Sometimes it seems you and the universe are dancing the tango. Some chucklehead in comments insisted that I wouldn’t be hatin’ on the "Commander and Chief" about Iraq if he were a Democrat, I would be out waiving the flag and callin’ folks wearing peace symbols ‘traitors’. I think to myself, "Damn I hate it … Read more
Oppose the war in Iraq? Then you should know how much it has already cost and will cost Arizona’s citizens. Here’s a summary: The cost to taxpayers in Arizona of the running total of $378 billion will be $5.2 billion. Of the 3,024 U.S. soldiers that have been killed in the Iraq War, 75 are … Read more
Want Single Payer, Universal Health Care? Well, it will be vetoed by the Current Resident, but the first step comes first: we gotta prove we can pass it. Grijalva and Pastor are already on board as sponsors. Time to contact Giffords and Mitchell and light a fire in their offices: H.R. 676 Reintroduced: Single Payer, … Read more
I’ve been thinking a little about leadership lately. I’m going to make an extraordinary claim that many readers will disagree with: Bush is a great leader. Before I substantiate that claim, I’ll qualify it: while he’s a great leader, he’s leading in all the worst ways and to all the wrong ends. Bush is wrong … Read more
Looks like the GOP establishment is officially terrified of Randy Pullen. They’ve rolled out the cage in which they keep their favorite attack troll, Nathan Sproul. Sproul comes out swinging in a letter to GOP State Committeemen, calling Pullen a liar, a braggart, a turn-coat, a light-weight who is unproven in fund-raising, and generally a … Read more