AZ BlueMeanie Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The credit card reform bill signed by President Obama on Friday contained a rider attached to it permitting armed bears in national parks and wildlife refuges. OK. I guess I can understand that. I mean, hunting is not really a "sport" unless the bears are armed and can shoot back, right? It … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: BarbinMD at Daily Kos saves me the trouble with this must read post Countering Begala's Countering of Luntz Several weeks ago the king of Republican talking points, Frank Luntz, put out a memo outlining how the GOP could once again kill meaningful health care reform. And in what has become par for … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: President Obama signed the bill on Wednesday creating a 10-member commission with subpoena power to investigate the financial crisis. But somewhat troubling, Obama also issued a signing statement limiting the administration's duty to comply with its requests. As reported at the New York TimesThe Caucus Blog: [A]fter signing the bill, the White … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The most under-reported story this week was the revelation by NPR's All Things Considered that then White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales signed off on torture techniques for Abu Zubaydah between the time the Bush torture program first developed sometime in February 2002, and the first CYA "torture memo" from the Office of … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: If you only get your news from the media villagers and Beltway blowhards on television, you are woefully uninformed. These losers are doing a great disservice to the American public with their trivialization of news and they should be ashamed of themselves. Luckily there are still some real reporters in the print … Read more