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• Texans Living In Sin?

  —Delaware Liberal

  Number of comments: 7
  This is too funny. Barbara Ann Radnofsky, a Houston lawyer and Democratic candidate for attorney general, says that a 22-word clause in a 2005 constitutional amendment designed to ban gay marriages erroneously endangers the legal status of all marriages in the state. The amendment, approved by the Legislature and overwhelmingly ratified by [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 5:03pm EST
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• Could Someone Please Make Her Stop Talking?

  —Delaware Liberal

  Number of comments: 8
  Sarah Palin is not only an idiot, she’s a dangerous idiot with absolutely no control, or thought, over what spews from her mouth. I believe that the Jewish settlements should be allowed to be expanded upon, because that population of Israel is, is going to grow. More and more Jewish people [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 3:32pm EST
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• Sarah Palin Is Unfit To Be President Because…

  —Delaware Liberal

  Number of comments: 11
  She’s incapable of representing all Americans. On Hannity last night, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said she’s “all for” profiling Muslims if it saves “innocent American lives.” I’m really sick of this sort of talk.  It’s beyond disgusting.  Frankly, it’s un-American – and I’m not one to use that term lightly.  It [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 11:00am EST
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• Is This A Joke?

  —Delaware Liberal

  Number of comments: 13
  I’m honestly not sure.  Given all the lunacy spewing out of Republican mouths this comment may not be just a throw-away. Host Chris Wallace pointed out that former Vice President Dick Cheney did not bow to the emperor when he visited Japan. (He did not elaborate on how this difference in [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 8:30am EST
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• Weekend Foodie Thread

  —Delaware Liberal

  Number of comments: 12
  Since last week’s Foodie Thread was such a big hit – can’t wait to try out all the recipes! – let’s give it another go.  This week’s theme is “meals in under 30 minutes.”  (And this week I have measurements!) I’ll begin with one of the easiest and most delicious recipes [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 9:00am EST
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• Paul Krugman Says The Irrational Right Is No Laughing Matter

  —Delaware Liberal

  Number of comments: 7
  And I agree.  In fact, quite a few of us have been saying almost exactly the same thing. The key thing to understand about that rally is that it wasn’t a fringe event. It was sponsored by the House Republican leadership — in fact, it was officially billed as a G.O.P. [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 1:01pm EST
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• Conservatives And Their Need To Control Women

  —Delaware Liberal

  Number of comments: 15
  For over a year I have pondered over the Republican man-child.  And while I do believe their views on abortion, marriage, and women can pretty much be summed up by saying “it’s about the sex,” I’ve come to realize that that’s only a sophomoric side effect.  It’s really about control [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 10:00am EST
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• Weekend Foodie Thread

  —Delaware Liberal

  Number of comments: 15
  Seems DL has quite a few foodies.   So let’s see how this goes. This week I’d like to discuss and share Thanksgiving recipes.  In future weeks the theme will change, but I thought that keeping each thread to a theme would make searching for recipes easier.  Any other suggestions are welcome… [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 9:00am EST
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• Cantor’s Inappropriate Response To Dachau Photo

  —Delaware Liberal

  Number of comments: 13
  He says the photos are inappropriate. Inappropriate?  Like wearing white after Labor Day?  What an insipid little word to describe that disgusting display.  And since he belongs to the party of “death panels” and “HCR will kill grandma” I know he has it in him to do better than inappropriate.  I [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 7:54am EST
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• AARP To Receive The “ACORN” Treatment

  —Delaware Liberal

  Number of comments: 2
  Boy, is there anyone left Republicans aren’t declaring war on? Pence and Reichert suggested that support was the result of corruption inside the AARP and not based on the interests of its membership. “What you’ve got here is a backroom deal,” Pence said of reform measures expected to be introduced by Senate [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 8:30am EST
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• Just When You Think Republicans Can’t Get Any Crazier

