Archive for May, 2009
Feminist-Approved Insults
As we discussed yesterday in my inaugural post, sometimes common expressions grate on feminists the wrong way. The main objection is to describing things that are undesirable in feminine terms, most especially terms for the female anatomy. Listen, I know it’s a hard habit to break because it is so pervasive (that’s the problem!) so […]
Mike Castle “Celebrates” Project He Voted Against
Add hypocrite to Castle’s resume. Biden, others tout rails, offshore wind power in Del. By Brittany Talarico INQUIRER STAFF WRITER Vice President Joe Biden returned to his home state of Delaware today to speak about the importance of renewing the nation’s infrastructure through rail transportation and offshore wind power. Beginning his day in Wilmington, Biden […]
Rethugs Appoint Anti-Civil Rights Activist to Battle Obama’s Court Nominees
Once again, the new and improved ‘Big Tent’ party shows its true colors (hint, it’s not ‘black’) by appointing Alabama’s William Sessions to be the ranking Rethug on the Senate Judiciary Committee. Sessions has one of the most disgusting records on race that one could have. From an excellent 2002 profile by Sarah Wildman: Sessions […]
This is not a crusade…it’s only a war…not a crusade, right?
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVGmbzDLq5c&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.com%2F2009%2F05%2F04%2Fsoldiers-in-afghanistan-g_n_195674.html&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]This isn’t too scary if you think about it…
Open Thread
Because we, at DL, aim to please… BTW, any one following Neal Horsley (Republican running for Governor of Georgia) who admitted to having sex with a mule and is now claiming he’d kill his son to get his state to secede from the union? Hmm… who was it who first mentioned something about goats?
Nate Silver Giving Castle a Shot
Castle has no shot in hell, but Nate SIlver at Fivethirtyeight.com is a pretty smart cookie and he picked Delaware’s Senate seat as the 8th most likely to flip in 2010. 8. Delaware (D-Open) Last month, we touted Delaware as a sleeper, pointing out that Republican Mike Castle, currently Delaware’s at-large representative to the House, […]
Required reading for all especially people looking for Common sense logic
Not Brian recommended this to read: Going Dutch For the first few months I was haunted by a number: 52. It reverberated in my head; I felt myself a prisoner trying to escape its bars. For it represents the rate at which the income I earn, as a writer and as the director of an […]
Who Does Paul Clark Think He’s Kidding?
NCCo County Council President writes a Letter to the Editor today, objecting to the characterizations of the NCCo Council government as being against Open Government: Council’s vote was solely based upon concerns that the county lacks the equipment to secure audio postings. Because of those who manipulate the facts for self-interest or humor, and then […]
They Keep Talkin’, But They Ain’t Sayin’ Nothin’
This video sums up the Republican problem. Maybe they’re right in choosing Carrie Prejean as their new poster child, since they’re all beginning to sound like Miss America contestants.
A Tale of Two Budget Proposals — Part II
Proposal 2: Rep. John Kowalko developed a revenue proposal that concerns itself with ways to mitigate the 8% pay cut for State workers. Scroll down to the bottom of the page to get the full presentation (pdf). Rep. Kowalko wants to reject the “spread the pain” approach and make the generation of revenue to preserve […]
A Tale of Two Budget Proposals — Part I
Delaware’s massive budget crisis has brought about a budget proposal that provides for deep operating cuts, which includes a very big cut in salaries for state workers. This has been discussed in varying places, but two budget proposals have been put out over the last few weeks that deserve some attention. Proposal 1: Senator Colin […]
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