You mean the new state budget will cost jobs? Who knew?
April 4, 2011
by David Safier The Arizona Republic ripped the Republican budget apart today, saying it's going to cost the state jobs — lots of jobs. The editorial begins with the same phrase I heard Al Melvin use on the campaign trail. The Captain said he only cares about three things: Jobs, jobs, jobs. Arizona's top-three priorities
Tax credit challenge thrown out by U.S. Supreme Court
April 4, 2011
by David Safier The lawsuit trying to get rid of Arizona's tuition tax credits was thrown out by the U.S. Supreme Court, which said the people bringing the lawsuit had no standing. In other words, the content of the suit wasn't discussed. It was thrown out on a technicality, 5-4, with the usual gang of
The GOP’s Flim-Flam Man 10 Year Plan
April 4, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: First of all, didn't we used to mock the Soviet Union for its 10 year plans? Just asking. I have told you about the Tea-Publicans' so-called "economics guru," Congressman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin. I told you about his "Roadmap to America's Future (Ruin)," i.e., the basis for the new "GOP Contract on America" last
Stand Up to Scott Walker ad
April 4, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: New video by GreaterWisComm for Tuesday's Wisconsin Supreme Court election. Wisconsin Democrats are asking everyone supporting them to post this video through all the social media.
Foreclosuregate Update – 60 Minutes: The Next Housing Shock
April 4, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: CBS 60 Minutes finally got around to covering the Foreclosuregate story that has been reported since last fall, and it was devastating. Mortgage paperwork mess: the next housing shock? – 60 Minutes – CBS News. I cannot get the video embed to work. Here is the link http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7361572n&tag=related;photovideo. I keep saying the
The cartoonists take on “King” Russell Pearce and the Fiesta Bowl Scandal
April 4, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Benson David Fitzsimmons
Barack Obama 2012 launches today
April 4, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: It's official. Announcement from Obama for America: Today, we are filing papers to launch our 2012 campaign. We're doing this now because the politics we believe in does not start with expensive TV ads or extravaganzas, but with you — with people organizing block-by-block, talking to neighbors, co-workers, and friends. And that
The end is near: Arizona Legislature week in review and the coming week
April 3, 2011
By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings When both of the weekly legislative posts, both review and preview, can be combined, it's clear that the end of the legislative session is nigh. – The biggest news last week was the railroading of a budget through the House on minimal notice. Utilizing a lack of notice (nobody outside