  —Delaware Liberal

  Number of comments: 15
  They go and do something like this: Rep. Nathan Deal (R-GA), a candidate in the GOP primary for Governor of Georgia, has announced that he is signing a letter to the White House with several of his colleagues — asking for a copy of President Obama’s birth certificate. But, hey, this might [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 12:30pm EST
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• David Brooks Lives In The Dream World Of Sluts While Pining Over Fonzi

  —Delaware Liberal

  Number of comments: 10
  Words cannot express how sick I am over articles like this.  Let’s highlight the best parts of how texting has led to promiscuity. Once upon a time — in what we might think of as the “Happy Days” era — courtship was governed by a set of guardrails. Potential partners generally [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 11:00am EST
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• The Party Of No… Show

  —Delaware Liberal

  Number of comments: 8
  Republicans don’t have the slightest interest in governing.  They also have no respect for elections (Read: the will of the people), and we know that reading bills is too much work for them. But this latest stunt takes the cake. Via Think Progress: According to Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Republicans have devolved from [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 2:30pm EST
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• Armey Is Building An Army

  —Delaware Liberal

  Number of comments: 15
  Let’s face it, NY-23 was the tea partier’s battle field.  It was where they drew the line in the sand.  And… there were lessons to be learned.   Mainly that a 100 year old Republican seat switched to a Democrat seat.  To me this says that people comfortable with always pulling [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 8:30am EST
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• Dave Burris Is Back… And He’s Not Happy

  —Delaware Liberal

  Number of comments: 15
  Dave Burris has returned to blogging.  Check out his new site here.  Like I said at his new place… you don’t know what you had ’til it’s gone.  And while I rarely agreed with Dave, he made me think.  Delaware Politics has become wingnut central – Be honest, Dave, how [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 4:53pm EST
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• Republicans Already Claiming Voter Fraud In New Jersey Race

  —Delaware Liberal

  Number of comments: 15
  Hmm… wonder what will happen to this baseless accusation should Christie win? TPM has it all – and it’s growing.  Republicans are ridiculous. [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 1:26pm EST
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• I Blame The RINOs

  —Delaware Liberal

  Number of comments: 15
  For months I’ve been asking myself,  how did the Republican Party devolve into madness?  It seems to have happened overnight – most notably election night last November – but I know that isn’t true.  I know the current state took years to come to fruition.  I also know the insanity [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 10:30am EST
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• If I Were A Republican Woman I’d Be Insulted

  —Delaware Liberal

  Number of comments: 15
  Reading this article brought two things to mind – The Stepford Wives and Enjoli… Ah yes, you’ve come a long way, baby. Right-wing women rock. Not for us the sturdy, honest calves of the New Democrat/Green Party female, honed on eco-tourist rainforest hikes. Those legs are often on unfortunate display, extending from a knee-length [...]
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  Posted: October 30, 2009, 9:00am EDT
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• Palin Doesn’t Come Cheap

  —Delaware Liberal

  Number of comments: 5
  Sarah Palin is “charging” the conservative Iowa Family Policy Center 100,000.00 to speak at their dinner next month.  Hey, great work if you can get it.  But why would she want to?  We are talking about Iowa – the state political careers go to soar or dive.  Also, not exactly [...]
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  Posted: October 29, 2009, 2:00pm EDT
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• Red States, Blue States – Who Gets The Green

  —Delaware Liberal

  Number of comments: 1
  Take a look at the chart below.  The Commonwealth Fund has released its 2009 state health care scorecard. Notice anything interesting.  A whole lot of Red States (you know, the ones threatening to opt out of the Public Option) don’t score so well on health care. Since I’m in a charty mood, [...]
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  Posted: October 27, 2009, 1:00pm EDT
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• Republican In-fighting

  —Delaware Liberal

  Number of comments: 12
  What’s a liberal to do except watch as Republicans eat their own.  And I’m not even getting into the NY-23 race. First we have Dobbs vs Rivera. Rivera accuses Dobbs of “almost single-handedly responsible for creating, for being the architect of the young-Latino-as-scapegoat for everything that ails this country.” And now Dobbs fires [...]
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  Posted: October 27, 2009, 9:30am EDT
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• Psst… Anyone Notice Something Missing?

