Democracy for Delaware

Mark Your Calendar:
Aug. 3: Sharon Weygand Picnic/FUNraiser, Kilby Family Farm, Rising Sun, 3pm**
Aug. 5: County Commissioners Meeting, County Bldg., Ches. Blvd., 2pm*
Aug. 7: Democrat Club Member Meeting, North East VFW, 7pm
Aug. 19: County Commissioners Meeting, County Bldg., Ches. Blvd., 2pm*
Aug. 25-29: Democratic National Convention, Denver, CO
Sep. 2: County Commissioners Meeting, County Bldg., Ches. Blvd., 7pm*
Sep. 4: Democrat Club Member Meeting, North […]

Cecil Young Democrats Hold Initial Meeting
Under the leadership of 25-year-old Patrick Tuer, the Cecil County Young Democrats club held its first meeting July 1 at Cecil College’s Elkton Station campus on Railroad Ave.
Guests included Jake Weissmann of the Young Democrats of Maryland, who provide support and organizational assistance for about a dozen YD groups throughout […]

Future Liar-in-Chief McCain and his BS Express
The fear that Republican Presidential candidate will be soundly defeated by Obama in November has generated a massive barrage of outright lies and some very smelly BS. Some of the lies and BS come from the usual disreputable sources like Right Wing talk radio hosts, Republican bloggers, Ann Coulter […]

Six little words
By David Sirota
http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_9988069
History books teem with six-word phrases, from the comforting (”Nothing to fear but fear itself”) to the inspiring (”Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall”) to the embarrassing (”Read my lips: no new taxes”). But the six words “on the basis of union membership” could be more momentous than any of those. […]

BUILD UNION, BUY UNION, SHOP UNION, BE UNION!
www.unionlabel.com Miscellaneous
www.allamericanclothing.com Clothing
(Formerly Union Jean Company)
www.unionhouse.com Clothing
www.justiceclothing.com Clothing
www.unionmade.com Miscellaneous
www.kinglouie.com Clothing
www.legendaryusa.com Leather Jackets
(All Jackets Made in USA, Schott Jackets are Union Made)
www.tigereyedesign.com Promotional Items – Bumper Stickers, Buttons, Pens, Etc.
www.unionvacations.com Air, Hotel, Car, Cruises
www.unionsales.com Miscellaneous
www.unionwear.com Miscellaneous
www.atc-ny.com Watches, Clothing, Clocks, Etc.
www.buyunion.us Clothing, Specialty Items, Promotional Items
www.backdraftproducts.us Specializing in IAFF Products
Union Retail Stores
Greater […]

http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008807090315
Oil companies have lots of leases to drill
By Senator Joe Biden
When you first hear the idea “let’s allow offshore drilling and it will cut gas prices,” it sounds like it makes sense, especially when gas is more than $4 a gallon. But the facts say otherwise.
The only way we can achieve energy and climate security […]

NYT: Why Oil and Wages Don’t Mix
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/29/business/29every.html
By BEN STEIN
Published: June 29, 2008
Oh what a circus, oh what a show,
America has gone to town,
Over the death of a mineral called cheap gasoline.
We’ve all gone crazy,
Mourning all day and mourning all night,
Falling over ourselves to get all of the misery right. …
WITH great apologies […]

Senate Votes to Extend Unemployment Insurance
http://www.unionvoice.org/ct/_7a31_F1Zcpx/
by Mike Hall, Jun 27, 2008
Finally!
More than a half year after the AFL-CIO urged Congress to provide extended unemployment insurance (UI) benefits to jobless workers who exhaust theirs without finding new work, Congress passed a UI extension.
The U.S. Senate late yesterday passed a supplemental funding bill for the war in […]