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Jenna Bush

Filed in Uncategorized by on May 10, 2008 6 Comments
Jenna Bush

How much longer are we supposed to pretend that she is America’s sweetheart?

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The Future of Neato Shit

Filed in Uncategorized by on May 8, 2008 18 Comments
The Future of Neato Shit

I’m not ashamed to say that part of the reason I’d like to get this off shore wind power park deal done is because I was raised at a time when THE FUTURE was a phrase that was steeped in optimism and had an almost mystical significance. I thought that by now there was going […]

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Happy Mission Accomplished Day

Filed in Uncategorized by on May 1, 2008 8 Comments

Michael Castle slept while the Iraq war was being planned and launched by Republican maniacs.  He cheered it on in its earlier more popular stages, but now he ignores the war like an unpleasant smell at an otherwise lovely dinner party. I have nothing but scorn and contempt for Castle.  He may mention the war […]

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Ron Paul Surges in Nevada

Filed in Uncategorized by on April 28, 2008 3 Comments

You have to admit that a Ron Paul action at the Delaware GOP convention would spice things up. Outmaneuvered by raucous Ron Paul supporters, Nevada Republican Party leaders abruptly shut down their state convention and now must resume the event to complete a list of 31 delegates to the GOP national convention. Outnumbered supporters of […]

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“grim” Financial Outlook for Delaware

Filed in National by on April 25, 2008 19 Comments

Delaware makes AP’s national feed. The finances of many states have deteriorated so badly that they appear to be in a recession, regardless of whether that’s true for the nation as a whole, a survey of all 50 state fiscal directors concludes. (snip) The situation looks even worse for the fiscal year that begins July […]

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Xstryker Picked This Up In A Flash

Filed in Uncategorized by on April 18, 2008 12 Comments

While we were live blogging the debate Xstryker noted that what Charlie Gibson thinks of as middle class (people who make $200,000 per year) most people would consider rich. Indeed, people who do have a family income of $200,000 are in the top fifth of the country in income.

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Loving Every Minute of our 100 Year of War in Iraq

Filed in Uncategorized by on April 16, 2008 2 Comments

“This war just needs to grind to the end.” – Michael Newbold Castle August 6th, 2007. Grind on. BAGHDAD — A company of Iraqi soldiers abandoned their positions on Tuesday night in Sadr City, defying American soldiers who implored them to hold the line against Shiite militias.The retreat left a crucial stretch of road on […]

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Historic Levels of Discontent

Filed in Uncategorized by on April 9, 2008 2 Comments
Historic Levels of Discontent

At long last, the liberal media has convinced everyone that we are screwed. Bad media!

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Tom Carper: Could he be a bigger dumbass?

Filed in Uncategorized by on April 3, 2008 21 Comments

The DLC has a plan for Obama or Clinton to win in November: Talk like a Republican. Honestly, Carper must be the biggest idiot in Washington. In a year when everyone is running away from Republicans and failed Republicanism, Carper views loving on Grover Norquist to be a great strategy. In putting together the analysis, […]

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Potterville News: “A Black Guy Can’t Win”

Filed in Uncategorized by on April 3, 2008 13 Comments

So says Bill Clinton and so says Hillary Clinton and so says my (secretly) racist buddy. This friend is a liberal who I’ve known for years and had a lot of respect for until I found out that he, like Bill Clinton, does not hold black people in very high esteem because he knew an […]

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God Bless Sex Ed & God Bless Duncan Black

Filed in Uncategorized by on April 2, 2008 8 Comments

This would have been shocking news back in the days befor Bush (and Mike Castle) fucked every little thing up. Nobody Could Have Predicted… And on and on… ORLANDO, Fla. — A recent survey that found some Florida teens believe drinking a cap of bleach will prevent HIV and a shot of Mountain Dew will […]

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Comment Rescue:

Filed in Uncategorized by on April 2, 2008 0 Comments

In response to this post at Calculated Risk (that I found via Atrios), Pay Raise For Congress!! writes: Taken together, most experts say that what the Fed has done in the last several months is unparalleled in modern times. Indeed, the Bear Stearns deal relied on a provision of the Federal Reserve Act not used […]

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