Ah, Massachusetts, the Arkansas of the north. The church, the kennedys, the bulgers, hords of town, county and state hacks, legions of cops, armys of stupid, survile, low rent voters, an entire mandarin class of pundits in the burbs........
....AND OIL HEAT!! ...and those things that open up from outside into the basement.....
Bilco doors. I can put'm in my sleep.
I happen to live in "the Peoples Republic of Massachusetts and find your remarks extremely on target.
Being a late entry into the Republic I see no hope for the people and no hope for the success of a Representative Democracy.
A good example is Ted (the swimmer) Kennedy giving advice to "Cardinal Law".