Archive for September, 2009
Afternoon Open Thread
David Neiwert is the author of The Eliminationists — How Hate Talk Radicalized the American Right, a book I’m currently reading. If you’ve followed any of Neiwert’s work at Orcinus or at Crooks and Liars, you know that his longtime project is reporting on the fringe right and increasingly he has been reporting on how the ideas and speech of these fringe groups gets mainstreamed.
For Crying Out Loud, Read The Speech!
Here is a copy of President Obama’s speech for Tuesday. Scary stuff, I can see what all the outrage is about. Prepared Remarks of President Barack Obama Back to School Event Arlington, Virginia September 8, 2009 The President: Hello everyone – how’s everybody doing today? I’m here with students at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia. And […]
Let’s Just Say What This Is
All the hysteria about Tuesday’s speech isn’t about the content of the speech, or one line from the suggested lesson plan, or the loss of class time. It’s about Obama. The time line is quite telling. News hits that Obama will address school children and the freak-out begins with talk of Obama indoctrinating school children […]
Around the Horn Labor Day
Around the Horn will be back to its regular schedule next week as summer has finally come to a close. I have taken the last two weekends off for vacation. In the meantime, please feel free to post links to local stories in the Delaware blogosphere that deserve more attention. And if you have found […]
Another Deadline Whizzes By
So, does everyone remember back in June when Mike Castle said he would make a decision on his future by August 30? So far, no announcements yet. I think the longer Mike Castle doesn’t make a decision the more likely Castle will be the Senate candidate by default. OK, tea leaf readers, what are your […]
Brandywine School District Will Show The President’s Speech
Breaking now on the intertubes, Brandywine School District says it will show the president’s speech. Interim Superintendent Dr. Dane Brandenberger said there was a mixed message sent about Brandywine not airing the speech that was incorrect. Last week, parents said they’d heard that the speech would not be shown in the Brandywine School District. “Somehow […]
Original Lesson Plan
Can any of the haters out there post a link to the original lesson plan for K-6 which y’all are upset about. I don’t want a quote extracted, I would like to see the whole lesson plan. Thanks, nemski
Read All About It in the Sunday Papers-Labor Day Weekend Edition
LEAD STORY-The (UK) Observer: Former Brazilian PM Urges End to ‘Disaster’, AKA “The War On Drugs” Seriously, does ANYone ANYwhere on the political spectrum agree that this unmitigated disaster makes sense? The human toll in many of the countries in Latin America and South America has been incalculable: “After decades of overflights, interdictions, spraying and raids […]
Origins Of The Latest Rightwing Freakout
I find the crazification of the Republican Party both depressing and sad. The latest rightwing freakout about President Obama speaking to schools started with Jim Greer, the chair of the Florida Republican Party: Apparently in the midst of some kind of breakdown, Florida’s Jim Greer is throwing a tantrum over this. The chairman of the […]
Words Fail
At first I thought this was a joke, but it seems not. Book Description from Amazon: It happens to all of us: You’re minding your own business, when some idiot informs you that guns are evil, the Prius will save the planet, or the rich have to finally start paying their fair share of taxes. […]
Something’s Changed at Brandywine School District
Yesterday when I found out that the Brandywine School District was not going to be showing the President of the United States’ speech to our children on Tuesday, I went to their website to get some addresses. The one thing I noticed was that there was a graphic on Meet the Finalist night with times […]
Even Later Night Video: The Gonzales Cantata
If you’re looking for something to do tomorrow, you could go to Philadelphia’s Fringe Festival. One of the more interesting offerings is called The Alberto Gonzales Cantata. There’s one more show – tomorrow at 2 p.m. The cantata is completely based on Gonzales’s testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Late Nite Video — Golf Club Fail Edition
So — I presume you don’t golf with this thing, after you’ve, you know, used it. Check out this video.
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