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Tobin in as AZ House speaker, Adams out and running for Congress
April 28, 2011
By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings In a bit of a surprise (to me, anyway), Rep. Andy Tobin (R-LD1) was elected Speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives. From the Arizona Republic story written by Mary Jo Pitzl – The Arizona House of Representativesgot a new leadership lineup Thursday when members elected Rep. Andy … Read more
Two “must read” articles
April 28, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Two "must read" articles for you to read when you can make the time: Rick Perlstein writes at Mother Jones, Inside the GOP's Fact-Free Nation | Mother Jones: It takes two things to make a political lie work: a powerful person or institution willing to utter it, and another set of powerful institutions … Read more
10 More GOP Myths For The Media To Debunk
April 28, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Jon Perr at perrspectives.com has this excellent post taking the media villagers in the "lamestream media" for being complicit in advancing the "big lies" of the right-wing noise machine. After Birthers: 10 More GOP Myths Debunked: Two statements this month sum up everything you need know about the sad state of American … Read more
Atlas Wanked
April 28, 2011
Posted by AzblueMeanie: I wasn't going to give this any publicity, but now I have to. The "first installment" of what promised to be a trilogy based on Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged" is sinking like a stone at the box office. Do tell! Daily Kos: Atlas Whined: 'Shrugged' producer may drop sequels to film nobody watched: … Read more
President Obama’s smack-down of the villager idiots in the ‘lamestream media’
April 28, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Lovin' it! (Take that Chuck Todd).
An embarrassment to the country
April 28, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Adam Serwer at The Plum Line expresses how I feel about the "Birther" conspiracy nonsense pretty well. Let's just call it for what it is — racism. This is about people who believe in white privilege and that no black man will ever be good enough to enjoy equal status on merit and … Read more
Help put the Recall Russell Pearce campaign over the top
April 28, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The campaign to recall "King" Russell Pearce is very close to filing. Help put them over the top with a cushion of verified eligible voter signatures on recall petitions by getting out there this weekend to collect the final signatures. Let's make history. It has been a few weeks now since "King" Russell … Read more
Call the Governor, tell her to veto HB 2650
April 28, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Sometimes the Arizona Daily Star shows flashes of its former greatness with an editorial reminiscent of what it used to publish in its glory days. Today is one of of those flashes of greatness. Kudos. Merit system of employment needs to remain: A bill that essentially scraps the merit system of employment in … Read more
