Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Obama campaign has released a two-minute ad in which Obama directly addresses Americans as he briefly lays out his plans to rescue the economy: A transcript of the ad: In the past few weeks, Wall Street’s been rocked as banks closed and markets tumble. But for many of you — the … Read more

Link: This is Your Nation on White Privilege | Red Room. Read this. This essay on racism in the presidential race by Tim Wise is the whip-smartest damn thing I’ve read all year. Seriously. Read it.

by David Safier Democrats occasionally stretch the truth and even lie outright now and then, especially when an embarrassing personal fact comes to light. Republicans lie regularly and unashamedly, both on the campaign trail and when they’re in office, and they slander their opponents whenever they get the chance. If political lying were a criminal … Read more

by Marlene H. Phillips Most people open their email and hear a gentle strumming sound emanating from their computer. When I opened my email this past week I heard a roar, composed of the voices of women of the American West, shouting to the largely oblivious mainstream media to be heard. I have received emails … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: It’s beginning to look a lot like 1932 – Bear Stearns, Fannie, Freddie, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, AIG, Washington Mutual, and well over a 100 other financial institutions on the government’s watch list for under capitalization or insolvency.  This is not a locally owned corner bank that will have only a local … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Tina Fey nails it!