Boston is pissed

[graywarrior]

[HiPointDem]

1. because?

[graywarrior]

2. It's all over the news

They've been showing to people on the street and they don't like it

[HiPointDem]

13. oh. that's too bad.

[themaguffin]

17. well then, this is right too... sigh.

[graywarrior]

19. Yabut, Charlie ain't cute

[HiPointDem]

28. actually, in his heyday, if you didn't know he was manson, he was cute.

[graywarrior]

29. Oh, I forgot....hubba hubba

[hughee99]

30. I'm surprised their first reaction wasn't "They're still printing that?"

This douchebag can now say he has something in common with Justin Bieber, Kanye West, Ashton Kutcher, Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show, and Snooki.

[graywarrior]

32. And Bob Dylan. Don't forget Bob Dylan!

[hughee99]

37. Lots of great musicians on the cover, but there was some turds too.

I was more highlighting (what I consider to be) the turds. I worked in Dr. Hook just because of the song.

[themaguffin]

3. That was a horrible, horrible decision for them to do that.

[graywarrior]

5. Yes

He's not a rock star and it's an insult to any musician who has been on the cover. My opinion.

[Renew Deal]

4. What's wrong with Willie Nelson's bus?

[virgogal]

6. I'm in the Boston area and have neard nothing about this. Why would we be pissed?

It's a magazine article,that's all.

[graywarrior]

8. Because channel 7 told us !

What's wrong with you?

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

10. Oh that's right. We're mad as hell, and we'll do what we're told.

[graywarrior]

11. We're Bostonians. We're just mad.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

14. I'll agree with that. 45 minutes to go from exit 12 to 10 on 93-S. Fekking mad.

[graywarrior]

15. 93 and 495 are the worst of the worst

Except for 128.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

21. You can add routes 2, 3, the pike, Storrow and the tunnels.

Mass ave is alright though.

[graywarrior]

22. Huntington Ave SUCKS!!!

[bettyellen]

45. I-95 SUCKS! I once had to drive alongside the whole thing - local streets till South Connecticut.

[Warpy]

23. Channel 7 is ABC and ABC tends to be conservative

and we all know how conservatives like to make things up.

[graywarrior]

25. CBS has Jack Williams!

He's cwazy as a mo fo.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

36. All three channels are conservative: 4, 5 + 7.

[bluestate10]

35. Yeah. I live in the Boston region and have heard nothing. People in this region have

a lot going for them in life and are busy living life. The Boston Marathon bomber will go through the criminal justice system, Bostonians won't dwell on that loser during that process.

[Marrah_G]

49. Me either....

[cyberswede]

7. Ew - I'm not I favor of that rock-star looking cover.

[Blaukraut]

9. Meh. RS had Charles Manson on the cover, too.

This doesn't bother me in the least, and I live here in MA. If anything, the accompanying article doesn't seem like it will be too kind on him.

[graywarrior]

18. Who in hell reads Rolling Stone?

[Blaukraut]

24. I do! They sent us complimentary issues for a few months, so why the hell not. lol n/t

[graywarrior]

26. I look at the pictures

[leftstreet]

12. OMG this doesn't reinforce a terr'ist stereotype!! n/t

[Katashi_itto]

16. Are they mad because they are in Boston? Or is it Bostonians that are just mad

Haven't they any mental services in Boston?

Thats reason to be mad

[graywarrior]

20. We're mad because we're Massholes

[sheshe2]

47. From urban dictionary, gray... snort~

Guy or Girl from Massachusetts who expresses love by busting your balls. All others bow to them because they're jealous of their ruleitude. They talk fast, walk fast, drive fast, think fast and no one gets their sense of humor because it is dripping with sarcasm. WE are proud of it, because we know that the rest of the country is too plebeian to understand the complexity of awesome that is us.

*****************************************

Any Massachusetts driver who abides by the driving rules of Massachusetts highways (128, 93, 495, 3, and the Pike, but not West of Worcester). These rules are:

1) Never use your blinker.
2) If you want to change lanes, wait until there is someone to cut off
3) The speed limit is a guideline; it is the bare minimum you should go. Ideally, you should be going about 25-30 mph above it
4) No U-Turn signs are just a suggestion, you can bang a U-ie wherever you damn well please
5) Tailgating is mandatory if there is any traffic at all
6) One hand on the wheel, one hand on the horn
7) If you see someone with a Yankees sticker, ride up even closer on their tail
8) Change lanes frequently

A Masshole isn't a shitty driver. He may piss you off, but he ultimately gets there faster and without crashing. It's an acquired skill

He also is probably smarter than anyone from any other state, and yet still can drink like a true Irishman

The Masshole test is simple. Go down Route 3 from Braintree to the Sagamore Bridge. If you do it in under 30 minutes, you're a Masshole
Me: I made it from Boston to Hyannis in under an hour.



http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Masshole&defid=5154787

[graywarrior]

48. OMG, that is classic!

And TRUE!!!

