Quick Takes
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: H/t to Greg Sargent at the Washington Post's Plum Line for these news items I do not have time this holiday weekend to go into in depth: Advertisement * The White House Council of Economic Advisers released a report on Friday finding that the stimulus hiked GDP by as much as 3.2 percent … Read more
‘Citizen U.S.A.’ airs Monday night at 9:00 p.m. on HBO
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: If you are going to a fireworks show tonight, set your DVR or TIVO for this HBO special Monday night at 9 p.m. on HBO. ‘Citizen U.S.A.’ is a melting pot that melts the American heart – The Washington Post: If you’ve never had the pleasure of watching someone become an American … Read more
Happy Independence Day!
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: You Are Invited Pima County Democratic Party's Annual 4th of July Party Monday, July 4th8:00 pm Home of Renee Morton526 S. Stone Fireworks, friends, food and fun! This year we're starting a little bit later, and will therefore be offering a wide variety of desserts, lemonade, and tea! BYOB and bring … Read more
Americans ignorant of their own history on the 4th of July
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: It is not just Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann who don't know their American history. It is a sizeable chunk of the American public as well. In an annual poll conducted by Marist, more than a quarter of Americans couldn’t correctly identify the country from which the United States declared its independence. … Read more
Marshall Home™ arrested for Bankruptcy fraud
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: For the commenter who left a dissertation on why he thought what our sovereign citizen Marshall Home™ was doing with foreclosures was perfectly legal awhile back, just as I predicted, federal law enforcement officials begged to differ. The Tucson Weekly reports that Marshall Home™ has been arrested for Bankruptcy fraud: [Marshall Home™ … Read more
If politicians hold a campaign event/meeting and the press doesn’t cover it, did it really happen?
Posted by Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings Thursday, the "Senate Ad Hoc Task Force On Forest Management 2011" was scheduled to hold a special public meeting at the Show Low High School. The "Task Force" is made up of seven of the most stridently anti-environment members of the Republican caucus of the Arizona State … Read more
