Posted by AzBlueMeanie: On Wednesday night, Jon Stewart in a classic segment of The Daily Show eviscerated the CNBC cheeeleaders for the white collar criminals on Wall Street, and their faux populists Jim Kramer and Rick Santelli. Advertisement If you do a YouTube search you will find some older posts of "before and after" predictions … Read more

by David Safier Dawn Teo, Mesa resident and writer for Huffington Post, wrote an excellent, detailed story on HuffPo about the recent travails in the Arizona Democratic Party and the origins of Building a Stronger ADP, whose suggestions for changes in the ADP have taken on increasing importance as Saturday's meeting approaches. I won't try … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: 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 duck … Read more

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

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

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

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