This Bud’s for EU (Updated)
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Advertisement Most people have heard by now that one of America’s most iconic companies, Anheuser-Busch, has agreed to sell to a Belgian owned company, InBev. Employees of the St. Louis based company are none too happy about this symbol of Americana being sold to foreign investors. No word yet on how many … Read more
“It’s Art” No Excuse for New Yorker Cover
by David Safier If you haven’t seen the New Yorker cover with Barack and Michelle Obama depicted as Muslims and terrorists, you’ll have to look elsewhere. I won’t give that cover another viewing here. I think the cover is despicable and wrongheaded. We don’t need yet another version of the Obama-as-Muslim/terrorist myth played out on … Read more
Supervisorial Smack Talk
There has been a report here already about the Nucleus Club meeting featuring the Democratic primary candidates for Supervisorial Districts 2 and 3, and I know the Weekly will be doing a quasi-live blog of the event, so I am not going to rehash everything. I am grateful and glad to see the Weekly doing … Read more
The Maverick Fence at the McCain Ranch
by David Safier Some people wonder how McCain can still be seen as a straight talking maverick when he’s held so many different positions on so many issues. John show us how it’s done. Mah friends, this here’s what I call mah Maverick Fence. Ah kin do mah straight talkin’ from both sides of this … Read more
Free Political Intelligence
Some of you may have noticed on the sidebar here a feature I call the AZ Donkey Feed. It is the best of the Arizona and national blogs relating to Arizona politics, hand selected daily by yours truly, Michael Bryan, the blogitor and chief commentator here at BlogForArizona.com. Best of all, it’s absolutely free! You … Read more
Is Texting Ruining Our Children’s Writing?
by David Safier Some people are worried that our children who are texting, Facebooking, emailing and IM-ing will never learn how to write in complete sentences using capital letters and punctuation. Worse, they’ll only be able to write in the abbreviated, telegraphic style of these dashed-off, emoticon-laden messages and lose the ability to write long, … Read more
John McCain just makes sh*t up
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: John McCain is either the biggest panderer on the planet, or he just makes sh*t up to tell a good story; or maybe its a bit of both. In either case, you can’t believe a word this guy says. His only defense is to plead he made a mistake, but this only … Read more
