Archive for June 17th, 2009
Regime Change
It occurs to me, that this is how regime change happens. From the people. The right wing strategy of imposing regime change failed so completely because it never understood that only the people of a nation could change its regime. We threw out King George III. The Russians threw out the communist hardliners in 1991, […]
How Political Patronage Does Real Harm
Famous medical axiom: “First, do no harm.” When doling out political plum jobs, governors should heed that axiom as well. Unfortunately, Ruth Ann Minner had a different axiom: “Reward my friends. Screw the public.” The disgraceful performance of the Violent Crimes Compensation Board demonstrates why Aunt Bee’s ‘governing philosophy’ does real harm to average Delawareans. […]
UPDATED: My Phone Call to Stephanie Fitzpatrick at Mike Castle’s Office RE “Thank You”
UPDATE: 6/17 9:00am Hearing nothing from Stephanie, I called back this morning and asked the same thing as yesterday – except – I remembered that the 20th of this month is Mike Castle’s self-imposed deadline to announce his decision to not run for the US Senate. I reminded Stephanie of that and urged her to […]
Republican Primaries 21% Problem
According to FairVote.org 25 states hold closed Republican Primaries. That’s 25 states where the GOP 21%ers can rule the day by choosing the candidate. Moderate Republicans should be concerned because these numbers give candidates like Sarah Palin the edge. Actually, all of us should be concerned. Food for thought.
Some Statistics on Health Care
I found these statistics in this great diary at Daily Kos. Mitch McConnell compared our health care system with Great Britain, Canada and New Zealand. Below is how we stack up against these 3 countries, all of which have some form of universal health care. First, let’s look at per capita health care spending in […]
Foreign Policy Idiots
A number of our inane right wing commenters last night decided to make the protests in Iran a partisan issue, and they began to attack President Obama for what they see is inaction regarding the events in Iran. I will have the President respond before I do: Well, I think first of all, it’s important […]
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