Archive for January, 2010
President Obama On Martin Luther King, Jr.
Yesterday President Obama gave a very moving speech on the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Transcript
THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Praise be to God. Let me begin by thanking the entire Vermont Avenue Baptist Church family for welcoming our family here today. It feels like a family. Thank you for making [...]
Today We Celebrate The Life of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Today we celebrate the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. He was a man who had a vision and the gifts to make everyone else not only see the vision as he saw it but to believe that it was possible. Although Dr. King was taken from us much too young, his beautiful [...]
18Jan2010 | Unstable Isotope | 55 comments | Continued
Late Night Music Video: Deeper Shade Of Soul, by Urban Dance Squad
Old School.
17Jan2010 | xstryker | 1 comment | Continued
Tea Parties Organize To Take Control
The one thing you have to give the Right credit is their ability to play the long game. They are quite happy to chip away at policy they don’t like and seem to understand that baby steps are still, indeed, steps.
Steve Benen lays it out, and we need to pay attention.
The Tea Party movement ignited [...]
MLK Day Commemoration Project at WaPo
The Washington Post is running a project now asking people to share what of Martin Luther King’s words move you the most. They are looking for you to record your response and to upload it to You Tube, where they’ll post up on their website selected entries.
17Jan2010 | cassandra_m | 1 comment | Continued
Santorum Considers Tossing His Hat In The Ring
Via CNN:
In an e-mail and letter to supporters of his Political Action Committee, America’s Foundation, Santorum writes, “After talking it over with my wife Karen and our kids – I am considering putting my name in for the 2012 presidential race.”
“I’m convinced that conservatives need a candidate who will not only stand up for our [...]
Will The Real Mike Castle Please Stand Up?
Mike Castle is trying to have things both ways. He’s trying to reassure the rightwing the he’s their guy while trying to maintain his cred as a moderate Republican. Even the News Journal doesn’t really know what to think, running an article in Saturday’s paper with the headline: “Castle’s Moderate Reputation Questioned”. [...]
17Jan2010 | Unstable Isotope | 9 comments | Continued
Late Night Humor: Mike Castle Shoop Da Whoop
Yeah, it’s a meme. Google “shoop da whoop”.
Original photo credit: Washington Post
Weekend Open Thread
It’s time for your open thread. Hopefully this will be enough to tide you through the weekend.
Satan writes a letter to Pat Robertson:
Dear Pat Robertson, I know that you know that all press is good press, so I appreciate the shout-out. And you make God look like a big mean bully who kicks people [...]
I heart Cory Booker
From Newark, New Jersey mayor Cory Booker’s Twitter feed:
@kamori07 Again, sorry bout the wait. Its a busy night in the city – I wish u & your family the best & I hope u still get the laundry done
Stay there I am coming now myself. RT @kamori07 lets talk police response! I’m on NYE Ave [...]
Rethugs Float Newark Developer as Carney Opponent
Bill Stritzinger, whose main claim to fame appears to be trying to build 280 houses on the Newark Country Club site, has been seen making the rounds in Leg Hall, escorted by Monsignor Greg Lavelle, as a prelude to a candidacy against John Carney for the U. S. House of Reps seat. It makes perfect [...]
16Jan2010 | El Somnambulo | 3 comments | Continued
January Cattle Call
The Calendar tells me that it is 2010. But the real important date is July 30, 2010. That is the filing deadline. And until then we really will not know officially who is running for what when. But let’s play our game anyway. The game is rampant and unsourced speculation.
16Jan2010 | Delaware Dem | 26 comments | Continued
Thanks, Tom Carper!
The pharmaceutical industry lobbying group PHARMA is threatening to pull its support for the health care reform legislation because of a change in the health care bill.
The drug industry is threatening to end its support for President Barack Obama’s health overhaul effort because of a rift with the administration over protecting brand-name biotech drugs from [...]
Ask Dr. Liberal: What’s Up With Obama?
