Thank goodness we spent all that money

When the economy was getting ready to go into the toilet ten years ago, President Bush started the process of getting the economic recovery act going. When he left office, President Obama carried on with it.

One of the things the act did, aside from propping up the Big 3 auto manufacturers and the "too big to fail" banks, was to create a massive pool of money designated for "local municipal projects".

In Massachusetts, our forward-thinking state government decided to spend a huge junk of our funds on the purchase and installation of a bunch of electronic message boards for the various highways. You can't miss them if you drive the Pike or 91.

Yesterday I was rolling west on the Pike and as I approached the Chicopee exit, I saw a sign that read something to the effect of:

Sail Boston - June 17.
Heavy Traffic.
Plan accordingly.

So if you are planning on going to Chicopee, do it soon because once those sailors hit Chicopee, you won't be able to get anywhere....

My point is we spent a lot of our tax dollars on an electronic message board system that is being used to warn us about stuff going on 80 miles away in Boston. Or as Bostonians like to call it, the center of the known universe.

I would be a lot happier with the expenditure for message boards if they warned us about what was happening locally. You know, things that would be helpful like:

Some moron from New York is doing 62 in the left lane and he refuses to move over.
Because of him and all the trucks in the right lane, traffic is backed from Ludlow to Westfield.
Plan accordingly.

That's the kind of message that would be helpful to us out here.

I don't really give a shit that the poor souls in the seaport district are going to have to deal with a lot of traffic next Saturday. Warn me about something that actually impacts me.

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He spent most of the morning outside frolicking with The Small Emergency Backup Dog. When they finally came in, he jumped up on the couch and promptly fell asleep with his tongue hanging out.

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The Red Sox barely managed to beat the worst team in all of the MLB last night and tonight Price is pitching.

I do not have a good feeling about this....

While I watch the game, you can enjoy these links:

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