Jwill's Log

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Cahill — he of the fast-sinking gubernatorial campaign — couldn’t resist trying to squeeze some mileage out of Governor Deval Patrick’s meeting last weekend with about 1,000 local Muslims. The candidate issued a ludicrous statement accusing Patrick of “pandering to special interest groups” by, you know, meeting with some constituents.

“Now is the time for Governor Patrick to look radical Islamic terrorism full in the face, call it what it is, and make sure that federal law enforcement officials who are tracking the Times Square case give our local law enforcement the information they have in real time.’’

Again, Patrick’s crime here was to meet with a group of people who are not accused of anything, or suspected of anything. But in Tim Cahill’s world, it’s as if any gathering of Muslims is the moral equivalent of an Al Qaeda meeting.

No doubt here who was doing the pandering.

Globe Columnist Adrian Walker hits it on the nail. What Tim Cahill said was beyond stupid and racist and I’m not surprised it gained the ire of the religious community. I’m surely not voting for him.

Some really well-taken photos from boston.com concerning the oil spill. Apparently it’s reached the shore of Louisiana (that part’s the bad news): http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/05/oil_reaches_louisiana_shores.html.

Source: Phoenix New Times
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Perhaps LifeLock isn’t so safe after all. Give it a read.

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Among the 869 sundry amendments to the Massachusetts House budget bill is a proposal, sponsored by Rep. James Miceli, to reinstate capital punishment in the Commonwealth. “A capital idea!,” you say? “A real savings for the beleaguered Massachusetts taxpayers!,” you hope? Well, I wouldn’t bank on it.

Ironically, the death penalty does indeed cost more than putting someone in prison for life, mostly because of possible appeals. I would agree with James Alan Fox here and say that instating the death penalty is a big no-no because of monetary reasons. Also, it’s irreversible, and that’s just way too risky in my eyes.

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A former Harvard University senior is facing 20 criminal charges for allegedly creating a fraudulent life history that led to his admission to Harvard, and for using forged academic materials from Harvard when he applied for the prestigious Rhodes and Fulbright scholarships.

Just shameful. I hope he has to pay all that money back to the schools and organizations that awarded it to him, because he truly did “steal” it. Even worse, he took the spot of someone who probably legitimately could have gone to the school.