Arizona

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La Cervecera Stumbles

Rum, Romanism and Rebellion - 8:03 a.m. - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Goddard beats bumbling Brewer in debate; prisons

Daniel's News & Views - 7:25 a.m. - 3 clicks 3 clicks

The Light at the End of the Tunnel

We all know that the current political discourse is toxic and painful. Many blogs and blog readers have checked out because conditions have deteriorated to where many are echo chambers or "choir blogs" that impart no useful information whatsoever. If you're up for it, below are two blasts from the future, from the set of the gifted, laser minded individuals distinguishing realities decades ahead...
Sustainability, Equity, Development - 1:04 a.m. - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Pics from the LD17 Clean Elections debates

Will do a more complete recap tomorrow (I need to get some sleep now), but here are a few pics... Ed Ableser and Ben Arredondo, Democratic candidates for LD17 House, prior to the debate David Schapira, Democratic candidate for LD17 State Senate, prior to his "debate" (more on that in a minute)... Schapira and his opponents Wendy Rogers ...
Random Musings - 12:02 a.m. - 2 clicks 2 clicks

A concise synopsis of Gov. Jan Brewer's performance at the Clean Elections Debate tonight.

Democratic Diva - Wed 10:21 p.m. - 8 clicks 8 clicks

Quick Take, More Later

Rum, Romanism and Rebellion - Wed 10:03 p.m. - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Maddow covers Brewer/private prisons connection once again

by David Safier Rachel Maddow once again opened her show with a 10 minute story about Brewer and her lobbyist ties to private prisons. Maddow emphasized the very important point that the Brewer campaign is trying to punish KPHO TV......
Blog For Arizona - Wed 6:42 p.m. - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Hulburd Twists Quayle's Right Wing

By Michael Bryan Say one thing for Jon Hulburd, who is running against Dan Quayle's son, Ben, in AZ's CD 3, he is not going to allow Quayle to coast to victory in a heavily GOP district. He's working hard......
Blog For Arizona - Wed 4:22 p.m. - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Invisible People

Rum, Romanism and Rebellion - Wed 3:49 p.m. - 5 clicks 5 clicks

Al Melvin makes Conservation Voters' national "Dirty Dozen" list

by David Safier Talk about your dubious honors. The League of Conservation Voters chose 12 of the Dirtiest Candidates for State Office Selected from Hundreds of Candidates from Across the Country Cap'n Atomic Al Melvin made the list. Think about......
Blog For Arizona - Wed 3:49 p.m.

Lay Off Brewer, for this One Anyway

Rum, Romanism and Rebellion - Wed 12:25 p.m. - 4 clicks 4 clicks

GOP voter suppression effort in Texas

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I ran across this interesting post by Karoli the other day Democracy, Corrupted | Crooks and Liars that is worth a read, but I want to focus on just the portion about Texas: In Houston, 10,000 voting......
Blog For Arizona - Wed 10:00 a.m.

Star's unabashed Republican support featured in two articles and an irony

by David Safier Now that we're drawing close to the general, expect The Star to morph from mere Obama bashing to blatant Republican cheerleading. Today's cases in point. Republicans want to make an issue of unions supporting an SB1070 boycott.......
Blog For Arizona - Wed 9:42 a.m.

Dirty Politics in AZ

DailyKos (Arizona) - Wed 8:40 a.m. - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Links for 2010-08-31 [del.icio.us]

The billionaire Koch brothers’ war against Obama : The New Yorker ...
Blog For Arizona - Wed 12:06 a.m. - 2 clicks 2 clicks

President Obama's address on the combat mission in Iraq

Shamelessly copied and pasted from the White House's website - The text of the speech, also courtesy of the White House's website - Good evening. Tonight, I’d like to talk to you about the end of our combat mission in Iraq, the ongoing security challenges we face, and the need to rebuild our nation here at home. I know this historic moment comes at a time of great uncerta...
Random Musings - Tue 8:29 p.m. - 3 clicks 3 clicks

"We Love Mo Udall" and Other Lies Republicans Tell

Rum, Romanism and Rebellion - Tue 6:41 p.m. - 6 clicks 6 clicks

Silence of moderate Republicans = Consent

by David Safier For once I don't mind a headline rewrite in The Star. The paper titled Krugman's column, "Moderate GOP leaders silent as partisans overstep." The original head was It’s Witch-Hunt Season Krugman's topic is the unhinged right and......
Blog For Arizona - Tue 4:41 p.m.

