Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The White House has announced a plan to give seniors and disabled veterans $250 each as part of a mini-economic stimulus plan to compensate them for the fact that there will be no cost of living adjustment (COLA) this year to Social Security benefits because there has been no inflation this past … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The right-wing has exhibited a disturbing trend towards a new era of McCarthyism in recent years. But their latest craziness is religious bigotry and fear mongering against Muslim American citizens. In the mind of right-wing conspiracy theory loving religious bigots, Muslim Americans are all spies for Islamo-fascism (a term fabricated by the … Read more
by David Safier Please don't watch this if you have a grudge against Obama. But the rest of us . . . what a touching moment. And how deftly handled by the President. (Note: you have to watch an ad first.) (Second Note: I removed the video because Mike B. told me it was crashing … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I thought Sen. Jesse Helms, the unreconstructed Southern ultra-conservative culture warrior and unapologetic redneck racist from North Carolina, died in 2003? Apparently his spirit is alive and well in Tucson. "Senator No" was a culture warrior who excelled at wedge issue politics. One of Helm's favorite targets was federal funding for the … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I am reproducing below an exchange of e-mail correspondence which has been widely disseminated (I have received it from several sources) between Frances M. Merryman, CFPR and Vice President of Wealth Strategies Group, and Bill Arnold, chairman of the Public Safety First Initiative (Prop. 200), and copied to a host of community … Read more