Doonesbury takes on Arizona’s $20 million dollar man
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Arizona Capitol Times reports that Sen. John "don't call me a maverick" McCain has already blown through $20 million dollars in his GOP primary race for the U.S. Senate against J.D. Hayworth and Jim Deakin. McCain approaches $20 million in campaign spending. I'm guessing Johnny has used up an advance on his … Read more
Dr. Word: Is it Margaret Dugan or Margaret Garcia Dugan?
by David Safier In the comments section of a post about Huppenthal's hagiographic misrepresentation of Ben Franklin (translation: Huppenthal painted a rosier-than-deserved portrait of Ben and the slavery issue), Tom Prezelski asked a tangential but interesting question: [H]as anybody publically asked Margaret Garcia Dugan why she has stopped using the name "Garcia?" All through the … Read more
Private prison’s warden, chief of security resign
by David Safier Here's the latest wrinkle in the story of the Kingman privately owned, medium security prison that was the scene of the recent escape of three prisoners. The warden and chief of security at the Kingman prison where three prisoners escaped last month have resigned. A spokesman for the private prison confirmed Saturday … Read more
Star says: Don’t put “help Democrats” in the headline!
by David Safier The Star's headline self parody continues. The three most important rules used by the Star's Creative Headline Writing Team are: Make Obama look bad. Make health care legislation look bad. Write nothing that may help Democrats' election chances. Here's the latest. An AP article focuses on whether a $250 check sent to … Read more
Beavis and Butt-head for Attorney General in the GOP primary
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: If a political bombshell goes off in Phoenix, is it news in Tucson? Apparently not at the Arizona Daily Star. The Star has yet to report on the biggest news story of the week, Andrew Thomas abused the power of his office in witch hunt against political enemies. There is a brief … Read more
The wit and wisdom of John Huppenthal: Ethnic Studies and Ben Franklin
by David Safier I went to the Ed Supe forum at Rincon High Thursday, audio recorder in hand. All the candidates did reasonably well by themselves. By that I mean, I doubt if many people in the audience changed their vote based on a stellar performance by one candidate or a serious mistake by another. … Read more
President Obama’s clarion defense of the freedom of religion
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: When many conservatives talk about "religious freedom," they really mean the freedom to impose their fundamentalist Christian religious dogma on people of other faiths, or no religious faith, through the force of law. Many subscribe to the Christian Nationalist movement or the dominion theology of Christian Reconstructionism. Christian Nationalists believe in a … Read more
