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Monthly Archives: April 2008

Michael Ware reacts to Petreaus testimony

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Michael Ware tells the truth on television: Wareish-mby luvnews One must wonder why they can’t find guys with brains like that to put in front of the camera on a day to day basis, instead of brain dead people like Blitzer. Or does the comfortable life inside the Beltway cause brain death in formerly intelligent […]

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Another Lieberman Lie exposed

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Joe Lieberman is a man of integrity. Just ask anyone, as long as the person you are asking is Joe Lieberman. He’ll tell you. He would never, for instance, accuse anyone of something on the basis of exactly no evidence, would he? Well, as we all know, he would, as long as that person is […]

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Keeping the players straight

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

According to an email I received today from Howard Dean (we go way back, he emails me almost every day) John McCain once again mixed up Shiites and Sunnis, proving once again that he is as much of an expert on the region as George Bush or Bill Kristol, who more than once told us, […]

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More nonsense from the Senate

Monday, April 7, 2008

“There are two things you will never wish to watch: the making of sausage and the making of legislation.” The above has apparently been variously attributed, but no matter who said it, it was a base canard against all the honorable sausage makers out there. I commented before on the Senate’s foreclosure prevention bill, which […]

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What we’re up against

Sunday, April 6, 2008

Barack Obama will have two opponents in the fall. If he were only running against John McCain, his victory would be a sure thing. But his other opponent is the media, the only group of people in this country who think John McCain is an inspiring leader. In the end, as in 2000, they will […]

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Goings on around town

Saturday, April 5, 2008

Today the subject is art, food and New London, and local boosterism, not necessarily in that order. This post is mainly for any readers not from the area, and to those in the area who never set foot in New London. It’s a happening place. New London is turning around, despite the general incompetence of […]

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Friday Night Music-The Stones

Friday, April 4, 2008

This was a last minute choice, on the front page at Youtube, but I couldn’t resist. This is from 2006. Not bad for a bunch of old geezers. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-TCP38r6Iw[/youtube]

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Murphy grandstanding on “home invasions”

Friday, April 4, 2008

Congressman Murphy wants to make home invasions a federal crime. The wave of home invasions, by my count, has now reached two in the State of Connecticut, clearly calling for a federal response. This is a stupid idea. It makes no sense, so of course it has a good chance of passing. How does making […]

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Big Brother coming to Ledyard

Friday, April 4, 2008

Sometimes I’m a bit naive, I must confess. When I read this article in this morning’s Day, I was frankly puzzled: Steve Masalin said after almost every snowstorm, residents call him to complain their roads haven’t been plowed. “It happens frequently, almost all the time,” said Masalin, the town’s director of Public Works, on Thursday. […]

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Another incentive for past conduct

Thursday, April 3, 2008

Just got back from Drinking Liberally, where one of my fellow drinkers pointed out that the Senate is following in the footsteps of the Groton Town Council by incentivizing past behavior. You may recall that the town of Groton gave a hotel developer a tax break as an incentive to build a hotel it had […]

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