Archive for February, 2010
A Note to the Media (and Comment Rescue)
a. price (one of our favorite commenters) points us to a link over at CBS News, where we find a journalist named Stephanie Condon who seems to be actually trolling freakin’ FACEBOOK to have something exciting to report about the Quitta from Wasilla, Sarah Palin.
Facebook, people. This is what our highly paid news media [...]
Mike Castle Flip Flops on Stimulus Funds
Flip Flop. Anybody remember when you couldn’t fire up the news without hearing this about John Kerry? And even though that charge was mostly untrue about Kerry, Flip Flop is a good description of Mike Castle’s position towards Delaware stimulus projects. He votes against them, then shows up to take credit for [...]
16Feb2010 | cassandra_m | 18 comments | Continued
It Was Only A Matter Of Time
Before we started seeing this:
Out of curiosity, on what grounds would one impeach Obama? Also, love the fact that the sponsors remained anonymous. Cowards.
16Feb2010 | pandora | 12 comments | Continued
Tuesday Open Thread
Welcome to another snow day Tuesday! Even though we only got a dusting last night, it was enough to make the commute a nightmare this morning. So, what’s on your mind? Let’s get started.
One story that has been fascinating me lately is the story of Amy Bishop, the Harvard-trained Ph.D. biologists who [...]
Free Advice For Chris Coons, Part 2
Like we discussed yesterday, we at Delaware Liberal are offering absolutely free advice to Chris Coons in his Senate run against Mike Castle. Unlike a lot of people, I believe Castle is beatable. In fact, I think Coons could be in a great position if he plays his cards right. Castle is [...]
16Feb2010 | Unstable Isotope | 27 comments | Continued
Snow Days
I drove my daughter to school this morning and the entire time I was thinking… why are schools open? For while the main roads are clear the side roads are a rutted mess of ice which turned my normally 10 minute round-trip into a harrowing 35 minute keep-my-wits-about-me experience.
There’s no doubt about it. The side [...]
Health Care Summit: Make ‘Em Put Up Or Shut Up
The Obama administration may finally be learning how to deal with Congress. Obama has proposed a bipartisan health care summit for February 25, basically answering the critics who have said the process has not been transparent enough. Jonathan Cohn and others noticed some interesting passages in the invitation:
It came when President Obama issued [...]
A Hydrogen Station in Every Home
This is fantastic, and will be killer if they can scale it up:
15Feb2010 | cassandra_m | 4 comments | Continued
Monday Open Thread
It’s Monday and it’s time for an open thread. I’m hearing that we will get more snow tonight. They are calling for only 2-4,” which in a normal year would cause a panic but now we consider that a dusting.
PR disasters in the age of Twitter:
Kevin Smith, the writer and raconteur, was recently [...]
Breaking: Sen. Evan Bayh to Retire
Here’s the Washington Post report.
Bayh was a DINO who never took a bold position on anything, unlike his father, Birch Bayh, who was an early opponent of the Vietnam War.
The money (literally & figuratively) quote:
“After all these years, my passion for service to my fellow citizens is undiminished, but my desire to do so by [...]
Coons for Senate’s Bad Start
I just got an email from the Coons campaign. The topic of the email was PayGo. Seriously?
Look, I like the idea of PayGo, but here’s how Coons puts it:
15Feb2010 | liberalgeek | 32 comments | ContinuedEvery week, I’m watching Congress debate incredibly important issues that impact Delaware, even though they often don’t get much press attention. Last week, the House of Representatives voted to reinstate “pay-as-you-go” rules. It doesn’t sound exciting, but these rules make it much more difficult for Congress to increase spending or cut taxes unless they also vote for a way to pay for it.
Utah Considering Plan To Make 12th Grade… Optional
Is it any wonder we have an education problem?
The sudden buzz over the relative value of senior year stems from a recent proposal by state Sen. Chris Buttars that Utah make a dent in its budget gap by eliminating the 12th grade…
…Buttars has since toned down the idea, suggesting instead that senior year become optional [...]
Absolutely Free Advice For Chris Coons, Part 1
Part 1 – New Media
On the blogs, we all act as armchair pundits. Many people think our advice is worth what you pay for it, but the blogs do provide an insight into what the netroots is thinking. The netroots is fairly small compared to the whole Democratic party, but it does have [...]
