Cambridge, MA Residents Lament Rudeness Toward City Councilors

In the post constitutional age of the Obama-Holder doctrine (inconvenient laws may be ignored by selected persons, i.e., members of the liberal elite), it is ridiculous to expect any Massachusetts government agency to follow rules, laws, regulations, or constitutions. The Cambridge City Council thrived extremely well without being bogged down with their own rules, no less other foolishness, thank you very much. The letter writers-activists expect civility and respect by councilors when making "decisions that will benefit all Cambridge residents." It is mostly impossible for decisions to benefit all residents. Isn't it better to have good intentions? George Bernard Shaw observed, "The road to hell is paved with good intentions." Isn't that where the city is headed anyway?

http://cambridge.wickedlocal.com/article/20150421/NEWS/150429271

LETTER: Dismay over uncivil treatment of Cambridge councilors
Posted Apr. 21, 2015 at 1:45 PM
Cambridge Chronicle
To the editor:
Phyllis Bretholtz, Jan Devereux, Lisa Camacho, Lee Farris, Laurie Friedman, Pebble Gifford, Richard Goldberg, Nancy Hausman, Mark Jaquith, Jacqueline Dee King, Jonathan King, Richard Krushnic, Susan Markowitz, Marilee Boyd Meyer, Gaylen Morgan, Carole Perrault, Shelley Rieman, Nancy Ryan, Amy Rugel, Betty Lee Saccoccio, Marie Elena Sacoccio, Nancy Seymour, Paul Steven Stone, Barbara Taggart, Kathy L. Watkins, Rachel Wyon

White House Has A Phone and Called Israel

[From article]
Barack Obama insisted that Benjamin Netanyahu remove his ambassador to the United States, Ron Dermer. Netanyahu said he would not. Obama pressed the case. Netanyahu said he will not.
Obama attacked Netanyahu, he said, for the last days of the campaign when he called out the Arabs. And he attacked Netanyahu for his statements about the two state solution.
[. . .]
And so it was a disrespectful, rude conversation on Obama’s part, not a congratulatory ‘oh you won’.
Levin also reveals that Netanyahu’s pollster is saying that the media is underreporting the extent of Obama and his team’s participation in the campaign to oust Netanyahu.

http://therightscoop.com/mark-levin-exposes-why-obama-really-called-netanyahu-and-it-wasnt-to-congratulate-him/

MARK LEVIN EXPOSES WHY OBAMA REALLY CALLED NETANYAHU, AND IT WASN’T TO CONGRATULATE HIM

Mar 23, 2015 at 8:25 PM
By The Right Scoop

Unedited Speech

[From article]
“People are walking around thinking they can do and say things without any responsibility, because they see public figures doing the same thing and not facing a lot of recourse,” says Lisa Gaché, CEO of Beverly Hills Manners, which teaches etiquette classes to kids and adults. “We’re living in a completely egotistical society.”

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/so_sorry_that_have_to_apologize_B3n1DGpByA25qx8QYj1jxH

I'm so sorry that I have to apologize
Charlie Rangel and the art of the non-apology
By LESLIE GORNSTEIN
New York Post
Last Updated: 5:15 AM, December 5, 2010
Posted: 12:46 AM, December 5, 2010

Rudeness Costs

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/20/your-money/20shortcuts.html?_r=1

Incivility Can Have Costs Beyond Hurt Feelings
By ALINA TUGEND
New York Times
Published: November 19, 2010

Eliminating Rudeness

Isn't this the principle used by Baghdad Bob, as Saddam Hussein was being captured? Bob reported that the Iraqi army was defeating the American invaders as the buildings were being blown up behind him. What principle promotes false beliefs which are positive over reality? How can you solve problems if you can't speak about them? "The economy is doing well, so we need not dwell on negative reports from the government."

http://bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1291557

A holiday from rudeness

Positive People Day offers attitude adjustment

By Christine McConville
Boston Herald
The Pulse
Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Intruding Space of Others

[From article]
"the woman on Madison Avenue holding that dread thing, the clipboard. They want you to sign something in favor of a cause, or sign up for something. She was a big girl, 6 feet tall, with 10 arms. She saw me coming 15 feet away and placed herself in the middle of the sidewalk so I'd have to speak or go around her. "How are you today?" she barked, demanded. It was embarrassing not to reply and made me feel vaguely guilty, which is the way they want you to feel so you'll give up and engage.
[. . .]
She has been taught by consultants how to "handle" people like me. Her instructions are that if anyone accepts her ministrations with anything but passive surrender, she is to show she is impervious and keep the line moving. She is probably taught this in a class given by government contractors who are paid by taxpayers to handle taxpayers. Meaning I pay her to be rude to me."

http://online.wsj.com/article/NA_WSJ_PUB:declarations.html

• AUGUST 13, 2010

We Pay Them to Be Rude to Us

In the service economy, all of us want to take the chute

Peggy Noonan
New York Post

Rude Behavior Not Heroic

[From article]
"Flying these days features all the glamour of a Greyhound bus, the efficiency of the post office and the common sense of Kafka."

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/sorry_he_no_hero_liet7gmrIGCkvDY9RnJHqK

Sorry, he's no hero

Where's our emergency slide?

Last Updated: 4:52 AM, August 14, 2010

Posted: 12:28 AM, August 14, 2010

Rude Bosses Cause Errors

[From article]
"Workers treated badly or who witness colleagues being treated badly make more mistakes, experts revealed yesterday."

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/no_mistaking_rude_bosses_pee9caPmhTnrvnsNSyeXxN

No mistaking rude bosses

NewsCore

New York Post

Last Updated: 7:54 AM, July 8, 2010

Posted: 3:38 AM, July 8, 2010