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Thu, 23 Apr 2009|

Mayor Tom Menino is running for a 5th term. Todd and Cooksey make fun of Menino's speech, Tom defends...

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I don't what's gone on here is a conspiracy -- currency was all bent out of shape as you mentioned something. I says some of elements periods and what do you say. Tyson -- tools I use that menstrual cycle -- he puts in the intro something about the change he's he is just successive he's a depraved young -- you however must be sort of -- a minute I am ready to go at least ten rounds and looks as if the weather's going to employ Amazon about deluged. That would been living through these last several days I am excited about that are going to be in the eighties and so going to be in the eighties has got to be released the upper seventies the next 45 -- that that is -- that is the start tomorrow and have fun. Saturday concerns I think it looks like it might it might hits seventy tomorrow and and stuff that's going to uphold a day in our new contact Sunday eighty to 85 degrees finally will get rid of that leftover snow and I us hot hot hot hot hot. Have you looked as -- it -- yet so if I have looked at least several times and a beautiful I believe that's Arenas and I in this guy yeah yeah that's aren't there. -- pop pop pop looks just like here anyway and and pretty sky that's -- be nice day you can hear it from Bruins win this week brother -- wow that's interesting 14 games are and yeah of the Sox this is Sox sweep the double letter from the twins yankees are coming to town. Celtics played tonight yankees stink this year -- I think it's actually probably over billion dollars that the route to for the stock -- Very wealthy man so but what do what we got a lot to talk more definite no no no -- and when we we've got some sound from Tom Menino who announced his reelection bid at. Great sound great but wait a minute dark current -- when you say that that means I mean -- into the Canada. Mockery none none -- as a matter of fact you poke fun of people see and I talked about this and we want to -- afraid -- we want it's not about a radar we want to can walk. We want to commitment firm UBS in advance that we're not gonna focus on. His inability to articulate to always have some real hoot Gibson we want to focus on the content are what he had to say because the content of what he has to -- Israel YouTube I have no idea what you two have been doing and I I approach this with a great deal of trepidation. -- look it up before you -- at -- so let me set the stage not itself a little bit after it's like 8 minutes after 5 o'clock am watching the news innocently enough -- I'm gonna get news and and they say. We have to go to Mayor Menino he's now at this moment announcing his can run for fifth charmer record fifth term debt. As mayor of the city of Boston market and then they. David there was like five or six minutes of live coverage is on channel seven. And then -- like five or six minutes of lies yeah coverage -- never got to the announcement. While this was just the praise -- Shura a parent of this is just working up to warm up book and he was heat and they had apparently planned it this way you know you do -- at five minutes after five so you know live total newsroom perfect for him via. He apparently was using a teleprompter. Because he. -- he was doing the right to left -- with his head -- About -- about how would he have given a speech. He wasn't looking down ever. He was looking right eleven never up the middle Americans speak extemporaneous this was not extemporaneous either first -- to say low nobody can print outs. Nobody he'll be -- want to concede nobody's going to know you know ask them to give for you know oratorical lessons or anything else like that. --

And -- and -- Taxation a car seat already. Already this is about Syria. What are you doing collects the Ayatollah had. To improve the city around us. These difficult times. But especially that. Big labor is bad today. Who were the day before. And government. Grandpa this invasion. Together. They actually green. -- I streets safer. Our schools better and housing. Available.

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They all look around. Without government help to build. Yet officially. Airmail. I would recommend this happened to run. Question -- on the two run walk.

The -- what that means it's. Any of that makes sense any what we just heard. Could you explain one sentence of that to -- yeah well the the the the first putt was about making the city greener yeah city safer the schools better those are all laudable and appropriate goal they are and I assume his opponents -- clarity C immune Kevin -- We're all gonna be beaten you know aiming at the same targets because as a citizen has a resident of Boston and as a taxpayer. I like the idea of a greener city -- for city and -- and and much better schools no question. About that so. That's that's not what it's -- this snow pot but pat to. That the second glad to hear about. Would be EU run on your record but it's not just about you know. You know leave and you know -- a piece of paper appoint to it's about providing leadership that's to reduce I think. Again you go let's go well. I don't think that's. What he's thinking when -- I think he may say something to run for. Yeah he clearly -- its -- he misspoke does that make -- he may yet he may have but that can happen under the pressure of events in the bright lights and under pressure to tell if it goes too fast of the guy running it is running it at the right speed I think but I -- concluded do -- that he was not use -- we have to have and I told the fuselage and right to left right to left never the --

Okay I recommend me something to ruin. That's just some of the two run walk.

