by David SafierGrover Norquist, of the No New Taxes Pledge and the wish that he could shrink government to a size that it can be drowned in a bathtub (Why do conservative metaphors involve injury and death so often?), basically let the AZ Rs off the hook by saying he was OK with a vote … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Robert Greenwald of Brave New Films has released the short documentary film "The Health Insurance Racket: Getting Rich while denying Americans Care." What does Isabella, a four year-old girl in Wisconsin who is physically incapable of eating and has had to be tube fed her entire life, have to gain from healthcare … Read more
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
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
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