Campaign Kickoff Event for Todd Camenisch LD30 Senate
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Press release from Todd Camenisch, Democratic candidate for senate in LD 30: Advertisement Advertisement
The Arizona Republic chastises Arizona politicians on immigration, ignores its own sins of endorsing the views of the same politicians for years
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Associated Press story picked up by newspapers across the nation today (curiously not in Tucson), is that "Arizona's largest newspaper criticized U.S. Sens. John McCain and Jon Kyl and a host of other elected officials in a rare front-page editorial on Sunday, saying the politicians have failed to find solutions to … Read more
“Spill, baby, spill”
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The right-wing media only cares about political narrative. Death, destruction, natural and environmental disasters are not reported from a humanitarian point of view but rather from "how can we spin this story to our political advantage?" by making as many outrageous claims as possibe in this Post-Truth Politics era. Shortly after the … Read more
Blogging about reading Dickens’ “Bleak House” on the MacBook version of Amazon’s Kindle
by David Safier I really don't have anything to say other than the headline. I just like the odd string of terms and items that describe my current activity.
SWAG Update
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Time once again to update candidate filings. Time is running out boys and girls. The filing deadline is May 26, 2010. Pretty soon we will have a final list of candidates who are qualified for the August 24 Primary Election ballot. You can play along at home at http://www.azsos.gov/cfs/CommitteeSearch.aspx Candidates participating in Citizens … Read more
The Star must really hate Health Care Reform
by David Safier While tracking misleading headlines written by the Star's Creative Headline Writers, I've found more bad headlines about health care reform than any other topic. The publisher and editors of the Star must really hate that bill. The latest is in today's paper. Before I reveal the Star-created headline for the AP's fact … Read more
In case you’re looking for counters to anti-immigrant rhetoric . . .
by David Safier The Sunday Washington Post will carry an article, 5 Myths about immigration. It presents strong counter arguments to these statements: Immigrants take jobs from American workers. Immigration is at an all-time high, and most new immigrants came illegally. Today's immigrants are not integrating into American life like past waves did. Cracking down … Read more
