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Daily Archives: October 2nd, 2011

Buffett on class warfare

Sunday, October 2, 2011

Warren Buffett on class warfare: QUESTIONER: Are you happy seeing your suggestion, this new Buffett Rule, becoming more of a basis of a political battle that really has turned into class warfare? BUFFETT: Actually, there’s been class warfare going on for the last 20 years, and my class has won. We’re the ones that have […]

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The responsible mainstream media

Sunday, October 2, 2011

Before I start this rant, let me say that I appreciate the fact that the New London Day is one of the best, if not the best, newspapers in the state, even now that Ted Mann is gone. But that, unfortunately proves only how low the profession has sunk. In this morning’s paper, a “poll” […]

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A Double Standard?

Sunday, October 2, 2011

From this morning’s New London Day (via the AP): Southington state Sen. Joe Markley is asking state auditors to review how the Connecticut Department of Social Services handled the recent distribution of payments to needy people who sustained losses from Tropical Storm Irene. The ranking Republican leader of the General Assembly’s Human Services Committee said […]

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