SOS candidate Chris Deschene re: the Green Party "siphon scandal"

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Press release from the Chris Deschene for Secretary of State campaign: Statement of SOS Candidate Chris Deschene regarding the Green Party “Siphon Scandal” and the Secretary of State’s race “It appears that the biggest election fraud conspiracy......
Blog For Arizona - Tue 4:41 p.m.

Question for My Conservative Friends

Rum, Romanism and Rebellion - Tue 12:45 p.m. - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Gratuitous Soccer Reference

Rum, Romanism and Rebellion - Tue 10:23 a.m. - 6 clicks 6 clicks

AZGOP using AZ Green Party as patsies

...by doing something that they did in 2008 in a few select districts.  It worked then (costing then-Rep. Jackie Thrasher her seat), so they've expanded it. From the AZ Republic - The state Democratic Party is alleging possible voter fraud in what it called a scheme to undermine its candidates by recruiting "sham" Green Party hopefuls. In a complaint filed late Monday, the party seeks an...
Random Musings - Tue 10:07 a.m. - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Historical perspective: the 1934 midterm election

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: There is much speculation about an "enthusiasm gap" among Democrats in the 2010 midterm election. The corporate media's use of narrative polling and the conservative media's echo chamber is used to great effect by the corporate media......
Blog For Arizona - Tue 8:20 a.m. - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Who's Wagging Whom?

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Sustainability, Equity, Development - Tue 12:28 a.m. - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Tuesday Energy Blogging: They're at it again. Equating conservation that saves soldiers' lives with...

Democratic Diva - Tue 12:00 a.m.

I was going to write this, but Arianna Huffington beat me to it

Remember all of the right-wing blather about the Constitution last winter when President Obama was trying to push health care reform through the Congress? Blah, blah, blah, we have to stick to the Constitution! The Constitution doesn't say the federal government should provide universal health care, so we shouldn't do it! "It's not in the Constitution!" was used repeatedly as an excuse to ...
Tucson Progressive - Mon 9:28 p.m. - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Classes Started Today

Sustainability, Equity, Development - Mon 7:01 p.m. - 2 clicks 2 clicks

This Week’s Big Five 8/30/2010

Republicans Recycle Discredited 1993 Talking Points on Taxes Republicans fail to justify their failed policies. Are private prisons worth the cost? An examination of the problems with private prisons. Republicans Hot, Cold On Constitution A look at right wing hypocrisy. The Charitable-Giving Divide Very nice study on who is more charitable in America. Paul Krugman: Appeasing The Bond Gods Krugman...
Young Democrats of Arizona Blog - Mon 5:08 p.m. - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Update: The Billionaire Base of the GOP

Blog For Arizona - Mon 3:20 p.m. - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Think GOP Attacks on Birthright Citizenship is a Recent Aberration? Think Again.

Blog For Arizona - Mon 3:20 p.m.

Babeu Bait and Switch

Rum, Romanism and Rebellion - Mon 3:05 p.m. - 11 clicks 11 clicks

Extreme Makeover: Jesse Kelly morphing into Sharron Angle

Blog For Arizona - Mon 1:29 p.m. - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Glass Houses and So Forth

Rum, Romanism and Rebellion - Mon 11:48 a.m. - 4 clicks 4 clicks

John Thrasher (CD 2): Why I'm running for Congress

Blog For Arizona - Mon 11:48 a.m.

Tea Party Fuzzy Math

Blog For Arizona - Mon 11:07 a.m.

ELL case, Flores v State of Arizona, in Tucson courtroom this week

Blog For Arizona - Mon 10:08 a.m. - 9 clicks 9 clicks

Where's Jan?

