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Muletrain Mail: Elections Whistleblower Alleges RTA Election Rigged and Stolen
July 9, 2008
By Audit AZ and William Risner, Esq. EVIDENCE OF RTA ELECTION TAMPERING TO BE DESTROYED BY PIMA COUNTY SWORN TESTIMONY OF CONFESSION OF TAMPERING New information about the planned destruction of the actual paper ballots from the RTA (Regional Transportation Authority) and tax increase election has come to light this week. These ballots are
Bee’s Bad Business Synecdoche
July 8, 2008
Bee was recently endorsed by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. No real surprise considering how often that organization (short-sightedly, IMO) endorses Republicans in an anachronic gesture to a long-defunct pedigree of economic common sense. But Bee’s endorsement predicts far less how the Arizona business community will actually vote and donate this cycle than Bee would
This Makes Me Furious
July 8, 2008
by David Safier Let me begin by saying I know it isn’t fair to blame the Bush administration for this veteran’s death, since things like this happened to veterans before and will continue to happen as long as we humans remain the belligerent species we are. But I don’t give a damn. I blame the
$6 Billion for Nothing? Let’s Spend More!
July 7, 2008
by David Safier Bush’s Ed Department spent $6 billion on the Reading First program, with no results, according to the Ed Dept’s own studies. Now the Reading First Advisory Panel says, the studies weren’t comprehensive, so let’s keep pouring money into a program that probably doesn’t work, because we really think it’ll work if we
Doonesbury takes on GOP voter suppression
July 6, 2008
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Think that Gary Trudeau was joking in today’s excellent Doonesbury strip? Think again. The Republican National Committee has set up a "vote fraud" page at its web site http://www.gop.com/ycmtu.htm, and the GOP’s media arm at Fox News has been promoting a "voter fraud" hotline (voterfraud@foxnews.com) for several weeks now. The Raw Story
Saddlin’ Up at the McCain Ranch
July 5, 2008
by David Safier John had spent a few too many hours at the ranch with his feet up and a mug of Cindy’s beer in his hand, so he decided it was time to look over some of his other property. There’s a lot of property to visit, and John was having some trouble deciding
A Level Educational Playing Field: Unexpected Complications
July 4, 2008
by David Safier I’m back in town and haven’t had time to catch up on local Ed news, so here’s a national item while I get back up to speed. Everyone wants a level educational playing field where all children learn to their full potential, right? Maybe not — at least not if it means
Clark’s “Swift” Comment
July 1, 2008
WTF? If you only listened to the commentary after the fact and the subsequent right-wing blogoviation about Gen. Wesley Clark’s comment about McCain’s military service, you would think he said something absolutely terrible about the man. What he said was that McCain hasn’t any military command experience that would be relevant to being President. Getting
