Archive for August 12th, 2009

Republican Jokester

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Republican Jokester

Finally, a Republican joke that’s both funny and original. Kudoos. h/t Newsbusters

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Stupid Rumor Watch

Filed in Delaware by on August 12, 2009 15 Comments

From the tip line:

“Rumor has it Carper had a job wired for Coon’s with Obama,,, And Joe Biden Blocked it!!!”

How stupid is this? Let me count the ways. […]

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Africando Allstars

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In honor of Sotomayor being sworn in and because the Africando Allstars kick ass. “it is this nation’s faith in a more perfect union that allows a Puerto Rican girl from the Bronx to stand here now.”

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Good News Thread

Filed in Delaware by on August 12, 2009 14 Comments

I had about 15 tabs open this afternoon of various depressing, violent, racist teabagger stories. But frankly, I’m getting sick of hearing about this stuff already (although it’s important to know what’s going on). So I thought I’d do something different – this thread is for good news only. Feel free to put links and […]

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UPDATED: Sorry About Wrecking Town Hall Meetings

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When I found that Youtube clip of Castle being berated by idiots I was delighted. Castle looked so hurt and unhappy when the guy told him that he wasn’t going to vote for him that I couldn’t wait to put it up on the best political blog in Delaware. Little did I know then that I was going to start a national craze among post-middle-aged mental defectives. Little did I know that they would truck out their wheelchair bound sons and other props to take part in the “Summer of Spittle” (c).

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Angry Republican Nutjobs Helping Paint State Houses Blue

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It is interesting to note that as Sarah Palin and Rush Limbaugh have emerged as the face the modern GOP and the party has become obsessed with birth certificates and dead baby juice, state legislatures across the country have become significantly more Democratic.

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The Threat to Wages from the Status Quo

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The Threat to Wages from the Status Quo

From the Kaiser Family Foundation: Since 1999 (through 2008), total premiums paid by employers for family employee sponsored health insurance has risen 119%; and the portion paid by the employees themselves has gone up 117%. And the smaller the firm you work for, the less likely you are to keep your coverage. In addition, out-of-pocket […]

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Sex Offender Registry: Good Politics=Bad Policy?

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On Sunday, Read All About It In the Sunday Papers featured this as its lead story: “LEAD STORY-The (UK) Economist: Unintended Consequences of Sex Offenders’ Laws? It is easy for politicians to push for tougher laws on sexual offenders. It is even easier to demagogue against anyone who would dare suggest that, in many cases, there […]

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Apology

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Senator Carper didn’t feel like getting yelled out by a pitchfork bearing bunch of GOP/SCCOR operatives saying that the Manchurian President is out to harvest Grandma’s organs and infect everyone with dead baby juice.

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So When Are the Carper, Kaufman and Castle Local Town Halls?

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According to this Community News article:

For now, none of the three are holding public forums or town hall meetings before returning to the Capitol Sept. 8, according to their aides.

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The 2012 Republican Presidential Waters Are A Little Stagnant

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Add Rick Santorum to the lackluster list of Republicans seeking the Presidency – and I do mean lackluster.  Take a look at who’s in the running. Huckabee, Gingrich, Romney, Palin, and now Santorum.  There’s also talk of Thune, DeMint, and Cantor. Not sure about anyone else, but I’m feeling pretty good about this line-up.  BTW, […]

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Too Weird Not To Discuss

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Today’s News Journal has this odd item: Two bicyclists have reported being hit by darts while riding on New Castle County roads this week. The first incident came Tuesday when a 36-year-old man riding north on Limestone Road in Pike Creek felt a twinge of pain in his right thigh. He looked to the area […]

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Silence is deafening

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One of our resident bigotted, bible thumping, Clinton and the Dem’s do it too trolls, aka Republican David, David A. or whatever website he is trying to get readers to click on made this comment yesterday: This is the norm, why do you act surprised? People who cheer a point of view expressed are just […]

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