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Live Blog Bush’s Gudbye

Filed in National by on January 15, 2009 3 Comments

Join us live blogging the end of Bush’s long goodbye.

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While Alaska Freezes, Palin Plays The Fiddle

Filed in National by on January 15, 2009 2 Comments

Sara Plain and Simple is a bigger news whore than Paris Hilton ever was. There’s been much Sarah-gazing lately (most of which has been generated by Palin herself), all of which is eerily similar to the Britney Spears suicide watch we were on a year or so ago. Go to I Eat Gravel to get […]

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The Cold Song Chronicles

Filed in National by on January 15, 2009 2 Comments

Everyone who reads this blog knows how we love our closeted Republican and Evangelical leaders. Well, Bessemer Opinions (AL) sheds new light the case of Ted Haggard, the gay christian hypocrite who recently completed  gay rehab. (I won’t even go into how ridiculous that is). In the article linked above we learn that Haggard confessed […]

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High Five a Blind Guy and Other Stories

Filed in National by on January 15, 2009 7 Comments

Watch Ryan Seacrest try to high-five a blind guy.  Hat tip to Ryan Cormier’s post Fail of the Day for the video from Pulp Culture (DE). Left in the West (MT) writes about the Radical Right’s fight against the Estate Tax: From where I’m sitting the Obama proposal – a 45% rate for estates of […]

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Afternoon Linkage

Filed in National by on January 14, 2009 2 Comments

As one of the most anticipated movies of all time that features a Segway is about to open I Eat Gravel (AK) answers Segway inventor’s question: “When should I quit?” So you thought we had wingnuts in Delaware. Birmingham Blues (AL) reports on one of Alabama’s wingnuts who thinks Obama “as someone who may be […]

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Cheney, The George Costanza of VPs

Filed in National by on January 12, 2009 2 Comments

kavips gives the most compelling reason on why bold action is required to stave off Great Depression II.

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The Donviti of Christian Evangelists

Filed in National by on January 11, 2009 2 Comments

The New York Times reports on Mark Driscoll of the Mars Hill Church in Seattle, Washington. And Driscoll blogs.

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Job Impact Report

Filed in National by on January 11, 2009 1 Comment

President-Elect Obama mentions in his weekly video address the Job Impact Report.  And here is Christine Roehmer, the Chair-designate for the Council of Economic Adviser, discussing the report. I have yet a chance to read this report, but I wanted to get this out here for all of you to see. So while I take […]

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Obama’s Weekly Address

Filed in National by on January 11, 2009 11 Comments

BTW, those looking for a document about Obama’s plan will never find it. Apparently, he is deciding to lead by asking Congress and the new Administration together to craft the legislation. Text below the fold.

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Charlie and the Blogger Factory II

Filed in Delaware by on January 11, 2009 34 Comments

Mrs. nemski was reading the dead-tree edition of the News Journal and she asked, “Did you know that Charlie Copeland has started a blog?” “Yeah, Delaware Liberal broke published that story earlier in the week,” I said. A couple of things I find laughable about the article in the News Journal article. First and foremost, […]

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House and Senate ♥ Israel

Filed in International by on January 11, 2009 21 Comments

Both the US House of Representatives and the US Senate passed resolutions this week supporting Israel and their fight against Hamas. Both Castle and Carper voted in favor of their chamber’s resolution. The first four points of  the House Resolution pretty much some up why Hamas will never get the support of the US Government. […]

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Who is Delaware’s Super Nintendo Chalmers

Filed in Delaware by on January 10, 2009 32 Comments

Delaware is trying to rebound after the shooting at William Penn High School earlier this week. Today The News Journal ran an article about the place of violence in our schools and in our society. So let’s go to the Superintendent George Meney. William Penn H.S. is in the Colonial School District which is run […]

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Mike Castle is John Boehner’s Bitch

Filed in Delaware by on January 9, 2009 15 Comments

Mike Castle does not represent Delaware. This isn’t news to many of you that read this blog, but it needs to be said over and over again so the Democrats can put someone up against Castle and beat him. Castle voted against the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009. The bill passed but that’s […]

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