Archive for May, 2014

Memorial Day Open Thread [5.26.14]

Filed in Open Thread by cassandra_m on May 26, 2014 • 1 Comment

Hope all of you are enjoying this Memorial Day and are giving some thought to the purpose of the day.

Gov. Markell Breathes A Sigh of Relief

Filed in Delaware by El Somnambulo on May 26, 2014 • 1 Comment

Well, I wasn’t there, but I have to guess that this was great news worthy of a gubernatorial exhale, if not a celebratory inhale. That’s right. Pfizer has said that it has given up on its attempts to acquire Astra Zeneca.

So all’s right with Delaware’s pharmaceutical ‘jobsjobsjobs’ creator.

Until the next time.

Memorial Day: Sean Barney Talks About His Iraq Experience

Filed in Delaware by cassandra_m on May 26, 2014 • 5 Comments

We all know that Sean Barney is challenging Chip Flowers for the office of State Treasurer. Sean is a veteran of the Iraq war — one who signed up to serve after 9/11. I’m a big fan of Sean and his leadership — this video is his interview yesterday with Patrick Murphy on the MSNBC show Taking the Hill:

Downstate GOPers attempt to distance themselves from racist DEGOP

Filed in National by jason330 on May 25, 2014 • 21 Comments

Sam Wilson and Vance Phillips don’t like black people – but Ernie Lopez is pretty cool with black people and the NAACP. It is simplistic, but I don’t make the rules. ….ROMANS !!!

UNRELATED: Wilson Phillips wants you to hold on for one more day.

Sunday Open Thread [5.25.14]

Filed in National, Open Thread by cassandra_m on May 25, 2014 • 79 Comments

On Friday, there was another shooting spree — this time at UC Santa Barbara — 4 dead from gunshots, 3 from knife wounds and some of the 13 in the hospital were also shot. The shooter apprently shot himself, and had more mayhem on his mind:

The Weekly Addresses

Filed in National by Delaware Dem on May 24, 2014 • 0 Comments

President Obama:

No Governor Markell this morning. He was late again.

Saturday Daily Elsehwere [5.24.14]

Filed in National by Delaware Dem on May 24, 2014 • 1 Comment

Congressman John Carney’s Fraudulent Fiscal Conservatism

Filed in Delaware by cassandra_m on May 23, 2014 • 7 Comments

On Friday, Congressman Carney took to Facebook to burnish his cred in the Fiscal Austerity Games, to tell us all that he was named as one of the “Fiscal Heros” of the front group Fix the Debt (Senators Carper and Coons are in this group, too):

I’m humbled to have been named one of Fix the Debt’s Fiscal Heroes, but there is much more work to be done. For far too long, both Democrats and Republicans have spent trillions of dollars the nation didn’t have. I will continue to work with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to make the tough decisions necessary to put the country on better fiscal footing.

Unfortunately, Congressman Carney just voted YES to authorize the FY 2015 National Defense Authorization bill — a bill that specifically INCREASES the budget for the DoD. Increases DOD programs over the objections of the DoD:

Once and for all…Is Congressman John Carney Stupid or Cynical?

Filed in National by jason330 on May 23, 2014 • 2 Comments

It is a question that keep coming around and I used to think that he was simply not very with it. But when I keep hearing that he is being used like a two dollar whore by Peter G. Peterson (and he seems happy about it) I have to assume that he knows about Peterson’s half a billion dollars applied to advocating for cuts to social safety net programs – and just doesn’t give a fuck.

I’m humbled to have been named one of Fix the Debt’s Fiscal Heroes, but there is much more work to be done. For far too long, both Democrats and Republicans have spent trillions of dollars the nation didn’t have. I will continue to work with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to make the tough decisions necessary to put the country on better fiscal footing.

QOD — Where’s the Best BBQ in Delaware?

Filed in Delaware by cassandra_m on May 23, 2014 • 12 Comments

Actually, let’s make it this question — where’s the Best BBQ in two hours driving distance from Wilmington? Feel free to recommend places further away though — I was talking to a friend this morning about a day trip for BBQ.

Friday Open Thread [5.23.14]

Filed in National by Delaware Dem on May 23, 2014 • 1 Comment

Regarding this real scandal of the cover-up by local VA officials in Phoenix of wait times for care of veterans, to the larger and more general scandal of long wait times for our veterans who need medical care, Jon Stewart reminds us that yes, while President Obama deserves blame for not fixing this problem, we should not forget who 1) exacerbated this problem during the Obama presidency (answer: Republicans); and 2) who caused this problem during the previous presidency (Bush and his Bush Republicans). Indeed, treating veterans badly is a bipartisan enterprise going back to 1783.

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The 62 District Chart Update

Filed in National by Delaware Dem on May 23, 2014 • 9 Comments

Here is an update on the candidate filings, in chart form. First, the big news this week is that Christine O’Donnell is not a fan of getting her hand slammed in a car door. To steal from a friend on Facebook, car doors across the nation distanced themselves from this association with the failed 2010 and 2008 and 2006 GOP Senate candidate from Delaware. Seriously, the news is that O’Donnell won’t run for office in 2014. I wept a little last night, knowing that the traffic spikes Delaware Liberal receives whenever Christine makes national news will not occur this year. Oh well, the sacrifices we make for not having our state represented by a witch.