Rachel Maddow Takes On Congressman On Stimulus Hypocrisy
Rachel Maddow is rapidly becoming must-see TV. Sunday she was on Meet the Press and took on Rep. Aaron Shock (R-IL). Also notice how David Brooks at the end whines about the televised health care summit.
Transcript:
MR. GREGORY: Congressman Schock, where are the Republicans going to be on this?
REP. SCHOCK: Well, look, I [...]
Dredging the Delaware
The News Journal had an article on Sunday that tries to describe the current state of local environmental concerns about dredging this river. And this is a good article — to the extent that it provides a summary of the arguments against the dredge. I’ve still not seen any evidence provided — either [...]
15Feb2010 | cassandra_m | 16 comments | Continued
VP Biden Tells Cheney He Can’t Rewrite History
(h/t for this to Truth Teller)
Vice President Biden was on Meet the Press this AM, telling David Gregory that Dick Cheney just can rewrite history accommodate his own prevarications on events during the so-called War on Terror:
14Feb2010 | cassandra_m | 3 comments | Continued
Go Cheney Yourself, Dick Cheney
Dick Cheney poked his head out of his undisclosed location to share this wisdom with the world this morning:
Responding to Biden’s comments that Iraq may end up being one of the Obama administration’s greatest success, Cheney chuckled. “I guess I shouldn’t be surprised by my friend Joe Biden,” he said.
“I’m glad he now believes Iraq [...]
Order An Army of These NOW
Please — City of Wilmington and State of Delaware, we need these Robot Snowplows now:
Yuki-taro takes in snow at the front, squeezes it into rectangular bricks, and excretes said bricks out the back. Try teaching your dog to do that! The bricks can be easily stacked and stored for summer cooling needs – unless those [...]
14Feb2010 | cassandra_m | 4 comments | Continued
Ask Dr. Liberal
Dear Dr. Liberal,
I’ve recently read about the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement and it looks pretty good. Should I join?
Signed,
No Kidding (Get it?)
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Dear No Kidding,
The good Dr’s knowledge of all things liberal is vast. I met Noam Chomsky and Kurt Vonnegut in a bar in Cambridge back in 1992 and I pwnd those [...]
Top 20 Films Since 1992
According to Quentin Tarantino:
This is an interesting list — most of his picks (that I’ve seen) are fairly kinetic and/or atmospheric movies that seem to be reflective of a man whose own movies don’t flinch from much. And it is an interesting mix of both film geeky and populist picks. What I think [...]
Weekend Open Thread
I hope you’re enjoying a weather-event free weekend. We can leave the house this time! I am in Philadelphia, at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, previewing the Picasso exhibit. Let’s get rolling. I declare this thread open.
The birth of a political dynasty?
Dan Quayle’s son is running for Congress.
Ben Quayle announced Friday that [...]
The Daily Show Deploys More Republican Pwnage
It strikes me that sooner or later someone is going to create The Daily Show Party — filled with people who not only know their stuff, but who are quick on their feet at countering Republican bulls***. And who won’t be cringing behind polling or what the pundits say about them:
13Feb2010 | cassandra_m | 3 comments | Continued
Polling: In Which We Find Republicans Still Have a Problem
It is fair to note that this poll shows a pretty toxic environment for both parties, but it seems clear that if you are a Congressional Dem, you have abit of an edge to build from. And if you are a Congressional repub, the massive media spin (and media lock) isn’t exactly getting you alot of traction. Not yet, at least.
13Feb2010 | cassandra_m | 32 comments | Continued
The Death Of Irony
According to Paul Krugman, irony is dead and Republicans killed it:
“Don’t cut Medicare. The reform bills passed by the House and Senate cut Medicare by approximately $500 billion. This is wrong.” So declared Newt Gingrich, the former speaker of the House, in a recent op-ed article written with John Goodman, the president of the National [...]
Funny Friday
Guess I’m just in a mood today, but this made me LOL!
Edukashun fale.
Spelling is not the Right’s strong suit. Very embarrassing.
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