American Whites: From God Complex to Aggrieved

What happens when you control most of the wealth in a country? Naturally, you cry “Racism!”

Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tues., May 31, 2011

I hope you had a wonderful Memorial Day weekend, I hope that Tony DeLuca enjoyed a terrorist-free Memorial Day weekend, and I hope that Monsignor Greg Lavelle stopped crying about ‘gerrymandering’ long enough to spout inanities about what it means to be patriotic. Well, crying has never stopped Lavelle from spouting inanities. He can and [...]

Job Fair in Dover Tomorrow

Delaware’s Congressional Delegation — Senator Coons, Senator Carper and Representative Carney — are hosting a job fair tomorrow at the Delaware Technical and Community College in Dover from 9AM to 2PM.

Late Night Video — Artfully Visualizing Our Humanity

This video podcast from the TED Talks people features Aaron Koblin, who specializes in taking massive amounts of data — or massive groups of people — to create visualizations. I’m in awe of people who can do this kind of thing and I’m especially impressed with this young man’s effort to crowd source a [...]

Chris Coons Votes Against the Patriot Act Extension

Senator Coons asked the Senate to limit the extension of the Patriot Act to one month so that the Senate could seriously review and revise the law to reflect current lessons learned to scale back some of the broad authorities granted to government under the original Patriot Act.

Priorities

Sorry I haven’t been around, but priorities people. It looks like you’ve had real fun while I’m on vacation so I doubt you’ve even noticed my absence.
Now it’s time to go chillax and enjoy the view.

Entitlement Reform

We must have entitlement reform! That’s been the mantra of the Republican lemmings that have been following Paul Ryan toward the horizon. They use the word entitlement like it is some sort of slur. “Why do those people feel entitled to anything?” And just so that we are clear, the entitlements on the table are for the old and the sick.

But I have seen the rise of entitlements in a different way. The way that the wealthy have decided that they are entitled to tax cuts. Why should I have to pay for rising medical costs on Medicare? I’m a job creator! The sense of entitlement is palpable. Tax increases are off the table.

Breaking News: Gov. Markell Nominates New DELDOT Secretary

Governor Jack Markell has announced he is nominating U.S. Department of Transportation official Shailen Bhatt (pronounced “SHAY-linn BAT”) to become Delaware’s next Secretary of the Department of Transportation.

Bhatt has experience working on local, state and federal transportation issues and is currently serving as Associate Administrator at the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) in Washington, DC. For the last two years, he has been responsible for setting policy and managing relationships with members of Congress and has been leading FHWA’s efforts in reauthorizing the nation’s surface transportation legislation.

Missing the Boat on Gingrich’s Tiffany’s Issue

I’ll admit it, I am enjoying the epic flame-out of the Gingrich 2012 campaign. Watching him contort himself to prove that he is totally consistent with his 24-hours-ago-self is like paying the extra money to see behind the scenes at the circus freak show. This latest blunder presents a golden opportunity for those of us [...]

THURSDAY OPEN THREAD

It is a light day around here. I am way too busy at work to post some links today, so please alert us to the latest political happenings.

House Redistricting Public Hearing is Tonight.

The more reasonable of the two redistricting plans will be discussed and debated tonight in the House Chamber of Legislative Hall at 7 p.m. I say that because the proposed Senate map makes no logical sense.

Palin Climbing in the Polls!

Since the Sarah Palin for President boomlet started earlier this week, it would appear her polling fortunes, at least among teatard Republicans, have improved markedly, and she has not officially announced. She is going to win this nomination, folks.