Rum, Romanism and Rebellion - Mon 8:09 a.m. - 13 clicks 13 clicks

David Schweikert Preying on Homeowners

Blog For Arizona - Mon 7:42 a.m. - 8 clicks 8 clicks

Quayle Hunt: Democrat Jon Hulburd in hot race

Blog For Arizona - Mon 7:42 a.m.

Don't Say I Didn't Say I Told You So...

Blog For Arizona - Sun 4:49 p.m. - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Arizona's classrooms, Brewer style

Blog For Arizona - Sun 4:23 p.m. - 8 clicks 8 clicks

What If...

DailyKos (Arizona) - Sun 4:09 p.m. - 8 clicks 8 clicks

Twits, er, Tweets-R-Us

Blog For Arizona - Sun 11:41 a.m. - 6 clicks 6 clicks

For The Star: Two rare praises and one not-so-rare damn

Blog For Arizona - Sun 10:46 a.m. - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Citizens Clean Elections Debate Schedule (statewide offices)

Blog For Arizona - Sun 9:44 a.m. - 7 clicks 7 clicks

Your 2010 General Election Candidates

Blog For Arizona - Sun 8:28 a.m. - 2 clicks 2 clicks

I Lead Two Lives

Blog For Arizona - Sun 7:44 a.m. - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Political Calendar: Week of August 29, 2010

Blog For Arizona - Sun 7:44 a.m.

Goddard v Brewer, the Message Strategy

Blog For Arizona - Sun 7:44 a.m. - 11 clicks 11 clicks

Political Calendar: Week of August 29, 2010

Blog For Arizona - Sun 7:29 a.m. - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Messiah Complex

At his "Restoring Honor" rally Saturday, Glenn Beck said, "Something beyond imagination is happening." Actually, no. It's called a Messiah Complex. It's happened before. Think kool-aid, "Something that is beyond man is happening. America today begins to turn back to God. For too long, this country has wandered in darkness.” Darkness? That would be the Bush administration. Yes, we are st...
Sustainability, Equity, Development - Sun 12:25 a.m. - 9 clicks 9 clicks

Links for 2010-08-28 [del.icio.us]

Interdependency Theory | Foreign Affairs True Barbarians | Hoover Institution Inside the secret world of Trader Joe's - Aug. 23, 2010 ...
Blog For Arizona - Sun 12:07 a.m. - 3 clicks 3 clicks

With apologies to MLK

DailyKos (Arizona) - Sat 10:45 p.m. - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Goddard v Brewer, the Message Strategy

Blog For Arizona - Sat 9:44 p.m. - 11 clicks 11 clicks

Nice try but Brock Landers is a relevant campaign issue.

Democratic Diva - Sat 9:28 p.m. - 13 clicks 13 clicks

I Lead Two Lives

Blog For Arizona - Sat 9:28 p.m. - 3 clicks 3 clicks

AZ-2 Why I'm Running for Congress: Restoring Representative Democracy to America

DailyKos (Arizona) - Sat 7:09 p.m.

A Concession, of Sorts

Rum, Romanism and Rebellion - Sat 2:24 p.m. - 14 clicks 14 clicks

All Koched Up

If we’re going to give a lot of money, we’ll make darn sure they spend it in a way that goes along with our intent... And if they make a wrong turn and start doing things we don’t agree with, we withdraw funding. Billionaire David Koch, of the giant Koch Industries, and founder of the Koch Families Foundation. The Foundation funds the Institute for Justice (fights regulation), the Institute...
Sustainability, Equity, Development - Sat 1:29 p.m. - 3 clicks 3 clicks

John McCain's victorious defeat

Blog For Arizona - Sat 11:41 a.m. - 11 clicks 11 clicks

The "Beckoning" is an episode of South Park

Blog For Arizona - Sat 11:41 a.m. - 2 clicks 2 clicks

David Fitzsimmons is the only one who "gets it" at the Arizona Daily Star

Blog For Arizona - Sat 11:41 a.m. - 11 clicks 11 clicks

Hey, The Star, I've got an idea for you

Blog For Arizona - Sat 11:41 a.m. - 15 clicks 15 clicks

And Kelly's Press Releases Have Improved With His Victory...

