Jan Brewer’s approach to balancing the state’s budget: Abdicate…responsibility
by Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings Sunday's Arizona Republic(-an Party press release outlet) contains an op-ed published under the Governor's name wherein she assesses the reasons for the inability of the state's elected leaders to balance Arizona's budgets. Advertisement She looks at previously enacted cuts to… …the state's work force… …K-12 education funding… …University-level education funding… …prison spending… … Read more
Transplants save lives? Sounds like front page news to me
by David Safier This made page 20 in today's NY Times, which is fine, since it's a New York paper writing about Arizona. But for Arizona, it's a front page news story — or it should be. The argument by Brewer, et al, that the transplants denied state funds don't work has been debunked. If … Read more
Tis the Season: My Grownup Christmas List
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: One of my favorite modern era Christmas songs, "My Grownup Christmas List," by Amy Grant.
Promise kept: DADT repealed
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Today was a major victory for the Obama Administration on which much political capital has been expended: the Senate gave final approval to the (conditional) repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT). Institutional discrimination against men and women proudly serving their country in the U.S. Armed Forces who happen to be gay … Read more
The DREAM shall never die
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: "For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die." – Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA) Some had hoped the DREAM Act might have a good chance at passing following the death of Ted Kennedy — the … Read more
Bye-bye DADT
by David Safier It's a done deal. DADT will be phased out and become part of history. Chalk one up for the good guys and gals.
John McCain: why are we “fooling around” with the 9/11 first responders bill?
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Yes, dear readers, Sen. John McCain really is that big an asshole. On Friday night, Rachel Maddow talked to Rep. Anthony Weiner about his outburst on the floor of the House back in July when Republicans were doing their best to use procedural moves to prevent the 9-11 first responder's bill from … Read more
