Archive for October, 2009
Late Night Video: Fair Use
One of the great memes on the internet is the parody the movie Downfall. This particular scene takes place in Hitler’s bunker and the parodies range from Hitler finding out the Gallagher brothers from Oasis just broke up, Georgia loses to Florida in college football, banned from xBox live, Twitter going down, etc.
This Downfall parody [...]
Sanford Impeachment Nixed For Now
A South Carolina Republican state representative tried to introduce a resolution to impeach Appalachian Trail hiker Gov. Mark Sanford but was rebuffed on a procedural issue reports The State. Even though there is clear support in the South Carolina Republican Party to rid themselves of their lover of all things Argentine, they are preferring to [...]
27Oct2009 | nemski | 1 comment | Continued
An Old Dog Learns A New Trick?
Senator Arlen Specter today called for the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act in Huffington Post reports The New York Times.
The time has come to repeal the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). Enacted 13 years ago when the idea of same sex marriage was struggling for acceptance, the Act is a relic of [...]
Something To Chew On
With the latest Gallop Poll out that Obama’s approval rating is at a “dismal” 53%, Republicans and media hacks are beginning to declare the end of the Obama Presidency. Media Matters puts this little spin on Obama’s approval rating:
Not that anyone cares, but in October 1981, Ronald Reagan’s job approval rating stood at almost the [...]
F U Joe Lieberman
Joe Lieberman announces that he may filibuster the health care reform bill with the Republicans because he doesn’t like it:
“I told Senator Reid that I’m strongly inclined–i haven’t totally decided, but I’m strongly inclined–to vote to proceed to the health care debate, even though I don’t support the bill that he’s bringing together because it’s [...]
Breaking: ING to sell Delaware-Based Bank
The News Journal is reporting that ING will be selling its Delaware-based bank in 2013.
The sale announcement isn’t expected to have any immediate impact on Wilmington operations of ING Direct, but does add another element of uncertainty to an industry that is already contending with staff cuts, earnings slides and impending regulatory overhaul.
Silly Democrats, Tricks Are For GOPers
In Connecticut where it is more rare to meet a Republican than in Delaware, the CT GOP is up to their Lee Atwater in dirty tricks, reports the Hartford Advocate. The Democrats lead the Republicans in the state House, 114-27, and the state Senate, 24-12, thought it would be a good idea to create Twitter [...]
27Oct2009 | nemski | 3 comments | Continued
The Wise Antonin Scalia Speaks
Supreme Court Justice and model for Republican judges Antonin Scalia:
In an appearance at the University of Arizona, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia “said he likely would have dissented from the historic 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision that declared school segregation illegal and struck down the system of ’separate but equal’; public schools,” the [...]
Red States, Blue States – Who Gets The Green
Take a look at the chart below. The Commonwealth Fund has released its 2009 state health care scorecard.
Notice anything interesting. A whole lot of Red States (you know, the ones threatening to opt out of the Public Option) don’t score so well on health care.
Since I’m in a charty mood, let’s look at another one…
Hmm… [...]
27Oct2009 | pandora | 4 comments | Continued
Another Poll from The Fix
As we all know, Gov. Jack Markell won the Fix’s Most Underrated Governor poll last week. This week, The Fix is asking who the nation’s most overrated governor is. The choices are Ed Rendell (D-Pa.), Charlie Crist (R-Fla.), Mitch Daniels (R-Ind.), Martin O’Malley (D-Md.), Rick Perry (R-Texas) and Brian Schweitzer (D-Mont.).
I’ve already put in my [...]
Congratulations All Around for Fisker
The press conference/Pep rally for the announcement that the Boxwood Rd. auto plant has just concluded. We will now refer to the plant as the Fisker plant. I am still in a state of shock. It was a tour de force of Delaware politicos. Huge kudos are in order for Governor Markell for his attention to this issue and for putting together this event. Getting Joe Biden was the perfect touch.
27Oct2009 | liberalgeek | 10 comments | Continued
Tuesday Open Thread
What is there to look forward to on a Tuesday? A fresh, shiny new open thread that’s what. Also, Drinking Liberally on Thursday at the Homegrown Cafe in Newark!
Republican economist Bruce Bartlett has advice for the Republicans, not that they’ll take it. The advice is that the economy needs spending, not cuts:
According [...]
