Mornin'

Monday, 9:49 am

By Cyn

Mar

29

2010

Just another lovely day in the neighborhood.  Was up early, showered, dressed and waiting for the Harvey Doors technician to come and replace my brand new front doors--the storm doors are defective.  Moved my car out of the garage so I could get out without making them move their truck and then the phone rang.  Technician is sick, can’t make it, no one else is available.  I am sure that is true and of course who wants someone here that is sick, but it is still annoying because you rearrange your day [took the day off] to accommodate them.  Ahhh well, we rescheduled for Friday - I do not work on Fridays - and told them I wanted the first appointment of the morning, none of this 8-12 crap.  Time will tell.

And the rains are here as promised.  Not sure exactly how much we are supposed to get over the next few days but I guess it is a lot.  Not sure where it is going to go.  Neighbors on each side of me have sump pumps running 24/7.  Luckily our house sits just high enough that we seem to be OK.  Plus when we built it, we had them put french drains around the outside of the house at the foundation level and do a few other things as well.  Our first home had a sump in the cellar so we were just a little gun shy.  At the time the builder told me I was crazy that I would never have a problem.  I told him I did not care, that was what I wanted and that is what I got.  Given the amount of rain we have had, I am ever so glad I stuck to my guns.  Gee, listen to me--gun shy, stick to my guns--I must have been hanging out with Sarah Palin this weekend.  HA

I met and listened to Niki Tsongas yesterday and came away very impressed--I had agreed to co-host a reception/fundraiser in her honor.  She is very low key which may not serve her well in her reelection bid and hopefully she can motivate voters in other ways.  But very thoughtful, very bright and very insightful.  I thoroughly enjoyed the afternoon.  Of course she spoke at length about the passage of the health care reform bill and I so wish some of the more strident opponents would have been there to listen...I think they might have come away with a different attitude.  This whole thing just baffles me.  I do not know everything in this bill, I doubt anyone does, but I think I actually know more than a lot of the naysayers.

Did you know, for example, that prior to the passage of this bill that women in some states could have been denied insurance or lost their coverage because they had a C-section once?  Yes!  Did you know women who were victims of abuse could lose coverage or be denied coverage prior to the passage of this bill?  Yes!  Did you know in some states women were charged as much as 50% more than men for the SAME coverage?  Uh-huh!  OH, and businesses in some states would not hire women because it would mean an instant jump in the insurance benefits to employees.  Now I have to believe that if more people--women particularly-knew just a few of these facts, they might have a slightly different outlook.  We here in Massachusetts are spoiled cause we are a liberal state and do not have to deal with a lot of this. 

After listening to Niki and hearing some of these things, I understood why Nancy Pelosi said as she announced the passage of the bill, something to the effect of...’finally being a woman will no longer be a pre-existing condition.’

And now I am off to the dentist.  Another crown!!  I told my dentist that I have so many crowns now, I really ought to be the ruler of a third world country.  Hell, with what I have paid for them, I could OWN a third world country.

Have a lovely day everyone.............heading to Kate’s neck of the woods this afternoon to see my brother’s new house.  He and his girlfriend (he is wicked old--should I still say girlfriend??) just bought a house near the beach.  And then line dancing tonight.  Yup, line dancing.  My friends and I go every Monday night at an Irish Pub in Lawrence.  FUN!!

Ciao’

Rachel Maddow to Scott Brown

Monday, 9:17 am

By Cyn

The popular liberal TV host came out swinging on Friday against the new senator from Massachusetts, Scott Brown, who has suggested in a fund-raising letter that Maddow will run against him in 2012. “I’m not running against Scott Brown … It’s just not true. Honestly. I swear. No, really,” Maddow said in the Friday’s Boston Globe.Maddow to Brown: Wrong,

And so you would think Senator Brown would issue an immediate apology and certainly refund any and all monies he has raised based on his bogus letter stating she is running against him in 2012.  But as of now, as far as I know, nothing other than more bullcrap from him and his camp.  Remember when he ran for Senator Kennedy’s seat--he was an independent and he would vote his own conscience and according to how his constituents wanted him to vote.  Yeah, and so lots of independent voters in Massachusetts drank the kool-aid and voted for him.  So, first thing he signs a contract to write a book.  A book?  On what??? How his daughter was on American Idol?  About his wife who works for a local tv network?  About his truck?  I mean really, what could be interesting about his life?  He has done nothing so far.  There is no mystery whatsoever about the hows and whys he was elected.  People are hungry for change, he was a fresh face (and it might have helped that he did pose nude back in his 20’s), he promised to be an INDEPENDENT if elected and not blindly follow the party line.  Riiiggggggght.  Did that real well, didn’t he.  He is a sheep in an independent’s clothing. 

The Democrats had Martha Coakley as his opponent.  While she has done an admirable job in Massachusetts, she was about the poorest choice of candidate we could have had.  I am all for more women in politics, but they have to be the right woman--just anyone won’t do and women in Massachusetts do not do real well--on either side of the aisle.  I did not vote for Brown, although I truly hoped he was what he said he was.  I held my nose and voted for Coakley.  And for all of you who do not live here and think Brown is the second coming, let me tell you something--if Michael Capuano had been the Dems candidate, I think you would have seen a totally different result.  Truly.  He would have run circles around Brown and shown him for what he really is....just another empty shirt.  I don’t think he is particularly bright, I think his aw shucks demeanor is a crock of *** and if the right person runs against him in 2012 he will be toast.  He knows it or else would not be already writing a book. 

But this thing with Maddow is insane.  Yes there was a page on FB saying she should run--hell, I even became a fan.  But she never once indicated she would even consider it.  I guess everything in politics is fair game…

The Power of Pelosi

Monday, 9:08 am

By Cyn

Mar

29

2010

Renee Toth had a good article in the Boston Globe this weekend that is - in my humble opinion - worth reading...AT THE end of January, when all of Washington was wailing that Scott Brown’s election to the US Senate meant a stake in the heart of health care reform, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi held a press conference and outlined her plan for the bill. “You go through the gate,’’ she said. “If the gate’s closed you go over the fence. If the fence is too high, we’ll pole-vault in. If that doesn’t work, we’ll parachute in. But we are going to get health care reform passed for the American people.’’ The Power of Pelosi