Dear Dr. Liberal,
Am I right to be mad at Barack Obama for selling out to all the Democratic douchnozzles and Republicans fucktards in Congress? He does seem to have squandered the victory that we delivered to him in November and some of my liberal friends have already jumped off the bus.
Signed,
Wondering in Wilmington
The 2010 62 District Strategy
The 62 District Strategy was a success in 2008, resulting in Democrats taking back the House and increasing their majority in the Senate. In 2004 in the Senate, we did not challenge Charlie Copeland or Liane Sorenson for their reelections. In 2006, we left Dori Connor coast to reelection without an opponent. In [...]
15Jan2010 | Delaware Dem | 47 comments | Continued
Friday Open Thread
TGIF! It’s a planet-wide edition of your open thread.
Jim Inhofe declares himself #1!
Inhofe suffered his latest indignity at the hands of Rolling Stone, which awarded him the 7th spot on its list of the “planet’s worst enemies.”
Inhofe took this as a slight. “I should have been number one,” he told KFAQ radio in Tulsa, [...]
Bulo’s Music for the Masses: R. I. P. Bobby Charles
Far too many of these lately. But I do these tributes so that people remember, or perhaps learn for the first time, about the special musical legacies these artists have left behind.
Bobby Charles, actually Robert Charles Guidry, was a Cajun who was first inspired by Fats Domino and who helped to create that wonderful musical [...]
Cellphones, Texting And Kids
There’s a debate going on in the Pandora household – Is it time to let the kids have cellphones, and if we let them have cellphones should we let them text?
First, is everyone sitting down? Okay, here it is. I do not have a cellphone. Now, everyone take a deep breath and I’ll explain. There [...]
Limbaugh Doubles Down On Teh Stupid
Oh Rush Limbaugh, you never fail to disappoint (and I do mean disappoint). Limbaugh is still pushing some conspiracy theory that President Obama is going to steal money intended for victims of Haiti. A caller from my hometown challenges him and he manages to keep up the stupid, with a nice dose of [...]
15Jan2010 | Unstable Isotope | 6 comments | Continued
Washington Times: Obama Has Passed More Cuts Than Bush
I know, what you’re thinking: Delaware Liberal is linking to the Washington Times? Has the world gone mad? The Washington Times did a study of the budget under Bush and Obama and found that Obama was able to push more budget cuts through than Bush did.
President Obama notched substantial successes in spending cuts [...]
Delaware To Appeal Sports Betting To SCOTUS
In what I would call a surprise decision, the Markell administration has announced that it plans to appeal the sports betting decision to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Gov. Jack Markell says Delaware will appeal restrictions on it sports betting lottery to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Markell and his aides said Thursday that the state expects to [...]
The Brown Campaign is Over.
So, besides their racist hatred of our nation’s first black President, the supposed freedom loving Teabaggers got their start in opposition to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and the bailouts of both the banks, AIG and the auto industry. They screamed “stop the bailouts!” They screamed that it was [...]
14Jan2010 | Delaware Dem | 21 comments | Continued
I Was Wrong: Republicans Do Have New Ideas
Marco Rubio is the Republican Senate candidate in Florida who is cleaning Crist’s clock. He’s a darling to the Tea Party/Club for Growth set. He proposed an interesting idea for fixing the economy – suspend Congress.
Last night on CNBC, Marco Rubio, a right-wing Republican running for US Senate in Florida, told host Larry [...]
What Sort Of Scum Would Profit Off The Haiti Disaster?
If you answered credit card companies you’d be correct.
As a massive human tragedy unfolds in Haiti, relief organizations are soliciting credit-card donations through their hotlines and websites. About 97 percent of these donations will actually make it to the designated organizations — but the other 3 percent will be skimmed off by banks and credit [...]
Thursday Open Thread
Open thread time!
Because Katrina response was so great:
According to multiple sources, Obama last night called George W. Bush and formally asked him to participate, along with Bill Clinton, in humanitarian relief efforts for Haiti — in the same vein that Bush’s father and Clinton did following the tsunami disaster in Southeast Asia. Bush 43 said [...]
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