… Before the rocks start falling on your head. I hate to sound like your dad, but this problem is not going away. In fact, it is only just beginning. If we face it, there is hope. If not, prepare for our nation to look like a Third World country, just with bigger buildings.
Even though the U.S. financial system nearly experienced a total meltdown in late 2008, the truth is that most Americans simply have no idea what is happening to the U.S. economy. Most people seem to think that the nasty little recession that we have just been through is almost over and that we will be experiencing another time of economic growth and prosperity very shortly.
But this time around that is not the case. The reality is that we are being sucked into an economic black hole from which the U.S. economy will never fully recover.
The problem is debt. Collectively, the U.S. government, the state governments, corporate America and American consumers have accumulated the biggest mountain of debt in the history of the world. Our massive debt binge has financed our tremendous growth and prosperity over the last couple of decades, but now the day of reckoning is here.
And it is going to be painful.
Christian Heritage School in Trumbull is hosting an Open House on Friday, February 5th at 9:00 a.m. Prospective parents of students grades K-12 are invited to attend. The program will include a presentation from the administration and a tour of the facilities. Reservations are not required.
For more information, please contact Martha Olson, Director of Admissions, at 203.261.6230, ext. 555, or visit www.kingsmen.org.
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Dayna Varga will appear at a special Night of Worship at St. Paul Westport on Saturday, January 30th at 7:30 PM. St. Paul is located at 41 Easton Road, Westport, CT 06880.
Dayna Varga currently leads worship and teaches at churches, retreats, and women’s conferences throughout the United States and internationally. She longs to impart on the importance of becoming a friend of God and being led by the Holy Spirit. Her passion is to worship Jesus, breaking open heaven over individuals, regions and nations releasing the freedom and intimacy of the Lord. She also has a heart to see women come into the full revelation of who they are in the Lord, and be released into the fullness of their destinies. She currently has three CDs: Into the Realm (2003); Take me to the Place (2005); and, Opening Doors: Live from New England (2007).
For more information, visit http://www.stpaulwestport.org/.
Tags: christian, connecticut, events, music, westport
There will be a special Valentine’s Day Coffee House at Christ Church in Wolcott on February 6th, featuring contemporary Christian Band “Insight.” Free admission, free baked goods, and door prizes. Christ Church is located at 16 Town Line Road in Wolcott.
This event is open to everyone and will especially be welcoming Christian single groups from various churches around the state. The evening includes an open microphone segment to share a song, poem, etc. Come early to sign up. Doors open at 6:45pm. For more info contact Peter O’Neill at (203) 574-3075.
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Christian worship artist Charlie Hall will be appearing at the Community Coffeehouse in Danbury on Saturday, January 30th at 7:30 PM. There is a suggested donation of $5 – $10.
Charlie is known for writing such well-known songs as “Give Us Clean Hands.”
For directions and more info, visit the Community Coffeehouse site here.
Tags: christian, connecticut, danbury, events, music
Imagine if Bush was President. Haiti is only 710 miles from Miami.
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From Family Institute of Connecticut:
Please be on the South Lawn of the state Capitol at 11:30 a.m. on Friday, January 22nd for a pro-life prayer march (participants will be from a wide variety of Christian denominations and each are invited to pray as they see fit). Afterwards, at 12:30 p.m., we will meet in Room 310 in the Capitol to hear local pro-life speakers including FIC executive director Peter Wolfgang, Rachel’s Vineyard leader Freddy Martinez, Theresa Kranowski of St. Gerard’s Center, Deborah Quinn of Silent No More, Mary Timmis of the CT Coalition for Life and Bob Judd of the Helpers of God’s Precious Infants.
Tags: abortion, connecticut, hartford, politics
The highest unemployment rate of the recession has been reached: 8.9%.
The good news in November’s numbers — when unemployment fell to 8.2 percent from 8.8 percent the previous month — apparently was a mirage.
Economic forecaster Nick Perna said, “I honestly thought the December rate would look better. And I was wrong.”
Story and scary graphics available here.
Tags: connecticut, economy
Danbury blog The Hat City Blog reports that Mayor Mark Boughton will indeed run for Governor. This is based on their review of Internet records revealing that Boughton or someone representing him registered the domain name BoughtonForCT.com on Wednesday, January 20th. It’s claimed that Boughton has little name recognition outside of the Danbury area but people in his neck of the woods know him as a social media maven who is actively blogging, tweeting, and Facebooking on topics such as whether the Beatles or the Stones are better. With his geniality and record of fiscal success in Danbury, we think “Mayor Mark” would prove to be a formidable candidate.
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Danbury mayor and possible gubernatorial candidate Mark Boughton, in his personal blog (which posts also to his widely-distributed Facebook page) says we’re on the brink.
Here is a news flash…the State of Connecticut is broke. Busted. Cleaned out.
Here is another news flash…it is not going to get any better anytime soon.
It is time that we all recognize that we have entered a new economic era, and that we seize this moment to redefine the role of state government, examine the nexus between the state and the municipalities, and look at the services that we should offer, and most importantly, how we fund them.
Property tax reform has to be the first and foremost item on an agenda of reform. It is an unfair tax because it does not measure the ability of the property owner to pay. Many people in Danbury and across Connecticut are land rich and yet cash poor.
It’s refreshing to see this level of candor.
The New London Day, which isn’t exactly Connecticut’s answer to World Net Daily, says the state Democrats may face “well-earned losses” if they can’t muster up some courage here.
Frozen with fear when confronting a monster largely of its own making, the Democratic leadership in the General Assembly is readying to “gavel in and gavel out” when legislators return Tuesday for a special session, ordered by Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell to deal with a budget deficit approaching $500 million.
In other words, the Democrats in control of the legislature may once again ignore the fiscal crisis that confronts the state and instead head home for the holidays.
Alas for the Day and for your wallet, in 2009 State and Federal legislators have become deaf and blind to the angst (and phone calls) of those who merely pay the taxes.
More here: Dithering While Connecticut Sinks In Red Ink
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