Thoughts on the Take Back the Capitol events in D.C.
by David Safier Last Monday through Friday while I was in D.C. participating in and blogging about the Take Back the Capitol events, I watched no television and only had time to scan the Star and the NY Times websites, and a few blogs, quickly in the morning. That was pretty much my total contact … Read more
Willard ‘Mittens’ Romney’s $10,000 sucker bet
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: While suffering through watching the "Survivor – GOP Presidential Primary" debate on Saturday night, I knew at the moment Willard "Mittens" Romney made his $10,000 sucker bet with Governor Goodhair Rick Perry that he had made a stupid mistake. I imagined his campaign staff watching the debate in a media room all shouting … Read more
Parody of Rick Perry ad
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: We've all seen Rick Perry's anti-gay campaign ad, "Strong." Well, here's the follow up (parody) by TheComedyCouple. Enjoy.
Maybe Arizona should follow Florida’s example
by David Safier In the Florida state Capitol, every phone has an alert button. At the touch of a button, an unseen officer in the Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Office can instantly monitor a conversation in Senate offices and respond if needed. Why the new precaution? Get ready. A new law allows guns in the Capitol, and … Read more
Meet the Waltons
by David Safier A labor economist at UC Berkeley came up with this stat. Six of the children of Sam and James “Bud” Walton, the founders of Wal-Mart, have a combined wealth equal to the entire bottom 30% of the U.S. economy. Their combined wealth "was $69.7 billion in 2007," the year they equaled the … Read more
Video from Nov. 30 protest of the ALEC Summit in Phoenix
by David Safier I saw this video on Three Sonorans. It was put together by Dennis Gilman for The People's Media. The scene is the November 30 protest in Phoenix on the first day of the ALEC Summit. You'll see pepper spraying of protesters and some gratuitous shoving and stepping on protesters by police. The … Read more
BREAKING: SCOTUS grants cert on S.B. 1070
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The U.S. Supreme Court has issued its list of orders this morning and had granted certiorari for the petition for review in Arizona v. United States, in which the state has asked the Court to review the Ninth Circuit’s decision blocking enforcement of four provisions of S.B. 1070, its controversial immigration law. The … Read more
