The Truck Stop Rears Its Ugly Head, Again!

On Wednesday the 26th of August, at 7 pm, the owners of the property next to Exit 1 (The Gingerella’s) and Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores are going to appeal the Planning Board’s decision to deny the development of a truckstop at Exit 1.   We will be back in the Ashaway Elementary School.

So, we’re going to have to do it all over again.  Get as many people as you can together to go sit at the meeting, even if you don’t voice your displeasure, the presence of so many people sends a very clear message.  I think the total last time was 170 people?  Let’s see if we can do as well this time.

It’s a pain, I know.  But it needs to be done.

I’ll see you there.

Obama Can’t Say He is Sorry.

I’m busy during the summer and Hopkinton is pretty quite this time of year so I won’t have much to post for the next couple months (or the last one).

But I had to comment on President Obama’s stupidity.  In remarking on the Cambridge Police’s performance he has made a major error.  Obama said the Department had acted stupidly in arresting Henry Gates on his front porch.  I reiterate:  The President of the United States called a local PD stupid for making a routine arrest.

I have no love for the police.  In Hopkinton especially, we have too many of them.  And if you read my previous posts, it appears that the HPD (the Chief in particular) has been up to some pretty unsavory business.   But I recognize the importance of the police in general.   I am not interested in being a cop.  So I pay taxes so someone else can do that job.  And they have a hard job.  And some of them are bullies.  And some of them are jerks.  But when one of them, jerk or not, shows up at my house to stop someone from breaking and entering, misunderstanding or not, I am not going to abuse that cop.  I will probably thank them.

Whether Crowley acted appropriately is not important.  He acted within his discretion.   He may have pushed the bounds of disorderly conduct but he didn’t break the law.   He had an irate man on his hands so he dealt with it.  Henry Gates, on the other hand, is a self-righteous asshole.  I know nothing of the man and his politics but I know an idiot when I see one.  Henry Gates is one of them.

Some rules all Americans should know:

1. Be polite when the cops come knocking to protect your property and person.
2. Don’t call a cop a racist just because you are a different race from the cop.
3. Don’t yell at a cop.  Ever.  It just pisses them off and results in your arrest.
4. After giving your identification, don’t ever step onto the porch with a cop.  Stay in your home and shut the door calmly and politely if you do not want to interact with said cop.  Reference your lawyer.  They WILL go away.
5. If you are the President of the United States, shut your goddamn mouth when you have no idea what you are talking about.
6. If you are the President of the United States, say you are sorry when you act like an idiot (i.e. calling cops stupid).  We will forgive you.  But if you insist you were correct, we will be happy to vote you out of office in 2012.

I voted for Obama.  Despite the stupidity of Gates and the, shall we say, aggressiveness of Crowley, Obama is the one who screwed the pooch.  And I did not vote for a man who cannot say he is sorry, that guy was supposed to be McCain.  Obama is the only one who clearly made a mistake by speaking on a subject where he was 1. biased and 2. completely unaware of the facts.  He still has not said he is sorry.  And 41% of Americans agree with me.  Mr. President, just say you are sorry.  No one cares about a stupid beer summit.  We want humility.  Have a little mea culpa.

In other news:  The truck stop was halted for now.  200 or so people showed up to fight it.  Great job!

And the Town Council approved the HPD’s most recent contract.  It seems fine.  I don’t really care.  If we could dump 4 cops I’d be thrilled to offer each remaining cop a 5% increase per year.  Oh, and we would have to boot the Chief out of the union.