Goodbye Frieda, and thank you.

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Well known Delawarean environmental and peace activist Frieda Berryhill passed away today. She was well known in her efforts opposing nuclear power and weapons. She had turned 90 years old earlier this year. We are all a little less without her. I am going to post what appears to be an article about her that was posted on the UnplugSalem.org.

Contemptible Congress

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When I was a wee lad, I had the utmost respect for Congress. I was in awe of my then Congressman, Byron Rodgers (D-Denver) who was the essence of a public servant. I was good friends with Congresswoman Pat Schroeder and Congressman & Senator Tim Wirth (who was a neighbor). That all changed after I moved to DC and began working for the government. I discovered that many of the 539 Members of Congress (including the delegates from DC, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Virgin Islands) didn't really give a damn about their constituents. It was all about getting face time on TV to make it seem as though they were doing something. This afternoon, Rep. Darrell Issa, chair of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, pushed through a resolution holding Attorney General Eric Holder in "Contempt of Congress." Better add my name to that resolution, Issa, because I hold you and the Teabag 112th Congress in the utmost contempt. Obstruction is the motto of this Congress.

An eating contest hero with a tragic flaw

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In a world rife with injustice and poverty, eating contests are inherently despicable. Especially eating contests held in the United States, the greasy, bloated pig of nations. I've always given Philly's Wingnbowl a pass though. Already aggressively pitiful, I thought that there was no way an eating contest could bring more shame to the urine soaked, mumbling, punch-drunk place. ...anyway, El Wingador sold cocaine. ...

Wednesday Open Thread [6.20.12]

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The lies of the lying liar named Willard Mittens Romney, pathological liar extraordinaire, are so legion and numerous that we can fill every open thread from now until the election and have room to spare, only going on what he has said so far in the campaign. So that is exactly what we are going to do.

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., June 20, 2012

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Three things happened yesterday that illustrate everything that is wrong with the Delaware General Assembly. Screw the defenseless b/c they don’t have money to fill your reelection coffers; essentially bribe a candidate into dropping out of a race by passing special interest legislation especially for him; and quell a legislator’s road rage by getting those pokey drivers out of his way. Some days, I just hate this (non-paying) job.

GOP’s relentless war on the poor and middle class continues to impress

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How many times have you heard some broke-ass teabagger quote this gem from memory?... "Almost 70 percent of the federal revenue is provided by the top 10 percent of taxpayers now. Between 45 percent and 50 percent of Americans pay no income tax at all." While we all know the trick, and we clearly see the clumsy slight of hand switcharoo mid-statement from "federal revenue" to "no income tax", this zombie economic lie goes on and on. How often have you heard the GOP leadership take the high ground when it comes to protecting America's wealthy from the rapacious greed of the nation's poor? Here is Mitch McConnell on the topic:
(CBS News) The United States tax code favors lower income Americans too much already and should be restructured to make it fairer to upper income earners, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said.
WTF? ...

The Polling Report [6.20.12]

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So, I have decided to start counting Rasmussen's polling in our Electoral College Map. Why? Well, they haven't woken up and decided to be a nonpartisan and unbiased polling outfit. But as Markos Moulitsas says, looking at Rasmussen gives us a sense of the worst case scenario, for every Rasmussen poll adds about 4-5 points on average to the Republican total. So keep that in mind. If Obama is down by 3 in a Rasmussen poll, he is really up by 1 or 2. If he is up by 4, it is really a blowout in his direction. So by doing that, we get a changed map, and you will see that below. The map will now include recent Rasmussen polls in Missouri (changing it to a Lean Romney state), Iowa (changing it to toss up status), Wisconsin (changing it to toss up status) and Michigan (moving it to Lean Obama status). Meanwhile, new polls in Colorado and Arizona moves the former in Lean Obama category, and the latter to toss up territory. DLMAP