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College Search
Another American tradition continues at the Pandora household: The search for colleges
Denn Highlights Education Successes
In yesterday’s News Journal Lt. Gov. Matt Denn wrote a op-ed highlighting some of the successes we’ve had in education in Delaware.
Et Tu, Tea Party
It’s not her party and she’ll cry if she wants to as the Tea Party turns on Christine O’Donnell.
Charlie Copeland, on behalf of the people of Delaware, go straight to Hell and burn.
The impervious duPont heir thinks Governor Markell is wrong to think about people’s safety and their well being, and has criticized the Governor for closing state offices in all three counties today at noon in advance of the hurricane, sending all non essential employees home to prepare for the storm and get to safety if they are under an evacuation order
The Progressive Planner for September 2011 (Updated with an Important Event)
Put your progressive, Democratic, or uplifting/soul nourishing events in the comments section and I’ll update this throughout the month.
Conservatives Now Calling Chrissie-Pooh Out
Brent Bozell has come out to say that conservatives shouldn’t be wasting their time defending COD. Bozell, who is president of the Media Research Center, a conservative media watchdog organization, said in a column on CNN.com that COD’s reaction to the questions posed by Piers Morgan was “downright bizarre.”
What the General Assembly Should Do Post-Tigani
The Delaware Way has been exposed in all its inglorious penny-ante glory, thanks to the even-by-Delaware standards excesses of Chris Tigani.
Dramatic Reading of the Drama Queen
On Tuesday, Christine O’Donnell’s new book will be on sale to peddle her lies and mis-characterizations. Among the reported lies in the book, Christine claims:
- Mike Castle and Joe Biden conspired to bring down her campaign
- She never approved the infamous “I am not a witch” ad
- She was a serious candidate
So Ken Grant has decided to ask the reality-based community to get together at the BBC Tavern on Tuesday evening for a happy hour and selected dramatic readings of Ms. O’Donnell’s …ummm… works.
Tea Leaf Alert: Christine O’Donnell
The tea leaves think that Christine O’Donnell isn’t running for Senate.
Legislative Perks That I Have Known
I am struck with the genuine surprise that many WDEL listeners felt when reading the News-Journal’s articles on Tigani and his (wait for it) ilk, and were especially surprised at the, let’s say, easy relationships between lobbyists and legislators (and, yes, legislative staff) and governors (and, yes gubernatorial staff). So, in the interest of full disclosure, I’m going to lay out as many of the legislative perks that I can recall. This will not be an all-inclusive list, so I intend to add to it as my memories come back. I would invite any and all anonymous current or former legislative staffers to add to the list.
Death and Taxes (without the Death)
h/t to Joanne Cabry for this. If you’re a conservative who hates taxes, please do the following. 1. Do not use Medicare. 2. Do not use Social Security 3. Do not become a member of the US military, who are paid with tax dollars. 4. Do not ask the National Guard to help you after […]
Kavips Spells Out How We Got To The Brink Of Disaster
Our one and only Kavips has a diary entitled You Just Don’t Get It… moving up the Daily Kos rec list. So… go read and rec! Here’s a taste: And so they upped the ante… They said there should be a shift of $4 trillion to take care of the long term debt problem. When […]
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