David Brooks on health care rhetoric – Limbaugh: “that is insane”; Palin: “that’s crazy”

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Conservative columnist David Brooks was a guest on NBC's Meet The Press on Sunday. As reported by crooksandliars com David Brooks: Limbaugh health care rhetoric 'insane': Conservative columnist David Brooks thinks Rush Limbaugh has gone too far in comparing President Barack Obama to Hitler. Brooks was stunned by the comparison when he … Read more

Cognitive Dissonance – Another View

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Earlier this year I posted an essay entitled cognitive dissonance. Today John Aravosis at AMERICAblog reports on a similar, but more expansive essay on this topic circulating on the Internet: Something that's been flying around the Internet – I couldn't figure out who the actual author is. This morning I was awoken by my … Read more

Special Session Update: The “Sham-Wow!” Budget Deal

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Monday marks the start of the sixth week of the Special Session and is also the next to last day before the "drop dead" date on which the Legislature can refer any matters to the general election ballot on November 3. Secretary of State Ken Bennett has said that the tax referral … Read more

Do not feed the trolls (DNFTT)

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Blog for Arizona has had a rash of Trolls of late (you all know who they are): In Internet slang, a troll is someone who posts controversial, inflammatory, irrelevant or off-topic messages in an online community, with the primary intent of provoking other users into an emotional or disciplinary response or of … Read more