Latest story on private prisons too important to miss
by David Safier AzBlueMeanie posted a link to a KPHO Phoenix story about the private prison scandal. It's too important to miss. Please watch it — especially people in the media, who should pick this up. This is potentially a scandal of major proportions that Brewer is trying to run away from. It needs much, … Read more
More fun with numbers: illegal immigration
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: If you listen to politicians from the Party of Hate (fka the Arizona Republican Party) tell it, illegal immigration in Arizona is a biblical-size disaster comparable to a swarm of locusts overruning the state. This is how the big lie technique of propaganda works. If you keep telling the lie over and over … Read more
Update: Pimps for Private Prisons and Profit
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: KPHO-TV in Phoenix continues its investigation into the private prisons and lobbyists scandal centered in the office of Gov. Jan Brewer. Here is a link to the video report http://www.kpho.com/local-video/index.html?grabnetworks_video_id=4326429. And the copy that accompanies the report Lobbyists Tie Brewer Administration To Private Prisons – – KPHO Phoenix: Gov. Jan Brewer took … Read more
GOP voter suppression effort in Texas
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I ran across this interesting post by Karoli the other day Democracy, Corrupted | Crooks and Liars that is worth a read, but I want to focus on just the portion about Texas: In Houston, 10,000 voting machines and associated data spontaneously combusts, incinerating the machines and tapes, and leaving a right-wing … Read more
Star’s unabashed Republican support featured in two articles and an irony
by David Safier Now that we're drawing close to the general, expect The Star to morph from mere Obama bashing to blatant Republican cheerleading. Today's cases in point. Republicans want to make an issue of unions supporting an SB1070 boycott. Clever political ploy. (Hear that, union members, teachers and Hispanics? Republicans hate you. Get out … Read more
Unsolicited advice for the Glassman campaign
by David Safier Now that the primaries are over and Glassman has his campaign team together, it's time for him to kick into high gear. The odds are for McCain winning the general by a sizable margin, but those are just the odds. Sometimes, if the underdog does all the right things, the stars align … Read more
Arizona Democratic Party responds to Gov. Brewer’s “cartel” smear
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Press release from the Arizona Democratic Party: Governor Brewer, cut ties to your lobbyist cartel As Arizona's working families struggle through crisis after crisis, Brewer surrounds herself with special-interest lobbyists who profit PHOENIX — It's time for Gov. Jan Brewer to cut ties with her staff of special-interest lobbyists. They, not Brewer, … Read more
