Well, folks... Benghazi... the plot thickens.
(*SHRUG*)
I'll be covering this issue within today's newsbites, but the long and short of it... Patraeus apparently contradicted himself in today's closed door hearings and for some reason Republicans (RINOs actually) such as Pete King are soft-peddling these contradictions... perhaps in an effort not alienate Patraeus and his supporters within the military... perhaps because he wants to use Patraeus' testimony (where he can) to go after the administration based upon Patraeus' latest testimony stating that Susan Rice SHOULD have known Benghazi was a terrorist attack because the CIA sent her this information... BUT... somehow... supposedly... Rice "never got the memo."
This leads us to the question... "Why not?"
Again... folks... this is too complicated to deal with here on the front page "cover" of today's newsbites, but rest assured I'll be sharing what I learn - and what I think - within the comments section of this Friday newsbites post.
10 comments:
* MULTI-PART POST (Part 1 of ?)
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/11/16/petraeus-to-testify-knew-libya-was-terrorism-from-start-source-says/
Former CIA Director David Petraeus testified in a closed-door hearing Friday morning...
* NO WAY THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN A CLOSED-DOOR HEARING.
...that his agency determined immediately after the Sept. 11 Libya attack that "Al Qaeda involvement" was suspected - but the line was taken out in the final version circulated to administration officials, according to a top lawmaker who was briefed.
* TWO POINTS: 1) PATRAEUS IS CONTRADICTING HIS OWN PAST PUBLIC STATEMENTS MADE EARLY OWN WHERE HE STOOD BY THE "PARTY LINE" THAT BENGHAZI "APPEARED TO BE" A REACTION TO A YOUTUBE VIDEO TEASER FOR A "FILM" (WHICH AS YET I DON'T BELIEVE ANYONE HAS ACTUALLY SEEN; ALL WE'VE SEEN IS THE TEASER) DISRESPECTFUL TO ISLAM; 2) WHO WOULD HAVE THE JUICE TO "TAKE OUT" THESE TALKING POINTS THAT WERE SENT BY THE CIA TO RICE?
Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., who spoke to reporters after Petraeus testified before the House Intelligence Committee, indicated he and other lawmakers still have plenty of questions about the aftermath of the attack.
"No one knows yet exactly who came up with the final version of the talking points," he said.
(*PURSED LIPS*)
Petraeus was heading next to the Senate Intelligence Committee to testify. At the same time, lawmakers unexpectedly convened a briefing with top members of various committees to examine a Sept. 25 letter to President Obama that asked a series of classified questions on Benghazi.
* FOLKS... THE DEMOCRATS CONTROL BOTH THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH AND THE SENATE. I FEAR THEY'RE DELIBERATELY MUDDYING THE WATERS BY NOT AGREEING TO ONE SINGLE JOINT INVESTIGATORY HOUSE-SENATE COMMITTEE WITH SUBPOENA POWER. WHY WOULD ANYONE WANT PATRAEUS OR ANY OF THE OTHER PLAYERS TO GIVE MULTIPLE TESTIMONIES TO MULTIPLE COMMITTEES UNLESS THE REASON IS TO FURTHER MUDDY THE WATERS BY INSISTING ON AN INVESTIGATORY MECHANISM THAT IS BOUND TO LEAD TO SO MUCH CONTRADICTORY TESTIMONY THAT NO ONE KNOWS WHAT'S WHAT AT THE END OF THE PROCESS.
* FOLKS... LAWYERS DO THIS ALL THE TIME WITH OVERARCHING REQUESTS FOR SO MANY THOUSANDS OF PAGES OF INFO - MOST OF IT HAVING NOTHING TO DO WITH A CASE - THAT THE PROCESS ITSELF PUSHES THE NEEDLE FURTHER THAN EVER INTO THE HAYSTACK.
Petraeus' testimony both challenges the Obama administration's repeated claims that the attack was a "spontaneous" protest over an anti-Islam video, and according to King conflicts with his own briefing to lawmakers on Sept. 14. Sources have said Petraeus, in that briefing, also described the attack as a protest that spun out of control.
* YEP! IN OTHER WORDS PATRAEUS SEEMS TO BE DELIBERATELY UNDERMINING HIS OWN CREDIBILITY!
"His testimony today was that from the start, he had told us that this was a terrorist attack," King said, adding that he told Petraeus he had a "different recollection."
