Rep. Jeff Flake to Seniors: Screw you Grandma and Grandpa!
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The White House has announced a plan to give seniors and disabled veterans $250 each as part of a mini-economic stimulus plan to compensate them for the fact that there will be no cost of living adjustment (COLA) this year to Social Security benefits because there has been no inflation this past … Read more
Grijalva and Arne Duncan at Ochoa Elementary Monday
by David Safier On Monday, Oct. 19, 8-10am, Ed Sec Duncan and Rep Grijalva will be holding a "Listening and Learning" meeting at Ochoa Elementary. From Grijalva's Press Release: “I am pleased to welcome Secretary Duncan to Tucson to discuss the many important education issues facing the Southern Arizona community,” said Rep. Grijalva. “This is … Read more
Reps. Trent Franks an John Shadegg engage in McCarthyism, religious bigotry againt Muslim-Americans
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The right-wing has exhibited a disturbing trend towards a new era of McCarthyism in recent years. But their latest craziness is religious bigotry and fear mongering against Muslim American citizens. In the mind of right-wing conspiracy theory loving religious bigots, Muslim Americans are all spies for Islamo-fascism (a term fabricated by the … Read more
“Why do people hate you?”
by David Safier Please don't watch this if you have a grudge against Obama. But the rest of us . . . what a touching moment. And how deftly handled by the President. (Note: you have to watch an ad first.) (Second Note: I removed the video because Mike B. told me it was crashing … Read more
Sen. Jesse Helms alive and well in Tucson?
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I thought Sen. Jesse Helms, the unreconstructed Southern ultra-conservative culture warrior and unapologetic redneck racist from North Carolina, died in 2003? Apparently his spirit is alive and well in Tucson. "Senator No" was a culture warrior who excelled at wedge issue politics. One of Helm's favorite targets was federal funding for the … Read more
No STO oversight
by David Safier The Republican-created Private School Tuition Tax Credit Committee met, in part to counter the Dem-created panel looking into the STOs as well as the scholarships they give out. Much of the testimony was from a hand picked group of parents who get scholarship money. They love their scholarships, of course. No surprises, … Read more
An Analysis of Prop. 200
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I am reproducing below an exchange of e-mail correspondence which has been widely disseminated (I have received it from several sources) between Frances M. Merryman, CFPR and Vice President of Wealth Strategies Group, and Bill Arnold, chairman of the Public Safety First Initiative (Prop. 200), and copied to a host of community … Read more