Distribution. -- drain. To accomplish that things can even -- conference that things get you back confidence OI -- that's -- not. You guys are and it is so early in the -- I mean at anytime senate again. Promise that things can be even better country buffet. He was he was moving ahead to the positive but the on this is that this is where Oregon now is he has this vision for what he thinks ascension bay and everybody needs -- vision kids -- and so this this is hmm this is his I have a dream speech -- and action.

But but but but but but but. -- The stock cooks and I said we're not gonna make fun of his in articulating this -- greatest summer camp across the -- Are we into the department of turbulence. The kids come there as an opportunity. Sound. For the first time. The plight on the stand. For those silly dream of their place and that. As they have to stand there can't have you. I don't know what Jesse camp Harvey looks back.

Camp hombre. Do you. That by the way Garcia's -- harbor you can't pop review is by the way serious it was advised us the signature. Achievements the -- you know you guys they have an affront to one of the signature achievements. Of the -- And it was done I think with almost all private money Jack Connors John fish. Other people successful notable people gave very very generously upon the -- his vision. And he talks about it in gets very emotional about it he talks about kids who have lived in the city. All of their lives -- 91012 years old they've never seen the ocean. Their -- to three miles or they've never seen the ocean to go up it's the islands they have school they have. Academic classes and courses for them they have recreational events. Do they -- to -- learn to swim and play in all that can stop -- he says these kids begin to develop a sense of who they we're they live their analyst the world is bigger than just that little -- that they live that's right in the dreams did did did dreams stats who were -- tick -- But take called into camp probably you know honest -- out I'm gonna challenge you to okay avenue front. Go ahead caller I would whether to accept we have the -- erotic you're gonna ask him to take you two out did tell me when you come back how we want to hear a yacht. Understanding what's but this is where they don't control what did you and we'll continue it ought to all right this is a series race if they actually went.

This is the serious part of what I wanted to get -- I think it's problematic when you've been in office for sixteen years. And you're lookin' for twenty. To be talking about all the something like a camp as the first time kids have realized. That there's a notion. That white or you're doing is you're you're giving indictment of the education system of the culture of the -- class different.

And we've talked about it the other society the cultural screwed up and the messages to kids up all screwed up in a sexual lies and it's about instant gratification. In this no sense of discipline. Postponement. Of the you know pursuit of immediate gratification it's not about discipline to study and sacrifice and -- that stuff and -- is trying to overcome that as -- as -- July -- any questions please try to open up and the crowd you -- have a culture and it has -- that I analyzes Oprah and American -- you gotta be kidding me like American Idol -- what was supposed to be aspiring to. That's what the -- trying to overcome.

As there have been very camp how real this -- this I -- this really looks back at them. You know what I see what I see that our schools. -- Who Grafton who bought the miracles and she argues. That it's tough to know exactly child will fall behind. I'm David -- replaced -- help them forward. Prepare for college. And beyond. --

This is almost church idiot now this is almost sure -- yeah it's. I get this. Oh get out of this is almost Jerry Jones -- stereo vision you have no longer -- it's Shakespearean it's a farce -- he's talking about this fantasy yarn about libraries and schools and dreams that will hold kids. Forward in out of the mess in which they lived and he's not the creator of the best any more than Manuel and any -- of public -- event offense or what -- is how long does America need do you think he can offset that nonsense that's on channel. Point 57 and holly would remind -- your music and all that crap stop the grandstanding that I'm not gonna are dead serious. Not sixteen -- well gas expedience and makes part sponsored site he RBI IndyCar dot got he got ducked responsibility for the things. Oval which he has control -- he is he the one who do create to -- after the music. A.

There have been some that all of these some of the night. It's time for ruining they're growing. I neighborhoods. That helps small business side. Put up to store front from the water and orange. Craig new housing for families. Put together communities -- neighborhoods can rely on neighbors. These challenging times.

