By David Safier I'm honestly confused. I hope someone can explain this to me. Our Accidental Gov is talking about a plan to raise some money to lessen the budget cuts in 2010. She wants to sell some state buildings. If it were a straight sale, at least I'd understand it. Then the question would … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Chris in Paris at Americablog raises the question Should Congress investigate Wall Street as they did after '29? Hell yes! And start sending these corrupt "masters of the universe" to jail. Chris provides the historical context: Most relevant to today, Congress has investigated the causes behind economic downturns, using the power of … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: From a recent Paul Krugman blog post What should government do? A Jindal meditation: So what did Bobby Jindal choose to ridicule in this response to Obama last night? Volcano monitoring, of course. And leaving aside the chutzpah of casting the failure of his own party’s governance as proof that government can’t … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: After the Alaska Disasta, Sarah Palin, imploded in a super nova as John McCain's running mate, Republicans started looking around and asked "who else do we have?" Many of them, including the drug-addled mind of gas bag bloviator Rush Limbaugh, settled on Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal. So Jindal was primped and prodded into the … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Our Accidental Governor, Jan Brewer, had better look over her shoulder because it appears that Maricopa County Attorney, Andrew Thomas, is still harboring fantasies about becoming Arizona's next governor. In a guest opinion that appeared in the Tucson Citizen on Tuesday, Andy laid out his agenda for leading the Republican Party out … Read more