  —Delaware Liberal

  Number of comments: 5
  Question: Why don’t we have a Surgeon General? Answer: Here, in this excellent rant. Good thing we don’t have a global flu pandemic. [...]
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  Posted: October 26, 2009, 10:24am EDT
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• Palin vs Gingrich

  —Delaware Liberal

  Number of comments: 15
  The lines have been drawn.  And didn’t we all know it would come to this?  NY-23 is the election to watch. In one corner we have Sarah Palin who has chosen to endorse Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman. Political parties must stand for something. When Republicans were in the wilderness in the [...]
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  Posted: October 23, 2009, 7:30am EDT
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• Gaffney Has NO Shame

  —Delaware Liberal

  Number of comments: 15
  When you’re losing an argument with the Ron Reagan, jr. tell him his father would be ashamed of him.  Now, I was never a fan of President Reagan, but, imo, if Reagan was alive Gaffney should better start running. Ron Reagan, jr. was absolutely correct.  Frank better watch his mouth.  Talk [...]
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  Posted: October 22, 2009, 6:46pm EDT
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• Who’s The Most Underrated Governor?

  —Delaware Liberal

  Number of comments: 8
  Chris Cillizza, The Fix, asks the question – complete with poll. Aside from that handful of high-profile governors, most of the nation’s 50 chief executives toil in semi or total obscurity — far from the bright lights of the Beltway. So, who among them deserves the honorific as the Fix’s most underrated [...]
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  Posted: October 22, 2009, 9:26am EDT
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• This Sort Of Lazy Blogging Drives Me Crazy

  —Delaware Liberal

  Number of comments: 15
  Tennessee Walker, over at Delaware Politics, has a post up that tells me the little chick-a-dee could use some time off the farm.  It starts as a rant about Eric Holder (Fine, I get that.  It’s a Conservative blog) then launches into a full-out screed against cities. Democrat run cities are [...]
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  Posted: October 21, 2009, 3:30pm EDT
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• Chris Christie Is In Political Trouble

  —Delaware Liberal

  Number of comments: 3
  You know how I know that?  Well, check out his latest web ad.  Shouldn’t he be latching onto a Republican’s coattails instead of Obama’s? Oh yeah, he’s in trouble.  TPM sums it up nicely:  “If you didn’t know any better, you might think from this video that Obama was endorsing Christie. [...]
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  Posted: October 21, 2009, 1:03pm EDT
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• I’ll Believe It’s Not About Race When Pat Buchanan Does

  —Delaware Liberal

  Number of comments: 8
  In his latest column Pat Buchanan explains why the white working class is so upset. America was once their country. They sense they are losing it. And they are right. I’m really tired of all the good old days pining, because those days weren’t good for everybody.  Note:  Ozzie and Harriet and [...]
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  Posted: October 21, 2009, 9:00am EDT
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• Secret Service Is Very, Very Busy

  —Delaware Liberal

  Number of comments: 15
  I find articles like this extremely disturbing – probably because it’s so easy to see where it’s heading. The unprecedented number of death threats against President Obama, a rise in racist hate groups, and a new wave of antigovernment fervor threaten to overwhelm the US Secret Service, according to government officials [...]
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  Posted: October 20, 2009, 11:03am EDT
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• Tea For One

  —Delaware Liberal

  Number of comments: 4
  Things are getting crazier out there.  And Paul Baumbach asks a great question. What effect will conservative tea-party activists have on the GOP? Well… given the increase in criticism from some big names in the party, I’d say the GOP is concerned.  Check out the latest blow-up. Via Think Progress: Ziegler attended the Western [...]
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  Posted: October 19, 2009, 2:30pm EDT
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• H1N1 Vaccine – Why Is This A Controversy?

