Colin Powell, another tax-and-spend liberal commie socialist

by David Safier (TASL) General Colin Powell, former secretary of state and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff for a couple of Republican presidents (can't use too many titles at a moment like this), has a few choice words for the Republican Party "The Republican Party is in deep trouble," Powell told corporate security … Read more

Steele capitulates, cedes power to his critics at RNC

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Moonie Times has yet another EXCLUSIVE: Steele yields powers to foes in RNC – Washington Times: Capitulating to critics on the Republican National Committee, embattled Republican Party Chairman Michael S. Steele has signed a secret pact agreeing to controls and restraints on how he spends hundreds of millions of dollars in … Read more

Rio Nuevo in Maricopa hands? What could possibly go wrong?

by David SafierThese days, nobody loves Rio Nuevo, which makes this a perfect moment for the Tucson haters to step in and take control. (Myself, I'm not as discouraged as most people. I lived through the years-long "big dig" that was Portland's light rail construction. During the construction, never was heard an encouraging word as … Read more

The media conflates conservative criticism of President Obama delivering the commencement address at Notre Dame

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I have been noticing over the past several weeks that the media has been conflating the criticism from a small number of very vocal anti-choice conservative Catholics, who are opposed to President Obama delivering the commencement address at the University of Notre Dame, as representing the opinion of the broader Catholic community. … Read more

A Mushrooming Pension Fund Scandal

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Mortgage bubble bursts… the financial markets collapse… investment banks are bailed out with taxpayer funds… Bernie Madoff… criminal investigations into TARP recipients… and now a mushrooming New York pension fund scandal that is going national. Last Friday, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced that his office was issuing more than 100 … Read more