The consequences of failure to ratify the New START treaty: a new arms race
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Some of Sen. Jon Kyl's biggest campaign contributors are defense contractors (look it up), so maybe he sees this as a win-win for his campaign contributors and his campaign coffers. Most Americans and the rest of the world, however, see this as a dangerous stunt. Advertisement Keep in mind there is political posturing … Read more
You gotta be an ed wonk to care about this choice by the Star
by David Safier OK, I'm being picky here, but it's an education issue, and in my corner of the blog, Education R Us. So here we go. The Star has a NY Times article this morning stating that high school graduation rates are improving. I can't find it on the Star's website — I don't … Read more
The Progressive deficit-reduction plan
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Hey media villagers! Pay attention. The Erskin Bowles-Alan Simpson "chairmen's mark" of the Catfood Commission is not the only deficit-reduction plan in town, so stop reporting on it like it is. I have already told you about Rep. Jan Schakowsky, who is a member of the Catfood Commission, and her altermative deficit-reduction plan. … Read more
Hunting for the story in O’Dell’s Rio Nuevo article
by David Safier Lurking inside the Star's Rob O'Dell is a journalist's conscience which demands he put all the relevant facts into his articles. It's just that O'Dell says to his conscience, "I don't have to put the facts I don't like in the opening paragraphs, do I? I can bury them in the last … Read more
Bob Schieffer gets schooled by a guest
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I love it when one of the media villagers gets schooled by one of their guests. On CBS’s Face The Nation, host Bob Schieffer asked Theodore Roosevelt biographer Edmund Morris about what Roosevelt would think of the Tea Party movement. What happened next was something rarely, if ever, heard on a Sunday … Read more
Neocon McCain saber-rattling, threatening regime change – yet again
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Neoconservative warmonger who was the Washington patron of Ahmed Chalabi and the Iraqi National Congress and advocate for "regime change" in Iraq is at it again. Sen. John McCain is just another Neoconservative who gets off on saber-rattling and threatening war with anyone every time he gets a wild hair up his … Read more
When lying becomes acceptable as part of a politico-theology
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The utter falsity of a statement is no barrier to Republican leaders repeating it. And so it was Sunday, as South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham offered his version of the GOP's Uber Lie that tax cuts pay for themselves. Lindsey Graham Regurgitates the GOP's Tax Cut Whopper: Appearing on Fox News Sunday … Read more
