cassandra_m
"You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas." -Shirley Chisholm
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A Very Great Day
Maine’s House votes to approve same-sex marriage. This passed the Senate already so I think that this goes to the Governor for signature. DC’s City Council votes to recognize same-sex marriages from states that allow them. It becomes law if Congress does not overturn it.
GOP Moderates Are to Be Seen, But Not Heard
Apparently GOP Chair Michael Steele has decided to deal with the flight of moderates from the GOP by defining their role: “All you moderates out there, y’all come. I mean, that’s the message,” Steele said. “The message of this party is this is a big table for everyone to have a seat. I have a […]
Who Does Paul Clark Think He’s Kidding?
NCCo County Council President writes a Letter to the Editor today, objecting to the characterizations of the NCCo Council government as being against Open Government: Council’s vote was solely based upon concerns that the county lacks the equipment to secure audio postings. Because of those who manipulate the facts for self-interest or humor, and then […]
A Tale of Two Budget Proposals — Part II
Proposal 2: Rep. John Kowalko developed a revenue proposal that concerns itself with ways to mitigate the 8% pay cut for State workers. Scroll down to the bottom of the page to get the full presentation (pdf). Rep. Kowalko wants to reject the “spread the pain” approach and make the generation of revenue to preserve […]
A Tale of Two Budget Proposals — Part I
Delaware’s massive budget crisis has brought about a budget proposal that provides for deep operating cuts, which includes a very big cut in salaries for state workers. This has been discussed in varying places, but two budget proposals have been put out over the last few weeks that deserve some attention. Proposal 1: Senator Colin […]
Headline of the Evening
At the HuffPost: Obama Orders Emergency Quarantine of Biden It’s funny — go read the whole thing!
Fear of an Ass (Backwards) Hat –UPDATED
From the Man Beyond the Cutting Edge: “You wear your hat one way. You like to wear it, you know, kind of cocked to the left, you know, because that’s cool out West,” Steele said. “In the Midwest, you guys like to wear it a little bit to the right. In the South, you guys […]
An Open Letter to the NCCo Council
By rejecting Councilman David Tackett’s resolution to make it easier for citizens hear the proceedings in County Council via the web (live or archived video), you put yourselves on the record as firmly opposed to the cause of Open Government. Given the times we live in, restricting the availability of your proceedings demonstrates an incredible […]
The Wingnut Freakout Over the Swine Flu
Notwithstanding that this flu business will end up being a smaller deal than the tone of the news would tell you, the wingnuts are in Full Freakout Mode over his thing: Glenn Beck thinks that Obama is reacting to the swine flu outbreak too fast — fast enough to fully staff the DHS while we’re […]
Media Question of the Evening
A torture related media observation/question from Eric Boehlert: Does anybody else think it’s odd, albeit telling, that for chunks of the corporate press corps, the emphasis surrounding the release of the Bush era torture memos is now centered on the political problems they’ve created for the Obama administration–how the memos reflect poorly on the current White House—and not, y’know, what […]
Worst Slide Story
This is a very clever animation from Newsday — click the picture to go to their site to see the complete animation!
Apps for America
I heard this report on NPR on Friday — which talked about the winners of the Sunlight Foundation’s Apps for America contest. The goal of this contest was to have developers compete for prizes to create applications that let Internet users have greater visibility into the Federal Congressional process. The results are pretty impressive: Filibusted.us […]
Verizon Getting iPhone?
The perpetual question gets another boost today via this report from USA Today: Verizon and Apple are discussing the possible development of an iPhone for Verizon, with the goal of introducing it next year, people familiar with the situation say. Advertisement It would mark the first time Apple has produced a version of the iPhone […]
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