Archive for February, 2009

Breaking: O’Donnell Running For US Senate

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Breaking: O’Donnell Running For US Senate

This is another reason Castle is not running for the Senate; he’d have to go toe to toe with crazy Christine O’Donnell I wish the crazy wingnut formatting survived the the translation to a post – but you get the idea. From: “Christine O’Donnell” Reply-To: odonnell2008@gmail.com Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 09:47:21 -0500 (EST) Subject: […]

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Today Is The Day You Do Something To Help Elect Lisa Diller

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Today is a DelawareLiberal “Day of Action” to elect Lisa Diller to the New County Council County Council. Here are your options.  You can: – donate money to Lisa Diller’s campaign – pledge your time and volunteer to help canvassing or making calls this weekeend, or  (and this one is important) – simply call 5 […]

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Markell to Announce 2009 Budget Reductions

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Gov. Jack Markell will be announcing his budget reductions for fiscal year 2009 at 2 pm today in Dover Wilmington.

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Yet another reason to increase union support

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When will people realize that the people telling you Unions are bad are the people that don’t want Unions? It’s hard enough to lose a job. But for a growing proportion of U.S. workers, the troubles really set in when they apply for unemployment benefits. More than a quarter of people applying for such claims […]

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Day 15: Mike Castle’s Betrayal of Delaware

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No Genuine “Town Hall” Meetings Since April 2007 I did some research and it seems that at around 10:30 a.m. on April 13, 2007 Mike Castle discussed the risks of skin cancer with a group of about ten Delawareans who were not CEO’s of fortune 500 companies. That was the last meeting that was announced […]

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Lincoln and Darwin Anniversaries

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Lincoln and Darwin Anniversaries

Today marks the 200th anniversary of two men, one is perhaps the greatest President of the United States and the other is one of the greatest scientific minds this world has seen.

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“No One Trusts You Anymore.”

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I am a new fan of Congressman Michael Capuano. Who knew he had it in him?

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Open Government Forum

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This event is sponsored by the League of Women Voters.  Taken directly from their website: The LWVNCC and LWVDE will jointly present a Open Government Forum, on February 17, featuring a presentation by Dr. Margaret McKay and a panel which includes State Senator Karen Peterson, former State Representative Robert Valihura, John Flaherty (Lobbyist, The Greenwatch […]

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Just Sayin’

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The GOP sold my email address to American Family Association leader and creationist Rev. Donald Wildmon. I know it was them because the only wingnut email I have ever signed up for is the GOP’s.

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Wow, Just Wow

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President Obama in Fort Myers: “I expect to be judged by results.  I’m not going to make any excuses. If stuff hasn’t worked and people don’t feel like I’ve led the country in the right direction, then you’ll have a new president.”  Accountability and Leadership.  I’ve forgotten what those traits look like.

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The Original Gangster

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The Original Gangster

for those of you that missed the Ball a few weeks back, you also missed Baby Sqyuishy Viti’s night on the town.  I’m pretty sure he would have gotten some action if his mom wasn’t around…

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This is one of the funniest clips ever

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83JDXXKzOXg[/youtube] OMG, hilarious

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Castle Succumbs to Pressure?

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The Fix at the Washington Post is reporting that the Grand Betrayer of Delaware, Congressman Mike Castle, may change his traitorous “no” to a disingenuous “yes” vote. First, I will believe it when I see it. Second, even if he does vote for the Stimulus Bill, it will just be further confirmation of the False […]

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