Rum, Romanism and Rebellion - Sat 10:44 a.m. - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Hey, The Star, I've got an idea for you

Blog For Arizona - Sat 9:26 a.m. - 8 clicks 8 clicks

Why I'm Running for Congress: Restoring Representative Democracy to America

DailyKos (Arizona) - Sat 9:01 a.m. - 2 clicks 2 clicks

John McCain's victorious defeat

Blog For Arizona - Sat 7:43 a.m. - 7 clicks 7 clicks

David Fitzsimmons is the only one who "gets it" at the Arizona Daily Star

Blog For Arizona - Sat 7:01 a.m. - 8 clicks 8 clicks

The "Beckoning" is an episode of South Park

Blog For Arizona - Sat 6:09 a.m. - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Friday Night Videos

When I was younger (a year or two ago :) ), one of the coolest shows on broadcast TV was NBC's Friday Night Videos . OK, it was "cool" for people who didn't have cable and access to MTV back when they took the "M" in "MTV" seriously and still played music...but I digress... :)) So it is with that as background, I announce the start of a new series of posts. Once per week, on Friday nights, I...
Random Musings - Fri 10:42 p.m. - 3 clicks 3 clicks

G.I.'s Jay Greene responds to ASU's criticism

Blog For Arizona - Fri 9:25 p.m. - 2 clicks 2 clicks

The Star: a wholly owned subsidiary of the McCain campaign

Blog For Arizona - Fri 9:25 p.m. - 12 clicks 12 clicks

Quayle Hunt: Quayle in a death spiral of lies

Blog For Arizona - Fri 9:25 p.m. - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Where are the other moderate Republican leaders?

Blog For Arizona - Fri 9:25 p.m. - 11 clicks 11 clicks

Brewer can run, but she can't hide

Blog For Arizona - Fri 9:25 p.m. - 10 clicks 10 clicks

Republic gets it right on AZ private prisons

Blog For Arizona - Fri 9:25 p.m. - 12 clicks 12 clicks

Updated: The 2010 Arizona Ballot Propositions

Blog For Arizona - Fri 9:25 p.m. - 9 clicks 9 clicks

Cheryl Cage's TV spot

Blog For Arizona - Fri 9:25 p.m.

The Party of Crazy

Blog For Arizona - Fri 9:25 p.m. - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Huh huh, it's 420...

Rum, Romanism and Rebellion - Fri 8:24 p.m. - 19 clicks 19 clicks

Cheryl Cage's TV spot

Blog For Arizona - Fri 8:24 p.m. - 5 clicks 5 clicks

Republic gets it right on AZ private prisons

Blog For Arizona - Fri 8:24 p.m. - 8 clicks 8 clicks

Is Jan Brewer Taking Media Lessons From Sharron Angle?

DailyKos (Arizona) - Fri 6:40 p.m. - 11 clicks 11 clicks

Updated: The 2010 Arizona Ballot Propositions

Blog For Arizona - Fri 6:00 p.m. - 8 clicks 8 clicks

G.I.'s Jay Greene responds to ASU's criticism

Blog For Arizona - Fri 3:23 p.m. - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Brewer can run, but she can't hide

Blog For Arizona - Fri 12:47 p.m. - 7 clicks 7 clicks

Where are the other moderate Republican leaders?

Blog For Arizona - Fri 12:47 p.m. - 6 clicks 6 clicks

Nice Catch, Donna!

Rum, Romanism and Rebellion - Fri 12:23 p.m. - 14 clicks 14 clicks

Mute: Brewer runs & hides, won't speak to public

Daniel's News & Views - Fri 11:46 a.m. - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Andrew Thomas...Conceited and Conceded?

