AZ BlueMeanie Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Earlier this week, the Tea-Publican House voted 234-190 for the GOP's Gimmicks-R-Us "cut, cap and balance" amendment. As I pointed out at the time, "the vote did not even come close to the two-thirds majority vote required to pass a constitutional amendment in Congress. This was simply a symbolic vote for Tea-Publicans … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: It appears that in this GOP manufactured crisis over the federal debt ceiling that it is the Tax Fairy, Grover Norquist, who was the first to blink in this game of brinksmanship. And we have the Washington Post editorial board of all people to thank for it. Special thanks to Ruth Marcus. A … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Kevin Drum at Mother Jones posts Fun With Numbers!: The chart below is dedicated to the Heritage Foundation. Thanks go to Matt Yglesias, Karl Smith, and Stan Collender. "Mr. Boehner, Where are the jobs?" For more on this, see Political Animal – Heritage plays a foolish game.
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Lee Enterprises destruction of a once great local daily newspaper continues. Last week, the Tucson Weekly reported in its Media Watch: During the severe economic downturn, amid troubling concerns for the print-daily-newspaper model, Lee Enterprises, which owns the Arizona Daily Star, saw its stock value plummet to a low of about 30 … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: An investigation based upon mere spec? A well organized Tea-Publican assault on the AIRC about a wild hair up their ass conspiracy theory that the Commission hired "Obama's mapping consultant" as opposed to hiring the most qualified and experienced mapping consultant firm to submit an RFP proposal to the Commission is all … Read more