* IN OTHER WORDS... KING IS SAYING PATRAEUS IS FULL OF SHIT WITHOUT USING THE PHRASE. I ASSUME HE'S TRYING TO CREATE CREDIBILITY FOR PATRAEUS' STATEMENTS THAT HURT THE ADMINISTRATION VIA NOT DESTROYING THIS SAME CREDIBILITY BY DIRECTLY CALLING PATRAEUS' LIES... er... LIES.
* AGAIN... THIS SERVES THE ADMINISTRATION BY MUDDYING THE WATERS.
(*SIGH*)
Still, the claim that the CIA's original talking points were changed is sure to stoke controversy on the Hill.
* THE CLAIM BY PATRAEUS! EITHER HE'S TELLING THE TRUTH OR HE'S LYING.
* TO BE CONTINUED...
"The original talking points were much more specific about Al Qaeda involvement. And yet the final ones just said indications of extremists," King said, adding that the final version was the product of a vague "inter-agency process."
* LISTEN... AT THE END OF THE DAY IT WOULD TAKE A KEY PLAYER WITH JUICE - SOMEONE IN THE INNER PRESIDENTIAL CIRCLE - TO DENY SUSAN RICE THE INFORMATION SHE NEEDED IN ORDER TO BE TRUTHFUL AS THE ADMINISTRATION'S MAIN BENGHAZI SPOKESPERSON ON THE SUNDAY NEWS SHOWS FOLLOWING THE MURDER OF OUR PEOPLE AND THE DESTRUCTION OF OUR CONSULATE. THE QUESTION: WHO IS THIS UNKNOWN PERSON? HILLARY? PANETTA? OBAMA HIMSELF...???
Further, King said a CIA analyst specifically told lawmakers that the Al Qaeda affiliates line "was taken out."
(*PURSED LIPS*)
Lawmakers are focusing on the talking points issue because of concern over the account U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice gave on five Sunday shows on Sept. 16, when she repeatedly claimed the attack was spontaneous. Rice's defenders have since insisted she was merely basing her statements on the intelligence at the time.
* FOLKS... EITHER RICE WAS KNOWINGLY LYING OR SHE WAS SET UP TO LIE... SET UP BY SOMEONE ABOVE HER ON THE FOOD CHAIN. I CAN'T IMAGINE THIS HAPPENING WITHOUT OBAMA'S APPROVAL... CAN YOU? WHO WOULD TAKE THE RISK KNOWING THAT ULTIMATELY THE BLOW-BACK WOULD FALL UPON OBAMA IF THE WHOLE STORY FELL APART - AS IT DID?!
The suggestion that the intelligence was altered raised questions about who altered it, with King asking if "the White House changed the talking points."
One source told Fox News that Petraeus "has no idea what was provided" to Rice or who was the author of the talking points she used.
* YOU HAVE GOT TO BE SHITTING ME! A U.S. AMBASSADOR WAS MURDERED! THREE OTHER AMERICANS WERE MURDERED ALONG WITH THE AMBASSADOR! OUR CONSULATE WAS OVERRUN AND TORCHED! WHAT COULD POSSIBLY HAVE TAKEN PRECEDENCE IN TERMS OF REQUIRING THE CIA DIRECTOR'S TIME...?!?!
* OH... AND FOLKS... AGAIN... IF RICE'S COMMENTS WERE SIMPLY "A MISTAKE" THEN WHY DIDN'T OBAMA... OR CLINTON... OR PANETTA... OR PATRAEUS... IMMEDIATELY CORRECT THE RECORD WITHIN MOMENTS OF RICH'S FIRST "MISSTATEMENT" AIRING ON NATIONAL TELEVISION...?!?!
* OH... AND, FOLKS... AS TO RICE... I ASK YOU ONCE AGAIN TO REVIEW USUALLY RIGHT FOR THE DAY OF AND AFTER 9/11/12. ASK YOURSELF... IS IT REALLY POSSIBLE THAT RICE WASN'T AWARE OF WHAT YOURS TRULY WAS AWARE OF? YOU DON'T HOLD RICE TO ACCOUNT FOR FAILING TO DEMAND THE TRUTH...???
"He had no idea she was going on talk shows" until the White House announced it one or two days before, the source said.
