Legal Inexperience

The other day, some AssWipe claimed to be damaged by this ridiculous Blog.  Naturally the DipShit says she will sue me for libel, slander and being a Big Meanie.
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The great majority of People who threaten to sue have never been to court and never paid a legal bill in their life.
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If they had, they wouldn't be so glib with their silly threats and exhortations.
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As some of you know, I have paid a ton of money to  lawyers in my adult life, and seen the inside of a courtroom way too often.
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So if you want to sue me...... Put up or Shut up.  And, if you don't like what this Blog says... don't read it.... it's not about you, Ms. AssWipe DipShit.  But just in case your enormous ego won't let you absorb that.... pay an Attorney to tell you.  My guess is that will be the first legal bill you ever saw.
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Money Talks, Bullshit Walks.

My Confession

Peeps....
I have a confession to make.
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And I'm not a little bit ashamed to make it.
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This is wicked humiliating.
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But being a Mountain of a Man means that you have to face your foibles head on.
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This is it.
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I like Matt Damon.
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I think he is a great actor and I love his movies.
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Yes... I know he is an asshole in real life and his liberal, "Matt Knows What's  Best for You" Dumbercrat politics is incredibly insulting and obnoxious.
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But I like him anyway.
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Yes.... I have flaws.
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This is one of them.
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I'm so very sorry.

The Old Bull and the Young Bull

Years ago, Ed Calnan, one of my mentors, told me the story of the Old Bull and the Young Bull.

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The Old Bull and the Young Bull were walking in the pasture and looked up at a herd of cows at the top of a hill.

The Young Bull said, "Look at those Cows!  Let's RUN up and Fuck one of them.!"

The Old Bull paused, turned and responded... "That sounds good, but, Let's WALK up and Fuck ALL of them."

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Over the years, I've often started out like the Young Bull, but then caught myself.

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Calnan also was the first to admonish me with, "Don't get Mad... Get Even..." when I was a young upstart.

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Now you probably think that this Old Bull is looking to Get Even, and you would be right.   Those old Lynn lessons are about to pay off.... once again.

Nanepashemet Nod for President

President Obama has begun his campaign for re-election that will culminate next November.
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Rather than screw around with you hapless and totally disoriented Peeps, I think I will take an unprecedented action and cut through any drama and delay by giving the coveted Nanepashemet endorsement to his opponent, Republican Mitt Romney.
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Normally, the Nanepashemet Nod ends all speculation and secures the outcome in favor of the endorsed candidate, but in this case, I must reluctantly say.... Not so much.
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I say this because I haven't forgotten the training that earned me a Bachelor of Arts Cum Laude in Political Science from that esteemed institution of higher learning... the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.    At that school, despite intensive partying and other hijinx, I was introduced to the hypothesis of the Harvard Professor, V.O. Key  (March 13, 1908 - October 4, 1963) who wrote one of my textbooks and explained that Presidential Elections have historically been determined by a few simple factors.

• An Incumbent has the advantage.
• People make their voting decision based upon how they personally feel about their own economic security... not what the candidate says or stands for.
• If the Incumbent is running and the economy is on the upswing, the Incumbent will win.

So Peeps... even though I prefer Romney because of his intelligence and business acumen, I predict four more years of hope and change from the Obamanistas.  Yes... BO will win.
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Why????   Do the math yourself !!
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The War on Terror has run its course, and the cyclical nature of the economy has curative powers and will improve things as we come closer to November.
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Since Obama is the incumbent, he will benefit from the good feeling that these trends will bring to the American Electorate.
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Hence, BO continues his teleprompter based, remarkable hold on the Presidency despite his hazy history and complete lack of applicable experience.  I don't like it either, but it is what it is.
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Course... the late Professor Key never knew about the power of the Nanepashemet Nod.
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But I doubt he would have changed his hypothesis even if he was a Nanepashemet Peep.... which he obviously would have been.

1. B-Pops  saidMay 6, 2012 04:19 PM

   You, sir, are correct. BO will win in November, as we all lose. Can we even imagine what he might do this term with no thoughts of re-election?

