http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/ct-news/ en-us Sun, 8 Nov 2009 13:27:33 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2381453/posts HARTFORD, Conn. – A memorial to honor a Sept. 11 victim from a small northwestern Connecticut town has been halted by the unexpected conflict arising from his father's insistence it say his son was murdered by "Muslim terrorists." Town officials in Kent are balking, saying it would be inappropriate to single out a religious group in a project on town property and paid for with taxpayers' money. The memorial plaque to be erected outside the town hall is on indefinite hold. Peter Gadiel is criticizing town leaders for being too politically correct, and says he's frustrated about what he calls... YahooNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2381453/posts#comment Sun, 8 Nov 2009 13:27:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2381142/posts Spat Over 'Muslim Terrorists' Halts 9/11 Marker Dad of one victim wants those words on it; town says not on public property Ruth Epstein, a first selectman in Kent, Conn., says that to add "Muslim terrorists" to a planned 9/11 memorial would be disparaging towards Muslims. Nov . 7, 2009 HARTFORD, Conn. - A memorial to honor a Sept. 11 victim from a small northwestern Connecticut town has been halted by the unexpected conflict arising from his father's insistence it say his son was murdered by "Muslim terrorists." Town officials in Kent are balking, saying it would be inappropriate to... AP Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2381142/posts#comment Sat, 7 Nov 2009 23:33:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2380958/posts HARTFORD, Conn. - An effort to honor a Sept. 11 victim in the small Connecticut town of Kent has unexpectedly became a contentious debate. That’s because the victim’s father has insisted his son’s memorial say he was murdered by "Muslim terrorists." Town officials say it would be inappropriate to single out a religious group on a project on town property that’s paid for with taxpayers’ money. The memorial is on indefinite hold. AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2380958/posts#comment Sat, 7 Nov 2009 17:22:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379347/posts It is protest day, for the Left and the Right, on Capitol Hill. First out of the gate - 9 Protesters backing a universal health care system briefly occupied Sen. Joe Lieberman's office this morning. Protesters were arrested, one by one, and dragged out of his office amid chants of "Everyone in and noone out, universal healthcare now!" and "Represent Connecticut, not AETNA!" ABC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379347/posts#comment Thu, 5 Nov 2009 19:09:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379057/posts Hartford (WTNH) - Ned Lamont may be hitting the campaign trail sooner than expected. "I'm in the exploratory phase for statewide office as the lawyers have explained to me," Lamont said. Lamont says he's been considering a run for governor for a year and doesn't care if the popular incumbent Republican runs for another term or not. "Governor Rell's going to do what she's going to do but at the end of the day you need a stronger hand at the tiller. I mean this state's in trouble. Read that Moody's report that just came out. They gave us a... WTNH Television http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379057/posts#comment Thu, 5 Nov 2009 13:12:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378937/posts After pumping more than $1 million into an upstate New York House race to elect the Conservative Party’s Doug Hoffman, the Club for Growth is on the hunt again. Chris Chocola, president of the conservative political action committee, made it clear the PAC is looking for more GOP targets who don’t embrace the Club’s limited-government approach. Priority No. 1 is likely to be the Senate contest in Florida, where Republican Gov. Charlie Crist, who embraced President Barack Obama’s stimulus package, is being challenged by former State House Speaker Marco Rubio. . . . . . Beyond Florida, other establishment Republicans... The Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378937/posts#comment Thu, 5 Nov 2009 06:05:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2377665/posts In what could be a nightmare scenario for Republican Party officials, conservative activists are gearing up to challenge leading GOP candidates in more than a dozen key House and Senate races in 2010. Conservatives and tea party activists had already set their sights on some of the GOP’s top Senate recruits — a list that includes Gov. Charlie Crist in Florida, former Rep. Rob Simmons in Connecticut and Rep. Mark Kirk in Illinois, among others. But their success in Tuesday’s upstate New York special election, where grass-roots efforts pushed GOP nominee Dede Scozzafava to drop out of the race and... Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2377665/posts#comment Tue, 3 Nov 2009 20:48:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376729/posts New York beef manufacturer Fairbanks Farms has issued a voluntary recall of a little more than half a million pounds of ground beef. The recall, which affects states from Maine to North Carolina -- Maryland included -- comes after one person died in New Hampshire and people were sickened in other states after eating beef thought to be contaminated by the bacteria E.coli. The products, which include ground beef, meatloaf and meatball mix, carry sell-by dates from Sept. 19-28 and were sold under such brands as Trader Joe's Butcher Shop Fine Quality Meats, Giant Meatloaf & Meatball Mix and BJ's... