Senator Obstruction, Jon Kyl: “What a price to pay for ignorance”
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Advertisement Steve Benen of The Washington Monthly reports: The Washington Post reported earlier this week that, as Senate Republicans delay consideration of a new strategic arms treaty with Russia, the previous framework has lapsed. As a result, "for the first time in 15 years, U.S. officials have lost their ability to inspect … Read more
The wit and wisdom of John Huppenthal: The Mystery of the Disappearing Lab Class Experiment
by David Safier This is the fourth in the series of quotes I pulled from Huppenthal's appearance at the Tucson Ed Supe forum a week ago Thursday, along with my analysis and commentary. I've held off on this one because I was hoping to solve, Agatha Cristie style, The Mystery of the Disappearing Lab Class … Read more
Terry Goddard unveils “Making Arizona Work Again” jobs plan
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Attorney General Terry Goddard unveiled his jobs plan Thursday, saying Gov. Jan Brewer has done little to ease Arizona’s massive unemployment rate. Tax cuts part of Goddard economic plan: “The No. 1 job for the next governor of Arizona has got to be restoring jobs and restoring our economy,” Goddard said Aug. 19 … Read more
Good news, bad news on Arizona’s prison scandal
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: First the good news… The prisoner who walked away from a work detail in Tucson on Wednesday was captured without incident on Thursday morning. Inmate who left Tucson work crew found sleeping. Thursday night, fugitives John McCluskey and Casslyn Welch were caught in Apache County. Arizona inmate and fiancée captured in Apache … Read more
Ignorance, fear and loathing in America
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Nobody ever went broke by underestimating the intelligence or taste of the American public. – H.L. Mencken (attributed) Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. – Albert Einstein Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. … Read more
Campaign Sign Snark 2010: Mark Anderson
By Jenn For many voters, their first and most visceral exposure to a candidate is via the campaign signs posted on street corners and abandoned lots. These signs are the face of a campaign, and are responsible for generating a voter's first impression of a candidate. Campaign Sign Snark is an ongoing feature that will comment exclusively … Read more
The wisdom of Will Bunch: America’s war on “the other”
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Ever wonder how all the disparate threads of right-wing paranoid conspiracies actually weave together into a unitary tapestry of fear and hate? Will Bunch writing for Attytood at Philadelphia Daily News explains in It's not about the mosque — it's America's war on "the Other" (excerpt): Over the last year, I traveled across … Read more
