Tobin in as AZ House speaker, Adams out and running for Congress
By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings In a bit of a surprise (to me, anyway), Rep. Andy Tobin (R-LD1) was elected Speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives. From the Arizona Republic story written by Mary Jo Pitzl – The Arizona House of Representativesgot a new leadership lineup Thursday when members elected Rep. Andy … Read more
Two “must read” articles
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Two "must read" articles for you to read when you can make the time: Rick Perlstein writes at Mother Jones, Inside the GOP's Fact-Free Nation | Mother Jones: It takes two things to make a political lie work: a powerful person or institution willing to utter it, and another set of powerful institutions … Read more
10 More GOP Myths For The Media To Debunk
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Jon Perr at perrspectives.com has this excellent post taking the media villagers in the "lamestream media" for being complicit in advancing the "big lies" of the right-wing noise machine. After Birthers: 10 More GOP Myths Debunked: Two statements this month sum up everything you need know about the sad state of American … Read more
Atlas Wanked
Posted by AzblueMeanie: I wasn't going to give this any publicity, but now I have to. The "first installment" of what promised to be a trilogy based on Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged" is sinking like a stone at the box office. Do tell! Daily Kos: Atlas Whined: 'Shrugged' producer may drop sequels to film nobody watched: … Read more
President Obama’s smack-down of the villager idiots in the ‘lamestream media’
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Lovin' it! (Take that Chuck Todd).
An embarrassment to the country
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Adam Serwer at The Plum Line expresses how I feel about the "Birther" conspiracy nonsense pretty well. Let's just call it for what it is — racism. This is about people who believe in white privilege and that no black man will ever be good enough to enjoy equal status on merit and … Read more
Help put the Recall Russell Pearce campaign over the top
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The campaign to recall "King" Russell Pearce is very close to filing. Help put them over the top with a cushion of verified eligible voter signatures on recall petitions by getting out there this weekend to collect the final signatures. Let's make history. It has been a few weeks now since "King" Russell … Read more
