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DL Open Thread: Saturday, January 16, 2021
Baghdad On The Potomac. Complete with its own Green and Red Zones: In an unprecedented move, the Mall and much of the surrounding area is closed to the public days ahead of next week’s presidential inauguration. Hundreds of thousands of spectators typically watch the ceremonies, but this year, the Secret Service has launched a massive […]
The Delaware Republican Party Sickens Me
Prior to last Wednesday the Capitol had never been occupied by the domestic terrorist and homegrown enemies of the United States of American. The seat of government had never been defiled by the enemies of the Constitution claiming to be patriots.
It wasn’t strong locks on the doors that keep those enemies out. It was the fact enemies of America were not welcomed into our political parties. The enemies of decency have always been with us, they just hadn’t ever been encouraged and supported by a political party. The thing that kept our democracy running since June 21, 1788, and kept the Capitol un-occupied was the fact that we all agreed that elections sometimes have outcomes that we don’t like. The thing that kept our peace and prosperity since the country’s inception is the idea that we agree on basic questions of civics and common decency.
So when Republican traitors in the DEGOP boarded buses to take part in the coup attempt, they were not fighting for some noble principle. They are fighting for childishness and shortsightedness. They are fighting for their right to be peevish, selfish and stupid.
Delaware Republicans are all Radical Extremists
Here is a handy table for spotting Delaware’s radical extremists. Ernesto B. Lopez: Radical Extremist (R) District: 6 Dave G. Lawson: Radical Extremist (R) District: 15 Colin Bonini: Radical Extremist (R) District: 16 David L. Wilson: Radical Extremist (R) District: 18 Brian Pettyjohn: Radical Extremist (R) District: 19 Gerald W. Hocker: Radical Extremist (R) District: […]
Song of the Day 1/15: Steely Dan, “With a Gun”
How do wingnut Congresswomen go to Congress? That’s right, with a gun. This isn’t one of the Dan’s more celebrated tunes; it was hidden in the middle of side 2 of “Pretzel Logic” and is generally regarded, even among fans, as Becker and Fagan doing a parody of the Byrds but not really pulling it […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, January 15, 2021
A couple of idle thoughts: I still can’t get over the fact that six out of seven Rethuglican state senators voted against a resolution congratulating Delaware’s first elected President. Did those two Laurel rioters ride to (and maybe from) DC on a bus chartered by the Delaware Rethuglican Party? If I were a reporter, I’d […]
Pence Front Runner for 2024 GOP Pres Nomination
Looks like Pence has slipped his head out of the literal and figurative noose. The “acting President” has been reviewing the troops and filling the ceremonial vacuum created by trump’s early abdication of his presidential responsibilities.
That makes him the odds on favorite to snag the 2024 nomination.
Song of the Day 1/14: Dandy Livingstone, “Rudy, a Message to You”
Most rock fans know this song because The Specials reached No. 10 in the UK with a cover in 1979. This is the original rocksteady version by Jamaican-born British singer Dandy Livingstone. He moved to England in the late ’60s and recorded more than a dozen albums between 1967, when “Rudy, a Message to You” […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, January 14, 2021
You can’t have a progressive tax system without progressive legislators. Progressives were in short supply during the terms of Governors Pete DuPont, Mike Castle and Tom Carper. Revenue was not in short supply. Which is why the three governors and the General Assembly fervently embraced ‘bracket consolidation’, which is a euphemism for ‘ensuring that the […]
Crowdsourcing Ideas for Inauguration Night
I want to do something communal to celebrate Biden’s inauguration. People are sick of Zoom, but a Zoom toast to Joe, to America? I don’t know. It is corny, and I’d much rather be in DC on the mall whooping it up with my fellow patriots but that will have to wait.
So is anybody doing anything?
Can we all jam out wi the same song and our doors and windows open?
Any and all ideas are welcome.
Open Thread 1/14/21: A Message to You, Rudy
Who didn’t see this coming, except everybody? Donald Trump told aides not to pay Rudy Giuliani. This is a surprise on the order of the sun rising in the general vicinity of the East. I’ve noticed something odd about conservatives. They’re suspicious of everyone except the people who are actually ripping them off. In further […]
Song of the Day: Richard Thompson, “Oops I Did It Again”
Congrats, Donnie Two Scoops, you’re the first guy to do that getting impeached thing again. When a magazine asked Richard Thompson for a list of the best popular songs of the past 1,000 years, he responded by releasing a live double LP of the tunes he selected. Many of them are old — really old […]
Claire Snyder-Hall Back at Common Cause and Ready to Kick Ass
One of DL’s favorite progressives, Claire Snyder-Hall is back in Delaware and back to heading up Common Cause. Recently, I had a chance to do a quick online interview with Claire to fill in some of my knowledge gaps about Common Cause. Me: Claire, what are your plans and goals now that you are […]
Delaware Should Restrict, or Better Yet Ban, Open Carry
Gun-humpers are prematurely ejaculating over their chance to carry guns to statehouses on Jan. 20, and they can do that for a very simple reason: Only three states ban all forms of openly carrying firearms. More than half the states, including Delaware, allow open carry with no restrictions at all. Other states place limits on […]
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