Rum, Romanism and Rebellion - Fri 9:46 a.m. - 14 clicks 14 clicks

Quayle Hunt: Quayle in a death spiral of lies

Blog For Arizona - Fri 9:46 a.m. - 7 clicks 7 clicks

The Star: a wholly owned subsidiary of the McCain campaign

Blog For Arizona - Fri 9:46 a.m. - 7 clicks 7 clicks

The Party of Crazy

Blog For Arizona - Fri 8:01 a.m. - 7 clicks 7 clicks

az cd-8

Republicans have nominated over a dozen tea candidates less likely to prevail in the general election than their establishment GOP rivals. The nomination of Sharron Angle (NV) gives otherwise challenged Harry Reid a decent chance. You know the others, from Rand Paul in KY to Scott in FL to Quayle in AZ. Yes, they may prevail in their blood red worlds, but Quayle's nomination is as nuts as Paul'...
Sustainability, Equity, Development - Fri 12:43 a.m. - 6 clicks 6 clicks

Links for 2010-08-26 [del.icio.us]

David Gergen, Master of THE GAME - The New York Times Guernica / The Frugal Superpower How can America balance defense and domestic priorities? Maybe it can't. Sheriff's deputy fatally shot near AZ-Utah border E.J. Dionne Jr. On Why Anti-incumbent Enthusiasm Is Going To Help Republicans Win Big In 2010. | The New Republic Gabby is doing The Ugly Dance. Don't miss it! ...
Blog For Arizona - Fri 12:42 a.m. - 4 clicks 4 clicks

A short history lesson for Glenn Beck

Blog For Arizona - Thu 10:50 p.m. - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Quayle Hunt: What people are saying about Ben Quayle

Blog For Arizona - Thu 10:50 p.m. - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Jay Greene learns G.I.-Speak

Blog For Arizona - Thu 10:50 p.m. - 3 clicks 3 clicks

"Jesse Kelly is a risk we can't afford"

Blog For Arizona - Thu 10:50 p.m. - 2 clicks 2 clicks

The Billionaire Base of the GOP

Blog For Arizona - Thu 10:50 p.m. - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Star editorial gives Brewer a big, sloppy kiss

Blog For Arizona - Thu 10:50 p.m. - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Kingman can't even deal with its substance abuse prisoners

Blog For Arizona - Thu 10:50 p.m. - 8 clicks 8 clicks

Did RNC bigwig Bruce Ash help to sink Jonathan Paton?

Democratic Diva - Thu 10:21 p.m. - 16 clicks 16 clicks

Jay Greene learns G.I.-Speak

Blog For Arizona - Thu 8:26 p.m. - 4 clicks 4 clicks

David Lujan Concedes

Rum, Romanism and Rebellion - Thu 7:05 p.m. - 10 clicks 10 clicks

Star editorial gives Brewer a big, sloppy kiss

Blog For Arizona - Thu 5:01 p.m. - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Belated energy post: Corp Comm primary results warrant serious attention and action

Democratic Diva - Thu 4:20 p.m. - 5 clicks 5 clicks

Patterson: win, then maybe House D leadership run

Daniel's News & Views - Thu 4:20 p.m. - 10 clicks 10 clicks

Help send AZ Rep. Gabrielle Giffords back to Congress! (Update)

DailyKos (Arizona) - Thu 3:30 p.m. - 11 clicks 11 clicks

Quayle Hunt: What people are saying about Ben Quayle

Blog For Arizona - Thu 3:30 p.m. - 5 clicks 5 clicks

What to Make of That?

Rum, Romanism and Rebellion - Thu 2:41 p.m. - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Help send AZ Rep. Gabrielle Giffords back to Congress!

DailyKos (Arizona) - Thu 2:06 p.m. - 8 clicks 8 clicks

"Jesse Kelly is a risk we can't afford"

Blog For Arizona - Thu 2:06 p.m. - 5 clicks 5 clicks

Kingman can't even deal with its substance abuse prisoners

Blog For Arizona - Thu 2:06 p.m. - 9 clicks 9 clicks

The Billionaire Base of the GOP

Blog For Arizona - Thu 2:06 p.m. - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Ouch

