Surely he isn't suggesting that Horne is having an extramarital affair!
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Surely he isn't suggesting that Horne is having an extramarital affair!
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Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
Huffington Post reports McCain Robocalls Prompt Ethics Complaint:
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) broke Senate rules when he recorded a robocall touting his amendment to the health care bill, according to a complaint filed with the Senate Ethics Committee by watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics [...]
Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
What a shock (not). Senator Obstruction, Jon Kyl, is behind the Senate opposition to the bankruptcy mortgage "cramdown" provision approved by the House earlier this year but tabled in the Senate, which is being revived in the House House Democrats eye 'cramdown' measure for regulatory reform bill - [...]
Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
The New York Times reports today Audit Finds TARP Program Effective:
The independent [Congressional Oversight Panel] that oversees the government’s financial bailout program concluded in a year-end review that, despite flaws and lingering problems, the program “can be credited with stopping an economic panic.”
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In the latest [...]
Okay, okay, I forgot about Bruce Babbitt. Hard to forget about the guy, since he was governor from when I was seven until well into my High School years. Fred DuVal will, no doubt, have a penance prepared for me that will involve a hairshirt and reruns of the 1988 [...]
Weird battle lines are being drawn in the payday loan wars these days. You expect the Ds and Rs to be on opposite sides here, with the Ds for ending payday loans and the Rs trying to figure out a way to keep payday loans without actually coming [...]
I've been gone for about a week, busy as well as in and out of web contact. Over the next few days, I'll try to catch up on some stray postings I didn't have time for.
I heard that Jan Brewer was in DC for the lighting of the National Christmas Tree, which came from our state.
Here I thought she’d wait for the next special session to start before leaving the state.
[...]Senator Kyl, you see, doesn't want Democrats to get any credit for helping out homeowners.' [...]
Sam Wercinski has landed the endorsement of former Democratic Party Chairman Jim Pederson. Pederson will also be serving on Wercinski’s finance committee.
People that are obsessed with playing the Arizona equivalent of “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon” would want me to point out that Pederson is close to David Waid, who [...]
Giant open pit mines near Green Valley, Pima County AZ.Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
I have made the case that Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner should resign or be replaced with all deliberate speed in early January. I nominate Elizabeth Warren, Chair of the Congressional Oversight Panel for the TARP fund. She "gets it."
Elizabeth Warrem wrote this piece for Huffington Post Elizabeth [...]
Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
Representatives Maurice Hinchey of New York, John Conyers of Michigan, Peter DeFazio of Oregon, Jay Inslee of Washington, and John Tierney of Massachusetts, want to restore the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933, which prohibited commercial banks from underwriting stocks and bonds. The act was repealed in 1999 at the [...]
Afghanistan? Tiger Woods? Don Stapely? Never mind that, what is going on in the World Cup of Arizona Politics?
It appears that Mo Udall and Terry Goddard are running away in their groups, with others fighting for a distant second. If there is a “Group of Death,” it would be [...]
Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
The senator from Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company, Ben Nelson (D-NE), after consulting over the weekend with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops USCCB - (Office of Media Relations) U.S. Bishops Urge Senators to Support Nelson-Hatch-Casey Amendment on Health Care Reform, introduced his anti-abortion amendment on Monday which [...]
Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
The Party of No continues to engage in rank obstructionism on health care reform. Two more attempts at GOP gimmicks backfired and blew up in their face.
Senate Republicans on Saturday continued their misleading fear mongering of seniors begun by Sen. John McCain reported here Sen. John [...]
It was Steve Leal’s last day on the council yesterday as he handed the reins over to his successor, Richard Fimbres.
Leal had been on the council for 20 years, which I think is some sort of record (it beats George Miller’s tenure on the council). He [...]
While much has been said about Palin's new book Going Rogue and her book tour promoting its sales, few have written about its most extraordinary record shattering statistic, the lesser known copies sold to copies read ratio. The ratio is a simple fraction with copies sold in [...] Just because I thought it would be fun, we are holding the World Cup of Arizona Politics. I’ve taken 40 figures from our state’s politics and divided them into eight groups. You readers have until Wednesday morning to choose who you like best in each group. The criteria is all [...]
