This Wednesday begins a 5-week forum series focusing on multiple environmental topics at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Newark (www.uufn.org) from 7-9pm.
The first topic is:
- February 3: Environmental Policy and You
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Delaware Green Matters Forum
Fearmongering = $$$
Republicans have been jumping on the bandwagon to criticize President Obama because of the failed terror attack on Christmas Day. Some have been using the incident for fundraising, look at Rep. Pete Hoekstra (who is running for governor of Michigan):
They just don’t get it. The system didn’t “work” here. Far from it! It is [...]
Holiday Gifts That Give Back
I’m sure many of you have had the experience of trying to shop for the person who has everything (I know I do). Before you buy them yet another gadget that they can’t use, think about giving gifts of charity. My family tried this last year, and it was a big hit. [...]
December 14th, 2009 | Unstable Isotope | 4 comments | Continued
Obama’s Nobel Acceptance Speech
Below is a full transcript of President Obama’s acceptance speech. It’s a good one.
Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Distinguished Members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, citizens of America, and citizens of the world:
I receive this honor with deep gratitude and great humility. It is an award that speaks to our highest aspirations — [...]
PSA Press Release: Lake is Exonerated
Nancy Willing sent me this press release sent out by Frank Murphy today:
The Board of the Peoples Settlement Association today announced that Keith Lake, its Executive Director of 16 years, has been cleared of all allegations of misconduct. After a special investigation lasting more than one year, the State Auditor of Accounts provided Peoples Settlement with a report finding no evidence of illegal conduct or missing state funds. Representatives of Peoples Settlement recently met with the Auditor’s Office, and confirmed that Mr. Lake was exonerated of any wrongdoing.
It is funny how the same people keep popping up at all of these McDowell influenced organizations.
November 22nd, 2009 | liberalgeek | 4 comments | Continued
Around the Horn Sunday
This week’s roundup of local political news from around the Delaware blogosphere. We have two three new blogs this week. The last two weeks were all about Castle, Biden, and Zachary.
October 18th, 2009 | Delaware Dem | 28 comments | Continued
Bono Writes A Love Letter To America
International philanthropist Bono wrote an op-ed for today’s New York Times on why Obama deserves the Nobel Peace Prize and what it means to the rest of the world:
Well, I happen to be European, and I can project with the best of them. So here’s why I think the virtual Obama is the real Obama, [...]
Dispatches From An Alternate Reality
Sean Hannity thinks George W. Bush deserves the Nobel Peace Prize
War = peace
Glenn Beck equates criticism of Fox News with the treatment of the Jewish people by Hitler. Seriously.
BECK: When they’re done with Fox, and you decide to speak out on something. The old, “first they came for the Jews, and I wasn’t Jewish.” [...]
October 14th, 2009 | Unstable Isotope | 1 comment | Continued
Wingnutland
We saw national and local winguts rend their own flesh when the United States lost the bid to host the Summer Olympics in 2016 and, on Friday morning, we watched again as these same wingnuts spit blood and other bile as the President of the United States was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Somebody in the [...]
Looks Who’s Famous :-P
Today’s News Journal had an article on local reaction to the Nobel Peace Prize award:
Timothy Pancoast, blogging on Delawarepolitics.net, which bills itself as “Delaware’s Center-Right Voice,” wrote: “Our great leader President Obama has won a Nobel Peace Prize. He has paid far less for that than most people pay to win at the Dover Downs [...]
O’Donnell Gets Her Peak Wingnut On.
Let’s be honest here. Republicans are in full freak mode today over the Nobel Peace Prize because they do not like the Nobel Peace Prize. They do not like diplomacy. They do not like international cooperation. They do not like the pursuit of a real peace. They will say they want peace, but the peace they seek is a Pax Americana, where America achieves peace through the forced subjugation of the entire planet. What they like is bombs, body counts and war. For that is what brings them their peace. Add to that the fact that Republicans really really really, and I mean really hate President Obama. He drives them bonkers, rabidly insane. So when you have President Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize, you have the recipe for Peak Wingnut. A perfect storm of conservative self immolation that would be hysterical if these same conservatives were not also in control of this nation’s only viable minority party.
October 9th, 2009 | Delaware Dem | 29 comments | Continued
We Have Achieved Peak Wingnut.
Balloon Juice coined the term. And today we have achieved Peak Wingnut. The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to President Obama has finally and totally driven all conservatives completely insane. It is a pleasure to watch the self immolation.
October 9th, 2009 | Delaware Dem | 3 comments | Continued
Obama’s Remarks On His Nobel Win
Transcript of his remarks:
Good morning. Well, this is not how I expected to wake up this morning. After I received the news, Malia walked in and said, “Daddy, you won the Nobel Peace Prize, and it is Bo’s birthday!” And then Sasha added, “Plus, we have a three-day weekend coming up.” So it’s good to [...]
Friday Open Thread
Are you ready for the weekend? I am!
Here’s some thoughts to get you started:
NASA bombs the moon! Why didn’t Nobel Peace Prize winner Barack Obama save the moon? Huh?
At 4:31 a.m. Pacific time (7:31 a.m. Eastern time), one piece of the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite — LCROSS, for short — slammed [...]
Nobel Peace Prize Awarded To President Obama!
Just announced:
The Nobel Peace Prize for 2009
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 is to be awarded to President Barack Obama for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples. The Committee has attached special importance to Obama’s vision of and work for a world without [...]
Weekend Open Thread
What are you doing this weekend?
Here’s something interesting, the 2009 Ig Nobel prizes. The Ig Nobels are given by the satirical magazine The Annals of Improbable Research (I’ve told you before that scientist are weird), which is affiliated with Harvard University. The ceremonies are quite funny, with real Nobel laureates handing out the [...]
Comment Rescue: Unstable Isotope Wants to Have Some Fun!
UI points us to one of the best End of Year voting tasks out there — The Poorman’s 2008 Golden Winger Awards for Excellence in Wingnuttery. Go vote on these now and tell us who you thought were the best candidates for these awards:
Wank of the Year
Soggy Biscuit
The Creamy Baileys Nobel Peace Prize for [...]
Obama’s Weekly Video Address
President-Elect Obama is really beginning to freak me out when he says things like this:
Because the highest purpose of science is the search for knowledge, truth and a greater understanding of the world around us. That will be my goal as President of the United States—and I could not have a better team to guide [...]
