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Richard Blumenthal, the Man, the Myth.

By Dave in EH / May 17, 2010 /

It is always dangerous when a politician “goes off script.”  Sometimes the truth comes out, like  Barak Obama talking to Joe the Plumber about “spreading the wealth around. ”  Sometimes, things go a little aglee, leaving the candidate with egg on their face, like every other time that Joseph Biden opens his mouth.  And sometimes……

Connecticut bottle deposit story

By Steve McGough / May 6, 2009 /

Today, the state of Connecticut got permission to grab the bottle deposit money that was held in accounts by distributors and drop $6 million into – what I presume to be – the state’s general fund. The Hartford Courant has the story and my questions are below. The state won a court battle Wednesday that…

Mr. Blumenthal, you are a Senator now

By SoundOffSister / December 18, 2010 /

Even though Richard Blumenthal is now Senator-elect for Connecticut, he is apparently continuing his “job creation through litigation” program.  Here are the facts behind his newest venture. For quite some time, Google has been collecting data that it has used to create its on-line mapping service.  Earlier this year, however, it was revealed that Google…

Blumenthal press conference features Vietnam veteran accused of embellishing his own record

By Jim Vicevich / May 19, 2010 /

Blogger Doug Ross and William Jacobson at Legal Insurrection think they’ve spotted a “poser” at the Blumenthal press conference. For those of you who are not familiar with the term, it applies to the thousands of people who claim either Vietnam war status or medals they did not earn.

Full Blumenthal video shows mutually inclusive statements concerning service

By Steve McGough / May 20, 2010 /

The Internet was buzzing last night and this morning about how the New York Times left out what Rick Green at the Hartford Courant refers to as the attorney general’s accurate account of his service in the same speech when he said he served in Vietnam. But Blumenthal’s remarks were mutually inclusive.