Another GOP myth debunked: outsourcing to private contractors does not save money
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: This is one of my favorite GOP myths: Private contractors can always do it better and cheaper than government employees. GOPers like Sen. "Don't make me angry" Frank Antenori repeat this line all the time. This myth is the foundation of his private contracting for city services bill that Governor Brewer vetoed … Read more
The GOP’s latest scheme to steal an election – the Electoral College
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: It is long past time that we amend the United States Constitution to end the antiquated system of the Electoral College and to elect our presidents by direct popular vote. Have we learned nothing since the 2000 election? Mother Jones has the latest scheming by the GOP to steal the 2012 election. … Read more
Jay Heiler, our newest AZ Board of Regents member
by David Safier When I read Jay Heiler's resume in a story about his appointment by Brewer to the Board of Regents, I was a bit concerned. For instance, his education experience: He was President of the Board of St. Francis Xavier School, worked with Great Hearts Academies (if I remember correctly, these are charter … Read more
Tea Party Hypocrisy on Limited Government
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Keep in mind, these are the same people who use the full weight of the government at both the state and federal level to intervene in one of the most private and personal matters a woman decides, the use of birth control or the termination of a pregnancy in cosultation with her physician. In legislatures and courts … Read more
Meet NRA Board member Pete Brownell: Doing well by pushing NRA doctrine — and extended magazines
by David Safier A new website, Who is on the NRA Board?, created by the Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence, sheds light on the the people who lend their names and influence to the NRA. The website features 40 NRA Board members along with their bios: people like Ted Nugent, Grover Norquist, Ollie North, … Read more
The Minnesota Loon panders to crazy Uncle Joe Arpaio
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Since Governor Goodhair Rick Perry entered the race it has deflated the campaign of the Minnesota Loon, Michele Bachmann. Even her campaign manager Ed Rollins left her campaign "for medical reasons." It made him sick. The Minnesota Loon is desperate for anything to revive her flagging campaign. So on Wednesday she came to Arizona … Read more
The People’s Champion: Elizabeth Warren enters Mass. Senate race
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Tireless consumer advocate and Harvard Law professor Elizabeth Warren, whose task it has been to rein in the criminal banksters of Wall Street, was denied the directorship of the Federal Consumer Protection Agency that she conceptualized and shepherded to being established by a filibuster from Tea-Publican senators bought and paid for by the very same banksters of Wall … Read more
