Thursday, February 12, 2009

Pundit Roundup (Thursday Two-fer)

When Joanie Vennochi intones "When it comes to a gas tax hike, the time for hedging is over. It is time to lead" then it's clear the Governor can hedge to his heart's content during a one month vacation on Mustique sans any worry or woe.
Whatever she is on about it is usually the wrong thing at the wrong time...count on it.
Meanwhile in the Metro section Kevin Cullen gets all self righteous about Shepard Fairey's arrest for graffiti vandalism...woooo...Caucasiastan has sent us a new ambassador it seems. Good ghod, Cullen is all sodden with false class consciousness and pleased some out of state long haired ar-tiste got pinched for littering while the BPD still can't close any one of a stack of unsolved homicides.
"Fairey's arrest has spawned a debate on the concept of public art, at least art that is imposed on the public by self-important phonies who regard property rights the way some pols and rich folks do taxes: rules that should apply to everybody but them."
Geezus Kevin it isn't like Judge W. Arthur Garrity compelled the ICA to put on the show and sent in the audience via forced bussing or something, get a grip!
Am I alone in the Commonwealth in thinking that graffiti vandalism is a crime of annoyance and an pestering of private property...but murder is still something just a bit more important legally and morally???

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