Rum, Romanism and Rebellion - Thu 10:42 a.m. - 12 clicks 12 clicks

Arizona, Indians, and Elections

DailyKos (Arizona) - Aug 26 - 9 clicks 9 clicks

A short history lesson for Glenn Beck

Blog For Arizona - Aug 26 - 5 clicks 5 clicks

Cee Dee Ate

Rum, Romanism and Rebellion - Aug 26 - 14 clicks 14 clicks

The Politics of Immigration: Primaries Reveal Little About What’s to Come

DailyKos (Arizona) - Aug 26 - 9 clicks 9 clicks

Links for 2010-08-25 [del.icio.us]

YouTube - Vulture Schwiekert is up to no good Your Loss, His Gain CD5 GOP nominee is profiting from the misery of constituents Glenn Beck Rally Attendees Warned Of Dangers Of DC Metro "There's black people down there!" Bush Campaign Chief and Former RNC Chair Ken Mehlman: I'm Gay - Politics - The Atlantic No shit, Ken. You think everyone with gaydar didn't ...
Blog For Arizona - Aug 26 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

A seat in the AZ lege isn't the steppingstone it is in other states...

...at least not for Republicans, anyway. Last night, former legislators Rusty Bowers, Jim Waring, Pam Gorman, Sam Crump and Jonathan Paton lost primaries in Congressional races, bringing the record of Republican state legislators looking to jump to the federal level to an abysmal 0 for at least 2.  As in at least 2 decades (with a minor caveat that I will discuss in a moment.) - F...
Random Musings - Aug 25 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Now What?

DailyKos (Arizona) - Aug 25 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

AZ-SEN: Now the Real Work Begins

DailyKos (Arizona) - Aug 25 - 9 clicks 9 clicks

Famous last (lost? losing?) words

Blog For Arizona - Aug 25 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Brewer's Race to the Bottom

Blog For Arizona - Aug 25 - 11 clicks 11 clicks

Famous last (lost? losing?) words

Blog For Arizona - Aug 25 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Brewer's Race to the Bottom

Blog For Arizona - Aug 25 - 7 clicks 7 clicks

Ben Quayle Owns DC Strategery

DailyKos (Arizona) - Aug 25 - 7 clicks 7 clicks

Today is "Last Chance" Election Day

Blog For Arizona - Aug 25 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Brewer's M.O.: Ducking Goddard

Blog For Arizona - Aug 25 - 7 clicks 7 clicks

The official ADC line from Barrett Marson

Blog For Arizona - Aug 25 - 5 clicks 5 clicks

AG's race too close to call; recount possible

Blog For Arizona - Aug 25 - 5 clicks 5 clicks

Racists and religious bigots endanger our troops and undermine U.S. foreign policy

Blog For Arizona - Aug 25

My two biggest election surprises

Blog For Arizona - Aug 25 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

"If we want to cut off funding to the terrorists, we must together as a nation stop watching FOX"

Blog For Arizona - Aug 25

Michael Steele un-Hearts SB1070?

Blog For Arizona - Aug 25 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Happy Feet! Payday Paton Loses

Blog For Arizona - Aug 25 - 7 clicks 7 clicks

I Didn't Say It...He Did!

Rum, Romanism and Rebellion - Aug 25 - 8 clicks 8 clicks

Me Being a Liberal Bedwetter Again

Rum, Romanism and Rebellion - Aug 25 - 10 clicks 10 clicks

AG's race too close to call; recount possible

Blog For Arizona - Aug 25 - 5 clicks 5 clicks

Happy Feet! Payday Paton Loses

Blog For Arizona - Aug 25 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Brewer's M.O.: Ducking Goddard

Blog For Arizona - Aug 25 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Oyez, Oyez...

Rum, Romanism and Rebellion - Aug 25 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

"If we want to cut off funding to the terrorists, we must together as a nation stop watching FOX"

Blog For Arizona - Aug 25

My two biggest election surprises

Blog For Arizona - Aug 25 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Tuesday Energy Blogging: It's Wednesday already and I've got nothing.

Democratic Diva - Aug 25 - 8 clicks 8 clicks

The official ADC line from Barrett Marson

Blog For Arizona - Aug 24

Michael Steele un-Hearts SB1070?

