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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Late Night Video — SNL Presidents Make the Case for the Consumer Financial Protection Agency

Filed in National by on March 8, 2010 0 Comments

Funny and makes a bunch of good points as to why the CFPA is important:

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President Obama at Arcadia University

Filed in National by on March 8, 2010 1 Comment

The video is from CNN, where the President told the crowd that the time for an up or down vote on health reform is now and that he wanted a bill on his desk by Easter.

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Celebrating International Women’s Day

Filed in National by on March 8, 2010 1 Comment

“Women are the real architects of society.” – Harriet Beecher Stowe. March 8 is International Women’s Day — a day to focus on expanding women’s civil and human rights around the world as well as commemorating the many women whose achievements on the civic, economic, scientific, political and personal fronts have been vital to world. […]

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The Perennial Sloppiness of the News Journal Editorial Page

Filed in Delaware by on March 8, 2010 18 Comments

Let us count the ways: 1. Sunday’s paper had a couple of UD Professors of Economics firing up the noise machine for tax cuts to stimulate the economy. Even though two rounds of tax cuts moved the entire budget from surpluses to deficits — and structural deficits at that — that absolutely, positively never paid […]

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Constructive Senate Reform Ideas from Freshman Senator Michael Bennet

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The broad outline here includes:

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This Can’t Be A Surprise, Can It?

Filed in National by on March 7, 2010 2 Comments
This Can’t Be A Surprise, Can It?

But nor can it be a surprise that Republicans are judging other people’s packages, can it?

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Public Service Announcement — President Obama at Arcadia U on Monday

Filed in National by on March 6, 2010 1 Comment

You’ve heard that President Obama will be in the area on Monday morning to talk about health insurance reform and he’ll be speaking at Arcadia University. Tickets are required (free but required) and you get them this way:

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Delaware A Finalist in Race to Top Grant Process

Filed in National by on March 5, 2010 19 Comments

The Secretary of Education announced the first round of finalists for the Race to the Top Grants:

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Kudos to Senator Kaufman!

Filed in National by on March 2, 2010 74 Comments

The Huffington Post reports the Senator as being the 34th supporter of passing the public option via reconciliation:

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The Secret Doings of the Politico Editorial Meeting

Filed in National by on March 2, 2010 2 Comments

This is damned awesome — a very cool website and a damned funny take on the ohsoinsidery Politico:

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Warren Buffet Does a Sarah Palin Imitation!

Filed in National by on March 1, 2010 1 Comment

This is from a longer interview Buffet gave recently, but he gives an opinion of Obama’s performance on the economy (and a quick insight as to the correct response to fixing the economy the repubs broke) before getting to the funny bit. This is just a few minutes long:

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Weekend Foodie Post — 50 Things Every Foodie Should Try

Filed in National by on February 27, 2010 26 Comments
Weekend Foodie Post — 50 Things Every Foodie Should Try

This was talked about on A Chef’s Table this morning, talking to the author Pim Techamuanvivit who has a new book called Foodie Handbook: The Almost Definitive Guide To Gastronomy.

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DE GOP Abuse of Legislative Perks

Filed in National by on February 27, 2010 59 Comments

That is the topic of a good piece of reporting by Ginger Gibson in this morning’s News Journal, providing some detail how how the GOP spent their budgets to support themselves when they were in control of the House. This report has the feel of a tip of the iceberg — as in there is likely more there to look at.

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