There was a debate last night...
Deval Patrick (D) - Incumbent. Hasn't done enough to make any sort of difference, but is trying to convince everyone he has.
Charles Baker (R) - Thinks cutting taxes and trying to eliminate $100M from the budget will boost jobs and eliminate a $1B deficit. Doesn't seem to realize that a billion is a THOUSAND million, and slashing the budget will create unemployment.
Tim Cahill (I) - Really likes Arizona's immigrant civil rights abuses laws, and wants to implement them here. 'Nuff said.
Jill Stein (G) - Thinks that there is too much focus on big buisness and not enough on the root causes of youth violence and poverty. She was completely unprepared to answer the majority of questions thrown at her.
So, there you have it. Another election year, and four useless choices.
...Do we live in the same state?
Wait...nm...THAT'S a stupid question.
:lulz: Feels like it though, don'it?
Stein did a better job at the debates in 2002. But that might have been due to the fact that O'Brien ignored her, Howell, and Johnson completely, so that she could get into a nasty shouting match with Romney (who, to his credit, at least acknowledged the third party candidates once)
I also think that it's interesting the way you can spin something. Like last night Patrick and Baker were talking about the need to eliminate positions.
Wait- like, creating more unemployed people? I thought you guys were trying to ease unemployment.
Oh right, people don't like to pay taxes, and it's more important to not pay taxes than have an income. X% of zero is still zero.
LET'S COMPARE.
John Robitaille (R) - One of the Rhode Island's handful of Republicans. Never heard of him, he apparently has no credentials because I can't find anything. He's also, you know, Republican, and after 8 years of Don Carcieri, I don't see us having another one anytime soon.
Frank Caprio (D) - State Treasurer. You know, the guy that signs our income tax checks and somehow managed to put our state into near-bankruptcy.
Lincoln Chafee (I) - Former US Senator. Former Republican and a general waffler. :| Whatever. We're doomed anyway.
We also have like 6 other independents running. :|
Quote from: Doktor Princess on September 22, 2010, 03:48:53 PM
LET'S COMPARE.
John Robitaille (R) - One of the Rhode Island's handful of Republicans. Never heard of him, he apparently has no credentials because I can't find anything. He's also, you know, Republican, and after 8 years of Don Carcieri, I don't see us having another one anytime soon.
Frank Caprio (D) - State Treasurer. You know, the guy that signs our income tax checks and somehow managed to put our state into near-bankruptcy.
Lincoln Chafee (I) - Former US Senator. Former Republican and a general waffler. :| Whatever. We're doomed anyway.
We also have like 6 other independents running. :|
Write in Toyama Koichi?
Quote from: Doktor Alphapance on September 22, 2010, 03:00:14 PM
There was a debate last night...
Deval Patrick (D) - Incumbent. Hasn't done enough to make any sort of difference, but is trying to convince everyone he has.
Charles Baker (R) - Thinks cutting taxes and trying to eliminate $100M from the budget will boost jobs and eliminate a $1B deficit. Doesn't seem to realize that a billion is a THOUSAND million, and slashing the budget will create unemployment.
Tim Cahill (I) - Really likes Arizona's immigrant civil rights abuses laws, and wants to implement them here. 'Nuff said.
Jill Stein (G) - Thinks that there is too much focus on big buisness and not enough on the root causes of youth violence and poverty. She was completely unprepared to answer the majority of questions thrown at her.
So, there you have it. Another election year, and four useless choices.
Are there any tea party groups backing any of the candidates? I would assume it is the (R) or the (I).
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on September 22, 2010, 03:57:47 PM
Quote from: Doktor Alphapance on September 22, 2010, 03:00:14 PM
There was a debate last night...
Deval Patrick (D) - Incumbent. Hasn't done enough to make any sort of difference, but is trying to convince everyone he has.
Charles Baker (R) - Thinks cutting taxes and trying to eliminate $100M from the budget will boost jobs and eliminate a $1B deficit. Doesn't seem to realize that a billion is a THOUSAND million, and slashing the budget will create unemployment.
Tim Cahill (I) - Really likes Arizona's immigrant civil rights abuses laws, and wants to implement them here. 'Nuff said.
