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Michael Dinan

About Michael

I like community journalism, the New York Yankees, dogs, swimming, Italian and South American food, "The King of Queens," Donna Leon's mysteries, Woody Allen's movies, spending time with my brother and his family, cycling, Pimm's-and-Sprite, visiting in-laws and friends in Ireland and nearly everything on TV in England.

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CTPati

5:02 pm on Friday, October 28, 2011

Does this meet your standards:

Since coming to Congress Himes has voted for spending TRILLIONS of $$$ that we don't have, and over-regulating the private sector, which is the *real* creator of jobs!!

We taxpayers are sick to death of phony "stimulus" spending and wrong-headed legislation, such as Obamacare, that have only made the DEBT, the economy and the high UNEMPLOYMENT worse!!

We remember how Obama laughed about the fact that the last "Stimulus" bill's promised "shovel ready jobs" were NOT so "shovel ready"!! Those jobs turned out to be mostly temporary, and mostly UNION jobs as payoffs to campaign donors, which "cost at a minimum an average of $228,055 each, according to data released [in Feb.] by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).

No thanks, Jim, to your latest feckless excuse to keep your name and photo in the public's eye. I for one am feeling like you and the other STATISTS in congress have been constantly shoving your thumbs in our eyes, while enslaving future generations with your "venture Socialism" and unconscionable SPENDING! :-(

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/cbo-jobs-created-and-saved-stimulus-cost-minimum-average-228055-each

CTPati

5:29 pm on Thursday, October 20, 2011

Michael, thanks for your reply on the "Don't draw attention" article, but I am still confused about your statements that you "closed only temporarily" the article which I queried you about, below, on Monday.

The http://trumbull.patch.com/articles/least-surprising-news-story-of-the-year article still shows being CLOSED to comments.

Thanks.

CTPati

11:59 pm on Monday, October 17, 2011

Michael--just curious why you closed this discussion:

http://trumbull.patch.com/articles/least-surprising-news-story-of-the-year

Did someone complain about it? Do the Huffpo people have any input into that process?

Kirk

9:34 pm on Sunday, September 4, 2011

No power restored to Catherine Terrace - I am reaching out to anyone who may have influence - elderly and young children. Thank you

G McEvoy

6:43 pm on Friday, March 11, 2011

Michael: if you like nearly everything on TV in England then you must be a big snooker (snoooo-cur) fan ... it seems like 50% of what is on Brit tv is snooker matches.

G.