Archive for January, 2009
Different Day…
…same bullshit. Take a look:
If you could mask the time markers here, you’d swear you were listening to CNN this week. It is the same GOP script, with many of the same hacks, saying exactly the same things — and they were spectacularly wrong then. And the new hacks haven’t found anything new to say, [...]
UPDATED: No Heart Chump Also a No Class Chump
I just heard on WIP that Donovan McNabb blamed the Arizona loss on the defense in an interview.
I’m looking for a link right now
It wasn’t a recent interview. It was from his rambling post NFC championship game interview and it is being discussed now because McNabb wants another Ga-zillion dollar [...]
President Obama’s Weekly Video Address
Text below the fold.
31Jan2009 | nemski | 2 comments | Continued
Deep Legislative Strategy Thought
Did Obama allow Republicans to throw him in the briar patch on this economic recovery bill?
On the front page of today’s NJ Gannett is running an AP “analysis” column by Andrew Taylor which argues for MORE direct stimulus for “shovel ready” projects.
If the conference version of the bill now contains projects and less [...]
What a shocking, surprise
All I can do is shrug my shoulders and say whatever. At this point, I truly don’t understand what is so freaking hard about paying your taxes and reporting income when you are a multi-millionaire/former Senator. It disgusts me to a level beyond my unemployed intellect.
First off the fact that he can just [...]
Day 3 Of Castle’s Betrayal of Delaware
This morning begins the third day of Mike Castle’s betrayal of the people of Delaware. Oh yeah, still no apology.
31Jan2009 | nemski | 30 comments | Continued
Memorial Tribute for Andrew Wyeth This Weekend
The Brandywine River Museum in Chadds Ford is hosting a memorial tribute to Wyeth this weekend, showing for the his last painting. MOMA has lent “Christina’s World” especially for the tribute. It doesn’t seem to be a formal service, but a chance for people to visit the works again (and get a chance [...]
30Jan2009 | cassandra_m | 2 comments | Continued
Delaware Coalition For Open Government Meeting 5 February
From my email, notice of a DelCOG meeting next week — Thursday, 5 February, to be exact. They do want you to try to RSVP so they can have enough seats. Let us know if you are planning to go….
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You are cordially invited:
THE DELAWARE COALITION FOR OPEN GOVERNMENT PRESENTS
Freedom of Information: A National Perspective
Speaker: Charles [...]
UPDATED: The New Face of the GOP
He won.
By my count, former Maryland Lt. Governor Steele needs five more votes, and Michigan GOP chair Saul Anuzis (considered to be a moderate) just dropped out, with 20 votes on the last ballot. Anuzis didn’t endorse, but I’m willing to bet Steele will pick up at least 5 votes out of Anuzis’ 20.
Another [...]
On Bipartisanship
Ben Smith at Politico captures the state of play as well as anyone at this stage:
… “bipartisanship” is as much a brand as any conceivable Washington reality. These House Republicans, as is traditional when a caucus shrinks, are more conservative, and in safer seats, than their predecessors. The notion that they’d wind up anything other [...]
Perfunctory Super Bowl Post
I liked the ‘74/75 Steelers so I guess I’ll root for them because Chuck Knoll will be happy if they win.
Doesn’t Franco Harris look like Gabe Kaplan? They could be brothers.
30Jan2009 | jason330 | 13 comments | Continued
Three of Two
No Doubt
To Boldly Go Where No Flow Chart Has Gone Before
Lucky Fan
My Parental Dilemma
Last night over dinner my 11 year old daughter announced that her science teacher doesn’t like Joe Biden. After exchanging a look with my husband I asked, “Why would you think that?” She then proceeded to explain…
“When we were watching the Inauguration in class Mr. XXXX said that finally Delaware is rid of him.”
Now this [...]
The Scandal That Went “Poof”
I really thought that Pam Scott’s NCCo influence brokerage scandal would catch the public imagination and become a much bigger story.
Oh well.
The West Wing
Very cool floor plan graphics of The West Wing courtesy of the Washington Post. See where the Delawareans are sitting.
30Jan2009 | nemski | 11 comments | Continued
QOD
If you could ask Obama or Bush 1 question and they would have to give you a truthful, 100% honest answer, what would you ask them?
30Jan2009 | Donvictimiti | 9 comments | Continued
Day 2 Of Castle’s Betrayal of Delaware
Castle is in full spin control mode. I guess he is hearing from the majority of Delawareans that support the President.
Keep up the pressure. Call Mike Castle’s office TODAY and tell him to break with the stale, corrupt, partisanship of the GOP and vote with the people of Delaware and President Obama for economic [...]
Are You Kidding Me?
Karen Weldin Stewart is so in love with a 10 year old picutre of herself that it now graces the top of state’s Insurance Commissions web site www.delawareinsurance.gov. I could almost forgive her for using that picture when she was running for office because there was a kind of branding effect, but C’mon!
Not only that, [...]
$606,000,000 in the Red
Markell’s reality check is coming to a town near you.
“Government can no longer pretend that it has all the answers,” Markell said during the briefing in the Tatnall Building in Dover. “It has to be willing to ask the tough questions, and more importantly, be willing to hear the hard truth of [...]
SB 20 — Reapportionment of the General Assembly
Kudos to are due to Senator Blevins and Representative Kowalko and all of the co-sponsors of this bill to create an The Redistricting Commission for the State of Delaware — an independent commission to supervise the reapportionment of the GA after the next census. Really, this approach to reapportionment is all kinds of steps [...]
30Jan2009 | cassandra_m | 28 comments | ContinuedSocial Media