Jill Stein (G) - Thinks that there is too much focus on big buisness and not enough on the root causes of youth violence and poverty. She was completely unprepared to answer the majority of questions thrown at her.
So, there you have it. Another election year, and four useless choices.
Are there any tea party groups backing any of the candidates? I would assume it is the (R) or the (I).
No. All of them are Beacon Hill insiders except for Dr. Stein.
ETA- Gov Patrick is the Governor, obviously, Cahill is the Treasurer and recently left the Democratic party, Baker worked for Govs. Weld and Cellucci, and the Green Party is too socialist for the Tea Party.
Well, if it's any consolation, the picks for Governor in Maine this year suck too. We have a flakey Dem who seems to want to focus on environmental issues instead of our unemployment issues. We have a GOP who definitely is from the tea party mold who seems to me a full-time resident of crazy-town. Then there are some Independents who are about as thrilling and interesting as a wet mackerel. No offense to wet mackerels. I didn't think it was possible for us to have a worse Governor than Baldacci but I think I'm about to be proven wrong.
Maine, The Way Life Used To Be - Get Out, Get Out While You Can!!!!
:lulz: I'll trade you any of those for Gerry Brown and Meg Whitman... :lulz:
Quote from: Jenne on September 22, 2010, 08:36:47 PM
:lulz: I'll trade you any of those for Gerry Brown and Meg Whitman... :lulz:
Hell, I'll take Jimmy Carter. At this point at the very worst, he'll at least be entertaining.
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on September 22, 2010, 05:15:24 PM
Well, if it's any consolation, the picks for Governor in Maine this year suck too. We have a flakey Dem who seems to want to focus on environmental issues instead of our unemployment issues. We have a GOP who definitely is from the tea party mold who seems to me a full-time resident of crazy-town. Then there are some Independents who are about as thrilling and interesting as a wet mackerel. No offense to wet mackerels. I didn't think it was possible for us to have a worse Governor than Baldacci but I think I'm about to be proven wrong.
Maine, The Way Life Used To Be - Get Out, Get Out While You Can!!!!
I dunno, Cutler does kind of come off as a dead fish but he also seems to have a reasonable grasp of the economic issues and isn't a raging retard on the social stuff like LePage is. At this point I'm voting for him unless he gives me a reason not to. In which case I won't vote for anyone.
Quote from: Jenne on September 22, 2010, 08:36:47 PM
:lulz: I'll trade you any of those for Gerry Brown and Meg Whitman... :lulz:
Meg Whitman makes me want to kill things. Jerry Brown is a silly man. I'm going to write in the goddamn Prince (http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/california-politics/2010/01/prince-frederic-for-governor.html).
What does New Hampshire look like? Maybe it's time we give up fighting with Connecticut over borders and join NH like the state constitution says. At least we won't be taxed on anything.
It also occurred to me that Boston doesn't have a Gubernatorial...MASSACHUSETTS DOES.
/ pedant
Quote from: Doktor Princess on September 22, 2010, 11:17:58 PM
It also occurred to me that Boston doesn't have a Gubernatorial...MASSACHUSETTS DOES.
/ pedant
To a Bostonian, the rest of MA is a suburb of Boston, even if it does happen to be North Adams.
Twid,
No desire to go to North Adams.
Quote from: Doktor Blight on September 22, 2010, 11:19:48 PM
Quote from: Doktor Princess on September 22, 2010, 11:17:58 PM
It also occurred to me that Boston doesn't have a Gubernatorial...MASSACHUSETTS DOES.
/ pedant
To a Bostonian, the rest of MA is a suburb of Boston, even if it does happen to be North Adams.
Twid,
No desire to go to North Adams.
Wrong. Anything south of 495 belongs to me...er...is a suburb of Providence. Except for Fall River and New Bedford. They're suburbs of Portugal. And the Cape and Islands is another country entirely.
So stop being greedy, Foxboro is OURS.
-Suu
Would probably like them if they were called the Providence Patriots.
It's a deal, as long as you take Brockton, too.
Oh no, Brockton is ALL yours.
Only 495 to the Pike, And from the Pike to 146 belongs to me. I dare not touch Worcester.
Uh... so Millbury to Taunton?