Dodd Pushes for Credit Card Law Sooner Than Later
The House Financial Services Committee has passed legislation that will push up the start date of the credit card law from February 22nd to December 1st, reports The New York Times. The credit card law is an attempt to regulate the fees charged and other practices implemented by credit card companies (let’s not call them [...]
27Oct2009 | nemski | 2 comments | Continued
MADD Delaware Tapped Financially
Delaware MADD looks like it will be closing its doors unless it receives an influx of money by Oct. 31st according to the Community News. MADD has done a lot of good since its founding in 1980, however the story of a local MADD chapter making a very bad decision can seemingly doom an organization.
27Oct2009 | nemski | 9 comments | Continued
Republican In-fighting
What’s a liberal to do except watch as Republicans eat their own. And I’m not even getting into the NY-23 race.
First we have Dobbs vs Rivera.
Rivera accuses Dobbs of “almost single-handedly responsible for creating, for being the architect of the young-Latino-as-scapegoat for everything that ails this country.”
And now Dobbs fires back:
DOBBS: I’m just still fuming [...]
The GOP Health Care Plan
Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA) has introduced a new bill to fix Medicare. He wants to privatize it:
In an attempt to reclaim the right’s rich tradition of opposing Medicare, Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA) has proposed legislation that would roll back the Medicare system and replace it with a system of vouchers that seniors could use [...]
Official Fisker Announcement Today
As many of you know Vice President Joe Biden and Gov. Jack Markell will be at the Boxwood plant this morning to announce the Fisker deal. As the Philadelphia Inquirer wrote, “Delaware appears to be an early winner in the nation’s green-car movement . . .” According to Fisker, they will probably bring some 1,500 [...]
27Oct2009 | nemski | 45 comments | Continued
Health Care Reform: The Day After
Well, it’s one day after Harry Reid’s big announcement that the Senate bill would include the opt-out public option. The next big thing is ironing out the details of each bill in the House and the Senate. Democrats are taking a look at some details and proposing some changes, most notably speeding up [...]
27Oct2009 | Unstable Isotope | 5 comments | Continued
A Quip Too Far?
Delaware Liberal favorite Rep. Alan Grayson might have gone a bit too far when talking about Linda Robertson, who is a lobbyist working for the Fed. Politico’s Glenn Thrush reports that the GOP has dug up a tape of Grayson saying of Robertson, “And she’s, this lobbyist, this K street whore is trying to teach [...]
27Oct2009 | nemski | 13 comments | Continued
Pawlenty Goes Rogue
Republican Tim Pawlenty, Governor of Minnesota and virtual candidate for President, has come out to endorse Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman in NY-23 according to reports. With Fred Thompson, Sarah Palin and now Pawlenty all endorsing Hoffman, could the Mayans be right and we don’t even have to worry about who the Republican nominee will [...]
26Oct2009 | nemski | 27 comments | Continued
Late Nite Video — Unfortunate Product Names Edition
I have no words:
26Oct2009 | cassandra_m | 3 comments | Continued
Obama’s Promise
I had the opportunity to listen to President Obama’s speech to Marines in Jacksonville FL on the way home, I was struck by this quote:
And while I will never hesitate to use force to protect the American people or our vital interests, I also promise you this — and this is very important as we [...]
Socialists Are Everywhere
Uruguay’s Presidential election is wrapping up and it looks like José Mujica, a socialist and former guerrilla fighter, will win some 47% of the vote reports The New York Times. Mujica needed more than 50% of the vote to avoid a runoff election at the end of November, but still his chances look good for [...]
26Oct2009 | nemski | 1 comment | Continued
Senate Bill To Include Opt-Out Public Option
Harry Reid is holding a press conference starting at 3:15 to announce the details of the health care bill that will voted on by the Senate. Early reports say that the bill will include the opt-out public option. This is important because it will take 60 votes to remove the public option out [...]
26Oct2009 | Unstable Isotope | 20 comments | Continued
From Your Earmark to My PAC
The Washington Post has a great expose about Indiana Republican Congressman Peter J. Visclosky regarding his association with Washington lobbying firm K&L Gates, $44 million in earmarks, 15 clients of K&L Gates who received earmarks over 2008 and 2009, and money “donated” to Visclosky’s campaign.
26Oct2009 | nemski | 6 comments | ContinuedSocial Media
