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General Assembly Post-Game Wrapup and Pre-Game Show-Wed., June 17

By El Somnambulo June 17, 200918 Comments

Here's what happened yesterday. Commentators have already discussed the demise of the Jake Brakes bill. It looks like Bob Venables was trying to argue that local and county noise ordinances…

More research to ignore and discredit and then eventually revert to biblical teachings to back misguided belief system

By Donviti June 17, 200910 Comments

Examples of same-sex behavior can be found in almost all species in the animal kingdom — from worms to frogs to birds — making the practice nearly universal among animals,…

QOD

By Donviti June 17, 200922 Comments

When is it ok to help out fellow Americans? What Americans are worthy of being helped? What happens to the people that aren't deemed worthy of being helped? Who helps…

Regime Change

By Delaware Dem June 17, 200915 Comments

It occurs to me, that this is how regime change happens. From the people. The right wing strategy of imposing regime change failed so completely because it never understood that…

How Political Patronage Does Real Harm

By El Somnambulo June 17, 200914 Comments

Famous medical axiom: "First, do no harm." When doling out political plum jobs, governors should heed that axiom as well. Unfortunately, Ruth Ann Minner had a different axiom: "Reward my…

UPDATED: My Phone Call to Stephanie Fitzpatrick at Mike Castle’s Office RE “Thank You”

By jason330 June 17, 20098 Comments

UPDATE: 6/17 9:00am Hearing nothing from Stephanie, I called back this morning and asked the same thing as yesterday - except - I remembered that the 20th of this month…

Republican Primaries 21% Problem

By pandora June 17, 200947 Comments

According to FairVote.org 25 states hold closed Republican Primaries. That's 25 states where the GOP 21%ers can rule the day by choosing the candidate. Moderate Republicans should be concerned because…

Some Statistics on Health Care

By Unstable Isotope June 17, 200924 Comments

I found these statistics in this great diary at Daily Kos. Mitch McConnell compared our health care system with Great Britain, Canada and New Zealand. Below is how we stack…

Foreign Policy Idiots

By Delaware Dem June 17, 200913 Comments

A number of our inane right wing commenters last night decided to make the protests in Iran a partisan issue, and they began to attack President Obama for what they…

GOP Presidential Futures Market

By jason330 June 16, 20094 Comments

I think you can make money on Romney at 26. You'd have to be ready to dump him at 36 when the Christain shot callers tell him that his faith…

I gotta tell ya…

By jason330 June 16, 20097 Comments

I'm just not up for engaging Republican morons on health care. Our system is clearly effed up three ways to Sunday and all they can do is salivate & bark…

Obama Kills House Fly . . . Because He Can

By nemski June 16, 200914 Comments

Waiting for GOP to side with house fly . . . .

The Least He Can Do.

By Delaware Dem June 16, 200915 Comments

From our Tipwire: According to the AP, President Barack Obama plans to extend health care and other benefits to the gay and lesbian partners of federal employees. White House officials…