‘Alex, I would like to buy a vowel…’
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I have seen campaign signs for Jennifer Rawson, a Tea-Publican candidate for the Ward 2 City Council seat in Tucson, pop up in the public right-of-way along Speedway Boulevard this week. Advertisement The editors at the Arizona Daily Star must be clutching their pearls in horror. Complaining about candidate campaign signs accounts for … Read more
Terri Proud of Tea Party Tyranny
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I have never quite understood the Tea Party's odd dichotomy of conservative victimhood on the one hand, and their sense of privileged entitlement to govern on the other hand. Harold Meyerson of the Washington Post offered the most cogent explanation of this odd dichotomy the other day in Debt talks reveal the … Read more
What will we tell the children? Pennsylvania edition
by David Safier The Pennsylvania Department of Ed has a study out of possible cheating on its 2009 standardized tests. About 60 Pennsylvania schools, including both district and charter schools, had three or more "flags" out of a possible eight. Where is the study from the AZ Dept of Ed? Our current Supe, John Huppenthal, … Read more
Ask every Republican: Is Palin’s reuse of “retreat/reload” line OK with them?
by David Safier Frankly, I don't give a damn what Palin says. Chances are, she's going nowhere except on the paid lecture circuit. But when she brings back her "Don't retreat, reload" line, Republicans should be asked, Is that fine with you? Are we OK with bringing violent, gun-oriented language back into the political dialogue? … Read more
Friday Night Fights at The Pima County GOP – Bring The Popcorn!
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: And they say running the Democratic Party is like herding cats… If you have not been following this story, Pima County GOP chairman Brian Miller has got himself sideways with his fellow Republicans who recently stripped him of his powers and taken away his keys to the kingdom at Pima County GOP headquarters … Read more
Reminder: Final public hearing on Pima County Supervisor redistricting today
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: PIMA COUNTY SUPERVISOR REDISTRICTINGPUBLIC HEARINGS ON COMMITTEE DRAFT MAP Please attend a public hearing to provide comments on the Pima County Redistricting Advisory Committee's draft map. The committee was appointed by the Pima County Board of Supervisors to help redraw Supervisor District boundary lines based on updated U.S. Census figures. According to … Read more
Rupertgate: Senators call for investigation of News Corp.
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Rupert Murdoch's Watergate Carl Bernstein: Is Phone-Hacking Scandal Murdoch's Watergate? – Newsweek is growing larger every day — and this is before any sworn witness testimony before government committees in Britain and the U.S. Carl Bernstein said on The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell last night this may be the biggest story of the … Read more
