Arizona’s twin embarrassments: economic ignoramuses
Posted by : Arizona's twin embarrassments, Senators Jon Kyl and John McCain, just can't stop lying about Arizona's tax burden and the federal stimulus brouhaha they started. John McCain was on CNN Wednesday to continue his whining about how the big bad Obama administration was unfairly picking on him and Senator Kyl for their belligerent … Read more
Have you called your Congresswoman today?
by David SafierYesterday I heard it again. Giffords needs to hear from her constituents who support a strong public option. You call and say, "I support a strong public option." A smiling voice asks for your name and address, then thanks you for your call. That's it. You go in the "For Public Option" column … Read more
Recess is for kids, Congress doesn’t need a vacation
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: This country is facing the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression and is engaged in two wars overseas. Structural economic problems that have not been addressed for decades have come due and need to be fixed. This is a time for bold action. But Congress is worried about taking its August … Read more
The face of the anti-compassion conservative
by David SafierRep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee. "Let's agree that we're going to have PAYGO enforcement. That we're not going to cry 'emergency' every time we have a Katrina, every time we have a Tsunami, every time we have a need for extra spending, that we don't go call for a special appropriation that allows us … Read more
The can’t-do attitude of Blue Dogs
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: "We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is … Read more
Attention Blue Dogs
by David SafierThis says it well. If President Barack Obama succeeds in signing a major health care reform bill into law – one that provides a public plan for people currently priced out of the system – he will achieve what at least three presidents before him had hoped for, and failed to do. And … Read more
Health insurance lobby cherry-picks data in effort to defeat health care reform
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Washington Post reports on the maxim “lies, damn lies, and statistics” used by the health insurance lobby to cherry-pick data in its effort to defeat healthcare reform and maintain the status quo. The article debunks point by point the inconsistencies and half-truths by insurers in their efforts to defeat healthcare reform. … Read more
The Accidental Governor floats a trial balloon to Democrats
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: At her Tuesday press conference, the Accidental Governor floated a trial balloon to Democratic legislators. She said that she might allow the state property tax to go back on the books this fall if doing so would result in Democratic support for a ballot referral to raise the sales tax. Brewer, Democrats … Read more
