Get your Baja Arizona petitions now!
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Advertisement Start Our State is also sponsoring Celebrate Free Baja Arizona Day! on Cinco de Mayo (that's May 5th for Tom Horne) at the Shanty, 401 E. 9th Street (at 4th Avenue), from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Food will be provided, but you'll have to pay for your own drinks. The date … Read more
Help Living Liberally of Tucson!
NOTE: new posts will continue to appear below this post. To those of you who have attended a Drinking Liberally (a liberal forum for drinks and discussion), Reading Liberally (a liberal book club), Screening Liberally (a liberal cinema night), or Investing Liberally (a sustainable, values-driven investment club) event here in Tucson, or who have always … Read more
‘Democracy is in the way’ of Tea-Publican Tyranny in Michigan
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: "Autocracy, not democracy!" is the authoritarian Tea-Publican way. "Democracy is in the way of progress." Americans fought a revolution against such tyranny. This country has gone insane. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
‘It’s called “The People’s Budget”‘
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Linda Valdez of the Arizona Republic has a short and succinct commentary today for the Clueless political reporters at the Arizona Daily Star. The federal antidote to budget butchery: Arizona will suffer because GOP politicians clutched their no-taxes ideology like a security blanket despite the need for revenue. Their budget slashes services for … Read more
Tea Party license plate, official state gun approved
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: As I have warned before, "Let's not get carried away here, people." While Governor Brewer has vetoed some very bad Tea-Publican bills, she will throw them a bone for their pet bills that she does not believe will seriously affect this state, other than make us the butt of jokes for late-night … Read more
Some interesting vetoes by Governor Brewer
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I told you about Governor Jan Brewer's first seven vetoes in Let's not get carried away here, people. This week she has added several more notches to her veto pen. And some of these vetoes are due to your pressure on the governor's office. Be sure to send a "thank you" to … Read more
Overdue Ethnic Studies updates and comments
by David Safier I've been out of town, so I haven't had a chance to digest the lastest Ethnic Studies/MAS news, let alone comment on it, until now. Because of the bold move by a group of students to chain themselves to the Board members' chairs, the whole world, as the saying goes, is watching. … Read more