* BUT... BUT... BUT... ONE OR TWO DAYS BEFORE IS... er... ONE OR TWO DAYS BEFORE!
* TO BE CONTINUED...
* CONCLUDING... (Part 3 OF 3)
While Petraeus resigned last Friday [supposedly] over an extra-marital affair, his testimony Friday was expected to focus on Libya as opposed to personal matters. King said it barely came up, and only when Petraeus was asked if the affair and investigation had any impact on his testimony on Libya. "He said no," King said.
The pressure was on Petraeus to set the record straight, after other top intelligence officials struggled a day earlier to explain why their initial talking points after the Libya attack minimized the role of militant groups.
(*SMIRK*)
Lawmakers on the House and Senate intelligence committees heard testimony Thursday in private meetings with Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and Acting CIA Director Mike Morell. But Fox News was told there were heated exchanges on the House side, particularly over the talking points that administration officials relied on in the days after the Sept. 11 strike.
Fox News was told that neither Clapper nor Morell knew for sure who finalized that information.
* UNFUCKINGACCEPTABLE...!!!
And they could not explain why they minimized the role of a regional Al Qaeda branch as well as the militant Ansar al-Sharia despite evidence of their involvement.
* JEEZUS... IT'S SIMPLE... THE ADMINISTRATION TRIED TO PULL A FAST ONE! THEY DIDN'T PULL IT OFF! THEY GOT OUTED! ALL THE REST HAS BEEN DAMAGE CONTROL!
Further, Fox News was told Morell was pushed to explain why, during a Sept. 14 briefing, Petraeus seemed wedded to the explanation that the attack was in response to an anti-Islam video. Morell apparently said he wasn't at that briefing and had nothing further to add.
(*SNORT*)
Lawmakers continue to express concerns on several fronts - on whether warnings in the months preceding Sept. 11 were ignored...
* THEY WERE! WE KNOW THIS! THIS ISN'T IN DISPUTE! RE-READ THE RECORD RIGHT HERE AT USUALLY RIGHT IF YOU NEED TO!
...and on why the administration first insisted the attack was a "spontaneous" act.
* THEY LIED! THEY GOT CAUGHT LYING! THEY LIED BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT THEY COULD GET AWAY WITH THE LIE AND PRESERVE THE FICTION THAT OBAMA'S LIBYA INTERVENTION HAD BEEN A SUCCESS AND THAT HIS GREATER MID-EAST FOREIGN POLICY WAS A SUCCESS!
* JEEZUS, FOLKS... THIS AIN'T ROCKET SCIENCE!
Rice has been the focal point of that criticism. Obama, though, in his first post-election press conference Wednesday, called the criticism "outrageous" and told those lawmakers to "go after me" instead.
* EASY TO SAY WHEN HIS ALLIES CONTROL THE U.S. SENATE.
California Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff also came to Rice's defense Thursday, saying after the House intelligence committee hearing that Rice was given the intelligence community's "best assessment" at the time.
* AGAIN, FOLKS... THIS TOO IS A LIE. RE-READ USUALLY RIGHT FROM 9/11/12 ON. THE UK INDEPENDENT WAS BREAKING THE REAL STORY FROM THE START! BY THE TIME RICE GAVE HER SUNDAY PERFORMANCES EVERYONE WHO HAD BEEN PAYING ATTENTION KNEW WHAT THE TRUTH WAS!
"Those who have suggested that Ambassador Rice was politicizing the intelligence or misrepresenting what the intelligence community was putting forward as its best assessment are either unfamiliar with the facts, or willfully disregarding them," he said.
* FOLKS... SCHIFF IS A DISGUSTING INDIVIDUAL. AGAIN... THE LIES UPON LIES ARE DOCUMENTED!
http://dailycaller.com/2012/11/16/woman-in-petraeus-scandal-visited-white-house/
* ACTUALLY, AS YOU'LL NOTE, THIS IS ORIGINALLY AN AP PIECE!
An Obama administration official says a Tampa Bay socialite whose emails triggered the eventual downfall of CIA director David Petraeus visited the White House three times this year with her sister, twice eating in the Executive Mansion mess.
(*SNORT*)
The official says that Jill Kelley, who initiated an investigation that ultimately unveiled Petraeus’ extramarital affair, and her sister had two “courtesy” meals at the White House mess as guests of a mid-level White House aide.
