David Safier by David SafierThis is one of those times I wish I could say I'm being overly fearful. You know us liberals, always worried about the violent convergence of extreme right wing politics and the gun culture. But some of the back story behind the killing of three Pittsburgh police officers by 23 year old Richard … Read more
by David SafierIf you read my post earlier today, Bradblog covers RTA ballot counting, I misstated Brad Friedman's position on the RTA election, and he called me on it in an email. I claimed he suspected "hanky panky" in the RTA vote counting, while he said no such thing. I have corrected the post. My … Read more
by David SafierApropos of nothing, I couldn't resist this. The old Ten Commandments at The Capitol fight is raging in Oklahoma City. And some legislators asked, if we put up the Commandments, which version would we use? After all, the wording is different in different translations. Looks like we have a winner. Republican Senator Randy … Read more
by David SafierIf you haven't gotten enough info already about the upcoming counting of the RTA ballots, or you want to hear the story from an Election Integrity perspective, Brad Friedman of BradBlog just posted an exhaustive discussion of recent events, from Goddard's taking the ballots to Phoenix to the politics of choosing observers, and … Read more
by David SafierI would like to understand this better. Napolitano and Democrats proposed borrowing against future tobacco funds and lottery revenues to balance the budget. Republicans said that's mortgaging our future, making our children pay, and so on. (Somehow, drastic cuts in education don't fit the "making our children pay" line of reasoning for them.) … Read more