On Saturday, I will be representing the good folks at Delaware Liberal and Delaware progressives in general at Netroots Nation convention in Austin, Texas.   I will be on a panel titled Crashing the Party: Transforming Netroots Activism into Grassroots Action Within State and Local Parties
We will be discussing the problem with working with such Democrats [...]

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Retired Judge Bill Lee held a swanky fundraiser at the “opulent Montchanin Road home” of Irenée and Barbara du Pont last evening.  According to the Lee campaign, 215 people attended at $250 a head, which according to my math, means that Lee raised $53,750.00 last night.  Lee admitted that fundraisers such as these are the [...]

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While it seems that the most important and all encompassing decision facing Delaware voters is who is Delaware’s Hottest Blogger, the executive board of the Delaware State Education Association was more concerned with who to endorse in September’s Democratic Party.   And they could not choose! Is that allowed?   I was not allowed to give two [...]

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Why did God create guns?

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Now that I have your undivided attention… For the last few months I have sat on the sidelines watching this fight play out, but now that there’s money on the table it’s time to add the feminine mystique into the mix.
Having met the three main contenders I feel comfortable, and not the [...]

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Hottness is not a one demensional thing. So while liberalgeek may be more charming than me, and I’ll conceed that Donviti is better looking than me - I am still Delaware’s hottest blogger because of my Baldwin Matching Index is higher than both.
The chart below explains it all.
My BMI (Baldwin Matching Index) [...]

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That is what I’m trying to find out, because the shilling is frankly over the top. To get to the bottom of “Jensen-gate” I’ve written to a contact in the WDEL sales department.

Bill,
Is Charlie Copeland paying to have Rick Jensen advertise for him in the body of his show? If [...]

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Paul Clark has pissed off too many people and brought too much heat on the NCC by cozying up to developers in such a brazen manner.
How much heat?
Ciro Poppiti has been calling around to see if people would support him running against Clark. Poppiti’s wine importing business was bought out by [...]

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So hot is the speculation that war-crimes trials will eventually follow in foreign or international courts that Lawrence Wilkerson, Colin Powell’s former chief of staff, has publicly advised Mr. Feith, Mr. Addington and Alberto Gonzales, among others, to “never travel outside the U.S., except perhaps to Saudi Arabia and Israel.”
The biggest torture-fueled wild-goose chase, of [...]

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Vote Now for your favorite blog post(s) of the last six months.

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Only in America people,

 
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKla. - After one of its organizers suffered an injury, a church was forced to cancel a gun giveaway at a weekend youth event.
The gun in question: an AR-15 semi-automatic assault rifle.
 
awww, how cute….

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Is suicide an act of honor, bravery or cowardess? 

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Let me first congratulate my opponents on a fine campaign run by both of them.  They truly have done well, considering what they have to work with.
I don’t have the advantage of years of submarine service (you do know what they say about Navy men, don’t you?).  Nor do I have the ability to squint [...]

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Our strategy can be summed up this way: As the Iraqis stand up, we will stand down.”
Well that was 3 years ago or 1102 days.
So….the Iraqi’s are standing up now and look what we want to do…
U.S. and Iraqi negotiators have abandoned efforts to conclude a comprehensive agreement governing the long-term status of U.S troops [...]

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In this campaign, there are honest differences over Iraq, and we should discuss them with the thoroughness they deserve. Unlike Senator McCain, I would make it absolutely clear that we seek no presence in Iraq similar to our permanent bases in South Korea, and would redeploy our troops out of Iraq and focus on the [...]

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