-Ray Sabb, Editor

Bubba Watson, Steve Verplank and Corey Pavin had a three way tie at the 18th sending them into a Sudden Death playoff.

But his drive on 18 hit the cart path, and his ball stopped about 40 yards from the green. He made his birdie that sent him into a playoff at 14-under along with Scott Verplank and Corey Pavin.

On the first playoff hole, Watson hit his approach shot on 18 to within an inch of the cup, but watched as Scott Verplank sank an eight-foot birdie putt to send them back for a second playoff hole.

The next playoff hole sent them both back to the par-three 16th, where Scott Verplank couldn’t find the green, and left his chip about 10 feet short. Verplank missed his putt, challenging Watson to a must needed two-putt for par and the victory. Which is exactly what he did, giving the Florida native his first ever PGA Tour win.

Madeleine is a very happy little girl with an outgoing personality. She has always been a very popular little person, appealing to both children and adults alike with her funny and engaging chatter. She has many friends who obviously miss her dearly. Despite her young age, it often felt like Madeleine had been on this earth before.

Like most girls her age, she likes dolls and dresses (and anything pink and sparkly) but with a definite taste for action-adventure too! She has an incredible amount of energy and even as a little baby, didn’t seem to need much rest. She enjoys running and swimming and is an Everton fan like her mum and grandad.

Madeleine has always been a wonderfully loving and caring big sister to Sean and Amelie. It was certainly not the quietest house on the planet with lots of giggling, singing and the inevitable odd bit of mischief! For Sean and Amelie, there is without doubt, a very important person missing in their life.

Madeleine is a warm, life-enriching little person and will never fail we’re sure, to bring joy into the life of anyone she may encounter.

Editors Comment:

Being a parent of 2 young sons I would never leave them alone especially if I were on holiday with them in a foreign country. I think the parents should have been shackled and led off to the local jail to stay there until their child is found. It is sad, they have the funds to buy a vacation home but not the smarts to protect what they consider precious. Their child. All for what… To go have dinner 100 yards away… SHAME ON YOU…
I hope that when they do find your precious Maddie that they put her in a foster home where there are responsible parents that will have more regard for their children then their stomachs…..

-Ray Sabb

Take for instance, Linda McMahon (r) running for the US Senate. Visit her site, www.linda2010.com and see if you can find what party she belongs to. After some digging you will eventually find it.

She is a REPUBLICAN that wants us to return back to the days of the Bush era. She said she is able to put jobs in Connecticut as the Chairman of the WWE (formerly WWF). What she doesn’t say is her husband was the one that built the company and that it was glorified in productions when she was elevated to Chairman. But do not be fooled folks, she was merely the housemaid for a fanatic show.

Lets face it, why would anyone want to go see a staged competition between 2 monstrosities in a roped off ring with fake punches. At least with the octogan (UCF) the blood is real and the punches are real, at least with boxing it is real. But WWE is not real. Neither is her leadership real and I for one do not welcome her to be my Senator.

She has already proven that she is sneaky by not answering a question posted to her website as to which party does she represent. You think she will be forthright in representing us in our US Senate?

I don’t think so.

-Ray Sabb, Editor

President Obama:
Today I read of your administrations’ plan to re-define September 11 as a National Service Day.

Sir, it’s time we had a talk.

During your campaign, Americans watched as you  made mockery of our
tradition of standing and crossing your heart when the Pledge of Allegiance
was spoken. You, out of four people on the stage, were the only one not
honoring our tradition.

YES, “We noticed.”

During one of your many speeches, Americans heard you say that  you intended to visit all 57 states. We all know that Islam, not America has 57 states.

YES, “We noticed.”

When President Bush leaned over at Ground Zero and gently  placed a flower on the memorial, while you nonchalantly  tossed your flower onto the pile without leaning  over.

YES, “We noticed.”

Every time you apologized to other countries for America ’s position on an issue we have wondered why you don’t share our  pride in this great country..
When you have heard foreign leaders  berate our country and our beliefs, you have not defended us. In  fact, you insulted the British Crown beyond belief.

YES, “We noticed.”

When your pastor of 20 years, “God-damned America ” and said that 9/11 was ” America ’s chickens coming home to roost”  and you denied having heard recriminations of that nature, we  wondered how that could be. You later  disassociated yourself  from that church and Pastor Wright because it was politically expedient to do so.

YES, “We noticed.”

When you announced that you would transform America , we wondered why.
With all her faults, America is the  greatest country on earth.

Sir, KEEP THIS IN MIND, “if not for  America and the people who built her, you wouldn’t be sitting in the White House now.” Prior to yourelection to the highest office in this Country, you were a senator from Illinois and  from what we can glean from the records available, not a very remarkable one.

YES, “We noticed.”

All through your campaign and even now, you have surrounded yourself with individuals who are basically unqualified for  the positions for which you appointed them. Worse than that, the  majority of them are people who, like you, bear no special allegiance, respect, or affection for this country and her traditions.

YES, “We noticed.”

You are 14 months into your term and every morning millions of Americans wake up to a new horror heaped on us by you. You seek  to saddle working Americans with a health care/insurance  reform package that, along with cap and trade, will bankrupt this nation.

YES, “We noticed.”

We seek, by protesting, to let our representatives know that we are not in favor of these crippling expenditures and we are  labeled “un-American”,”racist”, “mob”. We wonder how we are supposed  to let you know how frustrated we are. You have attempted to make our protests seem isolated and insignificant. Until your appointment, Americans had the right to speak out.

