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Day 14: Mike Castle’s Betrayal of Delaware

Filed in Delaware by on February 11, 2009 15 Comments
Day 14: Mike Castle’s Betrayal of Delaware

Today marks the fourteenth day of Congressman Mike Castle’s betrayal of the people of Delaware when he voted against the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and sided with his Borg leaders of the Republican Party. But what does the photo above have to do with Mike Castle’s incredible treachery? Mike Castle respects this […]

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Day 13: Mike Castle’s Betrayal of Delaware

Filed in Delaware by on February 10, 2009 26 Comments
Day 13: Mike Castle’s Betrayal of Delaware

Today marks day 13 of Congressman Mike Castle’s betrayal of the people of Delaware. Pictured above are Maine Republican Senators Sue Collins and Olympia Snowe, both of whom, along with Arlen Specter, voted Yea for the procedural vote for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 yesterday. What do these two women have that […]

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President Obama’s Townhall

Filed in National by on February 9, 2009 5 Comments

You can watch the rebroadcast of President Obama’s Townhall on cspan.org. It will take about 1 hour of your time or you can just get your talking points from the RNC.

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You Try Living On $500K a Year

Filed in National by on February 9, 2009 8 Comments
You Try Living On $500K a Year

The New York Times has an article about how difficult it is for top executives to survive in New York City on only $500,000 per year. With yearly expenses such as  private school at $32K , mortgage at $96K, co-op maintenance fee at $96K, nanny at $45K, and a driver at $75K;  all of a […]

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President Obama’s Weekly Video Address

Filed in National by on February 9, 2009 0 Comments

I was a bit busy over the weekend and was unable to get to this on Saturday. Also of note. President Obama will be holding townhall meeting at noon today which you can probably watch on the web at CNN as well as  live prime-time press conference tonight at 8 p.m. Text of video address […]

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Obama Sand Painting

Filed in National by on February 9, 2009 1 Comment
Obama Sand Painting

Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada, a Cuban-born American artist, created “Expectation”. He says that it “embodies the immense sense of hope felt by Barack Obama’s supporters and raises a mirror to reflect the source of that hope. Obama has awakened an enormous yearning for change that runs deep beneath decades of disaffection with the political establishment.” (h/t likecool)

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Terrorist Attacks on US Soil After 9/11

Filed in National by on February 8, 2009 31 Comments

The Republicans have said repeatedly that the US has not been attack by terrorists in 9/11. Here are some facts regarding terrorist attacks after 9/11. 2001-10–16: Anthrax mailings in US. (NY Times) 2002-07-04: Egyptian kills two Israelis at El Al ticket counter at the Los Angles International Airport. (NY Times) 2002 October: Beltway Sniper (NY […]

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Day 10: Mike Castle’s Betrayal of Delaware

Filed in Delaware by on February 7, 2009 7 Comments

Today is the tenth day since Congressman Mike Castle voted against the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009. This vote of Representative Mike Castle was a vote against the people of Delaware and a vote as a lapdog of the Republican Party. BTW, I’m still pissed.

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Day 9: Mike Castle’s Betrayal of Delaware

Filed in Delaware by on February 6, 2009 16 Comments
Day 9: Mike Castle’s Betrayal of Delaware

Congressman Mike Castle is part of the American Taliban, also known as the Republican Party.

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Comment Rescue: America’s Burning

Filed in National by on February 5, 2009 29 Comments

Okay, I’m paraphrasing in the title, but Unstable Isotope made an interesting comment: Even people with a job right now are not feeling too secure. That’s why consumer spending has fallen off a cliff – it’s not just the unemployed, but the underemployed and the people who are afraid of job loss. Americans are walking […]

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QOD

Filed in National by on February 5, 2009 34 Comments

I’m having a hard time understanding the tax break proposed for home buyers, so please lend me a hand. My question is this: Is this tax break putting the cart in front of the horse, i.e. don’t people need jobs before they buy a house?

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Christian Bale vs. Bill O’Reilly

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Christain Bale Vs. Bill O’Reilly – Watch more Free Videos

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Daschle’s Gone

Filed in National by on February 3, 2009 32 Comments

Good riddance. (h/t Tyler)

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