It seems that a court will ultimately decide this outcome, but given the number of years it has dragged on, the recent spate of problems within DelDot, and the Minner-Carney Administration’s larding up of the Transportation Trust Fund (with no effort by the current administration to fix it), is it an wonder that DelDot is [...]
Archive for January, 2011
Indian River Inlet Bridge Designer Rejects DelDot Lawsuit
Posted in Delaware, DelDOT, Democrats, Jack Markell on January 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Delaware House Republicans Urge Gov. Markell to Reassess DelDOT
Posted in Delaware State House, DelDOT, Jack Markell, tagged DelDOT, Greg Lavelle, Jack Markell on January 31, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Letter sent today to Gov. Markell from Reps Lavelle and Hocker: January 31, 2011 Governor Jack Markell Tatnall Building Dover, DE 19901 Governor Markell, Given recent events, we are deeply concerned that questions over management of the Delaware Department of Transportation have seriously crippled public confidence in the agency and impacted its ability to operate [...]
Will America Support the Arab “Street”?
Posted in Democrats, National, President Obama, Religious Freedom on January 27, 2011 | 9 Comments »
Several years ago, there was all this talk about how the Arab “street” hates America. Of course, Egyptians are not simply Arabs nor are Yemeni’s simply Arabs, but the mainstream media does like to dumb things down for their readers. The basic narrative was that it was America’s support of Israel that led to terrorism [...]
University of Delaware Student Launches Free Job Search Website
Posted in Delaware, Economy, tagged PlentyofResumes.com on January 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Here is a great example of an entrepreneur trying to make his way. PlentyofResumes.com may or may not be the next Facebook, but you never know. We all have to start somewhere. Like Charlie said the other day, government needs to get out of the way and let guys like this do their [...]
Willfully Stupid
Posted in Uncategorized on January 25, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Juan Williams was on O’Reilly last night. He was defending the idea that the government should invest more in infrastructure to benefit the economy. He gave the example of China and India’s economies which are booming and pointed out that China is “investing”. Never mind the admiration for the communist model. What is China investing [...]
Whither Delaware
Posted in Delaware, Economy on January 23, 2011 | 3 Comments »
The last week has seen the front page of the News Journal finally verify what I have been saying (and what I tried to get recognized in Delaware’s Government) for almost a decade. I guess better late than never comes to mind. However, it is a bit frustrating when in 2007 I issued a lengthy, [...]
Kudos to ABC News — Democrat compares Republicans to Nazis on House Floor
Posted in Democrats, National, Tea Party, U.S. Congress on January 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
ABC News is reporting that Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tennessee) has compared Republican opponents of the Healthcare Bill to Goebbels & Nazis (The article can be found here & it includes the video footage). “They say it’s a government takeover of health care, a big lie just like Goebbels,” Cohen said. “You say it enough, you [...]
Availability Bias & Intolerance
Posted in Tea Party on January 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In the Decision Sciences arena, an area that I have done a fair amount of work, there are a number of data biases that one must adjust for to ensure that the best decision possible is made. One of these biases is an “Availability Bias” defined as: When confronted with a decision, thinking is influenced [...]
Pee-wee Herman is back
Posted in Just for fun, tagged Anderson Cooper, Pee-Wee Herman on January 17, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Pee-wee is making a comeback and this week’s Digital Short is one of the best things Saturday Night Live has put out in years. Saw Pee-wee on Anderson Cooper 360 last week and almost split my side when Anderson makes a cameo: http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/digital-short-andy-and-pee-wees-night-out/1270069/
Sanity from one FED Governor
Posted in Delaware, Democrats, Economy, Government Waste on January 16, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Richard Fisher is the president of the Federal Reserve branch in Dallas. Below is an excerpt from comments that he recently made to the Manhattan Institute. I couldn’t have said it better, myself. Interestingly, if you replace Congress with the Delaware General Assembly & replace President with Governor, the text really doesn’t need to change. [...]
