Archive for January, 2010
Legislative Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show-Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010
According to the Legislative Record, nothing happened yesterday.
Of course, in the case of the House of Representatives, we know that committee meetings took place.
So, El Somnambulo, you may ask, why does the record not reflect this? Glad you asked as it gives me yet another teaching opportunity. Yay!
Once the House breaks for committee meetings, it [...]
The Haiti Disaster Brings Out Teh Stupid
We’ve already heard about the disgusting statements of Pat Robertson about the Haiti earthquake disaster. Rush Limbaugh also couldn’t help making an ass of himself about the Haiti crisis.
On his radio show yesterday Limbaugh said the earthquake in Haiti will play right into Obama’s hands by allowing him to play up his “compassionate” and [...]
R. I. P. Teddy Pendergrass
The soul singer who first burst onto the scene with Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, and was one of the greatest stars ever to come out of the TSOP Sound of Gamble & Huff, has passed away at the age of 59.
Here’s an interview with Teddy talking about his accident that left him paralyzed [...]
Scott Brown: Tea Party Who?
Conservative centerfold and MA-Sen candidate Scott Brown now says he’s never even heard of the Tea Party movement.
On Wednesday, Republican senate candidate Scott Brown told reporters in Massachusetts that he was “unfamiliar” with the “Tea Party movement,” despite receiving the endorsement of a key national Tea Party group which is currently raising money for his [...]
Markell Names Widener Dean to Probe Bradley Fiasco
In a move that absolutely had to be made, Gov. Markell has announced an investigation into the systemic failures that enabled Dr. Earl Bradley to abuse children under his care for years. The Governor has appointed Widener Law School Dean Dr. Linda Ammons to head the probe.
From Jeff Montgomery’s News-Journal article:
Allegations date to at least [...]
The Return of Ask Dr. Liberal
Is your political party adrift? Your marriage in crisis? Your prize Holstein under-producing or your teenager not getting you while your shaman, priest or large animal vet stands idly by? Don’t worry. The Doctor is in.
Dr. Liberal is back to answer your most pressing questions. Pour the doctor a cup of your thoughts and [...]
Pat Robertson: Haiti Deserved It.
What is with Pat Robertson and always saying victims deserved their tragedies. Whether it be hurricanes, terrorist attacks like 9/11 or earthquakes, the victims are somehow the perpetrator, according to the oh so Christian Pat Robertson.
13Jan2010 | Delaware Dem | 138 comments | Continued
I’m Having Trouble Seeing This Marriage End In Anything Other Than Divorce
Cenk Uygar (the Seminal at Fire Dog Lake) has issued an invitation to tea parties.
I issue a challenge to the tea-party movement. If you’re true to your word, and you believe in protecting the American people and principles, and you think government is too big and hands out money to the wrong people, then join [...]
Wednesday Open Thread
It’s Wednesday and today’s open thread has a theme: polling.
A new poll by CNN shows that Americans are in line with Obama’s political ideology.
Even in most generic poll question imaginable, teabaggers are not the majority (CNN, Jan. 8-10, +/- 3%):
In general, would you say that President Obama’s views and proposed programs for the country are [...]
DE Sports and Video Lottery Commission Recommends Against New Casinos
…or — perhaps we should call this Watching the Delaware Legislature Put Their Ninny Hats On. Ginger Gibson at the News Journal documents the atrocities.
This is a completely mind-boggling recommendation by this Commission and flies in the face of the recommendations (and data gathered) by their own commissioned study:
Several lawmakers insisted that any financial harm to the existing racetracks was unacceptable, even if job losses there were compensated for with new jobs at new venues.
13Jan2010 | cassandra_m | 38 comments | Continued
Pre-Game Show: State Legislative Committee Day-Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010
First, a brief primer for newcomers. On Wednesdays when the General Assembly is in session, virtually the entire legislative day is devoted to committee meetings. For the House, other than ceremonial business, it is entirely devoted to committees. The Senate may conduct some business, but committee meetings usually are the main, if not sole, focus.
Since [...]
