Waste Not, Want not:
The cost of Mr Blumenthal’s gasoline expense account might be better suited if he flew back and forth by Helicopter.
Mr. Blumenthal knows better. Period.
A highly educated, experienced, seasoned adult that makes the news weekly if not daily !
This is a sign of arrogance on his part. A telltale sign of questionable decision making.
To have a Limousine and a Limousine driver sounds like a King to me.
This is not a sign of frugality. His actions speak louder than words.
The waste of resources is just a sum of who Mr Blumenthal believes he is.
For most of us can not and do not live in Greenwich, Conn.
Suggestions: Mr. Blumenthal could leave the Limo in Hartford and drive his own car to work.
Maybe he could work a 10 hour day and work Friday at home. Save 20% on
Limousine wear and tear . Oh yes, and 20% less gasoline .
Let Them eat Cake ? Remember Marie Antoinette ? Widely attributed to Marie Antoinette (1755-93), the Queen consort of Louis XVI. She is supposed to have said this when she was told that the French populace had no bread to eat.
Connecticut citizen can afford Real Estate Taxes nor can they afford the price of gasoline.
“Birds of a feather flock together”.
Mr Blumenthal acts like he is better than most of us.
Ellen Marmer, Claire Janowski, Joan Lewis, Joseph Courtney and Richard Lebeau operate in the same Royal fashion like they Royal subjects. Just falling in line.
Humility is Gods way of keeping us all on a perspective leash. Humble and grounded.
Also see comments from the CT GOP .
“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men.” Baron John Acton, a 19th Century politician wrote to Bishop Mandell Creighton in a letter.
Source: http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/288200.html
Carl Slicer, blog editor, www.VernonGop.com, “It’s only your money !”
Tags: Attorney General, Claire Janowski, Ellen Marmer, Gary LeBeau, Go Green Go Vernon, government waste, Greenwich, Hartford, Richard Blumenthal, ROYALTY, Vernon
July 21, 2008 at 6:37 am |
I agree with these sentiments to the word. This is basically how I felt when I heard our former U.S. Senator from Texas, current vice chairman of Swiss bank UBS (and another political crook at-large…) Phil Gramm make the comment that Americans are in a “mental recession”.
This is an insult to every American who has lost a jobs, homes or even their families due to the wild machinations of the economy. Much of this has ben precipitated by and aggravated by legislation intended to be favorable to many large corporations to the detriment of the stability of America’s backbone: those of us who – on a daily basis – go to their jobs on a daily basis and who aer the manual funtionallity of this economy.
These politicians (and actually the substance of the governmental process itself) are materially so far removed from who they represent and what they were elected by these people to do, that they no longer capable of even a feeble attempt at representative politic. Let Them eat Cake – indeed!!!