Now it's a little unfair because you only understand every other sentence but. What he's doing is laying out a vision for a city that's functional. He's in yes a dream. That some day they'll be decent schools some day they'll be opportunity for kids know someday they'll be safe here NA -- nowadays nobody entrepreneur -- Jimmy whenever I horrible -- he talked he says he's talked about improving. What is being done -- laying out his vision now you hear him talk about his fantasy for the city it's that it didn't play that again it's over the speaker earliest he's the speaker not policy.

Are we know that put up to store front from the front and orange. That's CNN in the house if you back a little further. -- inscribed day. And outdated label school Day-Lewis is PLO. Dated labeling his vision shouldn't some of the night. Even some I only used for learning and growing now. That's kind lenders -- day may also that's in the world problems this guy. Put up to storefront we want -- an orange. Craig new housing for families. Get together communities -- neighborhoods can rely on neighbors. These challenging times. That's -- all. Let's put -- had new kind of urban mechanics.

He's getting an -- mechanics now. But the who what I find fascinating is that anybody can be powerful enough and confident enough about their reelection -- that they can lay out the template. For all the things they have not accomplished. Over sixteen years. As the grounds for which date because they have a dream about a better city let me ask you they have been able to create and sixteen years that dream should be the thing that gets some reelected would.

We've been on it together for about three months not yet and we get a lot of good feedback and not just blow smoke that you kind of doing engaging him operate. We get a lot of good feedback and I think as evidenced statistical evidence to back it up. And if we're lucky enough to be broadcasting five years from now people say those as have been around long time blah blah blah blah blah but we may or may not be number one but let's say we're -- let's say we're in the top ten which -- you know and a nice thing. Would we not be aspiring to move it up the numbers seven and then after a couple more years would spread to move would have to number five and even if you get to number one you're spending to not only stay as -- number one. But to always improve would be better each day better informed more entertaining. Quick what the listeners and that kind of stuff everybody no matter how long the.

Service should be Biron could be products. Why why why would go to -- lot of talking thought I was crazy making English any normal. I think you can never be -- The generously gave us FaceBook. He's also operation that gave his -- he's -- going violence now what I'm glad he's nervous about Sam -- talking about the Internet -- so we went up and looked up a couple of Internet words and threw them into the speech or somebody did form so you mentioned FaceBook and Twitter. --

I say us. -- very loosely. -- want to engage. And public service. More than ever before. Look at -- I would say to them. The prosecutor B are proving ground and home to -- a national innovation frustrations cities. -- brought water. Central people's homes.

He is going to bring if only you give them a fifth term. The most innovative agenda that this city has ever seen since water got -- and for the first time zones like Poland springs. A definitive and then there's.

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Okay noticed on our old. Name a better city in the united states of American -- has boxed and -- master to thank you cards. Casey freaked -- close to. Case closed named Bennett they go -- I don't think I've yet to but I don't think there's not only expert I love this and I'll allow them. -- and this is the best city in the country and and he -- net income sixteen years I looked at several for a -- has taught us that question hello dissect what's your waxing PM -- there is a difference between the.

Pity for those who live in it as you know -- they know who guy who used to hear gunshots on a regular basis but now wears earplugs. Ed there's a difference in his words erupted a Twitter and the city that people live in and the city. That those of us who were consumers of the city say yeah so I drive into the city to go to work I drive through now. I drive and the city. To talk to -- picture or to see a movie a movie I don't have to live -- I'd have to send my kids to the most horrible schools in the world as people live in the city development I don't have to send my kids off. Walking down the street. That is dangerous in a more about whether going to safely get to school. And I don't have to semi kids off to school knowing that they're going to spend today -- about their survival. Rather about there the rather than their learning I don't have to live in a city which I worry about drug dealers be an out of my stoop down market. So -- for you to say is this great city you're not don't -- while Boston can you name a better city while all cities have those problems army does not -- problem that.

The other did -- less severe in Boston. The city to Boston schools in the elementary level are actually pretty done good its middle school they -- to go off the road high schools. There's some of them -- completely in the ditch there's no question about it that's as much Todd -- reflection of the society in the culture. And the absence of parents in the dysfunction too many homes and how can any mayor how can anyone whether it's Tom Menino or any of the challenges. -- overcoming a race that you do your best you don't run up the white flag and surrender you do your destiny keep pushing forward and that's what yesterday's speech was about an idea that you put in the position of almost like. Paid political announcement that Tom Menino all the because you guys a -- and so -- fill out.

