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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And It Wasn’t Supposed to Be This Close
Yesterday, there was a Special Election to find Kirsten Gillibrand’s replacement for NY-20. The vote was between Scott Murphy (D) and Jim Tedisco (R). Tedisco had alot of advantages going in — not the least of which was that he is the current Minority Leader of the NYS Assembly and has been in office for […]
GOP Budget — Fail More Edition — UPDATE!
So, our story so far is that the GOP delivered its budget pamphlet last week — sans any numbers — and to the derision of even the press. Details are still fairly thin, but Rep Paul Ryan was interviewed on Bloomberg this weekend and he can’t tell the interviewer any numbers, either (although, they exist […]
HB 17 Passes the House
From the GA website: This Act is the first leg of a Constitutional Amendment which eliminates the existing five-year waiting period before eligible felons who have fully discharged their sentences may have their voting rights restored. The vote was 32-8. Rep. Hazel Plant was the sponsor of this bill (with Rep. Keeley as prime co-sponsor) […]
So When Does This End?
Cops running through a door and shooting a guy for a dime bag (maybe even less than that). All of those resources pointed at a dime bag — a giant waste of money, manpower and attention. Michigan doesn’t have any drug kingpins to knock down?
GM and Chrysler Not Viable?
McClatchy is reporting that President Obama will announce today that he will not approve additional bailout funds for either car company, saying that they have not yet gone far enough to ensure their long term viability. GM will get 60 days of operating capital to go back to the drawing board and Chrysler will get […]
The Republican Road to Recovery
From driftglass — The Best Suicide Note Ever: But wait! There’s more interesting riffs on this theme: Been There, Done That (Permanent) Minority Report The Problem is Your Fucking O/S I’m not sure if there will be more in this series, but these are just damn brilliant comments on the vaporware that is the Republican […]
The Flatlining of Dead Tree News
Newspapers falling like dominoes seems to be one of the themes of the year, not unlike the 2 or so banks per week handed over the the FDIC. It never seems quite real until one thing just crystallizes it all. And this is it. Just go see what squeezing every last dollar out of a […]
Friday Afternoon Bacon Blogging
Thanks and h/t to meatball for this culinary delight: Click on the image for the blog post that reviews this spot as well as more images.
Prison System A National Disgrace
That is the claim Senator Jim Webb makes introducing his National Criminal Justice Act of 2009: America’s criminal justice system has deteriorated to the point that it is a national disgrace. Its irregularities and inequities cut against the notion that we are a society founded on fundamental fairness. Our failure to address this problem has […]
Another Day, Another Wingnut Conspiracy
Nemski highlighted the crazy question FoxNoise managed to ask President Obama last night, and now I’m reading that the New World Currency is the new right-wing stupidity: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2jfpHbIITo[/youtube] And, of course, the Chinese are in this for something too — they are heavily invested in the dollar and heavily tied to it. But count on […]
Guest Post — Ask John Brady
John Brady joined in the conversation in El Som’s Law Firm Closing Thread, and a poster asked john a question. We asked John if he would like to respond to the periodic question from Delaware Liberal readers on an occasional basis. We are using the question anon asked of John for the first post. Discuss […]
Update on Cape Henlopen School Board Election
Meyer Persow has his website up and running. If you are interested in supporting this progressive candidate you can contribute to his campaign via this website or signup to volunteer. They are definitely looking for folks to help staff their phone banks over the next month or so.
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