President Obama at the White House Correspondents Dinner
May 10, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The comedy stylings of President Barack Obama at the White House Correspondents Dinner. Snippet: Michael Steele is in the house tonight…or as he would say, in the hee-zee…what’s up? Michael, where are you? [Steele stands up.] Wussup? Michael, for the last time, the Republican Party does not qualify for a bailout. Rush
Senator Kyl shows some love for his bank CEO buddies
May 10, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: "Senator Obstruction," Jon Kyl, issued a warning to the Obama administration on Bloomberg Television's "Political Capital with Al Hunt," warning not to remove the chief executive officers at banks that have received U.S. assistance, saying "the great fear" would be government management of companies. Kyl: Removing bank CEOs is a bad idea
Wingnuttia talking points and investigating the Bush torture program
May 10, 2009
Posted By AzBlueMeanie: The latest wingnuttia talking point in the media is "what did Nancy Pelosi know about the Bush torture program and when did she know it?" The talking point is meant to suggest that Nancy Pelosi approved of the Bush torture program. Republicans are using this as a threat to impede any investigations
Imagine Munger as Governor
May 10, 2009
by David Safier John Munger is playing coy about his gubernatorial aspirations. But there's got to be a reason he's working so hard to dump his old semi-hysterical, Republican-talking-points persona and recreate himself as a visionary. Munger created an imaginearizona.com website (Full name across the top bar: Imagine Arizona – State of Arizona Public Policy
Goldwater Institute to hire investigative reporter
May 10, 2009
by David SafierWow. That will be some gig for a lucky conservative reporter: an investigative reporter for G.I. No firm deadlines, no regular column inches to fill. Just go out there and dig up whatever kind of dirt you can, especially when it comes to government spending, and write articles to be posted on the
Slam! Poetry at the White House (or is that Poetry Slam . . .)
May 9, 2009
by David SafierPoets usually get invited to the White House to show off the current occupant's class and cul-cha. But a poetry slam? That's a whole 'nother matter. And our own Assistant House Democratic Leader Kyrsten Sinema is one of the 100 people nationwide invited — to watch, not to slam. Do you think the
Are Arizona’s private school tax credits illegal?
May 9, 2009
by David SafierThis is potentially very big news. The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decided that portions of Arizona's private school tuition tax credit programs violate the U.S. Constitution. Before you pop champagne corks or pull out your pitchforks, depending on which side of the controversy you're on, nothing is final so long as
The Recession Generation
May 9, 2009
by David SafierBob Herbert's column in today's NY Times puts an unhappy face on our current economic woes. Poverty and homelessness are increasing and, as Lawrence Mishel, the president of the Economic Policy Institute, said during an interview this week, “There are a whole lot of people who are going to be economically desperate for