Go ahead, take it. That gives me Weymouth, Scituate, Plymouth, and Duxbury. THE OYSTERS ARE MINE!
Quote from: Doktor Alphapance on September 23, 2010, 02:38:45 PM
Uh... so Millbury to Taunton?
Go ahead, take it. That gives me Weymouth, Scituate, Plymouth, and Duxbury. THE OYSTERS ARE MINE!
We have our own shellfish. And it is superior...Or at least I've heard it is.
Could I politiely ask whichever one of you is responsible for the random spaghetti that is the road and highway system in Boston to fix that shit? Or is that you way of dealing with us Northern folk?
RWHN,
-would still be lost in Boston if it weren't for the GPS.
Don't look at me, Providence completely the I-Way in a quarter of the time of the Big Dig.
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on September 23, 2010, 03:58:52 PM
Could I politiely ask whichever one of you is responsible for the random spaghetti that is the road and highway system in Boston to fix that shit? Or is that you way of dealing with us Northern folk?
RWHN,
-would still be lost in Boston if it weren't for the GPS.
I like it that way. It makes driving in any other city a piece of cake.
Quote from: Doktor Alphapance on September 23, 2010, 04:14:53 PM
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on September 23, 2010, 03:58:52 PM
Could I politiely ask whichever one of you is responsible for the random spaghetti that is the road and highway system in Boston to fix that shit? Or is that you way of dealing with us Northern folk?
RWHN,
-would still be lost in Boston if it weren't for the GPS.
I like it that way. It makes driving in any other city a piece of cake.
I just don't drive in Boston. I can get around faster and more efficiently on foot or by train.
Quote from: Doktor Alphapance on September 23, 2010, 04:14:53 PM
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on September 23, 2010, 03:58:52 PM
Could I politiely ask whichever one of you is responsible for the random spaghetti that is the road and highway system in Boston to fix that shit? Or is that you way of dealing with us Northern folk?
RWHN,
-would still be lost in Boston if it weren't for the GPS.
I like it that way. It makes driving in any other city a piece of cake.
Well, I can certainly agree with that. Thank goodness we only go there once a year. And we stayed at a little inn on Beacon St which was pretty calm traffic wise. It's just getting to that point that can be a little hairy, especially when you have the more experienced Bostonites breathing down your back.
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on September 23, 2010, 04:21:35 PM
Quote from: Doktor Alphapance on September 23, 2010, 04:14:53 PM
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on September 23, 2010, 03:58:52 PM
Could I politiely ask whichever one of you is responsible for the random spaghetti that is the road and highway system in Boston to fix that shit? Or is that you way of dealing with us Northern folk?
RWHN,
-would still be lost in Boston if it weren't for the GPS.
I like it that way. It makes driving in any other city a piece of cake.
Well, I can certainly agree with that. Thank goodness we only go there once a year. And we stayed at a little inn on Beacon St which was pretty calm traffic wise. It's just getting to that point that can be a little hairy, especially when you have the more experienced Bostonites breathing down your back.
Driving through Boston is easy enough for a Bostonian, and I don't even really drive that often. Otherwise you're pretty much just going to have to learn it.
Did you stay in Brookline? Beacon St. Gets a little calmer down that way, and is within walking distance to Fenway (and by walking distance I mean about 30 minutes/jump on the C line.)
Yes, though we weren't that far from Fenway. It was only like a 15 minute walk to Fenway. We found this great little inn called the Beacon St. Inn, I think it's at 1087 Beacon St or something like that. The rooms are a little pricey but our Red Sox tickets were free so it evens out in the end.
I want to go back to Salem and take the ghost tour.
Quote from: Doktor Princess on September 23, 2010, 03:28:08 PM
Quote from: Doktor Alphapance on September 23, 2010, 02:38:45 PM
Uh... so Millbury to Taunton?
Go ahead, take it. That gives me Weymouth, Scituate, Plymouth, and Duxbury. THE OYSTERS ARE MINE!
We have our own shellfish. And it is superior...Or at least I've heard it is.
oh, SO untrue. The colder the water, the better the shellfish. Basically, anything that comes from north of Cape Cod is going to be much better than anything that comes from south of Cape Cod.