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Monthly Archives: April 2008

Don’t forget

The first Thursday of May is also the First Day of May, so Drinking Liberally comes early. Join us at the Bulkeley House on May 1st, at 7:00 PM. Who knows, it may be nice enough for us to move outside.

Delusional thinking

Delusional thinking is a common failing among politicians. It appears, for instance, that Joe Biden really thought he could be elected president. This type of thinking infects politicians at all levels. I myself am not immune, having run unsuccessfully for every elective position in Groton, except justice of the peace and judge of probate. Few […]

Calling Joe Courtney

Dear Joe: This has gone on long enough. Nothing that happens in the next few weeks is going to change the fundamentals. Obama will go into the convention with more delegates and a higher popular vote than Clinton. She will be able to win only be warping the process and tearing the party apart, effectively […]

A little help, please

When I upgraded WordPress my old spamcatcher stopped working, so I downloaded another plug in, which seems to be working eerily well. Before I’d get about 10-15 bogus comments a day to delete; now I get none. This has me a little worried that some real comments are not getting through. If any of you […]

On to tomorrow

As expected, it looks like Clinton will win Pennsylvania. For six weeks we’ve been hearing that this is a critical primary. Tomorrow we’ll be hearing that it settled nothing. From here on, it’s all down hill for Clinton. The only question is whether she’ll take the Democratic party (and the nation and the world) down […]

Talking about earmarks

A few observations on a recent article in the Norwich Bulletin, in which Sean Sullivan’s campaign suggests that Joe Courtney should reveal all his earmark requests, not only those that were successful, as current rules require. First, as a practical matter, this issue is a non-starter at the Congressional level. Earmarks are only bad when […]

Outrage, outrage everywhere

The New York Times broke a major story today, even if it does fit into the “what else is new” category into which so much news can be placed. Is anyone remotely surprised that the military experts on television are spewing administration talking points in the service of their current employers, arms dealers and the […]

Congress about to give Bush more Iraq money

The fearless Democrats are about to give Bush $178 billion dollars for Iraq and Afghanistan. They want to do it on the sly, before the next election, though they do plan to “defy” Bush by sneaking in some additional spending, including money for Jim Webb’s GI bill. The most unpopular president in United States history […]

Spring arriving

We have a little artificial pond in our yard, in which both fish and one or more frogs manage to survive. This is an amazing thing, particularly because we do almost nothing to maintain it, except to make sure the pump and filter are working, and that it doesn’t freeze in the winter. Each year […]

Tense times

For the last several weeks I have been informed by WordPress, whenever I log in, that a new and improved update was available. It was not available for easy install at my web hosting service, and I was reluctant in the extreme to try installing it myself. It is a major upgrade with one feature […]