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Showing posts with label Jim Himes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jim Himes. Show all posts
Friday, July 30, 2010
07/30/10 Ron Paul Endorses Rick Torres
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
07/14/10 Conservative Congressional Candidate Rob Merkle Is Just Another Hypercritical Politician Running Against Jim Himes In The Fourth District
Rob Merkle's Dad Was A Federal Prosecutor Who
Loved putting Drug Dealers And Dope Users In Jail,
Until His Son Got Arrested For Drug Possession.....
Many Of Jim Himes' Supporters Said That Some Darien
Tea Party Leaders Acted Like They Were On Drugs
Let's All Get High
Make Some Real Crazy Signs
And Interrupt A Town Hall Meeting
Tokin
Enough
Already
Talk About Hypocrites ...
The Stamford Advocate Reporters Ignore The Criminal Background Of Fourth Congressional Candidate Rob Merkle
32 Year Old Rob "Light Em Up" Merkle Was Busted For Smoking Dope
Should Congressional Candidates Be Required To Take A drug Test?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjA0hy2kNzs&feature=player_embedded#!
Robert Merkles dad was a United States attorney who successfully prosecuted the Colombian drug baron Carlos Lehder Rivas, and many other potheads in Florida.
But somehow his dope smoking 32 year old son escaped jail time.
Mr. Merkle was the chief federal prosecutor for the Middle District of Florida from 1982 to 1988, a role in which he won not only a conviction of Mr. Lehder, whom the authorities described as having been responsible for 80 percent of the Colombian cocaine smuggled into the United States, but also an indictment of Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega, the Panamanian military ruler later captured in the American invasion of his country.
Mr. Merkle was a flamboyant prosecutor, who acquired the nickname Mad Dog for his aggressive style. Critics questioned his methods. Defense lawyers, accusing him of abusive and bullying tactics that they compared to McCarthyism. There were multiple Justice Department investigations of Mr. Merkle for inappropriate conduct.
We Are Not Saying That Some Of Rob Merkle's Supporters Are On Drugs, But ....
Rob Merkle WILTON Town Hall Mtg.Tonight 7-9 pm At Library--Posted By Reverend Barbara Sexton "The Biblical Biochemist-Where Science Meets the Cross"
This Crazy Blog Post Is Taged With:
anti-America, anti-white, CT, Darien,Democrats, Fairfield, Gadsden Flag, Greenwich, New Canaan,President Obama, racism, Rob Merkle, Stamford, Tea Party Patriots,
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Rob Merkle walks into a Fairfield appliance store and asks the owner, "How much for that TV set in the window?"
The owner looks at the TV set, then looks at Merkle, and says, "I don't sell stuff to potheads."
So Merkle tells the owner that he'll quit toking and will come back the next week to buy the TV.
A week later, Rob Merkle comes back and says, "I quit smoking pot. Now, how much for that TV set in the window?"
And the owner says, "I told you I don't sell to potheads!" So Merkle leaves again.
He comes back a week later and says, "How much for that TV?"
The owner says, "I'm not going to tell you again, I don't sell to potheads!!!"
Rob Merkle looks back at the owner and says, "How can you tell I'm a pothead?"
The owner looks back and says, "Because that's a microwave."
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Monday, June 21, 2010
06/21/10 MEDIA ALERT: Rick Torres Press Release On Ballot Qualification
For Immediate Release
Torres for Congress: 203-923-1321
June 21, 2010
Contact: Victoria Smith
RICK TORRES' STATEMENT ON BALLOT QUALIFICATION
Rick Torres, who is running for the Republican nomination in Connecticut's 4th District, the seat currently held by Jim Himes, has issued the following statement on the Secretary of State's announcement regarding ballot qualifiers today. Torres is excited to have his ideas aired alongside those of fellow Republicans Robert Merkle and Dan Dibecella.
"This is going to be an exciting race and, I believe, a definitive race for the nation. The voters of Connecticut's Fourth have clear choices between a candidate who has as his base, the Republican establishment and a candidate who has the support of some of the louder voices in the Tea Party movement. In me they have a third choice: a candidate who derives his support from regular folks across the District who just simply want to be left alone to raise their families and run their businesses."
