A fellow at a local newspaper wrote a story headlined “Irate conservatives get together…”  It’s a piece about the tea parties.  I wrote Dan Shortridge an email:

Dear Dan, I understand you aren’t exactly New York Times caliber talent but I see you’re trying to ape that paper’s spin.  How do you know all of the folks at the tea party are conservatives?  I personally know two Democrats who attended.  How about libertarians or don’t you know the difference? 

Liberal media bias isn’t a myth.  You’re exhibit A locally.

Bill Colley

You can also send Dan an email and express your thoughts:  dshortridge@delawareonline.com

This is a note originally posted at Facebook describing some recent political events in Delaware:

Thurman Adams and Joe Biden weren’t likely political soul mates. Adams was a gentlemanly old style Southern Democrat. A social conservative vexing the liberals in the northern reaches of Delaware, the powerful State Senator died last week. Biden offered a eulogy at Saturday’s funeral. I didn’t go. It isn’t personal. The redhead’s grass hadn’t been mowed in almost two weeks because of our unexpected monsoon season and I only met Adams on one occasion. No disrespect intended and I offered my respects to the man’s family during my radio show.

An acquaintance did attend and Tuesday telephoned me with news of what he labels a gaffe. Biden was reminiscing during his eulogy. The American born Biden explained it wasn’t easy as an Irish-Catholic to get elected to the U.S. Senate from Delaware in 1972. Biden often works to portray Delaware as Philadelphia, Mississippi in 1964 and ignores the fact political power is actually concentrated in New Castle County, Delaware, which is a suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Biden then looked at the Adams family and said it’s like running for office as a “black convert Jew”.

My acquaintance was seated with friends. He is roughly the color of President Obama. He voted for the Obama-Biden ticket. He wasn’t pleased by what he views as a condescending, stupid and racist remark. Recently elected to his local school board, my acquaintance is growing very disillusioned with the rampant socialization of his country.

You know, I may have learned about this earlier but I had a rare three day weekend from work. None of which was spent on rest and relaxation. Yard work Saturday and a shopping trip Sunday and Monday I went to New Castle County, where I was a guest of a local Republican club being built on new internet technology. I came home late, went to bed after 12:30 A.M. Tuesday and by 10:00 A.M. was showered, shaved and dressed to meet an old Castle. Cap and Tax Castle, Republican Representative Mike Castle is one of the 8 members of his party jumping ship last week on a plan to put the final coffin nail into my country’s economy.

He was holding a town meeting and I carried two signs with me. “China thanks Mike Castle” read one and the other “Malevolent Mike”. He saw only the first and asked if I was representing China. Then he dashed into the meeting to see more than 200 people waiting for him. About 6 were there asking him to support socialized medicine. The rest to suggest he retire. Mr. Castle may run next year in a special election to fill the last four years of Mr. Biden’s U.S. Senate term.

I’ve now heard GOP reaction to Mr. Castle’s vote on both ends of my state. He may no longer have much support. His most recent vote isn’t an aberration.

Castle still has a few friends. There are people who moved here from Annapolis and Washington to open pottery shops, however. Firing pottery requires a great deal of generated energy. Here’s a suggestion, put down the clay, pick up a sign and join me in the effort to retire the guy.

For the first time in 30 years I’m chemical free.  Aside, that is, from whatever is injected into the food I’m eating.  Nine days ago I gave up coffee.  I did this last summer for six weeks.  I did it for a diet but I continued sipping “diet” soda pop.  For the last 9 days I’ve had no coffee, cigarettes, alcohol or soft drinks.  I’ve given up many of these things individually since I graduated high school.  I’ve given up some in combination.  At no time over three decades have I sacrificed all of them.  Until 9 days ago. 

I’m guessing there are a great many coffee drinkers thinking caffeine is an easy drug to break away from.  Let me tell you something, giving up beer is easy.  You just stop.  Giving up tobacco required me to spend a couple of days ten years ago battling lightheadedness, which in some ways was kind of cool.  Soda pop is also something you just stop buying.  Caffeine is another matter.  Holy, mackerel, there were headaches last week and moments about 2:00 P.M. when I wanted to put my head on my desk and sleep.  This wouldn’t be a problem but it happened when I was preparing for a 4 hour long show set to begin at 3:00 P.M.  A show I yawned through for several days.  Thank the Lord it isn’t TV.  I let loose with a yawn Monday afternoon on a couple of occasions when I had 2 guests in-studio but those were the last on-air yawns.  Then I came home and slept for 10 hours. 

