Sen. Cap’n Al Melvin plays ‘spin doctor’ in the Star
October 11, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Sen. Cap'n Al Melvin plays "spin doctor" today in the Arizona Daily Star with this deceptive guest opinion in which he tries to make lemonade out of lemons. State reaps benefits of Republican Legislature's pro-business decisions: Arizona is growing jobs faster than just about any state in the country. A report from … Read more
Look over there! At Fast and Furious!
October 11, 2011
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by David Safier Fast and Furious gets a whole lot of press. Darrell Issa is making sure of that. What's getting less press is the number of guns flowing across the border illegally. That's the activity Fast and Furious, and the Bush-era Operation Wide Receiver, tried, unsuccessfully, to address. An AP article in the Star … Read more
AIRC Update: Legislative district ‘draft map’ approved, second round of public hearings begin Tuesday
October 10, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission (AIRC) has canceled its previously scheduled Tuesday morning meeting in Tucson after voting 4-1 to approve the legislative district "draft map" on Monday. The second round of public hearings on the "draft maps" will begin on Tuesday. Download PDF. See www.azredistricting.org for latest updates. Tuesday, October 11, … Read more
Smithsonian protest incident escalated by conservative journalist
October 10, 2011
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by David Safier Remember the story about a protest in front of D.C.'s Space Museum Saturday? The demonstration was over the U.S. use of unmanned drones. Remember how some people rushed the doors and were pepper sprayed? A conservative journalist, Patrick Howley — an assistant editor at the American Spectator — was among those leading … Read more
Money for Republicans
October 10, 2011
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by David Safier This falls into the category of bad news/maybe less bad news. First the bad news: The Koch Brothers say they're planning to drop $200 million or more on the 2012 election. When you're billionaires, that kind of expenditure is hardly enough to get your hair mussed. Now the maybe-less bad news: The … Read more
Feeling Blue is the New Normal
October 10, 2011
By Karl Reiner In 2008, the western economies were saved from a major depression by desperate and costly plans to prop up banks in the U.S. and Europe. Although it could have been much worse, the recession that followed has been devastating. Its effects continue to linger, taking a savage toll on the nation’s economic … Read more
Perry uses “class warfare” on Romney
October 10, 2011
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by David Safier In an anti-Romney ad from Perry — which deserves watching just for its end-of-the-world-coming-attractions vibe — Romney is portrayed as an Obamacare-loving, flip-flopping liberal. But here's a line worth spotlighting: "Even the richest man can't buy back his past." Perry pulls out the class card and shines it at Romney like it's … Read more
OccupyTucson on Saturday, October 15
October 10, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Phoenix version of Occupy Wall Street is ramping up with a Web page #OccupyPhoenix | Taking the power back!, plus info feeds on Facebook and Twitter. Organizers want protesters to "flood into Cesar Chavez Plaza" on Saturday, October 15. They will be joined by members of the Arizona AFL-CIO at Noon following … Read more
