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Daily Archives: March 14th, 2008

Thanking John Wheeler and Dee Harrell

Friday, March 14, 2008

I’ve added a link at the side to a page with a few pictures taken at the Appreciation Dinner we had tonight for Dee Harrell and John Wheeler. A good time was had by all, and there aren’t two people in the party who deserved the recognition more.

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Friday Night Music-Chuck Berry

Friday, March 14, 2008

Johnny B. Goode, introduced by Trini Lopez I believe. Check out those girls dancing in cages. Definitely a period piece. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0YUA3yTUss[/youtube]

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Joe Courtney does right on FISA

Friday, March 14, 2008

Joe Courtney has been sticking to his guns on the FISA bill, despite the Republican attempts to tar him with their scurrilous ads. This was posted on Kos, but since I know some of my readers don’t frequent many blogs, I’m reposting it here: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_nrZ8cg0bY[/youtube] It’s nice to be able to take pride in your […]

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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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