The “SB1070 supporters = Nazis” analogy is a strong one, but not an overdone one
June 6, 2010
Posted by Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings Not by a long shot… Many of the more vocal opponents of Russell Pearce's SB1070 (the "show me your papers" law) have likened him, Governor Jan Brewer, and the other supporters of the law to the Nazis. Brewer finds this analogy so offensive that it caused her
McCain Gets a New Slogan
June 6, 2010
By Michael Bryan Not happy with the verisimilitude of McCain's chosen quasi-slogan, "Build the Dang Fence!" (or some such nativist bullshit…), some enterprising person with a stencil and some spray paint donated one to McCain's campaign. I certainly don't condone defacing campaign signs, but you have to admit that "Drill Baby Drill" hits very near
SB1070 Update: Brewer, Pearce scare people away from coming to Arizona
June 6, 2010
by David Safier Why do the Accidental Guv and the Persistent Racist hate Arizona? Jan Brewer and Russell Pearce claim to be furious at people who have urged a boycott of Arizona because of the passage of SB1070. How dare you hurt our state's economy? they cry. Yet the two of them are spreading the
SB1070 Update: Brewer’s Audacity of Hurt
June 6, 2010
by David Safier Someone in Dallas created a caricature of the Accidental Guv as Hitler's daughter. Most people, including me, have focused on her lie about her father's role in World War II. No one has really focused on this part of her quote: "It hurts. It's ugliness beyond anything I've ever experienced." The statement
Bumper sticker slogans make bad public policy: “drill, baby, drill” (updated video)
June 5, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
Fool’s Gold: Philanthropy begins (and ends) at home
June 5, 2010
by David Safier This is pretty funny, at least if you're a Goldwater Institute aficionado like me. There's a website, philanthropy.com, that covers all things philanthropic, which means nonprofits that give away money for charitable/philanthropic reasons. On its Job Search portion, it lists a Director of Philanthropy opening at G.I. Here's the funny part. To
Has the Star covered the Prescott mural story?
June 5, 2010
by David Safier I haven't seen the Prescott mural story in the Star, either the paper edition or on its blogs. J. Fang featured it on El Blog, and local Marlene Phillips spotlighted it in the Examiner, but the Star? Unless I missed it, the mural is a tree that fell in the forest when
Prescott Mural Controversy Follow-Up
June 5, 2010
By Jenn Steve Blair, the Prescott AZ city councilman who made several racist statements on his radio talk show over a public art project, has been fired from the radio station (hat-tip to Ben Kalafut). Here’s an interview Blair did with PrescottNews.com after the firing: In the interview, Blair defends himself by saying that the mural
