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Thursday Daily Delawhere [12.26.13]
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This is another Christmas Light House near Summit Bridge Road in Blackbird. The homeowners also broadcast a small radio signal with Christmas songs. The game of one-up-manship is on!
Christmas Day Open Thread [12.25.13]
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What are you doing online at Delaware Liberal? It’s Christmas. Well, I got nothing but this pretty picture for you. We will be back full tilt tomorrow… Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
Christmas Day Daily Delawhere [12.25.13]
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Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night! From ours here at Delaware Liberal to yours, we hope you enjoy the warmth and blessings of the season.
Yes, we have sources everywhere Governor.
I debated about whether to post this, but here is a picture of Governor Markell enjoying a holiday vacation with his lovely wife Carla in St. John, USVI yesterday. Happy Holidays, Governor!*
Christmas Eve Open Thread [12.24.13]
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Since it is Christmas Eve, I thought I would address a move Pope Francis made last week. During the 2004 election, conservative Catholics were strutting around like they owned the religion, and owned the country. They were emboldened by the socially conservative bent of President Bush and the Republican Congress. Remember, this was a Congress that came out of recess to solely address, debate and vote on the Terri Schiavo case. In the run up to the 2004 election, Boston Cardinal Raymond Burke announced that Democratic Presidential candidate Senator John Kerry was not welcome to receive communion in any church in his diocese.
Well, Pope Francis removed Cardinal Burke from the Congreation of Bishops, which has great influence on finding the future leaders of the church. And it would seem that Burke’s public statements about denying communion are the reason why. Here is Pope Francis’ thoughts on the openness of the Church in his Evangelii Gaudium….
Christmas Eve Daily Delawhere [12.24.13]
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Delaware has at least four major Christmas Light Houses. Here is, I believe, the original, the “Marsh Road House” even though it is really off Silverside, near the entrance for the Top of the Hill Apartments.
Income Inequality
You know income inequality is getting to be a big topic when even Joe Scarborough of Morning Joe talks about it fervently this morning. Of course, he falls back on the tried and true conservative position that we can’t raise taxes ever on anything, and the expert guest agreed.
Um, why can’t we? New data from the IRS shows that the wealthiest Americans have seen their share of taxes decline rather significantly under Obama.
Festivus Open Thread [12.23.13]
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Governor Jack Markell is Kavip’s Delawarean of the Year. He did some good things, like this:
He proposed and pushed through requiring background checks for all gun sales.
He proposed and was able to get mandated reporting of lost or stolen firearms.
He signed the Gay Marriage Bill.
He signed transgender equality into law.
But he also did some inexplicable things, for a Democrat:
He tried to give away the Port of Wilmington to an oil company.
He killed Minimum Wage in 2013.
He rammed through SB51 which permanently weakens teacher education programs.
He created an Illegal Star Chamber to draw up HB 165 charter school beneficial legislation, in secret without public input.
He rammed through HG 165 which gives private for profit charter schools access to public school capital financing.
He tried to lower taxes for the top 1%. And not for anyone else.
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Thursday Open Thread [12.19.13]
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Once again, it seems our oh so Constitutional Conservatives need a lesson on what the First Amendment does and does not protect. For the idiots out there who like to claim they love the Constitution but have no understanding of what is in it since they are dumb as rocks, here is a quick refresher course:
The First Amendment.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Quick quiz. Who is prohibited from taking action that abridges the freedom of speech?
Is it is me, Delaware Dem?
Is it a television network?
Is it all private persons?
Does the Amendment say that a citizen of the United States is allowed to say whatever he wants whenever he wants where ever he wants and then suffer absolutely no consequences for said speech?
No.
It only says that Congress, meaning thus the Federal Government (and State and local Governments through the application of the 14th Amendment), is prohibited from passing laws the punish free speech.
Your private employer can punish you all he or it wants.
Yes, you can be fired for expressing your opinions.
And it is all perfectly constitutional.
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