The Farley Report: June 1, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Time once again for the Farley Report, from Rep. Steve Farley (D-LD28): Advertisement I hope your summer is off to a great start, despite the fire and brimstones the Governor and the Republican Legislature have thrown our way. I have been able to spend a whole lot of time walking door to … Read more
“Lyin’ John” Munger’s bogus excuse for quitting the governor’s race
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Republican gubernatorial candidate "Lyin' John" Munger just up and quit running for governor on Tuesday. On the one hand, we should all be grateful that this consummate liar will never be governor. On the other hand, for those of us in Tucson, it is only a matter of time until John Munger … Read more
SB1070 Update: What he said
by David Safier Ruben Navarrette Jr. has an excellent column this morning which states elegantly what I've been trying to say more clumsily — that SB1070 is a discriminatory bill fueled by a combination of hatred and fear of Mexican immigrants. Navarette has read the bill carefully, unlike the "Just read the bill" simplifiers on … Read more
SB1070 Update: Rep. Kirk Adams is wrong (what a surprise!)
by David Safier Republican Rep. Kirk Adams had an op ed in the Republic yesterday. He said racial profiling is forbidden in SB1070. He's wrong. Racial profiling is an integral part of SB1070. Read the post below to understand why. Here's what Adams wrote: The trailer bill [HB2162, which amends SB1070] makes it crystal-clear that … Read more
SB1070 Update: Law allows racial profiling
by David Safier One of the most serious misstatements about SB1070 is that it doesn't allow racial profiling. After all, this phrase is repeated a number of times in the amended law — that an enforcement official: may not consider race, color or national origin in the enforcement of this section . . . Pretty … Read more
Update on Tweety Matthews’ solution to clean up BP Gulf oil spill
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I ran across an article that has some background on the "supertaker solution" That Chris "Tweety" Matthews harped about all last week on Hardball. Could Cleanup Fix for Gulf Oil Spill Lie in Secret Saudi Disaster? – AOL News: [O]ne veteran of a massive (and secret) crude spill in the Persian Gulf … Read more
WSJ Analysis: SB 1070 unconstitutional
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Rupert Murdoch's Wall Street Journal published a news analysis of SB 1070 and concluded that the law is unconstitutional. Constitutional Challenges to Arizona Immigration Law on Their Way – Law Blog – WSJ: Is Arizona’s new immigration law constitutional? We hit the question briefly on Friday in this post, and the initial … Read more
