Archive for January, 2009

BoA Getting Additional Bailout Funds

Filed in Delaware, National by on January 14, 2009 28 Comments

From the WSJ: The U.S. government has agreed to commit billions in additional aid to Bank of America Corp. to help the nation’s largest bank by assets close its acquisition of Merrill Lynch & Co., according to people familiar with the situation. Discussions over these funds began in mid-December when Bank of America approached the […]

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Don’t forget 1/24/2009 We Celebrate with “A Taste of Victory”

Filed in Delaware by on January 14, 2009 31 Comments
Don’t forget 1/24/2009  We Celebrate with “A Taste of Victory”

I hope those of you on the fence are now leaning on coming to this event. I plan on pan-handling out front with baby sqyuishy. (see attached picture) Now that I’m on skid row I plan on getting all the hand outs I can.  Let’s face it, a 3 month old pulls in the dough. […]

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UPDATED: Nelson Laughing

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Rong Williams reports… Spence is pounding the sidewalks According to talk on the street, former House speaker Terry Spence, the longest serving state speaker in the country, is having a difficult time finding a new job. Traditionally, Delaware Park has been known as the golden coffin for fading politicians. Spence certainly helped see to it […]

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End of an Error — Very Weak Economic Growth

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End of an Error — Very Weak Economic Growth

In an effort to do some counterprogramming against the BushCo legacy tour, we’ll look at the real legacy — from the Washington Post:

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Proposed law postpones, but does not undo “Workforce Housing”

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I guess a 6 month stay is the best we can hope for right now. Given what we now know about how workforce housing came into being, I hope that we are beyond calling workforce housing sceptics racists. House press release under the fold.

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Afternoon Linkage

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As one of the most anticipated movies of all time that features a Segway is about to open I Eat Gravel (AK) answers Segway inventor’s question: “When should I quit?” So you thought we had wingnuts in Delaware. Birmingham Blues (AL) reports on one of Alabama’s wingnuts who thinks Obama “as someone who may be […]

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What’s Got My Goat ?

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What’s eating me? What’s bugging me? What’s sticking in my craw? It is that we’ve had a solid 8 years of absolutely no accountability what-so-ever for the executive branch, congress, banks, auto-executives, military planners, or basically anybody in any position of responsibility. Now accountability is back, but it is not retroactive.

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Interesting Combo

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Dana Garrett, Tyler Nixon and (cover your eyes A1) Mike Mathews on DTR from 1:00 to 5:00 today. I mean now.

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Hey look,

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we do torture…yawn “We tortured [Mohammed al-]Qahtani,” Don’t read this article though, it may ruin the allusion you have about this president and the legacy he is trying to rewrite with a week left.

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I would have never guessed

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this would have happened

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QOD

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Do you find it surprising that the GOP is now, suddenly, looking for accountability?

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Your Liberal Media

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Fox personality, Glen Beck is on CBS news right now being treated like a news analyst.   The chryon that reads: Outrage Over Stimulus – Taxpayers Demand More Transparency.

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Workforce Housing To Blow Up Into MAJOR Scandal

Filed in Delaware by on January 14, 2009 62 Comments

That’s how I read this section of Randy Nelson’s DTR blog post. One of the major issues: the influence of Pamela Scott on New Castle County land use and development issues, particularly with respect to crafting the legislation. Scott, a partner in the law firm of Saul Ewing, who represents one of Delaware’s biggest developers, […]

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