Haiti Earthquake – Please Help
As more and more information comes out of Haiti there is no doubt that the scope of this tragedy will be grow. The Red Cross estimates that 3 million people are affected. No one is even estimating the death toll.
The pictures/videos coming out of Haiti are heartbreaking, and I simply can’t look at them and [...]
California Prop 8 Trial
Right now in California a trial to determine the constitutionality of Prop 8 is just underway. Prop 8 is the proposition that overturned a court ruling in California allowing same sex marriage by defining marriage as being between a man and a woman. One of the interesting notes of the trial is that [...]
13Jan2010 | Unstable Isotope | 6 comments | Continued
Ginger Gibson Finds the JFC Still Not Open
Last year’s hard won HB 1 victory was supposed to mean that legislature business was to be done in the light of day — with ample and good notice to the public of meetings and hearings as well as making sure that minutes or recordings of meetings were made and made public.
13Jan2010 | cassandra_m | 4 comments | Continued
Why Colbert Rules the World
Stephen Colbert takes on Harry Reid’s “negro” comment. Do not drink liquid around this clip.
12Jan2010 | liberalgeek | 2 comments | Continued
Vigilantism Justified
Since when is killing someone performing a legal procedure justified?
Via Digby:
Before the first juror is selected or witness called, a decision allowing a confessed killer to argue he believes the slaying of one of the nation’s few late-term abortion providers was a justified act aimed at saving unborn children has upended what most expected to [...]
Tuesday Open Thread
It’s Tuesday and it’s open thread time. Today’s open thread has a theme: humor. I’ll give you two examples.
Example #1, from Daily Kos, the new presidential timeline:
According to Rudy Giuliani, Mary Matalin, and Dana Perino:
1/20/1993 to 1/20/2001: Bill Clinton
1/20/2001 to 9/10/2001: George W Bush
9/11/2001: Bill Clinton
9/12/01 to 12/21/2001: George W Bush
12/22/2001 (shoe bomb): [...]
Westboro Baptist Bigots Protest Biden Funeral
CONFIRMED. The News Journal has some pictures of the small protest, and here is one, where in the upper left corner you can see the sign saying “BIDEN in HELL” with a picture of the 92 year old beloved grandmother.
Legislative Pre-Game Show-Jan. 12: Demagoguery On 1st Agenda of Session
What do you do if you’re a politician and you’ve got nothing but bad news to run on and you’re facing re-election?
Simple. Conjure up potential ‘horribles’, create simplistic legislation attacking said ‘horribles’, and run as if you bravely stood up to said ‘horribles’, even if what you did was simply to create horrible legislation to [...]
Mourning A Hero
I think hero is a word that is overused in our society. A hero is not someone who can throw a football far or a well-off person with a chronic disease. In my mind, a hero is an ordinary person who does an extraordinary thing, usually at great risk to themselves. One [...]
12Jan2010 | Unstable Isotope | 20 comments | Continued
More Tea Party Rifts
A group called “Tea Party Patriots” has put together a National Tea Party Convention in Nashville. Sarah Palin is the headline speaker and tickets are pricy, at $549 per person. Part of the reason for the high price is that Sarah Palin is charging $100,000 speaking fees.
Not all activists are thrilled about the [...]
I’m Gumby Dammit!
Over the weekend, Art Clokey, the creator of Gumby died. So for your enjoyment, here are a few Gumby clips.
11Jan2010 | liberalgeek | 3 comments | Continued
Breaking! From Talking Points Memo: Palin Joins Fox News
This is not a joke, it’s real. Although, come to think of it, it IS a joke.
Maybe, just maybe, this will remove any last vestige of credibility that this network has. And maybe, just maybe, someone in power will review whether this House organ for the Rethugs is living up to its broadcasting obligations.
She’s also [...]
Race and Speech Patterns
Harry Reid has come under fire for his statements about the benefits of President Obama’s speech patterns. The statement in question is that then-candidate Obama didn’t speak in “the negro dialect” unless he wanted to.
I am a little torn on this issue. There is a dialect, one could call it an accent, that could be [...]
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