It is unfortunate that Nativity scene figures are the target of theft and vandals across this country each year during the Christmas holiday. As this ignorant crime increases from year to year, it shows the lack of respect that too many Americans have developed for their neighbors as well as a failed respect for private […]

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News Item:
Woman wishes others a very miserable season.
Kelo vs City of New London.  Heard of it?  It was a very high profile eminent domain case that was decided in June of last year.  Susette Kelo was determined not to move from her little pink cottage to make room for a waterfront project in Connecticut, but […]

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The new identity theft protection and recovery service by Truston is live. The service is unique because it doesn’t require you to give up your personal information, which could be stored in a database, and used to commit identity theft if it falls into the wrong hands.
In case you’ve missed the weekly stories, databases are […]

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First gypsies impersonate Dr. Phil and now someone is selling tickets to the Oprah show that smell a little “phishy.”
Illinois Attorney General, Lisa Madigan warned the public in a official statement:
In this case, e-mail recipients are asked to submit personal information and told they will receive tickets to The Oprah Winfrey Show after verification of […]

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Fresh perspectives on today’s news by: Whymrhymer
Mitt Romney, the governor of Massachusetts, has apparently ‘thrown his hat in the ring’ as a candidate for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination. As a one-term governor and a one-time unsuccessful candidate for the U.S. Senate, his qualifications to run an entire country are, frankly, not overwhelming but […]

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As you may have noticed, my entries have been mostly commentary as opposed to actual news. I’m not sure why that is, but if you all don’t mind, I’ll keep on this vein until something newsworthy happens that I can report on.
I’ve done my time in line…between traffic jams, check out lines, restroom lines, ticket […]

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by Craig Dimitri
The nation’s closest House race (of the 435 at stake on November 7) has finally been concluded.  On Wednesday, Nov. 15, three-term Rep. Rob Simmons (R) formally - and with great dignity and class - conceded defeat to Rep.-Elect Joe Courtney (D).  The Democratic challenger has been certified by the state of Connecticut […]

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Apparently, New England is not only the land of pretty white churches and gorgeous fall leaves, we’re also the land of cheapskates. In Forbes Magazine’s survey of the habits of individual state’s charitable giving, New England states were in the bottom half of the survey. Oddly, the highest ranking New England state for charitable giving […]

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by Craig Dimitri
The clock has finally struck midnight, for the re-election hopes of three-term Rep. Rob Simmons (R) in the Conn./2nd CD. But perhaps fittingly, nobody can agree on the exact margin, as the AP and both parties all disagree as to the number. After a week-long recount, in which Democratic challenger Joe […]

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by Craig Dimitri
The nation’s closest House contest might be resolved by the end of the evening, Tuesday.  The ConnecticutLocalPolitics blog, run by “Genghis Conn”, reported around 8 PM Tuesday, that challenger Joe Courtney (D) has an 89-vote lead with only four towns left to recount in the Conn./2nd CD.  Courtney had an election-night lead of 167 votes.  […]

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by Craig Dimitri
The recount chaos in Connecticut’s 2nd CD continued on Tuesday, when Rep. Rob Simmons (R) moved 31 votes closer to victory, after a recount in the town of Waterford demonstrated that the town had erroneously given his Democratic challenger, Joe Courtney, that number of additional ballots.  That would appear to close the gap between him […]

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by Craig Dimitri
Electoral chaos, in the nation’s closest result of the 435 House races, continued on Monday, November 13.  In the afternoon, Rep. Rob Simmons (R) had zoomed from 166 votes down to just 66, due to an error. But Monday night, a second error, this time in Lyme, turned out to have provided Simmons with an additional […]

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by Craig Dimitri
On Election Night, the unofficial tally showed a 167-vote margin (less than 4/100ths of 1%) held by challenger Joe Courtney (D) over Rep. Rob Simmons (R) in the Conn./2nd CD.  Over the weekend, Simmons’ hopes dwindled, as a legally-mandated recount garnered him only a single vote, shaving the lead to 166.  But on Monday, a […]

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I’ve had the opportunity to look at a lot of identity theft services, but until now - I’ve never run into one I considered “victim friendly.”
I’ve written off most of the services I’ve seen — either because they were financial services products (created by those who had compromised victims themselves) — or they were selling […]

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by Craig Dimitri
The election in the Conn./2nd CD is still unresolved, with Joe Courtney (D) holding a 167-vote advantage over Rep. Rob Simmons (R).  But 2006 is a relative landslide, compared to 1994.  That year, Ed Munster (R) failed to unseat Rep. Sam Gejdenson (D) - by 21 votes.
In 2000, the political fates finally caught […]

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by Craig Dimitri
The heated battle in the Conn.-2nd CD was deemed too close to call, heading into Election Night.   And even on Thursday evening, two days after the polls closed, it’s still too close to call.  Challenger Joe Courtney (D) is clinging to a slim lead of 167 votes (out of over 242,000 cast), over […]

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Joe Lieberman may have made history last night. Lieberman, a Democratic senator from Connecticut, defeated his opponents to regain his seat — after losing the primary election. Lieberman garnered 50 percent of the vote with Ned Lamont, who beat Lieberman in the primary, receiving 40 percent. Republican Alan Schlesinger trailed with only 10 percent of […]

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Fresh perspectives on today’s news by: Whymrhymer
Ever since Massachusetts Senator Joe Lieberman was forced to make the decision to either be a ‘good Democrat’ and toe the party line or run for reelection to the Senate as an Independent he has become a valuable commodity for the Republicans. The Republican party is helping Lieberman finance […]

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by Craig Dimitri
Could control of the U.S. House be determined, by the third-party candidacy of a 31-year-old Harvard graduate, in the affluent Connecticut suburbs of New York City?  Probably not.  But none of us thought that the Presidency could turn on one candidate (George W. Bush) carrying one state (Florida) by less than one-hundredth of a single percentage point […]

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by Craig Dimitri
U.S. Rep. Rob Simmons (R) is seeking a fourth term in the House.  But Democratic challenger Joe Courtney - who lost to Simmons in 2002 - has battled Simmons all the way, and the race remains too close to call as we enter the final week.  Three independent polls have recently disagreed - one putting Simmons ahead, […]

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by Craig Dimitri
In what may be one of the closest House races in America, two high-prestige independent polls disagree as to who has a significant lead in Connecticut’s 4th CD.  Reuters/Zogby (using live phone calls) says Democratic challenger Diane Farrell leads Rep. Christopher Shays (R), by 51%-44%.  But MajorityWatch (using recorded phone calls) says precisely the opposite: […]

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by Craig Dimitri
Another long-time incumbent Republican is in trouble.  Democrats have three GOP incumbents in Connecticut as targets - and they are well on their way to nailing one of them.  The independent MajorityWatch poll, in a recent survey, shows challenger Chris Murphy (D) with a sizable 8% lead over long-term incumbent U.S. Rep. Nancy Johnson (R) in the […]

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