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376729/posts#comment Mon, 2 Nov 2009 18:58:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2377238/posts Sen. Joe Lieberman has reached a private understanding with Majority Leader Harry Reid that he will not block a final vote on healthcare reform, according to two sources briefed on the matter. The unpredictable Democrat-turned-Independent last week publicly stated he would join Republicans in filibustering the Democratic legislation after Reid (D-Nev.) announced he had included a government-run health insurance plan in the bill. But sources said Reid’s staff is telling liberal interest groups that Lieberman (Conn.) has assured Reid he will vote with Democrats in the necessary procedural vote to end debate, perhaps with intentions to change the bill. “Lieberman... The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2377238/posts#comment Tue, 3 Nov 2009 10:44:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376225/posts As you may have heard, erstwhile Democrat Joe Lieberman has vowed to support a Republican filibuster of any health care bill containing the dreaded "public option." Politicians and those who write about them spent the week scratching their heads, struggling to divine his motives. Perhaps I can help. First, toss out any theory connecting Lieberman's action to concern for health care policy. We infer this not only from the breathtaking opportunism of his late career but from the stunning ignorance on display in his remarks on the filibuster. Surely, a man operating on principle would suffer to learn the facts.... Hartford Courant http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376225/posts#comment Mon, 2 Nov 2009 02:43:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2375368/posts Is there a more hypocritical figure in American politics than Joe Lieberman? The Connecticut senator declared Tuesday that he would support a filibuster of any health care reform bill that has a public option - even the version with the "trigger" compromise accepted by Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe - because it might cost money. "I think that a lot of people may think that the public option is free," said Lieberman, one of the Senate's big spenders, in a suddenly frugal mood. "It's not. It's going to cost the taxpayers and people that have health insurance now, and if it... Creators Syndicate via SFGate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2375368/posts#comment Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:49:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2375438/posts Yet another example of the folly of assigning liberals to guard duty. Joining Rachel Maddow on her MSNBC show Thursday to vent about that pesky wabbit Joe Lieberman was Fire Dog Lake blogger Jane Hamsher. Democrats wield considerable leverage over Lieberman, Hamsher opined, to keep him from joining a GOP filibuster of ObamaCare or punish him if he does -- MADDOW: ... I think you’re right to point out that other senators sort of gently expressing their disapproval of his proverbial toplessness at this point is a bigger deal than it would be in the real world, that their words... Newsbusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2375438/posts#comment Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:12:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374887/posts Back be popular demand, Jim Vicevich's famous last 30 minutes RANT. … so here it is. I’m off in a cubical somewhere trying to determine why a Web server won’t behave and my cell phone starts buzzing, and buzzing, and buzzing. I see tons of e-mails with keywords like rant, go Jim, and YES! – Here is the audio … There may also have been something about a thrown water bottle, but I have no idea what was going on during that last 30 minutes… Mr. Joyce captured the audio, so here it is … http://www.radioviceonline.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374887/posts#comment Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:27:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374868/posts NAUGATUCK, Conn. (AP) — Naugatuck police say they’re searching for a woman who was running an illegal dentist’s practice in her apartment. Police say they found used syringes and other unsanitary medical items in the woman’s one-room apartment, but they haven’t received any complaints from her patients. Authorities say the suspect is a Brazilian woman, but they’re not releasing her name. They’re asking her patients to call the police department. Police are working with state health officials to determine whether criminal or civil charges are warranted. They say the woman was apparently serving illegal immigrants who didn’t have insurance and... New Haven Register http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374868/posts#comment Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:54:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374550/posts Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.), already under fire from the Democratic party’s base for vocally opposing the public option in health care legislation, now tells ABC News that he plans to support Republican congressional candidates next year: "I probably will support some Republican candidates for Congress or Senate in the election in 2010. I'm going to call them as I see them," Lieberman said in an ABC News "Subway Series" interview aboard the U.S. Capitol Subway System. "There's a hard core of partisan, passionate, hardcore Republicans," Lieberman said. "There's a hard core of partisan Democrats on the other side. And in... Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374550/posts#comment Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:45:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374691/posts Lieberman: "I'm going to call them as I see them." ABC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374691/posts#comment Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:24:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374693/posts Sounding more like an independent than a Democrat, Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., tells ABC News he will campaign for some Republican candidates during the 2010 midterm elections and may not seek the Democratic Senate nomination when he runs for re-election in 2012. "I probably will support some Republican candidates for Congress or Senate in the election in 2010. I'm going to call them as I see them," Lieberman said in an ABC News "Subway Series" interview aboard the U.S. Capitol Subway System abc NEWS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374693/posts#comment Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:26:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374626/posts New Haven, increasingly a model city for the state, is about to begin an education experiment that could lead school reform efforts around the nation. Teachers will be evaluated, at least in part, on how well students perform. Classroom teachers who struggle will be asssisted and bad ones may be given the boot. It's also possible teachers will get bonus pay if students perform well. Failing schools may close and new ones could open. The union will not be able to block school reforms. And teachers, for a change, will play an active part in making decisions. This isn't just... Courant.