* UMM-HMM...
Kelley and her family also received a White House tour.
The visits occurred during the past three months.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity because those visitor records have not yet been made public.
* UH-HUH...
The official said the White House aide who hosted her met the Kelley family at MacDill Air Force Base near Tampa.
* COINCIDENCE? MAYBE. WEIRD, THOUGH.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2012/11/15/sears-earnings-down/1707583/
Sears Holdings reported a net loss of almost $500 million versus $410 million last year, showing the retailer continues to struggle to turn business around.
* HMM... ACCORDING TO MY MATH... ISN'T THAT NEAR A BILLION DOLLAR TOTAL LOSS OVER TWO YEARS...???
Revenue was also down, though mostly due to closing several Sears and Kmart stores. Sales for stores open at least a year were down 3.1%, slightly better than a 3.7% decline in the second quarter.
* AND THE OBAMA RECOVERY CONTINUES...
http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-fha-federal-housing-administration-bailout-20121116,0,1915053.story
The Federal Housing Administration, which has played a crucial role in stabilizing the housing market...
* BULLSHIT.
...said it ended September with $16.3 billion in projected losses...
* OOPS...
...a possible prelude to a taxpayer bailout.
(*JUST THROWING MY HANDS UP*)
The precarious financial situation could force the FHA, which has been self-funded through mortgage insurance premiums since it was created during the Great Depression, to tap the U.S. Treasury to stay afloat.
* THE SAME TREASURY WHICH MUST BORROW 43-CENTS OF EVERY DOLLAR SPENT BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT...
The agency said a determination on whether it needs a bailout won't come until next year.
* OH, GOODY...
The FHA is required to maintain enough cash reserves to cover losses on the mortgages it insures. But in its annual actuarial report to Congress, the agency said a slower-than-anticipated housing market recovery has led its reserves to fall $16.3 billion below anticipated losses.
* SO WHO IS GOING TO JAIL FOR BREAKING THE LAW...?
(*SMIRK*)
The FHA's cash reserves aren't supposed to drop below 2% of projected losses. They ended the 2012 fiscal year at -1.44%, down from the seriously low level of 0.24% at the end of 2011.
(*JUST SHAKING MY HEAD*)
* FOLKS... AGAIN... THERE IS NO RULE OF LAW. THERE'S ONLY THE RULE OF THOSE IN POWER.
The FHA and the Department of Housing and Urban Development, which oversees it, said the report "does not mean FHA has insufficient cash to pay insurance claims, a current operating deficit or will need to immediately draw funds from the Treasury."
* AND, YET... ALREADY WE'RE TALKING "BAILOUT."
(*SMIRK*)
A request for taxpayer money would come in President Obama's 2014 budget, set to be released in February, with a final determination of whether the FHA needs the funds coming next September. The FHA has permanent and indefinite authority to draw money from the Treasury, although it has never had to use that power.
(*JUST SHAKING MY HEAD*)
The FHA does not lend money, but guarantees loans made by banks in exchange for insurance premiums. The agency's role has expanded since the crash of the subprime mortgage market, and it now insures about $1.1 trillion in loans, according to Inside Mortgage Finance.
* YES... EXPANDED... KNOWING THIS MIGHT LEAD TO YET MORE BAILOUTS BUT DOING IT ANYWAY.
But the expanded role, including backing mortgages with as little as 3.5% down payment...
(*JUST SHAKING MY HEAD*)
* FOLKS... DON'T YOU SEE... DON'T YOU SEE THAT EVERYTHING I'VE BEEN TELLING YOU FOR YEARS ABOUT OBAMA, THE DEMS, THEIR TACTICS, AND THEIR GOALS HAS BEEN TRUE...?!
...and for some people who have undergone recent foreclosures, has taken a toll on its finances. The agency boosted premiums and took other steps in 2009 to shore up its capital reserves.
* ONE... MORE... TIME... (*DRUM ROLL*) ...$16.3 BILLION IN PROJECTED LOSSES! NOTHING HAS BEEN "SHORED UP!"
"While the loans made during this administration remain the strongest in the agency's history...
* FOLKS... WE'RE LIVING IN OBAMA'S WONDERLAND. IT'S THAT FUCKING SIMPLE.
