Delaware Political Blogwire

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• Why It is OK to Call Out FOX News

  —DelawareLiberal.Net

  And in many ways, the rush to accommodate FOX Noise is right at the center of how journalists are undermining their own authority and respect. [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 2:00pm EST
  by cassandra_m

• Day 284 of Mike Castle’s Betrayal of Delaware

  —DelawareLiberal.Net

  Bet you thought I forgot. Today the House is voting on its version of Health Care Reform and it looks like Representative Mike Castle (Republican-Delaware) will be voting against it. Hey Mike, we’re wondering what it is like to be Boehner’s lackey? Cantor’s bitch? Enjoy your early retirement next January. [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 1:18pm EST
  by nemski

• Al Gore advocates civil disobedience to stop global warming

  —The Colossus of Rhodey

  The Inventor of the Internets, in an interview with The Guardian (via The Corner): Amid increasing incidents of climate protesters disrupting the operations of fossil-fuel industries and airports in Britain and elsewhere, Gore suggests the scale of the emergency means... [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 11:54am EST
  by Hube

• Delmar Police Abandoned Vehicles Auction

  —Delmar DustPan

  
  I stopped by the Delmar Police Abandoned Vehicle auction today. Looked like a good crowd about hundred and fifty of which about eighty had bidder numbers. I looked for the food first and got my scrapple sandwich. The food was provided by the Delmar Wesleyan Church. [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 11:50am EST
  

• Anti-Abortion Democrats Betraying Women Once Again

  —DelawareLiberal.Net

  Number of comments: 6
  Conservatives say they want to get government out of our lives and don’t want “government bureaucrats” standing in the way of the relationship between doctors and patients. Unless, of course, you’re a woman then the pregnancy-is-punishment lobby is only too happy to tell you what to do. Democratic leaders in [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 10:00am EST
  by Unstable Isotope

• How True

  —What A Smell?

  This is currently making its way through the internet, and there are no truer words:
  
  Let me see if I understand all this...
  
  IF YOU CROSS THE NORTH KOREAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU GET 12 YEARS HARD LABOR.
  
  IF YOU CROSS THE IRANIAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU ARE DETAINED [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 9:35am EST
  

• Taking of bodies and minds from our colleges and universities

  —Kilroy's delaware

  “During a press conference, Governor Rhodes called the protesters un-American and referred to the protesters as revolutionaries set on destroying higher education in Ohio. “They’re worse than the brown shirts and the communist element and also the night riders and the vigilantes,” Rhodes said. “They’re the worst type of people [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 8:00am EST
  by kilroysdelaware

• Cantor’s Inappropriate Response To Dachau Photo

  —DelawareLiberal.Net

  Number of comments: 13
  He says the photos are inappropriate. Inappropriate?  Like wearing white after Labor Day?  What an insipid little word to describe that disgusting display.  And since he belongs to the party of “death panels” and “HCR will kill grandma” I know he has it in him to do better than inappropriate.  I [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 7:54am EST
  by pandora

• As Goes California , So Goes The Nation ?

  —DelawarePolitics.net

  Number of comments: 3
  

  The state of California has decided that highway robbery is a better solution to their economic troubles , than is cutting their out of control spending.

   The state of California has  increased payroll withholding by ten percent . Spokeswoman ,Brenda Voet , for the State Franchise Tax Board , said “this is [...]

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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 6:49am EST
  by Frank Knotts

• Republican Health Care Bill Proves Republicans Don’t Know Why We’re Reforming Health Care in The First Place

  —kavips

  These guys are a hoot… Man, if anyone was ever a joke in politics it would have to be Boehmer and his Republican cadre in the House… What a laughing stock. Man, they have to be doing it for laughs. Can any human being possibly be this dumb… Is it [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 6:17am EST
  by kavips

• Counting My Blessings

  —The Mourning Constitution

  I dodged a bullet yesterday, quite literally.

  There were a series of shootings, robberies, and home invasions yesterday in the Oak Orchard area of Millsboro, and a robbery and shooting in the Harris Teeter grocery store that is in the same plaza where I work, and left some 45 minutes earlier.

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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 3:15am EST
  by Brian Shields

• Wow. Great Catch.

  —Transparent Christina

  Best Catch Ever?! – Morgan State Player Makes Unreal Catch! Posted in Uncategorized [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 12:50am EST
  by John Young

• Stoopid stoopid Americuns should be borrowing more money while out of work

  —Delaware Libertarian

  Let's see....
  
  10.2% unemployment. Check.
  
  Millions more unable to afford health care and afraid they will either lose their homes or their jobs. Check.
  
  Many worried Americans trying to pay off their credit cards, stop buying unnecessary shit, and actually save some money. Oh. No. [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 11:15pm EST
  

• Wildcats Won

  —Delmar DustPan

  My wife called to say Delmar won 12 to 6 over Laurel!!! She said they were sitting in Bacon Switch waiting to form a parade with the fire trucks for our winning team. [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 10:07pm EST
  

• Late Night Video — POX News

  —DelawareLiberal.Net

  Number of comments: 3
  The beloved children's TV show, Sesame Street has its 40th Anniversary this month and they have been rerunning episodes and skits to celebrate that event. After this piece aired, wingnuts got their whine on,complaining that PBS was specifically trying to brainwash the kids: [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 10:00pm EST
  by cassandra_m

• America looking forward from 40 years back

  —Kilroy's delaware

  Number of comments: 1
  This song America from Bloodrock is about 40 years old. I remember when it was  first released and is one of the songs from yesterday that I could never shake. There was much pain in the country back then with the war in Vietnam, the assignations of John Kennedy, Martin Luther King [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 9:30pm EST
  by kilroysdelaware

• 2009 Farmers’ Market Season Tops $1.1 Million

  —CoastalSussex.com

  Dover- The 2009 Delaware farmers’ market season has ended as the most profitable season ever, with 15 markets earning more than $1.1 million (a 40-percent increase over last season). This season kicked off in April and ended last week for participating farmers.

  “It is refreshing and gratifying to see the [...]

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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 7:39pm EST
  by David Burris

• Chickenhawk Tom Tancredo Gets Served By Markos

  —DelawareLiberal.Net

  Number of comments: 10
  Today is video pwnage day at DL. Former Republican presidential candidate Tom Tancredo appeared on MSNBC to talk about how veterans hate the VA system. Markos then hurt Tancredo’s feelings by pointing out that Tancredo avoided service in Vietnam, a war that Tancredo claimed to support. Tancredo left the set! [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 7:00pm EST
  by Unstable Isotope

• Leading Democrat Slams Arne Duncan

  —Kilroy's delaware

  WisPolitics: Obama urges states to embrace reforms to qualify for ‘Race to the Top’ dollars 11/5/2009 The push for “Race to the Top” dollars has sparked some concerns from Wisconsin Democrats, with state Sen. Mark Miller, co-chair of the Joint Finance Committee, asking Duncan for more details on the federal program [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 4:18pm EST
  by kilroysdelaware

• Punkin Chunkin - 2009

  —Delmar DustPan

  My wife and I stopped by Punkin Chunkin for a couple of hours today. It was boring and cold. We had wanted to see the trebuchets in action instead they fired off about five air cannons in the two hours we were there.
  
  It's' [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 3:54pm EST