Posted by AzBlueMeanie: American popular culture is built around the automobile. Americans do love their cars. Here are a few of the monuments built in honor of America's automobile culture. The Berwyn car spindle at the Cermak Plaza Shopping Center in Berwyn, Illinois. Carhenge in Alliance, Nebraska. The Cadillac Ranch in Amarillo, Texas.
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Monday's bankruptcy filing by American icon General Motors (GM) invoked a sense of relief rather than shock or sadness. The country has been sitting at the bedside of this terminally ill patient watching it slowly dying for decades now. Still, one could take little comfort in its final passing, and Americans are … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The GOP insane clown posse leadership in the Arizona legislature is going forward with its slash and burn budget plan today in a game of political brinksmanship with our Accidental Governor, who has already threatened to veto their budget plan. Howard Fisher reports GOP defies veto threat, pushes budget plan: Ignoring a … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Arizona continues to make its bid to be the poster child for dysfunctional government. I guess we have a bit of a sibling rivalry with California: "You want to get crazy? Let's get crazy!" In May, the Arizona House passed Rep. Kavanagh's "robbing Peter to pay Paul" budget plan that no one, … Read more
by David SafierAs the media has carried the story about the murder of Dr. George Tiller, it has labeled Tiller either as Abortion Doctor or "one of the nation's few late-term-abortion providers." It's typical of today's media to use shorthand to make the story clear and simple, but it's dehumanizing not to tell more of … Read more