Three words why I cannot support Kerry ...

[Bad Thoughts]

THE BIG DIG

Kerry has been a key supporter of this financially and economically disastrous project. It put more polluting cars on the road. It sapped money for infrastructure and investment from the western part of Massachusetts. It has been a lightning rod for corruption. It will contribute to the extension of urban sprawl around Boston.

[anti-NAFTA]

1. I thought yuo were going to say

AOL Time Warner.

[krkaufman]

35. And I thought....

> I thought you were going to say
> AOL Time Warner.

Chortle!

And I thought the "3 words" were going to be, one of:

• Iraq War Resolution,
  
• Skull and Bones, or
  
• Bring It On!

Yeah, news of that tunnel's spiraling costs have even made it out here (IL, once).

[Jerseycoa]

2. Welcome to DU

:hi:

[rpf113]

3. Will you vote for him if he's the nominee?

I don't like that he is Skull and Bones, but I'll vote for him.
I'm a clark man myself, though.

[Bad Thoughts]

42. Yes ...

The Senator gets a vote for me in November, but not afterward.

[NewHampster]

4. But its fun to drive through

even with the ice from the leaking walls

[soothsayer]

5. skull and bones

woulda' been my three words

[AntiCoup2K4]

17. Mine too

Though "Advised by PNAC" equally fits well.

[THUNDER HANDS]

6. you get points for coming up with an original criticism

Of course, that project also created HUNDREDS of jobs.

[californiahippie]

11. So does war.

[Mass_Liberal]

12. not sure if you are from Massachusetts

but most people around here would tell you that the hundreds of jobs it may have created were not nearly worth it.

[THUNDER HANDS]

15. no, I'm not

But whether or not people thought the jobs were worth the project overall, there are hundreds, if not thousands, of families who were able to put food on the table because of that project.

[Mass_Liberal]

27. you have a point

of course, you would probably agree that it was grossly mismanaged, and furthermore has gone a long way towards bankrupting Boston, and our state.

[THUNDER HANDS]

29. I'm sure it was

why did it take so long to complete, exactly, and is it going to be 100% completed by the time the convention rolls around?

[nofurylike]

39. bechtel scheme

http://www.arterybusiness.com/abccsglobe12.25.03.htm


peace

[Monte Carlo]

40. Some might be glad that the Central Artery is gone.

And that Boston is no longer cut off from a large part of its waterfront.

[Bad Thoughts]

45. No jobs for the Pioneer Valley n/t

[krkaufman]

37. Terrorist target

> you get points for coming up with an original criticism
> Of course, that project also created HUNDREDS of jobs.

Yeah, and it'll create even more jobs trying to protect such a rich target from terrorists. Yikes!, talk about an ugly scenario. Hope the engineers have planned adequately for that possibility. (i.e. better than the WTC planners)

[Bad Thoughts]

44. Diverted money

from investment in the western part of the state. How many friends of mine had to move because of the impoverishing of the Pioneer Valley? All the jobs have shifted eastward, leaving dying towns in its wake.

[GalleryGod]

7. Somone please Call down an "Air Strike" on this Thread!

for Excessive and toxic lameness:nuke: :nuke: :nuke:

[LiviaOlivia]

28. I second that emotion

n/t

[brainshrub]

8. voted for war

those were my 3 words.

But the Big Dig is something I hadn't considered.

[WWW]

9. Who are you leaning to? n/t sorry misspelling

[economic justice]

10. I understand...but....

I can see where that could be a hot-button issue for you. But honestly, this is the first time I have ever hear of somebody making a decision about a presidential candidate based on support for a local (state?) issue. That's looking at every dotted "I" and every crossed "T"....you're tough! Welcome to DU!!

[Bad Thoughts]

46. Why not

Why not ask what Kerry has done for the state? Some of us in the west wonder if Kerry realizes that there is life outside Boston. Furthermore, it should be a reflection on his environmental, urban development and transportation policies.

[BeFree]

13. One word

Establishment

[HalfManHalfBiscuit]

14. Boston Red Sox

I'm not sure if sox is a real word.

[WilliamPitt]

16. ...it poured millions into the economy and helped union workers...

[JohnKleeb]

19. Youre a MA resident as is MA liberal

I dont know anything about this project really, because I am a Virginian but wouldnt getting Kerry in the white house heh, maybe slow down this project because one of its key supporters is gone. :shrug: personally I think we should be posting why we will vote for the nominee, I already have one word why lol, Bush I want that sucka gone.

