Archive for June, 2011

Late Night Video — The Essential Tea Party Trait

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And that would be racism — that they work very hard to convince themselves is more principled than that — fueled by the resentments targeted at the wrong person.

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Delaware’s Missed Connections

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I saw you at the Elsmere Walmart. You were drinkin Gin…

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Friday Open Thread

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It’s Friday, Friday, Friday. As you read today’s open thread, are you going to be kickin’ it in front seat or sittin’ in the back?

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Junk Men

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Junk Men

Does anything come between a politician and his Calvins? Apparently, not.

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I’m Shocked, Shocked to Find That Earmarks Are Going On In Here!

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Earmarks — didn’t you think that they were all done with? I mean, the Republicans in Congress showily promised that this Congress would mark the End of Earmarks As We Know It.

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Pew Research Reports: Top Reaction to GOP Field – “Unimpressed”

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Americans have decidedly negative reactions to the candidates running for the Republican presidential nomination.

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Late Night Video — The Republican Rapture

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Congressman Ed Markey goes to town on the Ryan Budget, by using the Rapture Fail as a metaphor for that the GOP is trying to do here.

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Another Sign that the Apocalypse is Near

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In another sign that the end of the world is at hand, the KKK decided to protest the Westboro Baptist Sect at Arlington National Cemetery. I’m going to start to pack a survival box for the end of the world. The KKK is on the same side of an issue as me.

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DelCOG’s and PDD’s Joint Statement to Senator DeLuca

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DelCOG’s and PDD’s Joint Statement to Senator DeLuca

The Delaware Coalition for Open Government and the Progressive Democrats for Delaware have issued a Joint Statement on Senator DeLuca on the ongoing issue of “double dipping.”

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Thursday Open Thread

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Welcome to your daily open thread. Lots going on today, including plenty of whining by the GOP about their meeting yesterday with President Obama. But then, you can’t count your day as complete without those guys whinging about something.

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Progressives Decry Senate Redistricting Plan

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Tonight at 7 p.m., there will be a public hearing in the Senate chamber of Legislative Hall regarding the abomination that passes as the Senate Redistricting Plan. Paul Baumbach, of the Progressive Democrats for Delaware, is expected to speak at the meeting tonight on behalf of the PDD, and what follows are his prepared remarks.

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It’s Official: Americans Hate the Ryan Budget

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It’s Official:  Americans Hate the Ryan Budget

There has been alot of polling on the GOP plan to kill Medicare. The latest version is from CNN, with 58% opposing and 35% for. Another recent poll shows that Democrats agree to major cutbacks to Medicare at their own risk.

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Traffic Schmaffic – Middletown to Rehoboth in a Measly 4 Hours and Loving It!

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It is summer in Delaware, so time to complain about how long it takes to get from where you are, to the beach.

So many other stupid motorists clogging up the roads, so many glances at the speedometer reading 5mph. *sigh*

What to do?
Take a tax payer funded hop on a New Jersey state police chopper? I guess if you are some fat loser Republican.
Leave for Dewey at 3:00am? Maybe.

Just don’t do this one thing…DON’T…

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