...we take the findings of the independent actuary very seriously," said acting FHA Commissioner Carol Galante. "We will continue to take aggressive steps to protect FHA's financial health while ensuring that FHA continues to perform its historic role of providing access to homeownership for underserved communities and supporting the housing market during tough economic times."
* MEANING: "WE'LL KEEP ON DOING WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING AND FUCK YOU IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT."
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Journalism/2012/11/15/BBC-Lies-About-Gaza-Victim
Is there a limit to the number of times the news media will act as willing accomplices for Palestinian propaganda?
Apparently not.
The BBC, which has been an enemy of Israel for years, even going so far as to quote as an authority noted Israel hater Richard Falk, who has compared Israelis to Nazis, has now been caught cutting a video showing a “victim” of the Israeli attack on Gaza being carried out, seriously wounded.
One problem: In the same video thirty seconds later, the same man is standing on his own two feet.
It’s a miracle!
* AND THAT SAME NIGHT... CNN AIRED THE SAME FAKE VIDEO!
http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-TV/2012/11/16/Fraud-CNN-Uses-Video-Footage-Of-Faked-Palestinian-Injuries
Last night on CNN's 360 with Anderson Cooper, video footage was broadcast that purported to show injuries and victims of Israeli military operations in Gaza. The footage was exposed as fraudulent here on Breitbart News yesterday.
* UNFRIGGIN'BELIEVABLE!
http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials/111512-633681-david-and-holly-petraeus-conflict-of-interest.htm
The late British Stalinist journalist Claud Cockburn is given credit for
quipping, "Never underestimate the effectiveness of a straight cash
bribe." How much more so when the money comes from the taxpayers'
bottomless pockets?
On top of the scandal forcing military genius David Petraeus to
resign as CIA director, and in which Afghan forces commanding Gen. John Allen, USMC, is in trouble for e-mail exchanges with a Tampa socialite, comes a third four-star general's troubles.
* I NOTED THIS IN A NEWSBITE THE OTHER DAY...
Gen. William "Kip" Ward, former head of the U.S. Africa Command, was demoted to three stars this week after a 17-month investigation
discovered "lengthy stays at lavish hotels for Ward, his wife and his staff members" billed to the government.
* PRICK BASTARD!
In our quite-proper admiration for those at the highest ranks of the
armed forces, we may have forgotten that some brave men and women dressed in green can be as tempted and manipulated by greenbacks as anyone else.
(*PURSED LIPS*)
What are we to make, therefore, of this fact: On top of Gen.
Petraeus' sizable government salary, CNSNews reports that since last year his wife Holly, the victim of Petraeus' alleged affair with author Paula Broadwell, has been enjoying a $187,605 salary as an assistant director within the Dodd-Frank law's new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
* JEEZUS... FRIGGIN'... CHRIST...!
Obama has made sure the Petraeuses were well within the top 1%
(courtesy of the 99%, of course), with a combined government-provided
annual income not too far from $400,000.
(*SARCASTIC CLAP-CLAP-CLAP*)
The CFPB, which is expected to destroy thousands of small banks, is funded by the Federal Reserve, so Congress has no oversight over it.
(*SMIRK*)
Indeed, Mrs. Petraeus' post is not subject to Senate confirmation.
* NICE...
It may be months before the public knows what Gen. Petraeus knows
about Bengazi, but when a president "invests" so much money in both you and your wife, where is your loyalty likely to go - to the truth or your powerful patron?
(*SIGH*)
* I'D LIKE TO KNOW HOW AND WHY MRS. PATRAEUS GOT THIS SENIOR POSITION. MAYBE IT'S SIMPLE A COINCIDENCE. UNTIL PROVEN OTHERWISE... OR AT LEAST A GOOD CASE MADE TO BELIEVE OTHERWISE... I'M ASSUMING THAT'S ALL IT IS - A COINCIDENCE. STILL... IT DOES MAKE ME CURIOUS...
* TWO-PARTER... (Part 1 of 2)
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/333519/connecticut-s-fiscal-mess-jillian-kay-melchior
As Congress considers massive tax hikes to fix the U.S. deficit, the state of Connecticut is worth a look. There, a similar strategy is failing epically.
Governor Dannel Malloy’s budget chief told the state legislature on Wednesday that Connecticut was facing a $365 million deficit for this fiscal year.
