AZ BlueMeanie Posted by AzBlueMeanie: "Senator Obstruction," Jon Kyl, issued a warning to the Obama administration on Bloomberg Television's "Political Capital with Al Hunt," warning not to remove the chief executive officers at banks that have received U.S. assistance, saying "the great fear" would be government management of companies. Kyl: Removing bank CEOs is a bad idea … Read more
Posted By AzBlueMeanie: The latest wingnuttia talking point in the media is "what did Nancy Pelosi know about the Bush torture program and when did she know it?" The talking point is meant to suggest that Nancy Pelosi approved of the Bush torture program. Republicans are using this as a threat to impede any investigations … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Nathan Newman at the Talking Points Memo writes that State Laws Allowing Majority Sign-up for Unions Shows why "Employee Free Choice Act" is Fair Option for Workers: The proposed federal Employee Free Choice Act would give employees the freedom to form a union when a majority of workers sign cards saying that … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Torture was heinous enough; torture that led to the deaths of prisoners was murder. US interrogators may have killed dozens, human rights researcher and rights group say United States interrogators killed nearly four dozen detainees during or after their interrogations, according a report published by a human rights researcher based on a … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Rep. John Kavanagh's "Robbing Peter to Pay Paul" budget plan passed out of his House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday on a straight party line vote. Panel's OK advances budget plan Even Republican supporters complained that it's a "bad budget" that will get a makeover before being considered for a final vote. Some … Read more