Pearce gets it right — once — with his “balance of rights” statement
by David Safier Why in the world would Russell Pearce, who believes nothing should restrict our "freedoms," vote along with the rest of the legislature to restrict the freedom of assembly and, by his usual logic, the freedom of speech of the Westboro Baptist Church when they planned to protest at Christina Taylor Green's funeral? … Read more
RNC electing a new chairman today
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The RNC is electing a new chairman today. Here is a pre-vote analysis. The Results Are Anyone's Guess As RNC Chair Election Kicks Off | TPMDC: The RNC chairman's election will commence momentarily, and members are expected to pick a replacement for Michael Steele. But the arcane rules of the committee's election … Read more
Clear Channel removes Rush Limbaugh ad from Tucson billboard
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Rush Limbaugh, like all talkers on hate radio this past week, has been portraying himself as a "victim" of the "left's" complaints about the toxic environment and vitriolic nature of the medium of hate radio that he helped to create and has come to personify. I don't know where the "left" — … Read more
More on Stronger AZ’s 3pm bipartisan press conference
by David Safier AzBlueMeanie posted about the bipartisan Stronger AZ press conference today. Facebook members can learn more here. Stronger AZBipartisan Press Conference FRI 3:00PM: "As We Heal, Promoting a Civil Discussion" Old County Courthouse Bldg, Downtown Tucson 115 N Church. Speakers include: Congressman Grijalva, Rep. Farley, Supervisor Carroll, Council Member Uhlich, Council Member Kozachik. … Read more
The right feels the need to smear our grieving Tucson community
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: This nonsense started immediately after President Obama's speech in Tucson on Wednesday night. Some commentators on CNN stated that the audience at McKale Center had applauded "inappropriately" at a memorial service. Tucsonans were not somber enough for these Beltway bloviators. This theme quickly was picked up by other commentators as an inappropriate … Read more
SB1071
by David Safier NOTE: This is my first post since Saturday that deals with a topic unrelated to the tragic shooting of Giffords and others. After being able to think of little else since then, I'm ready to expand to other topics. David Schapira is introducing legislation to ban racial profiling by police officers. The … Read more
SAFEWAY establishes fund for the victims of shooting
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Arizona Daily Star reports Safeway starts fund to aid victims of mass shooting: Safeway has formed a fund to aid the victims of Saturday's mass shooting in Tucson. The company launched the fund with an initial contribution of $100,000 from the Safeway Foundation. Safeway gave no details on how the fund … Read more
