What a Dick! Cheney lies to defend his policies of torture
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Advertisement It is lucky for Dick Cheney that George Washington is not alive today. Ol' George would have kicked Cheney's ass for spitting upon America's time-honored values, including George Washington's policy that Americans do not torture. Dr. Strangelove, er, Dick Cheney was full-blown delusional while delivering his speech today to the far-right … Read more
President Obama explains his policies on closing Guantanamo and detainees
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Standing in front of a mural of the Founding Fathers at the National Archives, President Obama delivered an impassioned defense of his administration’s anti-terrorism policies on Thursday, reiterating his determination to close the prison at the Guantánamo Bay naval base in Cuba. Obama Mounts Defense of Detainee Plan (h/t New York Times … Read more
The tax credit special session: rumor mongering
by David SafierToday, the legislature is supposed to go into special session, if it hasn't already, to talk about creating that new tuition tax credit to pay tuition for the children whose state-approved vouchers were shot down by the State Supreme Court. The special session is Yarbrough's baby. The question is, how did he get … Read more
Pearce: “We’re here to represent the taxpayers”
by David SafierFrom cpmaz of Random Musings, who sat through yesterday's Senate Appropriations Committee discussions on the new Republican budget proposals. Democrats brought up a number of amendments to the Republican bills, intended to soften the blows to Arizonans who can least afford the financial pummeling: The most illuminating quote, from discussion of one of … Read more
Brewer’s accomplishments
by David SafierFrom the Accidental Guv's address to the Tucson Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce: In summarizing her first four months as governor, Brewer said she had already "implemented the largest reduction in state government spending ever in the history of our state." Brewer, who earlier had publicly toyed with rejecting some federal stimulus funding, also … Read more
We’re number one in education funding [for tuition tax credits]
by David SafierArizona has to take pride in whatever number one rankings it gets, especially in education, where it's at the bottom of the per student spending pile. So this is something to be proud of . . . I guess. According to Sen. Jorge Luis Garcia in an op ed in this morning's Star, … Read more
You can’t put it any better than this
by David Safier“The leadership we provide in these hard times will be measured by how well we take care of our youth, our elders and our disabled." Senator Albert Hale (D, LD-2)
