More Rethuglican Crazy Talk

Now why didn’t someone at the USDA think of this? Apparently, we’re so fat as a nation that we’re wasting money on food stamps. At least that’s what Rick Santorum thinks.

C’Mon Delaware Season 2

With election season bearing down on us like an ethics investigation bearing down on Newt’s speakership, I think that it is time to bring back the podcast. I need a new wingman/side kick/partner, and this time I’d like it to be a true partnership. That means I’m looking for someone with the geeky wherewithal to set up an account on a podcasting service and do most of the leg work involved in posting the pod cast.

Republicans Think They’re Too Big to Fail

… whoever finally gets the Republican nomination will be a deeply flawed candidate. And these flaws won’t be an accident, the result of bad luck regarding who chose to make a run this time around; the fact that the party is committed to demonstrably false beliefs means that only fakers or the befuddled can get through the selection process.

Of course, given the terrible economic picture and the tendency of voters to blame whoever holds the White House for bad times, even a deeply flawed G.O.P. nominee might very well win the presidency. But then what?

… If the dog actually catches the car — the actual job of running the U.S. government — it will have no idea what to do, because the realities of government in the 21st century bear no resemblance to the mythology all ambitious Republican politicians must pretend to believe. And what will happen then?

Thursday Open Thread [12.8.11]

“Look, for the longest time, Gingrich was not really a factor in this race, he was left for dead at the checkout counter at Tiffany’s,” said David Axelrod, a chief adviser to the president’s re-election bid. “Now he is resurgent and he could be the nominee.”

Old guy talking to me this morning

old guy: Obama is receiving $500 billion from the SEIU & AFSCME.
ME: That seems like a lot of money.

Lavelle to Quit House; Run for Senate?

GOP Minority Leader Greg Lavelle, who was redistricted into fellow Republican Deborah Hudson’s district, has decided not to primary her and will not seek reelection to the House. Once the new House maps were released and approved, this has always been the assumed path for Lavelle: seek a promotion.

The DBLC, an idea for 2012?

Here is a 2011 idea (modeled on something that they have in Vermont) that I never got around to following through on. (Life intrudes sometimes.)

DELAWARE BUSINESS LEADERSHIP COUNCIL (DBLC)

The Need:

There is a widespread awareness in the Delaware business community that a well-run state government and successful communities are “good for business.” Unfortunately, the Delaware State Chamber of Commerce, which claims to speak on behalf of Delaware businesses, follows an extreme, right-wing agenda that is primarily concerned with lowering Delaware taxes paid by large multi-national corporations.

Team Obama plot to replace Mitt with Newt Working better than expected

Newt will be rehabilitated by the RWNJ media, but in the meantime, you have to give Team Obama and the DNC props on how they’ve dragged down Romney to help Newt.

Wednesday Open Thread [12.7.11]

Obama easily defeats a Generic Republican 48-43, while is destroys Gingrich 50-42. Which is why I am shocked and pleased that Gingrich is now the frontrunner.

Terror in Tiny Tony Town??

Turns out that Tiny Tony DeLuca’s personal employment records weren’t the only records being withheld by the Department of Labor. And, get this, turns out that the records being withheld, this time the “records and construction site visit logs of labor law officers to see which companies were investigated for allegations of workplace fraud and not paying the prevailing wage rates on the public works projects in 2010 and 2011″, are in the possession of one, wait for it, Tiny Tony DeLuca, head of the Office of Labor Law Enforcement.

‘Bulo’s Best Tunes of 2011

Next week, 2011’s M(ost) V(aluable) to the P(rogressive) Cause list will be jointly and simultaneously unveiled here at Delaware Liberal and on the Al Mascitti Show on WDEL 1150-AM. Still time for last minute nominations.
For now, I have sifted, listened, and relistened to my faves from this year, and it’s time for my list of [...]

President Obama said “progressive taxation,” compared Republicans to Gilded Age elites & John Carney probably just fainted

What on earth will Carperist Democrats like John Carney run on if President Obama starts sounding like a traditional Democrat?
President Obama offered one of his most detailed critiques yet of the GOP’s bedrock philosophy, likening them to a long line of discredited political movements who opposed taxes on the wealthy and regulations [...]