Blog For Arizona - Aug 24 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Ancient America: The Sinagua People

DailyKos (Arizona) - Aug 24 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

I love Paul Krugman

Yes, there I said it, "I love you, Paul Krugman ." Why am I in love with a NY times columnist? Because he's not afraid to tell it like it is . In a column entitled Now That's Rich in Sunday's NY Times , Krugman called for an end to the Bush tax cuts, which will sunset at the end of 2010-- unless the Congress votes to extend these budget-busting give-aways to the rich. Several weeks...
Tucson Progressive - Aug 24

Staggering Right on Immigration in Arizona

DailyKos (Arizona) - Aug 24 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Racists and religious bigots endanger our troops and undermine U.S. foreign policy

Blog For Arizona - Aug 24

AZ kids & schools lose again under Brewer & GOP

Daniel's News & Views - Aug 24 - 6 clicks 6 clicks

Watch me on Channel 12 tonight. Plus, Ronda Apolinar of Chino Valley is upset with me.

Democratic Diva - Aug 24

Some Thoughts On Part One of "If God is Willing..."

DailyKos (Arizona) - Aug 24

Today is "Last Chance" Election Day

Blog For Arizona - Aug 24 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Links for 2010-08-23 [del.icio.us]

Blog For Arizona - Aug 24 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Management and Training Corp. and BP joined at the "Not our fault" hip

Blog For Arizona - Aug 24 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Good news, bad news on Arizona's prison scandal

Blog For Arizona - Aug 24 - 7 clicks 7 clicks

Fitz on Arizona's prison scandal

Blog For Arizona - Aug 24 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Senator Obstruction, Jon Kyl: "What a price to pay for ignorance"

Blog For Arizona - Aug 24 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Weighing Penny Kotterman and Jason Williams

Blog For Arizona - Aug 24

Debate! Debate! Debate!

Blog For Arizona - Aug 24 - 6 clicks 6 clicks

Terry Goddard unveils "Making Arizona Work Again" jobs plan

Blog For Arizona - Aug 24

NAU slams Greene's report for G.I.

Blog For Arizona - Aug 24 - 5 clicks 5 clicks

Points to Ponder in This Election Year

Blog For Arizona - Aug 24

Ignorance, fear and loathing in America

Blog For Arizona - Aug 24 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Political Calendar: Week of August 22, 2010

Blog For Arizona - Aug 24 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Not "human error." Conditions at Kingman prison are a case of criminal negligence.

Blog For Arizona - Aug 24 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Pima Dems 2010 Primary Election Night Party

Blog For Arizona - Aug 24 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

The wit and wisdom of John Huppenthal: The Mystery of the Disappearing Lab Class Experiment

Blog For Arizona - Aug 24 - 5 clicks 5 clicks

Update: Pimps for Private Prisons and Profit

Blog For Arizona - Aug 24 - 5 clicks 5 clicks

"Putting it politely, the Arizona Legislature is no friend of public education."

Blog For Arizona - Aug 24

The Kingman Assessment: excerpts

Blog For Arizona - Aug 24

The Glassman Campaign's Slow-Motion Implosion... and What It Says About Rodney Glassman As a Candida...

Blog For Arizona - Aug 24

Press conference re: Arizona's prison scandal

Blog For Arizona - Aug 24 - 6 clicks 6 clicks

Americans agree 2-1: Let the Bush tax cuts for the über-rich expire

Blog For Arizona - Aug 24 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Primary Day is here: prediction time

Greg at Espresso Pundit went all in with his predictions , and Donna at Democratic Diva steadfastly and with dignity declined to make any predictions to avoid undermining/offending the ultimate winners in the Democratic primaries. While I am not the "pundit" that Patterson is, neither am I as dignified as Donna (hey, I'm a Red Sox fan, and you try shouting "Yankees Suck!!" while maintaining pr...
Random Musings - Aug 23

Democratic primaries

Democratic Diva - Aug 23 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

John Dougherty for US Senate in AZ: An underdog becomes a champion! Lessons learned

DailyKos (Arizona) - Aug 23 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Weighing Penny Kotterman and Jason Williams

