In my view, the proposition that the GOP is riddled with bigoted idiots in leadership positions – not to mention those all-important followership positions – hardly requires more proof that reading the paper or watching TV news while having enough neuronal activity to sustain life functions. But I understand that there are some conservatives of … Read more

A great short documentary (about 8 minutes) from the Guardian Unlimited about the daily challenges faced by our troops in working with Iraqi security forces. Quite a reality check for the "stand down when Iraqis stand up" crowd. Newsflash: the Iraqi security forces start shooting at us as soon as they stand up.

I hate Dick Renzi. He’s a scumbag who embodies everything that is wrong with our Congress and this country’s politics. He doesn’t deserve a single vote. He deserves to be locked up and have his ill-gotten worldly wealth and power stripped from him publicly and humiliatingly. I wish it were true that a federal grand … Read more

See what it’s like to live at minimum wage (if you don’t do it yourself already): Seven Days at Minimum Wage. Acorn is doing an innovative vlog to promote raising the minimum wage featuring 7 people over the next 7 days struggling to get by on $5.15 an hour. In Arizona, we have the opportunity … Read more

Link: AOL Elections Blog – The Stump. Arizonan Sandra Hohmann is covering Arizona’s politics for AOL’s new political megablog, The Stump. Drop by and leave a comment from a hommie.

Link: ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society: Guest Blogger Geoffrey Stone: Liberal Values. Excellent basis for a discussion of what Liberals stand for now. Geoffrey R. Stone, the Harry Kalven, Jr. Distinguished Service Professor of Law at the University of Chicago is the author of Perilous Times: Free Speech in Wartime from the … Read more