Talk:Bill Delahunt

District Attorney
it may be important to note that while he was district attorney, he decided against prosecuting Amy Bishop for the murder of her brother, and she went on to kill a number of people in Alabama. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.237.68.27 (talk) 04:36, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Agreed. I've linked to the news account. AGAIN - I found that the Bishop controversy was already noted here and memoryholed. The wikipedians are a god-damned disgrace. --Zimriel (talk) 01:25, 5 April 2012 (UTC)

Are there any sources where this information was found?

I am taking out the following: "In some circles, Delahunt's actions seem almost worthy of treason due to the fact the Hugo Chavez is certainly not a friend to the United States. This is not the first time Delahunt's critics have questioned his actions. The Congressman has made several trips “junkets” to Cuba over the years."

I am taking it out because it sounds "Republicanly biased." Its nothing but slanderous partisan rhetoric that has no place in a Non POV setting. He wouldnt have to go to outside sources if Republicans found sympathy for Americans. In some circles, Republicans are looked at as Un American, pro business, pro rich, i.e. screw the poor, screw the needy, screw America we want to give it all to our buddies in big business. Exon jumped back up to the number 1, over walmart and gmc BECAUSE of Republicans letting them rip off Americans. Gas topped $6 a gallon in some parts of the country. Mr. Delahunt did not see that as FAIR and so he compromised with Mr. Chavez to "bring the bacon" home to his state. What good has GW and the Republican congress done for anyone but themselves and their buddies???? Its people like you who bring a bad name and image to wikipedia. It you feel it sooo necessary to express your viewpoint, make sure you post the other side fairly too. Dont just make it a half ass statement, pour some heart into it and make it interesting and detailed while having unbiased sources to get your information.
 * Republicanly bias being so much worse than the other sort. --Zimriel (talk) 01:25, 5 April 2012 (UTC)

Outpaced/outdated
I changed the word "outpaced" to "outdated" in the statement on Coast Guard resources because it seemed a mistake. Outpaced did not make sense in that context; and while Delahunt is my Congressman, I don't know if the statement is true or not.

I got the information from Mr. Delahunt's webpage, http://www.house.gov/delahunt/savecoastfunds.htm I changed it back to "outpaced" because that was the correct word. Here is the full quote:

“The indisputable fact is that the demands on the Coast Guard have vastly outpaced its resources. There is no longer margin for error in the post 9/11 world,” Delahunt said. “We should be looking for ways to speed up the Deepwater program and encourage the purchase of additional cutters and aircraft. What the Coast Guard needs is not further reductions, but rather increases -- not of millions but of billions of dollars”.

It is correct because he is trying to say that the demands put upon the Coast Guard go beyond their resources and it becomes overburdened due to a lack of resources. If the demands outdated their resources, then that would be saying the resources are old and need to be replaced. But the real intent behind the statement was that there are resources, they are just smalled than the demands.

Tyrant?
I changed the word "tyrant" to "leader" because, no matter how much you hate Hugo Chávez, he is a democratic elected president with broad support among the lower income people of Venezuela.

In November 2005, he met with Hugo Chavez and engineered a deal in which Venezuela would supply winter home heating oil at a 40% price reduction to thousands of low-income Massachusetts residents. The deal was carried out via the Venezuelan owned Citgo, and brought accusations that Delahunt was assisting an anti-American leader.

--Bolocholo (talk) 18:39, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Criticism
I removed the 'Criticism' section added by Barwick, since its only content is an unsourced anecdote the relevance of which is dubious. Is the anecdote meant to imply that David Addington's anti-terrorism role was secret prior to Delahunt's questioning? If that's the case, please clarify that point and add a reference. --Fullobeans (talk) 17:19, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

Springboard to Congress
You failed to mention his springboard from the DA's office by framing several men for murders committed in Walpole State Prison, now referred to as 'Cedar Junction'. He's mention prominently in 'Bumbeefed', a book written by Stephen Doherty, even though he threatened the author and the publisher with libel if his name appeared.

Brian Messenheimer24.218.71.50 (talk) 01:38, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

Amy Bishop - "Coincidentally or not"
This section seems not very NPOV. A blogger suggesting a link between the retirement announcement and the murder case doesn't seem to be substantial enough to link these two even with a caveat that it may be a coincidence. The shooting in question took place at 5pm EST on Feb 12th. The Globe article published the 13th said he had told reporters "yesterday" he was considering retirement. There is also a NYT blurb from Feb 12th at 6:55pm referencing a conference call with reporters that was the source of the report. This call was prompted by the decision to retire by Patrick Kennedy announced late in the night on Feb 11th. While the suspicion makes superficial sense it doesn't seem to make sense under scrutiny and including conspiracy theory innuendo seems inappropriate. Thoughts? PantsB (talk) 21:39, 28 September 2012 (UTC)

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Military rank category
The Category:United States Coast Guard non-commissioned officers was replaced by Category:United States Coast Guard enlisted. My understanding is that RD3 is a third class petty officer and thus a non-commissioned officer. Semper Fi! FieldMarine (talk) 11:20, 12 June 2021 (UTC)