Clark’s “Swift” Comment
WTF? If you only listened to the commentary after the fact and the subsequent right-wing blogoviation about Gen. Wesley Clark’s comment about McCain’s military service, you would think he said something absolutely terrible about the man. What he said was that McCain hasn’t any military command experience that would be relevant to being President. Getting … Read more
The Truth About America’s Energy – Part 1
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: For the past couple of weeks, John McCain and the GOP have been hitting the airwaves to sell McCain’s "new" energy policy. There is nothing "new" about his policy – it is essentially Dick Cheney’s secret Energy Commission Plan from 2001. The only thing "new" is that McCain has reversed his previous … Read more
Andy Thomas’ Bad Case of Fascist Disease
Andy Thomas, the Maricopa County Attorney, is asking the Arizona State Supreme Court [PDF] to declare him above the obligatory ethical standards of his profession. He wants to be declared exempt from the system of self-governance by which the ethical standards of the legal profession are enforced under the supervision and authority of the courts. … Read more
Bee-trayal
Tim Bee has just proven with this year’s Arizona budget exactly how effective he’ll be in working with a Democratic majority in Congress. I couldn’t be happier to learn that even if Bee pulls off a miracle and beats Gabby, Tim has shown himself an utter pipsqueak who will knuckle under to Democrats without even … Read more
Your Favorite Book
by David Safier I’m traveling, which means I’m both busy and out of the loop. So I’m going to turn things over to you. I’d call this an assignment, but that makes it seem like work, doesn’t it? In the comments, write about the favorite book you’ve read in, say, a year — though if … Read more
Betrayal by the GAGA Arizona Democrats
Certain Arizona Democrats continue to Go Along to Get Along with the Bush agenda. Giffords and Mitchell voted to continue to fund the war in Iraq and to immunize tel-comms who broke the law at the behest of the Bush Administration, incidentally preventing discovery in those pending civil cases that could produce further evidence of … Read more
Dr. McCain’s Nuclear Prescription
by Russell Lowes Senator McCain announced a new prescription for energy for America in a recent speech. He is now calling for 45 nuclear reactors to be completed by 2030 and an additional 55 reactors to be completed thereafter.(1) He had been promoting nuclear energy as a solution to global warming for years. Butnow. . … Read more