YES, “We noticed.”

On September 11, 2001 there were no Republicans or Democrats, only Americans. And we all grieved together and  helped each other in whatever way we could. The attack on 9/11 was carried out because we are Americans.

And YES, “We noticed.”

There were many of us who prayed that as a black president you could help unite this nation. In six months you have done  more to destroy this nation than the attack on 9/11. You have failed us.

YES, “We noticed.”

September 11 is a day of remembrance for all  Americans. You propose to make 9/11 a “National Service Day”.  While we know that you don’t share our reverence for 9/11, we  pray that history will report your proposal as what it is, a disgrace.

YES, “We noticed.”

You have made a mockery of  our Constitution and the office that you hold. You have embarrassed and slighted us in foreign visits and policy.

YES, “We noticed.”

We have noticed all these things. We will deal with you. When Americans come together again, it will be to remove you from office.

Take notice.

Back to MA

We will compare the two on everything from amenities, game play, cleanliness both public and in the room, professionalism and most importantly customer service.

Added bonus: Airline review….. USAIR and DELTA on the way back…

I am in the wrong business… I have plenty to say about our politics…

Sorry to hear you couldn’t come to terms but for $5Million….. You should retire and go to Aruba.

A night after winning their 71st game in a row, the UConn women took on West Virginia in the Big East Championship game.

The women wasted no time and extended their streak to 72 consecutive wins. They pounced on the Mountaineers from the tip-off, and won the game with a final score of 60-32.

Kalana Greene lead the game 15 points and 12 rebounds for the Huskies, earning herself outstanding player honors for the Women’s Big East Tournament. Liz Repella led the Mountaineers with 10 points and a rebound.

The Huskies were up 27-10 with a little under seven minutes left in the first half, but the Mountaineers mounted a 18-6 run that spanned the rest of the first half and five minutes into the second half, bringing the score to 33-38.

But then the Huskies took over, scoring 27 of the last 29, and putting away the game. West Virginia scored only once during the final ten minutes of play.

The UConn women have won five out of the last six Big East titles, and 16 Big East titles in school history. They will enter the NCAA tournament unbeaten for the fifth time in school history, and are a sure-fire number one seed going into the tournament.

The women are also six wins shy of playing two whole seasons of undefeated basketball. Their next game will be either March 20 or March 21 in the

Dear Friends,

I’ve got an idea about how to protect and grow Connecticut’s manufacturing sector and the workers who built it, and it boils down to two words – Buy American.

The federal government spends billions of dollars to buy goods and services, mostly within the defense budget. To me, it is indefensible that a significant portion of that money goes overseas to buy products made by foreign companies. It’s our money! It should be spent here in America, to keep American companies open for business. That’s why I have introduced the 21st Century Buy American Act, which will shift taxpayer dollars away from foreign sources and to American companies and American workers.

You know how tough it is today for Connecticut manufacturers. All across Connecticut and the nation, shops that once bustled with workers who manufactured everything from airplanes to the tools needed to construct them have gone silent. Our defense manufacturing industry has been slowly dwindling, and when those shops went away, thousands of well-paying jobs for hardworking people went with them. In the last three years alone, the United States has shed almost 2 million manufacturing jobs.

So it’s time to strengthen our existing laws that require the federal government, using our tax dollars, to make buying American-made products a priority. The Buy American Act, which governs federal procurement, has been on the books for over 75 years. However, the government has failed to fully enforce and update this important statute, helping to hasten the demise of the heart of our manufacturing base.

The current law, riddled with loopholes, just doesn’t work anymore. Under the existing law, only 50% of a finished good has to be made in America, and when many prime contractors are done applying all the loopholes and exceptions, sometimes as little as one-quarter of a finished product was made here in the U.S. In 2007, the loopholes that we can track resulted in $5.7 billion in taxpayer dollars going to overseas companies. In the same year, Connecticut lost over 3,000 manufacturing jobs. We’ve got to reverse this trend.

So I have introduced legislation in Congress, HR 4553, the 21st Century Buy American Act, that will create jobs, close these loopholes, increase transparency of the exception process, and, most importantly, assist firms that have been hurt by unfair foreign competition.

My bill will:

• Require federal agencies, for the first time, to give a leg-up to bidders for federal contracts that commit to building a large portion of the purchased product here in the United States (in my view, we shouldn’t be outsourcing work when we know we could create jobs here in Connecticut instead!)

• Provide assistance to American companies who are the sole supplier to the federal government of a particular product to make sure they can stay in business (because if they go out of business, the work will go overseas and never come back)

• Increase the minimum percentage of a product that must be made in the U.S. from 50% to 60%. In my view, this change alone could create tens of thousands of U.S. manufacturing jobs.

• Mandate that agencies report, in a public database, what waivers of the domestic sourcing laws they have issued so that American manufacturers have the information necessary to compete for those contracts (the least we can do is make sure this process is transparent so we truly know where our money is going!)

Now is the time for Connecticut to make up some lost ground in manufacturing. But we can’t do it unless the federal government steps up to the plate and stops sending our taxpayer dollars overseas. We’ve got the workforce and the infrastructure to lead the way to reap the benefits of an updated Buy American effort.

I will keep you informed as this effort moves forward, and let me know what you think about Buy American, and any other ideas you may have to help Connecticut’s economy.

Every best wish,

Chris Murphy