Archive for June, 2009
Castle, Carper and Kaufman: DE’s Triumvirate on Healthcare Reform
The Stand With Dr. Dean campaign is seeking help getting clear answers from the Senate on where they stand in the current health care reform debate with regard to a public option. Senator Kaufman has already come out and stated that he supports a public option, and the false moderate Congressman Mike Castle has already […]
Live Free and Watch Gay Marriages
Same-sex marriage legislation has been sweeping the country with New Hampshire as one of the latest to go “queer”. That said, I think the situation has kind of gotten out of hand in the Granite State. Less than two weeks after legalizing gay marriage in the state, New Hampshire legislators enacted a new law Tuesday […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrapup and Pre-Game Show-Wed., June 17
Here’s what happened yesterday. Commentators have already discussed the demise of the Jake Brakes bill. It looks like Bob Venables was trying to argue that local and county noise ordinances could handle any issues, presumably b/c they had done such a great job previously. Not. No, this was a sop to the truckers, pure and […]
More research to ignore and discredit and then eventually revert to biblical teachings to back misguided belief system
Examples of same-sex behavior can be found in almost all species in the animal kingdom — from worms to frogs to birds — making the practice nearly universal among animals, according to a new review of research on the topic.
QOD
When is it ok to help out fellow Americans? What Americans are worthy of being helped? What happens to the people that aren’t deemed worthy of being helped? Who helps them? Are the Republicans the only one that know that answer?
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 […]
GOP Presidential Futures Market
I think you can make money on Romney at 26. You’d have to be ready to dump him at 36 when the Christain shot callers tell him that his faith is akin to Wicca. Buy Jindal. 16 is close to the top for him. The one thing Republican primary voters value above all is that […]
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