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Ensnared by Our Illusions
April 15, 2011
By Karl Reiner According to Census Bureau data, the proportion of Americans living in urban areas rose from 93.2% in 2000 to 93.7% in 2010. The bigger cities grew faster than small ones, most of the growth occurring in the suburbs. The data contradicts one of our cherished illusions. We are not a nation of
Unconstitutional Public Pension Reform Bill Moves Towards Passage
April 15, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The other half of the pension reform bills, SB 1609, was approved by the House on Thursday. It now goes back to the Senate with amendments for a final vote. Pension reform passes House: [SB 1609] passed the House on a 36-20 vote. It goes back to the Senate for final approval
Jan Brewer wants to be the Scott Walker of the West
April 15, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: As if the Tea-Publican Arizona legislature has not demonstrated their hatred for working people and the American middle class enough already, now comes this late breaking news: Brewer to drop bomb on public employee merit system (Yellow Sheet, subscription required). Brewer is expected to ask lawmakers to undertake major legislation on state personnel
TABOR Alert! Kill This Bill
April 15, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: We warned you about this poison bill moving through the legislature designed to worsen Arizona's structural revenue deficit indefinitely into the future. It is the bad government "Taxpayer Bill of Rights" (TABOR) by another name. The GOP's double dose of poison to kill Arizona. The Arizona Capitol Times reports Senate OKs bill limiting
Jon Kyl volunteered
April 14, 2011
by David Safier Jon Kyl volunteered to be Arizona's presidential candidate circumcision inspector.#NotIntendedToBeAFactualStatement
Calling Mel the Moyle
April 14, 2011
by David Safier Oh me of little faith! I couldn't believe what AzBlueMeanie wrote was true, that circumcision records are now part of the Arizona Birther Bill. Sure enough, HB 2177 states, if you can't get ahold of your long form birth certificate and you want to run for president in Arizona, you need two
Arizona passes “birther” bill with an odd amendment
April 14, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The tin-foil hat Birthers in the Arizona Senate passed the birther bill (with amendments) which is now on its way back to the House. Arizona Capitol Times » Senate passes modified ‘birther’ bill. The bill would make Arizona the first state to pass such legislation. The Arizona Republic published an editorial today
For me, “Machine Gun Shoot” and “Family Friendly” somehow don’t go together
April 14, 2011
by David Safier We're going all the way to Kentucky for this story, where the bi-annual, 3 day Machine Gun Shoot just ended. From the website: The Machine Gun Shoot itself consist of four rounds of firing at a wide variety of appliances, vehicles, pyramids of tires, and barrels of fuel with pyrotechnic charges attached.
