Archive for February 9th, 2012

Music I Like: Part of a Continuing Series

Filed in National by El Somnambulo on February 9, 2012 • 0 Comments

Allow me to (self-)indulge you with my first new roundup of 2012. I missed this last year, would’ve easily been in my Top 10, especially appropriate after today’s ‘settlement’: Ry Cooder: ‘No Banker Left Behind.’ Other videos: Michael Kiwanuka: ‘I’m Getting Ready,’ Chuck Prophet: ‘White Night, Big City,’ Carolina Chocolate Drops: ‘Memphis Shakedown,’ Eilen Jewell & the Sacred Shakers: ’12 Gates to the City,’ and Reverend Gary Davis: ‘Death Don’t Have No Mercy’

Tom Wagner: First the Coverup. Now the Whitewash.

Filed in National by El Somnambulo on February 9, 2012 • 12 Comments

State Auditor Tom Wagner‘s successful coverup of possible, OK, likely, criminal behavior, on the part of former House Majority Leader Dick Cathcart is almost complete. But only if you let him and Cathcart get away with it.

Just in time for Super Bowl weekend, Wagner ‘dumped’ the long-awaited report that told us what we already knew. It actually told us less than we already knew, and the name missing from the report is ‘Cathcart’.

But, I’m getting ahead of myself. Let’s start from the beginning.

Thursday Open Thread [2.9.12]

Filed in Open Thread by Delaware Dem on February 9, 2012 • 6 Comments

Earlier this morning I said Rush Limbaugh was right. It pained me to type those words, but in that instance, in describing his own party, his own base, he should be right since they follow his command. Rush being right in that context is far different than being right morally, legally and ethically. Like Bill O’Reilly is in the following instance. Click through for that and more polling goodness.

NAACP Issues Charter School Resolution

Filed in Delaware, National by pandora on February 9, 2012 • 10 Comments

Here’s what caught my attention:

WHEREAS, in some cases, charter schools have become a school model that is used
to segregate students; and

Ya think? Charter Schools have also allowed School Districts to shift their responsibilities to these students to Charters. Which is why I’ve always wondered why Charter proponents wanted to serve on Public School Boards. Always struck me as being an employee of Pepsi, but promoting Coke. And you gotta love the way a Public School District Board’s plan for your public school is to give it away. It’s almost as if they’re saying, “Hey, we stink at this education thingy, so we’ll give it to someone else.”

Thought of the Day

Filed in National by Delaware Dem on February 9, 2012 • 25 Comments

Rick Santorum is a Catholic. Mitt Romney is a Mormon. The GOP is picking a fight with the President about the Catholic Church’s desire not to provide health insurance for their employees that includes coverage for birth control. I wonder if Rick Santorum’s recent success is connected….

The Delaware Dems Have a New Logo

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on February 9, 2012 • 12 Comments

As an aside, I post as Delaware Dem, which is a name I created in 2003 as the name I posted under when Daily Kos was launched. But just because my name is Delaware Dem here does not mean I have any connection to the Delaware Democratic Party. I don’t. In no way do I speak for them, and given the shouting matches I have had with John Daniello, he would agree. But I digress… Click inside to see the full logo….

Yet Another Misunderstanding of what “Free Speech” Means…..

Filed in National by Delaware Dem on February 9, 2012 • 5 Comments

Professor Connell may have had grounds for wrongful termination or suspension. He may have had grounds for libel. But the one thing I know without a shadow of a doubt: his “Free Speech” rights were not trampled upon or violated in any way. People across the political spectrum and throughout society wrongfully believe the First Amendment right to Free Speech means that every American has the right to say anything they want at any time they want at any place they want without any consequence whatsoever.

They are wrong.

An Interesting Paul Clark Move

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on February 9, 2012 • 6 Comments

New Castle County has halted sheriff’s sales for homeowners delinquent on their property taxes. County Executive Paul Clark said he issued the executive order Wednesday because of recently released statistics from Dover that show Delaware has the third-highest mortgage foreclosure rate in the country.

Rush Limbaugh is Right.

Filed in National by Delaware Dem on February 9, 2012 • 11 Comments

He is saying that he Republican base is looking for the purest candidate running, and he is right. The radical religious right voter that makes up the Republican base is a purist. And they are delusional enough to believe that, without any doubt whatsoever, that the purest conservative candidate cannot ever be beaten.