Mitchell and Giffords Draw Fire From the Left
August 5, 2007
Harry Mitchell and Gabby Giffords are hearing radio ads telling them to straighten up and fly… er, left on the Iraq war. Some Democrats are doing more than complaining about Harry and Gabby’s votes to continue funding Bush’s folly in Iraq. Here’s the ad: Listen to Voided.mp3 Get out your checkbook now and send Harry
Arizona’s Deficient Bridges
August 4, 2007
As the nation watches in stunned amazement as dead Americans are pulled from beneath the rubble of a major bridge on an interstate highway in a major metro area, we have to wonder: what are this nation’s priorities? Are we to become a third-world nation with a decaying, failing infrastructure and a tin-pot dictator at
Diana Rhoades: A Thousand Trees, Please!
August 4, 2007
Diana Rhoades is a Director of the Board of the Downtown Alliance and is passionate about creating living, vibrant street-scapes in Tucson that we can be proud of. She is currently running Regina Romero’s City Council campaign. She is advocating a project to beautify downtown through the planting of 1000 trees that will use passive
Paul Eckerstrom’s Legacy of Election Integrity
August 3, 2007
Paul Eckerstrom and I had a great conversation after a recent Drinking Liberally session about his role in the Election Integrity movement and getting the audit legislation passed. If you want to learn how grassroots politics works at its best, I encourage you to take the time to listen in. Download eckerstrom.wav Paul (on the
Harry Reid and the Sorcerer’s Stonewall, featuring Rovamort
August 3, 2007
A humorous take on the GOP’s obstructionist tactics, taking on a serious subject in a manner that even a political muggle can grasp:
Harry’s Wealth Tax Breaks… for the Middle Class?
August 1, 2007
I had a conversation (if me yelling a lot can be called a conversation) with Seth Scott, Representative Harry Mitchell’s Press Secretary about Harry’s co-sponsorship of a tax cut plan to keep Capital Gains taxes at their current Bush-mandated rate, and to decrease estate taxes by increasing the exemption to 3.75 million and graduating the
Rest In Peace: Jesse Latas
August 1, 2007
The memorial service for Jesse will be at 9:00 Friday (8/3) morning at Adair Avalon Chapel, 8090 N. Northern Avenue, Tucson, http://www.adairfuneralhomes.com/Finding_Us.html. Graveside services will be at 1:00 Friday (8/3) afternoon at the Southern Arizona Veterans’ Cemetery, 1300 Buffalo Soldier Trail, Sierra Vista, AZ, http://www.azdvs.gov/veteranscemetery.htm Memorials may be sent to any of the following organizations:
Republican Heaven 2020
July 30, 2007
Link: Republican Heaven, The Year 2020
by Patrick McGann
Welcome back from your little nap. Here’s America. How do you like it?
Having achieved a "Permanent Majority" under the architecture of Newt Gingrich and Karl Rove, Republicans have controlled both houses of Congress and the White House for two decades.
Economy booms!
Driven by a robust demand for U.S. flag lapel pins (now mandatory by law), and by highly profitable private prisons, where the pins are made, Republicans are crowing this year! The nation’s largest prison provider, Halliburton, announced its 20th consecutive year of record profits. And after a prolonged period of consolidation, book publishing is rebounding as Bible production ramps up to comply with the replacement of all school text books with the King James version. Most economists, still employed, credited tax cuts.
Final phase of tax reform completed!
The last phase of tax reform has been completed. Itemized deductions are now allowed on the national sales tax for qualified individuals who spend more than $100,000 on selected items, including jewelry, furs, German and Italian automobiles over $75,000, boats over 25 feet long, real estate, stocks and stock options, certificates of deposit, limited partnerships, oil paintings by the masters, and small, medium and large businesses. Going the way of the income tax, eliminated in 2012 — in order to spur investment — property taxes have been eliminated on first, second, third, fourth or more residences valued over $500,000 each. Said Senator Riley Stickem, R- Utah, "Now the tax burden is more fairly placed on those who cause the costs."
