Welcome to the Boston Patriot

Greetings all and welcome to the intelligent musings of the Boston Patriot!

About 225 years ago, a bunch of drunk smugglers, pirates, muggers, thieves converged on a tiny hamlet built upon a salt marsh in a tiny corner of North America to pick a fight with the mightiest empire on the planet. We call those rag-tag bunch of idealistic hooligans - Bostonians.

Ah yes, Boston: the Hub of the Universe (if you don't count other cities like London, New York, Paris, Tokyo, Beijing, etc.) Sandwiched in between the cronyism, classism, racism, and puritanism that has beleaguered our fair town for centuries, is the spirit of a progressive thinking, enlightened ideals, and creativity. The echo of that spirit continues to today in the pubs around town, continuing the traditions started by our revolutionary forefathers.

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Let's get the facts straight about what the Boston Patriot will be and will not be.

1) No bullshit - Bostonians hate bullshit like everythign written above. The Boston Patriot doesn't like spin and detests those who try to manipulate the public in either a barrage of words or haze of lies. If there's one thing that you can expect from this blog, it's that there will be no bullshit. Whatever I choose to write about will be the straight skinny and it will be backed up.

2) No whining - 99.99995% of the blogs out on the market today contain a high content of whining, complaining, and grouching about one topic or another. According to the Surgeon General of the United States, "quit your whining." Hey, you may live longer... and you'll have a better day!

3) Education, whether you like it or not - You will learn something from this blog when you read it. It may be a stray fact, it may be a new idea. It may even be a canned, wicked clever catch phrase you can use to pick up chicks at the bah.

4) A clever view on Boston, America, and the World. - I may even include pictures... but only if you're really, really nice.

5) A wide breadth of issues - Quite frankly, I have no interest whatsoever in the analysis of President Bush's latest tie or who's sleeping with who in Hollywood. The Boston Patriot will cover a wide range of actually important issues, such as technology, the economy, and environmentalism. And even now and then, the Boston Patriot will give you items of useless knowledge that aren't being covered in Blogdom. Did you ever want to know which major league baseball team almost drafted Fidel Castro in the 1940's? I may tell you... in a few weeks.

6) R-E-S-P-E-C-T: The Boston Patriot, although sometimes satirical or downright rowdy, will always try to keep a respectful tone. In an age when civility seems to have been tossed out the window with ethics, the Boston Patriot seeks to go back to another time when titles and respect actually meant something. It will always be President Bush, Governor Romney, or Mayor Menino. It will never be Satan, Pretty-boy, or Mumbles. Ever.

I hope that you continue to read and hopefully enjoy the comments by the Boston Patriot. I encourage those of you who read this Blog to comment on it and offer your own opinions, wisdom, and ideas, so long as you follow the above rules and statements.

I will close every Blog post with a Boston colloquialism, in order to enlighten the people outside the are who read this blog as to the unique character of this city. And with that...

Today's Boston Phrase: "Wicked pissah," Adj. = "Really cool," or "Really bad." ~ Can be used as an all purpose adjective.

Cheers,
BP