Gingrich gift to the 1% blows up the federal deficit
December 13, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The megalomaniac pseudo-intellectual and preeminent housing historian, the disgraced former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, never passes up the opportunity to tell audiences that he is a visionary thinker and a genius (hence the megalomania). As Joe Scarborough said recently, "If Newt Gingrich is the smartest guy in the room, you're in
How the Gingrich Stole Christmas
December 13, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Tis the season. You just knew that someone was going to do this. Parody video: You’re a mean one, Newt Gingrich | The Raw Story: A YouTube video uploaded on Tuesday casts Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich as the mean-spirited protagonist from Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas. The video, by
Send the Neocon war mongers and war profiteers the bill
December 13, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: In the run-up to the Iraq war there was little serious discussion about what this war of choice by the Neoconservative Bush-Cheney administration would cost. When Lawrence Lindsey, President Bush’s economic adviser, suggested that it might reach $200 billion all told, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld dismissed the estimate as “baloney.” Deputy
Thoughts on the Take Back the Capitol events in D.C.
December 12, 2011
by David Safier Last Monday through Friday while I was in D.C. participating in and blogging about the Take Back the Capitol events, I watched no television and only had time to scan the Star and the NY Times websites, and a few blogs, quickly in the morning. That was pretty much my total contact
Willard ‘Mittens’ Romney’s $10,000 sucker bet
December 12, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: While suffering through watching the "Survivor – GOP Presidential Primary" debate on Saturday night, I knew at the moment Willard "Mittens" Romney made his $10,000 sucker bet with Governor Goodhair Rick Perry that he had made a stupid mistake. I imagined his campaign staff watching the debate in a media room all shouting
Parody of Rick Perry ad
December 12, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: We've all seen Rick Perry's anti-gay campaign ad, "Strong." Well, here's the follow up (parody) by TheComedyCouple. Enjoy.
Maybe Arizona should follow Florida’s example
December 12, 2011
by David Safier In the Florida state Capitol, every phone has an alert button. At the touch of a button, an unseen officer in the Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Office can instantly monitor a conversation in Senate offices and respond if needed. Why the new precaution? Get ready. A new law allows guns in the Capitol, and
Meet the Waltons
December 12, 2011
by David Safier A labor economist at UC Berkeley came up with this stat. Six of the children of Sam and James “Bud” Walton, the founders of Wal-Mart, have a combined wealth equal to the entire bottom 30% of the U.S. economy. Their combined wealth "was $69.7 billion in 2007," the year they equaled the
