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Entries from April 2008

UPDATED: CEO from the Del Electric Co-op Bill Andrew Pimping Nuclear With Help From Harris McDowell

April 30th, 2008 · 45 Comments

Have you been wondering why everyone is a buzz over nuclear power all of a sudden?
This is a bit patched together, but stick with it to the end.
Old Dominion Electric Cooperative (ODEC) has an 11% ownership interest in Dominion Electric (VA)’s nuclear facility located at Lake Anna VA and happens to be [...]

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I may be cynical but….

April 30th, 2008 · 12 Comments

But, when I see this crap being pushed I don’t believe for one second that there is a bunch of heart wrenching meetings happening in Congress trying to figure out ways to help the beer drinking, bowling, church going, bitter bastards out there.  I SMELL CORPORATIONS PUSHING FOR IT.   I don’t see it as purely a political stunt.  It stinks to high [...]

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QOD

April 30th, 2008 · 40 Comments

If you were given the opportunity to only drink one kind of beer for the rest of your life, which would it be?

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News Journal Wingnut Letter Of The Year Nominee

April 30th, 2008 · 20 Comments

This letter (which takes Mike Castle to task) is a clarion call for a return to science education in public schools:
Congressman Michael Castle suggested ways Congress can address high gas prices. Nowhere in his op-ed article Monday was there any mention of drilling for our own oil.
He referred to the “finite supply of oil [...]

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Ask Dr. Liberal: Jeremiah Wright-wingers

April 30th, 2008 · 23 Comments

A reader writes in:
Dr. Liberal,
I’m freaking out. This Rev. Wright thing has me in a tizzy. The national press is on it wall to wall. They never talk about McCain or Clinton, it is all Obama this and Obama that.
I’m snapping at my kids and at people in the dry cleaners. You’ve [...]

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The First 50 Things I Do Every Morning

April 30th, 2008 · 8 Comments

…are set in stone and never vary.
The 51st thing is look for a pair of socks. After that some slight variations start to creep in, but I have to say that the next 200 - 300 things are pretty predictable as well.

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Does that blow your mind? THAT JUST HAPPENED!

April 29th, 2008 · 3 Comments

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wacmF9_6WqU

I can’t believe it!  The press!  YES THE PRESS waded through BUSH’s Bullshit!  Shake and Bake baby! 
You see Dumbya was out there again saying that if we had ANWAR well we wouldn’t have high oil prices.  It’s true you know.  Because he said it is. 
“They’ve repeatedly blocked environmentally safe exploration in ANWR,” Bush complained to [...]

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Delmarva Power’s 6 Most Outrageous Claims To Date

April 29th, 2008 · 7 Comments

“Natural gas prices will go down over the next 25 years.”
“Blue Water Wind Park Energy will cost you 30% more than what you are paying now.”
“Gary Stockbridge had a normal childhood.”
“Harris McDowell…? Never heard of him.”
“All the power companies pull statistics from their ass. Ask anybody.”
“Wind Power will fuck your shit up!”

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Regular people “get” Obama

April 29th, 2008 · 10 Comments

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeBpPjIlaEw

Republicans get him too. (That’s why they are pushing so hard for Clinton.)

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Guilt By Association

April 29th, 2008 · 21 Comments

It’s funny, It’s what the GOP does all day long.  Look no further than our little buddy at FSP.  It’s what he does all day long.  Then when Jason does it, it simply doesn’t apply.    Jason is wrong and ill informed.  It’s amusing.  It’s a tool that has been in their kitchen since 1952 apparently.  Like a butcher that is [...]

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heh heh…I bet it felt good for them to do

April 29th, 2008 · 10 Comments

Figures on vandalized foreclosures are hard to come by, because owners can legally do what they want with homes until lenders seize property titles
Usually a person just takes a stove or breaks a window, but Burton had one case where someone ripped out plumbing, wiring, heating - “just about everything imaginable. The walls were kind [...]

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QOD

April 29th, 2008 · 14 Comments

What are you doing with your Stimulus Money?
Me, the deviant that I am I am using it for bills.  If I do anything I may treat the family to a dinner at Moe’s.  They can have all the Salsa they want!  I may even skip using the 10% off coupon too!

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Scotch Tasting 5/16

April 29th, 2008 · 8 Comments

As Delaware’s Hottest Blogger I also have a Wine Tasting Group that has gathered a little bit of press.  We are putting down the wine bottles for a night and hosting a Scotch tasting.  This is a truley bipartisan ordeal if you are interested in attending please contact me at brandywinetasting@live.com
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Hartley-Nagle Outlines Energy Policy

April 29th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Congressional Candidate Pushes Green Power, Rejects Nuclear
Wilmington, Delaware – Democratic Congressional Candidate Karen Hartley-Nagle released a policy paper outlining her stance on energy policy.The policy is centered around clean, renewable energy sources like solar and wind power, and speaks out against such bad actors as fossil fuels—including “clean coal”—and nuclear power.Says Hartley-Nagle, “Delaware has [...]

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Please Let This Get To Court

April 28th, 2008 · 1 Comment

How awesome would it be if the RNC actually sued the DNC over the ad in which McCain responds to the statement, “president Bush has talked about staying in Iraq for 50 years.” by saying “Maybe a hundred. That would be fine with me.”
The ad would be shown a million times on the [...]

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