Archive for August, 2009
Same as the Old Boss?
Brandywine School District has announced that Dr. Mark Holodick, principal of Concord High School, is the sole finalist for the superintendent position in the Brandywine School District left vacant when Dr. James Scanlon left, reports The Community News.
With a child in the Brandywine School District, I was saddened when Scanlon said he was leaving. He [...]
Crazy Eileen Gets a Second Chance to Shine.
Congressman Mike Castle will hold a Town Hall meeting at the Christiana Hospital Education Center at 6 pm tomorrow.
Aside from the Birthers and Deathers screaming and shouting, perhaps we will get an answer at long last to his future ambitions or lack thereof. I have to think someone will ask [...]
A Warning and a Call of Respect.
Conservatives will face this dilemma again when Presidents Carter and Clinton pass away, and we liberals will face it again when Dick Cheney and George W. Bush pass away. I think it is helpful to remember how you felt when a loved one died, and then imagine how you would feel if someone said to you about that loved one what you want to say about a dead political adversary. And on an unrelated matter, we are rapidly approaching the point where I will embrace a key teaching of the Old Testament.
26Aug2009 | Delaware Dem | 101 comments | Continued
Carter the Warlord.
On CNN’s webpage just now, appeared this picture:
I missed the part where Jimmy Carter moved to Myanmar and became a warlord.
26Aug2009 | Delaware Dem | 2 comments | Continued
The Next Phase of the Heathcare Battle Begins
Josh Marshall raises the elephant in the room: that timing and circumstance of Ted Kennedy’s death, and indeed the events of the last year of his life, make it impossible to separate from the politics of the moment.
26Aug2009 | Delaware Dem | 8 comments | Continued
Joe Biden’s Remarks On Ted Kennedy
Joe Biden gives a touching tribute to Ted Kennedy:
Here’s a transcript of the remarks, at Talking Points Memo.
26Aug2009 | Unstable Isotope | 7 comments | Continued
The Question is Why
Redwaterlilly’s take on the CRI prison violence report.
Just go there and read it — tell her what you are thinking about this.
26Aug2009 | cassandra_m | 35 comments | Continued
Progressive Anniversary
Today marks the 89th anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment being made part of the US Constitution.
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
We should pause [...]
Ted Kennedy’s Last Speech
One year and one day ago, Sen. Ted Kennedy gave a speech at the Democratic National Convention.
Transcript of the speech, from CNN.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Caroline.
My fellow Democrats, my fellow Americans, it is so wonderful to be here.
And nothing — nothing is going to keep me away from this special gathering tonight.
I have [...]
Gentlemen, Cross Your Legs
“If we need to save our penises from anybody, it’s Obama.” —Rush Limbaugh
Birthers and Deathers, make room for the Penis Protectors. Can’t make this stuff up. Although… this new erected outrage should provide endless entertainment.
(h/t Bob Cesca)
Ted Kennedy, “Lion Of The Senate,” Has Died
This is very sad news.
U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy, a towering figure in the Democratic Party who took the helm of one of America’s most fabled political families after two older brothers were assassinated, died at age 77, his family said.
“Edward M. Kennedy, the husband, father, grandfather, brother and uncle we loved so deeply, died late [...]
Late Night Video: The Birthers Make A Movie
Dave Weigel at The Washington Independent discovered that World Nut Daily has made a birther movie. For the low, low price of $17.99 you can own a copy of “A Question of Eligibility.”
On Aug. 4, President Obama’s birthday, WorldNetDaily released and began shipping “A Question of Eligibility.” It’s an hour-long documentary produced by an [...]
Live Blogging Carper Tele-Town Hall
Going to try this, not sure I can stay on but will do what I can:
First time he ever did this.
We are all experts on health care because we all use it.
3 statements — true or false?
us spends more money on care than other countries
does not get better outcomes
14k per day lose their health care
press [...]
And Now a Word From Tom’s Sponsors…
Kilroy better take heed of my skilz!
UPDATE — Comment Rescue: Open Questions on Ramifications of Sports Betting
This is from RSmitty, who inexplicably wasn’t going to comment today:
Sports gambling in DE aside, this really has me burning. How did an injunction hearing before a panel of three circuit court judges suddenly turn into a legal decision on the entire case, that was supposed to be heard later? I obviously don’t have a legal background, so how in the hell did that happen? [...]
25Aug2009 | cassandra_m | 9 comments | Continued
Tom Carper Tele-Town Hall Tonite
Senator Carper is apparently holding a telephone Town Hall tonite — there was a message waiting for me on my phone last night providing a heads up that they would call. And we had a tip from one of our contributors that he had gotten the same call.
25Aug2009 | cassandra_m | 16 comments | Continued
Senator Kaufman Live Chat at the NJ TODAY
Senator Kaufman will be taking questions via live chat at the NJ at 3:30 TODAY.
25Aug2009 | cassandra_m | 9 comments | Continued
Torture Still Doesn’t Work
What a surprise – the declassified document that Cheney says proves the effectiveness of the “enhanced interrogation techniques” (and the rest of the world calls torture) doesn’t prove Cheney’s point at all. Spencer Ackerman gives some examples:
Those documents were obtained today by The Washington Independent and are available here. Strikingly, they provide little [...]
The Summer Of Our Discontent
You’re going to have to color me confused by all the attention given to the Senate Finance Committee and the “Gang of Six” that supposedly hold the future of health insurance reform in their hands. Why is there all this emphasis on this particular committee’s bill? Four of the five committees working on [...]
25Aug2009 | Unstable Isotope | 7 comments | Continued
Is Beck Going Belly Up?
While Delaware Liberal was supposedly imploding last week, real news was occurring as Glenn Beck was losing advertisers faster than Republicans lose voters. What’s all the hubbub about? Beck was on one of the Fox News TV chat shows and he called the President a “rasict”. I know, I know, this doesn’t surprise you as [...]
25Aug2009 | nemski | 13 comments | Continued
Late Night Video — Inspiration Edition
Weird, but you can’t look away:
24Aug2009 | cassandra_m | 2 comments | Continued
Michael Jackson’s Death Ruled A Homicide
A new chapter in the unhappy and tragic life of Michael Jackson – the LA County coroner has ruled that Michael Jackson’s death is a homicide.
Eight weeks after the King of Pop was found unconscious, a search warrant of his doctor’s office revealed Monday what had long been suspected – that Jackson was given “lethal [...]
Breaking: AG to Appoint Special Prosecutor to Investigate Torture
About bleeping time! From the Washington Post:
Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. has decided to appoint a prosecutor to examine nearly a dozen cases in which CIA interrogators and contractors may have violated anti-torture laws and other statutes when they allegedly threatened terrorism suspects, according to two sources familiar with the move.
Holder is poised to name John [...]
UPDATE 3: Sports Betting Appeal Hearing
Most of you know that today is the day that the State of Delaware and the NFL, et al show up in the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals to try again to roll back the State’s plan to parley bets only until the court case is settled in December or so.
24Aug2009 | cassandra_m | 11 comments | Continued
Why The News Journal Sucks!
I don’t know if you missed it, but DelawareLiberal has been mentioned in the News Journal twice in the past two weeks. Both times, we were trotted out to smack us around. The most egregious was the mention on Sunday about our recent change in personnel.
The other mention seems trivial, but it is a little more insidious. Smitty saw it and pointed it out to us. The discussion of DL was that we were trading in baseless rumors.
24Aug2009 | liberalgeek | 20 comments | ContinuedSocial Media
