Archive for October 20th, 2009
If You Have Some Free Time…
Most of the health care debate has now moved behind closed doors, but that doesn’t mean you can’t still have an effect. Tonight the Delaware Democratic party is sponsoring a phone bank: OFA Phonebank in New Castle County (Time to Deliver Call Party) What: Time to Deliver Call Party When: Tuesday October 20th 7pm – […]
GOP Death Spiral?
Despite what you may be hearing from Republicans, poll results are showing big trouble in the Republican ranks. The latest Washington Post/ABC poll showed Congressional Republicans with an abysmal 19% confidence rating (great deal/good deal), down from 29% in January. (Obama has 49% and Congressional Democrats have 34% confidence ratings, Obama’s overall approval was 57%). […]
Tuesday Open Thread
Tell everyone your deep, dark secrets. We promise not to tell anyone. Let’s get this conversation started: A heartbreaking story of a man who lost his job and joined the army to get his wife cancer treatment. Health care reform now! h/t dkos In March, he was laid off from his job as a raw […]
Secret Service Is Very, Very Busy
I find articles like this extremely disturbing – probably because it’s so easy to see where it’s heading. The unprecedented number of death threats against President Obama, a rise in racist hate groups, and a new wave of antigovernment fervor threaten to overwhelm the US Secret Service, according to government officials and reports, raising new […]
As DuPont Earns, News Journal Spurns Delaware Workers
More laziness from The News Journal regarding DuPont.
The Peasants Are Revolting
New York Times “Wealth Matters” columnist Paul Sullivan brought us the dire tale of how the wealthy are suffering during the economic downturn: IT turns out the other half — or at least the tiny slice who live at the top of the wealth pyramid — are not sleeping any better than the rest of […]
Redo in Afghanistan
President Hamid Karzai has relented to international and internal pressure agreeing to a runoff election scheduled for Nov. 7th of this year. Whether the runoff election will be held in two weeks is still up to much speculation as there is widespread concern that the election commission can setup up a national election in 14 […]
Grab A Mop, Get to Work
So I’m still catching up on the news and watched President Obama speak at a fundraiser in San Francisco. Definitely a red meat speech — as much as he actually does that — but it is a great speech specifically calling out the Party of No:
Presidential Derangement Syndrome
Remember Bush Derangement Syndrome? Paul Krugman describes the symptoms: The symptoms of Bush Derangement Syndrome, in its fullest version, are that you believed 1. That the Bush tax cuts were sold on false pretenses, and were fiscally irresponsible 2. That the Iraq war was sold on false pretenses, and that invading Iraq was a mistake […]
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