The Story of The Little Baby Duck
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Advertisement A young girl named Elizabeth was given a little baby duck as a gift in her Easter basket. Elizabeth was overjoyed with the little baby duck. The two were soon inseparable, and the little baby duck bonded with the young girl as if she were its mother. Elizabeth loved her baby … Read more
The Kool-Aid Kidz go Krazy!
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Grover Norquist's Kool-Aid drinking anti-tax zealots in the Arizona Legislature were none too happy about Governor Jan Brewer's proposal to raise taxes by $1 billion (she left the tax or taxes to be increased to the discretion of the legislature). The Kool-Aid Kidz went Krazy! Sen Ron. Gould (R-Havasu City) got his … Read more
The Jan Scam Tax Plan – Part Deux
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I previously addressed the speculation over Governor Jan Brewer's plan to balance the state budget in The Jan Scam Tax Plan. On Wednesday, Governor Brewer finally delivered her plan to a joint session of the Arizona Legislature. The Gov's speech went over like a turd in the punch bowl. The anti-tax zealots … Read more
“Stronger ADP” authors reveal their identities
by David Safier A few days ago I spotlighted a new website, A Stronger ADP. The authors wrote a lengthy and thoughtful document, A New Way Forward (you can get the pdf here). The problem for many people, including me, was that the authors chose to remain anonymous. No longer. They are six Young Democrats … Read more
Goings on at the Capitol
by David Safier I went to Phoenix today to participate in the March4Schools rally. Thousands of people were there — I couldn't tell how many thousands — making noise about the importance of adequate funding for schools. More on that in a later post. The most interesting moment for me was a half hour before … Read more
Cloture is for wussies: make Mr. Smith filibuster
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I read an interesting post by Jean Edward Smith in a New York Times blog Filibusters: The Senate’s Self-Inflicted Wound that discussed the history of the filibuster and the 60 vote cloture rule in the U.S. Senate. [President Obama] must contend with a worrisome new feature in American politics: the trivialization of … Read more
Good reason to be optimistic
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I have posted previously about how every Democratic president since FDR has created more jobs in the economy than their Republican predecessor. I recently came across this cool graphic that emphatically makes this point (h/t to Devilstower at Daily Kos). Things are going to get better children now that a Democrat is … Read more
