Dateline 2.20.09 by AzBlueMeanie Series (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) Our neighbor to the west, California, finally passed a budget plan on Thursday after weeks … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: There is an interesting provision included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Our accidental governor, Jan Brewer, is going to have to go on the record whether she will accept the federal stimulus money or not. If she declines the stimulus money (an act of political suicide when the … Read more
by David Safier Just so you know, the AZ Republic lists these 39 legislators as having signed a "No New Taxes" pledge: In the Senate: Sylvia Allen, Bob Burns, Pamela Gorman, Ron Gould, Chuck Gray, Linda Gray, Jack Harper, John Huppenthal, Barbara Leff, Al Melvin, Russell Pearce, Steve Pierce, Jay Tibshraeny and Thayer Verschoor. In … Read more
by David Safier Here's an interesting observation Chris Matthews made on Hardball Tuesday about right wing "think tanks." He's speaking specifically about the probability Scooter Libby will be given a lifetime Senior Fellowship position to reward him for the sword he took for his Vice President (and to keep him quiet), but the concept has … Read more
by David Safier A piece of commentary by Joe Brewer (I don't know the name) on the truthout website has a very interesting analysis about how conservatives get people to accept their idea that taxes are harmful and government doesn't work. This passage is overly simplistic, but it's a very interesting analysis of how Republicans … Read more