Delaware and National Politics from the Center-Right. Formerly First State Politics.
Posted in Alternative Fuel, Bluewater Wind, Change, Environment, Reform, Revolutionary Reform, Wind Power on Jul 19th, 2008
Join me in signing up to support PickensPlan, a real energy solution for America. T. Boone Pickens gets an official Dave Burris “Revolutionary Reform” stamp of approval for this one.
Posted in Bill Lee, Change, Charlie Copeland, Charters, Down with the DSEA, Education on Jul 14th, 2008
LEE, COPELAND REBUKE DSEA
Lee: “The teacher’s union forgot about kids a long time ago.”
Candidate for Governor Bill Lee and candidate for Lt. Governor Charlie Copeland today strongly rebuked the Delaware State Education Association for their endorsement process, saying that Delaware teachers deserve better.
“Teachers deserve better and kids deserve better,” said Lee. “While our teachers struggle […]
Posted in Antiwar Left, Armed Forces, Change, Conservatism, Defense, Election 2008-President, Foreign Policy, Iraq, Liberalism, McCain, Military, National Dems, National GOP, Obama on Jul 7th, 2008
In yet another big flip-flop, Obama recently told the Military Times he has decided he actually would listen to the military commanders on the ground in Iraq, and not just pull out of Iraq immediately.
This is huge.
The central pillar of Obama’s platform has always been his pledge to immediately withdraw troops from Iraq. In fact, Obama has […]
Posted in Change, Charlie Copeland, Delaware Democrats, Delaware GOP, Election 2008 - Delaware, Uncategorized on Jun 30th, 2008
The Dover African American Festival was a fun and educational event. The music, traditional dancing, and booths for products, services, and information combined for a fine event. One would expect there to be excitement for the elections with Senator Obama’s historic run. The Kent County Democrats had a booth as usual. Markell and Carney each had their […]
Posted in Antiwar Left, Armed Forces, Business, Change, Competition, Conservatism, Deficit, Economics, Election 2008 - Delaware, Election 2008-President, Entitlements, Foreign Policy, Global Warming, Growth, Iraq, Liberal Media, Liberalism, National Dems, National GOP, Reform, Regulation, Spending, Taxes on Jun 4th, 2008
There comes a time in all men’s lives when they are downtrodden, where they see nothing but dead-ends and roadblocks ahead, when they feel that all their endeavors are doomed to failure, and that all hope is lost. Fortunately though, those times are few and far between for Americans, and even then they seem to […]
Posted in Change, Ethics, National Dems on Apr 2nd, 2008
Emerging out of the shadows, mad scientists reveled in their latest creation Human genes cloned in cow eggs. The resultant embryo is mostly human with random cow material. The purpose is to have subjects for experimentation who have no legal rights.
The British Parliament is engaged in a debate which we need to have in our country. Unfortunately, […]
Posted in Change, Election 2008 - Delaware, Me, Revolutionary Reform on Mar 25th, 2008
In today’s News-Journal, some internet hack diagnoses the state government and writes a prescription.
Posted in Budget, Change, Delaware Taxpayer Coalition, Open Government, Reform, Transparency on Mar 21st, 2008
Here is a .pdf from Americans for Tax Reform showing the progress of transparency legislation across the states. The list has grown considerably since I first started working on the issue a year ago, and it’s wonderful to see.
Posted in Budget, Change, Deficit, Reform, Spending, Taxes on Mar 20th, 2008
We just lost over $300,000,000 in projected state revenues at Monday’s DEFAC meeting, and now the state government is in a near-panic about how to recover the money in some way through cuts and “revenue enhancements.” What they mean by “revenue enhancements” is taking more money from YOU to fund their excesses.
Oftentimes on this site […]
Posted in Change, Economics, Education, Growth, Guest Posts, Infrastructure on Mar 18th, 2008
Guest Post by Randy Nelson and Walt Lydic of Ocean View.
It’s the classic chicken and egg argument: what comes first, high-paying jobs or an educated, skilled workforce? It’s a riddle that Delaware politicians, educators and business leaders have been unable to solve as they struggle to bring new enterprise to the state. The problem is […]
