Quick takes on Willard ‘Mittens’ Romney
November 8, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I had the misfortune of tuning into "Morning Joe" Scarborough this morning, but it turned out to be "dump on Mitt Romney day." Why? Because vile wingnut Eric Erickson wrote a long primal scream about how the ideologically malleable Romney as the 2012 nominee will ensure an Obama second term and the agonizing … Read more
(Update) The Fire Next Time: The Euro Financial Crisis – Italian Opera
November 8, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: This melodrama is starting to sound like an episode of Rocky and Bullwinkle: "Last week our heroes teetered on the edge of a no confidence vote and clung to a referendum on the European bailout for Greece… Will our heroes survive? Or will they be tossed like a Greek salad? Tune in … Read more
Breaking: D.C. Circuit Court upholds Affordable Care Act
November 8, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The DC Circuit Court has upheld President Obama’s health care reform law, the Affordable Care Act. View the court’s decision here. The conservative-leaning panel of federal appellate judges on Tuesday upheld President Barack Obama’s health care law as constitutional, helping set up a Supreme Court fight. Appeals court rules Obama health care law … Read more
Super Committee a Super Failure
November 8, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I called it back in August when the so-called "Super Committee" was first appointed: "It's official — the really terrible idea of a bipartisan "Super Congress" or "Super Committee" is doomed to failure. Let's just call it right now and not waste any valuable time we do not have to waste on this … Read more
Arizona’s Other Option
November 8, 2011
By Karl Reiner Countries get to pick their friends, but not their neighbors. In Europe, France shares borders with Spain, Germany and other countries. In North America, the U.S. has Canada and Mexico on its northern and southern borders. While the people of Europe learned through hard experience to make geographical proximity work to their … Read more
Foreclosuregate Update: AGs Schneiderman and Biden op/ed
November 8, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Politico has this op/ed by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden on the foreclosuregate scandal. Opinion: State AGs target mortgage mess – Eric Schneiderman and Beau Biden: America’s free markets work only when there is one set of rules for everyone — and everyone plays by … Read more
RIP Champ: Smokin’ Joe Frazier
November 8, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: One of the most memorable and enduring sports phrases ever uttered was Howard Cosell's call of the Joe Frazier v. George Foreman heavyweight championship fight in Kingston, Jamaica in 1973. When Foreman knocked Frazier to the mat the first of six times, two minutes into the first round, Cosell yelled out: “ … Read more
Jan Brewer: ‘It’s good to be Queen!’
November 8, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: There is now no doubt that Arizona has gone down the rabbit hole into the surreal world of Alice in Wonderland. After the Red Queen Jan Brewer and her Star Chamber denied AIRC Chair Colleen Mathis any due process in summarily dismissing her by executive fiat, in court pleadings on Monday the … Read more
