Archive for December 18th, 2009

A Prairie Hate Companion

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Apparently, NPR’s Garrison Keillor is on Bill O’Reilly’s side regarding the War On Christmas. OK, weird, but that’s not the part that bothers me. Check out this little excerpt from his screed in Wednesday’s Baltimore Sun, whereupon he’s quite angry about a somewhat secularized version of “Silent Night” sung at a Unitarian church in Cambridge, […]

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Friday Open Thread

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Friday Open Thread

It’s a pre-snow Friday open thread! Don’t forget the War on Christmas party tonight, 7 PM, C.W. Harborside. Bring canned goods to donate to the Food Bank of Delaware. You’ll also get the chance to tell off the DL contributors in person! How can you resist? Remember those funny/strange Michael Steele/RNC intern pictures? Now you […]

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Nominations Being Accepted: End Of Year Polling

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It is time, once again, to submit your nominations for our end of year polling.

  • Scandal of the Year
  • Post of the Year
  • Biggest Policy Screwup of the Year
  • Comment of the Year
  • Rookie of the Year
  • Blog of the Year
  • NEW! Biggest Loss of a Blog

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Best Wishes to Joe Rogalsky

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We at Delaware Liberal received official word last night that Joe Rogalsky will be leaving as Gov. Markell’s press secretary to reconnect with his family and then to take on other challenges. Official in that it came from Joe Rogalsky. I, for one, will miss him. He made clear that he remains a strong and […]

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Bulo Remembers 2009-An Epic Year For Marketing Blunders

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From an inspired wiseass at Collateral Damage, a humorous look at the  “Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time” backfires of the year. Except, (and this is what makes them funny), none of them seemed like good ideas at the time, and people who make more money in a week than you ever will […]

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Hold It Hostage – Fix It Later

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Food for thought for both the “fix it later” crowd and the “kill the bill” crowd – don’t give up the fight. Use the leverage you’ve gained with your passionate outpouring. Hold the individual mandate hostage (this is something the insurance industry definitely wants): The only way I can see progressives being able to fix […]

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Let It Snow!

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Just the possibility of snow brings out the kid in me.  And while I know this isn’t the most convenient time for a major snowstorm – and I still have a gazillion things to do – I’m secretly thrilled.  So in the spirit of you can’t control the weather here’s Lena Horne performing my favorite […]

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