That’s Gonna Leave a Mark
Especially if this is the first in a series, if rumors are true:
Visualizing the Problem
Visualizing the problem of cleaning up the oil in the Gulf:
Reminder: Vote for Chris Coons on Stonewall Democrats Poll!
UI posted this some days back, but want to remind people of this opportunity since Friday 18 June is the voting deadline. They have launched an ElectEquality program, where they plan to help 10 specific candidates for Federal office this year. Chris Coons is one of the candidates here. From the notice:
Jim Westhoff Moneybomb
Hope this isn't too late , but Jim Westhoff (running for 35th District Rep) kicked off his moneybomb effort last night and we'll let him take it from there:
Call Senator Carper, Sign the Petition
The Progressive Change Campaign Committee is working on an effort today to get constituents of Wall Street reform conferees asking us to sign the Hoenig-Fisher letter
Colin Bonini Still Thinks Governing is a Stunt
So here we have another episode of the Delaware Republican party -- the Supposed to Be Governing Division -- putting out news and PR bait in form of silly bills rather than actually working at the State's problems. In other words, its reruns from these people again.
What If Political Scientists Covered the News?
I'm going to know for absolute certain that there is really and truely a God if I could ever get news written like this:
The Loop Current
A look at the dysfunctional cycle of supporting hydrocarbons, where everyone benefits except you.
Late Night Video — This is Where We Live
This is 2 years old and was done for the 25th Anniversary of 4th Estate Publishers. I think I may live here already:
Don’t Get Mad, Mr. President. Get Even.
This is the title of Frank Rich's column from yesterday's NYT, which, as always, is a Must Read. Like Rich, I find the emphasis on getting some anger from the President a lazy and childish response from the media. A media who perpetually is looking for the ratings-boosting human drama rather than trying to figure out how,exactly, something like this could possibly happen. So instead of trying to figure out how the legendarily dysfunctional Bush-era Minerals Management Service was still largely dysfunctional this far into the Obama Administration, we get plenty of ink on how "angry" the President is.
The Pentagon Being Asked to Tighten Its Belt — Finally
This is good news -- this is Not Enough -- but this is genuinely a good direction.
According to the NYT today, SecDef Robert Gates is asking the entire DOD to find billions of dollars in cuts to help fund the wars that they are in:
The Right on the Verge of Another Defeat in the Culture War
NYT columnist Charles Blow points us to an eye-popping new survey by the Gallup organization, a survey that shows new and convincing majorities of Americans who no longer hold moral objections to gay and lesbian people. This is what a specific piece of bigotry losing its power looks like:
Chris Coons Calls for the End of DADT
This Memorial Day weekend, Chris Coons is congratulating the House for passing the bill that would eventually repeal DADT as well as congratulating Senator Ted Kaufmann for his YES vote on moving DADT Repeal out of the Senate Armed Services Committee. This is his statement in full: