National – Page 1411 – Delaware Liberal

California Budgeting With Morons

By jason330 January 15, 200924 Comments

You can't have a 2/3rds requirement to pass a budget when Republicans are childlike half-wits who think government is bad and taxes are evil. As long as "Republican" means "I'm…

Summary of the Stimulus Plan

By cassandra_m January 15, 200932 Comments

Democrats released a summary of the stimulus plan this AM (link takes you to Talking Points Memo who reproduce the entire document). The basics: $550B in spending and $275B in tax cuts. See a brief summary (taken directly from the Plan) after the jump, and tell us what you think.

The Cold Song Chronicles

By nemski January 15, 20092 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…

The World is Watching Appreciatively

By liberalgeek January 15, 20098 Comments

For the past 8 years, when I have travelled outside of the US, people have treated me differently. I have gotten this feeling that they understand that it wasn't me…

So Long, Farewell, Don’t Let the Door…

By pandora January 15, 200913 Comments

Bush gives his farewell address tonight. Will you watch? Of course, I'll watch - if only for priceless blogging material.

High Five a Blind Guy and Other Stories

By nemski January 15, 20097 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…

Late Nite Oddity: The Late Show Edition

By jason330 January 15, 20093 Comments

Past my bedtime, but Dave Letterman has a public service mission... "Get To Know Delaware," home of Senator Joe Biden. Art Card/music: "Get To Know Delaware." Announce: "Historic tourist attractions,…

Low Bar For Biden VP Success

By jason330 January 14, 20098 Comments

All he has to do is not lie his ass off every time he opens his mouth and Biden will be a huge improvement over our current VP. Q: But Mr.…

Memories of Bush

By jason330 January 14, 200923 Comments

Remember when Bush picked this totally unqualified courtesan to be on the Supreme Court? She would have made it onto the court too, but conservatives didn't like her. Good…

BoA Getting Additional Bailout Funds

By cassandra_m January 14, 200928 Comments

From the WSJ: The U.S. government has agreed to commit billions in additional aid to Bank of America Corp. to help the nation's largest bank by assets close its acquisition…

UPDATED: Nelson Laughing

By jason330 January 14, 20095 Comments

Rong Williams reports... Spence is pounding the sidewalks According to talk on the street, former House speaker Terry Spence, the longest serving state speaker in the country, is having a…

End of an Error — Very Weak Economic Growth

By cassandra_m January 14, 200920 Comments

In an effort to do some counterprogramming against the BushCo legacy tour, we'll look at the real legacy -- from the Washington Post:

Proposed law postpones, but does not undo “Workforce Housing”

By jason330 January 14, 200910 Comments

I guess a 6 month stay is the best we can hope for right now.

Given what we now know about how workforce housing came into being, I hope that we are beyond calling workforce housing sceptics racists.

House press release under the fold.