Tea Party license plate, official state gun approved
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: As I have warned before, "Let's not get carried away here, people." While Governor Brewer has vetoed some very bad Tea-Publican bills, she will throw them a bone for their pet bills that she does not believe will seriously affect this state, other than make us the butt of jokes for late-night … Read more
Some interesting vetoes by Governor Brewer
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I told you about Governor Jan Brewer's first seven vetoes in Let's not get carried away here, people. This week she has added several more notches to her veto pen. And some of these vetoes are due to your pressure on the governor's office. Be sure to send a "thank you" to … Read more
Overdue Ethnic Studies updates and comments
by David Safier I've been out of town, so I haven't had a chance to digest the lastest Ethnic Studies/MAS news, let alone comment on it, until now. Because of the bold move by a group of students to chain themselves to the Board members' chairs, the whole world, as the saying goes, is watching. … Read more
Frank Antenori still has an anger management problem
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: We documented the many ways Frank Antenori has demonstrated he has an anger management problem quite awhile ago in Frank Antenori has an anger management problem: Frank(enstein) Antenori is an angry man. Lately he has been terrorizing the villagers. (He bears a remarkable resemblance to Peter Boyle in Young Frankenstein.) Today I read … Read more
Tobin in as AZ House speaker, Adams out and running for Congress
By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings In a bit of a surprise (to me, anyway), Rep. Andy Tobin (R-LD1) was elected Speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives. From the Arizona Republic story written by Mary Jo Pitzl – The Arizona House of Representativesgot a new leadership lineup Thursday when members elected Rep. Andy … Read more
Two “must read” articles
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Two "must read" articles for you to read when you can make the time: Rick Perlstein writes at Mother Jones, Inside the GOP's Fact-Free Nation | Mother Jones: It takes two things to make a political lie work: a powerful person or institution willing to utter it, and another set of powerful institutions … Read more
10 More GOP Myths For The Media To Debunk
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Jon Perr at perrspectives.com has this excellent post taking the media villagers in the "lamestream media" for being complicit in advancing the "big lies" of the right-wing noise machine. After Birthers: 10 More GOP Myths Debunked: Two statements this month sum up everything you need know about the sad state of American … Read more
