Ezra Klein on The People’s Budget
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I suppose I should consider it a moral victory that the Arizona Daily Star published today the opinion by Paul Krugman that I posted about yesterday. Still no interview of our local Congressman Raúl Grijalva, co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus which drafted the People's Budget. I will keep trying to keep … Read more
Tucson to defy SB 1331 and the Tea-Publican tyranny
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: In an earlier post I told you that Ted Vogt tried to dictate to the City of Tucson to benefit his brother Tyler: Since the Court of Appeals ruled this week that the citizens of Tucson — a Charter City whose City Charter takes legal precedence over acts of the legislature on … Read more
CNN’s John King interviews Gov. Jan Brewer
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: CNN's John King interviewed Gov. Jan Brewer (R-AZ) about the "Birther bill" she vetoed last week. I am surprised she ventured outside of the protective bubble of FAUX News Fraudcasting. In the full interview that I watched (I cannot find a copy) John King went on to ask Gov. Brewer about her position … Read more
The Daily Show in Tucson this week for an episode on ‘Baja Arizona’
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Paul Eckerstrom, co-chair of Start Our State, i.e., the Baja Arizona as the 51st state movement, was the guest speaker at a meeting of the Saguaro Eastside Democrats on Monday night. Eckerstrom announced that The Daily Show would be in Tucson Wednesday and Thursday of this week to film an episode on … Read more
Steve Benen (and others) on The People’s Budget
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: For those of you planning to attend the PDA meeting Monday night in Tucson, Steve Benen at The Washington Monthly addressed The People's Budget last week: This week, the budget proposal from the Congressional Progressive Caucus is suddenly getting some attention, and I'm glad. Does it stand any chance of becoming law? Of … Read more
Ethnic studies resolution updates
by David Safier The Star's editorial came out in favor of the resolution TUSD Board President Mark Stegeman will present at the Tuesday Board meeting. The spirit of the editorial is reasonable, but there is a huge flaw in logic similar to Stegeman's — the idea that you simultaneously downgrade the MAS history courses to … Read more
(Update) The new corporate business model: higher profits, fewer jobs
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: In a story I did not get to last week while the Tea-Publican Arizona legislature was laying waste to our state, the Wall Street Journal reported Big U.S. Firms Shift Hiring Abroad (subscription) summarized at the Huffington Post, U.S Multinationals Increasingly Hiring Abroad, Firing At Home: In the last decade, American multinational … Read more
