Archive for 2010
An Open Letter to the Tea Party
Dear Tea Party Members and Sympathizers, Happy (or do I wish you an Angry?) Tax Day to you. Since you seem to have appropriated today as your holiday, I thought it would be a good opportunity to try to reach out to you. Despite what some may think, I consider myself to be a fairly intelligent and […]
Tornoe’s Toon: Markell vs. Goliath(s)
As a cartoonist, I’m very rarely afforded the opportunity to do a “positive” cartoon. But Gov. Markell has overcome a lot of obstacles thrown at Delaware amid this terrible recession, including the recent sale of the shut-down Valero refinery in Delaware City to PBF Energy. So I felt it was proper to give him some […]
Teabagger Round-Up
There seems to be a lot of news about the teabaggers lately, probably because today is their big protest day. A new survey of Tea Party supporters found they are older, whiter, more male and more likely to call themselves “angry” than other Americans. Their political beliefs aren’t even internally consistent: Their responses are like […]
Senator Ted Kaufman Discusses Bank Reform on NPR
John Manifold points to this in the Open Thread and I heard it just abit ago in the car. Man, is he ever good. Dismantling Too Big to Fail needs to be a priority. Give a listen — it’s about 5 minutes long:
Carney’s 1Q Fundraising
Well, now that John Carney finally has a credible opponent in Michele Rollins, he will have to step up his fundraising. His first quarter numbers were just released, and they are good for someone who had Fred Cullis as his main opposition. It will have to improve now that Rollins has cut short her Jamaican vacation.
No Blue-Light Special for Sussex County Teabaggers
After seeing Cassandra’s post this morning about how the Delaware GOP is in bed with the Tea Party, promoting their demonstrations around the state tomorrow, we decided to contact Kmart to see what their feelings were about the ir parking lot being used as a staging area for the Rehoboth Beach area’s public teabagging […]
Bendy Straws Are Presidential
Sarah Palin spoke to students at California State University last week and some students found a copy of her hospitality rider contract in the trash. Saint Sarah has gotten used to the life of a well-paid celebrity already. Here are the four strangest–or most outrageous–provisions in Palin’s. (1) The Lear Jet A.P.’s Robin Hindery reports, […]
Wednesday Open Thread
If it’s Wednesday then it’s time for an open thread. Let’s thread! Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship has already demonstrated his contempt for safety and the life of his workers. He’s also a PR disaster and the shareholders of his company want him gone. Shareholders are calling on Massey Energy to seek the immediate resignation […]
Mythbusters
There is a lot of persistent myths around about debt, deficit and taxes that are fueled by the GOP. One myth is that Obama is fiscally irresponsible and that his programs are creating unprecedented deficits. It’s true that the deficits are high, but it was caused by Bush’s tax cuts, Bush’s war, Bush’s recession and […]
Teapartiers = Delaware GOP
So apparently the Delaware GOP is on the same path as the rest of their party and publicly get in bed with these teabaggers. The teabaggers are having their annual collective tax pout at the state-funded (the state that collects taxes for just such efforts) Wilmington Riverfront (and other publically funded places throughout the state) […]
My Interview With Karen Weldin Stewart Post-Hearing
I ask KWS about the resignation of her controller yesterday. I also ask about contractors v. state employees. I probably shouldn’t have helped her find the answers, but let me know what you think. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWFqoJXlukw[/youtube]
Live Video of the KWS Hearing
This may or may not work, but hopefully there will be a live stream of the hearing for Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart. My fingers are crossed…
Tuesday Open Thread
Hello gloomy Tuesday! What would lift your gloom? How about an open thread? David Gregory thinks fact-checking is for the little people: Critics say that kind of truth telling rarely happens on television. But David Gregory, the moderator of “Meet the Press” on NBC, said that accountability is “in the DNA” of his program. He […]
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