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Bold Talk, Chickenhawk

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Thursday, September 2, 2010 — As a boy Alan K. Simpson seems to have been fairly combative. He’s on record as having punched a cop, anyway. He’s apparently got a record for comitting arson on federal property, too. Despite these indicators of a lively sense of fun, Simpson passed up the opportunity to exercise his aggressive instincts when the Korean War started, although he was old enough to enlist. While a lot of guys his age were in boot camp, Alan “got with the program” at the Cranbrook School, in la-de-dah Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, then did four years straight at the U. of Wyoming. Once …

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Maine Offers Half a Loaf

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Wednesday, August 25, 2010 — This just in from Save Our Bridges‘ Ben Porter: Maine Offers Half a Loaf As we read in this morning’s Portsmouth Herald, New Hampshire filed for TIGER II funding for replacement of the Memorial Bridge. Thanks to all of you who provided your support as well. It is a shame that that Maine’s support was so lame in the process. Let me clear things up: New Hampshire submitted the Application on its own The application for TIGER II funding was submitted by New Hampshire alone. This is in spite of the fact that the Memorial Bridge is jointly owned by …

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Act Now to Help Save Bridges!

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Wednesday, August 18, 2010 — This critical message just came in from Ben Porter of Save Our Bridges! Apparently the community has a window of slightly more than two days in which to express its support for the Memorial and Sarah Mildred Long Bridges. Look for the link near the bottom of this post! Then send an e-mail! I have just received a request from Bob Landry and the NH Department of Transportation for our support. He is in the final phases of submitting the required documentation for the request for TIGER II funding from the Federal Government. One [part] of the application is an …

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Maine Senate President Coming to Badger Island August 24th

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Monday, August 16, 2010 — Maine Rep. Dawn Hill has informed local bridge activists that Maine’s Senate President, Libby Mitchell, will visit Badger’s Island tomorrow one week from tomorrow* to inspect Memorial Bridge and the Sarah Mildred Long Bridge, and to conduct a forum for the area businesses and concerned residents. The forum will be held at Weathervane’s Lobster in the Rough pier on Badger’s Island, beginning at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, August 24th. The importance of this event is, we presume, self-evident. Here is Rep. Hill’s e-mail: Good Morning Ladies & Gentlemen: Exciting and good news to share for further support of the Bridge …

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We Get With the $5 Friday Program

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Friday, August 13, 2010 — Because it’s $5 Friday, we have just donated that amount to Robert Parry’s Consortiumnews.com. Not just because Jonathan Schwarz told us too, although that helped, but mostly because there are not enough people with guts in the news racket, and we can’t afford to lose any more of them. Because it’s been weeks and weeks since we first decided to remember Consortiumnews.com on $5 Friday, we threw in a little extra to make up for lost time. We still owe Mr. Parry, but it’s a start. Because Jonathan Schwarz invented Five Dollar Friday, and because he’s a funny guy, and …

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