Mitchell Seeks Cuts to Wealth Taxes
Link: Mitchell co-sponsors bill that aims to cut capital gains and estate tax. WTF is Mitchell thinking? Cutting Capital Gains and Estate taxes overwhelmingly benefits the wealthiest Americans, who need it least. Mitchell prattled about the ways in which these cuts would benefit the average person selling stock or a house, but completely ignored the … Read more
Andrew Thomas’ Hasty Pudding
Link: Thomas seeks faster process for death row appeals. The Maricopa County Attorney, Andrew Thomas, likes to play by Red Queen’s rules: he yells, "Off with their heads!" and every one had better jump to it. Now he’s written to AG Gonzales seeking to implement stream-lined appeals for the 113 death row inmates in Maricopa … Read more
Al Gore’s Assault on Irrationality
I was going to write my own review of Al Gore’s book "The Assault on Reason" but I found this and simply see no reasonable prospect of improving upon it:
Pullen Your Leg
Randy Pullen, the Arizona State Chairman of the GOP, whom I dearly love and revere as a wise and powerful leader for the opposition party, recently published a very amusing opinion piece about what it means to him to be a Republican. I have taken the liberty of correcting (parenthetically) the many mistakes in Randy’s … Read more
Medicaid Documentation Requirement Disproportionately Harms Non-Hispanics
Link: Medicaid Documentation Requirement Disproportionately Harms Non-Hispanics, New State Data Show: Rule Mostly Hurts U.S. Citizen Children, Not Undocumented Immigrants, 7/10/07. In yet another example of how Republican policymaking turns out to be just dumb-fuckery in disguise, a new study shows that new requirements to prove citizenship in order to obtain Medicaid benefits are actually … Read more
Put it back on the table, Madam Speaker!
Marlene Phillips, a member of Tucson’s Drinking Liberally, finally got fed up. She sent me this, and appeals for your action: It started two weeks ago, when our congresswoman spoke in front of a group of citizens here in Tucson. A number of us wanted to know how she felt about impeachment; she replied that … Read more
Kirkpatrick Comes Out to Play
Link: Kirkpatrick Resigns to Run Against Renzi. Hooray! Finally a clear challenger for the most ethically challenged congresscritter in our delegation, possibly in the country. I suggest that Ann start with letting everyone know about Renzi’s $25,000 fine (PDF) from the FEC for diverting over a hundred thousand dollars in corporate funds into his campaign … Read more
