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Marshall Home™, sovereign citizen
June 7, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Blog for Arizona has warned you about this "sovereign citizen." City of Tucson Mayor & Council Candidate Filings: Let The Games Begin! [T]he winner of the craziest story of this election goes to Marshall Home™ (I kid you not, he trademarked his name) who has filed his petitions to run for mayor,
Star editorial gently chides O’Dell
June 7, 2011
by David Safier Today's Star editorial takes apart O'Dell's scandal-of-the-century treatment of Tucson's sick and vacation leave policy that ran on Sunday's front page, though it's a gentle taking apart. Without saying it in so many words, the editorial makes O'Dell's story look ridiculous. Then it goes on to suggest some measured changes in the
Al Qaeda and the gun show loophole goes main stream
June 6, 2011
by David Safier When I posted about Al Qaeda spokesman Adam Gadahn urging potential terrorists to buy firearms at gun shows because "You can . . . come away with a fully automatic assault rifle, without a background check," the story was prominent on Media Matters and was floating around on progressive sites. But now
Weiner lied. Stupid, stupid, stupid.
June 6, 2011
by David Safier It's hard enough to debunk a right wing lie. But when they're telling the truth? You don't stand a chance. Weiner had online relationships with 6 women, he said. Not smart if you're out of the public limelight, and incredibly stupid if you're a congressman. Weiner tried to cover it up. Stupid,
Repeat after me: Vouchercare
June 6, 2011
by David Safier I don't know if Paul Krugman came up with the term, but today he has a column about Paul Ryan's end-Medicare-as-we-know-it plan. Krugman calls it Vouchercare. Perfect. Clear, simple, accurate and damning. And Republicans will deny it, because they know the word "vouchers" doesn't test well. People don't like vouchers. But each
The new GOP attack on Obama’s Americaness: ‘European’ (read Socialist)
June 6, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: To his credit, Willard "Mittens" Romney was not among the cursed creatures of the Obama Birther Conspiracy theorists who still insist that Barack Obama was born in Kenya (and is a secret Muslim and Marxist too!) No, Willard "Mittens" Romney is patrician old school. He attacks Obama's Americaness by suggesting that Obama
Horne not interested in investigating Arizona’s for-profit college scam
June 6, 2011
by David Safier Tom Horne is doing whatever he can to prevent the voter approved medical marijuana initiative from happening. But he refuses to join with other states to investigate for-profit colleges, which lie to students and saddle them with huge loans while making their millions from the government. I've posted about this scam before.
The GOP’s ‘Ayn Rand Budget’ vs. Jesus
June 6, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I have been writing about the GOP's alleged boy genius, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), and his GOP Roadmap to America's Ruin for more than a year now. The GOP budget Ryan drafted was approved by all but four Republicans in the House and all but five Republicans in the Senate. Recently the
