Archive for August 6th, 2009
Kauai: Things Ain’t That Different in the Middle of the Pacific
I was fortunate enough to have a vacation to the island of Kauai, Hawaii for 11 days. I highly recommend it to anyone that may be looking for a little R&R in one of the most beautiful places in the world. Being a political junkie and a geek, I actually spent some time (mostly while changing of something) watching the goings on of their Kauai County Council.
There appears to still be a battle for transparency and access for many documents from Kauai’s government.
Late Night Video
Delaware Liberal favorite Andy Cobb has a new satirical video “Two Dudes And A Webcam.” It’s a send-up of the awful (and now cancelled) “Mouthpiece Theater” featuring Chris Cillizza and Dana Milbank. These are the comedy geniuses who had the great idea of suggesting Hillary drink “Mad Bitch” beer. BTW, Andy got some love from […]
Man sized mangoes
Being a man is tough. Talking the talk is one thing, manning up is another. I know. I’m a man. I man up. I man up when I’m wrong and well, I dance a little when I’m right. Not a lot but a little. Sometimes, when I’m right I even sit back and let it […]
Deep thought
Spending $100 Billion a year and running a trillion dollar deficit to kill muslims is ok. Spending $100 Billion a year to save Americans bad.
Breaking Rumor: Coons to the Obama Administration?
UPDATE: We have spoken to a Coons aide, who says they have heard nothing of the sort. Not really a strong denial, but this rumor may well be false. Indeed, as I think about this, what kind of position would Obama choose Coons for? Nothing comes to mind. In fact, I always thought Coons future […]
Bush: ‘Gog and Magog Made Me Do It’
Invade Iraq, that is. And just one more story the MSM didn’t cover: A raging born-again religious fanatic lunatic was President. El Somnambulo cannot make this stuff up. But here’s the sourced inside skinny, starting w/Daily Kos, and continuing with an account from the Council for Secular Humanism: Incredibly, President George W. Bush told French […]
CRI’s Impact on Real People
I’m not going to assign blame to a particular individual for the posting of payroll information. I don’t know if that decision was made by the Director of CRI, board members or the anonymous money men behind the whole thing. But Dave Burris got all bent out of shape for Kavips’ dissection of one of their employees resumes. Dave’s main complaint seemed to be the poisoning of the well for said director in his next job interview.
If a state employee resume comes across a potential employers desk, CRI’s database of payroll data is likely to assist the employer in negotiating salary.
Castle to Retire
Mike Castle is passing the torch. He is talking up Copeland, Lavelle and Kovach. He has probably already told the National and state GOP that they have plenty of candidates who could make the run, and now he is telling the public. If he was planning on running himself, he would not offer alternatives to his candidacy. He is already on that beach in Florida in his mind.
Sotomayor Confirmation Vote Today
The confirmation vote to make Sonia Sotomayor the next Associate Justice of the Supreme Court is expected today. The confirmation is all but inevitable, the only remaining question is what the final vote total will be. Thirty Republicans have announced they are voting no, including Orrin Hatch who has never voted no on a SCOTUS […]
The DNC Gets a Pair
By now everyone has seen the hard hitting, DNC Ad that calls out the Republican party for allowing itself to be taken over by a bunch of birth certificate waving, gun toting idiots. I was happy to see that DNC taking a shot at the ongoing nonsense that passes for political thought on the right, […]
Has Violence Already Started?
As has been documented before, the Republican party and astroturf lobbying groups have been encouraging people to disrupt townhall meetings of Democratic members of Congress. These tea party activists are part of the paranoid, far right wing base of the party and have been using some questionable tactics. Tactics like shouting down all questions, loudly […]
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