Michael Steele un-Hearts SB1070?
August 24, 2010
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by David Safier RNC Chair Michael Steele didn't exactly say he doesn't like SB1070, but he sure put the law at a few arms' lengths. He made his statement on the Spanish-language Univision network, so there's a little ethnic pandering going on, but still . . . Steele said basically, Hey, SB1070 is only about … Read more
Racists and religious bigots endanger our troops and undermine U.S. foreign policy
August 24, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: "The whole world is watching! The whole world is watching!" Yes it is. And what the world is watching is an America gone insane. The lunatics have taken over the asylum, and there is no responsible adult supervision in charge. America's racists and religious bigots on the far-right fringe are being given … Read more
Today is “Last Chance” Election Day
August 24, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: If you have not returned your early mail-in ballot, do not mail it now. It won't get there in time to be counted. You can drop it off at any polling location (please remember to sign and date the interior voter affidavit envelope if you want your vote to be counted). "Last … Read more
Weighing Penny Kotterman and Jason Williams
August 23, 2010
By Jenn Superintendent of Public Instruction isn't often a race that a lot of voters care about — after all, how many of us know what the job description of this position is, let alone how to pick the best candidate for the job? Yet, I think that Superintendent of Public Instruction is the most interesting, and woefully underhyped, contest for Democrats … Read more
The Kingman Assessment: excerpts
August 23, 2010
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by David Safier I posted yesterday that, in my non-lawyerly opinion, the conditions at the private, for-profit Kingman prison which resulted in the breakout of 3 prisoners and, most probably, the death of an innocent couple in New Mexico, qualify as criminal negligence. Whether my lay opinion has any legal basis is another story. But … Read more
Update: Pimps for Private Prisons and Profit
August 23, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Arizona Republic has been doing an excellent job of reporting on Arizona's prison/lobbyist scandal. On Sunday, the Republic reported Arizona inmate escape puts spotlight on state private prisons: Arizona puts more of its inmates into privately run prisons every year, even though the prisons may not be as secure as state-run … Read more
Press conference re: Arizona’s prison scandal
August 23, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Short summary courtesy of the Arizona Guardian.
The Glassman Campaign’s Slow-Motion Implosion… and What It Says About Rodney Glassman As a Candidate
August 22, 2010
By Jenn Rodney Glassman is the front-runner for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. Republican and Democratic voters hit the polls next Tuesday for the primary elections, and, for Democrats, one of the biggest decisions we will have to make is between the four candidates running to represent our party against Senator John McCain in November. Of … Read more
