Labor Day Address: Fighting for America’s Workers
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: President Obama attended a Labor Day rally in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to announce a new initiative for infrastructure development and putting unemployed construction workers back to work rebuilding this nation's crumbling infrastructure. (The president's remarks begin at 10:45). Advertisement Transcript of Remarks by the President at Laborfest in Milwaukee, Wisconsin | The White … Read more
Quayle Hunt: Ben Quayle “ducking” debates with Jon Hulburd
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Press release from the Jon Hulburd for Congress campaign: Why Does Ben Quayle Refuse to Debate? Still Silent 12 Days After Arizona Republic and NBC-12 Offer To Broadcast Debate PHOENIX (Sept. 7, 2010) – Twelve days have passed since Jon Hulburd proposed a series of five debates in Arizona’s Third Congressional District … Read more
Tea-Publicans avoiding debates with their opponents
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The local Tucson media is all upset that the Tea-Publicans are avoiding debates with their opponents, preferring instead the comfort zone of friendly Tea Parties where like-minded drones don't question their positions or beliefs. They won't speak to any other voters, or an inquisitive media. The Tucson Weekly complained that the candidates … Read more
A behind the scenes look at the governor debate
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: A behind the scenes look at the governor debate, courtesy of the very talented Andy Cobb. Damn dropped calls! Don't you just hate it when this happens?
Trouble in Arizona’s ELL-land
by David Safier Admittedly, this is a complex set of issues, but they deserve more coverage than I've seen in the Arizona media. Arizona's ELL programs are undergoing scrutiny on two fronts. First, Arizona is back in court on the decades old Flores v. State of Arizona case about the quality — or lack of … Read more
Obama begins reversing a decade of no job growth
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: As I explained in Repost: The Bush Years Were a Lost Decade, the oughts produced zero net job growth under the economic policies of George W. Bush. Nada. Zip. I admit this sets the bar pretty low for president Barack Obama to show improvement over his predecessor. Nevertheless, Obama's efforts are producing … Read more
Repost: The Bush Years Were a Lost Decade
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: (Reposted from January 4, 2010) I have written about this several times before, but the Washington Post is just catching up: there was zero net job growth over the past decade. Massive tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy failed to grow the economy and to create jobs, disproving and discrediting the … Read more
