Friday Open Thread [1.9.15]
Our new Attorney General, Matt Denn, announced Wednesday that he will create a new division of the Department of Justice to address the rights and liberties of Delawareans.
The Office of Civil Rights and Public Trust will address three main areas: the enforcement of laws protecting residents’ civil rights, upholding public trust and election laws and investigating police use of force and other areas where some of DoJ’s responsibilities may present the appearance of conflict.
Denn says he has heard from attorneys and other Delawareans about improvements that could be made regarding civil rights law enforcement.
“I did have a fair number of people approach me during my campaign to tell me they thought it would be a good thing for the state to have more enforcement of laws involving rights of Delawareans with disabilities, housing discrimination and employment discrimination issues,” said Denn.
Delaware has the fastest
2013 Progressive of the Year Sarah McBride has one. I want one. And Delaware better not pass any laws banning them.
First Read: “So after years of making President Obama and Democrats own the state of the economy, McConnell is now taking credit for the improving — two days into his new job? And based on the expectation that the GOP was going to take over the Senate? If anything, this is a reminder that the Republican Party realizes that — if the economy continues to get better and better — they can’t allow Obama to get all of the credit. Oh, and we get a new monthly jobs report [today].”
And that job report finds that another 252,000 jobs were created in December, and the unemployment rate fell again to 5.6%, making 2014 the best year of job growth since 1999. Another 50,000 jobs were added to the months of October and November as well. Man, I love that Republicans can travel back in time and create jobs. I suppose that is the only way they can do it.
New York Times: “The party is different in tone and substance, moving toward a stricter, limited-government brand of conservatism in response to President Obama’s liberalism, a change that has generational and ideological dimensions. Now, deviations from orthodoxy on education, health care, immigration and the environment that some Republicans flirted with or embraced during George W. Bush’s presidency are as out of vogue on the right as flip phones.”
Sen. Joe Manchin has a sad. You see, he is so West Virginia dumb that he doesn’t understand basic balance of power stuff about the three branches of government. He said he was disappointed that the White House threatened to veto his legislation approving the Keystone XL pipeline, arguing the president’s move was “not the way a democracy works.” Oh really?
“He never even gave it a chance, never even gave it a chance. Now, that’s just not the way you do legislation. It’s not the way a democracy works. And it’s not the way the… three branches of government should work.”
Well, first off, you are the one not giving something a chance. You are the one who wants to rush this to a conclusion, you dumbfuck Carper wannabe. The State Department and the Nebraska and U.S. Courts are reviewing the pipeline, so you are not giving them a chance to complete their work. Second, the President is free to tell Congress at any time he wants that “hey, Congress, you might not want to waste your and the taxpayer’s precious time on this ill conceived bill, because I am just going to veto it anyway.” There is nothing anti-democratic or unconstitutional about that. In fact, he is doing Congress a favor. Now, if Congress wants to waste their time and pass the bill anyway, that is of course their prerogative. But that does not require the President to sign it. You see, some Republicans, and obviously some West Virginia Democrats, believe that when Congress passes a bill it is automatically law. Go back to Social Studies class, Senator.
Conservatives really do live in a reality free zone. Manchin really does think the President will be operating outside of the constitution if he vetoes Keystone. He really think McConnell is right that the economy is turning around because of Republicans not in spit of Republicans. Machin and all republicans in congress (including Carper) honestly think that trickle economics works. It isn’t an act. They are idiots.
Fuck these guys. They don’t believe in actually reality because they’ve never been forced to confront the genuine realities and downstream idiocy of their policies.
The next private-sector job Tom Carper holds will be his first, won’t it?
“West Virginia dumb”?? What’s that mean?
People from West Virginia are dumb. It isn’t an opinion, it is a fact:
People from WVa are not dumb. It’s the ones who stay who are dumb. You know the old joke: A lot of smart people come from West Virginia, and the smarter they are, the sooner they get out.
