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Monthly Archives: March 2008

House passes acceptable FISA bill

Friday, March 14, 2008

No telecom immunity and no Congressional authorized pass for Bush lawbreaking. Joe Courtney on the right side of this. Some of the Dems who voted against it did so because they opposed any spying.

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Designed to fail

Friday, March 14, 2008

A guiding principle of the conservative faith is that government fails at all it tries to do. When they get in power, they prove that theory in spades, at least for times when they are in power. The latest example from the New York Times: After months of watching a growing credit crisis made worse […]

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Double standards

Thursday, March 13, 2008

I’ve written a lot about the double standard that the media applies to Democrats, who are routinely savaged for things for which Republicans get free passes. But there appears to be an even more pernicious set of standards applied to black Democrats. Barack Obama has been forced to disassociate himself from Louis Farakhan, with whom […]

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Groton Appreciation Dinner Tomorrow

Thursday, March 13, 2008

Tomorrow at 6:00 PM the Groton Democratic Town Committee will be hosting a dinner to recognize the contributions of two loyal Democrats, Dee Harrell and John Wheeler, at the Pipefitters Hall, 873 Poquonnock Road in Groton (naturally). Dee has been on the RTM as a member from the 1st District since the dawn of time. […]

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Why won’t Congress listen to Mark Klein?

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

When Chris Dodd tried to stop telecom immunity, Harry Reid failed to honor his “hold”, a procedural move that he has allowed Republicans to make time and time again. Many wonder why. The Democrats have flaunted their impotence by subpoenaing White House officials who blow them off without consequences (the recent lawsuit has been assigned […]

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No politics here, just move along

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Old friend Steve Fournier concisely sums up the back story to the public humiliation of Eliot Spitzer: Brothers at the bar Charles Schumer, Michael Mukasey, and Eliot Spitzer, three New York lawyers with considerable influence over public policy, crossed paths this week when wiretaps of New York Governor Spitzer arranging for paid sex were made […]

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Is that a spine we’re seeing?

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

A while back I noted that it looked like the Democrats in the House were about to join their siblings in the Senate, and cave on the telecom immunity issue. It’s only fair that I report that I may (hopefully) have spoken too soon. Not only are the Democrats not caving, they seem to be […]

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Preserving Connecticut

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Many years ago my wife helped get a referendum passed in Groton to purchase open space. The allocated funds were never fully spent, because some of the town councilors, who professed to be fans of open space, always seemed to have problems with specific purchases. Nonetheless, as a result of that effort, a lot of […]

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Report from the Charter Revision Commission

Monday, March 10, 2008

Tonight, I’ve been concentrating on local issues: the organic law of the Town of Groton. I.e, another Charter Revision Commission tonight. One of the leitmotifs running through our discussions is the extent to which the Charter should be written in language allegedly accessible to the layperson. For instance, is the term “organic law” verboten? As […]

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Flower pics

Saturday, March 8, 2008

My wife and I, along with an old college friend and his wife, went to the Boston Flower Show today. This has become a yearly event for us, and each year I duly inflict some pictures on whoever might chance upon this blog. My excuse is that after surviving “such a beastly month as February” […]

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