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Month: February 2009

Wine Review: Sutter Home, Red Merlot, 2001

Wine Review: Sutter Home, Red Merlot, 2001

Our neighbors across the street called me in February, 2009 to tell me they were dissatisfied with a new bottle of wine.  The husband refused to drink it.  I was asked if I might want to try as the bottle was only a half glass shy of full.  I said yes thinking that at the very least the wine could go into a crock pot in place of water to add some modicum of distinction.  That evening I poured a…

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Congressional Committee Reform

Congressional Committee Reform

Watching Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve, testify before a congressional committee, February 10, 2009, the proceedings raised some concern as to the mechanics of conducting the meeting.  Each committee member is allowed to ask questions within a set amount of time, I believe 5 minutes.  Just about all the questions were pretty darn good and right on target.  At times it seemed each committee member was in competition for achieving that…

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