Archive for March, 2009

Geithner’s 6 Point Plan

Filed in National by on March 26, 2009 12 Comments

Below I’ve highlighted the six points of Geithner’s plan. (Read LA Times article here.) The key elements of the Obama administration’s proposals are: • Give a single government entity, possibly the Federal Reserve, the power and authority to oversee the entire economy for signs of “systemic risk.” • Establish a government mechanism to seize and […]

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Speak Now Or Forever Hold Your Peace

Filed in National by on March 26, 2009 22 Comments

Hey Democrat, You hate the Delaware Democratic Party? Too “old boy” for you? Too moderate? Too (insert pet peeve here)___________? Well now is the time step up or shut up.

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The Demise of Wolf Block-What Really Happened

Filed in National by on March 26, 2009 4 Comments

Since ‘bulo’s previous article attracted a surprising (at least by ‘bulo’s expectations) response, he would like to share this ‘inside baseball’ article from the Philadelphia Inquirer. You just have to love a story that features the firm being blasted during a eulogy, a real eulogy: The story begins in the mid-1980s, when the firm, then […]

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Updated: Health Insurance Companies Prefer Compromise Over Competition

Filed in National by on March 26, 2009 11 Comments

With the writing on the wall concerning Health Care, suddenly Insurers are willing to talk. WASHINGTON —The health insurance industry said Tuesday that it was willing to end the practice of charging higher premiums to sick people if Congress adopted a comprehensive plan that provided coverage to all Americans. The industry’s flexible position on the […]

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Serious QOD

Filed in National by on March 26, 2009 45 Comments

Ok, so my daughter has asked me to ask this question.  She has an awesome teacher that has been really discussing current events and getting the kids to think.  He was teacher of the year at their school last year.  He has NEVER mentioned how he stands politically and never gives his opinion during class.  […]

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These Are The Days #2

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These Are The Days #2

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Last Chance To Stop The Hate – Call Every Senator, Tell Them To Oppose SB 27

Filed in Delaware by on March 26, 2009 26 Comments

SB 27 made it through committee on a 3-2 vote, and there’s good news and bad news. Apparently they’ve amended the language of SB 27 so that it doesn’t apply to Civil Unions. The good news is that this proves that a bill legalizing Civil Unions could pass through even Venables’ own committe, as long […]

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Guest Post From Senator Tom Carper

Filed in National by on March 26, 2009 10 Comments

Dear Pencil Dick, I see you have your panties in a knot again. I’ll bet you wet your pants when you heard about the golf trip I just took with Mitch McConnell, didn’t you? Guess what, I don’t even play golf. I Just did it to fuck with stupid little worthless pukes like you. Just […]

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For David Anderson

Filed in Delaware by on March 25, 2009 28 Comments

David Anderson, a staunch defender of his own impenetrable asshole, is afraid that seeing homosexuals living together freely will turn him into a phallus-obsessed man-slut. If a gay-married couple moved in next door to him, Anderson fears he will suddenly be filled with carnal desires that will leave his anus in shambles. He testified today […]

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Steele: “I Meant To Shoot Myself In The Foot”

Filed in National by on March 25, 2009 11 Comments

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBEdbHnMQhg[/youtube] That whole blow-up with Rush?  Steele claims he did it on purpose.  Gaffes are part of his strategy.  Mistakes are… Made you look! What a sly fox. And here I just thought he was nuts.

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Tom Carper, (if this is true) You Are A Lowlife POS. Case Closed.

Filed in National by on March 25, 2009 16 Comments

Jack Cafferty was on CNN about 15 minutes ago saying that Tom Carper’s “centrist” Democratic caucus is siding with the Republicans to defeat President Obama’s budget. I just have to point out that the other Democratic “cenrtists” are from red states – while Carper allegedly represents Delaware, a state with a PLUS 6 Dem partisan […]

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Another Day, Another Wingnut Conspiracy

Filed in National by on March 25, 2009 3 Comments

Nemski highlighted the crazy question FoxNoise managed to ask President Obama last night, and now I’m reading that the New World Currency is the new right-wing stupidity: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2jfpHbIITo[/youtube] And, of course, the Chinese are in this for something too — they are heavily invested in the dollar and heavily tied to it.    But count on […]

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There is no God

Filed in National by on March 25, 2009 4 Comments

The man released after spending 27 years in jail for a murder he did not commit has spent his first weekend of freedom in hospital after being hit by a taxi. Sean Hodgson needed stitches in his face after being struck by the cab as he was about to cross a busy road in London. […]

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