Archive for January, 2011
She was Dallas Green’s granddaughter.
The 9 year old girl killed yesterday, was Christina-Taylor Green, the granddaughter of legendary Phillies manager Dallas Green and daughter of Los Angeles Dodgers scout John Green. Our world is small, physically and philosophically.
Let Us Not Forget
the names of the six souls who lost their lives yesterday just because they participated in democracy. Gabe Zimmerman, a 30-year-old aide to the congresswoman who was recently engaged. Christina Taylor Green, a 9-year-old girl who had just been elected to her school’s student council. U.S. District Court Chief Judge John Roll Dorothy Morris, 76 […]
The Compilation
Courtesy of the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, an astonishing compilation of political violence that has taken place in the United States, only over the last two years. You owe it to yourself, as an American, to read it all the way to the end. July 27, 2008—Jim Adkisson shoots and kills two people at […]
Congress on Your Corner
One way to pay tribute to those harmed at Giffords’ “Congress on your corner” event: Attend your congressperson’s next community meeting. Congressman John Carney, meet us next Saturday in Rodney Square. It is time to take our country back from the violence.
Both Sides
Sarah Palin wants to be President of the United States. Now is the time for her to follow my lead. When you are wrong, when you have engaged in violent rhetoric, you apologize. Without qualification or excuse.
If a small state blogger can do it, so can Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh and Sarah Palin.
New Rules From Today
1. Just because Sarah Palin says to “reload” and “aim” at Democratic members of Congress, this doesn’t mean you actually SHOULD. 2. And even though Sarah Palin and other right wing commentators and candidates engaged in violent rhetoric during the last two, hell, twenty years, they can never be blamed when killers take encouragement or […]
BREAKING: Democratic Congresswoman Giffords Shot in Arizona
Update: There are differing reports that Congresswoman Giffords and 6 others, including some of her staff and a Federal judge, have been killed. Others state that she is still in surgery. NPR reports that Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) was shot at a public event at a grocery store in Tucson, Ariz. Peter Michaels of of Arizona […]
Time For A Blue Hen Truth Bomb
Keeler is a no heart chump who can’t close the deal and win the big one (except once and also a whole bunch of times in the JV championships with South Jersey State Auto Body College.)
Furthermore…
Calling Them Frauds Is Accurate
Andrew Sullivan nails it. First, let’s read Paul Ryan’s quote: “We’re gonna be reducing all domestic discretionary spending. I can’t tell you by what amount and which program, but all of it is going to be going down, and the aggregate amount will be back to 2008 levels before the spending binge occurred.” Okay, everybody […]
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