Thursday, August 24, 2006

Menino Proves It's Good to be King

Boston Mayor Tom Menino gets a firsthand look at the gun violence plaguing his city's streets.

Menino was on a walking tour in Dorchester Monday night when a man went running by the mayor with a loaded gun in his hand.

Nineteen-year-old Adelino Monteiro was taken into custody after a brief foot chase by Boston police.
Wow, instant subject-funded police protection! Sweet!

And if your Praetorian Guard hadn't been there, Tom?

Why, then you'd have been in the same boat as your tax cows.

6 comments:

Fletch said...

It's a shame someone was there to help. Otherwise he would have been forced to dial 911 and pray like the rest... (if he didn't get shot first...)

Fletch said...

I'm sorry, am I the only one who loves it when these guys get a shot of reality???

nicolas said...

You're not the only one, but I don't think he really got much of a "shot of reality".

E. David Quammen said...

Love the "Praetorian Guard" interject - EXCELLENTLY apropos!

Anonymous said...

I agree. He's a Democrat, and a government official. Reality won't faze him in the least.

Anonymous said...

Sniff test alert: How conveeeeeeenient that a loose gun-on-the-street was available for a photo-op with the Reichsfuhrer right then and there, just as he was braying about his "gun problem."

I would REALLY love to see what actually happens to this schlemiel.