Talking About Healthcare: Countering Republican Orwellian Rhetoric
May 24, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: BarbinMD at Daily Kos saves me the trouble with this must read post Countering Begala's Countering of Luntz Several weeks ago the king of Republican talking points, Frank Luntz, put out a memo outlining how the GOP could once again kill meaningful health care reform. And in what has become par for
Star comes out against special session, Yarbrough’s conflict of interest
May 23, 2009
by David SafierI'm a bit late on this one, since it's in this morning's Star. In case you missed it, today's Star editorial slams the legislative special session which was called to create a new tuition tax credit, then it goes after Yarbrough for all the money he's pulling out of his School Tuition Organization,
UPDATE: Financial Crisis Investigation Commission / Federal Reserve Transparency Act
May 23, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: President Obama signed the bill on Wednesday creating a 10-member commission with subpoena power to investigate the financial crisis. But somewhat troubling, Obama also issued a signing statement limiting the administration's duty to comply with its requests. As reported at the New York TimesThe Caucus Blog: [A]fter signing the bill, the White
Bush consigliere Gonzo authorized torture of Zubaydah from the White House
May 23, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The most under-reported story this week was the revelation by NPR's All Things Considered that then White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales signed off on torture techniques for Abu Zubaydah between the time the Bush torture program first developed sometime in February 2002, and the first CYA "torture memo" from the Office of
A tuition tax credit and STO primer
May 23, 2009
by David SafierThe media has been writing about a special session to create new tuition tax credits, and it has jumped on the story that Steve Yarbrough is doing very well financially with his own STO. I've been covering the same territory in greater depth and detail. But you can't follow the story unless you
What a Dick! Cheney fact checked by McClatchy News
May 23, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: If you only get your news from the media villagers and Beltway blowhards on television, you are woefully uninformed. These losers are doing a great disservice to the American public with their trivialization of news and they should be ashamed of themselves. Luckily there are still some real reporters in the print
Obama’s Dilemna
May 23, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Civil libertarians and liberals are upset with that portion of President Obama's speech on Thursday in which he outlined how he presently plans to deal with the detainees at Guantanamo. This has become a regular feature on programs such as MSNBC's Countdown and Rachel Maddow Show. Keep in mind that a final
Brewer: Republican legislators “irresponsible”
May 22, 2009
by David SafierLet the games begin continue! Gov. Jan Brewer lashed out Friday at legislators from her own Republican Party for trying to fix the state's budget problems by taking $190 million from cities and counties. "I think it's irresponsible," Brewer said of the proposals. What? It's irresponsible to balance the state budget by throwing
