Around the Horn Friday

In what some may consider an unholy alliance, Delaware Libertarian announced two more conspirators contributors to this already-prolific blog: Tyler Nixon and Brian. Perhaps in deference to Women's History Month, there were two feminine-related posts: Brian expresses amazement over full-body tattooing, and Steve discusses the difficulty of being a Libertarian with feminist leanings. How far do we go in order to save us from ourselves? Food for thought, indeed.

Sadness filled the heart of The Digital Federalist with the loss of his Mom, Greta Demoss Hope (aka Greta Coffey). Our hearts are with you, Alan. He also wonders if we are the ones we've been waiting for in looking for a new way of doing business in Delaware.

Hube has some interesting commentary on the dearth of male teachers. I can't get the specific post link to come up, just trust me and go there under entries for 3/1/2008. The teachers I remember most from middle and high school were all male; I guess there is some advantage in growing up in a diffferent time.

Mike put his camera down for a moment and mused upon who we have become, asking if the rule of the mob will overtake and silence the rule of reason. Mike didn't like the trend, however commenter jason330 insisted on his own right to be rude.

Of course, the primaries were big news this week, and speaking of Jason, he has vowed not to vote for Hillary Clinton, and declares that he is "done with the Democratic Party" should she win the nomination. After recovering from his disappointment with Tuesday's results, he was inspired to create with some motivational posters reflecting his mood here and here. Ryan, on the other hand wonders WTF Dems are trying to pull. Joe M spills the beans about what really happened at a recent fateful meeting, and on a serious note opined somewhat sadly on voter short-sightedness, asking why a voter's particular demographics would influence them more than the actual issues. Dumbassess, indeed.

An ill wind was blowing over Delaware this week as the Bluewater Wind hearings withstood a blindsided attack. Dana asks the big questions, and Nancy provides a transcript of WDEL's Al Mascitti show. Thanks, Nancy. That was alot of work and much appreciated. Our resident expert Tommywonk in posts on 3/6 and 3/7 describes it as an ambush and having the effect of putting the PSC on trial. Kavips describes the shenanigans as out of a scene from Cool Hand Luke (and his blog tags are most interesting). Both Tommywonk and Kavips had high praise for the deportment of Arnette McRae as one who displayed grace, knowledge, and tenacity under pressure “again and again and again and again.”

Not all was politics this week. Flying into the face of the notion that all Republicans are old, balding, fat white guys, rsmitty started the public outing on Delaware Politics. The avalanche of confessions of commenters brought a tear to my eye. Dave has also added another contributor: Rich Collins. Who knew there were that many closeted conservatives in Delaware? Governor Minner has commissioned an Emergency Task Force to deal with the continuing saga of the Duffy Dishwasher Dilemma, and Mat's friend got out the old thesaurus to wax eloquently on a Facebook Bubba-attack.

An interesting week. If I missed anyone, it’s on me. I’m going to punt to Duffy for next week’s edition.