Tea Party Tall Tales in Tucson
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Rhonda Bodfield of the Arizona Daily Star fact checked, in a roundabout manner, the wild claims being made by the "Republican" candidates for Tucson city council and their Tea Party supporters. Tea Party organizers, Dems square off at downtown events. Here is her fact check reformatted: Claim: Members of the Tea Party … Read more
Disturbing finding
by David Safier As always, I preface discussions about findings from educational studies by saying they should be taken with generous helpings of salt. That being said, studies covered in the NY Times and the LA Times indicate: . . . children of Hispanic immigrants tend to be born healthy and start life on an … Read more
How serious was Kozachik about wanting that Rio Nuevo job?
by David Safier A little over a week ago, I posted an email city council candidate Steve Kozachik sent to Nina Trasoff's office that was basically a job application for a big job with Rio Nuevo. He wrote it before he declared as a candidate. In a Star article today, Pima Dem Chair Jeff Rogers … Read more
An election integrity first: public copy of e-voting code
by David Safier For years, the electronic voting companies have kept the codes that run their voting systems a deep, dark secret, saying it was propriety information — essentially making our elections wholly owned subsidiaries of private companies. But Riverside County requests for the code have borne fruit, according to Brad Blog. The code is … Read more
GOP brand fail, civil war dividing party
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Media villagers and Beltway bloviators inform us of their conventional wisdom (CW) that Republicans will enjoy a mid-term election resurgence in 2010. First of all, when was the last time that CW was correct? Anyone? That's what I thought. Secondly, the Beltway media elites have always shilled for the GOP, win … Read more
No racism to see here, folks. Move along, please. Part 2
by David Safier Last night I wrote about the frightening number of death threats Obama receives, 4 times more than any previous president. To say racism isn't involved is ludicrous, unless you think any Democratic president who sat in the White House right now and had a similar agenda would get the same number of … Read more
Some folks are kinda peeved at me
by David Safier Last week I broke tradition and put my Explorer column on BfA, the one about Jefferson's "Tree of liberty" quote that is beloved to lots of wingnuts. Over at the Explorer, I got more comments than I think I've ever received, and none of the commenters are all too fond of me. … Read more
