Comments for Pie and Coffee

Comment on 508 #183: Worcester Boards and Commissions 101 by Nicole

Nicole — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:46:19 +0000

For the record, I don’t know how to pronounce my last name, either.

Comment on Bernard E. Gilgun: Worcester’s Catholic Worker Priest by Michael Boover

Michael Boover — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:50:43 +0000

We miss him so much yet we are “carrying it on” as he would surely want us to!

Comment on Ten Days Against Ten Years of Guantanamo by Paul Murphy

Paul Murphy — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 23:10:43 +0000

Why would you want to close the only thing that provides any general awareness of the US global gulag?

If Gitmo is closed, detainees will simply be transferred to one of dozens of “secret” facilities, or tortured by international proxies.

Nothing will have been accomplished except that it will be even easier for Americans to cultivate ignorance.

The US military has been in action, all over the world in every venue, continuously since 1950, and there is no record of democratic action in the country having any effect on that fact.

I don’t like it either, but it’s true. The idea that praying the rosary is a serious response to these things is certainly one of the reasons why people find it hard to take the catholic left, and indeed catholics, very seriously.

Comment on Merry Christmas! by Paul Murphy

Paul Murphy — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 19:41:52 +0000

Merry Christmas, Mike. Best wishes on another year of spiritual progress and good works. Having transplanted myself from 01602 to 94709 many years ago, it warms my heart to see thoughtful people on the side of justice in Worcester. Even my old Model UN foe Colin Novick does the right thing.
This must be what they mean by God working in mysterious ways.

Warm Regards,
Paul F. Murphy

Comment on New Worcester paper launching in 2012? by Beth Foran-Hanavan

Beth Foran-Hanavan — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 00:59:51 +0000

Real Women Press!

Comment on 508 #180: Bad News by Brad Wyatt

Brad Wyatt — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:22:24 +0000

Here is a link to the pictures of the Jon Davies funeral procession that you referenced in the show.

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151039560670408.767843.512970407&type=1&l=0b47d458df

Happy Holidays to the 508 Crew

–Brad

Comment on New Worcester paper launching in 2012? by Karl Hakkarainen

Karl Hakkarainen — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 19:05:47 +0000

There's an ad on Craigslist as well: Looking for Writers - Launch of a Worcester Bi-Weekly Newspaper

Comment on 508 #179: Luna by Nicole

Nicole — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:30:34 +0000

Part of Paul Clancy’s schtick is that he is the only one with the exhaustive knowledge of Robert’s (and Council) Rules and encyclopedic knowledge of the last time Street X was repaved/the Council meeting lasted ’til 2am/Konnie Lukes smiled.

Goodness knows I eat up that stuff.

But what we can learn from Clancy is that just because someone knows (and remembers) history does not mean that he is an effective leader. Just because someone knows parliamentary procedure does not mean that person will not yell a correction at the chair or talk to the dude next to him rather than pay attention to the speaker.

And what is the good of having an encyclopedic knowledge of everything that happened in Worcester if it does NOT make that person an elder statesman in the best sense of the phrase?

One also gets the impression that Clancy feels that only he could run an effective City Council meeting. And while I think Lukes or Clancy would likely get my votes for “folks who could probably run a meeting effectively”, those meeting would also be even more humorless and soul-sucking than they usually are.

Comment on 508 #178: Beards by Mike

Mike — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:43:59 +0000

Scott’s is by far the most-requested beard.

I continue to pine for a decent photo of Bill Coleman with a beard.

Comment on 508 #178: Beards by Shreena

Shreena — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:41:57 +0000

A person with an awesome beard who does a ton in the community is Scott Guzman.