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Posted in Americanism, Change, civil liberties on Jan 11th, 2011
As a Sussex County Committeeman, I attended Monday night’s GOP meeting that started in chaos and ended in chaos. Instead of parliamentary rule, a dictatorship emerged and seemingly established itself over the cries of dissension of the the body of republicans. People attempted to move resolutions to the floor and were disallowed and no reason [...]
Posted in Change, Delaware GOP on Dec 20th, 2009
by Vance Phillips, President, Sussex County Council As 2009 draws to a close, it’s only natural to reflect on the year gone by. For the Sussex County Council, 2009 was historic. In January, three new members took their seats on the five-member body only to be greeted with news that record deficits were looming, largely [...]
Posted in Change on Nov 5th, 2009
There are a number of reasons why I support term limits. First, it forces a change in leadership periodically, thus bringing fresh blood to the legislative bodies. It creates a large pool of leaders needed in any party, if that party wishes to easily find candidates to run for the many elected positions in the [...]
Posted in Change, Delaware GOP, Election 2009, Ethics, Liberalism, Manufactured Homes, Obama, Regional Politics, Schwartzkopf, Sock Puppeteering, Taxes, Tort Reform, Unions on Sep 11th, 2009
37th District candidate Rob Robinson was on WGMD yesterday afternoon and I took the time to tune in a check it out. Bill Colley came right out of the gate with questions about the candidate’s relationship to “Working Families For Delaware’s Future.” a group that was canvassing the 37th with “hit” literature about Robinson’s opponent, [...]
Posted in Change, Education, National Dems, Obama, economy on Sep 8th, 2009
Yeah, you heard me, the year was 1991: Rep. William Ford, then chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, ordered the General Accounting Office to investigate the cost and legality of Bush’s appearance. On October 17, 1991, Ford summoned then-Education Secretary Lamar Alexander and other top Bush administration officials to testify at a hearing [...]
Posted in Change, Defense, Election 2008-President, Ethics, Foreign Policy, Joe Biden, Military, National Dems, National Security, Obama, US Congress on Aug 24th, 2009
The White House is appointing itself “The Interrogation Czar” in yet another move that makes me wonder if Congress is ever going to step in and do some of the stuff we elected them to do: President Barack Obama has approved creation of a new, special terrorism-era interrogation unit to be supervised by the White [...]
Posted in Change, Election 2010, Election 2012, National GOP, Polls on Aug 20th, 2009
Pew just released their latest stats on the political climate and thing are still sliding south for President Obama and the Democrats. However, there is also a lesson to be learned for the Republicans. Their loss does not equate to your gain. (See graph below.) Republicans have a lot of work to do in order to gain [...]
Posted in Change, Delaware Democrats, Healthcare, Local Media, National Dems on Aug 17th, 2009
From the event’s host, The News Journal: Join a Web video chat with Sen. Tom Carper on the plan to reform health care live at 5 p.m. today on DelawareOnline.com. You can be a part of the discussion by posting your comments and questions. Will this be the new forum for health care discussions across [...]
Posted in Americanism, Change, Ethics, Healthcare, National Dems, Obama, Sock Puppeteering, Tea Parties on Aug 13th, 2009
Yes, “astroturf” has finally been located at a town hall meeting about health care. I’m going to give you the Cliff’s Notes version, and urge you to read the original blog post by Matt Bramandi at LoneStarTimes.com with a big ole HAT TIP to him for knowing when to use Google. Here’s apparently how it [...]
Posted in Americanism, Antiwar Left, Change, Healthcare, National Dems on Aug 10th, 2009
According to Reps. Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer, healthcare opponents are “un-American”. These disruptions are occurring because opponents are afraid not just of differing views — but of the facts themselves. Drowning out opposing views is simply un-American. Drowning out the facts is how we failed at this task for decades. Comments?
