Archive for November, 2014

Sunday Daily Delawhere [11.30.14]

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Sunday Daily Delawhere [11.30.14]

The Kent County Courthouse, on The Green in Dover. The courthouse was built in 1875, and sits on the site of a colonial tavern. Photo by xzmattzx on Flickr.

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Saturday Daily Delawhere [11.29.14]

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Saturday Daily Delawhere [11.29.14]

The Old Academy, at 4th & Main Streets in Odessa. The building was completed in 1844, and has been used as a public school and a library. Photo by xzmattzx on Flickr.

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Black Friday Daily Delawhere [11.28.14]

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Black Friday Daily Delawhere [11.28.14]

The Plank House, off of Main Street in Smyrna. The house is believed to have been built in the 1700s, and was originally located farther north on Main Street. It was moved behind the Barracks, another of Smyrna’s historic buildings, in the 1990s. Photo by xzmattzx on Flickr.

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Thanksgiving Daily Delawhere [11.27.14]

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Thanksgiving Daily Delawhere [11.27.14]

Rehoboth Beach on a cold November day. Photo from Mike Mahaffie on Flickr.

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The Darren Wilson Interview

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The Darren Wilson Interview

I’ve watched the interview with Darren Wilson and George Stephanopoulos and all I got out of it was anger.  During the interview all I kept thinking was… Liar.  And while I get why he lied (Hello?  Ongoing Federal Investigation), what I don’t understand is why he gave the interview so soon.  Why not wait?  Did ABC pay him?  Payment is the only excuse I can think of for doing this interview so quickly.

Here’s why I think he’s lying in the interview.  I also think he lied to the Grand Jury, and I’ll get to that later.  Okay, here’s the big lie….

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I’m Thankful for You F*ckers

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I’m Thankful for You F*ckers

Happy Thanksgiving and peace out for a while from your buddy Jason330. Blogging is 50% commenting, so we wouldn’t be here without you guys. Even though I’ve been pretty pissed off this year, you all are keeping the spark of liberalism alive in your own way. When we are at our best, our comments and posts are poignant, thought provoking and well argued. When we are at our worst, we are basically full of it.

And yet, it is always heartfelt, so thank you (in no particular order) Andy, puck, SussexAnon, All you Anonymous SOBs, LeBay, Unintended Consequences, Tom Hawk,bamboozer, teddy, ben, Another Mike, Geezer, Dorian Gray, Bane, Pine View Farm, rustydils, Aint’s Taking it Any More, AQC, Nuttingham, Walt, John Manifold, Plexing, Russ, Dave, Tom Kline. Republican David, stan merriman, fightingbluehen, Joanne Christian, Steve Newton auntiedem, Kavips, and MikeM2784.

Also, all you regular lurkers who read everyday, but don’t jump in. We see you in the stats and it is meaningful to us that you stop by. Thank you. Have a great Holiday. Fight with your crazy racist father-in-law and GO EAGLES!

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Wednesday Daily Delawhere [11.26.14]

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Wednesday Daily Delawhere [11.26.14]

The Frank Stephens Memorial Theater, on Woodland Lane in Arden. The open air theater was constructed in 1905. Photo by xzmattzx on Flickr.

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The DNC Needs A Dean Redux

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The DNC Needs A Dean Redux

A couple of commentaries appeared in the media this week from two divergent factions in the party, both in agreement.  Governor Terry McAuliffe and Howard Dean both went public with rather extensive statements that the DNC needs rebuilding.  We must have messaging on our accomplishments and what we stand for.

McAuliffe spoke quite critically of the failure of our National Party to address the challenges of our struggling middle class and the need for major economic reforms.  This from a guy who I always viewed as a brilliant fund raiser but shallow thinker.   He did leave our party in great financial shape. Maybe I was wrong about the shallowness.

I think he really understands the failed leadership of our Party here in a time of our most desperate need for economic reform.  He also spoke of our President’s brilliant record on so many fronts which were ignored by the DNC’s non-existent messaging program.

Adding insult to injury, the clueless  but very well insured Democratic leader Chuck Schumer came this week with absurd commentary that it was a huge mistake for Congressional Democrats to undertake healthcare reform  in Obama’s first term.  In a clearly uncoordinated messaging effort of his own without collaboration with the White House or DNC, he said we should have focused on the economy and not done the Affordable Care Act.  Is our Federal Government a one trick pony, incapable of multi-tasking?

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Power vs. Authority

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Power vs. Authority

I teach my organizational behavior students that, in their relationships, there is a difference between power and authority. Power is the ability to influence behavior, while authority is the right to influence behavior.

Authority is derived from some level of mutual agreement within the relationship. In America we give police departments the authority to pull us over if we appear to be speeding. We grant that lifeguards on the beach, and cops on the highways enforcing the rules that we’ve established redounds to the general benefit of society. Social scientists call the extent to which we accept authority as legitimate as the “zone of indifference.” When a cop, a lifeguard, or even our fast food managers go beyond what we perceive as their authority, we seem to know it intuitively. We all have a highly tuned sense of our personal zone of indifference.

Unlike authority, power does not depend on a relationship. The lunchroom bully can influence behavior, but there is no consent given or implied when he takes the weaker kid’s lunch money. Power is as power does. The bully has the ability to take the lunch money based on his strength, so he takes it.

Now we have a class of citizens, police, who have abused their authority and have only power left. One cop murdering an unarmed kid and getting away with it doesn’t simply diminish his own authority. That injustice drains authority out of the entire system. And once gone – authority does not come back. Once the mutual agreement that we’ve entered into in order to establish lines of civil authority has been broken, power is the tool remaining in the state’s tool box. We call that a police state.

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Tuesday Daily Delawhere [11.25.14]

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Tuesday Daily Delawhere [11.25.14]

This section of Old South DuPont Highway, south of Tybouts Corner, is noteworthy for being the first section of divided highway in the world. The southbound lanes, which were the original lanes built in between 1917 and 1923, are on the left. Photo from xzmattzx on Flickr.

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If guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns, and those outlaws will be cops

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If guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns, and those outlaws will be cops

Statistically speaking, the biggest murders in Utah are cops.

There have been more deaths caused by police shootings than by gang members, drug dealers or from child abuse in the past five years in Utah, according to The Salt Lake Tribune.

This year alone, the Tribune reported, police shootings have claimed more lives than violence between spouses or partners, for a total of 13 deaths. A toll, which includes 22-year-old Darrien Hunt who was fatally shot by police in September.

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Delaware, meet your next Governor – Ken Simpler

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Delaware, meet your next Governor – Ken Simpler

The mainframe at the home office in Omaha has crunched the numbers and all signs point to Simpler. Follow me below the fold for the breakdown.

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Monday Daily Delawhere [11.24.14]

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Monday Daily Delawhere [11.24.14]

Yellow Car at the Hagley Museum, by the Flying Inn on Flickr.

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