Archive for January, 2009
Top Ten Things You Hear While Working At The Delaware Foodbank
10) Is cranberry sauce a vegetable?
9) Where is Smitty? That bastard left already?
How much longer?
7) Once I get my picture with Markell I can leave right?
6) Spaghetti Oh’s do go with the meat. Honest.
5) I think I donated this can of yams.
4) Do you think a [...]
And the Media Gets Played By the GOP Again
Remember that recent CBO report that media types and Republicans have been breathlessly citing as an analysis as to why the stimulus package won’t work?
Well, it turns out that no such report exists:
Reports of a recent study by the Congressional Budget Office, showing that the vast majority of the money in the stimulus package won’t [...]
Afternoon Interlude: A Nelson Laugh At Limbaugh
Rush caved on his hoping for Obama to fail…
But I just want to say, folks, look I support Obama. I just don’t support his policies. I support our president, like I have supported all presidents.
Ha ha…Eat it Sharon you loser. Suck on that fat ass movement conservatives!
Lessons Learned: Is it okay to hope for [...]
11,411 Pounds
That is how much food we sorted today at the Food Bank. We had 39 adults and a gaggle of children there sorting food, checking expiration dates, building backpacks for other children and all of the tasks associated with moving that much food around. We built 354 boxes of various foodstuffs and got them ready [...]
24Jan2009 | liberalgeek | 38 comments | Continued
Operation Val-Kilmer-y
I’m inclined to believe the people who say that the Honorable (?) Chief Justice Roberts screwed up the Presidential oath as a part of a right wing plan to make Sarah Palin the President through legal and media machinations that include Fox New’s Chris Wallace and the Turkey Slaughter guy.
Obama & Biden are too [...]
24Jan2009 | jason330 | 5 comments | Continued
AOL News Hates Atheists
From that oh-so-illustrious news source, AOL News, comes an article about how “some” African-American Christians are upset at Obama’s inaugural speech reaching out to “non-believers” as well as Hindus, Muslims, etc:
By mentioning, for the first time in an inaugural address, the 16.1 percent of Americans who check “no”’ when asked about religion, Obama turned it [...]
I Want Some TARP
Liberalgeek will be leading the Delaware Premiere of the singing of this little ditty at the Food Bank tomorrow. Make sure you know the lines AND the dance!
(kidding, LG!)
(h/t Calculated Risk)
Science Blogging! – Origin of the Species Edition
John Whithead, a London-based evolutionary biologist is blogging On The Origin of Species chapter by chapter.
Remember it is Darwin Year — he would have been 200 years old this year, and Origin is 150 years old this year. So grab your Darwin and follow along. If you’ve never read him, this might be [...]
Americans Want Infrastructure Spending
Frank Luntz, of all people, positively gushes over the results of a new poll he’s run about the concerns of Americans on infrastructure spending:
Consider this: A near unanimous 94% of Americans are concerned about our nation’s infrastructure. And this concern cuts across all regions of the country and across urban, suburban and rural communities. [...]
I think it took Bush 18 months to do somethin about terrorism…
First Post-Obama Attack In Pakistan Kills 4 Al-Qaeda
PESHAWAR– At least ten people were killed in a suspected American missile attack in North Waziristan agency of Pakistan on Friday.
It was the first attack that took place after President Barack Obama’s entry in the office. Pakistani officials had expressed their hope that as president, Obama would stop [...]
QOD
Booman came up with this deep thought, but I am stealing it for a Question of the Day.
Why is it that everytime Republicans leave Obama’s White House they say that they ‘have concerns about the size of his package’?
HB 1 Open Government Update
This bill was voted out of the House Administration Committee on Wednesday with 3 On the Merits votes. The NJ expands on the discussions, with Speaker Gilligan making it clear he doesn’t want to entertain Amendments that will weaken the bill:
The lead sponsor of the proposal, House Speaker Robert F. Gilligan, D-Sherwood Park, said [...]
The Ground IS Shifting Part II
New Castle County voters spit in the face of a 25 year PR campaign by radical Republicans to convince people that government services are free.
County Executive Chris Coons asked the residents of New Castle County to speak out, which they did in force at the first of 12 listening sessions sponsored by the county.
WDEL’s [...]
Can We Please Just Ignore The Republican Children in Congress
Obama put tax cuts in the economic recovery bill to get bi-partisan support.
Since Republicans are committed to obstructing Obama at every turn, shouldn’t he just strip the tax cuts out of the bill and just pass it with Democratic votes and a few grown up Republicans like Mike Castle?
I mean, hoping for the core of [...]
Misogyny in a Dress
I came across this video yesterday and couldn’t get it out of my mind. I’ve decided to share it with everyone so I wouldn’t be suffering alone.
This video is a trailer for a movie called the Monstrous Regiment of Women. It is also a pack of lies and the ultimate act of woman on woman [...]
“The 50 state strategy is now and forever what Democrats do.”
New DNC Chair gives props to Howard Dean.
There’s no question it’ll be hard to match Howard Dean’s record as chairman of this party. His 50-state strategy was simple and powerful. The Obama campaign adopted it and the results speak for themselves.
The basic point-and the principle I’ll carry with me as DNC Chair-is that everybody matters…
…You [...]
The Ground IS Shifting!
Nashville rejected the English Only Referendum today!
For English Only — 32,144 (44%)
Against English Only — 41,752 (56%)
From Enclave:
I expect nothing but contrition in any response from Eric Crafton, whose mantra while pursuing this expensive special election was “‘We the People’ have a right to vote on this matter.” Well, he should have been more careful [...]
22Jan2009 | nemski | 19 comments | Continued
Breaking: Lisa Diller for 5th NCCo District Rep!
Heard earlier this evening that Lisa Diller was selected to run for this office in its Special Election. Unstable Isotope confirms this, and notes that there was a decent amount of wrangling over the process, but Lisa was chosen unanimously.
This is really good news.
Lisa Diller’s website.
Tell us if you have more information.
NY Senate: Blue Dog Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand to replace Clinton
So says local WB news affiliate WPIX-11.
PIX11 News has learned Congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand is the choice of Governor David Paterson to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Hillary Clinton. Two Congressional sources tell PIX News that the Governor will make his announcement in Albany at noon tomorrow. He has invited members of the state’s Democratic Congressional delegation [...]
Kaufman: missing in action on the Web?
No, he is on the floor of the Senate, casting his first votes. But how does one contact his Senate office? Where is his Senate office? And where is his Senate website? Biden’s former site now redirects to the main Senate website, and if type in http://kaufman.senate.gov, [...]
22Jan2009 | Delaware Dem | 3 comments | Continued
CSPAN 2 Just Now
I just saw Ted Kaufman vote with the Democrats to kill Vitter’s anti-organized labor amendment to S 181 the Lilly Ledbetter bill. I think Carper voted with the Dems too. It passed easily.
22Jan2009 | jason330 | 5 comments | Continued
Accidental Rick Jensen Listening
If you got your business news info from Rick Jensen you would know that Barack Obama made the stock market go down today.
22Jan2009 | jason330 | 11 comments | ContinuedSocial Media