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374626/posts#comment Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:09:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374504/posts Sounding more like an independent than a Democrat, Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., tells ABC News he will campaign for some Republican candidates during the 2010 midterm elections and may not seek the Democratic Senate nomination when he runs for re-election in 2012. "I probably will support some Republican candidates for Congress or Senate in the election in 2010. I'm going to call them as I see them," Lieberman said in an ABC News "Subway Series" interview aboard the U.S. Capitol Subway System. Lieberman infuriated fellow Democrats in 2008 by supporting Republican presidential nominee John McCain as well as congressional candidates... ABCNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374504/posts#comment Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:43:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374408/posts New Haven (WTNH) - Some schools are giving students the opportunity to learn how to speak Arabic and it seems that many are taking a liking to it. The word "bedeel" means "options" in Arabic and that's exactly what Chris George, with the Integrated Refugee and Immigrants Services in New Haven, wants students to have. "Languages are more important now, we need to globalize this country, we need to internationalize this country if we're going to compete," said George. Arabic is now listed among the top languages that the State Department recommends that children learn. But only a few select... WTNH Television http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374408/posts#comment Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:58:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2373062/posts New Haven (AP) - Ten New Haven residents have filed a lawsuit accusing federal authorities of violating their rights by conducting an immigration raid in retaliation for a New Haven program that provided ID cards to foreigners in the country illegally. The sweeps in New Haven on June 6, 2007, came two days after the city approved issuing identification cards to all city residents, regardless of immigration status. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials deny the early morning raids were retaliatory, saying planning began the year before. The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court, cites e-mails between federal officials that... WTNH Television http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2373062/posts#comment Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:52:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372869/posts STORRS, Conn. -- Two of three people charged in connection with the stabbing death of UConn football player Jasper Howard are scheduled to face a judge Wednesday. John Lomax, 21, of Bloomfield, Hakim Muhammed, 20, of Bloomfield, and Jama Todd, 21, of Hartford, were arrested Tuesday in connection with Howard's death. http://www.wfsb.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372869/posts#comment Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:21:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372451/posts The health-care debate isn't over, notwithstanding the White House-Nancy Pelosi attempt to make it seem inevitable. Majority Leader Harry Reid had barely announced his plan to include a public insurance option when Connecticut Independent Joe Lieberman declared yesterday that he'd join a filibuster against such a Senate bill. "We're trying to do too much at once," Mr. Lieberman said. "To put this government-created insurance company on top of everything else is just asking for trouble for the taxpayers, for the premium payers and for the national debt. I don't think we need it now." The Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372451/posts#comment Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:07:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372437/posts How enraged is Keith Olbermann with Joe Lieberman for announcing that he would filibuster a health care bill that contains a government-control provision? Enough that, without presenting any evidence whatsoever, the Countdown host has slyly implied that Lieberman might be on the take from insurance companies in his home state of Connecticut. You had to listen carefully, but Olbermann slipped the scurrilous suggestion into his diatribe against Liebermann on tonight's Countdown. Here was Olbermann . . . View video here. NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372437/posts#comment Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:50:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372286/posts Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid addressed a development, first reported by TPMDC, that Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) will filibuster a health care bill if it includes a public option. "Joe Lieberman is the least of Harry Reid's problems," Reid told reporters at his weekly press conference. During a Q&A session with reporters, Reid offered a fairly spirited defense of Lieberman, signaling perhaps that he doesn't believe Lieberman will ultimately be an obstacle--or at least that he doesn't want to tip his hat: "I don't have anyone that I've worked harder with, have more respect for, in the Senate than Joe... TPMDC.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372286/posts#comment Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:38:50 GMT