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THE HANGING SHAD IS NOW ON TWITTER
I’ve purposely avoided going on twitter since the inception of the Hanging Shad for one main reason: It’s a way too immediate medium of communication for my safety. I am always in need of a bit of filter. Those who know me know I tend to sayn what I think. I’m not saying like, “I might go home and eat tacos for dinner tonight”-bad. But rather, I might use sarcasm to the point it might really offend.
So many sports stars, celebrities, and in my world, political people have done themselves or their reputation harm by tweeting what it is ever in their heads at that moment. I’ll try to avoid that.
So here we go: FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @TheHangingShad GET AT ME!
PATERNO GOES INTO THE FERTILIZER BUSINESS
St. Peter at the Pearly Gates: “OK! Who’s next?”
Joe Paterno: “I guess I am. I’m legendary Penn State Football coach Joe Paterno. I was basically a God at that school.”
St. Peter: “I wouldn’t use that term here…Anyway, ah,ah…Yes, here it is. Oh, you’ll be in the Cardinal Bernard Law suite. You two will have plenty to talk about.”
Joe Paterno: “But he’s not even dead.”
St. Peter: “That’s ok, we’ve got it ready anyway. Alrighty, then to get to the Cardinal Law suite, go down to the elevator and take it ALL THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM. And oh, you won’t be needing that parka, or that sweater vest. Better keep the dark glasses.”
All kidding aside, this will be the last I write on this topic for some time. My conclusion? The thousands of people who descended upon State College to walk past Paterno now that he bought a pine condo disgust me. It simply shows the extent of the hypnotic power Paterno had over them. Thousands of people drinking the blue Kool-Aid, walking like lemmings to get a last look. Read the rest of this entry »
TWO MORE SIGNS THAT GOV. MALLOY HAS HIS EYES ON NATIONAL OFFICE
Gov. Dannel Malloy apparently doesn’t really care if reporters, columnists, bloggers and TV talking heads (I admit to being the last two) speculate that he has national ambitions because he isn’t hiding the telling signs. Two more signals were delivered this week. One was very subtle and the other quite obvious.
The obvious is yet another foreign trip. The governor is in Davos, Switzerland for the World Economic Forum. He tells the Hartford Courant that he’s “prospecting” for business for the state. However, this foreign trip may also be a way for Malloy to rubs elbows with the muckety-mucks of the global financial system, bringing him some serious cred back in the US. Malloy has already been to Kuwait with US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta to boost his foreign policy experience.
A SAMPLING OF POST-SOTU SEGMENTS…
Lots of political news, lots of Hanging Shad appearances…and more to come. Thanks to NBC-Connecticut with Brad Drazen; and FOX-Connecticut with Logan Byrnes for three full segments.