How many Latinos have left Arizona since SB1070?
November 12, 2010
by
by David Safier Get ready. We're soon to witness an avalanche of news reports saying 100,000 Latinos have left Arizona since SB1070 passed. Also be ready for the "See, it's working already!" comments from SB1070 supporters. The first debunking I've seen of the 100,000 number comes from the Star's Brady McCombs in his post in … Read more
Paul Krugman on the Catfood Commission
November 12, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Paul Krugman of the New York Times writes today The Hijacked Commission: Count me among those who always believed that President Obama made a big mistake when he created the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform — a supposedly bipartisan panel charged with coming up with solutions to the nation’s long-run … Read more
“The GOP Presidential Primary” reality show to debut on Fox News next spring
November 12, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: On a recent episode of The Daily Show, Fox News anchor Chris Wallace had an idea about how Fox News could co-opt the RNC. "We are thinking of doing — because so many of them work at Fox now as Fox News contributors. We're thinking of a 13 week series like American … Read more
G.I.’s Clint Bolick would have voted against SB1070
November 12, 2010
by
by David Safier In the early days after the passage of SB1070, I asked frequently, where is the Goldwater Institute? These folks are rarely silent about any pressing state issue, yet this time, on the most consuming issue of the day, nothing but crickets. My thought was, G.I.'s libertarian leanings would have led the Institute … Read more
Cindy McCain v. John McCain on DADT
November 12, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: "Ask and you shall receive" they say. I asked, and Cindy McCain delivered. John Aravosis reports at Americablog.com Cindy McCain does video opposing DADT, accusing 'our government' of sending signal that bullying is okay: John McCain is leading the filibuster against the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" "repeal" legislation in the Senate (it's not … Read more
Debunking the media’s favorite GOP myth
November 12, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: A New AP-GfK poll released on Thursday shows that: "When it comes to the health care law Obama signed in March, just 39 percent back the GOP effort to repeal it or scale it back. Fifty-eight percent would rather make even more changes in the health care system or leave the measure … Read more
I’m not a face-ist, but . . .
November 11, 2010
by
by David Safier For fear of being accused of being a face-ist, I have to ask: Is it just me, or do all these guys look alike? To my eye, it's the same guy, with minor variations. Do all their ancestors hail from the same part of Europe? Is there a certain gene that makes … Read more
And speaking of for-profit colleges . . .
November 11, 2010
by
by David Safier You know Kaplan, the tutoring/test-prep company? (You need to boost your SATs or LSATs, or you're having trouble with math? That's what Kaplan is there for.) Now they run a string of for-profit colleges as well, and they make four times as much from them as they do from their tutoring business. … Read more
