:
... for teachers who work a part-time job: 5 hours a day, 180 days a year...
Wow! What school system do you work in? Or, is it at all possible, that you aren't a teacher? more » -
Comment on: The enemy is not cheap goods - The Boston Globe
Jeff If it is true that 'Economist Mark Perry argues that it is the breathtaking increase in US manufacturing productivity', why haven't wages gone up? Is it that the wealthy are keeping the increased more »
Dear Mr.Ozark What have the health insurance companies, Wall Street banks, "millionaires and billionaires," etc. done for us that would cause me to not demonize them? Please be specific. By their own more »