Authentic Connecticut Republican

• A Letter to President Obama

  
  
  Dear President Obama,
  
  My name is Harold Estes, approaching 95 on December 13 of this year. People meeting me for the first time don't believe my age because I remain wrinkle free and pretty much mentally alert.
  
  I enlisted in the' [...]
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  Posted: December 03, 2009, 4:17pm EST
  

• Cousin Vinny Says...

  Hey, you know me! I'm Joe Pesci, I played Cousin Vinnie in the movie!
  Take it from me, if you want to get smarter you really ought to be reading what Don Pesci's writing; they don't call him "Don" for nothing you know!
  
  This ACR [...]
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  Posted: November 29, 2009, 3:57pm EST
  

• Coming Soon?

  
  Lord help you if you're over 55, are over-weight and smoke.
  ' [...]
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  Posted: November 29, 2009, 9:15am EST
  

• CT GOP Chair Healy is Intense

  Connecticut Republican Party Chairman Chris Healy
  competes in 73rd annual Manchester Road Race (his 20th).
  
  That's Chris 48 rows back at the start and the 33rd from the left.
  (Healy's own report here.)
  
  
  The Chairman works tirelessly everyday.
  Chris Healy's too [...]
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  Posted: November 27, 2009, 10:42am EST
  

• A 388 Year Tradition

  
  
  THE 53 PILGRIMS AT THE FIRST THANKSGIVING
  
  4 MARRIED WOMEN : Eleanor Billington, Mary Brewster, Elizabeth Hopkins, Susanna White Winslow.
  5 ADOLESCENT GIRLS : Mary Chilton (14), Constance Hopkins (13 or 14), Priscilla Mullins (19), Elizabeth Tilley (14 or15) and Dorothy, the Carver's' [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 9:36am EST
  

• Coming Soon to a Drug Store Near You!

  
  Click on graphic for larger version. [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 9:39pm EST
  

• A Litmus Test for GOP Candidates?

  Without a call for a Constitutional Amendment requiring lethal injection for those convicted of hogging the left lane, this proposal could have trouble gaining enough support to pass.
  
  The Republican National Committee could be on the verge of imposing a strict purity test on GOP candidates and officeholders, if [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 9:43am EST
  

• Coming soon to a front lawn near you!

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 1:52pm EST
  

• Matisyahu

  Enclosure: [download]

  Now for something totally different....
  
  
  This is Matthew Miller,
  better known by his Hebrew name
  Matisyahu
  American Hasidic Jewish reggae musician.
  
  Apparently he's been around for a few years, but only made my radar yesterday when a link to this song was sent' [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 2:01am EST
  

• Class

  
  
  
  
  
  Thank You
  Governor Rell
  
  
  
  
  
  "What's Governor Rell really like?" A fairly common question.
  
  
  
  
  The two photos here illustrate as well as any, the Jodi Rell I know.
  [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 8:25am EST
  

• Massive Improvement in Southington

  The Good News
  
  Southington's Back on Track!
  Connecticut Republican Party Chairman Chris Healy made time on election day to stop in Southington and give his best wishes to Southington's Team Republican.
  
  
  Healy and incoming Town Council Chair, Eddie Pocock [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 11:59pm EST
  

• Southington Voters!

  Land use boards and commissions
  should not behave in a partisan fashion.
  

  (I have the record to support that remark; as some of you will recall I was dragged out behind the woodshed for making a Dem (Bob Woods) the ZBA chair despite a 3/2 GOP advantage at the [...]

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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 2:30pm EST
  

• Scott Brown for US Senate in Massachusetts.

  Note to my 6 or 7 regular readers:
  
  While I am an "Authentic Connecticut Republican" and this blog is about Connecticut, I was born in Massachusetts.
  We need to help our neighbors to the north.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Please donate to [...]
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  Posted: October 28, 2009, 10:48pm EDT
  

• Corey Brinson

  
  Corey Brinson for Secretary of State
  
  
  
  This man's candidacy is more important than you might think.
  
  Consider this:
  
  Without the Republican Party, the entire free world is in jeopardy.
  To that end the Republican Party needs to recapture what' [...]
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  Posted: October 24, 2009, 8:42pm EDT
  

• State Representative John Frey

  I wish all 151 members of the Connecticut Assembly had even half the common sense, wits, sense of duty and class as State Rep. John Frey. A few do; most don't.
  
  The voters in the 111th district evidently agree: In 2008, he received nearly' [...]
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  Posted: October 21, 2009, 11:07am EDT
  

• Don Pesci on John Brown

  
  Don Pesci is a "real" writer as opposed to a political hack loose with a keyboard, such as myself.
  Don's so good people actually pay him to write! There's no danger of that happening to me.
  
  The six or seven of you that make up [...]
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  Posted: October 10, 2009, 4:15am EDT
  

• Stop the Feathering - Elect Eagles

  
  Tired of watching trusted elected officials
  feathering their own nests at our expense?
  
