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Posted in Conservatism, Liberalism, National Dems, National GOP on Mar 7th, 2010
Republicans propose limiting the size of government to balance the budget. The difference between the party of government and the party of the people couldn’t be clearer.
Posted in Courts, Liberalism, Looney Left, Socialism on Mar 4th, 2010
Madison would roll over in his grave if he saw President Obama nominate a judge who believes in a Constitutional right to welfare. Goodwin H. Liu was nominated on Feb. 24 for the 9th U.S. Circus Court of Appeals.
From the Wahington Times
Now, let’s move beyond theory. For what practical purpose was Mr. Liu laying out [...]
Posted in Healthcare, Jack Markell, Jobs, Liberalism, National Dems, Obama on Feb 22nd, 2010
Governor Markell and the Democrat Governors were pushing the bipartisan jobs bill and decrying the partisanship in Washington. Markell said to Foxnews, Republican lawmakers have effectively put Obama on his heels by blocking Democratic initiatives. “The challenge has been to get through the clutter of ‘No,”‘ he said.
Interestingly, he ignored that Republicans did not block the [...]
Posted in Liberalism, Looney Left on Nov 22nd, 2009
Only a liberal would believe that making a 12 year old get a license plate for his/her bike would increase public safety. A Philadelphia councilman is claiming just that. He speaks of problems getting the bike riders to obey the rules of the road, but he never makes a connection to his $20 license plate [...]
Posted in CoastalSussex, Liberalism, Looney Left, Religion, Stuff on Nov 7th, 2009
Anyone who is familiar with Joan Deaver knows that she is a liberal fruitcake of the first order. It does not take long to come to this conclusion. For those who actually listen to her in a conversation, this should take about 20 minutes. If one gets distracted it will take about an hour. In [...]
Posted in Election 2009, Liberalism, Looney Left on Nov 1st, 2009
.UPDATE: Politico covers deal to flip Scozzafava from a Republican Lib to a Democrat Lib.
It was whispered inDemocrat circles that Dede Scozzafava was going to flip if she got elected. After she suspended, President Obama’s team contacted her for an endorsement. She was so easily persuaded by his group that it proved the point of [...]
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 [...]
Posted in Healthcare, Liberalism, Looney Left on Jul 28th, 2009
Why do we spend so much time on the health care reform issue this summer? As Mrs. Collins says, it is a matter of life and death. Peter Singer wrote an article for the New York Times Sunday Magazine which seems to articulate the philosophical basis for some of the provisions now surfacing. [...]
Posted in Abortion, Liberalism, Litigation on Jun 30th, 2009
While we were looking at the budget, our friends at the Delaware Family Policy Council also paid attention to the senate. We all know that illegal activity at abortion mills is forbidden under FACE (Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances). Last night, the radicals decided to go after legal education and free speech. This bill [...]
Posted in Delaware GOP, Election 2010, Energy, Environment, Liberalism on Jun 26th, 2009
Speaker Pelosi put it all on the line. She made it. 219 to 212. It is a vote reminiscent of the Clinton tax hike of 1993. The Democrats own this with 211 votes to 44 in favor.
The speaker and the President owe a big thank you to eight [...]
Posted in Liberalism, Reform, Stuff on Jun 10th, 2009
Update: Voted out of committee.
What insanity would possess a person in a small state to support DE HB 198? It is The abolishes Federalism and insures Delawareans don’t matter Act or at least that is what it would be called if we applied truth to labeling.
The Act would disenfranchise Delaware Voters by insuring that regardless [...]
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 [...]
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 may be [...]
Posted in Clinton, Environment, Liberalism on Mar 6th, 2009
Secretary Clinton wants to use the hysteria over climate change to remake society. Never waste a good crisis, she declared. Naturally, in an effort to fulfill the Obama pledge to raise our standing around the world, she blasted the U. S. as irresponsible.
In the 1961 U. S. Government Freedom from War Report [...]
Posted in Liberalism, National Dems on Nov 24th, 2008
I have a great deal of respect for many Democrats. Just like me, they are caring, hard working people who want this to be a better nation. This post is not intended to bash them nor is it even intended to bash the Democrat party. It is intended to bring questions of public policy to [...]
Posted in Crime, Liberalism, Social Conservatives on Nov 12th, 2008
Marriage started as an institution to bond the sexes. A renegade court tried to change it and in spite of bullies and politically correct mobs, the voters stood strong. Some extremists would like to turn CA into third world mobocracy. The mob leaders form an enemies list and instead of accepting defeat, they target those [...]
Posted in Liberalism, Unions on Jul 28th, 2008
I am not anti-union. I am for local autonomy and free political choice. Please understand my motivation for this post.
The Service Employees International Union has decided to spend 150 million dollars in this fall’s election. That is their right and I don’t question it. The problem is that they apparently don’t have 150 million dollars. [...]
Posted in Conservatism, Economics, Entitlements, Liberalism on Jul 19th, 2008
…At least we stopped paying for this year. Cost of Government day came this week. “Cost of Government Day (COGD) is the date of the calendar year on which the average American worker has earned enough gross income to pay off his or her share of spending and regulatory burdens imposed by government on the [...]
Posted in Liberalism on Jul 11th, 2008
A Michigan man found some passages in some Bible translations “emotionally distressing because they did not endorse homosexually. Once upon a time Americans believed the cure for speech they didn’t like was more speech that they did like. This is why I am skeptical of the expansion of hate crimes laws. They can be used [...]
Posted in Education, Election 2008-President, Liberalism on Jul 10th, 2008
In case you missed it, I must inform you that news has broken that we don’t have an immigration problem. We have a language problem. Senator Barack Obama said yesterday that “instead of worrying about whether immigrants can learn English,” Americans “need to make sure your child can speak Spanish”. 83% of Americans don’t quite [...]
Posted in Liberalism, US Congress on Jul 10th, 2008
The Liberal controlled Congress is at 9% approval, but the NRA is at 56% approval. No wonder we will be more likely to see Senator Obama with a rifle than Harry Reid.
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