http://talkdelaware.com/blogs/mopaliski Focused on Delaware's Legislative Politics, touching on everything else ... Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:16:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en While speaking to the Congressional Black Caucus on Friday, Hillary Clinton floated the idea that every child born in the United States should get a $5,000 “baby bond” from the government to help pay for the future costs of college or buying a house, so long as they're 18 years of ... http://talkdelaware.com/blogs/mopaliski/2007/09/29/floating-baby-bonds/ Representative William Jefferson, Democrat, Louisiana  Remember him ?  Rep. William Jefferson, who represents New Orleans, redefined the meaning of cold cash when FBI agents found $90,000 hidden in a freezer in his northeast Washington home in August of 2005. He had been the focus of an FBI bribery investigation when in July of 2005 he ... http://talkdelaware.com/blogs/mopaliski/2007/09/28/cold-case-file/ From The News Journal ... DOVER -- After a 27-year career in the state Senate and a life in public service that started in 1943 when he enlisted in the Marine Corps at the height or World War II, Sen. James T. Vaughn announced Wednesday he was retiring from the Senate. ... http://talkdelaware.com/blogs/mopaliski/2007/09/27/vaughn-is-out/ The Senate voted 72-25 last week to stand up for the integrity of America’s leading military field commander, Gen. David Petraeus. Everyone knew what the Cornyn amendment was really about even though it didn’t come right out and say it - MoveOn.org’s full-page ad in the New York Times that shamelessly attacked the General before he even gave his ... http://talkdelaware.com/blogs/mopaliski/2007/09/24/bought-and-paid-for/ Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (President Tom) is scheduled to address the UN General Assembly this week at its 62nd Annual meeting in New York. Mitt Romney, who I am backing for President, has sent the following letter to the UN Secretary General requesting that President Tom's invitation be revoked. Instead, ... http://talkdelaware.com/blogs/mopaliski/2007/09/22/romney-to-un-bar-ahmadinejad/