Archive for April, 2009
Bracket of Evil — The Fiendish Four
Rove, Limbaugh, Blackwater and Palin survived! Fox News not being in the finals is a real surprise. But you know what to do — click the image to vote your bracket and come back to tell us what you chose.
QOD
What is more funner to say: Donsquishydishimaharishi YoYo Ma NKOTB The Republicans are a bunch of idiots that have no shot in 2010 and only care about themselves and not the country Insert your own fun word(s) to say
How Not To Make A Stand
Sanford gives in on stimulus, will seek funds for S.C. WASHINGTON — Gov. Mark Sanford will comply with a midnight Friday stimulus deadline and become the last governor in the nation to seek millions of dollars in federal economic-recovery funds for his state, aides said late Thursday. Sanford will continue contesting $700 million in education […]
Quote of the Day
Backstory: First U.S. arrest made in UBS offshore case On February 19, 2009, we reached an agreement with UBS that included, for the first time, the disclosure of the identities of taxpayers that were illegally using Swiss bank accounts to evade U.S. taxes. Today is the first of the prosecutions resulting from that disclosure, but […]
Two Delaware Programs Included in Harvard Top 50 Innovation List
Two Programs from Delaware — the City of Wilmington’s Instant Ticketing Program and the State of Delaware’s K-5 Early Intervention Program — have made it to Harvard’s Top 50 Government Innovation List for 2009. The list is developed by the Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the John F. Kennedy School of Government […]
Wingnut Freakouts — Gifts Fit for a Queen Edition
Wingnuts everywhere (including some our local rookie leaguers) clutched their collective pearls yesterday over the fact that the Obamas gave the Queen of England a video iPod. While she already had a non-video 2005 version: So the Queen of England did what lots of people hooked on their iPods do — she asked for a […]
Longhurst Introduces Election Realignment Bill
From the House Press Release: Calling this an opportunity to save taxpayer money and increasing voter participation, House Majority Whip Rep. Valerie J. Longhurst introduced legislation Thursday that would align public school board elections with the bi-annual general elections. House Bill 117 would eliminate the annual school board elections for the 16 school districts that […]
Whipping up for Public Financing
Senators Durbin and Specter officially introduced this week that would publically finance congressional elections (small dollar donations allowed, which would be matched 4 to 1). When folks realize that politicians were begging AIG execs for big-dollar cash at the same they were supposed to regulate them, they get pretty pissed off. Yesterday, an organization called […]
Obama Leads the Way
Cowboy diplomacy, the epitome of an oxymoron, is dead. Truth is, cowboy diplomacy’s goal is more in tune with a bull in a china shop than achieving results and respect. It was all about acting and talking tough, and while Bush excelled at the tactic he has nothing to show for his bullying behavior. It […]
Video of First state Politics after Markell Meeting
Maria is the one on the right which leaves Burris to the left [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9sO-Rxr2-E[/youtube] I also found some of David Anderson [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hC7sSMWLwDo&feature=related[/youtube] I found some of Hube too. Notice the delayed reaction… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MyxiwboS-c&feature=related[/youtube] This is also the order that the crying started
UPDATE 2– SB7 Eminent Domain Bill in the House Today WIN!
SB7, the Eminent Domain bill, comes up for debate and vote in the House today. The NJ reports that there is the possibility of a killer amendment to this bill being introduced in an effort to derail the legislation. This is a part of the current Synopsis: This Bill requires state, county, or municipal governments, […]
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