Wednesday Daily Delawhere [1.18.12]
U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Indian River Prayer Case
I just do not understand the need to turn every public gathering, whether it be a graduation cermonies, school board meetings, and other assemblies into religious events. It is as if someone wants to repeal the First Amendment and establish a National Religion, and then have the Government force the population to worship God according to the dictates of the National Religion.
Tuesday Open Thread [1.17.12]
So apparently there was another godforsaken Republican debate on last night. I was watching Betty White's roast so I missed it. Not that I have ever watched a GOP debate live (I see the clips afterwards though, and that is painful enough). But I hear that Romney had his worst debate, was painfully evasive even for him, and that Gingrich was throwing red meat to the lions and getting a raptureous response for it. Some pundits now think the performance will boost Gingrich as we head into Saturday's primary.
BREAKING: Governor Markell Commutes Sentence
Governor Markell, for the first time in Delaware history, has commuted the death sentence of Robert Gattis to life in prison without parole. The Governor is to be commended for this brave decision.
Go Ahead Wikipedia
Wikipedia is shutting down all English language sites starting tomorrow at midnight DC time to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act. The Senate version of the SOPA could get a floor vote in the Senate on January 24th.
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Tues., Jan. 17, 2012
Sen. Bob Marshall has introduced a two-tiered increase in the state's minimum wage from the current $7.25 an hour to $7.75 an hour in January of 2013 and to $8.25 an hour in January of 2014. It will be interesting to see where our Governor stands on this.
To Governor Markell…
In an unprecedented 4-1 decision announced Sunday, the Delaware Board of Pardons is recommending that the death sentence for convicted killer Robert A. Gattis be commuted to life in prison. It will now be up to Gov. Jack Markell to decide if he will accept the board's recommendation to spare Gattis' life or if he will allow the execution of the 49-year-old by lethal injection to go forward as planned early Friday.A life is literally in Governor Markell's hands. He might not want this responsibility. But he asked for it, and now he has to decide. I now address the Governor directly....
Monday Open Thread [1.16.12]
"He was simply unwillingly to make the Faustian bargains with the Right that Romney has so willingly made." David Axelrod, on Jon Huntsman leaving the Presidential race.
Fighting Abnormal (And Fake) Body Images As The Mother Of A 14 Year Old Girl
My 14 year old daughter wears a size 0 and still thinks she's not skinny enough. It's enough to make me want to pull my hair out. I want to scream when her friends come over and the discussion spirals into what's wrong with my body. Granted, their focus is on their bodies only, and they're quick to come to each others' defense. Also, they don't attack someone for their weight or their looks, which, I guess, is a step in the right direction.
But... they are ridiculously hard on themselves.
Happy Birthday, Dr. King
Yesterday would have been Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King's 82 birthday. He had a dream......... [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smEqnnklfYs&feature=fvsr[/youtube]
Thus ends the most quixotic Presidential run this cycle…
So former Utah Governor and former Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman, mired in the low single digits in the polls in South Carolina after a respectable but insufficient third place finish in New Hampshire, is dropping out of the race. There was a time, before he became Ambassador to China, that I most feared Huntsman as a potential rival to President Obama. But a misreading of the political landscape and a patriotic decision ended that threat.