Giffords on AZ Illustrated, 6:30pm
March 26, 2010
by David Safier The Star hasn't run an interview with Giffords since her office was vandalized. The editors must have some reason for ignoring a local story that's been covered nationally, and for refusing to run an iconic photo in their print addition which seems to be appearing everywhere else. I certainly don't know what
Arizona Ed Network tallies voting records on education
March 26, 2010
by David Safier The Arizona Education Network (AEN) has put together a chart of all the state legislators' voting records on education. AEN found twenty-one (21) different pieces of legislation that dealt directly with public education budgets and the dollars allocated to it. AEN totaled each legislator’s votes “FOR” and “AGAINST” public education. Not surprisingly,
Why do Republicans hate unemployed Americans?
March 26, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: First it was Arizona's embarrassment, Senator Obstruction, Jon Kyl, who blocked the extension of unemployment benefits last fall because he wanted the Paris Hilton Tax (estate tax) for idle rich kids to inherit their parents' fortune to be dealt with first. Then it was Senator Jim Bunning (R-KY) who blocked the extension
The Teabagger’s Prayer
March 26, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I ran across an interesting post at Daily Kos today by terryballard, The Teabagger's Prayer, that fans of Mark Twain may appreciate: Mark Twain once wrote a short piece called "The War Prayer" about what people really are asking for when they pray for their troops' victory. I adapted the words to
In defense of Rhonda Bodfield
March 26, 2010
by David Safier I almost always agree with what AZ Blue Meanie writes and always admire both his style and the depth of his commentary. However, I sometimes — not often, but sometimes — take exception to his tone. This is one of those times. I think his criticism of Rhonda Bodfield in a recent
Right wing races toward the bottom
March 26, 2010
by David Safier Craig of Random Musings who cross-posts here, giving us invaluable information from the State Capitol, wrote about another one of those indications that the right is continuing its descent into hate and barbarism. The Republic wrote an article about a 65 year old woman collapsing at a rally in Tempe supporting Harry
Harry Mitchell and family receive death threats
March 26, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Character matters Sen. McCain. Do you still believe "The language that we should be using today is the language that we are using." McCain: Palin's "reload" and her cross hairs are "the language that we should be using". When you meet with Sister Sarah today, it is your obligation to tell her
Ask Melvin, “proud Minuteman,” his opinion about Minuteman demise
March 25, 2010
by David Safier The Minuteman Civil Defense Corps finally shut down after 5 years. So far as I know, Al Melvin is the highest ranking Arizonan who has direct connections with the Minuteman group. In his first (unsuccessful) run for state senate in 2006, he declared himself a "proud Minuteman" at every event I went
