Archive for July, 2009

Flew under the radar

Filed in National by on July 11, 2009 13 Comments

I had to stop and read this article then digest it before it dawned on me the potential voter and conservative minded folks doing all the crying and calling of the government down there in the slower lower part of this blessed state. MILFORD – Delaware’s Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control officials say […]

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What’s Got The Right Wing In An Uproar This Time?

Filed in International by on July 11, 2009 56 Comments
What’s Got The Right Wing In An Uproar This Time?

It’s this photo: OMG! He’s so evil! He’s checking totally checking out her rear end. I guess the news that John Ensign had to have his buddies drive him to FedEx to send a letter to his girlfriend and had his mommy and daddy pay off her family has put Republicans over the edge. But […]

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QOTD

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What song has the greatest guitar action in it? Off the table are “Freebird”, “La Villa Strangiato”, “2112”, “Come Sail Away”, “Sympathy for the Devil”

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An awful Christian Ritual that needs to be stopped

Filed in National by on July 10, 2009 38 Comments

Why on earth people in this country still allow Male Genital Mutalation is beyond me. Feel free to educate yourself about this awful religious custom that has been going on for THOUSANDS OF YEARS. Protecting Baby Boys and Men from Circumcision What amazes me is the fact that pretty intelligent people allow themselves to be […]

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A Thigh Party

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Um, yeah. Politicians like bear hugs, handshakes, gripping your upper arm, patting you on the back, but …. inner thigh? Lap dancers in strip clubs don’t place their hand on your inner thigh for the entire evening, not that I would know anything about that. If that unnamed Republican Senator is anyone but Larry “Wide […]

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Deep Return To Delaware Thought

Filed in Delaware by on July 10, 2009 12 Comments

My God! Western Sussex County from the MD line to Kent is a festering hell hole. (If the parts visible from Rt 13 are representative.) The place must be governed by a bunch of drunken, inbred losers.

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Castle’s Running…

Filed in Delaware by on July 10, 2009 4 Comments

… if you believe this observation from Celia Cohen. Minor giveaways were distributed to the crowd [at the Hockessin Independence Day parade]. Mike Castle, the Republican congressman, had volunteers handing out little U.S. flags, the only catch being the green “I Like Mike” stickers attached to them. I pray that Jason retracts his bet. The […]

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Friday Afternoon Bacon Blogging — Corn Edition

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Friday Afternoon Bacon Blogging — Corn Edition

The farmer’s markets and roadside stands now have local corn, which has to be one of the best things about summer. Just in case you need some inspiration for cooking that corn, next time you are gilling, perhaps Bacon-Wrapped Corn will do the trick. This isn’t an especially outrageous use of bacon — but is […]

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Castle Tells Palin to Stay Away.

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From The Hill: Republicans facing tough elections in 2010 don’t want Sarah Palin campaigning with them. Though the soon-to-be-former Alaska governor is seen as popular with the conservative grass roots, several Republicans said she’d help them by staying home in Wasilla. […] Several Republicans running for statewide office over the next two years in areas […]

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It Would Be Like Putting Me In Charge Of The NRA

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Meet Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s possible choice to head the state’s Board of education – Cynthia Dunbar. […] In a book published last year, Dunbar argued the country’s founding fathers created “an emphatically Christian government” and that government should be guided by a “biblical litmus test.” She endorses a belief system that requires “any person […]

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USASpending.gov

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USASpending.gov

This is a relaunch of www.fedspending.org, and is meant to provide information to on how our money is spent at the Federal Level. There’s interesting data here, including info on: contract actions (you can check by company, see the list of Top 100, or look at contracts in your CD, among others) micropurchases spending in […]

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Deep thought

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I own a phone so now my quality of life has improved.

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Ensign Affair Still Raising Eyebrows…And Questions

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When I first read about the Ensign affair I thought it was just your standard, run-of-the-mill scandal, but it’s scandal that won’t end. First, Doug Hampton gave an interview to the Las Vegas Sun. TPM Muckraker gives us the summary of the revelations: Hampton said that Ensign paid Cindy more than $25,000 in severance when […]

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