[Monument]

24. $19Bil for 3+ (?) Miles of roadway. HORRENDOUS SPENDING

"...it created jobs and helped unions"


but at what cost? The figure is something like $10,000,000 per job. Abhorrant spending, and I live in downtown Boston.

And you wonder how they're going to paint Kerry as a liberal tax-and-spend senator from Taxachusetts?

[Mass_Liberal]

31. I'd be glad to pay my taxes for that project

though I am not yet of tax-paying age, my problem with it is only that it was a gigantic work, that took a HUGE chunk out of the budget. It is quite helpful for lessening traffic though, I will say that. :-)

[KFC]

18. Uncontrollable Clown Puncher

Brown Fart Bubble

[HalfManHalfBiscuit]

21. Lapping Dog Smeller

Barking Rodeo Possum

[MercutioATC]

41. I've declared myself judge and "Barking Rodeo Possum" is the winner!

'course my monitor is, once again, the loser. Did you know that wine WILL stain beige plastic?

[WWW]

20. It's another tease to pit us against one another...n/t

[WWW]

22. And I bet $20 bucks this guy won't reply n/t

[Bad Thoughts]

48. I'm here n/t

[emulatorloo]

23. My Three Words: HE'S TOO TALL

EOM

[molly]

36. Too smart and too classy - his wife too!

[Lobo_13]

25. Lying, Dirty, Obsessed?

Those words come to mind for me.

[WWW]

26. Bad Thoughts are you still there? please weigh in n/t

[Bad Thoughts]

50. I'm here n/t

[emulatorloo]

30. Three More Words: His Full Hair!

I've lost most of mine, and it makes me mad.

[Lexingtonian]

32. So

I suppose you're not going to blame Ted Kennedy or Joe Moakley, who were the actual forces behind getting Boston the money back in '86 or '88 when Kerry was in his second or third year as the junior Senator indeed. Or the State House, which loaded up the thing with patronage folks and pushed Bechtel into hiring construction companies that apparently employ relatives of the legislators and give kickback contributions to them. That payout scheme to the North End and South End was probably also invented by Kerry, I'm sure.

I don't see you pointing out the extent to which Boston generally subsidizes Western Massachusetts, by the way. We Boston suburbanites have the pleasure of keeping you folks driving on asphalt at all. And you probably didn't have to drive the CA often enough to see the 10-lb rusty metal chunks falling off it into the main driving lanes, or the axle-breaking holes formed when ice broke out the concrete underlay in late winter freeze-thaw cycles.

[Bad Thoughts]

51. Kerry is a friend to the environment ...

so ride the T.

[Paragon]

33. I saw the PBS doc on it

Pretty amazing that the whole thing got approved, given the scope. If Kerry really had something to do with getting it passed, then he's more persuasive than I thought.

[bearfartinthewoods]

34. will the dig be done by the convention?

or will we get to see lots of exposees on it during the week?

[papau]

38. Until Tips "big Dig", Mass got back 75% (?) of taxes sent Feds

Tip got a thank you note from the Senate and House back in the Reagan years - the big dig.

Where are Kerry's fingerprints on this public works project - and how is it worse than all the other Dem and GOP public works projects over the last 15 years?

[incapsulated]

43. Purple Monkey Dishwasher!

Can you find the hidden Simpsons reference in this post?

[bicentennial_baby]

47. This Western MA resident thanks you!

If those fucks in Boston would bother to grace our area with their reptillian presence, they would see that Western MA is quickly slipping away. No jobs, no development...a beautiful place being destroyed by neglect.

[creativelcro]

49. Tell me about it.... Like a huge hemorrhage.

[Stuckinthebush]

52. Sure...but, perhaps now I won't be scared to death to drive in Boston

That's a plus of the big dig...right?

I can finally say to my sister in Concord, MA, "Don't worry about driving an hour into town, I'll rent a car and drive myself thankyouverymuch!" Ahhhh, how I look forward to that day!

By the way, is the dig finished yet? I haven't been back in about 1 1/2 years.

Of course, it won't do anything for the frickin' insane Bostonians who shove their car bumpers into a space two inches wide in order to break into line going onto an on ramp! Those people are just plain loony.

Oh, forget it...I'll just take the damn T.