  —Delaware Liberal

  Number of comments: 15
  On Friday my children brought home permission slips to receive the H1N1 vaccine.  I completed them immediately, but, then again, my brother is an immuno geneticist so we had this discussion months ago.  Actually, had the vaccine been ready months ago I wouldn’t have spent the evening filling out permission [...]
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  Posted: October 19, 2009, 8:30am EDT
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• Burning Books For Halloween, Now That’s Scary

  —Delaware Liberal

  Number of comments: 14
  Via Raw Story: A Baptist Church near Asheville, N.C., is hosting a “Halloween book burning” to purge the area of “Satan’s” works, which include all non-King James versions of the Bible, popular books by many religious authors and even country music. The local news video is priceless. Now, granted, this church, only has [...]
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  Posted: October 18, 2009, 10:30am EDT
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• An Interesting Thought On The Practices Of Health Insurance Companies

  —Delaware Liberal

  Number of comments: 9
  Bob Cesca:  “If the airlines were randomly dropping passengers out of airplanes at 30,000 feet, the airlines would be investigated, shut down or nationalized.” And, yet, isn’t this pretty much what health insurance companies are doing?  Dropping people. [...]
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  Posted: October 17, 2009, 2:01pm EDT
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• Attempted Murder Or Just Business As Usual?

  —Delaware Liberal

  Number of comments: 6
  Love, love, love the fact that people against the public option worry so much about rationing, but not so much about stories like these: Via HuffPo:  Rather than continue to pay for Ian Pearl’s million dollar medical treatments, one insurance company has decided to end certain lines of coverage altogether, reports [...]
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  Posted: October 16, 2009, 12:30pm EDT
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• He’s Not A Racist, He’s Just An All-Knowing, All-Seeing God

  —Delaware Liberal

  Number of comments: 13
  Have at it. NEW ORLEANS — A Louisiana justice of the peace said he refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple out of concern for any children the couple might have. Keith Bardwell, justice of the peace in Tangipahoa Parish, says it is his experience that most interracial [...]
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  Posted: October 15, 2009, 6:22pm EDT
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• Obnoxiously Articulate

  —Delaware Liberal

  Number of comments: 7
  Is it even possible to be obnoxiously articulate?  My guess is that only obnoxiously inarticulate people would think say so. Obama has been a constant presence in the mass media as he expands the bureaucracy’s reach into the private sector…. In doing so, he has created a quandary. Put aside for [...]
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  Posted: October 15, 2009, 1:26pm EDT
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• No Wonder Rick Perry Wanted To Secede

  —Delaware Liberal

  Number of comments: 5
  Uh oh.  Better hope he didn’t kill an innocent man. Since the fire, arson science has been revised, and indicators that investigators used at the time to find that Willingham set the fire have since been discredited. In the past five years, at least six arson experts have examined evidence in [...]
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  Posted: October 14, 2009, 7:17pm EDT
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• I’m Bored. Thank Goodness For The Village Idiot

  —Delaware Liberal

  Number of comments: 11
  Is there a bigger idiot than Michael Steele? HOST: Very quickly, Chairman Steele. The feeling in some circles is that this health care train has left the station with President at the wheel, and Republicans better jump on board. STEELE: Well, I’m the cow on the tracks, and you’re going to have [...]
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  Posted: October 14, 2009, 3:47pm EDT
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• Breaking: Snowe To Vote Baucus Bill Out Of Committee

  —Delaware Liberal

  Number of comments: 13
  Via TPM: 1:57 p.m.: Snowe’s announcement that she’ll vote for the bill today spread a ripple of excited whispers across the silent hearing room. It’s getting interesting.  Although I’m sure Snowe doesn’t count as a real Republican. [...]
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  Posted: October 13, 2009, 2:10pm EDT
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• Independent Is The New Republican, Or… Where Have All The Republicans Gone

  —Delaware Liberal

  Number of comments: 15
  Over the last several weeks I have listened to an inordinate amount of Talk Radio (kitchen remodeling) and one theme kept jumping out at me.  Practically no one is calling themselves a Republican.  In fact, they’re going out of their way to make sure they’re not associated with the word, [...]
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  Posted: October 13, 2009, 9:00am EDT
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• A Difficult And Sad Day

