“A cult didn’t sever my spine”
By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings In the wake of the revelation that people who admit that they can't pass a background check yet can still walk into a gun show in Arizona and buy the same gun and clip that was used in the Tucson mass shooting, Sen. Steve Gallardo introduced SB1586, closing … Read more
I’m sure glad I didn’t learn this in an Ethnic Studies class!
by David Safier I'm still reeling from the U.S.-hating article in yesterday's Star, Key parts of famed treaty with Mexico set for display. I'm sure it must have been written by one of them TUSD Ethnic Studies teachers or another of them give-the-Southwest-back-to-Mexico radicals. I mean, give me a break. The article says, when the … Read more
The dickishness of Jon Kyl
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: With the exception of Neoconservative commentators at FAUX News, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post and right-wing bloggers who have alternatively argued for U.S. support of Egyptian strongman Hosni Mubarak or a U.S. invasion of Egypt, American politicians have been remarkably uniformly supportive of the Obama administration's careful approach to the uprising … Read more
Corporate Media Bias in Healthcare Reporting – Shock! (Not)
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I'll bet you didn't know that nearly three dozen judges have now considered challenges to the landmark Affordable Care Act and the overwhelming majority of these cases have been dismissed. Clearly Constitutional. No? Or that two Judges have upheld the law. No? That's because the corporate media chooses to emphasize only the two conservative activist Republican … Read more
“Arizona people insist that Arizona schools be of the best, regardless of cost”
by David Safier The headline is a verbatim quote: "Arizona people insist that Arizona schools be of the best, regardless of cost." It's on page 6 of the book, "Arizona, a State Guide." You might have trouble finding it at your local bookstore, though. The copyright date is 1940, held by The Arizona State Teachers … Read more
Say it Ayn’t so!
by David Safier Ayn Rand a secret socialist? Sucking at the teat of government welfare? No! No! No! It can't be! And yet . . . Ayn Rand apparently was a willing recipient of both Social Security and Medicare benefits. And, in the interest of full disclosure in a hypocritical attempt to hide the truth, … Read more
2012 Democratic National Convention – Charlotte, NC
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Breaking News: Charlotte, NC will be the site of the 2012 Democratic National Convention. Stay tuned. UPDATE: From the DNC “Thrilled”: The First Lady has written to supporters to announce that the 2012 Democratic National Convention will be in Charlotte, North Carolina. “I am thrilled to make sure you are the first … Read more