From a Virginian’s perspective the best outcome of the Civil War was the counter-secession of West Virginia. I grew up in Augusta County (VA’s third largest county) that has a 28-mile border with Pendleton County WV. Only one road (an unpaved fire road through the George Washington National Forest) connects those two counties, and–near as I can tell–everybody on both sides had been fine with the status quo for decades.
Can we create a new division for environmental law, too?
Traveled thru West Virginia looking for property or land to build a cabin on, from my observations Yes! Many in W.V. are rather stupid. The state has virtually no minorities and diversity borders on none at all, hence their a red state from hell and Manchin is as good as you can expect, ignorant or not.
Liberal/’moderate’ friction in Washington.
“Liberal Massachusetts Rep. Mike Capuano incensed the moderates when he said if Democrats support rolling back Dodd-Frank regulations, “you might as well be a Republican.”
More of this please.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/01/09/1356628/-Moderate-Dems-angry-that-Warren-liberals-are-raining-on-their-pro-biz-parade?showAll=yes
Jason 330: Nothing in that excerpt suggests it’s a fact that West Virginians are dumb (unless you mean the tax cut). All it says is someone made a list and West Virginia was the dumbest state on the list, according to whoever made the list. What the basis of that designation is, we don’t know. Link?
Nevermind, found the link. The score is based entirely on percentage of the population with undergraduate degrees. I figured “West Virginia dumb” was some permutation of Americans’ animus against the poor. Thanks for clearing that up.
I have an outrage and indignation question. For my lawyer friends and readers here at DelLib……
If I outright OWN a condo, and no swimming pool passes or guard gates, or parking spots are involved–do I have to turn over who lives in the condo and the cars they drive? And then be assessed a “fine” because I didn’t do so–or do so in a timely fashion? Does this cross any line to anyone but me????? Condo fees are only for trash and general common maintenance, no security patrols etc..Parking is not assigned. Anyone??? Thank you.
Wow, Joanne. Turn over to who? We’ve owned condos in the past and I couldn’t tell you what cars our tenants drove, or even if they owned a car.
One of the condos had assigned parking, but even then we didn’t know what the tenet drove – never asked for it. The condo association may have requested the info from the tenet (I have no idea), but they never requested the info from us.
The “who” is the condo assn. The tenant piece floors me because I see it as you wouldn’t ask who lives in my owned home? And again, it’s not like it’s for an assigned parking spot or something. If you suspect something criminal,or suspicious then call the police!
Ah… condo associations. They were the #1 reason we ditched the condos. Small group of people who exist to only make up rules can become fascists all too easily.
Read your condo association’s rules. Does it state that you must provide that sort of info – even if it does, I’m not sure that’s legal. And I’m not sure they can fine you. Yep, you probably need to run this by a real estate lawyer.
Nope–it’s an all new “great idea”! Yup, guess Imma dialing now my outrage. Many thanks :). And Lucky’s soon????? 🙂
Tom Carper – 1st vote with Republicans – let’s keep track
http://bit.ly/1wCPQ6h
President Obama thinks the Federal Government is Diamond Jim Brady, or Daddy-Got-Rocks. The President keeps coming up with more ways to spend the government’s money, of which not only do they have none, but are 18 trillion in the hole. Today’s Presidential waste of time is his new idea to give everyone free 2 years of community college. Boy am I glad that I campaigned so hard the last few years so that we have people who understand money management, (Republicans) back in charge of Congress. I will sleep easy tonight, knowing that all the President is accomplishing is feeding his own ego, and that of the far left like the Delaware Liberals, but of course, congress is never going to pass a new law like this that would continue to push our country towards the economic cliff. P.S. that loud snoring you hear tonight will be coming all the way from Rusty Dils in New Mexico, sleeping peacefully, knowing we have a congress full of Republicans
Delaware already offers 2 years free community college to high school graduates. Or did you snore through that too?
Republicans know little to nothing at all about money management. Tax cuts pay for themselves? The war will be cheap, easy, fast and pay for itself? Surplus’ to deficits.
But rock on with your bad self in New Mexico. Its a beautiful state.
Didn’t Carper come from West Virginia?
What do the girls of West Virginia have in common with the Uno Bomber?
Answer they both been fingered by their brother