Archive for September 24th, 2009

What was McDowell doing at the NAIC?

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What was McDowell doing at the NAIC?


A tipster raises a good question: What was Senator Harris McDowell doing accompanying Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart to the quarterly meeting of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners?

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Don’t embarass me at dinner in the dam

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcwN8VUeChU[/youtube] No matter where I go, I will not be embarrassed in front of a lady.  Even in Amsterdam!

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Thursday Open Thread

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Talk about whatever is knocking around in your head. Here’s one thing that is knocking around in my head, but it’s more of a WTF. Chuck Norris wants you to desecrate a flag: As 9/12 concluded, we all heard many ways to keep this revolutionary movement going. But I was sitting back thinking there’s one […]

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Meet The New Massachusetts Senator, Paul Kirk

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The new interim Massachusetts Senator is expected to be named today at an 11 a.m. press conference. His name is Paul Kirk: Multiple media sources this morning, indeed, are pointing to the 71 year-old Kirk, a Boston-based attorney who served as the head of the Democratic National Committee in the late 1980s. Kirk, perhaps most […]

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Guest Post: Kowalko’s Open Letter to Delaware’s Delegation

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Dear Senators Carper, Kauffman and Congressman Castle,

As a Delaware State legislator whose focus and efforts are dedicated to the best interests of all Delawareans just as your efforts have always been focused, I am writing you to ask you to reconsider the consequences of your vote to cut-off “housing and community grant funding” to ACORN.

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Drinking Liberally Tonight!

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Sorry I’m so late in posting this – I had trouble getting my act together.  Anyhoo… hope everyone can join us! Where:  CW Harborside (River front) Time:  7:00 p.m. Come join us on the gorgeous outdoor patio (if the weather doesn’t cooperate, meet us inside at the bar).  Looking forward to seeing everyone!

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After Castle

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Having met Tom Kovach at Delaware Liberal’s Miles for Melanoma event this summer, I can say he will be a strong candidate and precisely the “Mike Castle Republican” the GOP needs (and those are Kovach’s words describing himself, not mine). Anthony Wedo? He is an unknown. An investment and resturant executive who could self finance a race. I suppose if the GOP is desparate for a sacrificial lamb against Carney in the House race should Castle retire, someone who can self fund his campaign, then Wedo is the perfect candidate, all the while Kovach can run for Senate and give Beau Biden a run for his money.

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State Of Pennsylvania Rules Against Valley Swim Club

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The state of Pennsylvania has ordered the Valley Swim Club to pay $50,000 to the family of one child who was thrown out of the club in July, ruling that racial discrimination was the cause.

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