* ON WEDNESDAY... THIS PAST WEDNESDAY... NOT A WEDNESDAY A WEEK OR A MONTH PRIOR TO THE ELECTION...
(*SMIRK*)
That’s nearly twice as big as the $205 million estimate released last week by the Office of Fiscal Analysis and the Office of Policy and Management.
And it’s more than six times what Governor Malloy, a Democrat, had estimated before the election.
If you think that discrepancy is suspicious, you’re not alone. And consider this: Democrats, who hold the majority in both houses of the state legislature, voted to postpone the release of the fall consensus revenue forecasts, which revealed Connecticut’s rather ugly fiscal picture, until after November 6.
* FOLKS... (*JUST THROWING MY HANDS UP*)
[Politics aside, the fiscal reality is that the Democrats who control] Connecticut have consistently spent too much - and then tried to fix the budget shortfall by raising taxes.
* AND IT HASN'T WORKED...!
In 2011, Democrats pushed through record-breaking tax increases, to the tune of $2.6 billion in two years.
They raised marginal tax rates on all incomes over $50,000.
They hiked the sales tax on non-luxury goods by nearly 6%.
They lowered exemptions on inheritance and estate taxes by $1.5 million.
They nickel-and-dimed Connecticut residents with additional taxes on everything from pet grooming to pedicures to yoga to hazardous-waste removal.
And, in a Sheriff of Nottingham twist, they even stuck it to the poor, ending sales-tax exemptions on necessities including non-prescription medications and cheap children’s clothing.
* THAT LAST ONE I COULD SUPPORT. I DON'T LIKE EXEMPTIONS.
* TO BE CONTINUED...
* CONCLUDING... (Part 2 of 2)
Pity the Nutmeggers. Connecticut’s Tax Freedom Day is now May 5, the latest in the nation, according to the Tax Foundation.
Even before the record-breaking tax hikes, Connecticut ranked third in the nation for highest combined state and local tax burden.
Now, the state’s debt per capita is $27,540, surpassed only by Alaska’s, Hawaii’s, and New Jersey’s, according to a report released last month by the non-partisan State Budget Solutions Project.
(*SARCASTIC CLAP-CLAP-CLAP*)
And the Tax Foundation ranks Connecticut 40th in the nation for the tax climate for business.
* THE "GOOD" NEWS - THAT MEANS 10 OTHER STATES HAVE A WORSE TAX CLIMATE FOR BUSINESS!
Furthermore, while demanding financial sacrifices from its residents, the state government has kept on spending.
* AND... THAT'S... THE... PROBLEM...!
When the fiscal year ends on June 30, the state will have spent around $20.5 billion, up from $19.1 billion in 2011. That’s a spending increase of roughly $1.4 billion, or 7.2%.
* JEEZUS FRIGGIN' CHRIST...
(*JUST SHAKING MY HEAD*)
Meanwhile, the state’s tax revenue - for the fourth consecutive time - has fallen short of the governor’s projections.
* HMM... YA THINK THIS COULD HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE "RANKS 40TH" STAT WE JUST POINTED OUT...?
(*RUEFUL CHUCKLE*)
Statistics show that Connecticut’s high earners (a category that includes its small businesses) are particularly sensitive to income-tax increases, and are wont to leave when taxes go up. As early as the fourth quarter of 2011, Connecticut was witnessing lower-than-projected yields from its high earners, possibly because of population flight. As Connecticut continues its spend-and-tax frenzy, its remaining residents must know that another state is never more than 50 miles away.
All this adds up to an unsustainable situation.
* WHAT DO THE POLITICIANS CARE? WORST CASE SCENARIO THEY "RETIRE" OR GET THROWN OUT OF OFFICE AND THEN THEY MOVE TO A LOW-TAX STATE AND TAKE THEIR PENSIONS WITH THEM!
Earlier this year, Barron’s named Connecticut the worst-run state in the nation.
* AGAIN, FOLKS, THE POLITICIANS DON'T "OWN" THE STATE... UNLESS AND UNTIL DISASTER LEADS TO A DEFAULT ON THEIR SALARIES AND SOMEDAY PENSIONS... WHAT DO THEY CARE?!
And this year’s deficit is nothing compared to what next year’s is likely to be; government analysts now project that in fiscal year 2014, Connecticut will face a $1.1 billion budget hole.
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