Posted by AzBlueMeanie: On This Week with George Stephanopoulos this past Sunday, John McCain was asked about his plans to fix Social Security – a program McCain has called "an absolute disgrace" even though he continues to cash his monthly Social Security checks (C’mon John, Social Security may be an entitlement program, but you have … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Earlier this week Michael Bryan and others at this blog were contacted by Daily Kos editor Smintheus for assistance with background information for a post about John McCain in Arizona. We were happy to oblige. The analysis by Smintheus is excellent Daily Kos: John McCain’s Arizona problem (with links to Blog for … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The sound of crickets chirping is all you will hear in Arizona. The local yokel news media, card-carrying members of "The John McCain Protection Society," have been deafeningly silent in their failure to condemn John McCain for using wounded troops as props to falsely attack Barack Obama with his swiftboat ad. The … Read more
There has been some news coverage regarding State Legislative candidate for LD 29, Ephraim Cruz, and the legal determination of paternity and financial support for his now 7 year old son, Ethan. In fact, people who know nothing else about the race, and don’t really follow politics, have heard of Cruz’s "paternity suit". It’s a … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Last Friday (bad news is always in the Friday news dump), federal banking regulators closed 28 branches of 1st National Bank of Nevada and First Heritage Bank, operating in Nevada, Arizona and California. The banks – owned by Scottsdale, Arizona-based First National Bank Holding Co. – closed Friday and were scheduled to … Read more