Archives by Tag 'political opinion'

I too am rethinking the GOP

By Tom - Last updated: Monday, February 2, 2009

  When you’re the party in charge, you articulate a vision and meander in that direction. When you’re not the party in charge, you simply oppose whatever the other party is trying to do, for no other reason than you don’t want them to succeed. I bet you didn’t know that. Sure.  Wisdom of the [...]

All politics begin at home

By Tom - Last updated: Monday, January 19, 2009

  Rob Patterson recently pointed out the dilemma towns are undergoing with this economic downturn. As housing prices plummet, associated property taxes must follow.  And although many will continue to pay high property taxes that are based on assessments done during the housing boom, many more who are buying now will not.  And as you [...]

I turned them off

By Tom - Last updated: Friday, January 9, 2009

Yup, just like that  – I turned them off.  All of them.  I decided that they all had simply lost their luster; their refreshing point of view, their relevance.  One talking pundit after another, extolling how hopeless things are, how America is now in the hands of the worse possible politicians.  Dishonest, reprehensible, utterly corrupt, [...]