Archive for June, 2008

Welcome Our New DL Fact Checker

Filed in National by on June 21, 2008 1 Comment

That is to say, welcome back Hube! Our time in Hube-purgatory is up so soon? Enjoy the typos! And I hope you can stomach the inevitable affronts to your phony patriotism.

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wow

Filed in National by on June 21, 2008 3 Comments

Report: Ohio teacher burned cross on kids’ arms

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Bushism

Filed in National by on June 21, 2008 6 Comments

“There is some who say that perhaps freedom is not universal. Maybe it’s only Western people that can self-govern. Maybe it’s only, you know, white-guy Methodists who are capable of self-government. I reject that notion.”—London, June 16, 2008

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Tom Carper Really Is A Mafia-esque Killer

Filed in National by on June 20, 2008 20 Comments

A funny thing happened at a cocktail party I recently attended. Someone came to me and said, “You know those posts you do where you make Tom Carper out to be a cold blooded killer?” First of all I was flattered that an anon DelawareLiberal reader knew me, then I said, “Yes.” (Because I like […]

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Newsweek: Dem ID’s Up

Filed in National by on June 20, 2008 6 Comments

There will be 1,000 sideshows bewtween now and November as the MSM tries to make Obama’s trouncing of McCain into a horse race. …which it isn’t. 55 percent of all voters call themselves Democrats Bottom Line: George Bush has wrecked the GOP brand.

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Yep, Obama is already acting like the president…sigh

Filed in National by on June 20, 2008 46 Comments

Obama’s statement on the FISA “compromise” is in, and suffice it to say that it won’t make opponents of the Dem cave-in very happy. He’s supporting it. very, very, very disappointing. Basically, if the President breaks the law, asks a corporation to break the law and then says I know I broke the law but […]

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Obama is Already The Acting President

Filed in National by on June 20, 2008 5 Comments

Did you notice how everyone was waiting to hear from Obama on FISA in order to get a clear sense of where we are going with this as a nation? Unlike George Bush, Obama released a Presidential statement that lays the ground work for moving forward. 1) The country needs a real defense policy, which […]

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Ice Discovered On Mars

Filed in National by on June 20, 2008 4 Comments

Ice is nice. But sign me up for terra farming when they discover Dewars and Club Soda as well.

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Are You Going to the Blue-Gold Game?

Filed in National by on June 20, 2008 2 Comments

Tomorrow is the annual Blue-Gold game.  I highlighted this game last weekend, but I wanted to get another plug in today.  This is a great event that benefits a worthwhile cause.  I don’t care if you are liberal or conservative, consider spending some time at UD tomorrow starting at 4PM to have a fun time […]

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The Sad Truth: The Delaware Media Works For Mike Castle

Filed in National by on June 20, 2008 0 Comments

Yes. It is that simple. Otherwise how do you explain the fact that NOBODY is asking simple questions that could help voters figure our where Mike Castle stands on the issues? Questions such as this one asked to Republican Norm Coleman: Oddly, Coleman thinks it wasn’t a mistake. What does Mike Castle think? We’ll probably […]

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QOD

Filed in National by on June 20, 2008 20 Comments

What book are you currently reading?  You do realize that the Dellib Summer Book Club has asked you to read, Audacity of Hope by July 7th? (look on the right for the link)

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Why is this not illegal Price Fixing?

Filed in National by on June 20, 2008 7 Comments

From yesterday’s Wall Street Journal: Pfizer Inc. struck a deal with Indian generic drug maker Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. to keep a cheaper version of the blockbuster anti-cholesterol drug Lipitor off the US market until November of 2011. The deal gives Pfizer an extra 20 months of Lipitor revenue at about $1.083 BILLION PER MONTH. So […]

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One man’s pork…

Filed in National by on June 20, 2008 13 Comments

…is another man’s crucial levy project needed to reinforce our crumbling infrastructure and avoid catastrophic loss of life and billions of dollars of flood damage. McCain railed against the Iowa levy projectthe bill that contained provisions for levy reinforcement last year. Nice call Einstein.

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