The Lieberman Let Go...

Recently, it seems that all of the blog entries written on My Left Nutmeg are Joe Lieberman, Joe Lieberman, and some more about Joe Lieberman. In fact, in the most recent blog entry, he is referred to as Joe in the title. I guess that he is blogged about so much they are now on a first name basis with him.

Since Election day, there have been 20 (as of Dec. 4th, 40) blog entries completely and totally devoted to bashing Joe Lieberman. In these blog entries there have been many, in a way, campaign buttons that say "just say no to Joe" It seems that every day there are just more and more thing out there to get Joe Lieberman out of Connecticut office. Well then maybe it is time to actually do something about it.

There have been many statements saying things like:

"To reward Senator Lieberman with a major committee chairmanship would be a slap in the face of millions of Americans who worked tirelessly for Barack Obama and who want to see real change in our country"

Joe Lieberman has stabbed Connecticut Democrats in the back too many times. It is time to strip him of all committee memberships -- he no longer deserves such respect from Democrats.

And there have been many blog entry titles like:

Senator Dorgan States That Joe's Behavior Is Unacceptable

Greenwich DTC Votes to Censure and Repudiate Joe Lieberman

Lieberman Wins, We Lose

After reading all of the multiple blog entries about how awful of a person Joe Lieberman is, it made me think that it is time to change to title of this blog... maybe to something like wehatejoe.com or a name of that sort.

With all these bloggers out there writing about how much they hate him, it is sort of funny that no one is actually doing anything to take a stand and push him out of office. It is just a bunch of anonymous bloggers trying to sway peoples opinions. I am not in anyway saying that I am for Joe Libermen, nor am I saying I am against him. There is nothing wrong with blogging negatively about Joe Lieberman, but maybe it is time to be a little more mature about it...

Joe The Paskudnyak*

*A horrible, horrible person. (completely unnecessary)

Blogging in the News

One of the first assignments this year was to find news articles about a certain topic. we all choose an educational topic to be reading about in the news. i decided on reading and blogging about local news. at first i thought that local news was only limited towards Branford, so with millers help i found this website. over the first few days of reading the articles, that's what i thought this was, a web page. it wasn't until a saw all the comments that i realized it was really a blog.

The Branford Eagle is a blog written by Marcia Chambers. She is a writer who has completely devoted her blog to writing articles about the news in Branford. This is a great blog because it gives the residents a place to read about what is going on in Branford. Because Branford is a somewhat small residential town, we don't typically make it onto the news, this gives us a chance to let others even outside of Branford to know whats going on.

Atempt To Keep Driving From Getting Too Dangerous...

There have recently been new laws put to place for teenage drivers. These laws were put into effect August 1st of 2008, which makes it old news. However, but of the serious affect it has had on teenage drivers all over Connecticut, I believe, along with many other teenagers and parents, that it is continuous news.

Many teenage drivers think that these new rules only apply to those who obtain their licenses after August 1st. But that is a misconception. Most, in fact almost all of the new rules do only apply to those 16 and 17-year-old drivers who just got their licenses, but none of the punishments do. All penalties and suspensions also apply to drivers who have had there licenses for even as long as a year.

The old driving rules still apply to drivers who were "grandfathered in" such as; midnight curfew, driving friends after six months and driving within Connecticut for the first six months. I being one of these drivers who has been "grandfathered in with these old laws have been paying close attention to these new rules, because of the fact that my parents are much more strict on these laws then the police are. Many parents, not just my own, believe that all these laws apply to all 16 and 17-year-old drivers. If someone were to know of a parent, or a driver who are not aware of these new laws, guiding them to this article will keep them up to date.

Fish Kill...

One of the first articles that I decided to read was "Major Fish Kill in Branford River" written by Marcia Chambers. this article informed the readers about the recent news about the dead fish in the branford river. it describes to the reader where and when it took place, also that a similar fish kill happened a few years earlier. the writer tell us about the possable reasons of why this fish kill could have taken place. some reasons being that the fish were pushed into a smaller area by larger fish which would cause the fish to die from lack of oxygen. also that the possably could have died from the pollution that is being dumped into the branford river from various companys along the river. the writter then goes on to talk about the Alantic Wire company that is belived to have a major cause in the pollution of the river.

From reading this article i have felt more knowagable about something that has happened in our town. suprisingly, the branford river has come up in conversation alot in the past few days. at work, many people talk to me about fishing. unfortunalty, i don't know very much about fishing but i was able to join in the conversation with them because they were talking about the fish kill. i was able to imform them about the article i have read and told them what i learned from the article. i was also able to talk to another man about this fish issue and i learned something from him. he told me that about 15 years ago, on branford point, he witnessed hundreds and hundreds of bunkers get pushed up onto the beach by bluefish, and that all the fishermen were running into the water trying to catch the bluefish. because of this article i was able to have some great conversations.