2011 – Page 126 – Delaware Liberal

Friday Open Thread

By Unstable Isotope March 4, 201112 Comments

The Friday edition of your semi-daily open thread.

Just Another Day in the Gun Nut Paradise That is Alabama

By jason330 March 4, 2011

Dad shoots himself in the leg. Kid picks up gun and shoots Mom in neck.

Perhaps Huckabee Should Stop Talking?

By Unstable Isotope March 4, 201121 Comments

Mike Huckabee chides Natalie Portman for setting a bad example with her out-of-wedlock pregnancy.

Over The Cliff

By Unstable Isotope March 4, 20113 Comments

A new poll shows that the Republican deficit solutions are very unpopular with the American public. The most popular solutions are raising taxes on millionaires, ending earmarks and cutting unnecessary defense programs. Cutting Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid are the least popular solutions, supported by 25% or less of the public.

Newt’s Web Site is Crazy

By jason330 March 3, 201120 Comments

Elizabeth Warren on the Assault on Middle Class Families

By cassandra_m March 3, 20111 Comment

As always, right on target. And she discusses how the new Consumer Protection Agency does not add to the deficit, showing how silly the repubs are being on this issue.

Vote for Tommywonk

By jason330 March 3, 20114 Comments

Vote for Tom's "Ignite Wilmington topic:

The Economic Benefits of Renewable Energy in Delaware According to Delmarva Power, shifting from coal to renewable energy will save Delawareans $1.8 billion to $4.3 billion in health and environmental costs. The savings won’t appear on your power bill, but your medical bills. Environmental advocate and finance geek Tom Noyes runs the numbers for you.

Q. How Do We Get Out of Afghanistan?

By jason330 March 3, 20114 Comments

A. Land a bunch of helicopters, fill them up with our soldiers and take off. In the meantime, this...more mistakes, screw ups and deaths.

Thursday Open Thread

By Unstable Isotope March 3, 201121 Comments

The Thursday edition of your semi-daily open thread.

Wisconsin Dems Set Up Offices With A View

By pandora March 3, 201117 Comments

Via TPM: Access to the state Capitol building in Wisconsin has now been heavily restricted, so some Democrats are providing a solution to members of the public who can't get…

Shared Sacrifice, My Ass

By El Somnambulo March 3, 201138 Comments

I tried. I really tried. I tried to understand and even rationalize Gov. Jack Markell's argument that any additional taxation of the wealthy would work against his efforts to create…

Anti-Abortion Publicity Stunt Fails

By Unstable Isotope March 3, 20116 Comments

A publicity stunt arranged by an anti-abortion group failed when an ultrasound failed to detect a heartbeat in a 9-week-old fetus.

Comment Rescue: Delaware Exceptionalism

By jason330 March 3, 201125 Comments

I don't buy this Kavips comment. I think that there is something here, but I also think that Delaware's exceptionalism can be better explained by a less Rube-Goldbergian sequence of events. A remnant of Eisenhower Republicans remain here in Delaware and they still regard themselves as human beings first and conservatives second. That's the simple explanation. We are not the Swiss. We are not a blogging Athens, to the rest of the county's Fox News Sparta.