  —Delaware Liberal

  Number of comments: 15
  As a parent I spend a large part of each and every day protecting my children.  It’s instinctive, and obviously predictable since my kids have taken to cutting off my warnings with “Don’t worry, Mom.  We’ll be careful.”  But I do worry.  I’m wired to worry.  My 15 year old [...]
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  Posted: October 09, 2009, 8:30am EDT
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• Opt-Out Public Option

  —Delaware Liberal

  Number of comments: 15
  When I first heard of the plan to allow states (Red States) to opt-out of the Public Option my initial response was let them.  Kinda the same reaction I had to the threats of Texas seceding.  It is past time to call these obstructionists on their empty rhetoric.  Let them [...]
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  Posted: October 08, 2009, 9:00am EDT
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• Would You Be Insurable If…

  —Delaware Liberal

  Number of comments: 7
  …You lost your job? Most people who recieve health insurance through their employer have never considered this possibility.  Perhaps it’s time they did. [...]
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  Posted: October 05, 2009, 8:30am EDT
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• I’m Okay With Taxing Garbage

  —Delaware Liberal

  Number of comments: 15
  Unlike the totally sterotype Mom in the commercial below, I’m perfectly okay with taxing sodas and juice drinks.  Mainly because they’re total crap, and one of the main reasons our country’s children are overweight.   They are also dirt cheap. Whenever I watch this ad and see the Mom handing her [...]
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  Posted: September 25, 2009, 9:30am EDT
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• Drinking Liberally Tonight!

  —Delaware Liberal

  Number of comments: 15
  Sorry I’m so late in posting this – I had trouble getting my act together.  Anyhoo… hope everyone can join us! Where:  CW Harborside (River front) Time:  7:00 p.m. Come join us on the gorgeous outdoor patio (if the weather doesn’t cooperate, meet us inside at the bar).  Looking forward to seeing everyone! [...]
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  Posted: September 24, 2009, 10:00am EDT
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• Why Republicans Should NEVER Be Taken Seriously

  —Delaware Liberal

  Number of comments: 15
  Because it’s all a big joke.  Imagine pulling a stunt like this in the private sector. 497Hatch F7 Add transition relief for the excise tax on high cost insurance plans for any State with a name the begins with the letter “U” Glad he finds health care funny.  Republicans don’t deserve a seat at [...]
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  Posted: September 22, 2009, 7:00pm EDT
  by pandora

• What Those Against The Public Option Are Really Fighting For

  —Delaware Liberal

  Number of comments: 1
  h/t June – Thanks! WATCH IT! (Okay, click on the link because I can’t embed the video.  Sheesh, technology drives me crazy some times!) Update: video embedded – UI Protect Insurance Companies PSA from Will Ferrell [...]
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  Posted: September 22, 2009, 6:32pm EDT
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• The Brain Drain

  —Delaware Liberal

  Number of comments: 15
  There’s a disturbing dynamic taking place – Highly educated, skilled immigrants are leaving the U.S. Why should we care? Because immigrants are critical to the country’s long-term economic health. Despite the fact that they constitute only 12% of the U.S. population, immigrants have started 52% of Silicon Valley’s technology companies and [...]
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  Posted: September 22, 2009, 2:48pm EDT
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• Health Insurance’s War Against Women

  —Delaware Liberal

  Number of comments: 15
  And children.  I’m really looking forward to hearing social conservatives defend this… “The point of insurance is to insure against catastrophic care costs. That’s what you’re trying to aggregate and pool for such things as heart attacks and cancer,” said an Anthem Blue Cross spokesman. “Having a child is a matter [...]
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  Posted: September 17, 2009, 4:00pm EDT
  by pandora

• Longing For The Days Of The Child Bride

  —Delaware Liberal

  Number of comments: 13
  Michael Gerson’s Washington Post’s Lost In A World Without Courtship article is silly and shallow.  It also completely ignores one of the major factors determining when people decide to marry.  Economics. But the facts of life for 20-somethings are challenging. Puberty — mainly because of improved health — comes steadily sooner. [...]
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  Posted: September 17, 2009, 12:30pm EDT
  by pandora