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July 4, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: H/t to Greg Sargent at the Washington Post's Plum Line for these news items I do not have time this holiday weekend to go into in depth: * The White House Council of Economic Advisers released a report on Friday finding that the stimulus hiked GDP by as much as 3.2 percent in
‘Citizen U.S.A.’ airs Monday night at 9:00 p.m. on HBO
July 4, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: If you are going to a fireworks show tonight, set your DVR or TIVO for this HBO special Monday night at 9 p.m. on HBO. ‘Citizen U.S.A.’ is a melting pot that melts the American heart – The Washington Post: If you’ve never had the pleasure of watching someone become an American
Happy Independence Day!
July 4, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: You Are Invited Pima County Democratic Party's Annual 4th of July Party Monday, July 4th8:00 pm Home of Renee Morton526 S. Stone Fireworks, friends, food and fun! This year we're starting a little bit later, and will therefore be offering a wide variety of desserts, lemonade, and tea! BYOB and bring
Americans ignorant of their own history on the 4th of July
July 4, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: It is not just Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann who don't know their American history. It is a sizeable chunk of the American public as well. In an annual poll conducted by Marist, more than a quarter of Americans couldn’t correctly identify the country from which the United States declared its independence.
Marshall Home™ arrested for Bankruptcy fraud
July 2, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: For the commenter who left a dissertation on why he thought what our sovereign citizen Marshall Home™ was doing with foreclosures was perfectly legal awhile back, just as I predicted, federal law enforcement officials begged to differ. The Tucson Weekly reports that Marshall Home™ has been arrested for Bankruptcy fraud: [Marshall Home™
If politicians hold a campaign event/meeting and the press doesn’t cover it, did it really happen?
July 2, 2011
Posted by Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings Thursday, the "Senate Ad Hoc Task Force On Forest Management 2011" was scheduled to hold a special public meeting at the Show Low High School. The "Task Force" is made up of seven of the most stridently anti-environment members of the Republican caucus of the Arizona State
Willard ‘Mittens’ Romney flip-flops on his lies
July 1, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I told you about this earlier this week. The lies of Willard 'Mittens' Romney are growing tiresome – Part 2. For weeks, one of the driving messages of Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign has been that President Obama made the economy worse, not better. The argument is a demonstrable lie, but Romney has
