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Monthly Archives: November 2009

Dodd redux

Sunday, November 22, 2009

Seems that I’m mentioned in a front page article in the Courant today. The reporter, Daniela Altimari, sent me an email asking to talk to me about an “open letter” to Chris Dodd that I posted a few weeks ago. In that letter I bemoaned Dodd’s statement to the effect that Lieberman should suffer no […]

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Where the truth lies

Saturday, November 21, 2009

Always in the middle it seems. From this morning’s Times: Now that unemployment has topped 10 percent, some liberal-leaning economists see confirmation of their warnings that the $787 billion stimulus packagePresident Obama signed into law last February was way too small. The economy needs a second big infusion, they say. No, some conservative-leaning economists counter, […]

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Friday Night Music-Them

Friday, November 20, 2009

A very young Van Morrison leads his then band mates in what I believe was their first state side hit. No doubt about this being a live performance. Sorry about the long intro.

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God under attack in Enfield

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

An obviously communistic, fascist, socialist (and, by way of a bonus-godless) organization has invaded our fair state to try to impose its will on our citizenry. I speak of the Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, an organization whose very name tells you all you need to know about its pernicious objectives. […]

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Save the date

Monday, November 16, 2009

Ned Lamont is coming to our area in a few weeks. He’ll be at the home of Camille and Nick Burlingham (Camille happens to be his sister) 9 High Ridge Drive, Pawcatuck, on Monday, Dec 7, from 6-8. I hope we can get a good turnout for Ned. Right at the moment I’m still uncommitted […]

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Pundits agree: Bring Back Stupid

Monday, November 16, 2009

Those Beltway types sure miss them some George Bush. First it was David Broder: The more President Obama examines our options in Afghanistan, the less he likes the choices he sees. But, as the old saying goes, to govern is to choose — and he has stretched the internal debate to the breaking point. It […]

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Probably a meaningless observation

Sunday, November 15, 2009

I am sitting on my patio, in the dark, pecking away at my computer. The temperature is perfectly pleasant. It is November 15th. The only problem is the insects that are being attracted to my computer screen. Here’s my question: What business do these insects have being alive and active on November 15th? Is this […]

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Rational decision makers

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Via Firedoglake, the right has apparently found an academic prepared to give intellectual respectability to its opposition to the proposed Consumer Financial Protection Agency, a George Mason University professor named Todd Zywicki: Zywicki and his fellow Randians think that the FCPA wouldn’t have made the slightest difference in the conditions that led to the great […]

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America for the Americans

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Via Jesus General. Stay with it. It sounds like the teabagger crowd never realizes it’s been played.

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Escalation of committment

Sunday, November 15, 2009

As he contemplates trudging off into the Big Muddy, Afghanistan style, Obama might profit from perusing this article in today’s Times: If a business school professor is running short on cash, there is a sure-fire solution: run a dollar auction game in class. To start, the professor offers to sell the class a $20 bill. […]

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