by David Safier I was the final guest on today's Bill Buckmaster Show — audio here. The newsworthy event of the show came from Ethan Orr, the first guest. He's the new Republican LD-9 state rep who tries to come off as something of a moderate until he's pressed for details, when his conservative leanings … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
Kudos to Governor Jan Brewer for finally doing the right thing and supporting Arizona's participation in the expanded Medicaid provisions of the Affordable Care Act (aka "ObamaCare").
Or more accurately I should say, kudos to Arizona's "shadow governor" Chuck Coughlin and his HighGround lobbying firm, the man behind the curtain, for carrying the day by whispering in Jan Brewer's ear on behalf of its hospital and Medicaid doctor clients.
The expanded Medicaid provisions are simply a deal too good to pass up, and it comes with the added benefit of a "multiplier effect" of economic growth.
Announcing support for expanded Medicaid (AHCCCS in Arizona) was the easy part, however. Now comes the heavy lifting of convincing a radical extremist Tea-Publican Arizona legislature to vote for (1) the hated ObamaCare, and (2) violating their pledge to the Tax Fairy, Grover Norquist, to never, ever, ever vote for any tax increase — ever! Pinky swear!
These Tea-Publicans also live in fear of a primary challenger financed by the billionaire bastard Koch brothers' Americans for Prosperity, and the billionaire bastard hedge fund managers at Club for Growth.
by David Safier In her State of the State address, Gov. Brewer said she's authorizing the expansion of Arizona's Medicaid program, AHCCCS. That's very good news if true. It means more people will be covered, hospitals won't have to shoulder the burden of treating patients who can't pay, and lots of federal dollars will flow … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
“No man's life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session.”
― Mark Twain
In Arizona, no WOMAN is safe when the legislature is in session.
The Arizona legislature will convene on Monday. They will be greeted by a coalition of progressive women's groups who will remind them that When Women Vote, We All Win.
This progressive coalition will counter the extremist influence of Cathi Herrod and her Christian Taliban at the Center for Arizona Policy, and others, who want to declare a woman's uterus the property of the state. The CAP and the Arizona legislature have imposed more government regulations on a woman's uterus and her reproductive health freedom than the state of Arizona imposes on firearms. Think about that for a moment.
NOTE: I am re-posting this old story as a public service. There is some nasty shit… flu… out there now.
If it hadn’t been for the flu pandemic of 1918, I wouldn’t be here.
You see both of my grandparents lost their first spouses to the flu or complications from the flu. Grandma had two sons, and Grandpa had one. After they married in the early 1920s, they had two daughters, my aunt and my Mom. They built an early yours-mine-and-ours family and a 50+ year marriage on the tragedies of the largest pandemic in US history.
According to my Mom, Grandma was relieved that her first husband Charlie didn't have to go to World War I but was devastated when he died from the flu just a few years later. Lessons from the flu stayed with my Grandma her entire life. Learn Grandma's tips after the jump.
