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Say what now?
July 1, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Someone you have probably never heard of before has decided that he has what it takes to run for president. His name will be as quickly forgotten. Rep. Thaddeus McCotter to announce presidential bid: Michigan Republican Thaddeus McCotter will announce the launch of his presidential campaign July 2. USA Today reported late
Intimination: Tea Party Intimidation of Citizen Redistricting Commissions, Sequel to Health Care Reform Town Halls
July 1, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: There are 21 states that have some form of a Citizen Redistricting Commission that play a role in redistricting state legislative and congressional district lines. 2009 Redistricting Commissions Table (National Conference of State Legislatures). This public participation in what used to be a behind-closed-doors process in the state legislature was intended by good
The jokes just write themselves
June 30, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Headline in the Arizona Daily Star: Vermin found in Arizona State Capitol building: Senators, representatives, lobbyists and mice are sharing space at the Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix. The Arizona Republic reports rat remnants have been found in the House of Representatives, the Senate and the executive tower. It's too easy.
Breaking: Tea Party Tyranny at AIRC meeting in Tucson
June 30, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I received a message this afternoon from the AIRC meeting that "Tea Partiers have taken over the redistricting meeting and are demanding that Coleen Mathis resign." Any member of the public who wants to resist this Tea Party tyranny threatening our democratic process should head on over to the AIRC meeting this afternoon (if
Stephen Colbert’s performance art mocks our broken election system
June 30, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The U.S. Supreme Court has bastardized the 14th Amendment by finding that corporations are "persons" too and enjoy the "privileges and immunities" of political speech under the First Amendment in Citizens United v. FEC (where's your "original intent" jurisprudence now, Justice Scalia?) Not only that, but corporation's rights are superior to your
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: This is not your father’s GOP
June 30, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: H/t to Lawrence O'Donnell of MSNBC for highlighting this editorial in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch from Sunday. I used to be a regular reader of this newspaper back in its heyday. Editorial: Eight myths to chill an old-school Republican soul (excerpt): It's sad to see what has happened to the Party of Lincoln,
Low income homes are not created educationally equal
June 30, 2011
by David Safier This should come as no surprise: all low income homes are not created educationally equal. And it also shouldn't be a surprise that parents who play with and encourage their children in educationally productive ways, even if they live in poverty, produce children who are more ready for school than children from
‘Recall’ Russell Pearce tops the list of Fiesta Bowl corruption
June 30, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Arizona Guardian reports that "New documents released Tuesday reveal what may be the full extent of Senate President Russell Pearce's trips around the nation on the Fiesta Bowl's dime." Pearce's political problems and the Fiesta Bowl (subscription required): The documents show Pearce tops a list of 31 lawmakers who took cushy
