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Gov. Jan Brewer and Sen. John McCain lying with impugnity
July 6, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: In an interview on Fox News last week, Gov. Jan Brewer claimed: "We cannot afford all this illegal immigration and everything that comes with it, everything from the crime and to the drugs and the kidnappings and the extortion and the beheadings …" Brewer Falsely Claimed Immigrants Beheaded People In Arizona (VIDEO): There's
Arizona Illustrated interview of Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Randy Parraz
July 6, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Arizona Illustrated interview of Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Randy Parraz.
Unintended Consequences
July 6, 2010
By Michael Bryan On Friday night you decide to drive to the grocery store to get some arugula for your dinner salad. Your spouse was supposed to buy some at AJ’s while shopping yesterday, but it got left off the list and the damn salad just doesn’t work without a bitter green base. So you
Quick Thought of the Day
July 6, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Governor Jan Brewer has approved $250,000 in state funds for a marketing campaign to help Arizona combat its negative image. It is Governor Jan Brewer and the GOP-controlled legislature which has become a staple of Comedy Central and late night TV comedy over the past two years. If you want to improve
What the poll numbers really tell us
July 6, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Just before the Fourth of July holiday, GOP narrative pollster Rasmussen Reports issued a press release citing 23% in AZ poll favor tea party. That 23 percent figure for tea party identification in Arizona is about the highest of anywhere in the country. The national average is about 16 percent. This was
SB1070 Update: Our self-proclaimed “truth teller” Guv is right about one thing
July 5, 2010
by David Safier When the Accidental Guv was in Sierra Vista on July 4, she demonstrated that just seeing her lips move isn't a guarantee she's lying. She said, correctly, some people are "getting misinformation" about SB1070. The problem is, she's Arizona's Old Faithful of fibbing, one of the prime sources of immigration misinformation, but
SB1070 Update: Guv badmouthing AZ bad for business? Who coulda guessed?
July 5, 2010
by David Safier I'm once again playing catch-up on posting, this time about a Howard Fischer article from July 1. I guess if you say Arizona is the kidnapping/drug/decapitation capital of the universe, it makes people a little wary about coming here. And who is doing all the badmouthing about our fair state? Not the
Oil Companies Reap Billions From Subsidies
July 5, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The New York Times reports Oil Companies Reap Billions From Subsidies: [A]n examination of the American tax code indicates that oil production is among the most heavily subsidized businesses, with tax breaks available at virtually every stage of the exploration and extraction process. According to the most recent study by the Congressional
