Special Session Update: The “Sham-Wow!” Budget Deal
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Advertisement Monday marks the start of the sixth week of the Special Session and is also the next to last day before the "drop dead" date on which the Legislature can refer any matters to the general election ballot on November 3. Secretary of State Ken Bennett has said that the tax … Read more
Do not feed the trolls (DNFTT)
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Blog for Arizona has had a rash of Trolls of late (you all know who they are): In Internet slang, a troll is someone who posts controversial, inflammatory, irrelevant or off-topic messages in an online community, with the primary intent of provoking other users into an emotional or disciplinary response or of … Read more
Simple-minded numbers
by David SafierFriend of the blog and Goldwater Institute employee Matthew Ladner had written his opinions of the Trib's articles about tuition tax credits and STOs on a blog where he posts occasionally. Shorter Ladner: Tuition tax credits, good. Abuses of tax credits, bad, need to be corrected. Those are the same sentiments he's expressed … Read more
President Obama to visit Arizona on August 16
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Apparently the Obama advance team can't find Tucson or even Southern Arizona on a map. President Obama will visit Phoenix for a third time this year on August 16, as well as the Grand Canyon. Obama's 3rd Ariz. visit part of Western swing: President Barack Obama will return to Arizona this month … Read more
Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor sworn in
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy From the New York Times Sotomayor Sworn In as Supreme Court Justice: Justice Sonia Sotomayor took the judicial oath on Saturday, becoming the first Hispanic and third woman to serve on the Supreme Court in United States history. At just … Read more
Anti-Defamation League condemns Rush Limbaugh: “Deeply offensive”
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: From the Washington Independent Anti-Defamation League Condemns Limbaugh: “Deeply Offensive”: The Anti-Defamation League is out with a statement shaming Rush Limbaugh and other conservatives for bringing Nazi and Hitler comparisons into the debate on health care. ADL’s national director Abe Foxman takes direct aim at the radio talk show host for his … Read more
How GOP fear mongers have perverted “living wills” into euthanasia for Grandma
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: NEVER underestimate the depths to which Republicans will sink in employing their time-tested fear mongering to win at all costs. The PR firms which do their dirty work are bottom feeding sewer dwellers. (I have met many of them over the years). Frightening the elderly with death is as low as they … Read more