John Munger quoted in the Arizona Daily Star, regarding gender discrimination at Tucson Country Club:
In my opinion, Terry Goddard should butt out. This is not a public accommodation — it is a private club.
Of course, Woolworth lunch counters, hotels and Pullman cars weren’t “public accommodations” either.
[...]Mayor Lane and members of the Scottsdale City Council,
On Tuesday you will be considering a consultant’s report on the possible acquisition of Arizona American Water Company’s (AAWC’s) operations in Scottsdale.
I am writing [...]
Idiot's Guides have been big over the past few years. Goldwater Institute has created one for Republican legislators, a list it calls 100 Ideas for 100 Days: Budget Solutions and Ideas for State Elected Officials.
To be fair, nowhere does G.I. say Dems can't use it as well, [...]
I'm not always encouraged by the ed reform ideas I'm hearing, and that includes what's coming from Duncan's Dept of Ed. But here's where I see promise. The idea seems to be to encourage lots of approaches to improving education. If that's true, we have a decent chance [...]
Assistant Attorney General Vince Rabago filed suit against payday lender Quik Cash Friday. The company is one of the largest publicly traded payday lenders in the country. If anyone harbors illusions about payday lenders acting in a consumer-friendly way, this suit should put those fantasies to rest.
When Quik [...]
Got an announcement from the Jesse Kelly campaign that he will be bringing Joe Arpaio to Oro Valley for a fundraiser. The upside for this is that even though Arpayaso will be visiting our county, he will not be going very deep into it.
The fundraiser will be in, and these [...]
I read this piece by Howard Fischer this morning. Tell me something: what does it say that the likes of Vernon Parker and John Munger, neither of whom are exactly vessels of proletarian outrage, get to call you out for being an industry stooge and selling out the working [...]
Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
As I've said before, nobody does bumper sticker slogan gimmicks better than the Republican Party. They have excelled at this "simple solutions to complex problems" that you can reduce to a bumper sticker for years.
Last week the GOP's "Gimmicks-R-Us" shop came up with "voluntary taxes" for Arizona [...]
Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
This is what happens when you lie to seniors about Medicare, Johnny. They get riled up and call their Senators. Senate votes to keep Medicare cuts in plan:
Senators voted 58-42 to reject an amendment by Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., that would have stripped [...]
Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
Seniors advocacy groups have caught on to Senator John McCain's poison pill motion to kill the health care reform bill in the Senate.
The Hill reports AARP, seniors groups oppose McCain amendment:
The nonpartisan AARP and two left-leaning seniors' groups on Wednesday separately urged Senate lawmakers to reject an amendment [...]
Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
To begin with, I was impressed by the sober tone and frank assessment of the situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan by President Obama. There was none of the jingoistic American cowboy crap for which the Bush-Cheney regime is infamous. He spoke to his audience of cadets and to [...]
Sierrita Mtns., a lower Sky Island range in SoAZ.Hat tip to the pseudonymous poster calling himself “A Person With Multiple Cars.” This is from the John Munger campaign’s “How Can I Help?” page:
Put a “Munger for Governor” bumper sticker on each of your cars
They fail to note that a supporter can put yard signs in each of [...]
Someone pointed out an interesting response to a Seeing Red Arizona post that I linked to the other day. The issue was payday lenders and their lobbyist’s ties to Jan Brewer. Here is a response from Ron Gould regarding one of those lobbyists:
I will be interesting to see how [...]
I’ve been reading in the soccer media that a group of owners has bought the rights to the names of several old NASL teams. One of these was the Boston Minutemen, but they did not purchase the name of the other Boston team, the Tea Men. I’ve been wracking my [...]
Howdy, Friends O'Farley...
I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving with your friends and family.
I certainly did with mine, but in the back of my head at all times was the knowledge of the pain many Arizonans are experiencing right now due' [...]
We political junkies have been watching the Democratic Primary for Secretary of State, which features one announced candidate and one “exploring” candidate. There’s been a bit of trash talking from the penumbras of the campaigns. As usual, this seems to have more to do with the motives of the talkers [...]
Previous attempts to write and/or fix the budget during La Cervecera’s reign have “blown up” when she tried to tie spending cuts to new taxes. So, the idea went, why not break those up? Last week’s special session was to make cuts, revenues to be discussed at some future time, [...]