"I have struggled and fought from the time that my family fled Cuba and have risen from the oppression of the public housing system to have my name on a ballot for United States Congress. It is really quite an honor and I am happy that the voters had the faith in me to sign my nomination papers"
"It is an interesting year to be in a race. So many want to hold on to their power and others are just swinging wildly because they are angry. We need a reasoned dialogue with the people because it is their lives and their freedoms that are at stake here. Insiders must put aside their allegiances and some in the debate must tone down their anger. We need to come up with real solutions to restore our nation to her place as a shining light for democracy around the globe."
Torres, who was born in Bridgeport, moved back to his family's native Cuba when he was a young boy. It took his father five years after Fidel Castro came to power to secure permission to return to America's shores. In 1967, Rick and his brother were brought back to Bridgeport—with not much more than the clothes on their backs. The family lived across from the PT Barnum Public Housing Project and Torres worked his way through college in a series of construction trades jobs. He eventually studied for a PhD in microbiology but, like many folks, had to quit graduate school in order to support his young family.
Torres and Michelle, his wife of 27 years, started a series of small businesses, working double shifts for years. Eventually, they bought Harborview Market: a once thriving neighborhood store which had fallen on desperate times. Harborview is once again a successful business and was the site of today's press conference.
In 2003, Rick ran for Mayor of Bridgeport on the Republican Ticket. Prior to his Mayoral run, Rick took an active role in a number of neighborhood and community organizations, and ran for several local government offices. Rick and Michele have five children: John, Alex, Michael, Kaitlyn, and Gabbi. They live in Bridgeport.
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Saturday, January 23, 2010
PRESS RELEASE: Congressional Candidate, Rick Torres, Blasts Banking Reform as Diversionary Tactic
A press release from Rick Torres, a U.S. congressional candidate in Connecticut’s 4th district, found it's way into my email box. The release is impressive:
Rick Torres, candidate in Connecticut’s 4th congressional district, today urged the president to resist further regulation of the banking industry. In a statement issued today, Torres said, “Lack of regulation was not the cause of our present financial crisis. The exact opposite is true.”
Torres pointed to the creation of the now bankrupt Fannie Mae and Fannie Mae, to President Carter's Community Reinvestment Act of 1977, to President Clinton's 1999 forcing of banks to lower their lending standards to increase the number of loans to 'distressed inner city areas', and to the Federal Reserve's policy of keeping interest rates artificially low for the few years leading to the crisis.
“Banks never gave out risky loans prior to these government initiatives,” Torres continued. “But when the government started to use the free market for social engineering, banks no longer acted prudently. This caused our financial crisis.”
According to Torres, President Obama’s push for banking regulation is nothing more than a populist move to distract voters from the public rejection of his other policies in the face of the voter backlash in Massachusetts’ election on January 19th.
“Not only is his push for more banking reform dangerous, but the timing is suspicious. I suspect this is merely a ploy to distract voters from Tuesday’s election in Massachusetts, where the public soundly defeated his other attempts to regulate our economy,” Torres noted.
“Allow banks to act in their own self interest, without government manipulation, they won’t give risky loans. It’s that simple.”
Torres pointed to the creation of the now bankrupt Fannie Mae and Fannie Mae, to President Carter's Community Reinvestment Act of 1977, to President Clinton's 1999 forcing of banks to lower their lending standards to increase the number of loans to 'distressed inner city areas', and to the Federal Reserve's policy of keeping interest rates artificially low for the few years leading to the crisis.
“Banks never gave out risky loans prior to these government initiatives,” Torres continued. “But when the government started to use the free market for social engineering, banks no longer acted prudently. This caused our financial crisis.”
According to Torres, President Obama’s push for banking regulation is nothing more than a populist move to distract voters from the public rejection of his other policies in the face of the voter backlash in Massachusetts’ election on January 19th.
“Not only is his push for more banking reform dangerous, but the timing is suspicious. I suspect this is merely a ploy to distract voters from Tuesday’s election in Massachusetts, where the public soundly defeated his other attempts to regulate our economy,” Torres noted.
“Allow banks to act in their own self interest, without government manipulation, they won’t give risky loans. It’s that simple.”
Of course, the social engineering that Torres speaks of resulted in much of the money, that the Federal Reserve printed, ending up where Torres identifies, but the crisis, itself, was ultimately a monetary/Fedeal Reserve event, and would have occurred in some fashion even without the disastrous housing legislation. That said, Torres appears to be a very strong liberty oriented candidate. Check out his very creative web site, here.
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