March 2009 – Page 8 – Delaware Liberal

From the Office of Obvious Findings

By jason330 March 24, 200916 Comments

On kindergarten testing: Replacing kindergarten playtime with formal lessons and standardized tests could have a wide range of negative consequences, according to the Alliance for Childhood, a nonprofit that advocates…

March on Wall Street

By jason330 March 24, 200914 Comments

NATIONAL MARCH ON WALL STREET SATURDAY, APRIL 4 - 12 NOON SPONSORED BY UNITED FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE RIDE THE PACEM IN TERRIS BUS - SEE INFO AT END The…

Does Markells Budget Mean He Isn’t a Progressive?

By liberalgeek March 24, 200926 Comments

There was a lot of talk during the election by people on this blog and others about Jack Markell's progressive street cred. He certainly convinced a lot of progressive Democrats…

Deep “Too Big To Fail” Thought

By jason330 March 24, 20092 Comments

I'm not yet a Geezer, but I remember when we had laws that banks had to follow...that was nice. Using The Bank: Actual audio from a 1947 educational film from…

Senator Proposes Bill to Enable Newspapers to Be Run as ‘Not-For Profits’

By El Somnambulo March 24, 200923 Comments

An intriguing proposal from U. S. Sen. Ben Cardin of Maryland. This would not in any way help the giant media conglomorates, but it appears that this might help local…

God Bless Tommywonk, O’Mara & Markell

By jason330 March 24, 20091 Comment

Doing the right thing. Will Collin O'Mara, Markell's nominee to head DNREC, focus on economic development rather than protections and enforcement? When I asked O'Mara, he said climate prosperity starts with…

Whenever I see “common sense” I shudder

By Donviti March 24, 200916 Comments

I know, I know, we already beat the Marriage thing to death, but a Letter to the Editor in NJ This past SUNDAY (ironically) revisited it and the person writing…

TAKE ACTION NOW: Kill Bill SB 27 (Anti-Civil Unions)

By xstryker March 24, 200920 Comments

A tip from esteemed reader MJ: SB 27 by Venables has a hearing tomorrow at 1:00 PM in his committee(Small Business). This is a DE version of DOMA. It appears…

Update on Cape Henlopen School Board Election

By cassandra_m March 24, 200915 Comments

Meyer Persow has his website up and running. If you are interested in supporting this progressive candidate you can contribute to his campaign via this website or signup to volunteer.…

Correction #200

By jason330 March 24, 200910 Comments

Everything I said about Geithner and Obama regarding the economy was wrong. The markets have spoken and nobody can dispute the all knowing wisdom of the markets. footnote: That sound…

Don’t buy Chinese….

By Donviti March 24, 200913 Comments

Condoms. Based on their history, if I were anyone trying to NOT knockup a girlfriend I wouldn't. Sadly, its' our own government buying them and putting 300 Americans out of…

FYI: Obama is doing an awesome job

By Donviti March 24, 20095 Comments

Obama is the greatest president in a long long while. We had a historic jump in the DOW yesterday, that's how I know. Oh, and his approval rating is still…

A Stray Thought

By pandora March 24, 200925 Comments

I think anyone who anxiously awaits The Rapture should not serve in public office since they really don't have any incentive in making a better future. In fact, it could…