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Monthly Archives: July 2010

Give Money to Kevin Lembo

Monday, July 12, 2010

Kevin Lembo needs a few more dollars to qualify for public financing. The race for comptroller is the only one that features a Democratic primary candidate, Mike Jarjura, who is wholly objectionable. Many would say that the fact that he is mayor of Waterbury is a sufficient disqualification for any post, anywhere. But if we […]

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We get letters

Monday, July 12, 2010

What was at first a trickle has now become something of a flood. A few weeks ago my wife got a mailing from a right wing organization of some sort. These things happen, and we assumed it was just an anomaly. However, since then missives from the right wingers have been appearing with ever more […]

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Art on Groton Bank

Sunday, July 11, 2010

Art on Groton Bank will be returning to, where else, Groton Bank on July 17th. Details in the circular attached below. Below are some pictues I took at a previous year’s event. If you’ve never been to Groton, it’s an opportunity to buy some arts and/or crafts and to see the only real Revolutionary War […]

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New London escapes the rain

Sunday, July 11, 2010

Last night we went to a friend’s house to view the New London Sailfest fireworks. She lives quite close to Fort Griswold, the ideal place, on this side of the river, to view the display. The fact that they happened at all was a bit of a miracle. All day the forecast was for rain, […]

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Hope for the rest of us

Friday, July 9, 2010

According to the New York Times, the rich are defaulting on their mortgages at a greater rate than the rest of us: The housing bust that began among the working class in remote subdivisions and quickly progressed to the suburban middle class is striking the upper class in privileged enclaves like this one in Silicon […]

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Friday Night Music

Friday, July 9, 2010

It’s hot out there. Watch them all, or sample. Summertime, first Janis, then Ella. You need to be a certain age to remember this one: Mungo Jerry, In the Summertime. No live versions from the Lovin’ Spoonful, but Joe Cocker does a great job on Summer in the City. And finally, it really is Too […]

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George Bush is overrated

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Despite attempts by some die hards to salvage his faded glory, George Bush’s reputation, at least among historians, is not good. According to a poll of presidential historians, George W. Bush is the fifth worst president ever. I would like to demur. George is being deprived of his due, in my humble opinion. There’s no […]

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Feeling empathy

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Too hot to think. Now I know what it’s like to be a Republican.

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The Glorious Fourth

Sunday, July 4, 2010

My wife is a member of the Groton Federation of Democratic Women. Every year that illustrious group (average age 75, my wife is a youngster) sponsors a “float” (read: decorated truck) at the annual Groton Fourth of July Parade. Being unqualified for membership in that august organization, I am unable to man (woman?) the float, […]

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Michael Steele does the Unforgiveable

Saturday, July 3, 2010

Poor Michael Steele. Throughout his tenure as RNC Chair he has earned a reputation for saying things that are both untrue AND politically embarrassing for the Republicans. That combination has made his tenure uncertain, since while Republicans have no problem with spreading untruths, they prefer to make political capital from them. How ironic then, that […]

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