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Tony Blair: A Journey

Posted on September 5, 2010 by billmanzi

Tony Blair has just published his memoirs and is now making the rounds to publicize the book. He stopped in to Christine Amanpour’s This Week show and talked about a whole bunch of interesting (to me) stuff. The New York … Continue reading →

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Tim Cahill Slugs with Howie Carr

Posted on September 4, 2010 by billmanzi

Howie Carr has been beating up on Tim Cahill pretty good as of late, continually pointing out that Cahill’s presence in the race could help Governor Deval Patrick. Howie has read the numbers, and he knows that Cahill splitting the … Continue reading →

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Rasmussen: Governor Race Tightens

Posted on September 4, 2010 by billmanzi

The Massachusetts Governor’s race has begun to heat up and tighten, with a new Rasmussen survey showing Governor Deval Patrick leading by five points over Charlie Baker. The survey shows Patrick at 39%, Baker at 34%, and Tim Cahill at … Continue reading →

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Feast of the Three Saints Announcement and Schedule

Posted on September 2, 2010 by billmanzi

NEWS ALERT: Feast of Three Saints Announcement: Due to the impending heavy rain and high winds slated to hit the Greater Lawrence area on Friday, Sept 3rd from hurricane Earl the activities planned for the Opening Day of the Feast … Continue reading →

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The Presidential Address on Iraq

Posted on September 1, 2010 by billmanzi

The President talked to the nation last night about the “end to combat operations” in Iraq. And while conservatives talk about the evils of domestic spending, and rail about the deficits being incurred by the federal government, they seem to … Continue reading →

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Arne Duncan on Education

Posted on August 30, 2010 by billmanzi

A great spot on “This Week”, with education heavyweights with real policy differences talking about the Obama Administration efforts in this area. Superintendent Rhee in Washington has not been afraid to stir the pot vigorously. The Obama Administration has made … Continue reading →

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Governor Schwarzenegger on Public Pensions

Posted on August 28, 2010 by billmanzi

Same old boring song and dance. Or is it? As everyone begins to fight and claw over a rapidly shrinking economic pie nobody wants to talk about the elephant in the room consuming everything in its path. And that is … Continue reading →

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Mass Dems on the Attack

Posted on August 28, 2010 by billmanzi

The Massachusetts Democratic Party unveiled a short web video attacking Charlie Baker’s tenure as the CEO of Harvard Pilgrim, highlighting the rate increases for customers and the pay increases for himself that occurred during his time there. While Deval Patrick … Continue reading →

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Scott Brown, Faux Pioneer

Posted on August 27, 2010 by billmanzi

Governor Sarah Palin, in remarks broadcast on Fox News, correctly points out that while Senators like Scott Brown may be tolerated in Massachusetts, he would never be accepted up there in Alaska, where the pioneering spirit is dominant. And lets … Continue reading →

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Sarah Palin Kicks Around Scott Brown

Posted on August 27, 2010 by billmanzi

Former Governor Sarah Palin had some choice words for Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown on Fox News yesterday, saying that in places like Alaska folks wouldn’t put up with the “antics” of Scott Brown. Also seemed to agree that Brown has … Continue reading →

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