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AzBlueMeanie says, cast your votes for Arizona’s best blog
April 2, 2009
by David SafierWe here at BLOG FOR ARIZONA are too classy to go around begging people to go to the comments section of The Fix, Chris Cilliza's blog, and vote for BLOG FOR ARIZONA as the best political site in Arizona, the state for which BLOG FOR ARIZONA is named. But as AzBlueMeanie mentioned, another
Can the state legislature raise taxes with a simple majority?
April 2, 2009
by David SafierEight people from Arizona's universities got together to look at various ways Arizona can deal with our budget crisis. The group calls itself the Fiscal Alternative Choices Team — FACT. Clever acronym. So the 65 page paper they just released is called The FACT Report. Who can argue with FACTs? By the way,
A little friendly competition, cast your votes now!
April 2, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Tedski over at R-Cubed reports that Chris Cilizza of the Washington Post is once again running a “Best State Blogs” survey. He is, for the second year in a row, basing this on the opinions of his readers. If you would like to vote for Blog for Arizona, you simply make a
April Fool’s Joke: The GOP Budget Plan
April 1, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Republican leadership's insane clown posse finally released its GOP's budget report (PDF) today, on April Fool's Day no less, following their fiasco of a press conference last week (the comedy just writes itself with this gang who couldn't shoot straight). I have quickly read through the GOP plan – easy to
The GOP “hit and run” on our economy
April 1, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The DSCC has a new ad which looks at the core ideology of the Republican Party and its policies of deregulation that led to our current economic crisis.
Colbert mercilessly mocks Glenn Beck’s faux patriotism
April 1, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Stephen Colbert of The Colbert Report simply destroys the lunacy of Glenn Beck and his "9-12 Project." This is his best work since he delivered a blistering "tribute" to President Bush at the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner in 2006. The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c The 10/31 Project
I like hearing stuff like this
April 1, 2009
by David SafierIn today's Star, there's a story about City High School students helping out the family of a recent graduate whose family has a combination of financial and health problems. They did some yard work and trash hauling at a mobile home the family is moving into, and they presented the family with a
