Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Washington Independent has a take down of the right-wing noise machine's dishonest talking point about Governor Rick Perry's Texas job growth. Perry touts misleading job growth stats at gathering for state legislatures: Advertisement Gov. Rick Perry delivered his signature anti-Washington, states’ rights rhetoric to a packed theater at the National Conference … Read more

by David Safier Yesterday, I proposed playing the Henry Gatewood/Republican Debate drinking game. Gatewood, as regular readers of BfA know, is the crooked banker in the 1939 western, “Stagecoach,” who said, in one steady stream of bloviation: “‘America for Americans! The government must not interfere with business! Reduce taxes! Our national debt is something shocking!” … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The radical religious right Christian Reconstructionism and Dominionism movements have a prophet to lead them to their end-times Rapture: Governor Rick Perry of Texas. The Texas Observer has this disturbing must read report by Forrest Wilder in its August issue, Rick Perry's Army of God: A little-known movement of radical Christians and self-proclaimed prophets wants … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I have previously posted about The Arizona Republic's long and sordid history of anti-unionism. The anti-unionism of the Arizona Republic. Today the newspaper continues this practice with an unsigned editorial opinion about the lessons from the Wisconsin recall election. Battle is over in Wis., And the unions lost. It reads as if … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: FAUX News Fraudcasting hosted the third episode of "Survivor – GOP Presidential Primary" debate last night from Ames, Iowa. There was so much crazy to be had, where to begin? It really can be boiled down to a single question that was posed to the candidates asking them: "Would you raise your … Read more