Archive for April, 2009
Wilmington Native on ER
The long running hospital drama that premiered during my first semester as a college freshman is coming to an end tonight. I was a devoted follower up until the character Mark Greene’s death in the 9th season. In my opinion the show should have ended right there, but it survived for another 6 years. And […]
Quote of the Day
Backstory: Hungary could be the new Iceland. We had daydreams of capitalism during communism, but then becoming rich became a religion. – Hungarian playwright Peter Muller
Video from the Markell Event
Jack Markell discusses the stimulus, Vince Meconi and civil unions. This should put to rest any idea that he is wishy-washy on civil unions. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lnh7IwaO81c[/youtube]
No More Electoral College in 2012?
It could happen. The indispensible Nate Silver over at 538.com has posted this article on the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. (‘Bulo aside: Anyone who loves polls and polling analysis must make 538.com essential daily reading. The Beast Who Slumbers suspects that John Tobin takes the blog into the bathroom with him, and that’s as […]
Remember when the AP reported news instead of creating it?
So I am reading my digital copy of the News Journal this morning, and I happen onto this AP article by Mr. Calvin Woodward. As an aside, it must suck to have the last name “Woodward” as a journalist. I mean, whether this Calvin Woodward is related to Bob Woodward or not, the legacy of […]
Question
If you’re a third generation Republican and not rich do you attribute your financial situation to not having worked hard enough to pull yourself up by your own bootstraps?
Trivial Promises
I guess the Delaware legislature thought Kilroy’s bill to require school board members’ to swear an oath to support the laws of Delaware was trivial. Perhaps they thought it was something akin to a “feel good” resolution in honor of apple pie. It passed by a vote of 41 to zero. But oaths of […]
What Would A Carney Campaign Against Castle Look Like?
David Mark, in his book, “Going Dirty: The Art of Negative Campaigning” gives a glimpse.
Interesting Take on The Demise of Newspapers From the Sports Section’s Perspective
“Newspapers had a good 360 year run.” Click on the “The B.S. Report: 3/27 The Bill Simmons Podcast is my walking the dog jam.
And It Wasn’t Supposed to Be This Close
Yesterday, there was a Special Election to find Kirsten Gillibrand’s replacement for NY-20. The vote was between Scott Murphy (D) and Jim Tedisco (R). Tedisco had alot of advantages going in — not the least of which was that he is the current Minority Leader of the NYS Assembly and has been in office for […]
Real Wingnuts Don’t Want a Revolution
In spite of the the fact that high profile wingnuts like Glen Beck and Michelle Bachman keep saying that they want to revolt against the government – I don’t think that the rank and file nutbags really want to revolt. I think what they really want is just some excuse to shoot up a whole […]
BTW, Did You Know That Joe The Plumber Was An Idiot?
Of course you did! But this video of Joe stumping against the Employee Free Choice Act is priceless. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kR9lhvAE1gQ[/youtube] And Republicans wonder why no one takes them seriously. They really need to stop focusing on photo ops and start putting some meat on the bone. And while I can’t resist all the stupid emitting from […]
Coffee and Talking Education with the Governor
I could never be a reporter, mainly because I would never meet a deadline. That said, I am very good at mulling things over – which I’ve done for the last 24 hours and have finally decided to write about part of the meeting that hasn’t, as yet, been discussed: Education. There’s been a lot […]
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