Wind Power in South Australia

I imagine that the 1,000 Megawatts of installed windpower in South Australia is one of the big successes touted by the wind power shills in congress and in Dover.

The article that I have linked to below was written by a member of the legislative council in the Australian state of South Australia.  That would be similar to our Delaware House of Representatives.

I guess that they must have been early adopters who have now learned the truth about this.

My recollection regarding one of the main differences between humans and monkeys was that humans were supposed to be able to learn from the mistakes of others without having to repeat them. I am sure that our politicians are smarter than monkeys.

But I am sure that here in the US, they check to make sure that the wind resources are available at the time and season that electricity is needed.  They would not make their friends rich at the public’s expense.

Yes, I am being a bit sarcastic.

Media Releases | The Hon. David Ridgway MLC | Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council.

Blackmailing The Republicans

With the Sequestration, the US Government will spend $15 Billion more next year.  Republicans are idiots to ever even participate in discussions where this increase is characterized as a “cut.”  They should not accept these terms for the discussion.  Given that there is to be more spending, why is President Obama threatening to hurt the American people to the extent that he is.

The $85 Billion more that he wanted is the same amount that the Federal Reserve is spending monthly on bond buying under QE3.

How can increasing spending by $15 Billion instead of $100 Billion result in thousands of furloughed DOD employess, border patrol agents, federal prosecutors, meat inspectors, teachers, first responders, air traffic controllers and prevent the deployment of an aircraft carrier to the middle east?

The answer, of course is that it will not cause these things.  What will have caused them if it happens, is that the president is choosing to hurt the American people to blackmail congressional Republicans.  The useless Republicans will also be to blame for failing to effectively communicate that these are things that President Obama is choosing to do and not a result of a smaller increase than he wanted.

This is nothing more than a tantrum.  If he actually does it, it will reveal him as a very evil, corrupt man running a morally bankrupt administration.

I downloaded this in 2011 when the “deal” was struck.  Use a magnifying glass.

Pencader Charter Closing

It was reported that the problems with Pencader Charter included academic achievement.

Their scores were not worse than the worst government run school in Delaware.  So, why is this school being closed while kids are forced to go to a worse government school under peril of prosecution.

Perhaps there were other reasons.

WDEL 1150AM – VIDEO: Upset Pencader parents, student gets information on school alternatives.

Republican Black History Firsts

It has been a few years since I remembered to post this.  I did this piece for about six years during Black History Month when I did some fill ins on the radio.   Since I am not doing that anymore and as we are coming to the end of Black History Month, I wanted to take the opportunity to put it up here for anyone who is interested.

• First black US Senator: Hiram Revels 1870-1871, Republican-Mississippi. Appointed to serve out the unexpired term of Jefferson Davis (former President of the Confederacy) after the Civil War (ironic isn’t it).
• First black US Congressman: Joseph Rainey 1870-1879, Republican-South Carolina.Just 2 years after 14^th Amendment made it possible.
• First black US Senator to serve full term: Blanche Bruce 1875-1881, Republican-Mississippi. Elected by the Mississippi legislature (Senators were not elected by popular vote until the 17^th amendment in 1913)
• First black US Senator elected by popular vote: Edward Brooke 1967-1979,  Republican-Massachusetts.Yes, the Barbara Walters “affair” Edward Brooke.Probably more scandalous that he was a Republican than that he was married.
• First black US Congressman from the North and in 20^th century: Oscar Depriest 1928 , Republican-Illinois.
• First black Governor: Pinckney Pinchback 1872 , Republican-Louisiana. Now, he was not elected Governor, he was elected as a state senator and became acting Lieutenant Governor upon the death of the first black Lieutenant Governor Oscar Dunn, Republican-Louisiana and became governor for 35 days after the elected governor was impeached.

One would assume that the Democrat Party would not be far behind, right?  One would be wrong!

The black community would have to wait until 1934 for the Democrats to elect their first black Congressman, Arthur Mitchell, Illinois; the Democrats ran him against Republican Oscar Depriest listed previously. Not bad just 64 years.

And I had trouble believing that they would have to wait until 1992 for the first black Democrat to be elected to the Senate, Carole Mosely Braun.Just 122 years.

Let us not forget the first black US Secretary of State, Colin Powell appointed by George W. Bush.

There is no question that the Democrats do have a more recent first, but this is about Republican firsts!

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A few more firsts:

First black Delaware legislator: William Winchester, Republican State Representative elected in 1947. Yes, the bridge in Wilmington is named after a Republican.  Don’t spread it around, the city politicians will want it changed if they find out.

First black person to chair a congressional committee: Republican Senator, Blanche Bruce in approximately 1880.

First black person to deliver the Keynote address at a national political convention: John Lynch, Republican Convention of 1884. He was also the first black chairman of a convention.  The first black keynoter at a Democratic National Convention was Barbara Jordan in 1976 just 92 years later.

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I think that the National Republican Party could do a much better job of publicizing these facts each year during Black History Month.I was not there, but I heard that last year (2008) there was a presentation that covered this research and more presented at a Delaware Republican Party event.A series of TV or radio spots fleshing out the history of these men would be interesting.

Head Start?

It has been established that this program is a failure except to the extent that it provides “free” day care.
What I did not know, was how much it costs. The annual bill is $7.6 Billion and it serves about a million kids according to the Wall Street Journal. That works out to $7,600 per kid to finger paint and have snack time. $76,000 for 10 kids. How does that compare to private day care operations?
Free seems a little expensive.

An Intelligent Liberal Argument for Gun Control

Delaware is the Second Craziest State in the Union

Virginia is first. None in New Jersey.  Wall Street Journal article last week. Government numbers, so you know its true.