  Elect Eagles
  
  Here's a couple of Eagles I know of running for office right now:
  
  You'll want to support both;
  Bernier & Baker
  
  
  [...]
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  Posted: October 06, 2009, 11:27am EDT
  

• Another Blumenthal Blunder

  
  Legal News Line is reporting that AT&T has had enough of AG Blumenthal campaigning against their decision to reduce their workforce and now pointing out some serious inaccuracies in the AG's argument.
  
  AT&T called Blumenthal's Wednesday statement regarding the company surplusing 75 Connecticut jobs [...]
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  Posted: September 28, 2009, 3:26pm EDT
  

• An introduction to Linda McMahon

  
  
  "Interesting" choice of associates.
  [...]
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  Posted: September 25, 2009, 12:59pm EDT
  

• U.S. Condemned For Pre-Emptive Use Of Hillary Clinton Against Pakistan

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  Posted: September 20, 2009, 8:35pm EDT
  

• Chairman Healy Made Me Do It!

  Connecticut Republican Party Chair Chris Healy surrounds himself with bright young talent and as result misses nothing. Not long ago he emphatically told state central members to get with the program and utilize the new media.
  
  New Media
  A term meant to encompass [...]
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  Posted: September 17, 2009, 11:02pm EDT
  

• Healy's Roast - Tomorrow!

  
  Help Celebrate Chairman Chris Healy's 52nd Birthday
  And a chance to give him a good ribbing
  
  Aqua Turf - Southington
  
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  Thursday, September 10, 2009
  6:00 PM
  
  Featured Roasters Include:
  House Republican Leader, Larry Cafero
  Republican Pundit' [...]
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  Posted: September 09, 2009, 8:49am EDT
  

• After "Cash for Clunkers" comes ...

  
  Click on graphic for full screen [...]
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  Posted: September 03, 2009, 10:28pm EDT
  

• The Government Can!

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  Posted: September 02, 2009, 9:18am EDT
  

• Mrs. and Mr. Joseph Kopechne

  
  Mrs. and Mr. Joseph Kopechne, parents of Mary Jo,
  visited her graveside here on the first anniversary of her death.
  
  Mary Jo was their only child. [...]
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  Posted: August 30, 2009, 9:30am EDT
  

• The Disappointed Bride

  
  A woman, married three times, walked into a bridal shop one day and told the sales clerk that she was looking for a wedding gown for her fourth wedding.
  
  "Of course, madam," replied the sales clerk, "exactly what type and
  color are you looking" [...]
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  Posted: August 29, 2009, 12:40pm EDT
  

• Kennedy Reunited with Kopechne

  Now Answers to Creator
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Posted: August 26, 2009, 1:32am EDT
  

• John Ashcroft to Visit Cheshire

  This Thursday
  
  An authentic American patriot - such a patriot that in fact there's even an act named for him! The Patriot Act.
  Yes - we're quite aware that there are those who exercise their 1st amendment rights criticizing the very Act that protected [...]
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  Posted: August 22, 2009, 2:38pm EDT
  

• Decaf is the Enemy

  A decaffeinated America
  can not compete in a global economy
  
  A Communist plot?
  
  Lenin explaining his plan of convincing the west of the virtues of decaf.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  How can you help combat this insidious threat?
  Start your day [...]
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  Posted: August 22, 2009, 8:05am EDT
  

• Milwaukee Mayor Steps Up

  
  Democratic Mayor goes to woman's rescue.
  You won't see many stories like this in your entire lifetime.
  
  File this under; "Unbelievable, a Democrat you say?"
  
  From AP
  
  "Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett was hospitalized with head and hand injuries on Sunday after" [...]
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  Posted: August 16, 2009, 5:30pm EDT
  

• Ronald Reagan on Socialized Medicine

  
  Ronald Reagan Speaks out against Socialized Medicine [...]
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  Posted: August 16, 2009, 8:52am EDT
  

• News Busters

  
  
  
  Tired of trying to figure out when the MSM is lying?
  Add this to your "Let's check with these guys" list:
  News Busters
  ' [...]
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  Posted: August 13, 2009, 8:14pm EDT
  

• Highest Paid Congressional Staffer in Connecticut

  Congratulations Jason!
  
  After pulling down a piddly 27 grand as a staffer in 2001; landing a job with Joe Courtney worked out really swell!
  
  Now you've hit the big time and at 151K are the highest paid Congressional staffer in the entire Connecticut delegation![...]
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  Posted: August 12, 2009, 10:22am EDT
  

• One Very Tough Woman

  
  Anne Wexler
  
  Democratic's Lose Powerhouse
  
  Founded First Major D.C. Lobbying Firm Led by a Woman
  
  Ms. Wexler began her unlikely rise to prominence in Democratic Party circles as a Connecticut housewife who joined the PTA and a local zoning board. By 1978, she' [...]
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  Posted: August 10, 2009, 10:18am EDT
  

• Smok ing er Kills!

  
  And you thought smoking was dangerous!
  
  
  ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A restaurant owner in southwest Turkey was shot dead after he tried to prevent his customers from smoking to comply with a new law on the use of tobacco indoors, Hurriyet daily said [...]
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  Posted: August 08, 2009, 6:57am EDT
  

• Lest we forget just what we're dealing with...

