Russell Pearce: A flexible man…with the truth anyway.

By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings After the Fiesta Bowl released the report of its internal investigation into illegal campaign contributions and gifts of trips to football games to elected officials, one of the biggest names in the report, State Sen. Russell "The Law Is The Law" Pearce loudly and repeatedly proclaimed his innocence and … Read more

Tea Party Temper Tantrum

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: In case you missed this News 12 report about the Americans For Prosperity (corporate funded) Tea Party rally in Phoenix last week, check out the cracker who bursts a vein in his head shouting "That's why you don't have a higher standard of living than Mexico! The United States has a higher … Read more

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords makes The 2011 TIME 100

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Time magazine is out today with the The 2011 TIME 100. "Meet the most influential people in the world. They are artists and activists, reformers and researchers, heads of state and captains of industry. Their ideas spark dialogue and dissent and sometimes even revolution. Welcome to this year's TIME 100." Among those … Read more

David Frum has some words for Cap’n Al and his kind

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Arizona Legislature refused to amend a single word in Arizona's unemployment compensation statute, thus ending any further unemployment compensation for about 20,000 Arizonans at the end of their eligibility. This was celebrated by "Neanderthals" (Republican Tucson City Council Member Steve Kozachik's choice of descriptive phrase) like Cap'n Al Melvin (TP-LD 26) … Read more