By: Christine Morabito – January 2014 Raising the minimum wage – sounds like a good idea. Fair? Compassionate? Would you feel differently if you knew it would hurt the very people it claims to help? If you were to peek behind the curtain, you might see your favorite politician in the warm embrace of the […]
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Morabito Looks Back at Two Years of Fighting the Status-Quo, Internal Friction, Media Bias By: Tom Duggan – January 1, 2013 After two years leading the Greater Boston Tea Party (GBTP), Christine Morabito says she is stepping down from her post, paving the way for Patrick Humphries to be elected president of the anti-tax group. […]
By: Kenneth Willette – December, 2013 As we reach the conclusion of President Obama’s fifth year in office, it is only fair at this critical juncture to assess the full extent of his domestic and foreign affairs record. The Obama record is one of repeated examples of cold and deliberate partisanship and missed opportunities for […]
CLICK TO DOWNLOAD OR LISTEN TO HOUR 1 CLICK TO DOWNLOAD OR LISTEN TO HOUR 2 Not our traditional year end show on Paying Attention but with Paul Murano taking yet another Saturday off we were treated with a guest co-host; film and record producer Daryl C. Silva, who just released his second movie on […]
CLICK TO LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD HOUR 1 CLICK TO LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD HOUR 2 Kate Riley of Lawrence Mayor-elect Dan Rivera’s transition team came in to chat about the inauguration of the new mayor. Tom and Paul also talked about Phil Roberts and the gay mafia in the media. Voter ID and MORE Tom also […]
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufvGhzcOp-Q&feature=youtu.be&w=280&h=220] MORE PHOTOS By: Tom Duggan – December 26, 2013 Dozens of friends, family and former colleagues of slain Woburn Police Officer Jack Maguire gathered for a candle light vigil in the Kohl’s parking lot Thursday evening on the spot where Jack lost his life three years to the day. A procession of Woburn Police […]
By: Paul Murano -December, 2013 “Our world has always been at war with itself because it has been at war with God.” These are the words of renowned philosopher and author Peter Kreeft. In the same vein, spiritual theologian Thomas Merton once wrote: “We are not at peace with others because we are not at […]
By: Dani Langevin – December, 2013 In 1927, fifty-five year old Andrew Kehoe, school board treasurer in Bath, Michigan shot his wife, fire-bombed his own barn then set off a bomb at the Bath Consolidated School killing thirty-eight school children, six adults and injuring fifty-eight others. It was and still remains the deadliest act against […]
By: Jeff Katz – December, 2013 It is that time of the year when Christmas is in the news. For many of my friends it is an extremely important time of the year. For truly faithful Christians, this is all about the birth of their Messiah and the tremendous hope and joy this brings to […]
By: Helen Mooradkanian – December, 2013 In the early dawn hours of March 25, 1969, in the rice paddies of South Vietnam, near Bong Son, in the province of Binh Dinh, 22-year old Sergeant Thomas F. Siopes, Company A, 2nd Battalion, 503d Infantry, 173d Airborne Brigade (separate), was leading a patrol on a “search and […]
We started off the year of 2013 losing our good friend and colleague, Ronnie Ford of Methuen. We missed him all year and it would be impossible to start a “year in review” without remembering Ronnie and his family. AUDITOR SUZANNE BUMP & ALL THOSE MISSING EBT CARDS Massachusetts State Auditor Suzanne Bump conducted an […]
The December 2013 Valley Patriot, Edition #122
By: Tom Duggan – December 15, 2013 Last month all three of Lawrence’s State Representatives voted in favor of Voter ID in Massachusetts. This is odd given that we are told day in, and day out by the Democrat leadership, and the so called “news” media that people who support Voter ID are, in fact, […]
By: Dr. Bharani Padmanabhan Dear Madam, For a year now I have been waiting, living off my savings, to hear from you and your office about my written criminal complaint regarding Dr Julian Harris at Mass DPH and his controllers at Cambridge Health Alliance. Despite numerous pleas there has been absolute silence from you. Recently […]