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Posted in Stuff on Feb 4th, 2012
It seems that every time we hear a report of how bad the economy is, we hear about the ups and downs of the stock market. We hear about the level of unemployment. We hear about the cost of oil, the cost of this or that. But these things are not the economy, [...]
Posted in Stuff on Feb 2nd, 2012
My friend Don Ayotte will be dialing back his involvement here at DelawarePolitics.net in order to campaign. It is the same process that I undertook and should not be seen as anything more. I wanted to make this announcement so there would be no speculation when he does not comment or posts infrequently for a [...]
Posted in Stuff on Feb 1st, 2012
Yes I remember it well. It was just 4 years ago when some conservatives told me that everyone needed to support Mitt Romney who was the only conservative who could stop the really bad moderate Republican John McCain. In fact Mike Huckabee (who I was told was really a conservative.) teamed up with John McCain to [...]
Posted in Stuff on Jan 31st, 2012
Delaware Housing Coalition Homeless Planning Council Ken Smith Susan Starrett 302.678.2286 302.654.0126 PRESS RELEASE For immediate release. In Denying Conditional Use Application to Shelter Town of Georgetown Council Misguided On January 25, 2012, the Georgetown Town Council voted to override the Planning Commission’s January 18 decision to approve Sussex Community Crisis Housing Services’ (SCCHS) request [...]
Posted in Stuff on Jan 30th, 2012
I have investigated the controversial deletion of the comment in Mr. Frank Knotts post. It seems that no one deleted it. On occassion, the spam filter hiccups as some frequent commenters know. I apologize to the agrevied party and I am happy the comment was rescued. I believe it is essential that we maintain a [...]
Posted in Stuff on Jan 29th, 2012
For the second time today I have been made aware of people being blocked and banned from this site. I have been made aware in the past of this practice. In some cases I have understood the reason, but many times it has seemed to me to be an attempt to either silence [...]
Posted in Stuff on Jan 28th, 2012
Thge Sussex County Council has released their end of year report in which they tell tax payers that the county collected 3.4 million dollars too much this past year. Okay, that isn’t exactly what the press release from Chip Guy said, but it is what it amounts to. The report calls it a [...]
Posted in Stuff on Jan 25th, 2012
I watched President Obama’s State of the Union last night. It was quite a show. He was at the top of his game. He sounded like a cross between Shawn Hannity and Andy Stern. He advocated tax reform, an all of the above energy policy, and a fair society. I am intrigued of course by [...]
Posted in Stuff on Jan 24th, 2012
From the Cape Gazette, an article about Delaware Politics blogger Don Ayotte, who has entered the District 3 race. Full story below.
Posted in Stuff on Jan 23rd, 2012
It would seem as if the battle of the endorsements for the sixth senatorial district in Delaware on going. The first shot was fired by Ernie Lopez, when shortly after announcing his intentions to run for the state senate, he was endorsed by four former Sussex County GOP Committee Chairs, Dave Burris, Phyllis Byrne, Bill [...]
Posted in Stuff on Jan 21st, 2012
Some instapundit analysis in no particular order: First, the win means the end of the “Romney is inevitable” mantra. Second, even more importantly, it means the establishment is weakened. Establishment picks are being overwhelmed by conservative sentiment. Romney’s support has scarcely ever wavered from about 25%. The rest of the votes have been divided among [...]
Posted in Stuff on Jan 20th, 2012
Love Newt or hate him, condemn or exonerate him, Gingrich gave a lesson for teachable conservatives: Don’t let the Left set the terms of debate. Turn the tables and don’t self-defend. Go from defense to offense.
Posted in Stuff on Jan 20th, 2012
DNREC, DHSS join First Lady Carla Markell in promoting 2012 as a year of volunteer service New state websites offer volunteer opportunities and events DOVER (Jan. 18, 2012) – As we celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King’s legacy this week, Delaware’s First Lady Carla Markell is issuing a call to volunteers statewide to resolve to make [...]
Posted in Stuff on Jan 20th, 2012
My political round up this week has to include the insane attack on Governor Mitt Romney for paying his taxes and paying a higher percentage of his income than in an effective tax rate greater 97% of Americans. The same media that did not bash the Secretary of Treasury for not paying his taxes or [...]
Posted in Stuff on Jan 19th, 2012
It was a good speech. The Governor’s office put out a release which did a good job detailing the accomplishments and goals the Governor presented today. I would like to look at what was not said, but that will have to come tomorrow. Dover, DE – Governor Jack Markell’s fourth State of the State address [...]
