Archive for January 20th, 2009
A New Era of Politics.
Ken Burns, the noted documentarian and historian, said Barack Obama’s inaugural speech today marks the beginning of America’s Third Act, with him describing the First Act extending from our founding to Lincoln and the end of slavery, and the Second Act extending from there to now, overseeing the fulfilling of America’s promise to all its […]
Obama’s Inauguration Address
What a speech (full transcript here). It lived up to, and surpassed, my expectations. The bar keeps being raised and Obama keeps getting better. As for our common defense, we reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals. Our Founding Fathers, faced with perils we can scarcely imagine, drafted a charter to […]
QOD
Are we now going to be a communist country? 2nd QOD: Where do we turn in our guns since we aren’t allowed to own them anymore?
Breaking: Ted Kennedy and Robert Byrd Having Medical Issues at the Inauguration
This is still developing. Kennedy was taken from the luncheon on a stretcher. No word on his status. Byrd was also having issues and was taken from the luncheon. Update: Apparently, Kennedy suffered a seizure (or several) and was taken fom the room. Robert Byrd was apparently disturbed by the Kennedy events and left the […]
Time To Get To Work
Both Governor Markell and President Obama have made service a key to their plans. As you may know, DelawareLiberal is making a point to help out how we can by organizing a morning at the Food Bank in Newark on Saturday. The Food Bank has added staff for our visit so we now have a […]
How I Am Spending My Morning
At some point between 2AM, when I went to bed last night, and 8AM, when my wife walked my daughter to the bus, someone smashed the window of my locked car and rooted through my console and glove compartment. I beleive that all they got was a handheld GPS that was in the console. So, […]
My heart pumps piss for these folks
Perhaps they can write a book about how they helped ruin the richest nation thus far in our planets history High-ranking White House loyalists have deluged Washington headhunters with pleas for jobs. Corporations and nonprofit organizations have stopped hiring. With the GOP out of power, jobs on Capitol Hill are scant and K Street lobbying […]
Scenes From a Midnight Inauguration
I have just returned from the Inauguration of Jack Markell and Matt Denn. Sorry that I didn’t blog it live, but once I got there, it seemed inappropriate to do so. From the blogging world, Cassandra M sat with me. Two rows up was Redwaterlilly and across the room I spotted Mike Matthews. I also […]
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