This is not a -- Mike critique is with this speech this this is yesterday. Tom Menino announcing to the city of Boston. That he wants another employee needs to go for twining -- and -- he said what you just said I think that would have been appropriate look they're a lot of negative trends going on in this world it's very difficult running a city today. We have it's the Democrats have been destroying the schools for a long time this comes from Washington comes from the state house. I'm trying to fight that turn on turn to fight the teachers' unions are trying to fight to make the city safe while the only opportunity. Then America offers inner city kids to be a drug dealer. I'm fighting all these trends our city has tons of problems I think I've been doing a good job attacking them and I want my team and I want to let a -- okay this speech.

What's the most Ludacris since -- also saying no thing he could ever ever assumes and I think it's a reasonable assumption. That you folks and -- the listeners a one intelligent enough and -- fair enough to acknowledge everything you just acknowledged that these are the realities of urban life and the United States of America in the year 2009. And no present not even Jesus of -- could overcome the social and cultural deep decay in dysfunction but you try -- try every day to make it a little bit better and I assume that's what the challenges -- gonna talk about as well and will have a nice -- debate series of debates and a nice election do you think they'll do lot of force and what happened -- that is just not fair and -- and nothing happened he -- a speech that's ridiculous he -- ridiculous speech and -- not mocking everything that happened yesterday except maybe. He shouldn't use a teleprompter and he should've had the fake smile plastered on because he knew we use on live TV he looked absolutely. Ridiculous things.

ridiculous -- page. And cultural institutions are on the Greenway. Actually know what I found them anyway. Foreclosed on -- Well that's of course the other part of it promises that are absolutely -- some of these snow is not time about rent control but you know I mean I think some of this is just kind of went while candidates do to put together a laundry list of what are the issues that run. I might have if I was vetting the speech in advance and medicine -- made he. You -- down avenues he has it in our could be -- to do much about. Somebody's foreclosed upon because for the most but they got into a situation -- another and that you know what are you gonna do the city package bill and upbeat but. Whatever I mean -- That's -- that's nitpicking in my mind I think the overall good speech overall life trying horrific embarrassed clarity in and San mute and camera -- when they may be a formal announcements or you know whatever kind of a visions they've put out. I assume we'll talk about -- are. -- by opinion to make it there. And Coca. Well that they don't try that -- and you know that's so -- almost two years. From the front steps. And with problems. The thing. For the past the guy's been mayor for sixteen years is fantasizing about a day in which nobody living in his city will be scared to go on to their front steps does that wonderful all of them -- well it has it has always gets -- what happened hasn't hasn't happened yet because -- some fourteen year old punk who thinks packing three guns in the waist band of his -- Is it is the cool thing to do and a -- over there is no other opportunity for many of those kids we we have on the front page of the paper picture of a Boston this is WRKO by the Wright's comments on dissidents why -- our break Cox you know we just went right through the break -- he said -- the -- you -- yeah you're right absolutely a -- you know that this city and help this city is more important. That being said we have a co operate on the front page of the paper. And it's -- is as good -- Boston Police sergeant detective Daniel -- in -- in the other guys who work and homicide would not like to prevent rather than respond to what you just described some -- put a gun in his waist band and don't know and threaten and terrorize and doesn't have to do what the cops -- cops are the guys who run out into the ties. And try to stop it putting their hands up okay all right the tide is overwhelming name -- the tide is coming from freak and Hollywood. And wherever the hell they do he had musical videos and everything else in the -- trying to overcome. A society and culture that is to -- there's absolutely. That's what he's trying to fight he sixteen years he's losing the fight -- it's time for somebody new. By the way as we come to the first break yes look to the east looks at least part of all is that gorgeous looks like there's a mountain range on the each.

So to work through this recession beautiful sunrise and -- have crossed the finish line. That's a -- into Fenway Park he backs bats are cracking of Fannie Hawley -- let's -- Subprime -- those kids bidding up the -- One. Person. You know. What. Fiber which is. Austin.