Archive for March 5th, 2009

New DNREC Role: Getting to the True Costs of Energy

Filed in Delaware by cassandra_m on March 5, 2009 • 5 Comments

Tommywonk tells us about a directive Gov. Jack Markell has made to the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) to take a place at the table as the Public Service Commission evaluates Delmarva Power’s Integrated Resource Plan. (More info on past IRP process here.) As Tommy points out, this is an excellent […]

The definition of Greed

Filed in National by Donviti on March 5, 2009 • 10 Comments

Bank of America must think that this is still the Bush Administration and they can get away with trying to be above the law. This can’t get much more disgusting. They know they aren’t going to be able to pay out jthe bonuses later so they bust their asses to pay them out early. It […]

QOD

Filed in National by Delaware Dem on March 5, 2009 • 38 Comments

Quick, without looking anything up on the internet, answer this question: Who is your state Senator, state Representative, and County Councilman? And if you live in a city or a town with councils, name your city or town council.

O’Donnell to Run for President.

Filed in National by Delaware Dem on March 5, 2009 • 11 Comments

And Mike Matthews just fainted with dreams of being the First First Gentleman. But no, not our favorite local wingnut Christine O’Donnell. Ed O’Donnell. Who? Precisely. WDEL is currently running a story about a little known perennial candidate named Ed O’Donnell, who just “announced” that he is running for the Patriot Party’s (what?) nomination for […]

Local Elections.

Filed in National by Delaware Dem on March 5, 2009 • 26 Comments

All politics is local. Yet, your average Delawarean probably cannot name their state Representative or Senator. They definitely cannot name their County Councilman. Sure, they can name their President, their Vice President, and they can probably name their two U.S. Senators and Congressman, and their Governor. But as for their real local representatives in their […]

TO Gone from Dallas Zoo

Filed in National by El Somnambulo on March 5, 2009 • 5 Comments

Pro football’s most famous opera singer (me-me-me-me) has sung his last aria for the Dallas Cowboys. Jerry ‘Kids, Don’t Let Cosmetic Surgery Do This To You’ Jones has parted ways with the man Bill Parcells referred to as ‘that player’. Of course, football’s finest diva will not be out of the spotlight for long: The […]