March 13, 2014 – Delaware Liberal

Venezuela In Chaos: Why Should We Care?

By admin March 13, 20145 Comments

I've been trying to follow recent events in Venezuela. Here's my take, informed by the work of activist Tom Hayden of Peace Exchange, Chris Gilbert, professor at Universidad de Venezuela and Rory Carroll, a reporter for the Guardian and Observer Latin America, based in Caracas for six years until recently.

Six New Constitutional Amendments from Retired Justice John Paul Stevens.

By Delaware Dem March 13, 201412 Comments

Here are Justice Stevens' six great ideas for constitutional amendments:

1. The “Anti-Commandeering Rule” (Amend the Supremacy Clause of Article VI) This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges and other public officials. in every state shall be bound thereby, anything in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding. 2. Political Gerrymandering – Districts represented by members of Congress, or by members of any state legislative body, shall be compact and composed of contiguous territory. The state shall have the burden of justifying any departures from this requirement by reference to neutral criteria such as natural, political, or historical boundaries or demographic changes. The interest in enhancing or preserving the political power of the party in control of the state government is not such a neutral criterion.

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Thursday Open Thread [3.13.14]

By Delaware Dem March 13, 20149 Comments

Are you following the dissapearance of the Malaysian Airways plane? It is remarkable to me that somehow this flight just vanished without a trace -- and that it seems that the flight may not have been on the track it should have been. Then there is the WSJ reporting today that the plane was in the air (or at least the engines were running) well past the time currently suspected.

The sad truth is that John Carney is an idiot

By jason330 March 13, 20149 Comments

That he continues to believe this austerity idiocy, that he thinks these grifters and frauds are his friends, and that he trumpets his stupidity and naivety on Facebook, shows that he is not very smart:

This morning I got together with my colleagues from the Bipartisan Working Group -- a group I founded with my colleague Jim Renacci from Ohio. We sat down with Maya MacGuineas from Fix The Debt. Our goal was to find ways everyone - both Democrats and Republicans - can agree on to get deficits under control.

Thursday Daily Delawhere [3.13.14]

By Delaware Dem March 13, 20142 Comments