Kommiecticut Governor's Race

The state of Kommiecticut is a commie socialist shithole, no two ways about it. Decades of single party rule has absolutely destroyed any semblance of what could be considered normal life. While we have had Republican governor's they resigned from office and did prison time for corruption or were squishy RINO's. Believe it or not, IMHO the last best governor we had was Ella Grasso, an old school Democrat. Certainly not the lefty loon commie Demon-Craps of today!

Ryan Fazio is the Republican candidate running against that blooming idiot Jolly Ned Lamont up for re-election to a third term! In his latest video campaign ad, Fazio says he loves CT, but it's gotten terrible after the last 8 years under Lamont. Oh, how wrong he is!

This state has been a shithole for the last 35 YEARS! Let me list the negatives for you:

• Implementation of a state income tax in 1991 that was supposed to go away in two years after fixing the budget. 35 years and still going strong and they spend EVERY MOTHER FUCKING PENNY - PLUS!!
•  Gun control starting with the state's own AWB in 1994 that mirrored the federal one but without a sunset clause.
• New fees (because if they call it a fee they don't consider it a tax) and expanded fees on occupational licenses and permits.
• Every year more and more onerous regulations too numerous to list.
•  Starting with the city of New Haven under the De Stefano administration, the declaration of "Sanctuary City" which expanded to more and more cities, and finally expanded to a sanctuary state, though not really officially declared as such, but the policies make it one.
• Which lead to allowing ILLEGAL ALIEN INVADERS to vote in local elections only. (But if you have a voter registration, just who would bother checking your immigration status? NO ONE FFS!!)
• Then there is the full adoption of Obongocare, making health insurance totally unaffordable if you work and your employer doesn't offer benefits. Those that can't be bothered to work or the ILLEGAL ALIEN INVADERS get it for free of course. 
•  More gun control post Sandy Hook with an expansion of the state AWB and a magazine ban/restriction
• Removal of the property tax credit and then skyrocketing property taxes
• More gun control requiring a state pistol permit/long gun permit/ammunition card to just buy ammo. Because we know the local street punk buys quality ammo at Cabela's. Also included is no more private firearm transfers without state authorization and registration.
• A program that allows family members to be state paid caregivers to the infirm and elderly. BUT.... you become a pseudo state union worker and must pay dues to SEIU.
• More fees added: an "ALL ACCESS" $15 fee added to your vehicle registration renewal to allow state residents to use the state parks for free. There was only a parking fee on the weekend for everyone. Now the state parks are overflowing and closed early filled with out of state residents and you get turned away. If an out of state resident gets turned away, they keep their money in their pocket and go some place else. I get turned away and there is NO REFUND, I am simply fucked out of my money. We always only go on weekdays anyway when there is never a parking fee so just free money for the state. The other biggie is the "PUBLIC BENEFIT" charge on my electric bill. During COVID, if you didn't pay your bill, the state made it illegal to shut you off. Well, many people took advantage of that and simply didn't pay their bill. The state paid the bills, and now they are using the power company as tax collector to refill state coffers. It is a percentage of your usage electric bill.
• The state now dictates how many and what type of houses are built in every town, overruling local building ordinances and zoning boards. They are forcing small rural towns like mine to become shitholes like their cities with "affordable housing" which is their racist code words for low income/subsidized housing or simply expansion of their GHETTO!
• Yet more gun control with the implementation of the so-called "Glock Ban" because we all know THAT IS THE LAW that will stop the feral street thugs from putting giggle switches on their pieces, huh? As us gun people know, such a law bans way more than just Glocks, it bans every single handgun with a cruciform trigger bar, which is most semi-autos on the market today.

 

It goes on and on with obnoxious minutiae that adds up to so much in the background you just can't imagine. I am only still here because my wife will not leave, and if I left her to go that would leave me with a much different financial picture. My wife has been told that if anything happens to her, in the midst of her funeral arrangements I will hold a giant in-house moving sale and list the house. I will net close to $1M in cash and leave this fucking shithole so fast no one will realize I am gone until it's too late.

 

I only list modern history back to 1991 when I really started paying attention as an adult. But it could be said this state went off the rails going back to the War of 1812, and the rest of New England even discussed the idea of secession. The history of fucking idiots here is indeed long.

Better Working Conditions

I have been absolutely miserable at work for more than a year. I dreaded going in for every shift because of the rampant nepotism and toxic work atmosphere. I felt as though I had a target on my back and stayed out of sight at the station with very little interaction with the leadership. Add to that the difficult calls I have had recently and I was angry and dour in and out of work. It didn't take much to set me off.

That has all changed with the change in leadership. I have been given additional responsibilities and tasks and actually thanked and praised for just doing my job and for doing extra stuff. The nepotism is gone and the progeny's "authority" is now been reigned in. The schedule is going to change from a topsy-turvy clusterfuck to a work week with regularly scheduled duty days, and as senior FF/EMT I get first choice of days. There are also plans in the works to get rid of the age-out bylaw that has currently short-circuited my retirement plan. A couple of my co-workers (Millenials) aren't too happy but they just need to adjust and buck up. I talked about it with my wife last night and she agreed I have been an angry prick lately but things are getting better simply because of my work environment. I will be on shift this coming Friday and while it is still a work day I would rather be off, I am not dreading it. 

