Sen. Jon Kyl: “I’m not sure that it’s a fact that more and more people die because they don’t have health insurance.”
October 18, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Arizona's Senator Obstruction, Jon Kyl, should just follow Abraham Lincoln's sage advice: "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt." Kyl has been on a tear for the past month or so, suffering from foot-in-mouth disease and removing any doubt about what a … Read more
Health Insurance Monopolies and The Anti-Trust Exemption
October 17, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: During debate of the Senate Finance Committee "Baucus Caucus" bill, several Republican Senators said rather matter-of-fact-ly that there are 1,300 health insurance companies, "we have a competitive market." This was of course completely false. That number is derived at by counting subsidiaries and even vendors. It was disappointing that Democrats on the … Read more
Rape-Nuts
October 17, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: You may have seen a recent segment of The Daily Show captioned "Rape-Nuts," pertaining to Sen. Al Franken's amendment to a defense appropriation bill banning the use of mandatory arbitration clauses in employment contracts which bar employees from suing their employer for civil damages, even in cases of criminal misconduct of rape … Read more
Al Melvin, friend of education (at least that’s what he said during the campaign)
October 17, 2009
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by David Safier Reports of huge budget cuts in state funding are all over the news — prisons, schools, health care, you name it. According to the AZ Guardian [Note: their website is down, so I can't provide a link], Rs say that's nothing but a scare tactic. Or, as Senate Assistant Majority Leader Steve … Read more
Big education cuts coming
October 16, 2009
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by David Safier From an article in the Arizona Guardian: State education officials say the worst is yet to come as stimulus funds are depleted and the state struggles to fill a $1.5 billion gap in the 2010 budget. Last month, Gov. Jan Brewer asked agency directors for proposed 15 percent cuts to their budgets. … Read more
Unashamed self promotion
October 16, 2009
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by David Safier Occasionally I've linked to one of the weekly columns I write for The Explorer, but I've never copied any of them here. I'm breaking with tradition and putting this week's column below. It came out of some posts and comments on BfA about a quotation used by right wingers (I won't even … Read more
You might want to rethink that cow analogy
October 16, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele was a guest on Faux News and responded to the observation that "The feeling in some circles is that this health care train has left the station with the president at the wheel, and Republicans better jump on board," with this bizarre analogy: "Well I'm the … Read more
