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Quoth the Raven
By jbcobb | January 19, 2010
Nevermore. Considering the typical tone and substance of my postings, you’d guess that I was referencing my trust for the government or the next time I will vote for anyone who toes the line of one of the two major parties. But, not today, not yet anyway. Even though today could be a monumental day in Massachusetts, and indeed, all over America. This could possibly be the day the healthcare reform music dies, or at least begins to fade. But, nobody should be that optimistic or giddy, because we are talking about Massachusetts….Cambridge and Boston, or Bahstahn, if you are a fan of Kennedy or Will Hunting. These are the stomping grounds of the Camelot crowd (even the stupid fat drunk one), old school socialists like Tip O’Neill, short socialists like Michael Dukakis, and Munsteresque socialists like John Kerry. This great home of old patriots and the NE Patriots, has most recently been home to some of the reddest of pinko politicians in all of American history. Additionally, it is home to perhaps the greatest incubator of socialist chicks, Harvard University. Of course, there are a few like Jeffrey Mirron, a libertarian professor at the Big Red, sorry, Crimson school who is beating himself up, trying to decide whether to vote for a libertarian named Kennedy (is this some kind of twisted joke?) or Scott Brown. Hopefully, he will make the right decision…whatever that might be…actually, as long as Coakley loses and healthcare reform dies, I believe Dr. Libertarian will be feel a bit happier tonight.
Ummmm, it seems this entry turned out to be about politics after all. Yeah, about the Raven thing…for the first time in sixty years, the annual anonymous birthday visitor to Edgar Allan Poe’s grave, who deposited three roses and a bottle of Cognac at the tombstone, did not make the pilgrimage last night. That is about the same time the last non-socialist was elected to statewide office in the Bay State. Maybe he/she was a resident of Massachusetts. Some things are more important than others, quoth the raven.
JB
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