Posted in Stuff on Jan 19th, 2012
Governor Rick Perry may become the Kingmaker. Speaker Gingrich now has the momentum in South Carolina. We found out that Mitt Romney didn’t really win Iowa. We should have always known that. It was a three way tie with 7 delegates to Santorum, Paul, and Romney. Still congratulations to the winner Senator Santorum.
Posted in Stuff on Jan 19th, 2012
http://dti.delaware.gov/webcast/ Watch Gov. Markell live at 2:00 pm today.
Posted in Stuff on Jan 19th, 2012
Senator Lawson’s answer to the statewide wave of terror is Senate Bill 161. It would make home invasion a class A Felony subject to Life imprisonment without parole or probatiion. Section 1. Amend Title 11 of the Delaware Code by making insertions as shown by underlining and deletions as shown by strike through as follows: [...]
Posted in Stuff on Jan 18th, 2012
According to The Blaze, “… four residents are asking U.S. District Court Judge Leonard P. Stark to rule that this action [reciting the Lord’s prayer at Sussex County Council meetings] violates the establishment clause of the First Amendment. Americans United for Separation of Church and State (AUSCS), a church-state separatist group, is defending the four [...]
Posted in Stuff on Jan 18th, 2012
Excerpt from my recent article for American Thinker: “The California Teachers’ Association, as reported by the Christian Examiner, held a conference during which the association’s conference presenters and program received materials advocating “gender liberation.” According to the materials, male-female distinctions must be eliminated in order to “liberate” children from unnecessary stereotypes about what it means [...]
Posted in Stuff on Jan 15th, 2012
Well now that the NFL season has ended for the Denver Broncos and Tim Tebow, the question is who lost the game? I have to admit that I was unable to see the last game of the 2011 season for the Broncos, and possibly the last for Tim Tebow as a Bronco. I [...]
Posted in ACORN, Revolutionary Reform, Stuff, Tyranny on Jan 13th, 2012
Saul Alinsky’s book. “Rules For Radicals,” was first named “Rules For Revolution,” and has caused untold controversy since Alinsky published the book in 1971. I realize that one post will not be enough to communicate the content of destruction this book holds for our Republic. When I first bought the book, I vowed to read [...]
Posted in Stuff on Jan 12th, 2012
James O’Keefe shows how easy it is to vote as a zombie in New Hampshire. 19 states require no identification in order to vote. Delaware requires only a non-photo ID. Why doesn’t our state require a photo ID?
Posted in Stuff on Jan 9th, 2012
This blog site has been dedicated to countless threads which involve endless discussion, attacks and counter attacks over local contests, personal disagreements and acrimonious assaults, Republican and Democrat alike. In the end, it won’t matter. Concerns about the Delaware GOP’s strategies going forward, promotion of Republican candidates and conservative fiscal policies also have provoked endless [...]
Posted in Stuff on Jan 8th, 2012
Apparently, according to the brain surgeon who called in to the Mark Levin talk show, if you’re over 70, you are entitled to “comfort care” ONLY under certain circumstances. If you need brain surgery, administrators, not the surgeons, will decide whether or not you get the necessary operation. Anyone remember when Sarah Palin was ridiculed [...]
Posted in Stuff on Jan 7th, 2012
It’s about time a candidate noted anti-Christian bias. Good for Newt.
Posted in Stuff on Jan 7th, 2012
From the late 60′s to early 90′s the feminist liberal mantra was that the differences between men and women were due to an intolerant male patriarchy who forced women into certain roles in society. According to the liberal feminists, the real differences, biologically, were basically just plumbing. The liberals put out the line that perceived differences [...]
Posted in Stuff on Jan 4th, 2012
What might have been the last appearance of Glen Urquhart as the Sussex County GOP Chairman, on the Bill Colley Show, on WGMD was another moment to remember. I came in around the middle of the weekly appearance just as the Chairman was talking about the number of state employees (I wonder why?) [...]
Posted in Stuff on Jan 4th, 2012
Yes, you read that correctly, I just got fired through Facebook. Not because of something I said on Facebook (as has happened) but through a Facebook message. I can understand wanting to “take your programming in a different direction”, but is there a reason why employees no longer deserve a even a phone call when [...]
Posted in Election 2012, Stuff on Jan 3rd, 2012
The Delaware Santorum movement has started. Contact Michael Lindquist http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Delaware-for-Rick-Santorum/196770627074387. I also have a petition and you can email depolitics@gmail.com for Ron Paul and Rick Santorum petitions. It is obvious who the top tier is now. Santorum fresh off his Iowa victory (no matter what the exact outcome–he is the winner tonight) will be a [...]
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