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G.I. Guarantee Watch: Please, Mr. Postman, part 2
March 12, 2010
by David Safier Still no snail mail response from the Goldwater Institute. Which leads me to wonder what surprises Starlee Rhoades' letter will hold for me — if I get one. And I should get one. Because Starlee Rhoades began her first letter with: "We appreciate your enthusiasm for spirited public discussion . . ."
Conservative smear campaign: IOKIYAR
March 12, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Remember how the conservative media and Republican politicians all took umbrage and accused Sen. Barack Obama of an insulting smear against Gov. Sarah Palin when he said during a speech in Virginia in September 2008 that "you can put lipstick on a pig. It's still a pig." Palin Camp Takes Umbrage at
R-Cubed leaves the blogosphere, for now
March 12, 2010
by David Safier Tedski, AKA Ted Prezelski, is putting Rum, Romanism and Rebellion in mothballs. He wants to devote more time to his LD-28 campaign. It's a loss to the Tucson progressive community. Ted, any number of times I've read one of your posts and said, "Damn, I wish I said that," and even more
The GOP insane clown posse budget is based upon delusional assumptions
March 12, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I have said it before and I'll say it again. The current Arizona Legislature is the worst failed legislature in the history of Arizona. It's not even close. Republican legislators have failed their constitutional duty and violated their oaths of office. This is legislative malpractice and malfeasance in office writ large. The
Maybe this is why they’re so desperate to raise the tuition tax credit limit
March 12, 2010
by David Safier A funny thing happened on the way to people giving tuition tax credit money last year. They didn't. Or at least, they didn't give as much. The amounts of donations received and scholarships awarded in Arizona's private school tax credit program fell for the first time ever in 2009, state records show.
Pay cut good for the goose, not for the legislator
March 12, 2010
by David Safier They've cut 5% from state workers' pay. And Republicans don't want to hear any whining about it either. You're damn lucky to have a job, you sniveling, union loving state workers! Cut legislators' pay 5%? "No! I'm too . . . too me to have my pay cut! The horror! The horror!"
Sen. Russell Pearce to come to the aid of predatory payday lenders
March 12, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Every time you think you have finally killed them, they rise again like a vampire in a B-movie horror flick. Payday lenders now seek legislative help, would add $1.5M-per-year incentive: Rejected by voters and stymied in the House, lobbyists for payday lenders are now trying to get a Senate panel to approve
Enough of Republican obstruction of banking regulations: Democrats to go it alone to protect consumers
March 12, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The government's top securities regulator called on Congress Thursday to impose new oversight on financial derivatives, warning that allowing risky instruments such as credit default swaps to continue unfettered could bring further economic damage. SEC head urges Congress to act on risky derivatives: The chairwoman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Mary
