by David Safier It looks like the country isn't overly fond of the Republicans' continued obstruction of the stimulus bill. People want the money out there stimulating the economy, and they want it now. Is there a budget-related lesson to be learned here in Arizona? The Republicans competed their budget hatchet job for this fiscal … Read more
Paul Eckerstrom didn't campaign to be elected Democratic Party Chairman in any meaningful sense. He didn't even plan to run. He certainly didn't think it though. He tossed his hat in the ring because he had a passion for the ideas and strategy he wanted the Party to pursue, and which he wasn't seeing from … Read more
Dateline 2.07.09 by AzBlueMeanie (War correspondent AzBlueMeanie is embedded with the Freedom Fighters of the Arizona Democratic Resistance in the occupied state of Arizona. This dispatch is filed from an undisclosed location within the liberated territories of Baja Arizona) The GOP 'Taliban' Insurgency seized control of the capitol city of Phoenix last month. The insurgents … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Republicans have gone so batshit crazy lately that the comedy just rights itself. I am not making this up: Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX), chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, told Hotline On Call (National Journal) Sessions: GOP Insurgency "May Be Required": "Insurgency, we understand perhaps a little bit more because … Read more
by Michael Bryan Most people can rattle off many of the bad decisions and harmful policies of the Bush years. But one little-known policy vital to our national security and our economy that Bush worked very hard to get dead wrong is space-based weaponry. I wrote about the issue back in 2004 and again in … Read more