The GOP’s Flim-Flam Man 10 Year Plan
April 4, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: First of all, didn't we used to mock the Soviet Union for its 10 year plans? Just asking. I have told you about the Tea-Publicans' so-called "economics guru," Congressman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin. I told you about his "Roadmap to America's Future (Ruin)," i.e., the basis for the new "GOP Contract on America" last … Read more
Stand Up to Scott Walker ad
April 4, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: New video by GreaterWisComm for Tuesday's Wisconsin Supreme Court election. Wisconsin Democrats are asking everyone supporting them to post this video through all the social media.
Foreclosuregate Update – 60 Minutes: The Next Housing Shock
April 4, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: CBS 60 Minutes finally got around to covering the Foreclosuregate story that has been reported since last fall, and it was devastating. Mortgage paperwork mess: the next housing shock? – 60 Minutes – CBS News. I cannot get the video embed to work. Here is the link http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7361572n&tag=related;photovideo. I keep saying the … Read more
The cartoonists take on “King” Russell Pearce and the Fiesta Bowl Scandal
April 4, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Benson David Fitzsimmons
Barack Obama 2012 launches today
April 4, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: It's official. Announcement from Obama for America: Today, we are filing papers to launch our 2012 campaign. We're doing this now because the politics we believe in does not start with expensive TV ads or extravaganzas, but with you — with people organizing block-by-block, talking to neighbors, co-workers, and friends. And that … Read more
The end is near: Arizona Legislature week in review and the coming week
April 3, 2011
By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings When both of the weekly legislative posts, both review and preview, can be combined, it's clear that the end of the legislative session is nigh. – The biggest news last week was the railroading of a budget through the House on minimal notice. Utilizing a lack of notice (nobody outside … Read more
Tea-Publican Teh Stupid
April 3, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: This past week we had some fun with House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) in Teh Stupid: In a press conference today, Cantor promised to present the "Prevention of a Government Shutdown Act" on the House floor on Friday. He said, "that will say to the American people: the Senate's got to … Read more
Baja Arizona as a foreign country
April 3, 2011
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by David Safier Now it's The Economist adding coverage to the Baja Arizona movement in an article titled, "A tale of two counties." Note, that's "two counties," as in Maricopa and Pima. The article is very well done, and its flavor is different from what I've read in our national media. This is an English … Read more
