Gun Crazy in Arizona
March 18, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Oh, the macho shit that people can deceive themselves into believing. "If I'm packing heat, I can defend the world." This "Superman complex" will only get you killed. Police training exercises on campuses for years have demonstrated that a determined shooter will wound and kill numerous people before any teacher or student
Sen. Russell Pearce’s bill to criminalize immigrants stalls in the House
March 18, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Arizona's modern-day version of Governor George Wallace, Sen. Russell Pearce (R-Mesa), must be having a conniption fit. His bill to criminalize immigrants stalled in the House on Wednesday. Arizona Capitol Times » Bill to make illegal immigrants trespassers stalls in House: A sweeping immigration enforcement bill that would require police officers to
Listen to the nuns on health care reform
March 18, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Those of us who were educated in Catholic schools taught by nuns know that you never mess with the Penguin. Fear the knuckle wrap. (Full disclosure: I have aunts and cousins who are Catholic nuns.) Rep. Bart "C Street" Stupak (D-MI) yesterday said he only listens to the U.S. Conference of Catholic
G.I., meet I.R.S.
March 17, 2010
by David Safier No, the headline isn't hinting the Goldwater Institute is being audited by the I.R.S. I assume its taxes are filed correctly. If you're an accountant and want to see for yourself, G.I.'s tax returns are on line, like all non profits. You can look over the 2008 return here (On page 7,
G.I. Guarantee Watch: Please, Mr. Postman, part 5
March 17, 2010
by David Safier Still nothing in the mail from Starlee Rhoades at the Goldwater Institute answering my simple question: What does "many" mean in her sentence: "We believe the term bureaucrat accurately describes many of the employees in question and is a fair use of the term." I'm beginning to think I've been stood up.
Terry Goddard challenges Jan Brewer not to use sales tax to fund corporate tax giveaways
March 17, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Terry Goddard today challenged the Accidental Governor, Jan Brewer, not to use the sales tax to fund the package of corporate tax giveaways the Arizona House of Representatives laughingly refers to as a jobs creation bill. The era of faith based supply-side trickle-down GOP economics is over. Here is the press release.
Remind me again why we have DADT
March 17, 2010
by David Safier I just read a book review in the Sunday NY Times: BLACK HEARTS: One Platoon’s Descent Into Madness in Iraq’s Triangle of Death. It's about the horrific "murder of an entire Iraqi family in the village of Yusufiya" by 4 soldiers in Bravo Company. Here's a description of the ringleader of the
Al Melvin: Convicts in the schools
March 17, 2010
by David Safier In an article in today's Explorer, Al Melvin says one way to deal with school budget problems is to bring convicts into the schools to do maintenance work. [Melvin would] like to see school districts and other local governments use inmate labor to maintain school buildings, bus fleets and grounds. This week,
