Archive for February, 2009

Anyone Here Speak Islamic?

Filed in National by on February 19, 2009 36 Comments

I honestly didn’t realize how much I missed Rick Santorum. “A democracy could not exist because Mohammed already made the perfect law,” Santorum said. “The Quran is perfect just the way it is, that’s why it is only written in Islamic.” Can’t. Make. This. Stuff. Up.

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New Castle County Special Election Today

Filed in Delaware by on February 19, 2009 8 Comments

If you are in the 5th district of New Castle County, today is election day.  Stephanie McClellan has taken a job with the Markell administration, leaving a vacancy. DelawareLiberal endorses Lisa Diller in this race.  She is highly qualified and committed to constituent services.  In addition, she is married to fellow blogger John Tobin. Get […]

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DelawareLiberal In The News

Filed in National by on February 19, 2009 10 Comments

You have to read between the lines, but Governor Markell did not initially invite Castle to the press conference on the economic recovery package money coming to Delaware. Carper had him added to the invitee list – but thanks to the white hot spotlight that DelawareLiberal turned on the situation, suddenly Castle “was unable to […]

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GOP Guvs’ Love/Hate Relationship W/Stimulus $$’s

Filed in National by on February 19, 2009 10 Comments

Cutting through the BS, El Somnambulo has detected the common thread in the ‘fiscal conservatives’ agita about receiving stimulus aid. It’s not that they don’t want the money. It’s that they want it with no strings attached. Presumably b/c (a) their states, including Louisiana, Texas and Alaska, have pristine records when it comes to the disbursement […]

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Ohhhh, this is gonna be huge!

Filed in National by on February 19, 2009 8 Comments

I can’t wait to read this list of true American Patriots! UBS, the largest bank in Switzerland, agreed on Wednesday to divulge the names of well-heeled Americans whom the authorities suspect of using offshore accounts at the bank to evade taxes. The bank admitted conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service and agreed to pay […]

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Some Google Numbers

Filed in National by on February 18, 2009 18 Comments

Some yahoo on this blog has been saying that the left has been comparing Bush to a chimp for 8 years. True that. As a matter of fact Google shows a whopping 1.8 million hits for bush chimp.  What is that? Some 250,000 bush chimp references per year or if you do 9 years (1 […]

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Talking Back

Filed in International by on February 18, 2009 3 Comments
Talking Back

So what if it is snowing out and you are passing through an area where you know there is a camera monitoring your activity? Well, you talk back and tell its minders what you think about it: (Warning: Picture after the jump may be NSFW!)

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The Last to Know

Filed in National by on February 18, 2009 13 Comments

How come nobody told me that goat-o-philes solid citizens over at DelawarePolitics.net put up a web petition to demand that Delaware refuse the economic recovery package money?

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QOTE

Filed in National by on February 18, 2009 6 Comments

Did the past 8 years not happen in GOPland?

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The Cartoon

Filed in National by on February 18, 2009 14 Comments
The Cartoon

Roland Martin: To the editors who approved the cartoon, as well as the cartoonist, the piece was clearly all fun and laughs. But anyone with half a brain, especially someone knowing the history of African-Americans being called monkeys and gorillas, would have said, “We need to rethink this.” First, mixing the two stories is ridiculous. […]

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Practical Wisdom

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A Mental Health Break

Filed in National by on February 18, 2009 1 Comment

This following video, parodying the overly dramatic teaser commercials for primetime dramas like ER or Brothers & Sisters or Grey’s Anatomy, is perhaps the funniest thing I have seen in years. Yes, it contains profanities and graphic language, so if such things offend you, do not watch. But damnit, it is funny. See more funny […]

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DOJ Targeting Bush/Rethug Scofflaws?

Filed in National by on February 18, 2009 2 Comments

The days of stonewalling prosecutors and getting away with it may well be coming to an end. And, there’s been plenty of stonewalling going on. According to the indispensable  Talking Points Memo, “At least nine Bush administration officials refused to cooperate with various Justice Department investigations during the final days of the Bush presidency, according […]

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