The Wasilla Hillbillies: Thanksgiving Special
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Sarah Palin stars in the situation comedy hit of the new television season, The Wasilla Hillbillies. This week, the show presents its Thanksgiving Special (episode 13). In this episode, Sarah decides that if she can’t be president she can still pretend to be one by pardoning a turkey for Thanksgiving. Only Sarah … Read more
So who are you speaking for exactly?
by David Safier Bob Jones University has taken the bold step of apologizing for its past racism. Bob Jones University is apologizing for racist policies that included a one-time ban on interracial dating and its unwillingness to admit black students until 1971. In a statement posted Thursday on its Web site, the fundamentalist Christian school … Read more
Complete sentences
by David Safier Apparently Barack Obama has stepped over the line by speaking in complete sentences: In the first two weeks since the election, President-elect Barack Obama has broken with a tradition established over the past eight years through his controversial use of complete sentences, political observers say. Millions of Americans who watched Mr. Obama's … Read more
Short note to the current Guv
by David Safier Um, Janet, about two weeks before the election, you said at a rally that our Republican state legislators want to cut 40% from the higher education budget. You were exaggerating for effect, right? Right? Because I know you wouldn't leave us in their hands, defenseless, veto-less, if that were really true. Would … Read more
Arizona overtaxed? Hardly.
by David Safier (TASL) It seems tax-and-spend liberals are coming out of hiding these days. The latest voice is the Citizen in an editorial, The case for higher taxes. The subhead says it all: "Study finds cuts — not spending increases — to be the major cause of state budget deficit." Who woulda thunk that … Read more
An ill wind is BREWERing in Arizona
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Many of you have heard by now that Governor Janet Napolitano has been tapped by the Obama transition team to become the new Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. Napolitano may be Homeland Security pick It is only a matter of official confirmation. Napolitano would be a vast improvement over Michael … Read more
