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With the Passing of Kennedy, Time for Obama to Emulate JFK

By El Somnambulo August 27, 20099 Comments

Though JFK inspired so many of 'bulo's generation with his appeal to youthful idealism, people forget that it was Lyndon Baines Johnson who succeeded in passing most of the landmark…

Judge Rules Kentucky Law Violates Separation Of Church And State

By Unstable Isotope August 27, 20092 Comments

A Democratic Kentucky state representative, who is also a Southern Baptist minister, inserted some language into a 2006 homeland security bill: The safety and security of the Commonwealth cannot be…

NCCo Tries to Make Ethics Reports Harder to Get

By cassandra_m August 27, 200927 Comments

According to the NJ, the NCCo Council is looking to provide itself some cover from having to release some of its ethics reports. You read that right. Paul Clark and Georgie Smiley are working at a bank shot with this bill -- trying to pretend that the work of the Commission doesn't count with the public unless they find a problem:

Same as the Old Boss?

By nemski August 27, 200916 Comments

Brandywine School District has announced that Dr. Mark Holodick, principal of Concord High School, is the sole finalist for the superintendent position in the Brandywine School District left vacant when…

Crazy Eileen Gets a Second Chance to Shine.

By Delaware Dem August 26, 200916 Comments

Congressman Mike Castle will hold a Town Hall meeting at the Christiana Hospital Education Center at 6 pm tomorrow. Aside from the Birthers and Deathers screaming and shouting, perhaps we…

A Warning and a Call of Respect.

By Delaware Dem August 26, 2009101 Comments

Conservatives will face this dilemma again when Presidents Carter and Clinton pass away, and we liberals will face it again when Dick Cheney and George W. Bush pass away. I think it is helpful to remember how you felt when a loved one died, and then imagine how you would feel if someone said to you about that loved one what you want to say about a dead political adversary. And on an unrelated matter, we are rapidly approaching the point where I will embrace a key teaching of the Old Testament.

Carter the Warlord.

By Delaware Dem August 26, 20092 Comments

On CNN's webpage just now, appeared this picture: I missed the part where Jimmy Carter moved to Myanmar and became a warlord.

The Next Phase of the Heathcare Battle Begins

By Delaware Dem August 26, 20098 Comments

Josh Marshall raises the elephant in the room: that timing and circumstance of Ted Kennedy's death, and indeed the events of the last year of his life, make it impossible to separate from the politics of the moment.

Joe Biden’s Remarks On Ted Kennedy

By Unstable Isotope August 26, 20097 Comments

Joe Biden gives a touching tribute to Ted Kennedy: Here's a transcript of the remarks, at Talking Points Memo.

The Question is Why

By cassandra_m August 26, 200935 Comments

Redwaterlilly's take on the CRI prison violence report. Just go there and read it -- tell her what you are thinking about this.

Progressive Anniversary

By nemski August 26, 200956 Comments

Today marks the 89th anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment being made part of the US Constitution. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied…

Ted Kennedy’s Last Speech

By Unstable Isotope August 26, 20092 Comments

One year and one day ago, Sen. Ted Kennedy gave a speech at the Democratic National Convention. Transcript of the speech, from CNN. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Caroline.…

Gentlemen, Cross Your Legs

By pandora August 26, 200914 Comments

"If we need to save our penises from anybody, it's Obama." —Rush Limbaugh Birthers and Deathers, make room for the Penis Protectors. Can't make this stuff up. Although... this new…