Archive for January, 2009

Science vs Frank Knotts

Filed in National by on January 17, 2009 16 Comments

Over at Delaware Politics, Frank Knotts has issued an Al Gore suicide watch.  Why?  Because it’s cold outside.  I am not kidding. Never mind that 2008 was the eighth warmest year on record, or that the last 10 years have been the warmest  since 1997. Forget all that science. Frank doesn’t need professionals to tell […]

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NCC Council Opening – Developers Wanted

Filed in Delaware by on January 17, 2009 19 Comments

Since Stephanie McClellen is leaving her position as a county councilwoman to work for the Markell administration there is a void in Newark.  Apparently, there are three people vying for the chance to run as the Democrat in the special election.  There will be a meeting on Thursday to select the candidate.  I am not […]

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Watching Delaware State Government with Requests

Filed in Delaware by on January 17, 2009 18 Comments

Or more precisely, the Legislature. I’ve been looking at ways to keep track of what goes on in Dover, which means looking beyond the NJ.  The State’s website actually provides some useful tools that were new to me, so I thought I would share some of these for the (probably very few of you) who […]

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Memories of Bush III

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Memories of Bush III

Remember when Bush said that one of the great accomplishment of his administration was his record of keeping the country safe from terrorists attacks, provided you ignored his obvious failure?   Good times, good times.  Chart via yglesias at thinkprogress

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News Journal Deathwatch: Gannett In The Onion

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News Journal Deathwatch: Gannett In The Onion

Gannett Forces Employees To Take Unpaid Week Off The Gannett Company, publisher of 85 daily newspapers across the United States, is making all its employees take a weeklong unpaid furlough to avoid layoffs. What do you think? Annie King, Systems Analyst “Oh, great, another week of newspaper reruns.” Gil Geraci, Unemployed “Please tell me Mitch Albom doesn’t […]

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Circuit City…

Filed in Delaware by on January 16, 2009 22 Comments

I bought my first digital camera and my camcorder at Circuit City.  They were great for credit terms.  Over that past few weeks I have been eyeing a new plasma HDTV.  I had it picked out.  CC had a deal of 18 months same as cash.  This is not a problem for me personally and […]

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Party First, Country Second

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Markell/Denn Inaugural Events

Filed in Delaware by on January 16, 2009 4 Comments

By now you’ve got your Presidential Inaugural plans done — where you’ll be for the train stop, how many layers of clothes you’ll wear, the parties you’ll go to and where you’ll be for the formalities of the 20th. We can’t forget, though, that right here we have just as important and exciting Inaugural events […]

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Bushism

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Bush tells Tara Wall of the Washington Times about the upside to the current economic crisis: “One aspect of these recent times that has been overlooked is the fact that the price of gasoline has gone down from near $4 to under $2, which is stimulative, because people have got nearly $2,000 on an annualized […]

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Classy

Filed in National by on January 16, 2009 2 Comments

Obama will honor John McCain at a pre-Inaugural dinner — one of three bipartisan dinners given that night in honor of McCain, Colin Powell and Joe Biden. Each dinner has its bipartisan hosts: McCain’s dinner hosted by Sen. Lindsey Graham, and Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick; Powell’s dinner hosted by Senator Claire McCaskill, and retired Senator […]

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The Philadelphia Eagles Join Jack’s Volunteer Effort

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The Philadelphia Eagles Join Jack’s Volunteer Effort

This is pretty cool. Build a better Delaware PSA on the Eagles Website FYI – This is Alicia who is an Eagles cheerleader that I played poker with last year: This is more about the volunteer thing from the Markell press release: As of Friday, Delawareans have pitched in and registered more than 17,000 volunteer […]

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RNC Facebook Membership Drive

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RNC Facebook Membership Drive

Check out the positive vision for America that the RNC is using to drive people to join its facebook thingy! —————————————————————————————- Dear Friend, We’ve assembled over 42,000 supporters on Facebook committed to electing Republicans nationwide, and are striving for the new goal of 50,000. Will you join us? It’s simple. Online activism + online mobilizing […]

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Do Ad Execs Listen to the Lyrics?

Filed in National by on January 16, 2009 5 Comments

Lincoln has a new ad on TV for their snazzy MKS.  The ad is called “Liftoff“, and the song they’ve chosen to demonstrate beauty and reliability… David Bowie’s Space Oddity.  Can you hear me Major Tom?

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