Carper, Coons and (in today’s NJ) now Carney have been making the case that Delaware is the only state in the US without a “National Park”. Has anyone else wondered if this is true? I know that we don’t have one, but are we really the only one? I took a quick look at the [...]
Archive for February, 2011
Is Delaware the only state without a national park?
Posted in Uncategorized on February 28, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Delaware is the 4th worst State in the Nation in Employment Participation
Posted in Delaware, Democrats, Economy on February 28, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The monthly unemployment rate makes Delaware look like it has a decent employment situation relative to the rest of the nation. However, that is because we are cooking the books. Almost 4 in 10 Delawareans are not participating in the job market, the 4th worst rate in the country. Fortunately for our Legislature and Governor, [...]
What $100 Million out of $3.5 Trillion looks like
Posted in President Obama on February 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This is from a couple years ago, but it puts the federal budget and a $100 million cut into perspective: How much is the $100 million dollars in budget cuts compared to the federal budget as a whole? This video imagines the budget as $100 in pennies to provide the answer. For more on the [...]
Keith Stoltz & the Death of Wilmington
Posted in Delaware, Democrats, Economy, Government Waste, Jack Markell, Jim Baker, New Castle County on February 26, 2011 | 9 Comments »
As previously pointed out in this blog, Keith Stoltz has made some sound and wise investments in Democratic leaders (original post is here). In Delaware, owning Democrats is a good plan, especially if you’re going to destroy the City of Wilmington. Mr. Stoltz will be building 300,000 square feet of retail shopping & restaurants just [...]
Public Union versus Private Union — The battle to come.
Posted in Economy, Government Waste on February 25, 2011 | 1 Comment »
So far, the private sector unions have assisted the public sector unions in their acquisition of more & more taxpayer funded benefits. This agreement has worked for a long time, but it will come to an end in the next few years. Why? Because for the average UAW member, gone is the big pay package [...]
Funny and Sad
Posted in Uncategorized on February 25, 2011 | 1 Comment »
WT Direct is Wilmington Trust’s answer to the “high interest” (1.11% Wow!) savings accounts offered by the likes of ING and Ally. Read this from the WT Direct website: ABOUT US WTDirect is a division of Wilmington Trust FSB, part of the Wilmington Trust family of companies — sound and stable for over 107 years [...]
Scheduling Issues? Can’t you come up with a better lie than that?
Posted in Uncategorized on February 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“This is a scheduling issue. The president will meet with Secretary of State Clinton this afternoon. We will have something to say out of that meeting. If possible, the President will speak this afternoon or tomorrow,” White House press secretary Jay Carney said of President Obama’s lack of response to the crisis in Libya. [Source: [...]
Pam Scott & Secretary Wicks
Posted in Delaware, DelDOT, Democrats, Economy, Government Waste, New Castle County, Open Government, Taxes on February 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
It was reported in the News Journal as well as commented on in this blog that both Pam Scott & Secretary Wicks had quit/resigned. I was out of town, and heard the news. I first thought, “Great. The people were heard and leaders stepped up to the plate and led.” I was preparing to issue [...]
But the Left is different…
Posted in Democrats, Free Speech on February 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Sarah Palin and others have been roundly criticized for their rhetoric. Where is the criticism today? Must be that this is different. Or maybe just hypocrites.
Pam Scott and Carolann Wicks both resign
Posted in DelDOT, New Castle County, Open Government, tagged Carolann Wicks, Pam Scott on February 19, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Wow! Two in one day! February 18, 2011 will now go down in history as the day the “firewall” crumbled. There was no dramatic “Tear down this wall!” speech, just a simple letter to the News Journal saying Pam Scott would be leaving the law firm of Saul Ewing, effective March 31, 2011. [...]
