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The Delaware Way

Filed in National by on January 6, 2015 4 Comments
The Delaware Way

Well, if you are an activist, it means you are of no value to our government. It means you cannot be in government. It means you cannot be a legislator.

That was the reasoning given to Representative John Kowalko for his removal from the House Education Committee by Speaker John Kowalko, according to Mr. Kowalko. You can believe that or not, but I do, because it fits the pattern of the Delaware Way, and of Mr. Schwartzkopf, and of Governor Markell.

Those words are as much a declaration of war against you, me, and all Progressives, all activists, from the corporate establishment that I have ever heard.

Only corporate whores who fellate regularly can serve.

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Tuesday Daily Delawhere [1.6.15]

Filed in Delaware, National by on January 6, 2015 1 Comment
Tuesday Daily Delawhere [1.6.15]

The Ryves Holt House on Second Street in Lewes, built in 1685, making it the oldest building in the state.

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Monday Open Thread [1.5.15]

Filed in National by on January 5, 2015 4 Comments
Monday Open Thread [1.5.15]

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced on CBS’s Face The Nation that Senate Democrats have enough votes to sustain the widely expected veto that President Obama will issue after Republicans pass a bill authorizing the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline.

“I think there will be enough Democratic votes to sustain the president’s veto…Our Republican colleagues say that this is a jobs bill but that really is not true at all. By most estimates it would create several thousand temporary construction jobs and only 35 permanent jobs…Why create very few jobs with the dirtiest of energy from tar sands when you can create tens of thousands more clean jobs using wind and solar? Our Republican colleagues are doing what they always do: they’re appeasing a few special interests — in this case oil companies and pipeline companies and not really doing what’s good for the average middle class family in terms of creating jobs.”

I expect Chris Coons to vote no. I expect Tom Carper, the treasonous Republican, to vote yes.

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A New Slogan for Delaware

Filed in National by on January 5, 2015 22 Comments
A New Slogan for Delaware

The older “Small Wonder” signs have been replaced with even more generic “Welcome to Delaware, Jack A. Markell, Governor” signs ahead of a new Tourism and Marketing Project that will be revealed today at the Brandywine Creek State Park.

What do you think Delaware’s new slogan should be? Answer in the comments or take the poll on the front page.

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Monday Daily Delawhere [1.5.15]

Filed in Delaware, National by on January 5, 2015 5 Comments
Monday Daily Delawhere [1.5.15]

The WWII Observation Towers between Dewey and Bethany Beaches, from Sky Jack.

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Sunday Daily Delawhere [1.4.15]

Filed in Delaware, National by on January 4, 2015 0 Comments
Sunday Daily Delawhere [1.4.15]

Main Street in Delmar, which is also the State Line between Maryland and Delaware in the town too big for one state.

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Saturday Open Thread [1.3.15]

Filed in National by on January 3, 2015 1 Comment
Saturday Open Thread [1.3.15]

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The Weekly Addresses

Filed in Delaware, National by on January 3, 2015 15 Comments

Vice President Biden is delivering the Weekly Address today as President Obama is in Hawaii for his Christmas vacation.

Governor Markell:

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Saturday Daily Delawhere [1.3.15]

Filed in Delaware, National by on January 3, 2015 0 Comments

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Friday Open Thread [1.2.15]

Filed in Delaware, National by on January 2, 2015 7 Comments
Friday Open Thread [1.2.15]

Matt Taibbi on the news that the fascist police state loving NYPD has begun a work slowdown/stoppage:

“My first response to this news was confusion. I get why the police are protesting – they’re pissed at Mayor de Blasio, and more on that in a minute – but this sort of ‘protest’ pulls this story out of the standard left-right culture war script it had been following and into surreal territory.”

“I don’t know any police officer anywhere who would refuse to arrest a truly dangerous criminal as part of a PBA-led political gambit. So the essence of this protest seems now to be about trying to hit de Blasio where it hurts, i.e. in the budget, without actually endangering the public. So this police protest, unwittingly, is leading to the exposure of the very policies that anger so many different constituencies about modern law-enforcement tactics.”

Indeed.

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Friday Daily Delawhere [1.2.15]

Filed in National by on January 2, 2015 3 Comments
Friday Daily Delawhere [1.2.15]

The pics this week are from a quadcopter drone photographer downstate named “Sky Jack.” This picture is an overhead view, looking to the Northeast, of Cape Henlopen State Park.

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Happy New Year!!

Filed in Delaware, National by on January 1, 2015 3 Comments
Happy New Year!!

I hope everyone had a safe yet enjoyable evening last night. And now a New Year begins, and I am very optimistic about this year. On a personal and politic level, I have a feeling that this year will be a very good one. Use this as an Open Thread. I will be posting pictures of the Middletown Hummers Parade later, especially the politically themed hummers (and that doesn’t sound clean to me).

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New Years Day Daily Delawhere [1.1.15]

Filed in Delaware by on January 1, 2015 0 Comments
New Years Day Daily Delawhere [1.1.15]

The pics this week are from a quadcopter drone photographer downstate named “Sky Jack.” This picture is an overhead view of the new Indian River Inlet bridge.

Happy New Year!!!

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