Archive for January, 2009
Operation Val-Kilmer-y
I’m inclined to believe the people who say that the Honorable (?) Chief Justice Roberts screwed up the Presidential oath as a part of a right wing plan to make Sarah Palin the President through legal and media machinations that include Fox New’s Chris Wallace and the Turkey Slaughter guy. Obama & Biden are too […]
AOL News Hates Atheists
From that oh-so-illustrious news source, AOL News, comes an article about how “some” African-American Christians are upset at Obama’s inaugural speech reaching out to “non-believers” as well as Hindus, Muslims, etc: By mentioning, for the first time in an inaugural address, the 16.1 percent of Americans who check “no”’ when asked about religion, Obama turned […]
I Want Some TARP
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGfQk9XXm24[/youtube] Liberalgeek will be leading the Delaware Premiere of the singing of this little ditty at the Food Bank tomorrow. Make sure you know the lines AND the dance! (kidding, LG!) (h/t Calculated Risk)
Science Blogging! – Origin of the Species Edition
John Whithead, a London-based evolutionary biologist is blogging On The Origin of Species chapter by chapter. Remember it is Darwin Year — he would have been 200 years old this year, and Origin is 150 years old this year. So grab your Darwin and follow along. If you’ve never read him, this might be a […]
Americans Want Infrastructure Spending
Frank Luntz, of all people, positively gushes over the results of a new poll he’s run about the concerns of Americans on infrastructure spending: Consider this: A near unanimous 94% of Americans are concerned about our nation’s infrastructure. And this concern cuts across all regions of the country and across urban, suburban and rural communities. […]
I think it took Bush 18 months to do somethin about terrorism…
First Post-Obama Attack In Pakistan Kills 4 Al-Qaeda PESHAWAR– At least ten people were killed in a suspected American missile attack in North Waziristan agency of Pakistan on Friday. It was the first attack that took place after President Barack Obama’s entry in the office. Pakistani officials had expressed their hope that as president, Obama […]
QOD
Booman came up with this deep thought, but I am stealing it for a Question of the Day. Why is it that everytime Republicans leave Obama’s White House they say that they ‘have concerns about the size of his package’?
HB 1 Open Government Update
This bill was voted out of the House Administration Committee on Wednesday with 3 On the Merits votes. The NJ expands on the discussions, with Speaker Gilligan making it clear he doesn’t want to entertain Amendments that will weaken the bill: The lead sponsor of the proposal, House Speaker Robert F. Gilligan, D-Sherwood Park, said […]
The Ground IS Shifting Part II
New Castle County voters spit in the face of a 25 year PR campaign by radical Republicans to convince people that government services are free. County Executive Chris Coons asked the residents of New Castle County to speak out, which they did in force at the first of 12 listening sessions sponsored by the county. […]
Can We Please Just Ignore The Republican Children in Congress
Obama put tax cuts in the economic recovery bill to get bi-partisan support. Since Republicans are committed to obstructing Obama at every turn, shouldn’t he just strip the tax cuts out of the bill and just pass it with Democratic votes and a few grown up Republicans like Mike Castle? I mean, hoping for the […]
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