Terry Goddard honored with Kelley-Wyman Award from the National Association of Attorneys General
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Attorney General’s Office Press Release – Terry Goddard Honored with Highest Award from Nation’s Attorneys General 6.17.10 Advertisement (Phoenix, Ariz. – June 17, 2010) Attorney General Terry Goddard received the prestigious Kelley-Wyman award last night from the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) at the organization’s annual summer meeting in Seattle, Washington. … Read more
GOP apologizes to BP, sides with Big Oil over the American people
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Eleven Americans are dead due to the negligence of their employer BP (British Petroleum); the Gulf of Mexico is becoming a dead zone for sea life as giant plumes of oil pollute the water; fragile ecosystems along the Gulf Coast of the United States are being destroyed as oil washes up into … Read more
Justice Dept. Will Sue Arizona over SB 1070
By Jenn To the surprise of virtually no one, it looks like the federal government will be filing a lawsuit against Arizona over SB 1070 soon. In an interview with Ecuadorean media, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton let it slip that a lawsuit over Arizona's anti-immigrant bill will be happening: I think the biggest surprise … Read more
DNC responds to “shakedown” charge
by David Safier Obama managed to get a $20 billion escrow account set aside by BP so that claims can be paid quickly without endless delays. Republicans called it a Chicago style shakedown, a phrase that was repeated by Joe Barton (R-TX) at today's committee hearing. The DNC response: Reaction to Republicans apologizing to BP … Read more
SB1070 Update: Right playing into hands of National ID leftists?
by David Safier Oh. My. God. Is Russell Pearce an unwitting agent of Janet Napolitano and her DHS storm troopers? That's the sense I get from a post on Sonoran Alliance. [OK, this is strange. For the third time in 2 days, I'm linking to Sonoran Alliance. I hope there are no cosmic repercussions like … Read more
SB1070 Update: Church and SB1070
by David Safier Among the examples I've used here and in columns in the Explorer about the consequences of SB1070 is this: If a pastor or church-goer picks up people to drive them to Sunday worship and knows some of them are undocumented, everyone in the car, including the driver, can be in serious trouble … Read more
And then Hupp said, “they brought six ‘fricking’ video cameras into my office”
by David Safier It really looked like Huppenthal had dodged the bullet.Then he goes and shoots himself in the foot. The high school journalism video that seemed to make him look like an idiot was downgraded to a mere embarrassment, only making him look goofy and unprepared. Then he went and opened his mouth to … Read more