[Gormy Cuss]

60. That's a wicked pissah description of a Masshole. n/t

[2naSalit]

62. Ya Wicked!

[bunnies]

67. lol! I turn into a Masshole as soon as I hit the border.

Took me years of commuting to Boston every day to acquire that trait and Im damn proud of it!

[Liberal_in_LA]

27. understandable

[RedCappedBandit]

31. Perhaps judgement should be reserved until the article is read. nt

[graywarrior]

33. Reserved judgment here? At DU?

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

[Justice]

34. Beyond disgusting to put that photo on the cover

He is not a sex symbol. He is a murderer of a child, a young women and a police officer. He maimed scores of people of all ages. He is a criminal.

[GiaGiovanni]

56. Agreed.

What the hell was Rolling Stone thinking?

[justiceischeap]

76. Yeah, I hated when they made Manson a sex symbol too

[Fawke Em]

84. People like you!

Make the world more tolerable.

Thank you for pointing out reality.

:hugs:

[Cha]

88. Yes. The four people the Boston bomber murdered..

Three people died in the bombing: 29-year-old restaurant manager Krystle Campbell, graduate student Lingzi Lu, 23; and eight-year-old Martin Richard. MIT police officer Sean Collier was killed three days later, according to the indictment.

And, severly wounding and maiming..

"Tsarnaev, who is accused of killing four people and wounding more than 260 in the April 15 bombings and a later gun battle with police, faces the possibility of execution if convicted."

http://www.voanews.com/content/accused-boston-bomber-defense-team-reu/1702469.html

[Ian David]

38. Michele Bachmann should have done Rolling Stone instead of Newsweek.

[graywarrior]

39. .

[Tigress DEM]

41. AAAAAHHH!!! Make her go away! She's too scary for MSM.

Seriously, looks like she'd do much better on medication.

I've seen people suffering from serious delusional illnesses in hospitals and on the street who have that same gaze.

[postulater]

40. The people in Boston drive horribly.

I'd be pissed if I was there too.

I rode in a car there one time so I know.

[graywarrior]

42. I was in a bus one time going into the Callahan Tunnel when a car hit the side of the bus.

After the cops came and everyone exchanged info, the driver got into his car and hit the bus again. Boston drivers are insane.

[liberalhistorian]

91. What I remember most about the two times

I've been there, for vacations with family while growing up, was that there were hardly ANY directions anywhere. We had no idea where the hell we were or how we were supposed to get to where we wanted to go half the time. We were told by several people that it was "just assumed that people knew where they were going" or things like that. It's funny now, but it sure wasn't then. Of course, that was back in '78 and '79, so I don't know if things have changed at all in that respect.

I also remember getting lost while we were walking, and walking past a school with a ton of "white power" and "niggers go away", etc., graffiti on the outer walls. Our parents had to explain to us what had recently been going on in the city and all of the racial tensions. Being a naive young teenager, I couldn't understand how such a "liberal" eastern city could have such attitudes and problems. Ah, the innocence of youth, lol.

[graywarrior]

93. Cow pasture streets. lol

Yep, there's lost of racism here.

[Incitatus]

43. The bomber was on the bus with Willie Nelson?

[graywarrior]

44. This is serious! Smarten up.

[flamingdem]

46. That's lame exploitation

stoking controversy to get attention I suppose

[sheshe2]

50. Kick It!

[Fawke Em]

51. Ironically, he looks a lot like the Dylan gif

you got going there.

I'm actually more outraged at the lack of professionalism on the cover. I covered crime for 12 years as a reporter. While the dude probably will take a plea, the fact is that he hasn't yet, so he's the ALLEGED bomber and a SUSPECTED monster.

Just sayin'...

PS My husband is from Boston, so I'm a defacto Bostonian by marriage.

[graywarrior]

52. My brother said the same thing the other day!

Yeah, and I'm sure The Bobster loves the fact that they look alike.

Nice gig you had there. Are you a cynic?

[Fawke Em]

53. I prefer "realist."

And I had to leave reporting when I had kids and get a real job.

[graywarrior]

54. Nice handle you got there, Fawke Em

[temmer]

55. The indictment vs. Tsarnaev is heavily flawed

he's no monster, he's a suspect.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=532594

[Fawke Em]

77. I know that, too.

The FBI has behaved horridly while investigating this case. Supposedly they interviewed the eldest brother several times, but then didn't know who he was so they had to show the pictures to the public to ID the brothers?

Then you have the mysterious shooting - including an execution-style head-shot - of the witness in Florida who may or may not have had something to do with the triple killing of Tamerlan Tsarnaev's friends in Boston.

