Great catch by blogger Ed Morrissey: BRIAN WILLIAMS: Let’s talk about another topic that’s part of the firmament here and everywhere. And that’s the economy. The New York Times said this weekend, “President Obama has another new plan on the economy. Now would be a good time to find out about it.” Do you have [...]
Archive for August, 2011
It’s deja vu all over again
Posted in Uncategorized on August 31, 2011 | 1 Comment »
It’s All Bush’s Fault
Posted in Democrats, National, President Obama on August 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
From the Wall Street Journal (subscription required): Political leaders encountered frustrated residents in the northeast Wednesday, angered by days without power, continued flooding and what they perceived to be a slow government response to Hurricane Irene’s devastation. More than 1.8 million homes and businesses from Virginia to Vermont remained in the dark—with some people told [...]
Bob Weiner says Paul Clark is going down the wrong path for redevelopment
Posted in New Castle County, tagged Bob Weiner, Paul Clark on August 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
New Castle County Councilman Bob Weiner has an opinion published in today’s News Journal criticizing County Executive Paul Clark’s “generally misguided approach to redevelopment.” He’s correct. If someone wants to build something big, they should have to pay for the necessary road improvements so people can access their property. Right now the cost is [...]
More Markell Mimicking Minner
Posted in Delaware, Democrats, Government Waste, Tea Party on August 26, 2011 | 7 Comments »
Issued from the State: State of Delaware offices in Sussex, New Castle and Kent counties will close today at noon. All non-essential state employees will be excused at that time. Non-essential employees scheduled to work shifts between noon Friday, August 26, 2011 and 5 p.m. Sunday, August 28, 2011 need not report. All essential employees [...]
Why Are Companies Not Creating Jobs? The Government. Just Ask Gibson Guitars
Posted in Delaware, Democrats, Economy, Government Waste, Jack Markell, Taxes, Tea Party on August 26, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Yesterday, the Federal Government shut down Gibson Guitars. Not because they were breaking US Laws, but because: The Federal Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. has suggested that the use of wood from India that is not finished by Indian workers is illegal, not because of U.S. law, but because it is the Justice Department’s [...]
God doesn’t like Washington either!
Posted in President Obama on August 23, 2011 | 3 Comments »
The President’s approval rating is in the toilet. Today God agreed and showed his frustration. He must be tired of waiting for the Obama jobs plan? From weather.com: An earthquake has rattled Virginia and the Washington D.C. area, according to preliminary reports from the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake was centered in Virginia about [...]
Governor Markell Puts True Believer At The Alter of Alternatives
Posted in Climate Change, Delaware, Democrats, Economy, Energy, Government Waste, Jack Markell, Religious Freedom, Taxes, Tea Party on August 22, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Two weeks ago, it was blogged that Tom Noyes, aka blogger Tommywonk, was taking a job in DNREC in the Markell Administration in the area of alternative energy. In office, the “businessman” Governor has a record of accomplishing two things: 1) Spending taxpayer money on Corporate Welfare for publicly-traded, well-capitalized companies that make big political [...]
How the Regulatory Environment is Killing the Economy Part II
Posted in Delaware, Democrats, Economy, Government Waste, Taxes, Tea Party on August 18, 2011 | 1 Comment »
After I just posted a demonstration of government shutting down economic activity with regulations, Politico has a great story regarding trying to get an answer to a farmer’s question… It is titled: Obama’s unhelpful advice. It is extremely funny in a tragic sort of way & demonstrates just how out-of-touch President Obama really is followed very closely [...]
Dover powers up solar farm | The News Journal | delawareonline.com
Posted in Uncategorized on August 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Dover powers up solar farm | The News Journal | delawareonline.com. When the city of Dover agreed to buy all of the electricity that this facility produced, they refused to tell the public how much they were paying for the power. Even now that the boondoggle is built, the city still refuses to reveal how [...]
How The Regulatory Environment Is Killing The Economy
Posted in Delaware, Economy, National, Tea Party on August 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Many on the right, myself included, talk at length about how excessive regulation kills business opportunity. The current Administration in Washington has been an active promoter of aggressive regulators — actions that don’t make the front page of the paper — but add to the “economic uncertainty” that businesses are facing. If a business is [...]