Update On My Vehicle Nightmare

An update on this post from July 14th.

 

After having "Black Betty" for a few weeks my wife has decided that a Toyota Highlander will be her replacement vehicle as well. The cargo space and seating arrangement is really to her liking. Progressive gave us $15,525 for her wrecked RAV-4 so that will make for a decent down payment. She found a nice 2023 Highlander XLE with 46,XXX miles on it at a local dealer we have dealt with for years. Mine is an LE Plus package but the XLE is a higher level of options to include the sunroof she loves. It has a graphite gray interior with heated leather seats. It has the balance of the factory warranty and is in beautiful condition for $38,XXX. The vehicle was leased at the dealership and brought back when the lessee turned it in to lease a new one. We made sure she got a better vehicle than I did because of her commute and use compared to mine. Her commute one way is about 28 miles where mine is 1.9. She also travels the region and sometimes further for dog events. 4WD or at the least AWD is a necessity where we live in the hill country especially in the winter time.

This will be the first time we have both had the same make and model of vehicle and the first time we have had two auto loans at once. Her auto loan will be paid by monthly withdrawals from our retirement investments. We will use mine for towing the utility trailer and putting our kayaks on the roof racks. Hers will have the dog cage assembly she already owns installed as soon as we take delivery. We are still waiting for the check to clear before we move forward to finalize the purchase. We gave the dealership a $500 deposit to hold it and they needed to service it as well. The brakes need work for pulsating and the tires are iffy. The whole vehicle needs to be detailed inside and out.

Therapy of Words

Writing this was actually therapeutic and has helped me move on from the extraordinary sadness I have felt for the past few days. It's like I transferred all that sadness into a computer file. This was an on the job injury and my wounds are healing pretty quickly. It did ruin my perfect record of never being transported in an ambulance as a patient. They called an additional ambulance from the next town over to the scene for me. Those guys were great. As is normal for animal bites I am doing a 7 day regimen of antibiotics and the dog in question was up to date on his rabies. I really don't feel like writing out the incident details again.... I've written it enough times on the reports. 😒 

 

July 18, 2026 at 6:30 PM… A conversation overheard in Heaven

 

GOD: Welcome to Heaven my dear little dog Ash.

Ash: It’s…. It’s… It’s so beautiful! Can I have a cookie?

GOD: You will have all the cookies you want for all of Eternity.

Ash: Why am I here?

GOD: You were badly hurt in a terrible accident and I called to you.

Ash: I REMEMBER!! There was a mean man that was there with my master. I remember I bit him because I was scared and didn’t know why. I’ll bet that man is real mad at me!

GOD: No, he’s not mad at all. And he is not a mean man. His name is XXXXXX, he loves animals, and has four dogs of his own. He was just there trying to help you and your master and now is very sad. Look for yourself.

Ash: God, why is he so sad?

GOD: Because you were so badly hurt and died alone in the rain. It makes him think of his own dogs and how much he loves them and wants to keep them safe forever.

Ash: But…. he didn’t even know me and was only there for a few minutes. Besides that, I bit him…. TWICE!

GOD: That does not matter to the man at all. His injuries are not concerning him, and he understands it was all because you were hurt and scared. He believes there is no such thing as a bad dog, just bad people or bad situations that only make dogs seem bad. What is important to him is that you are now safe here with me in Heaven.

Ash: Now I am a little sad.

GOD: Why is that my precious little boy?

Ash: Because I am sorry for biting that man and wish I could have known him.

GOD: You will get your chance someday when he comes here.

 

Originally posted 7-21-26 16:12. The RSS feed was not posting promptly.

Are You F-ing Kidding Me!!!!

I was on a 24 duty tour yesterday, ending at 6 AM this morning. At 21:43 last night while getting ready to watch the local 10 o'clock news and turn in, I get a phone call from my wife. She hit a deer on the state highway just inside the town line about 7 miles from home. I told her I would call the Chief to see if I could come get her and call her back to let her know. I ended up taking our service truck out to the accident scene once the wrecker was there and state police said she could leave. On my arrival, it was pretty evident her little RAV-4 is no more. HERE WE GO AGAIN!! Another totaled vehicle to be replaced. 😠I brought her and the dog home and returned to duty pretty quick.

We will be heading over to the wrecker station to retrieve the rest of her stuff and make arrangements to get it to the Toyota body shop for a proper estimate. She wants another one and since we can't swing another car loan (I haven't even made the first payment on "Black Betty" yet) we'll dip into our retirement savings and combined with what we get for her RAV-4, just pay for it outright. Not something I want to do, but a catastrophic medical emergency requiring long term care could wipe it all out anyway, so we might as well use it. When we both officially retire, we'll continue working at least part time and our social security will mostly cover our monthly expenses, so our retirement investments are for the extras in life.