Wakefield, MA is the proud home of the largest Independence Day parade
in Massachusetts. Cruising Main Street to see the thousands of chairs lining
the sidewalk to reserve viewing spots for the afternoon parade adds to the personality of downtown and I look forward to the sight every year.
This year, in addition to the
chairs, I noticed two giant pairs of placards along the route advertising for
the John Tierney and Elizabeth Warren campaigns. The placards were positioned in large wedge
formations on the sidewalk that were perhaps four feet by six feet on each side. (I'll be sure to take a picture next time!) I am increasingly exasperated by the
unyielding support of Democrats, no matter what their stripes, in this
state. John Tierney and Elizabeth Warren
are outright frauds. John Tierney’s wife
was convicted in 2010 for filing false tax returns to launder $8 million for
her brother’s illegal gambling enterprise in Antigua. John Tierney, of course, claims to have
thought that the dough passing under his nose was entirely legit. Naturally, he was reelected to his post in
Congress in 2010 and likely will be this year, too.
Elizabeth Warren is equally insidious
because she has benefited from undue Affirmative Action for years by claiming
to be of Native American origin. She
cites only family lore when identifying herself as 1/32nd Indian
because of a great-great-great-grandmother who was apparently Cherokee. Extensive genealogy uncovered no
documentation supporting even this absurd claim to Indian heritage. Warren suffered zero racial discrimination,
yet bears the torch of ethnic diversity when it benefits her or her employers. I have mixed feelings on Affirmative Action in the first place and would be even happier to see the program go away now that I know how easy it is to defraud it. If Elizabeth Warren can claim to be an Indian, then who can't?? Vote for Scott Brown - we don't need anymore frauds for politicians in this state!
(Hmm, technical posting problems; I'm still getting used to this. I tried to delete what looked like a double entry & ended up deleting both.) Again:
ReplyDeleteWelcome to Birnam Wood, & blogging in general. I share your frustration about living in a Blue area, though I suspect that it's worse in Massachusetts.
Likewise your opinion on Elizabeth Warren. It's amazing how she can keep a straight face about how proud she is about her Indian heritage, & how she gamed the system with the willing compliance of academia. The names of Fauxcahantas & Pretendian are well deserved.
Yeah, my favorite name for Elizabeth Warren is "Burns in the Sun" - ha!
DeleteWith this post, I thought I would pass along this one in the same vein, from PJ Tatler:
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The comments bear some consideration as well.
Twenty years Tom Menino has been mayor of Boston and by all appearances, he is crazy as a bat. There is not much to agree with Menino on, but I am impressed that he continues (as far as I know) to withhold his endorsement of Elizabeth Warren. I bet that really gets to her.
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