Water consumption is also at an all time high.  I’m not one for buying bottled water when I can pour a glass from the tap, however.  At Super Giant I found a raspberry-lime seltzer called “Zazz” and watching a hockey game the other night I drank a quart of seltzer.  Sunday I mowed the redhead’s lawn and when I finished there was a big glass of iced seltzer on the picnic table, which I had downed in a couple of minutes.  She discovered it was sold in cans by the case at a greatly reduced price, on the bottom shelf in the beverage aisle, where apparently I hadn’t looked. 

This morning I got out of bed straight up at 7:30 and believed I had to offer a testimonial.  I feel wonderful and I’ve lost 4 pounds over the last week and one half.  And just think, only another 76 to go! 

None of this would’ve come about until the day the redhead had a long talk with me about getting back in shape.  She saw an old photograph of me standing along a railing with the field behind me at what used to be called Rich Stadium.  She thought I had a Tom Selleck look! 

My last caffeine came one week ago this past Monday.  My employer sponsored a sports banquet at the country club next door and I sipped two cups of delicious coffee during dinner.  We were at a table with some folks from work and when the keynote speaker launched into his remarks the redhead and a coworker’s girlfriend left the room, went outside and smoked.  When they came back to the table I pointed out I had pressed for a trade.  I take up clean living and the redhead would quit tobacco, which she washes down with liberal amounts of coffee.  What was her response?  She didn’t ask me to go on a hunger strike.

Remember our prime responsibility.  Take care of self, set an example and then go out and save the world.

Yesterday I posted some remarks emailed me by a Lewes electrical contractor.  I was carbon copied on a letter he mailed to State Representative Joe Booth and State Senators Gary Simpson and Colin Bonini.  I clearly stated it was a letter from a listener.  Late in the day I received a Google Alert tipping me to a blog called Delaware Way.  The writer of said rubbish was crediting the businessman’s words to me and offering some barbed criticism in some desperate hope of gaining a few political points.  Twice Tuesday I emailed the writer and pointed to her error.  I’ve received no replies.  I can only assume it’s a typical tactic of the left, to make false claims and faulty attributions.  We can conclude there isn’t any credibility at Delaware Way.

I’ve been battling with folks on the left for almost a decade and can look back 25 years when I battled alongside them and reach some sober conclusions.  First, I usually wasn’t sober when I was involved with radical leftist groups.  As no one made me take the drink I can’t dismiss once playing for the other side.  All I can do is now work to make right the wrongs I committed against my God and my country.  The second thing I’ve noticed is the left can’t seem to make logical connections.  Which is why I guess the government schools are constructed in the current tense.  You create more liberals when Johnny can’t read and has only the dole as his only resort.  Last week a writer at The Christian Science Monitor bemoaned the lack of modern critical thinkers.  This infers critical thinking is something you can teach.  It may just be some folks are wired differently and can think on several levels at any given time while others don’t have the talent.  I believe I can make this statement because the left argues wiring is the root of all differences between people we used to consider just making lifestyle choices.  Notice I wrote I believe and not I feel.  The only thing I feel is the sometimes knot in my stomach when I’m asked to cheerlead for a cause that makes me uncomfortable.

A Roman Catholic Bishop I once heard saying a homily claimed the knot was part of God’s wiring and a reminder ethics aren’t situational. 

Over the weekend I had quite a bit of time for reading and came across the words of a columnist at The Washington Post.  Jim Hoagland writes the American people are getting angry.  Very, very angry and the anger he believes may get very, very ugly.  Hoagland, from what I know, has never been a paragon of the political right.  He’s just an observer witnessing what a great many others are seeing.  This morning I received an email from one of my friends serving in Iraq.  He was telling me 50 percent of working Americans are just two paychecks away from disaster.