And that charge against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev for causing bodily harm to police officer Richard Donohue as a result of the carjacking? What? Donohue was shot by friendly fire!

While MY personal jury is still out on this case - I tend to wait until a trial simply because I did used to cover trials and know that everything the prosecution says is not always accurate - I still believe there are too many inconsistencies to unravel before convicting anyone.

[deutsey]

75. My old journalism training kicked in when I saw that, too

It was pounded into our heads in j school that it's always "alleged" and "suspected" etc. until a conviction is handed down.

But, then, most of what I was taught (and practiced for a while) about journalism is considered archaic and obsolete these days.

[Fawke Em]

85. Hey, Zimmerman is suing NBC for slander.

What we were taught is accurate and legally binding.

But, then again, we probably had editors who made us mind that legal line.

[deutsey]

92. We also had editors who would've called bullshit on "Capt. Sum Ting Wong"

as the Asiana pilot, don't you think?

[hrmjustin]

57. I understand how some people are angry over this picture.

I am not going to moan and groan but I understand how some are angry over it.

[Scurrilous]

58. LOL

Willie is still on the bus. Remarkable.

[sheshe2]

59. On a serious note, Boston has every right to be pissed Gray.

The rock stars are Boston~








They are the ones that should be on the cover!

gray~

[graywarrior]

63. Thank you!

[Puzzledtraveller]

65. You better believe it! Thanks sheshe2

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

61. Sorry, I don't get the anger

They call him a monster.

[Capt. Obvious]

74. Neither do I

and now my coworker is outraged at me for not being outraged.

He's not a native - in fact he can't say enough bad things about Boston every day.

[sheshe2]

64. Dear Boston, The Heros gray~

one factor that helped them save lives

How Bombs in Iraq Saved Lives in Boston
10 years of IEDs and shrapnel wounds taught surgeons critical lessons about trauma—and tourniquets.



http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022724753

[Cha]

90. Mahalo, She!

Remembering the Victims and the Heroes who helped save them.

And, those who did not make it~



BOSTONSTRONG~she

[AngryAmish]

66. He's hot, he's sexy and will soon be dead.

[Fawke Em]

87. Like the Jim Morrison cover that it actually looks like.

Irony, personified.

[Blue_Tires]

68. Well who ISN'T pissed off about the general inaction and indifference to climate change?

[markiv]

69. why are they so down on Jay-Z? nt

[nolabear]

70. I thought it tasteless as well. It's seductive.

It's a badge of honor and they aren't exactly using a bad photo. Journalism is one thing; elevation to Rock Star is another entirely.

[Capt. Obvious]

71. This is as upsetting

as spilling coffee on my desk.

[Atman]

72. Slightly off-topic, but: Print media wonders why it is dying.

I've subscribed to Rolling Stone for years. It's supposed to come every couple of weeks or so...I don't even know anymore, because half the time it doesn't seem to come at all. It used to be that being a subscriber to a magazine meant that you had it first, before it even hit the newsstands. Now, I see this shit posted online and I don't even have my f**king magazine yet! What the hell am I pre-paying for, just to be treated like crap? Screw 'em. No point in renewing...except for that it will probably be impossible to get Amazon to take me off of auto-renew.

[graywarrior]

73. I wonder abut that when they keep sending me their mag thru email

I'm too lazy to read it.

[AllINeedIsCoffee]

78. Boston is more entitled to be pissed off than Rolling Stone is to pull of this stunt. nt

[Bluenorthwest]

79. Can you support your assertion?

Not sure why the city would be pissed as he is called The Bomber and a monster right there on the cover. Some on DU have said he was fooled by his brother and should be seen as an innocent dupe. Rolling Stone calls him a monster. If that upsets Boston, Boston is not as sharp as I had thought.

[graywarrior]

80. No

On second thought....

Here's how we feel about it.

[Bluenorthwest]

81. So you don't agree that the Bomber is the bomber or that he's a monster? You take issue

with that?
This pretense that murders and terrorists are not put on magazine covers is absurd, this is a very common practice.
Read the things posted about him on DU after the bombing. He got loads of sympathy and all of that was because of his looks. Read the 'Why, why' posts and the long stories of his brother being a bully who forced him to kill because the brother was 'sexually frustrated' although the brother was a married man with a devoted wife and child. Pages about why the cute one HAD to be innocent and the other one the real bad guy.
If looks can kill they probably will.

[graywarrior]

83. I believe he knew very well what he was getting involved in

He should not be idolized on the cover of a youth influential magazine.

[trumad]

82. Oh come on...No wavy?

First off---Rolling Stone is a great magazine for political shit---Matt Taibbi for one. Second---it calls him a Monster.

I'll take RS over Time magazine any day of the week.

[graywarrior]

86. They made a bad decision with that photo

[burnodo]

89. Boston Strong!