Rush Limbaugh vows to leave the country if health care reform passes
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: This should be the additional motivation that Americans need to put aside their differences over the health care reform bill and to come together for a unifying national purpose — to send that truly vile hateful creature Rush Limbaugh packing to another country. I want his promise in writing. I have the … Read more
G.I. Guarantee Watch: Dr. Word discusses the many meanings of “many”
by David Safier I already posted about a letter I received from Starlee Rhoades, Vice President of External Affairs at the Goldwater Institute. It was in response to my insisting Matthew Ladner made an error when he wrote Arizona school districts have "an almost 1-to-1 teacher to bureaucrat ratio." The letter stated Ladner used the … Read more
GOP civil war over the sales tax special election
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: In this corner we have the Accidental Governor, Jan Brewer, Arizona Republican Party Chairman Randy Pullen, the editors of The Arizona Republic, and oddly enough, the Arizona Education Association who support passage of the temporary sales tax increase in the special election on May 18. In the other corner we have the Grover Norquist … Read more
Catholic Bishops tell Pearce, Withdraw anti-immigrant bill
by David Safier Let's hope this gets more coverage. The Phoenix New Times reports, The Bishops of the Arizona Catholic Conference, which includes the Dioceses of Phoenix, Tucson, and Gallup, New Mexico, issued a statement today criticizing state Senator Russell Pearce's mirror anti-immigrant measures HB 2632 and SB 1070, urging that they be yanked from … Read more
So glad that I’m not at the lege today…
Posted by Craig McDermott I am unable to trek down to the Capitol today, and after watching the Senate Appropriations meeting online for 30 minutes, I'm glad I'm staying away. After listening to Russell Pearce pontificate on George Soros trying to legalize heroin (Pearce is still ticked off over the Voter Protection Act being voted … Read more
Arizona Daily Star comes late to the party in support of health care reform
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Arizona Daily Star today in an editorial opinion came out strongly for passage of the health care reform bill. Health-care bill must be passed now, not in 5 years. Well, gee thanks guys. You are a little late to the party. Where was this over the past year when it really … Read more
