Update: Senate filibuster reform gaining momentum
January 4, 2011
Posted by AzblueMeanie: Sen. Tom Udall (D-NM) today writes about his proposal for reforming the Senate rules, in particular the filibuster rule. Tom Udall – A Senate new year's resolution: Fixing a broken set of rules: On [January 5, 2011] my colleagues and I will introduce common-sense proposals to fix the source of our dysfunction … Read more
Fitz beat me to it
January 4, 2011
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by David Safier I woke up this morning thinking, the Republican war on Ethnic Studies is just the kind of thing that should be studied in Ethnic Studies. Then I see Fitz's cartoon this morning, which is worth more than a thousand of my words. So I'll let him do the talking.
Six degrees of Sarah Palin and the weird world of dentistry
January 4, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Talking Points Memo has a story about Arizona's newest congressman, Paul Gosar. The Palin-Loving World Of Alaska Dentistry And The 112th Congress: Rep.-elect Paul Gosar (R-AZ), who just hired two friends of Sarah Palin's to his staff, is a dentist. His two new Alaskan hires are Rob Robinson, a retired dentist who … Read more
The GOP Gimmicks-R-Us Shop: Opening Day of Congress
January 3, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Nobody, and I mean nobody, does gimmicks as much as the GOP. The GOP Gimmicks-R-Us shop has Two new rules will give Constitution a starring role in GOP-controlled House for opening day of the 112th Congress: When Republicans take over the House [this] week, they will do something that apparently has never been done before in the … Read more
‘The first default in history caused purely by insanity’
January 3, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Whether you view this as the next hostage taking by the GOP, or as a dangerous game of chicken by uninformed Tea-Publicans, the manufactured crisis of raising the federal debt ceiling portends trouble because serious adults who are cognizant of their responsibility to govern wisely are in short supply in the Republican … Read more
Brewer denied AZ Death Panels before she acknowledged them
January 3, 2011
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by David Safier Brewer's I'll-say-whatever-fits-the-moment style of politics is well known. Here's an example that bears repeating on inauguration day. (I'm not the first to blog about this. Craig was all over it weeks ago). The Capitol Times laid this out clearly. When Brewer was questioned about her decision to deny transplants to Arizonans, she … Read more
Obama Derangement Syndrome and GOP Witch Hunts
January 3, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: There are two stories today in the Washington Post that make one consider whether our elected leaders have gone entirely mad. The first headline fails to adequately describe the serious story of corruption that it is about. Demise of Iraqi water park illustrates limitations, abuse of U.S. funding program. What is this … Read more
Horne simply refuses to tell a story straight
January 3, 2011
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by David Safier This should be an easy one for Horne. Going after Ethnic Studies in the state that gave you SB1070 shouldn't take any messing around with the facts. Enough people will be shocked and horrified and frightened simply because the courses discuss how Hispanics have been treated historically, how they are being treated … Read more
