Clinton Got a Blowjob
A very funny diddy about the crimes of Clinton and Bush compared: ClintonBJ.mp3 (audio/mpeg Object).
Drinking Liberally 8/17
It is time once again for liberals to gather at the Shanty in downtown Tucson for drink, companionship, and civilized conversation. The event will be catered courtesy of the Shanty. This ThursdayStarting at 6pmThe Shanty401 E. 9th Street (4th Ave. and 9th St.)At the underpass This week, our special guest is Representative Phil Lopes, the … Read more
Giffords Makes First Podcast
Gabby Giffords’ first podcast has been released. To my knowledge it is the first podcast of Arizona’s CD 8 campaign. There are some issues with the content of the podcast, but I have to give her campaign props for proper distribution. The podcast is available at iTunes, which will certainly increase the discoverability of the … Read more
Arizona Congressional District 8 Political Sign Critique
I thought it would be amusing to take a look at some of the simplest form of political messaging in the CD 8 race: street and yard signs. I believe political signs mostly reassure supporters that your campaign is heathly and viable. Yet doing them badly may be worse than not doing them at all. … Read more
Campaign Whispers: Keeping the CD 8 Seat
Congressional District 8 is a majority Republican district. We Democrats tend to forget this essential fact. It is a fairly narrow majority, less than 20K voters, amid a sea of independentents and unregistered voters who can swamp any party advantage. Really, CD 8 is the only Arizona District that is truly competitive, there only being … Read more
Latas Produces Most Innovative Mailer of the Season
Jeff Latas has set a new bar for political communication with his DVD mailer. Other campaigns have used mass produced DVDs before, but not on such a tight over-all budget, or on such a scale. Generally, campaign DVDs have been distributed to supporters as part of a house party strategy, or for use at public … Read more
Roy Warden Rides Again
Roy Warden, the anti-immigrationist who burns Mexican flags (an activity which I think is rather stupid, but I none-the-less recognize as being constitutionally protected symbolic speech), will be holding a new First Amendment fest next week on Aug. 17th at 6pm in Armoury Park. I won’t be able to make it, but if anyone wants … Read more
TerrorStorm by Alex Jones
Here’s your irresponsible speculation of the week in the form of a feature length movie. The thesis of TerrorStorm is that there is plenty of well-documented historical instances of ‘false flag’ terrorist operations by democratic governments intended to manipulate both foriegn and domestic constituencies, and that there is proof that many recent terrorist attack could … Read more