More jobs created in the previous 14 months than in the previous decade
May 6, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The above caption should be the headline that accompanies every news report about today's job report. I posted about this several times back in 2009, The Bush Years Were a Lost Decade: [T]here was zero net job growth over the past decade. Massive tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy failed to … Read more
Representative democracy increasingly less representative
May 5, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Is government really "too big"? Actually, it is not big enough for a representative democracy. I have previously posted that "Arizona ranks among the states with the least representation based upon per capita representation by district." Before redistricting, consider increasing the number of districts (see for chart). I have always believed that … Read more
LoL! Tea Party doesn’t want guvmint license plates
May 5, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: You know the political media in this state is lame when the New York Times comes to town and scoops them on a story (OK, some of this was kinda sorta reported buried deep in some reporting awhile back). In Arizona, Tea Party License Plate Draws Opposition From Its Honorees: When conservative … Read more
President Obama honors victims of 9/11 at Ground Zero
May 5, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: From the New York Times, Obama Honors Bin Laden’s Victims at Ground Zero: President Obama laid a wreath of red, white, and blue flowers at ground zero on Thursday, honoring the nearly 3,000 people killed in the September 2001 terrorist attacks and marking the death of its perpetrator, Osama bin Laden. After … Read more
The right-wing noise machine freak out
May 5, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: A great post by Kaili Joy Gray at Daily Kos describing the right-wing noise machine freak out over President Obama presiding over the successful mission to rid the world of a mass murderer and the "most wanted" terrorist. Osama bin Laden assassination turns conservatives into dirty hippies: Who knew conservatives were, at heart, a bunch … Read more
Seriously Deranged
May 5, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Are you friggin' kidding me? Has "Obama derangement syndrome" reached the point that it has come to this? No House resolution honoring military's bin Laden mission – TheHill.com: House Republicans say they have no plans to follow the Senate in passing a resolution honoring the military mission that killed Osama bin Laden. … Read more
Funny or Die: President Bush Reacts to Osama Bin Laden’s Death
May 5, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Will Ferrell reprises his role as George W. Bush. "Former President George W. Bush finally responds to who and what has been terrorizing him for years." President Bush Reacts to Osama Bin Laden's Death with Will Ferrell from Will Ferrell
Keith Olbermann Special Comment: The Death of Osama bin Laden
May 5, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: For those of you who need your Keith Olbermann fix… Keith Olbermann is returning to the air on June 20th at Current TV, but for now he's posting at his blog "Friends of Keith" FOK News Channel. As you might expect, Olbermann posted a Special Comment on the death of Osama bin … Read more
