The GOP’s double dose of poison to kill Arizona
February 15, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: On Monday, Governor Grim Reaper called a special session for the purpose of passing a so-called "jobs bill" (a modifed version of Rep. Kirk Adam's corporate welfare tax giveaway plan from last year) secretly negotiated between our lame-duck governor, our de facto governor, Sen. Russell Pearce, and House Speaker Kirk Adams (aka
More Catfood Commission nonsense from the the media villagers
February 15, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I was watching the presidential press conference this morning when Chuck Todd (NBC/MSNBC), whom I consider to be an idiot, asked the president about his fiscal commission (aka Catfood Commission), asserting that the commission reached a "majority consensus" on recommendations, so why doesn't the president's budget contain the commission's recommendations? (I am
Sandra Day O’Connor: Dangerous lefty who hates Arizona (She supports education)
February 15, 2011
by David Safier Sandra Day O'Connor has never been on my all-time-favorite-people list, but I'm liking her more and more as she settles into Arizona and notices the difference between the state she left to become a Supreme Court Justice and the one she returned to. She has become one of those important conservative/moderate voices
Birther bill rebuffed; bill to turn hospitals into immigration checkpoints held
February 14, 2011
by Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings Monday wasn't a "good day" at the legislature (too many bad bills *did* pass committee), but it could have been far, far worse. On the negative side – Center For Arizona Theocracy Policy bills targeting the judiciary passed committee (SB1472, SB1482, SCR1047), as did SB1466, a Lester Pearce-pushed
Anti-Immigrant Terrorist Shawna Forde Found Guilty of First-Degree Murder
February 14, 2011
Posted by Michael Bryan For a horrific crime that should be understood as an act of political terrorism in furtherance of an extreme right wing plot to fund vigilante border actions through the proceeds of criminal activity, a Pima County jury convicted Shawna Forde today of two counts of first-degree murder in the May 30, 2009
Texting while driving? Who cares. Slowpokes in the left lane? Pass a law!
February 14, 2011
by David Safier This would be funny if we weren't in Arizona, circa 2011. Frank Antenori has sponsored a bill, SB1369, that says anyone driving in the left lane on a road with a 55mph speed limit or more has to pull over to the right lane if someone behind them flashes their headlights. The
WOW – birther bill dies in committee
February 14, 2011
by Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings Quick hit- The first bill heard in Monday's Senate Judiciary Committee, SB1526, was a "birther" bill. Sponsored by the committee chair, Sen. Ron Gould, it looked to have easy sailing through committee, but led by Democrats Kyrsten Sinema and Steve Gallardo, the committee turned the bill back. Republicans John
Happy Valentine’s Day
February 14, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I guess I'm the only romantic around here. Who knew? Martina McBride sings "Valentine," Jim Brickman on piano.
