[massfreeper]

I can't bear to watch any of the local news channels out of Boston, but for some reason I didn't reflexively change the channel when the 10:00 news came on after 24 one time last year. They featured an "investigative report" on the Big Dig's cost overruns and other scandals. So at the end of this 20 minute segment, the "reporter" came to the conclusion that this is all Ronald Reagan's fault. That's right. RONALD REAGAN! Never mind that the guy was dead, but he'd been out of office for over 20 years, and they still found a way to blame him. Something about that he didn't want to fully fund the project back in the '80s, and this led to all of the problems. I don't remember the logic (since none was used). It just sickened me.

[digger48]

I've seen the clip several times, of him vetoing this. Calling it pure pork in a most Reaganesque way. Wish I could remember it word for word.

That's when Kennedy had to remind some folks of that time they were told " someday, and that day may never come, I'll call on you for a service.

[Louis Foxwell]

Pride and arrogance are the Achilles heel of the Massachusetts electorate. There is a pervasive mentality in Mass that its citizens are uniquely intelligent, cultured and sophisticated. A preponderance of citizens consider themselves intellectually and morally superior, even to New Yorkers.
Politicians who appeal to the King's clothes (the ego of the Mass citizen) are granted a free pass. They may be murderers, ignoramuses, mafiosi scoundrels or worse. They remain favorite sons simply because they embody the sophistication that every constituent adores.
These are a rare and unique creature, these people of Massachusetts. Their tail feathers are more preened and their warble is more nuanced than the rest of the flock.
Is it any wonder they are the easiest pickings by crooks and scoundrels?

[weegee]

What you will never hear, that this is the same sort of local politics and contracting corruption that led to the failures of Katrina.