by David Safier It makes me feel slightly dirty giving Sarah Palin any more ink pixels, but reading AP do a take-down on the "facts" in Palin's new book gives me a certain joy, and I want to share it with others. I get the sense the writer had as much fun writing it as … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Josh Kalven posts this timely piece as Congress considers new regulations for Wall Street — let's begin with the repeal of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Financial Services Modernization Act and return to the Glass-Steagall Act. (I have previously discussed this topic.) Ten Years After The Repeal Of Glass-Steagall: This weeks mark ten years since … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: While I'm on the subject of full page ads in the Arizona Daily Star there is one today from NewsMax.com (a right-wing biased "news" mag that makes Faux News look like a legitimate news organization) promoting Sarah Palin's soon to be released book, "Going Rogue: an American Life," for the low, low … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: h/tTedski at R-Cubed for the press release and graphic. This fresh from the UFCW: We are proud to report that a strike has been averted with Safeway, Fry’s and Smiths. After 13 months of bargaining and a strike deadline just hours away, UFCW Local 99 and the grocery companies have agreed on … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I have already taken to task the allegedly 40 anti-abortion conservative Democrats who threatened to scuttle the House health care bill if they did not get a vote on the Stupak-Pitts Amendment. House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) says it actually netted about 10 votes for the Dems' health care reform bill. In … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: "I am not a member of any organized party — I am a Democrat." — Will Rogers Democrats have been at this now since the days of Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson. It takes a lot of practice to be able to fight with one another and to hold the party together. … Read more