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Monthly Archives: May 2007

Weekend picture blogging

Sunday, May 6, 2007

I’m feeling uninspired, so I’m going to confine myself to posting a few pictures I took this weekend. I was trying out a new camera. For those who know me, I want to add that the fact that I just got a new camera is not as inexcusable as it sounds at first blush. There […]

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Health Care Rally in Hartford

Sunday, May 6, 2007

My son Peter sent this picture from the Health Care Rally in Hartford yesterday. You can click on it to view a larger version. I’m somewhat embarrassed to say that we turned down his invitation to meet him up there. For reasons that don’t bear getting in to, I’ve been driving back and forth to […]

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Right wing science

Saturday, May 5, 2007

In this morning’s Times we read about yet another fault line in the right wing terrain. On one side we have the Bible thumping creationists; on the other we have the not quite so crazies who accept that evolution is a scientifically proven fact. Not to be outdone by the fundies, however, the near rational […]

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NRA fears politicization of the Justice Department

Friday, May 4, 2007

Via Americablog, we learn that the NRA is opposing a proposal to ban gun sales to suspected terrorists. There’s nothing really surprising about the NRA taking that position. They’re nothing if not consistent. They’ll probably get their way. After all, this is the Administration that barred the FBI from checking gun records of people who […]

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In which I almost agree with Bush

Thursday, May 3, 2007

Ooh. That was scary. For one brief moment I found myself almost agreeing with George Bush about something. Bush has threatened to veto newly passed hate crimes legislation that would extend hate crimes protection to gender and sexual orientation. The White House, in a statement warning of a veto, said state and local criminal laws […]

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I’ll have Spam, Spam, Spam and Spam

Thursday, May 3, 2007

I am still finding my way around in the big wide world of the real internet. My old blog was on .Mac, and while this current platform is far more flexible, there are some disadvantages, one of which I discovered today. I discovered today that spam is not restricted to email-it also infects comments. Today […]

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Update: Fickle Potheads abandoned Rob for Joe

Wednesday, May 2, 2007

Proof, if any were needed, that there is still a need for the Fourth Estate, despite the rise of the bloggers. Yesterday I made reference to a blog post at a site called Joe Courtney Watch that attacked Joe Courtney for being a “Friend of Potheads”. The gravamen (that’s a legal term, you can look […]

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Juvenile in the White House

Wednesday, May 2, 2007

Our 12 year old president: [quicktime]https://ctblueblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/Bush and Condi.mov[/quicktime]

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Proactive

Wednesday, May 2, 2007

Finally, folks on the left are getting proactive. There are a number of commercials set to air to attack Bush once he vetoes the Iraq Spending Bill. Here’s one: However this ends, at least the grassroots won’t be caught flatfooted. All we need is for the folks in Washington to keep their newly grown backbones. […]

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Pathetic Republicans on the attack

Wednesday, May 2, 2007

I embark upon blogging today with some trepidation, as I have just returned from the Seahorse restaurant, where my wife and I enjoyed the early week special ($21.99 for two meals and a bottle of wine, a mere $12.00 if you forego the wine). Unfortunately, my wife did not pull her weight, so far as […]

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