Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The other day Republican presidential candidate and former Godfather's Pizza CEO Herman Cain told economic victims, “Don’t blame Wall Street, don’t blame the big banks, if you don’t have a job and you’re not rich, blame yourself!” Riiight. Because in a global economy dominated by multi-national corporations and multi-national banks, decisions made … Read more

by David Safier I received back-to-back emails around noon today, one from Daniel Mintz of MoveOn.org, the other from Mary Kay Henry, President of SEIU. Mintz's email invited me (and, of course, all the other people who received the email [and those who didn't as well]) to a "Jobs Not Cuts" event next Tuesday, October … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: A reminder that tonight is the one, and provbalby only, candidate forum in the Pearce Recal; eelction. From the Arizona Republic: Tonight's Legislative District 18 recall-candidate forum will be available via live webcast at azcentral.com beginning at 5 p.m. State Senate President Russell Pearce and challengers Jerry Lewis and Olivia Cortes are … Read more

by David Safier I haven't seen anything like official numbers on yesterday's "Occupy Wall Street" event. I know the number was in the thousands and the loose coalition is getting broader, including teachers, union members and other "establishment" types, so the "dirty hippies" label is getting harder to use. Lots of young people. Lots and … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: "And I firmly believe that God has placed me in this powerful position of Arizona's governor to help guide our state through the difficulties that we are currently facing." – Arizona Governor Jan Brewer EJMontini – God elected Gov. Brewer? FAIR Trust, as we learned from Steve Muratore yesterday, is essentially the … Read more

by David Safier Greed. That's the key to the slogan. “Hey hey, ho ho, Wall Street greed has got to go.” That, apparently, was one of the chants heard during today's NYC march. Protesters marched from Occupy Wall Street’s base in Zuccotti Park to meet up with union organizers a few blocks away in Foley … Read more