Archive for December, 2007

Sappy Post of the Month: Dan Fogelberg Dies of Cancer

Filed in National by on December 18, 2007 1 Comment

I just saw that Dan Fogelberg died of prostate cancer on Sunday. I listened to “The Same Old Lang Syne” and it is so well-written, executed and shaped that I never fail to feel it somewhere deep in my gut. I think I will rotate it heavily into my Christmas music soundtrack. Goodbye to the […]

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Comment Rescue: Ron Paul Breaks Fundraising Record

Filed in National by on December 17, 2007 8 Comments

I know that I am breaking a vow of silence that all of us “journalists” have taken regarding Ron Paul, but I have to say that this is noteworthy. It seems that the people who like Paul REALLY like him. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Over at DWA Tyler Nixon says: The only pot that is cracked is the […]

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Obama Closes the Gap

Filed in National by on December 17, 2007 7 Comments

The Obama rally his coming at just the right time. He is leading in Iowa (28% vs Clinton 25%) and is tied in New Hampshire (45%/45%) On the R side, it continues to baffle me that Rudy is hanging on to his lead, and that Romney (for all his millions) could not get anything going.

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BREAKING: AL LEVIN TO SUMO WRESTLE PROTACK FOR GOP GUB SLOT

Filed in National by on December 17, 2007 15 Comments

I knew they hated primaries, but I had no idea how much they hated primaries. According to my source who is very close to Al, the GOP is determined to avoid a primary and are in negotiations with Mike Protack to come up with some other contest in order to avoid allowing the GOP “base” […]

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do you hear that?

Filed in National by on December 17, 2007 3 Comments

It’s the sound of an airplane crashing into a campaign…..

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Snow enters the War on Christmas on the side of Christmas: Brings God into the fray

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Snow enters the War on Christmas on the side of Christmas: Brings God into the fray

Just when I thought we had the upper hand in the war on Christmas, Tony Snow has attacked our southern flank and brought with him some big time reinforcements.  -Via Think Progress Tony Snow: ‘The Second War In This Country’ Is ‘The War On God’ Former White House press secretary Tony Snow is apparently attempting […]

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Tony Romo Still Sucks!

Filed in National by on December 17, 2007 8 Comments

I didn’t quite here what Troy Aikman quoted widdle Tony Romo saying about the Eagles defense being easily readable and not confusing at all…. Anyone else see a scared JV Quarterback getting the shit sacked out of him in that fourth quarter?

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The only thing keeping the Republican Party afloat is the shittiness of the Democratic Party

Filed in National by on December 17, 2007 2 Comments

I have big tour de force of a post brewing right now that deals with the utter breakdown of the GOP both here in Delaware and nationally and how Democrats are not applying the “blow of mercy” but are consumed with tending to the GOP’s many wounds. The ingredients of the stew are Ron Paul […]

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The Protack Express is a Train Wreck

Filed in Uncategorized by on December 16, 2007 110 Comments

Oh my.  I cannot believe the kind of crap that Protack gets himself into.  Now it’s the issue of the unpaid staff from his last campaign.  This comes after a foiled astroturfing of the local blogosphere and the failure to pay his consultants for the last campaign. The details are really starting to crystallize over […]

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The good financial news just keeps coming

Filed in National by on December 15, 2007 16 Comments

Via Eschaton – California has fiscal problems.Dec. 14 (Bloomberg) — California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will declare a state of fiscal emergency under never-before-used rules that would force lawmakers into a special session to address a $14 billion deficit. Again…the silver lining is that by the end of this recession, the country will know to never […]

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Welcome to the Future

Filed in Uncategorized by on December 14, 2007 22 Comments

Hello and welcome to our new home.  Look around and check out the digs. We have added several new features such as polling, comment repair with AJAX, a countdown time, weather and even a mobile website (try it from your phone!). There will certainly be kinks to be worked out, but hopefully they will be […]

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$145 a year for complete shit!! Where do I sign?

Filed in National by on December 14, 2007 4 Comments

Mahaffie uses more polite terms than me, but suffice to say that The Delaware State News is f*cking insane.

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Dave is totally pooping his pants over Huckabee

Filed in National by on December 14, 2007 9 Comments

It’s is kinda funny watching a “WordPress Top Twenty” blog go from “panicked” to “shrill” to “dog whistle” with 3 out of the last 4 posts fretting about Huck.

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