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Sen. McCain targeted with robocalls by Americans United for Change
March 10, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Americans United for Change has targeted Sen. McNasty for his obstruction of the health care reform bill. AZ/DC Blog - McCain hit with robocalls on health-care reform: Americans United for Change on Tuesday launched 250,000 robocalls in Arizona blasting Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., for voting against the Senate health-care reform bill. Here is
East Valley Tribune has a new lease on life
March 10, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The East Valley Tribune has a new lease on life after the U.S. Bankruptcy Court approved the sale by Freedom Communications to a partnership of Boulder, Colorado-based Thirteenth Street Media and Reno, Nevada-based 10K Investments LLC. Arizona Capitol Times » Judge OKs sale of Freedom’s Phoenix-area papers: The $2 million deal between
The Farley Report: March 9, 2010
March 10, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Time once again for the Farley Report from Rep. Steve Farley (D-LD28): Allow me to apologize on behalf of Republican leadership. While last week was officially declared as "Budget Week", they never actually came up with any budget proposals. So this week is, once again, "Budget Week"! We actually do have a
I guess Catholic church is a bit too progressive for Glenn Beck
March 9, 2010
by David Safier Here's one of those weird confluences. This morning I praised the Catholic bishops from Tucson, Phoenix and Gallup for writing a letter telling Russell Pearce to ditch his anti-immigrant bills. It reminded me of some of the wonderful priests I remember from the 60s who felt their faith demanded that they advocate
Rush Limbaugh vows to leave the country if health care reform passes
March 9, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: This should be the additional motivation that Americans need to put aside their differences over the health care reform bill and to come together for a unifying national purpose — to send that truly vile hateful creature Rush Limbaugh packing to another country. I want his promise in writing. I have the
G.I. Guarantee Watch: Dr. Word discusses the many meanings of “many”
March 9, 2010
by David Safier I already posted about a letter I received from Starlee Rhoades, Vice President of External Affairs at the Goldwater Institute. It was in response to my insisting Matthew Ladner made an error when he wrote Arizona school districts have "an almost 1-to-1 teacher to bureaucrat ratio." The letter stated Ladner used the
GOP civil war over the sales tax special election
March 9, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: In this corner we have the Accidental Governor, Jan Brewer, Arizona Republican Party Chairman Randy Pullen, the editors of The Arizona Republic, and oddly enough, the Arizona Education Association who support passage of the temporary sales tax increase in the special election on May 18. In the other corner we have the Grover Norquist
