CT-Sen: I love to vote (with poll)

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Monday August 07, 2006 · 8:30 PM PDT

2006/08/07 · 20:30

Tomorrow morning, Monkey (my 9 year old) and I will head to our polling place and pull a couple of levers with names above them. At some point in the day, my husband will do the same. As will my mother, father, sisters, brothers-in-law, sister-in-law, and most of my co-workers.(I work in the public sector, our office has a high turnout of active voters). Read More

Ned Lamont Candidacy to be Announced

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Wednesday March 08, 2006 · 2:04 PM PST

2006/03/08 · 14:04

On Monday, March 13, Ned Lamont will announce his candidacy for the Senate seat currently held by Joe Lieberman.

The event will take place at the Old State House, 800 Main Street, Hartford, CT, at 4:00 p.m. Organizers are asking Lamont supporters to come early, at 3:30 p.m.

I'm planning to be there, and I plan to be armed with talking points for why CT Democrats need a real Democratic representative in the Senate instead of a Republican in Democratic clothing.

Land Grab 2006

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Thursday January 12, 2006 · 7:39 AM PST

2006/01/12 · 07:39

The victims of Katrina are going to get screwed again.

At a meeting with the city's rebuilding commission, reports CBS News correspondent Jim Acosta (video), Mayor Ray Nagin sent shockwaves through the Big Easy Wednesday, laying out a plan that gives the hardest hit wards just four months to prove they can survive. Neighborhoods that cannot justify their continued existence will be bought out and demolished.

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Thursday April 07, 2005 · 10:38 AM PDT

2005/04/07 · 10:38

Last night, my husband and I went to Manchester Community College to see Scott Ritter, author of Endgame: Solving the Iraq Crisis, War on Iraq: What Team Bush Doesn't Want You To Know, and Frontier Justice: Weapons of Mass Destruction and the Bushwhacking of America, as well as numerous op-eds and essays.

Mr. Ritter started by telling us about himself. A former Marine who served in the Persian Gulf, a registered Republican, and a self-confessed conservative, he proudly served in Operation Desert Storm, a mission he believed in. Mr. Ritter's profound respect for the military of this country and the men and women who serve therein permeated the entire speech. In addition, he talked about the importance of citizenship, and how we are all responsible for the actions of our nation. Read More

Connecticut Kossacks: Scott Ritter talk

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Wednesday April 06, 2005 · 8:25 AM PDT

2005/04/06 · 08:25

Really late notice, but Scott Ritter will be giving a talk about Iraq at Manchester Community College TONIGHT at 7 p.m.

Click for more info. It should be an interesting discussion, and my husband and I are planning to attend.

And if you do come, I can recommend getting dinner at Shady Glen (home of the crispy cheeseburger and handmade ice cream). Or there is a Thai restaurant on Main Street.

Success in talking to a pro-lifer

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Tuesday August 24, 2004 · 6:48 AM PDT

2004/08/24 · 06:48

I was visiting my sister yesterday, and she had a friend over who is a devout Catholic. We got on the subject of the election and she mentioned that she couldn't vote for Kerry because he's a "baby-killer".

I mentioned that Kerry has voted to support a woman's right to choose for herself, but he personally is opposed to abortion. She didn't know that he was opposed to abortion, but she said she didn't like the fact he voted for it. I gave my usual spiel about women having autonomy over their own bodies, that it's a situation better left to a decision between a woman and her doctor, etc.

I took a few deep breaths and asked her this: We have a Republican president, a Republican Congress, and a conservative Supreme Court. If they really wanted to end all abortion, shouldn't they have taken some action on it? The Republican party would rather use abortion as a political football since it is an issue that gets people working for them. They will never ban abortion as long as pro-life people will vote on this single issue.

She said she never thought of that before, and she agreed with me that it was morally worse to be opposed to abortion but not do anything more than lip service to ending abortion because it benefits you politically than it is to support a woman's right to choose and then work to keep that choice legal. She agreed with me that it was very cynical, and she said she felt a bit used.

I don't know if she will vote for Kerry now, but I feel like I planted a seed of doubt about Bush's so-called culture of life.

Questions about (and possibly for) W & Laura on Larry King

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Thursday August 12, 2004 · 10:29 AM PDT

2004/08/12 · 10:29

As you know, George W. Bush and his wife, Laura, will be the guests on Larry King Live tonight, 9-10pm EST.

Does anyone know if the rules will be different for this show? Will King be taking calls and e-mails?

If King is taking questions, what question will you ask?

Moore Sued by Newspaper

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Tuesday August 03, 2004 · 11:29 AM PDT

2004/08/03 · 11:29

http://www.imdb.com/news/wenn/#1

This is imdb.com, so I cannot vouch for the accuracy, but it appears he is being sued by an Illinois paper for "doctoring" their front page in Fahrenheit 9/11. I think this will probably not go anywhere because it was during the "I had a dream" intro to the film.

Terror Alerts used intelligence from before 9/11

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Tuesday August 03, 2004 · 9:43 AM PDT

2004/08/03 · 09:43

http://tinyurl.com/6bybj

The recent terror alerts used not just 3 year old intelligence, but pre-9/11 intelligence.

It's shocking that Bush's numbers are as high as they are. This administration is so clearly using terror to get elected that they are nothing less than terrorists themselves.

Bush v. Kerry

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Friday July 30, 2004 · 12:48 PM PDT

2004/07/30 · 12:48

Compare and Contrast these two links:

http://www.georgewbush.com

http://www.johnkerry.com/index.html

I may print out each of these pages and start handing them out to people.

Media Idea

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Friday July 30, 2004 · 8:09 AM PDT

2004/07/30 · 08:09

I watched the convention on C-Span, so it is disheartening to read the abominable way most of America saw the convention.

Today I was floating around the blogosphere and read numerous posts about e-mails to the nets and cable news networks regarding their piss poor coverage.

That got me wondering if there wasn't something more we could do on a personal level, and I came up with an idea that might be silly if only one or two people were doing it, but could be a real movement if people across the country signed on. Read More

What do you love about America?

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Wednesday July 28, 2004 · 8:59 AM PDT

2004/07/28 · 08:59

One of my earliest memories is of Tricky Dick on TV, telling us "I am not a crook!" I grew up cynical about government, politics and politicians. I tended to vote against people rather than for people. Read More

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