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The Tax Fairy is the first to blink in this game of brinksmanship
July 22, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: It appears that in this GOP manufactured crisis over the federal debt ceiling that it is the Tax Fairy, Grover Norquist, who was the first to blink in this game of brinksmanship. And we have the Washington Post editorial board of all people to thank for it. Special thanks to Ruth Marcus. A
The Tea Party Effect on Employment
July 22, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Kevin Drum at Mother Jones posts Fun With Numbers!: The chart below is dedicated to the Heritage Foundation. Thanks go to Matt Yglesias, Karl Smith, and Stan Collender. "Mr. Boehner, Where are the jobs?" For more on this, see Political Animal – Heritage plays a foolish game.
Is the Arizona Daily Star headed for bankruptcy?
July 21, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Lee Enterprises destruction of a once great local daily newspaper continues. Last week, the Tucson Weekly reported in its Media Watch: During the severe economic downturn, amid troubling concerns for the print-daily-newspaper model, Lee Enterprises, which owns the Arizona Daily Star, saw its stock value plummet to a low of about 30
Tea-Publicans whine, AG Tom Horne launches an investigation based upon their conspiracy theory
July 21, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: An investigation based upon mere spec? A well organized Tea-Publican assault on the AIRC about a wild hair up their ass conspiracy theory that the Commission hired "Obama's mapping consultant" as opposed to hiring the most qualified and experienced mapping consultant firm to submit an RFP proposal to the Commission is all
World class education in the “country” of Massachusetts: Shameless self promotion
July 21, 2011
by David Safier This idea began as a blog post, then I did a whole lot more research and turned it into a column in The Explorer. The basic idea: if we break the U.S. into geographical units, we find some areas, like the Northeast, are actually comparable to some of the strong scoring European
NRA says you can’t be too careful or spend too much money
July 21, 2011
by David Safier From the "It pays to keep them paranoid" department comes this ad from the NRA online store: That's only part of it, by the way. You can also buy a Cash 'N Carry Holster Money Belt ($69.95), a Middle of the Night Secure Handgun Vault ($89.95), a Grocery Store Parking Lot Concealed Carry
AIRC presentation about the redistricting process
July 21, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Recommended viewing. The video below is from the meeting that the League of Arizona Towns and Cities hosted to help shed some light on the redistricting process.
Reminder: AIRC hearing in Nogales on Friday
July 21, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Friday, July 22, 2011City of Nogales 6:00 p.m.Nogales Unified School District #1Administrative Building/District officeAnita Lichter Board Room310 Plum StreetNogales, AZ 85621 The AIRC has posted the agenda at http://azredistricting.org/docs/Meeting-Info/Public-Hearing-072211.pdf It is important that Baja Arizonans turn out and make their voices heard to counter the threats and intimidation of the AIRC by
