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Fitz on the Palin Palooza Tour
March 27, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Arizona McMedia is in the pocket of Grampy crabbypants, always has been. That kind of media saturation is how John McCain has stayed in office for 28 years. Rather than report the McMedia's servile reporting here, instead I'll let David Fitzsimmons give his comedic take on the Palin Palooza Tour this
Star will not cover Tancredo event with CD-8 Republican candidates
March 27, 2010
by David Safier One of the Republicans' most controversial figures (and that's saying a lot!), Tom Tancredo, will be in Southern Arizona today at a Tea Party event (I believe it's in Sonoita, but I'm not positive). Scheduled to share the stage with him are all the Republican candidates for the CD-8 congressional seat and,
Arizona List Candidate Endorsements
March 27, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Arizona List is holding its 6th Anniversary Celebration today: Saturday, March 27, 11:30 a.m.: Arizona List 6th Anniversary Luncheon Celebration, at the Doubletree Hotel, 445 S. Alvernon Way (Tucson). Luncheon honoring Catherene Morton, and featuring Amy Walter, one of the leading journalists covering Washington today! Ticket prices: 2010 Renewed Members: $50; Non-Members:
Giffords on AZ Illustrated, 6:30pm
March 26, 2010
by David Safier The Star hasn't run an interview with Giffords since her office was vandalized. The editors must have some reason for ignoring a local story that's been covered nationally, and for refusing to run an iconic photo in their print addition which seems to be appearing everywhere else. I certainly don't know what
Arizona Ed Network tallies voting records on education
March 26, 2010
by David Safier The Arizona Education Network (AEN) has put together a chart of all the state legislators' voting records on education. AEN found twenty-one (21) different pieces of legislation that dealt directly with public education budgets and the dollars allocated to it. AEN totaled each legislator’s votes “FOR” and “AGAINST” public education. Not surprisingly,
Why do Republicans hate unemployed Americans?
March 26, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: First it was Arizona's embarrassment, Senator Obstruction, Jon Kyl, who blocked the extension of unemployment benefits last fall because he wanted the Paris Hilton Tax (estate tax) for idle rich kids to inherit their parents' fortune to be dealt with first. Then it was Senator Jim Bunning (R-KY) who blocked the extension
The Teabagger’s Prayer
March 26, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I ran across an interesting post at Daily Kos today by terryballard, The Teabagger's Prayer, that fans of Mark Twain may appreciate: Mark Twain once wrote a short piece called "The War Prayer" about what people really are asking for when they pray for their troops' victory. I adapted the words to
In defense of Rhonda Bodfield
March 26, 2010
by David Safier I almost always agree with what AZ Blue Meanie writes and always admire both his style and the depth of his commentary. However, I sometimes — not often, but sometimes — take exception to his tone. This is one of those times. I think his criticism of Rhonda Bodfield in a recent
