“Majority leadership wants to move away from public education”
by David Safier This to me is a very, very significant moment. One of the non-secret secrets in the legislature is that many Republicans want to dismantle public education. Not all, mind you, but many of them. Last week, a member of the Republican Senate Staff let the privatization cat out of the conservatives' bag. … Read more
The best story you’ll read today
by David Safier The headline promises a whole lot, but I'll tell you what. If you read a better story today, send it to me, because I want to read it too. The story is about a 90 year old woman named Estelle Manorek who lives in New Jersey. She had never gone to high … Read more
The “Stop the Insanity: Restore Democracy” Campaign
Dateline 2.20.09 by AzBlueMeanie Series (War correspondent AzBlueMeanie is embedded with the Freedom Fighters of the Arizona Democratic Resistance in the occupied state of Arizona. This dispatch is filed from an undisclosed location within the liberated territories of Baja Arizona) Our neighbor to the west, California, finally passed a budget plan on Thursday after weeks … Read more
What’s it going to be Gov, “yes” or “no”?
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: There is an interesting provision included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Our accidental governor, Jan Brewer, is going to have to go on the record whether she will accept the federal stimulus money or not. If she declines the stimulus money (an act of political suicide when the … Read more
Naming names
by David Safier Just so you know, the AZ Republic lists these 39 legislators as having signed a "No New Taxes" pledge: In the Senate: Sylvia Allen, Bob Burns, Pamela Gorman, Ron Gould, Chuck Gray, Linda Gray, Jack Harper, John Huppenthal, Barbara Leff, Al Melvin, Russell Pearce, Steve Pierce, Jay Tibshraeny and Thayer Verschoor. In … Read more
From the mouth of Chris Matthews
by David Safier Here's an interesting observation Chris Matthews made on Hardball Tuesday about right wing "think tanks." He's speaking specifically about the probability Scooter Libby will be given a lifetime Senior Fellowship position to reward him for the sword he took for his Vice President (and to keep him quiet), but the concept has … Read more
Interesting observation on conservatives and taxes
by David Safier A piece of commentary by Joe Brewer (I don't know the name) on the truthout website has a very interesting analysis about how conservatives get people to accept their idea that taxes are harmful and government doesn't work. This passage is overly simplistic, but it's a very interesting analysis of how Republicans … Read more
