Reminder: AIRC Public Hearing in Tucson on Saturday
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission will be holding the last of its first round of public hearings in Tucson on Saturday. Advertisement Saturday, August 6, 2011City of Tucson 1:00 p.m.Abrams Public Health BuildingRoom #11063950 S. Country Club RoadTucson, AZ 85714 Advertisement
Time to Give Sen. John McCain a piece of your mind
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Time to give Sen. John McCain a piece of your mind. He is holding a town hall meeting in Tucson on Tuesday, August 19. Don't let him fill the audience with cardboard cutouts of adoring McCain supporters. Ask the senator the tough questions that he always seeks to avoid answering. TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, … Read more
Tea-Publican Tyranny in Wisconsin: The Main Event is Tuesday
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Stuart Rothenberg Political Report takes a look at the Wisconsin recall election and concludes in GOP Hoping to Hang On in Wisconsin Recalls : Roll Call: The bottom line on all this appears to favor the Democrats. Control of the Wisconsin Senate rests on just a few races, with Republicans needing to … Read more
David Frum to the right: get serious
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: David Frum poses the question, "My conservative friends argue that the policies of Barack Obama are responsible for the horrifying length and depth of the economic crisis. Question: Which policies?" If Conservatives Were Right About the Economy | FrumForum: Obama’s only tax increases – those contained in the Affordable Care Act – do not … Read more
(Update) A temporary reprieve in the next hostage taking: The FAA
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Congress wants to go on its vacation during August recess, so it is giving the FAA a temporary reprieve until Congress comes back in September, when Tea-Publicans again will once again take the FAA hostage. This is surreal. Greg Sargent reports FAA deal reached, but Dems still face major test with labor … Read more
Illegal ‘straw’ contribution from a short-lived shell company: What Citizens United hath wrought
Posted by AzBlieMeanie: Let this story be a lesson for the lazy mainstream media — you are going to have to rediscover how to do investigative journalism and rediscover your "watchdog of democracy" purpose envisioned by the Founding Fathers in this new era of Citizens United corporate money in politics. It is not acceptable for … Read more
Gov. Chris Christie is tired of dealing with the GOP’s religious bigot ‘crazy base’
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ) earns a standing ovation for standing up to the GOP's religious bigot "crazy base" hellbent on demonizing and scapegoating all American Muslims as "Islamist terrorists" and fantasizing that that they want to impose a Caliphate and Sharia law on the U.S. Finally! A voice of reason in the … Read more
