Erik needs some folks with real brass

Erik Semmel's an unusually decent fellow. 

(Literally a pillar of the community.)

If you've got brass,

he wants to hear it.

Erik's a busy guy!

He finds time to coach these young musicians:

Southington Brass

Since 1995 along with his trusty sidekick TJ,  he's hosted a radio show, you've probably heard them:

Somehow he makes time to pay his civic dues serving as an 

official town waterboarder as well!

<- Not that waterboarding.

This water boarding ->

Erik's on the town 

Water Board!

Now, as if in addition to the above and raising his own kids he needs a little something extra to while away the time;

 Erik's gotten the idea to break a Guinness World Record!

The Brass Blast

The Southington Brass Blast is a Guinness World Record attempt for the largest trumpet ensemble and a benefit for organizations that support students and musicians. At least 1,200 trumpeters are needed to break the record. We will be performing The National Anthem and a selection that meets the Guinness criteria for this record breaking attempt. Trumpet players who haven't picked up their horn in a while, especially parents of current trumpet students are encouraged to join us.

Learn more!

http://www.southingtonbrass.com/Images/Southington_Brass_seeks_trumpeters_for_record-breaking_performance-MyRecordJournal.com_Southington_News.pdf

School Choice

Restoring American Exceptionalism - Connecticut Townhall

WHEN

January 26, 2012 at 7:00 PM

WHERE

SBC Restaurant & Brewery
850 W Main Street
Branford, CT 06405
Google map and directions

American 15-year-olds rank 35th out of 57 countries in math and literacy!

America shouldn’t be 35th in anything. It's time to Restore American Exceptionalism!

Rather than protecting and promoting failure, let's put our kids first. Let's do even more to support the teachers and the schools that are succeeding, but let's hold those that are failing firmly accountable. Whether it’s a private school, a charter school, or a traditional public school, parents should have the right to choose the school that will do the best job educating my children. Every child deserves the best education we can give them – and every family has a right to choose the education that’s best for their child.

Restoring American exceptionalism to our schools and putting kids first isn't a Republican issue or a Democrat issue. It's an American issue. Join the conversation today!

Join AFPF-Connecticut in a simulcast event with everything you need to know about school choice!

RSVP on Eventbrite: schoolchoiceconnecticut.eventbrite.com

CONTACT

J.R.Romano · JRomano@afphq.org

Hunting — it’s not just a way to fill the freezer. It’s a matter of national security.

The world’s largest army… America ‘s hunters! 

A blogger added up the deer license sales in just a handful of states and arrived at a striking conclusion:

There were over 600,000 hunters this season in the state of Wisconsin .

Allow me to restate that number.

Over the last several months, Wisconsin ‘s hunters became the eighth largest army in the world.

More men than we had under arms than in Iran .

More than in France and Germany combined.

These men deployed to the woods of a single American state to hunt with firearms, and no one was killed.

That number pales in comparison to the 750,000 who hunted the woods of Pennsylvania and Michigan ‘s 700,000 hunters,

All of whom have now returned home.

Toss in a quarter million hunters in West Virginia and it literally establishes the fact that the hunters of those four states alone would comprise the largest army in the world.

The point?

America will forever be safe from foreign invasion with that kind of home-grown firepower.

Hunting — it’s not just a way to fill the freezer.

  It’s a matter of national security.

That’s why all enemies, foreign and domestic, want to see us disarmed.

Food for thought when next we consider gun control.

ObamaCare and the Individual Mandate

The Connecticut Lawyers Chapter of the 

The Federalist Society  is pleased to present:

Dr. Roger Pilon, Ph.D.
B. Kenneth Simon Chair in Constitutional Studies
Director, Center for Constitutional Studies
Cato Institute

and

Zach Janowski Investigative Reporter Yankee Institute for Public Policy

Followed by Q&A

 
Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at 8:30 am
Breakfast provided beginning at 8:15 am
 
The Connecticut State Capitol 

Legislative Office Building Room 1 C
300 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, CT

Map/directions available at: http://www.cga.ct.gov/capitoltours/directions.htm
 

This event is free and open to the public.

 
Please RSVP to ctfedsoc@gmail.com

A fellow walks into a bar.........

A guy goes into a bar where there's a robot bartender.

The robot says, "What will you have?"
The guy says, "Whiskey."
The robot brings back his drink and says to the man, "What's your IQ?"
The guy says," 168."
The robot then proceeds to talk about physics, space exploration and medical technology.

The guy leaves, but he is curious...So he goes back into the bar. The robot bartender says, "What will you have?"
The guy says, "Whiskey."
Again, the robot brings the man his drink and says, "What's your IQ?"
The guy says, "100."
The robot then starts to talk about Nascar, Budweiser, the Saints and LSU Tigers

The guy leaves, but finds it very interesting, so he thinks he will try it one more time.
He goes back into the bar.
The robot says, "What will you have?"
The guy says, "Whiskey," and the robot brings him his whiskey.
The robot then says, "What's your IQ?"
The guy says, "Uh, about 50."
The robot leans in real close and says,

"So, you still happy with Barrack Obama?