Insurance bill is a ‘race to the bottom in health-insurance coverage’
April 22, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: A friend and colleague of mine, Barry Kirschner, penned this guest opinion today in the Arizona Daily Star and urges you to call the Governor's office and tell her to veto SB 1593 which permits the interstate sale of health-insurance policies in Arizona for the first time (these policies would not be … Read more
Russell Pearce: A flexible man…with the truth anyway.
April 21, 2011
By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings After the Fiesta Bowl released the report of its internal investigation into illegal campaign contributions and gifts of trips to football games to elected officials, one of the biggest names in the report, State Sen. Russell "The Law Is The Law" Pearce loudly and repeatedly proclaimed his innocence and … Read more
“Why Arizona’s Ethnic Studies Ban Won’t Ban Ethnic Studies”
April 21, 2011
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by David Safier Nicholas B. Lundholm, a J.D. Candidate at University of Arizona's James E. Rogers College of Law, has published a 40 page discussion paper on the Ethnic Studies program, "Cutting Class: Why Arizona’s Ethnic Studies Ban Won’t Ban Ethnic Studies." You can download the paper by going to this page and clicking "Download" … Read more
Tea Party Temper Tantrum
April 21, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: In case you missed this News 12 report about the Americans For Prosperity (corporate funded) Tea Party rally in Phoenix last week, check out the cracker who bursts a vein in his head shouting "That's why you don't have a higher standard of living than Mexico! The United States has a higher … Read more
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords makes The 2011 TIME 100
April 21, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Time magazine is out today with the The 2011 TIME 100. "Meet the most influential people in the world. They are artists and activists, reformers and researchers, heads of state and captains of industry. Their ideas spark dialogue and dissent and sometimes even revolution. Welcome to this year's TIME 100." Among those … Read more
‘It Can’t Happen Here’ (its happening now in Michigan and coming soon to your state)
April 21, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The semi-satirical political novel by Sinclair Lewis, It Can't Happen Here published in 1935, describes the rise of a populist politician who calls his movement "patriotic" and creates his own militia (the Minute Men or "MM") and takes unconstitutional power after winning election - paralleling what Hitler was doing in Germany at the … Read more
David Frum has some words for Cap’n Al and his kind
April 21, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Arizona Legislature refused to amend a single word in Arizona's unemployment compensation statute, thus ending any further unemployment compensation for about 20,000 Arizonans at the end of their eligibility. This was celebrated by "Neanderthals" (Republican Tucson City Council Member Steve Kozachik's choice of descriptive phrase) like Cap'n Al Melvin (TP-LD 26) … Read more
What others are saying about Arizona
April 21, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: John Aravosis at Americablog.com summed it up succinctly in this brief post: GOP Governor Brewer signs bill giving Tea Party flag same status as US flag Maybe they should just secede and form their own little gun-filled white supremacist nation.
