Posted by: AzBlueMeanie Sen. Barack Obama has denounced and disowned his former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright. The Washington Post in an editorial Parting With the Pastor – washingtonpost.com concluded that “we don’t see how anyone can question his commitment to transcending old racial battles and finding common ground. The Rev. Wright doesn’t speak for … Read more
By Jeff Latas One of the units of the 82nd Airborne returned back to Fort Bragg earlier this month. Most of us would expect them to receive a hero’s welcome back to their base in North Carolina after a 15 month deployment. Of the 31 soldiers, 20 had been involved in Improvised Explosive Devise (IED) … Read more
by Mickey Duniho When SB1557 was first passed in 2006, Pima County’s attorney told the Board of Supervisors that it would be illegal for them to do a hand-count of the September Primary Election because the new law had not been completely approved by the US Justice Department. Despite a last-minute plea the day before … Read more
Posted by: AzBlueMeanie The Arizona Daily Star published a letter to the editor on April 29, 2008 regarding the New York Times article "A Developer, His Deals and His Ties to McCain." Brian Sowle wrote: "I was certainly expecting to see the story the following morning in the Star. But no, the Times of New … Read more
This landed in the Tucson Weekly’s mailbag recently (and, judging by the list of email addresses in the ‘To:’ field, that of about every media outlet in southern Arizona) [all bold emphasis is mine, i.e. the underlining is original]: April 27, 2008 SHAME on YOU MADD Pima County, As past volunteers/board members, we question the … Read more