We now know President Obama is ordering federal departments to make sure as many Americans as possible suffer from sequester, his 2.3% cuts in spending. The Department of Agriculture memo ordering a manager who asked if he could move money around to make sure inspections to prevent the introduction of…
By: Rick Jensen
Watching from the cheap seats, Obama’s “Sequester Two-Step” is quite entertaining. While not nearly as graceful as Charles Durning’s classic political footplay in “Best Little Whorehouse in Texas,” only fellow Democrat Bob Menendez puts in a better performance of the beleaguered innocent these days. In the opening scene, Barack swaggers…
By: Rick Jensen
What would you do to a couple of rich guys who brought workers in from Mexico illegally to work in their state of the art manufacturing plant and paid them only $2.66 an hour? What if they brought them in on a travel visa, not a work visa, making it…
By: Rick Jensen
Thank you, 1150 AM WDEL Listeners! You raised over $12,000 for Delaware’s Hungry in just 7 hours during the annual WDEL Feed A Friend FoodRaiser! On December 7, 1787, Delaware became the First State to ratify the Constitution of the United States! Tonight, Delawareans will celebrate our freedoms in taverns, the…
By: Rick Jensen
Shelters and soup kitchens across the state of Delaware are facing shortages of food and funds this holiday season. Want to help? Join WDEL radio host and Town Square Delaware contributor Rick Jensen for WDEL’s annual “Feed A Friend” food drive. On Thursday, December 6th, call 302.478.WDEL (9335) during Rick’s…
By: Rick Jensen
I literally bumped into Liberal Lenny the other day and without even a “Hey how ya’ doin’,” he launched into his explanation for the districts that voted 100 percent in favor of Obama: “I know whatcher t’inkin’, Rick. Yer t’inkin’ how iz it Obama gets 100 percent votes in so…
By: Rick Jensen
“So, when can I have a Saison, Doc?” “I’m putting you on percocet.” “Right. How long before I can have a beer?” ”24 hours after you’re off the painkiller. Hmm… do you have a drinking problem?” “If you consider paying five dollars for one bottle of good craft beer a…
By: Rick Jensen
“Beer Scientists” concluded that their study “does not support the common belief of a site-specific effect of beer on the abdomen, the beer belly.” “Beer consumption seems to be rather associated with an increase in overall body fatness,” they wrote in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. These celebrated scientists…
By: Rick Jensen
Last month’s Beer Snob was snarkier than usual and generated more emails and free product than any previous column, so let me answer your queries here. First, some quick replies: Yes, no, no, once in Vancouver, yes, and never in latex. Thank you for your concern regarding the TSA. Every…
By: Rick Jensen
Everyone except the cheap-beer-bellied TSA agent snickered when I exited the examination dungeon, winked at the crowd in line and declared, “Thanks for the happy ending!” How do we commiserate over humiliations like being fondled by one of Janet NaGropeItano’s minions? (Yes, Napolitano has minions and it’s easy to picture…
By: Rick Jensen