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Daily Archives: December 18th, 2007

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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