POTW WEEK 18

My favorite line from the film "Gladiator", starring Russell Crowe as the General Maximus, is when the Germanic Barbarians send the headless body of the unfortunate Roman emissary back on his horse to the Roman lines.

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The Field Captain of Maximus notes the act, watches the Germanic Leader taunt and hurl the severed head back to the Roman lines, turns to Maximus and calmly says...
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"People should know when they are conquered."
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The Romans then proceed to decimate the enthusiastic but utterly disorganized Germanic army.
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Ergo....you can swagger and boast all you want, but if simple facts and a solid organization are not in place, and you cut off the head of your enemy's negotiator, you will be annihilated.  You should know when you should step back.

ANNOUNCING....
Nanepashemet Peeps of the Week for the 18th Week of 2012

Lorie Tabor
Tom Egan
Kathy Peabody
Peter Lojko
Mike Rockett
Lisa Panakio Rowe

By the way, the taunting Germanic Leader was completely skewered with Roman spears and swords.
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So all the swaggering and bravado ended up to be short lived and really counterproductive.     Maybe if he didn't cut off the emissary's head, he might not like his immediate surroundings, but things would have eventually worked out for him.
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Instead he dug himself a hole which led to his utter demise.

Waterfront Offerings

Land Offerings

Lily White Warren

I said I was done with Warren posts... but I'm not.  I admit that even a Mountain of a Man has his weaknesses and this "claiming she is a Native American" continues to taunt me.
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So I pick up the Salem News on a Sat. morning and see that our candidate has visited Salem State University yesterday on the campaign stump.  Naturally, one of the first questions was if she is a Native American, to which she replied," I am proud of my family and proud of my heritage, and would rather speak of something else."
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Translation.... "No Comment, so change the freaking subject."
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This is what bugs the hell out of me with this issue.
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Affirmative Action was created to redress the evils placed on minorities in the past, and bring about economic equality.  I happen to support it, even though it is patently unfair at times.
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But if there is no way that you can be discerned as a minority, as is the case with our Indian Princess but otherwise Lily White Warren, then is it unethical to proclaim that you are one in order to gain Affirmative Action status?
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Should you qualify for benefits as a minority if nobody can tell you are a minority?  How can you be discriminated against if nobody knows you are a minority unless you tell them?
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Warren is a law professor.... but she should audit a Freshman Ethics class.  Even at Harvard.
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Maybe my sense of morality is warped, but I definitely think this is grossly unethical.

Not a Coal Miner's Daughter

Peeps....
I swear to the Angels, Saints and all that is Holy..... that this is the last time I post something about how U.S. Senate Candidate, Elizabeth Warren, bugs the hell out of me.
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But now she has Fearless Leader, B. H. Obama, touting her as the daughter of a janitor.
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What?
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Is he dissing janitors?   Is he saying that a person performing building maintenance services is somehow a lesser soul, and that if you happen to be the daughter of a janitor, then that makes your some kind of person who has overcome some vast adversity?????  Is it some kind of Coal Miner's Daughter Loretta Lynn deal?
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If I were a janitor, I would be wicked insulted and quite pissed.
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Then, the POTUS mentions that Poser Pocahontas Liz created some federal agency to help the middle class.
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What?   Where?  How?
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 Liz... I'm middle class through and through, and in need of a ton of help.    So where do I tie into this cool agency that you created?   If it is so freaking good, how come I never heard of it, and how come Barach O never even mentions the name of said "agency" in your pandering TV ad???
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Maybe it's only for middle class white people who are 1/32 Native American like yourself.   So that would disqualify me right off the bat.
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 Just my luck.  I can only find poor Irish immigrants in my genealogy, and none of them seemed to diddle with any Cherokees even a little... which would have given be a step up and a chance to check off the minority box for a little AA.
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But then again... why should I get any advantages?   My father wasn't a janitor, and I'm 100% British Isles European Caucasian... so no extra boost for me.
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I guess I'll just have to get by without Liz's cool agency to help... which is ok because I don't know what the agency is.

AnonymousMay 4, 2012 04:42 PM

hoya hoya hoya. Aren't you glad you live in Mass? What a freakin nightmare. At least Scotty drives a truck!

Divine rules! Oh how you long for Jane Swift!

