December 5, 2013 – Delaware Liberal

Late Night Video — Sun City, Artists Against Apartheid

By cassandra_m December 5, 20139 Comments

Wonder if anyone here remembers this:

RIP, Madiba

By cassandra_m December 5, 20137 Comments

You've all heard by now that Nelson Mandela died peacefully at his home this evening. His is among the most heroic political and personal stories I have ever heard, and am still informed by.

From the DelawareLiberal archives – or – why I hate John Carney’s bullshit

By jason330 December 5, 20132 Comments

I've been looking at some old posts and found this gem from December 0f 2005.

Delaware GOP on Cloud 9 While the rest of the GOP world is moping around or angrily lashing out at 55% of Americans, the Delaware GOP thinks everything is SWEET! This is from an actual Delaware GOP email that they sent out today.
"Positive News you don't normally hear from Iraq"

Thursday Open Thread [12.5.13]

By Delaware Dem December 5, 20137 Comments

Steve Newton over at Delaware Libertarian has an interesting point.

Over at Delaware Liberal, Cassandra has another post up about crime in Wilmington. Cassandra and I have our differences, but she continues to do excellent fact-based blogging about the nature of the problem, the potential solutions, and the general ineptitude/malaise of the current governmental apparatus to solve the problem. As Cassandra knows and has blogged repeatedly, this ain't rocket science. There are a lot of evidence-proven strategies (like full-scale community policing with a constitutionally careful stop and frisk approach) that could make a dent, a serious dent, in crime and violence in Wilmington. The problem is--in this one-party state--the Democrats don't care enough about reducing what amounts to urban terrorism in Wilmington to do anything about it. Instead, last year, they supported a State budget that included millions to bail out casinos and tens of millions in corporate welfare rather than invest in either inner-city education or crime fighting.

Good points, Steve. If the Democrats make a huge investment in fighting crime in Wilmington, I am sure you will support it, even if it means raising taxes on the rich to pay for it.

Comment Rescue Question — How Do We Get Better Democrats Representing Us in Delaware?

By cassandra_m December 5, 201317 Comments

This is from a comment made by Steve Newton last night in the John Carney thread, and it is a damn fine question. He lays out the state of the board pretty well and takes more time to ask something I've been asking here for awhile -- if we're a Blue State, how come we don't have representation that represents that? Mostly the answer I get back is some testy version of needing more blogging or some such, but blogging is not voting or organizing really -- the reach is much too limited.

Call to Support the WDEL Feed A Friend Drive Now!

By cassandra_m December 5, 20134 Comments

Today's the day! The WDEL Feed a Friend Campaign is officially on starting at 9AM. Remember that this event raises funds for the Newark Area Welfare Committee, the Sunday Breakfast Mission, the Emmanuel Dining Room, YWCA Delaware and the St. Paul’s Church Outreach Center -- all great organizations working to feed our neighbors who might need a little help. For each $11.50 you can pledge, these groups can buy a case of food -- a great deal for the money. We're encouraging all of DL's readers and commenters to call WDEL during Al Mascitti’s show from 9 til 12 to pledge what you can to this worthy cause. If you can, please help spread the word to your Facebook friends and ask them to call in too.

Thursday Daily Delawhere [12.5.13]

By Delaware Dem December 5, 2013