I walked around the Silent No More Rally in Dover yesterday and talked to most of the people who were involved in putting together the event and the organizations who had tables at the event, and one guy with a good hat. I guess I should mention that I was there from about 12:30 until [...]
Posted in Change, Crime, Foreign Policy, United Nations on Aug 4th, 2009
The Lubna-Ahmed al-Hussein trial in the Sudan will resume on September 7th. Who is this woman and what did she do that has her facing 40 lashes for “indecency” in the Sudan? She wore pants in public: Lubna Ahmed al-Hussein, who waived the immunity she has as an employee of the United Nations Mission in [...]
Posted in Change, Entitlements, Ethics, Healthcare, Liberal Media, Looney Left, National Dems, Obama on Jul 31st, 2009
According to a report in The Hill, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is blaming the media for setting the August deadline to pass healthcare legislation: Reid said reporters created a fictitious deadline of a successful vote by the August recess, and downplayed the fact that the chamber won’t meet that mark. “That is a deadline [...]
Posted in Antiwar Left, Armed Forces, Books, Change, Education, Ethics, National Dems, National GOP, Reform on Jul 27th, 2009
Rep. John Conyers finally admitted what we already knew, that our elected officials on Capital Hill don’t read those pesky pieces of paper that turn into laws and taxes and even wars because it’s just too darn hard: “I love these members, they get up and say, ‘Read the bill,’” said Conyers. “What good is [...]
Posted in Biden, Change, Energy, National Dems, Obama, Open Government, Transparency on Jul 10th, 2009
Remember back when presidential candidate Barack Obama said this: When there are meetings between lobbyists and a government agency, we won’t be going to the Supreme Court to keep it secret like Dick Cheney and his energy task force, we’ll be putting them up on the Internet for every American to watch. Well, apparently that’s [...]
Posted in Budget, Change, Comment Rescue, Deficit, Delaware Democrats, Open Government, Taxes, Transparency, Waste on Jun 29th, 2009
resolutedetermination over at Resolute Determination has this inspiring report up: I just called the Division of Research at Legislative Hall to get my hands on a copy of the budget. I was told that the public has no right to review the budget until after the General Assembly passes the bill. So how can any [...]
Posted in Budget, Business, Change, Election 2008-President, Stuff, US Congress, Unions, economy, unemployment on Jun 1st, 2009
Former Presidential Candidate Ralph Nader chimes in on the GM bankruptcy: Today’s bankruptcy declaration in federal court by General Motors is an avoidable, crude weapon of mass devastation for workers, dealers, auto suppliers, small businesses and their depleted communities. For GM’s voiceless owners — the common shareholders — it is a wipeout. The proximate cause [...]
Posted in Budget, Change, Delaware Democrats, Markell, Open Government, Schwartzkopf, economy on May 8th, 2009
This week Governor Markell pulled an astonishing, double-secret-pinky-swear fact out and smacked Delawareans in the face with it: “This isn’t over,” Markell said. “The bottom line is, we still need to find the funding to do all the things we need to do.” Markell said lawmakers who opposed his proposal were voting against something that [...]
Posted in Carney, Change, Crime, Delaware Democrats, Employment, Ethics, Jack Markell, Local Media, Open Government, Quotes, Schwartzkopf, unemployment on May 5th, 2009
Today I found out that my state representative thinks his job is to be the Governor’s waterboy: “Part of my job is to carry the water for the governor and it’s just that simple.” ~ Rep. Pete “The Waterboy” Schwartzkopf We just got out of an election season where John Carney, the former Lt. Governor, [...]
Posted in Alternative Fuel, Budget, Change, Deficit, Employment, Energy, Environment, Ethics, Global Warming, Military, National Dems, Obama, Oil, Open Government, Spending, unemployment on Apr 28th, 2009
$328,835 is the pricetag for the White House’s tragically stupid New York City photo-op according to the Air Force. Check it out: The flight by the VC-25, a modified Boeing Co. 747, and two F-16 fighter jets cost $328,835, Air Force spokeswoman Vicki Stein said. $328,835 for a picture at a time when many Americans [...]
