Posted by AzBlueMeanie: On Wednesday, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 6520, the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010," by a vote of 250-175. Advertisement House Speaker Nancy Pelosi worked her tactical magic in passing the bill. Senate Democrats Try New Route to Repealing 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell': For procedural reasons aimed at … Read more

by David Safier I mentioned the other day that Tucson's own Brigadier General John Adams (retired) had an excellent interview about START on MSNBC a week or so ago. Yesterday, John Kerry quoted Adams on the Rachel Maddow Show to emphasize why the Senate should work past Christmas if need be to ratify START: "[John … Read more

by David Safier Jim Nintzel at the Weekly has once again shown himself to be the most astute and knowledgeable journalist in the Tucson area, and one of the better journalists in the state. His Skinny piece about the Redistricting Commission nonsense — the blatant interference in the process by Republicans Adams and Pearce — … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: David Safier touched upon this in an earlier post The Right keeps doing it, because it works, but Sen. Obstruction, Jon Kyl, has really outdone himself of late in his obstruction of the people's business in the U.S. Senate. Now he is asserting that making senators work between Christmas Eve and New … Read more

by David Safier I may be reading too much into this. Sen. John Cornyn was on Fox News, and he was grilled about having earmarks totalling $16 million in the omnibus spending bill. He danced — I'm not planning to vote for the bill, so it doesn't matter. He danced again — I can defend … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: How long do you think it will take Texas congressman Joe Barton to apologize to BP again for this "shakedown" by the U.S. government? (Rep. Joe Barton is laying claim to the chairmanship of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Joe Barton — Energy and Commerce Committee? – The Center for Public Integrity). … Read more

by David Safier Sometimes I blame Dems for not being aggressive enough about getting their message out. But sometimes the problem is, the media treats them like a tree falling in the forest no one can hear. Case in point: Howard Fischer wrote two articles on the "War on Christianity" nonsense put out by Adams … Read more