2011 – Page 89 – Delaware Liberal

Progressives Decry Senate Redistricting Plan

By Delaware Dem June 2, 201110 Comments

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.

It’s Official: Americans Hate the Ryan Budget

By cassandra_m June 2, 20118 Comments

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.

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

By jason330 June 2, 201114 Comments

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...

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., June 2, 2011

By El Somnambulo June 2, 201117 Comments

It doesn't take much of a roadblock to derail a bill once the General Assembly calendar turns to June. When the NRA, which has at least half the legislators in…

Sarah Palin™ and the Merry Teapartiers

By nemski June 2, 20114 Comments

Sarah Palin™ continues her long, strange fleecing of America.

Top Ten Reasons Terrorist Have (so far) Failed to Kill Tony DeLuca

By jason330 June 1, 201116 Comments

10. Dr. Emmit Brown kept the plutoniom for his time machine. 9. The box cutters were supposed to be in the drawer next to the tin foil. (Who moved them?) 8. DeLuca continues to not travel to Iraq or Aghanistan. 7. In fighting between the Red Brigade and the IRA about who gets the credit

Wednesday Open Thread

By cassandra_m June 1, 201113 Comments

Welcome to your daily Open Thread. Only two days til the weekend! When the weather will be better!

Waivers So That Brokers Can Get Paid

By cassandra_m June 1, 201124 Comments

Today's NJ has a spectacular bit of reporting on the effort by the Insurance Commissioner to request waivers for two insurance firms in Delaware.

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., June 1, 2011

By El Somnambulo June 1, 20115 Comments

Catch-22 author Joseph Heller spent the bulk of his writing career vainly trying to come up with something that captured the public's imagination like his seminal anti-war novel. Upon releasing…

AP Appoints Liz “Sprinkles” Sidoti As Political Editor

By xstryker June 1, 20112 Comments

HuffPo notes that AP's chief political writer Liz Sidoti has been promoted to the position of political editor, putting her fully in charge of AP's reporting on politics as the…

Tuesday Open Thread

By cassandra_m May 31, 201114 Comments

Welcome to our Tuesday Open Thread. First day back at the grind after a long weekend and apparently we are in for a real heat wave all week. It is too early to have to crank up the AC. Just make sure all of your new plants have plenty of water this week.

American Whites: From God Complex to Aggrieved

By nemski May 31, 201116 Comments

What happens when you control most of the wealth in a country? Naturally, you cry "Racism!"

NJ Truthiness Watch — Amtrak Edition

By cassandra_m May 31, 20114 Comments

Sunday's editorial has the NJ wagging their wizened finger at Democrats for not embracing Rep. Mica's idea of carving out the Northeast Corridor for a rail privatization scheme.