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About those ‘historic’ budget cuts: not so much
May 17, 2011
Posted by AzblueMeanie: Remember last month when the Tea-Publican Congress held America hostage to leverage "historic" budget cuts before agreeing to pass the FY 2011 Budget? Despite all the gallons of ink and pixels used by the "lamestream media" to describe the budget deal as "historic," it turns out the media villagers got it all wrong (you're … Read more
The GOP’s WATBs: ‘Leave Paul Ryan Alone!’
May 17, 2011
Posted by AzblueMeanie: How could I not post this in response to this headline? Will sombebody please make the spoof video? GOP to Newt: Leave Paul Ryan Alone! The melee ignited by Newt Gingrich's condemnation of the House GOP budget as "right-wing social engineering" is intensifying as Republican leaders, conservative editorial pages, and right-leaning pundits … Read more
Media Villagers Fail
May 17, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Jay Smooth at illdoctrine.com tellin' it like it is. Right on!
Fiesta Bowl Scandal Update: The Navy Sinks ‘King’ Russell Pearce
May 17, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: It looks like "King" Russell Pearce needs to create a flow chart to keep all of his stories straight. The U.S. Navy just sank his latest tall tale. "Battleship!" The Arizona Republic reports Fiesta Bowl investigation: Russell Pearce's comments disputed by Navy: Arizona Senate President Russell Pearce changed his explanation Monday about how … Read more
Update: The Tequila Party
May 16, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: National Tequila Party Tour Will Kick Off in Arizona: The Tequila Party (TTP), a non-partisan movement, will be launched in the State of Arizona which is also known as immigration ground zero to Hispanics. The purpose of the Tequila Party tour is to encourage Latinos across the nation to participate in the … Read more
Professional Fire Fighters of Arizona blast The Arizona Republic for manufactured state pension ‘crisis’
May 16, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I am one of the few people who reported on the bogus right-wing think tank studies relied upon by the anti-union Arizona Republic in its multi-part series about the public employee pension funds to manufacture a pension "crisis" for the Tea-Publican legislature to address. Today, Tim Hill, president of the Professional Fire … Read more
“Recall Russell Pearce” comes to Tucson
May 15, 2011
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by David Safier Randy Parraz was in Tucson tonight at a combination pep rally and fundraiser for the Recall Russell Pearce campaign. Parraz is pumped and he's upbeat, but he made it clear, he's not through gathering signatures, not by a long shot, and he needs all the help he can get from anyone around … Read more
Bundgaard update
May 15, 2011
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by David Safier Remember State Senator Scott Bundgaard? He had a little, shall we say, falling out with his girlfriend on the highway awhile back. Either she hit him or he hit her. Either she drew a gun on him or she didn't. Either he demanded political immunity or he didn't. Talk about your he … Read more
