As you undoubtably are aware the Moyer charter school is closed. DSEA and DOE are cheering while the first will admit it an the second won’t. DSEA will run through The Hall today telling all and sundry, see we told you charter’s are bad while DOE will cluck sympathetically and shed crocodile tears. I’ll take DSEA’s gloating over DOE’s group hug [...]
Archive for June, 2010
The Moyer saga.
Posted in Uncategorized on June 30, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Presidential Succession Update
Posted in Uncategorized on June 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I wrote something about this in April, and since Senator Byrd passed away today, I checked to see if they had elected a new Senate President pro-tem. Sen. Daniel Inouye of Hawaii was sworn in as pro-tem today so now he is third in line behind Pelosi.
Ahhh, to be in Washington or Dover in late June…
Posted in Economy, Government Waste, Jack Markell, President Obama on June 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The President and the Fed Chairman got together to talk about the economy. “I think in our discussions we share the view that the economy is strengthening, that we are into recovery, that it’s actually led by some interesting sectors, like manufacturing, that we haven’t seen in quite some time,” the president said. “But what [...]
Why Friedrich Hayek Is Making a Comeback
Posted in Delaware, Economy, Government Waste, Open Government on June 28, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Readers of this blog know that I share very little in common with Keynsians. I think that the whole premise of government stimulus is built on a false premise called “aggregate demand”. Simply put, Keynes believed that there was an “aggregate demand” in an economy that could be described by the following equation: GDP = [...]
Custard’s Last Stand
Posted in Vice President Biden, tagged Custard Stand, Joe Biden on June 28, 2010 | 2 Comments »
This is classic Joe. During a photo op at Kopp’s Custard Stand in Wisconsin, our VP and the manager have a little exchange: “What do we owe you?” Biden is heard saying in footage captured by WISN-TV. “Don’t worry, it’s on us,” the manager replied. “Lower our taxes and we’ll call it [the custard] even.” “Why [...]
Bluewater Bailout Date
Posted in Uncategorized on June 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The bailout date for Bluewater/NRG to get out of the contract with Delmarva without having to pay a penalty ($3 Million if I recall) was right around this date. I think that it is June 30 but it may have been the 23d. So, unless NRG has some other use for Bluewater, it looks like [...]
Will The Elderly Or Poor Have Healthcare At All?
Posted in Medicaid/Health Care, National on June 28, 2010 | 2 Comments »
The following statistics come from a friend of mine in Financial Planning: Recent surveys by national and state medical societies have found more doctors limiting Medicare patients. The American Academy of Family Physicians says 13% of respondents didn’t participate in Medicare last year, up from 8% in 2008 and 6% in 2004. The American Osteopathic [...]
Go Govenor Begatto!
Posted in Uncategorized on June 26, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Well Governor Begatto once again proved he knows how to….. govern. The public employee’s got their 2.5 % back the instant any money was found. (the hell with foster care or the medically indigent) The school cop program was saved. (this is the most coveted job in the state police force – 7 to 3 and [...]
It Is Still A Center-Right Nation
Posted in Uncategorized on June 25, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Liberals have had their 2 years in the sun — a setting sun, but it’s been all theirs. I’ve said this before, and I’ll say it again, the United States is a center-right nation. By stomping on legislative rules, by driving a larger partisan divide, by “never letting a crisis go to waste”; however, liberals [...]
The Letter That Karen Weldin Stewart Did Not Send
Posted in Delaware, Democrats on June 25, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Elliot Jacobson was the Insurance Commissioners ever-present sidekick during the campaign. Seems that he is being sent packing without actually being sent packing. Dear Honorable Members of the Senate and House of Representatives: I am writing to inform you of a change in the staffing of my office. Yesterday, I announced the removal of Mr. [...]
