Archive for March, 2009
GOP Governors Can Reject Stimulus Money
A non-partisan Congressional Report just released concludes “that it likely would be unconstitutional for a legislature to supplant a governor in accepting and using economic stimulus money.” The Congressional Research Service analysis could imperil tens of millions of stimulus dollars reserved for South Carolina and Texas, whose governors have said they will reject some of […]
I Have No Sympathy For Bankers Or Insurers
Why should I when they’ve never had sympathy when the shoe was on the other foot? Shameless cut and paste below, but, in my defense, when someone nails it they deserve the credit. You Know It’s Bad When … By David Kurtz Insurance companies say they have no choice but to honor contracts, and banks […]
Just when we thought he was gone…
So long as there is a man named George W. Bush, there will be Bushisms: “I’m going to put people in my place, so when the history of this administration is written at least there’s an authoritarian voice saying exactly what happened.” Freudian slip much, Mr. former President.
Tea Bag The White House
Jon Stewart provides the appropriate ridicule: The Daily Show With Jon StewartM – Th 11p / 10c IndigNation! Populist Uprising ’09 – The Enragening Daily Show Full EpisodesImportant Things w/ Demetri Martin Political HumorJim Cramer
Inconvenient GITMO Truths
Yes, ‘bulo knows, everybody is bored with Iraq/Afghanistan/GITMO. Just like everybody is bored with the criminal behavior of the Bush Administration (Although said boredom doesn’t extend to the slugs in the press who are outraged that Robert Gibbs didn’t treat Dick Cheney with respect. Perhaps, if their outrage had included revealing the multitude of criminal […]
NCCo Budget 2010
Yesterday evening, County Executive Chris Coons delivered his budget address. He took about 40 minutes to deliver this, including an extensive setup of his Listening Tour (which rhetorically at least) looks like the approval cycle and then he got to a summary of the bad news: Property taxes will increase an average of $8.00/month (I […]
Earth Hour
Okay, this has to be the easiest protest in the world to do. So easy, even the whole world is doing it. You really don’t have to even leave your couch. The idea is that on March 28th on 8:30 PM, you join millions of people around the world and turn out your lights for […]
The 15 minute State
Back in my college days, it was always joked to me that you could blink while driving through Delaware and miss it. True, I-95 crosses the most narrow portion of the state, but I just found this video on YouTube that does a nice job of illustrating driving across the state in 15 minutes:
When Keith Calls Bill O’Reilly Bill “Orally”… Little Did He Know
The Village Voice stumbles across a budding author. Before we get to the good stuff here’s a brief synopsis: Those Who Trespass, his 1998 novel about an O’Reilly-esque TV journalist who is trained by an Irish Republican Army terrorist to kill the people who deserve it the most: the broadcast news bastards who interfered with […]
Whackos Preparing ‘Marriage Protection Act’
A talkative toucan informs El Somnambulo that Sen. Bob Venables (D-Mars) and the troglodyte caucus are preparing a so-called ‘Marriage Protection Act’ for introduction. It’s not in the system yet, but it already has a number, SB 27 (666 is already reserved). And a synopsis: “A marriage between a man and a woman is the […]
Comment Rescue: WDEL Interviews Nominee for DNREC Secretary
This is a heads up from Allan Loudell for an event many of us are vitally interested in: I have to run off after 5 p.m. to cover County Executive Chris Coons’ budget-address at 6, but I’ve set-up our Frank Gerace to interview Collin O’Mara LIVE on our airwaves at @ 5:35 this afternoon. Allan […]


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