Posted on 05/06/2007 3:14:50 AM PDT by JohnSheppard
Brookline is, of course, the ultimate people’s republic.
It is a town with streets that run into Boston, but that are barricaded the other way, to prevent the riffraff from driving their muffler-free low-riders into Muddy River. Brookline celebrates diversity - in Boston. Brookline supported busing - in Boston. Mike Dukakis is the prototypical Brookline resident, and now his aging disciples are acting up again at Town Meeting.
This year the Beautiful People aren’t trying to ban hand-held cell phones or spanking. This time it’s the turn of the dreaded SUV to feel the wrath of the self-righteous.
Some nuts in Brookline want to double the auto excise tax on SUVs. It won’t fly, any more than their earlier excursions into Political Correctness did. But it makes them feel good, or at least holier-than-thou, and that’s what really counts, isn’t it? Somewhere, Jack Backman is smiling.
It used to be that Brookline and a handful of other places were the only people’s republics in the commonwealth. But the virus has spread. So here are a few warning signs that may tell you whether your hometown could be on its way to becoming the next Brookline:
You can’t remember the last time a Proposition 2 1/2 override was voted down.
Incandescent light bulbs have been banned from Town Hall.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bostonherald.com ...
Well that's obvious... The "dim bulbs" don't want any competition!
Mark
white-trash bump.
Howie was talking about this column on his show on Friday afternoon. LOL It’s better than what he talked about.
In the next Wall Street Crash, the widow-fleecing paper shufflers, lacking any other skills, will just Go Away to a cardboard box by the river.
I can dream.
Mayhap they ought to mandate a bumper sticker that reads, “If vehicle is under water, please check back seat for women who are not my wife.”
She had left her bumper sticker plastered jalopy double parked and unattended at a pickup/dropoff location at a high rise apartment building, effectively blocking all traffic until she chose to return (my wait time was eight minutes)and take her leave.
I said nothing, but I did glare at her. This unleashed a vile and hate filled barrage of profanities at me that was truly stunning.
I occupied this time trying to figure out what half of those bumper stickers meant.
And it was a lot of fun!
There’s lot more to it than that.
Maybe Muffy was upstairs calling the “Hate Hannity” hotline.
Why does a trash can need power of any sort? Wouldn't a simple Galvanized iron can , or a durable plastic bin do just as well?
My lady and I are counting the days until we can move out of MA.
Okay, I have this great mental image of Bostonians dressed in Indian (sorry, Native American) gear, pushing SUVs off cargo ships into the harbor.
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