Posted in Budget, Change, Conservatism, Delaware Blogs, Election 2008 - Delaware, Jack Markell, Open Government, Reform, economy on Mar 31st, 2009
Governor Jack Markell held a “roundtable” in Newark this morning with “Delaware Bloggers.” Strangely missing from the “roundtable” were bloggers from Sussex County, the majority all of Kent County, and any blogger anywhere in Delaware that even slightly smacked of conservatism.
Posted in Budget, Change, Delaware Democrats, Education, Election 2008 - Delaware, Jack Markell, Liberalism, Open Government, Spending, economy on Mar 25th, 2009
Fear Mongering And Loathing In Las Vegas Delaware Once upon a time, I worked for a wise candidate who told me that when budget cuts are on the horizon, an administration will threaten teachers’ jobs or pay to scare and anger the masses. That way, when a teacher’s 8% pay cut ends up being a [...]
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Posted in Business, Change, Earmarks, Earmarxists, Economics, Liberalism, National Dems, National GOP, Revolutionary Reform, economy on Mar 18th, 2009
…Congress warned AIG execs to return their millions in bonuses – or face a possible new law taxing those payouts at up to 100%. “They should voluntarily return them. If they don’t, we plan to tax virtually all of it,” New York Sen. Chuck Schumer declared on the Senate floor. The idea that our government [...]
Posted in Change, DNREC, Economics, Energy, Environment, Global Warming, Jack Markell, Minner Failures, NRG, Stuff, economy on Mar 17th, 2009
Governor Jack Markell has announced that a Californian named Collin O’Mara is his pick to head up the train wreck known as DNREC. O’Mara is described by the Markell Administration as a “climate prosperity leader” and a “climate prosperity expert.” Well, I had no idea what the heck either of those things were, so I [...]
Posted in Alternative Fuel, Armed Forces, Change, Deficit, Entitlements, Environment, Ethics, Global Warming, Iraq, National Dems, Stuff, US Congress on Mar 10th, 2009
According to Judicial Watch, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her “extended family” are enjoying the benefits of travel via Gulfstream jet on the taxpayer’s dime. Here’s a little preview: The documents also detail correspondence from intermediaries for Speaker Pelosi issuing demands for certain aircraft and expressing outrage when requested military planes were not available. “It [...]
Posted in Change, Education, Jack Markell on Mar 8th, 2009
In the beginning of February, I got a newsletter from school reminding parents that the Delaware State Testing Program was coming up in March. It contained a little advice: …please be sure that your child gets an adequate amount of rest the nights before the DSTP tests. A good breakfast is also very important. Send [...]
Posted in Bill Lee, Change, Election 2008 - Delaware on Jul 24th, 2008
Some of us would have loved to have been at the Bill Lee anouncement but couldn’t afford to take off from work. Here he is in his own words unfiltered by the media. Delaware is an outstanding state, filled with good people of varied backgrounds and talents, natural beauty, and a rich cultural and business history. [...]
Posted in Change, Charlie Copeland, Delaware Democrats, Delaware GOP, Election 2008 - Delaware, Uncategorized on Jun 30th, 2008
The Dover African American Festival was a fun and educational event. The music, traditional dancing, and booths for products, services, and information combined for a fine event. One would expect there to be excitement for the elections with Senator Obama’s historic run. The Kent County Democrats had a booth as usual. Markell and Carney each had their [...]
Posted in Change, Ethics, National Dems on Apr 2nd, 2008
Emerging out of the shadows, mad scientists reveled in their latest creation Human genes cloned in cow eggs. The resultant embryo is mostly human with random cow material. The purpose is to have subjects for experimentation who have no legal rights. The British Parliament is engaged in a debate which we need to have in our country. [...]
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