Word Association

Get serious, don't put your family through this.  You should move yourself and not let the Sheriff do it.  Even if you have to stay with family, it is better than a forced move, because that is where this is going.  This has been done by a lot smarter people than you or I.  Time to turn the page.

You simply can't afford to live in our home, and we have a host of others who can, and have already leased it to a family ready to move in.  There is no shame.  One thing is certain.  You will not be in our home much longer.  I would avoid the traumatic path to your family if I were you and move yourself rather than have a forced move occur.

We have heard all of your rants and insults, but in the long run, this can't really hurt me or my family, financially or otherwise.   It is you who are putting your family through this.  You should do the right thing for them.

An Honest Answer from Edwards and Warren

You're probably getting a bit bored with my Elizabeth Warren "Native American" obsession.
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I know I am.
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But just once, I'd like one of these politicians to come clean.
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Like John Kerry's running mate, Jon Edwards knocking up that campaign bimbo.  
More denial than the river in Egypt.
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Jon... why couldn't you just have said something like.... "Yeah, I had sex with her.... mindless, crazy, who-gives-a- crap monkey sex... and now I'm paying the price of my ailing wife kicking my ass... and I really freaking deserve it.   Plus I knocked up the Bitch and will never live it down, so that's the end of trying to be Kerry's Veep."  
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Seems to me, he could have taken the hit, got it over with, and be well into a nice career doing real estate passings or lawyer ambulance chasing down in the Carolinas by now.   Instead..... he freaking lies, his wife dies of cancer, he looks like the scumbag of the Western Hemisphere and most likely will be doing time in Federal Prison.  And the monkey sex???  Be more like gorilla sex doggy style for him in his new digs.
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And for that matter... back to the Posing Pocahontas Warren....
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When the erudite Law Professor got caught with her little Red hand  in the Affirmative Action cookie jar, why couldn't she just have said something like... "Yeah  I signed up as an Indian... and why the hell not??? I'm not that freaking smart compared to all of those chauvinistic male law professors and needed all the boost  I could get.  Plus, I never thought I would run for the US Senate and get caught with a little "Red Lie".  But you can't prove I'm not a Cherokee.  You freaking whites destroyed all the birth certificates."
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Course that response would be outrageous, but at least it's believable, and probably the truth.  I'd still refuse to give her my vote, but at least I wouldn't be so insulted by her bullshit current answer of trying to find others out there who are 1/32 Native American that she could have lunch with..

That Explains It

How does a lie morph into a stupid lie?  Read below.
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Mass. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren explains past listing of Native American heritage

(Steven Senne/ Associated Press ) - Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate Elizabeth Warren faces reporters during a news conference at Liberty Bay Credit Union headquarters, in Braintree, Mass., Wednesday, May 2, 2012. Warren responded to questions on her Native American heritage.

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By Associated Press, Published: May 2

BRAINTREE, Mass. — Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren said Wednesday she listed herself as having Native American heritage in law school directories because she hoped to meet people with similar roots.

Warren, a Harvard Law School professor, said she never tried to use minority status to get teaching jobs and criticized the campaign of Republican Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown for suggesting that may have been the case.

 “I listed myself in the directory in the hopes that might mean that I would be invited to a luncheon, a group, something that might happen with people who are like I am,” Warren said during a campaign appearance in Braintree, according to the Boston Herald (http://bit.ly/K2ppRF).

The listing did not produce any such contacts, and she later stopped using it, Warren said.

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So you lied about your heritage to find other liars?  Man... I thought they were smart over at Harvard.  Glad I went to UMASS.

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Note to Liz:   Shut the F'k up.   Do not mention this bogus topic again and hope that enough of your flock of mindless sheep never pick up on your "affirmative action" career move.

Note to Scott Brown:  Go light on spending  your campaign chest.  You are a shoo in facing this crazy phony and it's a shame to waste too much money.

