The right feels the need to smear our grieving Tucson community
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: This nonsense started immediately after President Obama's speech in Tucson on Wednesday night. Some commentators on CNN stated that the audience at McKale Center had applauded "inappropriately" at a memorial service. Tucsonans were not somber enough for these Beltway bloviators. This theme quickly was picked up by other commentators as an inappropriate … Read more
SB1071
by David Safier NOTE: This is my first post since Saturday that deals with a topic unrelated to the tragic shooting of Giffords and others. After being able to think of little else since then, I'm ready to expand to other topics. David Schapira is introducing legislation to ban racial profiling by police officers. The … Read more
SAFEWAY establishes fund for the victims of shooting
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Arizona Daily Star reports Safeway starts fund to aid victims of mass shooting: Safeway has formed a fund to aid the victims of Saturday's mass shooting in Tucson. The company launched the fund with an initial contribution of $100,000 from the Safeway Foundation. Safeway gave no details on how the fund … Read more
Vigils for victims of shooting
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: From the Arizona Daily Star: FRIDAY • Candlelight vigil and food drive When: 6 p.m. Where: In front of Emily Gray Junior High and Tanque Verde High School, 4201 N. Melpomene Way. Donate: Each participant is asked to bring a can of food or other nonperishable food items for the Community Food … Read more
Notice: Bipartisan Press Conference Today
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Bipartisan press conference today at 3:00 p.m. at the Old Pima County Courthouse Building. RSVP to David Higuera at strongeraz@gmail.com. Note: www.StrongerAZ.com will launch Jan 14th.
We have an answer. “Job-killing” term stays
by David Safier I want to be positive. I really do. I was genuinely moved by Obama's words last night. We can do this together, he said. We can deal with each other and with partisan issues in a less vitriolic way. So as I posted a few minutes ago, I hoped a first sign … Read more
Have we heard the last of the adjective, “job-killing”?
by David Safier For me, this will be an early indication whether Republicans are interested in toning down the rhetoric. We should never again hear the adjective "job-killing" — as in "job-killing health care bill" — from another Republican politician or party official. They can still say the health care bill will cost the country … Read more
