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Monthly Archives: December 2007

A simple proposal

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

The Fed has proposed a Plan To Curb Risky Lending which does not much for the past victims of predatory lending practices and appears to do not that much to prevent future abuse: The plan includes provisions that would require more extensive disclosures, restrict advertising and make it harder to lend to borrowers with little […]

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Kabuki show

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Today the Senate Judiciary Committee, its members still outraged at the fact that Mukasey has told them to stuff it on investigating the CIA or anything else, are now going through the same dance with the fellow he’s chosen to be his deputy. Mark Filip, who helped Bush steal the election in Florida, is everyone […]

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Connecticut Democrats vote right

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

All four Connecticut Democrats voted against funding the Iraq and Afghanistan wars with no strings attached. Here are the Democrats who didn’t cave: Abercrombie, Ackerman, Allen, Andrews, Arcuri, Baca, Baldwin, Becerra, Bishop (NY), Blumenauer, Boswell, Brady (PA), Braley (IA), Butterfield, Capps, Capuano, Cardoza, Carnahan, Castor, Clarke, Clay, Cleaver, Cohen, Conyers, Costello, Courtney, Crowley, Cummings, Davis […]

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Fact free zones

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

According to the press no politician, particularly a Democratic politician, ever does something because it’s the right thing to do. Many of us believe that Chris Dodd saved the Constitution, at least temporarily, yesterday, but the AP knows best: While his Democratic rivals campaigned in Iowa and New Hampshire, Sen. Christopher Dodd took to the […]

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A legislator doing good work

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Recently I passed on a suggestion from the comments that the Democrats in the Connecticut State Legislature should use their veto proof majority to keep Jodi Rell from appointing a replacement for Joe Lieberman, should Joe decide to depart for greener pastures. State Representative Tim O’Brien, (D. New Britain/Newington) wrote in to say that he […]

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Strangeness

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

I’m not a Hillary Clinton fan, though she’d be head and shoulders above any of the Republicans. But it’s a mystery to me why so many men in the beltway appear to feel that their manhood is threatened by her candidacy. Sure says more about them than it does about her.

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Another day, another corporate crime

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Via Susie: WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Communications Commission, overturning a 32-year-old ban, voted Tuesday to allow broadcasters in the nation’s 20 largest media markets to also own a newspaper. FCC Chairman Kevin Martin was joined by his two Republican colleagues in favor of the proposal, while the commission’s two Democrats voted against it. … […]

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Another environmental threat we can ignore

Monday, December 17, 2007

The U.S. just blocked progress on global warming for another two years. Now there’s yet another major threat Bush gets to ignore, and if he can, make even worse: Seven hundred miles west of Seattle in the Pacific at Ocean Station Papa, a first-of-its-kind buoy is anchored to monitor a looming environmental catastrophe. Forget about […]

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An excellent suggestion

Monday, December 17, 2007

A commenter on my recent Lieberman post says: Shouldn’t the veto-proof majority in the CT legislature pass a law for direct election of Senators who resign, instead of Lieberman giving the GOP an appointment by Gov Rell between now and 2009? An excellent suggestion. One would think that by now even Jim Amann, who actually […]

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Chris Dodd-patriot

Monday, December 17, 2007

This being a Connecticut blog, and Chris Dodd being the Democratic Senator from Connecticut, it is mandatory that I salute him for his attempt to stop the FISA bill that Harry Reid brought to the floor of the Senate. The Senate invoked cloture, and the filibuster is over. What a leader Harry is. He has […]

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