Yesterday I attended a committee meeting of the Sussex County Community Organized Regiment.  A local man with a house just a few miles from where I live hosted it and he has a family, pets and a very good job.  These aren’t people frothing at the mouth and searching for a revolution.  There were ten people in attendance ranging from 19 years old to retired.  There had been an earlier committee meeting where something called “Victory Garden” was a discussion topic.  It appears these bitter clingers have ten acres of land available for tilling and planting.  Members of the group will grow vegetables and then, say it isn’t so, can them for what could be tougher months later this year and early next.  Any member who works on these plots is entitled to share in the bounty.  The barter economy is back. 

Before the session wrapped up there was light banter about the public reaction to creation of the organization.  Liberal bloggers in Wilmington are railing against the toothless right wing goons inhabiting the forests below the ditch.  You know the story.  The salons of the state’s biggest city can’t conceive of how folks can survive without big government.  Worse yet they can’t understand why you wouldn’t want the nanny state in your lives.  The beautiful crime and drug free streets upstate should be convincing, I guess.  Someone mentioned the follow up posts at the blogs contained liberal fears about the good people of Sussex County.  Some worry they’re at a disadvantage because we can handle guns and they can’t but if the figures are correct most of the “Wards of the State” locked up in prisons originally called New Castle County home.  The wards are often locked away because they committed gun crimes and often against liberals even more fearful of weapons they could use in self-defense against criminals. 

I don’t speak for the members of the Regiment but if things get interesting this summer some hungry lefties may be looking for a bite to eat.  God help them.  He just might if they could come to their senses.

 

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Exclusive audio of the second round of Delmarva’s Greatest Debater Contest (02-28-09)

Moderated by Dan Gaffney and Roger Marino –

Listen to the above link, or download directly here:

GREAT DEBATE AUDIO ROUND TWO

Beth Cayhall, is competing for a spot to open for Little Big Town (fantastic modern country band). The deadline to vote for her is this Friday, Feb. 27th She is currently at number eight, but needs your votes to help her fly to the top!!! (Vote now - and vote often!!)

For those who don’t know - or haven’t heard her music occasionally on the Dan Gaffney Show - Beth is a country singer, but also a local girl - and daughter to State Representative Gerald Hocker.

http://eventful.com/littlebigtown

The report from the Sussex County Regiment is very good.  A website will soon be in operation.  I wasn’t able to attend Saturday’s meeting as I was here at work but I did have a representative in attendance.  Organizers are suggesting they’ll soon have a more permanent meeting place and schedule.  While I’m not trying to “out” any members I will suggest, and this is only a suggestion, the meeting place become public knowledge.  The ultimate decision will remain with the organization’s membership. 

Organizers are also suggesting a large turnout at the March 9 Sussex County Republican meeting.  Not as to create an adjunct for the G.O.P. but to allow members an opportunity to see how a political party functions. 

Let me expand here.  The Sussex County Regiment will not be working to carry water for any party.  One look at Mitch McConnell should tell you the GOP is bereft of ideas and ideals.  I’ve suggested, and again only suggested, the organization stay clear of Brandywine Hundred country clubbers.  Next year members of the local Republican Party will be all smiles publicly when urging you to vote for Mike Castle.  Many of you know the meaning of the word hypocrisy. 

The only method available for contacting the Sussex County Regiment remains email:  sccor2009@yahoo.com.  

Meanwhile, last week the President of The Patriot League of Central New York appeared on my program explaining how you can create these organizations and make them grow and have a lasting impact.  Check out his website:  www.plcny.com.  

 

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Here is the audio from the Delmarva Job Search, Round 2. I hope that we can help a few people out. I already had word that one person has been hired because of today’s show. Thank you to all who contributed.

Here’s what you’ll hear in today’s audio (in no particular order)

Looking for work:

Joanne - Unemployed Seamstress, Secretary and Paralegal - 302-393-9484
Irene - Cleaner - 302-381-7244
John - Paralegal/Office Work (contact me for contact info)
Tom - Cleaning/Maintenance (contact me for contact info)
Heather - Waitress/Office/School (contact me for contact info)
Barbara - Caregiver 302-947-2926
Bobby - Construction/Masonry 302-947-2139

Independent Contractors:

Barb - Muralist/Artist on Call 302-249-9888
Martin - Bass Player looking for band 302-448-9951
Chirs - Muralist 302-381-4108

Looking for employees

Little One’s Lutheran School (Teachers/Aids) 302-226-7860
Hotel in Reho (seasonal summer work) Call Charlie 302-381-0006