Al Melvin: I’ll tell you what you can read in my district!
by David Safier It looks like Sen. Al Melvin is a staunch defender of the First Amendment — except in restaurants in his district. Advertisement The Republican lawmaker, who was just re-elected to a second term representing Legislative District 26, tried to bully an Oro Valley restaurant into getting rid of a Tucson Weekly rack … Read more
Tucson’s Brig. Gen. John Adams talks START Treaty on MSNBC
by David Safier Last Monday, Tucson's Brigadier General John Adams (Retired) was on MSNBC's Daily Rundown for a five minute interview on the need to ratify the START Treaty. An excellent summary of the issues and the need for ratification, soon.
Rep. Jan Schakowsky’s deficit-reduction alternative is superior to the Bowles-Simpson “chairmen’s mark”
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: A liberal member of President Obama’s deficit-reduction commission released an alternative plan to reign in federal red ink, a proposal she says “protects the poor and the middle-class.” Deficit Reduction Alternative ‘Protects Poor, Middle-Class,’ Beats Obama Targets: Rep. Jan Schakowsky unveiled her plan last week an alternative to the proposal by the … Read more
The banksters of Wall Street are a “socially useless activity”
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The New Yorker this week published a thought provoking article by John Cassidy, What Good Is Wall Street? (Much of what investment bankers do is socially worthless) that examines the social utility of the banksters of Wall Street in our economy (excerpt)(emphasis added): Yet Wall Street’s role in financing new businesses is … Read more
The Munk Debate: Frist v. Dean on “I would rather get sick in America than Canada”
Great debate footage on America's healthcare system featuring former Senator Dr. Bill Frist and former presidential candidate and DNC chair Dr. Howard Dean. Excellent! Munk Debate on Health Care from Sherry Naylor on Vimeo.
Korea: 60th Anniversary of the “Frozen Chosin”
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: With the recent increase in hostilities from the "Hermit Kingdom" of North Korea against South Korea, it is appropriate to remember what has become known as the "forgotten war," the Korean War (1950-1953). November 26 marks the 60th anniversary of the beginning of the Battle of Chosin Reservoir. The fighting around Chosin … Read more
Record corporate profits – so where are all those private sector jobs?
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: We are told by supply-sider Republicans that we must give tax cuts and transfer the nation's wealth to corporations and the investor class, the "two percenters," because they are the "job creators" of our economy. Uh-huh. So how did this Gilded Age revival work out over the past decade? Repost: The Bush … Read more