Warren's Pow Wow

Elizabeth Warren is a Native American ....at least that's what her employer, Harvard University, said in an effort to explain the lack of minorities employed at that esteemed  "Institution of Knowing What's Best for Us".
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We used to call the Native Americans, Indians.... but that is not politically correct.   And even though this pathetic blog is named after the great Massachusetts Sachem, Nanepashemet of the Naumkeags, I just can't warm up to the Democratic US Senate candidate from Harvard University.... and it's not just because of her insulting "talk down to the little people" political ads that she has been running.
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I should be thrilled to see that native people like Warren are striding forward and running for Federal office.  Native Americans were brutally oppressed by the white settlers in this area as well as the rest of the American Continent.  The fact that Ms. Warren can succeed  despite the obvious obstacles in her path should bring a huge swell of pride for me, with my dedication to Native American heritage and all.
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But I just can't see it with Professor Warren.
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Can you?
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Apparently, she listed herself as a minority in two other Law Schools where she previously taught but geneologists who have traced her heritage back to her mother's great-grandmother can find no Native American lineage.

Seems like there is a little liberal phony bullshit in play here.
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If Warren is an Indian... then I'm Hiawatha.
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How disgusting is it to ride on the Affirmative Action coattails of a genuinely oppressed minority when you are a middle class white women for all to see????  Harvard should fire her lying ass.  It's as bad as lying that you have a degree from Harvard... actually worse.  People go to jail for that, but Phony Pocahontas will walk free for her stealth of a minority designation.
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Remember that comely Indian Maiden who got it going with Kevin Costner in "Dances With Wolves"?
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I think her name was "Stands With A Fist."    The Rumor around Nanepashemet is that the Native American moniker for Elizabeth Warren is "Heaves the Cow Chips".

Tuna Lips saidMay 1, 2012 05:32 PM

I knows me an injun or three. Mostly honest, quick with a blade and always up fir a pow wow. Loved me a Cheyenne gal, went by the name of Little Spread Eagle, did the swing shift down at the Naked Eye.

Fine folks, them godless heathens.

RIP Lou Panakio

Lou Panakio died in his sleep last night in Naples, Florida,  He was 81.
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Greater Lynn area people will know him as the proprietor of Panakio Adjusters, a public insurance adjuster business started by his father, and which flourished under Lou.
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I first knew of him when I was eight years old.  My father was proud to be his landscaper, and he took me with him to bury my dead parakeet in Lou's Walnut Street sideyard while we were planting  some marigolds.... unbeknownst to Lou.
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He was a quiet and understated presence in the Lynn community and served on the Lynn Zoning Board of Appeals for 43 years with a strong combination of fairness, common sense, and political savvy.
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His ability to provide service as an insurance adjuster was legendary.  I remember Jim Starratt, the Lynn Building Commissioner, once stating to me that if he ever had a fire in his house, his first call would be to Lou Panakio and the second would be to the Lynn Fire Department.    That was an exaggeration... but not by much. On every occasion that we used Panakio Adusters, Lou more than took the sting out of the loss.
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Lou helped me land my first property management contract after I left the Lynn Housing Authority and later partnered on some ill fated development projects with me that went south in the 80's housing collapse.  There were some harrowing and embarrassing moments for me during that period, but Lou always showed a ton of strength and class.
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He could always turn a phrase and was intolerant of Bullshit.  Many times, when I would embellish a situation to him his response was "That and a nickel will buy you a cup of coffee."  That would bring me right back down to Earth.
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I was so happy when we reunited with Lou, his daughter Lisa, and son-in-law, Harvey Rowe three or four years ago.  When Lou first came into our Marblehead home at Beverly Ave., which we had just remodeled, he looked around and remarked to Harvey,   "You couldn't keep John Nestor down even if you buried him in a coffin six feet under and nailed it shut."  It was funny at the time, and I was thankful and proud to hear Lou say that.  But it was typical of his wit, good nature,  and genuine affection for other people.
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He had a long and happy marriage with his wife, Marcia, and they both thoroughly enjoyed golfing at the Salem Country Club and from his condominium on the golf course in Naples, Florida.  A year and a half ago, when he was inducted into the Lynn Heritage State Park Museum for his contributions to the City of Lynn, his great lament was that his wife of 53 years wasn't alive to experience it with him.
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Now Lou, you can tell Marcia all about it, and celebrate with her about the remarkable and fruitful life that you have just completed.

RIP Louis J. Panakio.  You will be missed.