by David Safier I posted about ALEC, the very conservative American Legislative Exchange Council, giving attendees to its conferences generous reimbursements — up to $1,900 for its upcoming August conference in New Orleans. Fifty-two of our Republican state legislators are members of ALEC, which has hundreds of pieces of ready made "Model legislation" on file … Read more

by David Safier Republican Rep Carl Seel got a "principle reduction loan modification" on his home loan to the tune of $100,000 while he was facing foreclosure. That amounted to more than half the principle he owed. Before his principle was cut in half, Seel had planned to propose an amendment to hold banks accountable … Read more

By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings Most of the R blogs/press release outlets in Arizona have posted a press release from Russell Pearce.  It touts his new "charity," formed to bring clean water to Haiti. Sounds like an "awww, geee – isn't that nice" sort of moment except for a few things.  Minor things, really, … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: FAUX News clown Bill O'Rielly got his panties in a twist over Jon Stewart and the Daily Show pointing out the overt race baiting of FAUX News in their fake controversy over rapper Common this past week. So Billo the Clown challenged Jon Stewart to a debate on his program. "Challenge accepted, … Read more

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: For the past several days, the media villagers and Beltway bloviators have all been speculating that FAUX News commentator Mike Huckabee was going to announce that he is running for president on his show on Saturday night. Speculation reached a fever pitch on Saturday as the Huck-ster sent cryptic e-mails to the … Read more