Category: Military
Some Life Insurers Playing Games With Benefits
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal urged regulatory action by the state Department of Insurance (DOI) to stop misleading and deceptive practices by life insurance providers that may have deprived families — including military families — of potential benefit income. Blumenthal cited recent reports that insurers are failing to make prompt full payment to beneficiaries on life [...]
Georgia Congressman Worries Guam Will Tip Over If More US Troops Are Stationed There
Whoever said you need to have intelligence to become a Congressman? Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) – on a YouTube video that is making the rounds, had some rather unusual comments about the U.S. territory of Guam during a House Armed Services Committee hearing. In his less than precise questioning of Adm. Robert Willard, head of [...]
Blumenthal Coming Out Of Hiding, Media Ready To Question Him Thursday
State Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has been in protective cave since mid-May when his run for the Democratic Senate seat held by Chris Dodd took a broadside from the New York Times when it revealed that Blumenthal has been telling fairy tales about his war record.
Blumenthal claimed that his statements of having worn the Marine uniform in Vietnam or having served in Vietnam were simply slips of the tongue and not purposeful misstatements.
Squabble Between PolitiFact and Arianne Huffington Shows Why You Should Read Both
As a journalist and a news junkie I love to read insightful coverage of major world and national events.
More and more I turn to the Internet (I still have the Wall Street Journal and Hartford Courant delivered as well as several news magazines) to get a wide range of facts and opinions.
Two places I love going to are the Huffingtonpost.com and PolitiFact.com, with its Pulitzer Prize winning Truth-O-Meter.
New London Day Claims Blumenthal Vietnam Whistleblower Had Problems As An Assistant Atty Gen
The following story appeared in today’s edition of the New London Day:
New London Day: Blumenthal Critic Had His Share Of Problems In State’s AG Office
By Ted Mann
The assistant attorney general who this week accused his boss, Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, of lying to him about having served in Vietnam has clashed in the past with superiors in the attorney general’s office.
Honest Reporting On Blumenthal By Tom Monahan NBC
NBC’s Tom Monahan, one of the few Connecticut political journalists who give as accurate account of the latest “shoe to drop” in Attorney General Richard Blumenthal’s Vietnamgate.
Ct Assistant Attorney General Says Blumenthal Lied To Him About Vietnam Service
Copyright CtWatchdog.com 2010
A veteran Connecticut Assistant Attorney General claims that Richard Blumenthal falsely told him 18 years ago that he had served as a Marine in Vietnam.
“It is the most despicable disgusting thing,” assistant attorney general Richard R. Hine told me in a telephone interview this morning.
Hine, a 24-year veteran trial attorney working for Blumenthal, said not only did Blumenthal lie to him 18 years ago about serving in Vietnam, he had heard Blumenthal make similar false statements at about five functions the two attended together over the years. He said he could not pinpoint any of the five. Blumenthal is now the Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Chris Dodd.
Blumenthal’s Vietnam Tales Kept Alive By Conn Political Blogger
While the rest of the Connecticut media has forgotten or forgiven (or pretended it never happened) state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal’s false claims at scores of speeches to veterans that he served as a Marine in Vietnam, Don Pesci, who owns the blog Red Notes From A Blue State, is not about to forget or [...]
Congressional Aides: Excellent Place For Consumers To Go For Help
Congressmen, for many people, have about the same credibility as journalists and used car salesman. But congressional aides are a much different story: at least they should be. They are a wonderful resource for consumers to turn to when they run into roadblocks or questions dealing with the federal bureaucracy and other issues. Every member [...]
Plans Unfold to Mark Civil War’s 150th Anniversary
Planning ahead, the Gettysburg Convention & Visitors Bureau has joined other agencies in setting up information sites for the four-year long c0mmemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War that is rumbling into being. Marking with deep respect the American effort to suppress the slave-state rebellion, many cultural, historic, state and other agencies are [...]
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