  Enclosure: [download]

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  Posted: August 06, 2009, 2:28am EDT
  

• Gosh! When Cars Sell The Economy Goes!

  U.S. auto sales bolstered by rush to dump "clunkers".
  
  Gasp! What a concept!!
  
  Oh yeah........you did see that concept someplace before......here.
  
  Another Stimulus Package? November 8, 2008
  
  6 myths about the Detroit 3 November 20, 2008 [...]
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  Posted: August 03, 2009, 11:11pm EDT
  

• Out to Kill Small Business

  
  
  No better than armed robbers!
  
  Update - it's even worse!
  
  This time they want to raise the CT cigarette tax another $7.50 $10.00 per-carton to $27.50 $30.00
  
  Call Governor Rell
  Tell her NOT to listen to whoever it is that's feeding [...]
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  Posted: July 30, 2009, 7:36am EDT
  

• Lebeau For Governor?

  Enclosure: [download]

  From the Courant:
  
  Sen. Gary LeBeau, an East Hartford Democrat who has served in the state legislature for 17 years, is running for governor.
  
  Hogans Hero's has been off the air for ages now;
  how old is this guy?
  
  ' [...]
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  Posted: July 28, 2009, 11:23pm EDT
  

• Business Journal Honors Bill Cortese

  I first met this young man when he was a staffer on an ill-fated Republican U.S. Senate campaign.
  Had the candidate worked half as hard as young Cortese, I suspect he would have won.
  
  The Hartford Business Journal will be honoring Bill and [...]
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  Posted: July 27, 2009, 12:32pm EDT
  

• "I can't imagine what you'll see in your lifetime"

  July 20, 1969
  Neil Armstrong is visible in reflection on Bro. Aldrin's face shield.
  _____________
  
  Forty years ago today I was living in Hyannis, Mass in the loft over my grandmother's carriage house with a cousin or two.
  
  The days news had been [...]
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  Posted: July 20, 2009, 9:26am EDT
  

• 9th Annual Wamp Swim-a-Thon July 18, 2009

  This is an un-retouched photo of 26 year old Liz Stafford.
  
  Liz is the Chief of Staff, and Finance Director for the Connecticut Republican Party.
  
  Referring to Liz as a bit of an over-achiever would be an under-statement.
  
  This coming Saturday the [...]
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  Posted: July 16, 2009, 9:09am EDT
  

• My Son's in Korea

  
  
  So I've quickly learned how to operate something called "AIM" where we can finally do this ->
  
  
  
  
  Just as promised at the 1939 World's Fair!
  
  Seoul
  
  Keeping track of the 13 hour time difference is new to me' [...]
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  Posted: July 15, 2009, 6:49pm EDT
  

• Domestic Terrorists?

  [...]
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  Posted: July 14, 2009, 8:47pm EDT
  

• Islam's Public Relations Problem Personified

  
  
  
  
  
  Bad Santa?
  
  Top Iranian cleric Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, speaks Friday at Tehran University
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  From AP
  British embassy staff 'face Iran trial
  Top Iranian cleric Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati made the announcement in' [...]
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  Posted: July 03, 2009, 8:55am EDT
  

• Trial Lawyers Viewing Madoff as Oppurtunity

  
  
  Yesterday, class action trial attorney's collectively smiled with glee as Bernard Madoff was sentenced to a maximum 150 years in prison. Should individuals of propagating securities fraud be punished? Of course.
  
  However, as Congress is lobbied to change the manner in which' [...]
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  Posted: June 30, 2009, 1:31pm EDT
  

• A tip of the hat ...to a Democrat??

  
  It's doubtful this will happen too often on this site.
  
  However Rep. Corky Mazurek, D-Wolcott who represents the 80th district including a good sized chunk of Southington, simply insists on doing his job as opposed to selling out to the union, kool-aid drinking moveon.org [...]
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  Posted: June 28, 2009, 12:09am EDT
  

• Democrats Turn on Dodd

  On the Evening of June 22 2009, the Kent Democratic Town Committee at its regular meeting voted to adopt a resolution of no confidence in Senator Dodd.
  The resolution follows.
  
  A RESOLUTION OF THE KENT DEMOCRATIC TOWN COMMITTEE
  
  The members of the Kent Democratic Town Committee share with [...]
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  Posted: June 24, 2009, 9:20am EDT
  

• So..How was the Bush Dinner?

  It dawned on me as I rummaged through some of my grandfathers stuff and ran across a photo with him and Charles Freihofer, him with his friend the Governor, who went to become president,(FDR) that my own grandchildren won't be stumbling across anything similar and it's my own darn fault.[...]
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  Posted: June 23, 2009, 8:58pm EDT
  

• Democrats Seek to Kill CT Jobs

  There's a link to the right that will take the reader to The Everyday Republican, but for those 3 or 4 of you (out of my 6 or 7 regular readers) that haven't ever taken it, I'm re-posting this one.
  
  
  
  
  For [...]
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  Posted: June 22, 2009, 9:09am EDT