Archive for 2010
Monday Open Thread
It’s Monday and it’s time for an open thread. I’m hearing that we will get more snow tonight. They are calling for only 2-4,” which in a normal year would cause a panic but now we consider that a dusting. PR disasters in the age of Twitter: Kevin Smith, the writer and raconteur, was recently […]
Breaking: Sen. Evan Bayh to Retire
Here’s the Washington Post report. Bayh was a DINO who never took a bold position on anything, unlike his father, Birch Bayh, who was an early opponent of the Vietnam War. The money (literally & figuratively) quote: “After all these years, my passion for service to my fellow citizens is undiminished, but my desire to […]
Coons for Senate’s Bad Start
I just got an email from the Coons campaign. The topic of the email was PayGo. Seriously?
Look, I like the idea of PayGo, but here’s how Coons puts it:
Every week, I’m watching Congress debate incredibly important issues that impact Delaware, even though they often don’t get much press attention. Last week, the House of Representatives voted to reinstate “pay-as-you-go” rules. It doesn’t sound exciting, but these rules make it much more difficult for Congress to increase spending or cut taxes unless they also vote for a way to pay for it.
Utah Considering Plan To Make 12th Grade… Optional
Is it any wonder we have an education problem? The sudden buzz over the relative value of senior year stems from a recent proposal by state Sen. Chris Buttars that Utah make a dent in its budget gap by eliminating the 12th grade… …Buttars has since toned down the idea, suggesting instead that senior year […]
Absolutely Free Advice For Chris Coons, Part 1
Part 1 – New Media On the blogs, we all act as armchair pundits. Many people think our advice is worth what you pay for it, but the blogs do provide an insight into what the netroots is thinking. The netroots is fairly small compared to the whole Democratic party, but it does have outsize […]
Rachel Maddow Takes On Congressman On Stimulus Hypocrisy
Rachel Maddow is rapidly becoming must-see TV. Sunday she was on Meet the Press and took on Rep. Aaron Shock (R-IL). Also notice how David Brooks at the end whines about the televised health care summit. Transcript: MR. GREGORY: Congressman Schock, where are the Republicans going to be on this? REP. SCHOCK: Well, look, I […]
Dredging the Delaware
The News Journal had an article on Sunday that tries to describe the current state of local environmental concerns about dredging this river. And this is a good article — to the extent that it provides a summary of the arguments against the dredge. I’ve still not seen any evidence provided — either in the […]
VP Biden Tells Cheney He Can’t Rewrite History
(h/t for this to Truth Teller)
Vice President Biden was on Meet the Press this AM, telling David Gregory that Dick Cheney just can rewrite history accommodate his own prevarications on events during the so-called War on Terror:
Go Cheney Yourself, Dick Cheney
Dick Cheney poked his head out of his undisclosed location to share this wisdom with the world this morning: Responding to Biden’s comments that Iraq may end up being one of the Obama administration’s greatest success, Cheney chuckled. “I guess I shouldn’t be surprised by my friend Joe Biden,” he said. “I’m glad he now […]
Order An Army of These NOW
Please — City of Wilmington and State of Delaware, we need these Robot Snowplows now: Yuki-taro takes in snow at the front, squeezes it into rectangular bricks, and excretes said bricks out the back. Try teaching your dog to do that! The bricks can be easily stacked and stored for summer cooling needs – unless […]
Ask Dr. Liberal
Dear Dr. Liberal, I’ve recently read about the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement and it looks pretty good. Should I join? Signed, No Kidding (Get it?) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Dear No Kidding, The good Dr’s knowledge of all things liberal is vast. I met Noam Chomsky and Kurt Vonnegut in a bar in Cambridge back in 1992 and […]
Top 20 Films Since 1992
According to Quentin Tarantino: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wz4K-Rxx2Bk[/youtube] This is an interesting list — most of his picks (that I’ve seen) are fairly kinetic and/or atmospheric movies that seem to be reflective of a man whose own movies don’t flinch from much. And it is an interesting mix of both film geeky and populist picks. What I think […]
Weekend Open Thread
I hope you’re enjoying a weather-event free weekend. We can leave the house this time! I am in Philadelphia, at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, previewing the Picasso exhibit. Let’s get rolling. I declare this thread open. The birth of a political dynasty? Dan Quayle’s son is running for Congress. Ben Quayle announced Friday that […]
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