{"id":390,"date":"2004-06-23T10:26:08","date_gmt":"2004-06-23T14:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/snarl\/2004\/06\/23\/politics-as-usual\/"},"modified":"2004-06-23T10:26:08","modified_gmt":"2004-06-23T14:26:08","slug":"politics-as-usual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/snarl\/2004\/06\/23\/politics-as-usual\/","title":{"rendered":"Politics as Usual"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I just lost everything. I was editing what I had just written – and it all just disappeared with an accidental click of the mouse. SHIT! Well, here goes my frustrated attempt at recreating what I had written – which will obviously lack my normal wit and charm. I apologize in advance.<\/P>
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The Democratic National Convention (DNC) is definitely approaching fast. The former elevated central artery in front of our condo is coming down at a record pace. This area (which is across the street from our condo building) is going to be used as the staging area for the protestors during the convention. Just in case, Matt and I have increased our home-owner’s insurance.<\/P>
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And on my walk to the train this morning I noticed a bunch of DNC contractors hovering over a hole they had just dug right next to the Fleet Center. The inquisitive pedestrian that I am had to find out what was causing such worry on their faces. As I approached the hole I noticed that there was a torrent of water filling the hole quickly (imagine watching the bloody elevator secene in the Shining in fast-forward…but with water instead of blood…and with bearish men in bright orange vests instead of creepy twins). Anyway, they had apparently opened a water main by accident. I wasn’t able to stick around to see the aftermath since I had a train to catch.<\/P>
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Speaking of the DNC, the Boston Herald’s front page this morning (every front page for the past few months has talked about the DNC) said that 77% of Greater Boston residents are fleeing the city that week…77%!!!!! The conventioneers are going to find an eerily deserted city when they show up. Millions of people who either live in, or commute to, Boston will be avoiding Boston like straight men to ballet. All of these visiting delegates aren’t going to be able to see the real Boston. It’s a shame.<\/P>
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Oh, and another article in the Boston Herald talked about how yesterday, on the same day that our much-hated Governor Mitt Romney was testifying in Washington, D.C. to ban gay marriage, our two former REPUBLICAN governors Swift and Weld were actually attending a gay marriage in Boston (Weld even delivered the homily). In fact, countless other politicians were in attendance at the wedding (Boston Mayor Menino, Massachusetts State Auditor DeNucci, Boston Police Commisioner O’Toole and former Massachusetts Attorney General Bellotti). I wonder why Romney was left out of that celebration?<\/P>
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On a final note – I enjoyed people leaving comments and sending emails letting me know the songs they can listen to over and over again. Let’s keep this up….leave comments to let me know what movies you could watch over and over again. For me, it’s ‘Beautiful Thing’ and anything Christopher Guest (‘Waiting for Guffman’, ‘Best in Show’ or ‘A Mighty Wind’).<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I just lost everything. I was editing what I had just written – and it all just disappeared with an accidental click of the mouse. SHIT! Well, here goes my frustrated attempt at recreating what I had written – which will obviously lack my normal wit and charm. I apologize in advance. The Democratic National […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/snarl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/snarl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/snarl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/snarl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/snarl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/snarl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/snarl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/snarl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/snarl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}