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The Man With a Plan: Jonathan Rothschild for Mayor of Tucson
August 9, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Jonathan Rothschild, Democratic candidate for Mayor of Tucson, has released his plan for Tucson and is asking for your ideas and feedback. How refreshing is it to have a candidate for public office ask you for your ideas and opinions instead of always telling you what he thinks and that he has all the answers?
‘Tea Party! America Thanks You!’ Video (by DC Douglas)
August 9, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Voice over by DC Douglas http://www.MyVoiceOverGuy.com READ: http://www.myvoiceoverguy.com/voice-over/tea-party-caucus-fracasWATCH: http://www.DCDouglas.com Actor, voice over artist and part-time Tea Party gadfly, D.C. Douglas, released a video over the weekend thanking the Tea Party for its contributions to the debt ceiling debate. Immediately upon it's release, his video took on even greater meaning. Though the video's
Election Day in Wisconsin – GOTV!
August 9, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Today is the day! Voters in Wisconsin are heading to the polls to take back the state senate and to stop Gov. Scott Walker's extremist agenda. And you can do your part by helping to GOTV. Make phone calls with DFA and the PCCC. Go door to door with We Are Wisconsin.
The truth about the bogus Joe Flores supporters photo
August 8, 2011
by David Safier Here's the difference between Jim Nintzel of the Weekly and me — or one of the differences, anyway. He's a journalist. I'm a blogger. So while I wrote a speculative piece about all the reasons I thought the supporters photo on Joe Flores' website was a Photoshop job of a pic from
DNC on GOP Presidential Candidates: ‘Extreme Aims: Wrong for Seniors. Wrong for the Middle Class’
August 8, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Democratic National Committee announced Monday morning that it's launching a campaign to define the Republican presidential candidates as extremists trying to please "the far right Tea Party wing of their party and they are following the extreme agenda of Congressional Republicans instead of leading." Democrats launching Iowa campaign – CNN Political
Joe Flores supporters? I don’t think so
August 8, 2011
by David Safier If you go on the Supporters page of Joe Flores’ website for his Ward 1 city council run, the first thing you’ll notice is that he has no supporters listed. “COMING SOON!” the little graphic proclaims in the center of the page. The second thing you’ll notice is this photo: Looks like
Warning: Don’t stick a gun in your pants waistband
August 8, 2011
by David Safier I suppose they teach this is gun safety school, along with “Always have the safety on” and “Don’t point your gun at anything you don’t plan to shoot.” According to the Republic, a Chandler man stuck his fiancée’s pink handgun into the waistband of his pants. The gun fired, striking Seto’s penis
ALEC prison legislation and prison labor
August 8, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: In case you missed this, John Nichols at The Nation published this report on The Hidden History of ALEC and Prison Labor | The Nation: This article is part of a Nation series exposing the American Legislative Exchange Council, in collaboration with the Center For Media and Democracy. John Nichols introduces the
