by David Safier Here's a video clip from the Iowa state legislature that's in the first stages of going viral. Not knowing the microphone was on, a Republican rep called their proposed gun carry law the "Give-A-Handgun-To-A-Schizophrenic Bill." Oops. Not supposed to say that out loud. Advertisement Iowa is looking at catching up with Arizona, … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: For those of you who have been asking "Where are those recall petitions so I can sign?" — better yet, to take some petitions and go collect signatures yourself, here is the recall information. Recall Governor Jan Brewer has a web site Recall Governor Jan Brewer (http://www.recallgovernorbrewer.com/). The web site has a download … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I have told you about the new non-partisan group called US Uncut — named after UK Uncut — which aims in part to challenge the tea party's push for lower corporate taxes. They instead want Congress stop letting wealthy corporations dodge their taxes. Nonpartisan organization 'US Uncut' to demand corporations pay taxes. … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Thom Hartmann, author of "Unequal Protection: How Corporations Became 'People' and How You Can Fight Back," explains the fiction of "corporate personhood" in Unequal Protection: The Battle to Save Democracy (excerpt): Given all this context and history, a reasonable person would probably conclude that the Reconstruction Amendments—particularly the Fourteenth Amendment—were designed to grant rights … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Daily Kos has a post by greywolfe359 that puts this class war into perspective. Daily Kos: The Must See Chart (This Is What Class War Looks Like): I just wanted to get this chart out there.  I originally received it as a post by the Facebook group "The Christian Left."  This chart … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: OpEdNews – Article: Protest the Wisconsin Coup! Nationwide Student Walkout, Friday @ 2:00: Wisconsin High School students have called for a Nationwide Student Walkout in protest of the Wisconsin coup, tomorrow at 2:00 local time. High school students in Madison, Wisconsin will walk out of class this Friday, March 11th at 2:00 … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: William Rivers Pitt writes an essay on the exact same thing I was thinking as I was watching the coup d'etat in Wisconsin on Wednesday. Then They Came for the Trade Unionists: On this day, it behooves us to remember the words of Martin Niemoller. "First they came for the communists," he wrote, "and I didn't speak out … Read more