{"id":329,"date":"2004-04-16T10:45:24","date_gmt":"2004-04-16T14:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/snarl\/2004\/04\/16\/a-poisonous-bush-in-my-back-yard\/"},"modified":"2004-04-16T10:45:24","modified_gmt":"2004-04-16T14:45:24","slug":"a-poisonous-bush-in-my-back-yard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/snarl\/2004\/04\/16\/a-poisonous-bush-in-my-back-yard\/","title":{"rendered":"A Poisonous Bush in my Back Yard"},"content":{"rendered":"

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No, it’s not a Rhododendron. The genus and and species of shrub I’m talking about is of the G.W. Bush persuasion.<\/P>
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How disturbed I was watching the news yesterday when they announced that George W. Bush will be spending at least part of his summer vacation on Cape Cod. That news alone was enough to pull my attention away from Dusty (the Devil Dog: Hound from Hell). But I practically choked on my oatmeal when they added that he was going to be spending it in the same village I was raised in (Osterville). EEK!<\/P>
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I just don’t get it. Massachusetts is perhaps the most anti-Bush place on earth (after France, Germany and Iraq). Well, that may not be true…but at least in the United States, Massachusetts is known as being too liberal leaning and too “out of touch” with the rest of the country. So I’m quite perplexed as to why he’s coming here of all places – aren’t there oil-polluted beaches in his home state of Texas that he could enjoy instead?<\/P>
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I suppose, though, that it would make sense for him to be going to Osterville. It is the richest community on Cape Cod. The most expensive house sold in Massachusetts history (at $26 million+) was just down the sreet from my humble childhood home (of 3 beds, one bath and an 1\/8 acre of land). I mean, a good chunk of Osterville’s land is either part of a gated island community (Oyster Harbors) or part of the Wianno Golf and Yacht Club. I guess with that much wealth, he’s bound to fit in.<\/P>
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Which brings me to a few anti-Kerry ads I’ve seen on TV lately. Have you seen them? They mimic the Mastercard ads by talking about John Kerry’s expensive haircut, his name-brand clothes, and his mansion in Boston. Then the ad ends by saying it’s “Priceless.” They’re basically saying that that Kerry is out-of-touch with the American working class. Yet, correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t GW Bush a millionaire, too? Doesn’t he own a compound in Texas? Didn’t he own a sports team? Didn’t he own oil fields? Doesn’t his family own an enormous oceanfront estate in Kennebunkport, Maine? Why is Kerry’s wealth so bad and Bush’s wealth so good?<\/P>
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Anyway, I’m hoping that his driver forgets to turn down the road to Osterville and ends up continuing on down to Provincetown! Let’s see how he fits in there!<\/P>
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