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Gallons per hour: a new metric for the lousy Øbama economy?

By Dimsdale / March 16, 2012 /

It may seem simplistic, but wouldn’t measuring they buying power of your salary (or what’s left of it) in terms of gallons of fuel per hour make a certain amount of sense? Think about it: it will make the effects of increasing fuel prices something directly relevant to everyone except the minority of people that…

Slow FEMA response, or no FEMA response? Which is better?

By Dimsdale / March 13, 2012 /

Harrisburg, Illinois was surprised to find out that after a devastating tornado disaster, Øbama’s FEMA would not be providing any monetary aid or relief services to the town.  Essentially, FEMA said that the damage wasn’t that bad and that the town and the state could muster up the recovery costs on their own: “Based on our…

What costs Connecticut more: Liquor sales blue law, or Governor Malloy?

By Dimsdale / February 28, 2012 /

Living as I do, in close proximity to the Connecticut border, I get most of my news from Connecticut. Lately, the topic of the blue law restricting the sale of liquor on Sundays has become a hot topic. And in the interests of full disclosure, I could not possibly care less if people can buy…

Second thoughts about the Komen/Planned Parenthood debacle…

By Dimsdale / February 21, 2012 /

Maybe there is something useful to be learned from the recent backlash against the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation’s (hereafter, Komen) momentary withdrawal of support for Planned Parenthood (PP). CBS News stated: Within 24 hours of the announcement Planned Parenthood had raised more $400,000 online, mostly from small donors, according to Tait Sye,…

Why should we give the “keys to the car” back to Øbama in 2012?

By Dimsdale / February 18, 2012 /

Remember back in 2010, during a Democrat(ic) Congressional Campaign committee fundraising dinner during an ill-fated attempt to keep Pelosi’s death grip on the House, he said: After they drove the car into the ditch, made it as difficult as possible for us to pull it back, now they want to keys back. No!  You can’t…

There’s no such thing as a free lunch: the cancer drug shortage. A harbinger of things to come?

By Dimsdale / February 16, 2012 /

On the “CBS This Morning” show this week , there was a story on the increasing shortage of cancer medications due to a variety of reasons, not the least of which is the expiration of patent protections and the competing manufacture of generic cancer meds. Sounds great, right?

Being a Democrat means never having to say you are sorry

By Dimsdale / February 15, 2012 /

Remember the comment that East Haven mayor Joseph Maturo made (“I might have tacos”) in response to a reporter’s question about what he would be doing for East Haven hispanics after the arrest of four East Haven police officers for allegedly racially profiling and bullying Latino residents? As reported in U.S. News, Gov. Malloy said that…

Øbama’s “truth squads” should be more truthfully named “Pravda squads”

By Dimsdale / February 15, 2012 /

Once again, Øbama’s “truth squads” are being publicized to, as David Axelrod says, “When the truth and facts are under assault, this will be a helpful tool to set things straight.”  The use of the word “truth” implies that only the “truth team” has the “truth” and the GOP does not, and need to be…

Do Connecticut Democrats have “battered woman syndrome”?

By Dimsdale / February 9, 2012 /

An exchange on Jim’s show this morning made me laugh and think at the same time.  A caller remarked paying (well, bribing) companies to come to Connecticut is analogous to paying a high priced mistress: when the money dries up, she disappears in the middle of the night. When you think about it, aren’t Democrats…

Treasury ups the ante in government losses at GM and Chrysler

By Dimsdale / January 31, 2012 /

According to the Detroit News yesterday, the Treasury Department increased its estimate of government losses in the $85 billion auto bailout by another $170 million.