Archive for March, 2011

Leaders of the Future

Filed in Delaware by on March 31, 2011 1 Comment

Tomorrow morning at 9:00 AM, over 60 high school students will gather at Leg Hall for the 2011 edition of the Delaware YMCA’s Youth in Government Model Legislature. There have been instances where the bills these kids write, debate, and vote on actually get introduced in the General Assembly. If you have some time tomorrow or Saturday, stop by Leg Hall and watch these kids in action. You might be impressed. I always am.

Continue Reading »

Thursday Open Thread

Filed in National by on March 31, 2011 17 Comments

The Thursday edition of your semi-daily open thread.

Continue Reading »

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., March 31, 2011

Filed in National by on March 31, 2011 34 Comments

Tony DeLuca may well leave a positive legacy on the Delaware General Assembly yet.

Continue Reading »

How Not To Apologize – Wisconsin GOP Edition

Filed in National by on March 31, 2011 5 Comments

The Wisconsin governor plans to keep implementing the anti-union bill despite a second court order. The Dane County GOP unleashes a juvenile attack on the judge.

Continue Reading »

Civil Unions Bill Passes First Test

Filed in Delaware by on March 31, 2011 4 Comments

The Civil Unions bill was voted out of committee yesterday in the Senate. They also heard testimony about how civil unions will lead to grandfathers taking granddaughters to hotels.

Continue Reading »

A View On The Republican Presidential Candidates

Filed in National by on March 30, 2011 3 Comments

Joe Klein: “I have never before seen such a bunch of vile, desperate-to-please, shameless, embarrassing losers coagulated under a single party’s banner. They are the most compelling argument I’ve seen against American exceptionalism.”

Continue Reading »

Wednesday Open Thread

Filed in National by on March 30, 2011 37 Comments

The Wednesday edition of your semi-daily open thread.

Continue Reading »

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., March 30, 2011

Filed in National by on March 30, 2011 22 Comments

The picture emerging from Dover is that of a dispirited Senate Democratic Caucus and the State Senate as a whole. The ongoing DeLuca saga and the DeLuca/Peterson imbroglio is wearing on the body’s members.

Continue Reading »

Newt Gingrich, Intellectual

Filed in National by on March 30, 2011 8 Comments

Newt Gingrich shares what kind of future he fears.

Continue Reading »

Lying Is OK If You Believe It

Filed in National by on March 30, 2011 2 Comments

Fox News managing editor Bill Sammon admitted that he called Barack Obama a socialist even though he thought it was far-fetched. He justified the lie by saying everyone started talking about it.

Continue Reading »

An Open Letter to Senators McDowell, Henry, Marshall & Bushweller

Filed in Delaware by on March 29, 2011 7 Comments

The Delaware State Senate and, in particular, the Senate Democratic Caucus must decide whether it is in the best interest of the legislative body and the citizens you represent to retain or replace Sen. Anthony J. DeLuca as President Pro-Tempore.

Continue Reading »

Tuesday Open Thread

Filed in National by on March 29, 2011 8 Comments

The Tuesday edition of your semi-daily open thread.

Continue Reading »

I Don’t Think That Word Means What You Think It Means

Filed in National by on March 29, 2011 11 Comments

Donald Trump went whole-scale birther and also called for an investigation of Hawai’i Governor Neil Abercrombie because Abercrombie knew Obama’s parents and remembers Obama’s birth.

Continue Reading »