Blog For Arizona - Aug 23 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

The Kingman Assessment: excerpts

Blog For Arizona - Aug 23 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Update: Pimps for Private Prisons and Profit

Blog For Arizona - Aug 23

Press conference re: Arizona's prison scandal

Blog For Arizona - Aug 23

Links for 2010-08-22 [del.icio.us]

Blog For Arizona - Aug 23 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Ben Quayle's DC Strategery

DailyKos (Arizona) - Aug 22

The Glassman Campaign's Slow-Motion Implosion... and What It Says About Rodney Glassman As a Candida...

Blog For Arizona - Aug 22

Americans agree 2-1: Let the Bush tax cuts for the über-rich expire

Blog For Arizona - Aug 22

Not "human error." Conditions at Kingman prison are a case of criminal negligence.

Blog For Arizona - Aug 22

NAU slams Greene's report for G.I.

Blog For Arizona - Aug 22

Parraz v. McCain in AZ- the best matchup

DailyKos (Arizona) - Aug 22

Political Calendar: Week of August 22, 2010

Blog For Arizona - Aug 22

Fitz on Arizona's prison scandal

Blog For Arizona - Aug 22 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Debate! Debate! Debate!

Blog For Arizona - Aug 22

Links for 2010-08-21 [del.icio.us]

Blog For Arizona - Aug 22

Points to Ponder in This Election Year

Blog For Arizona - Aug 21

Management and Training Corp. and BP joined at the "Not our fault" hip

Blog For Arizona - Aug 21

Pima Dems 2010 Primary Election Night Party

Blog For Arizona - Aug 21

"Putting it politely, the Arizona Legislature is no friend of public education."

Blog For Arizona - Aug 21

Links for 2010-08-20 [del.icio.us]

Blog For Arizona - Aug 21

Another Quayle Takes Flight

DailyKos (Arizona) - Aug 20

Senator Obstruction, Jon Kyl: "What a price to pay for ignorance"

Blog For Arizona - Aug 20

The wit and wisdom of John Huppenthal: The Mystery of the Disappearing Lab Class Experiment

Blog For Arizona - Aug 20

Good news, bad news on Arizona's prison scandal

Blog For Arizona - Aug 20

Terry Goddard unveils "Making Arizona Work Again" jobs plan

Blog For Arizona - Aug 20

Brahm Resnik can't quit me! I'm on Sunday Square Off again this week. Plus, a Jailbreak Jan relate...

Democratic Diva - Aug 20

Ignorance, fear and loathing in America

Blog For Arizona - Aug 20

Brewer failure on prisons shows lack of leadership

Daniel's News & Views - Aug 20 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Links for 2010-08-19 [del.icio.us]

Blog For Arizona - Aug 20 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Campaign Sign Snark 2010: Mark Anderson

Blog For Arizona - Aug 19

More on Jay Greene as G.I.'s Golden Fool

Blog For Arizona - Aug 19

The wisdom of Will Bunch: America's war on "the other"

Blog For Arizona - Aug 19

Doug Ducey a Stone Cold late filer

Blog For Arizona - Aug 19

A toxicity expert -- Todd Camenisch -- in the State Senate?

Blog For Arizona - Aug 19 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Jason Williams, AZ School Superintendent Candidate, Opposes Ethnic Studies Ban

Blog For Arizona - Aug 19 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Last U.S. combat brigades out of Iraq

Random Musings - Aug 19

Weekly Diaspora: Has Obama Failed the Immigration Reform Movement?

DailyKos (Arizona) - Aug 19

Kiss of the spider woman

Blog For Arizona - Aug 19 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Vic Williams: "People need to help themselves. That's the creed for America."

Blog For Arizona - Aug 19

Links for 2010-08-18 [del.icio.us]

Blog For Arizona - Aug 19

What's been keeping me from important blogging about disingenuous lying weasel illegal employers.

Democratic Diva - Aug 18

Foreperson

Aside from racism, xenophobia, and unbridled stupidity, one of the greatest issues facing the human race is the extraordinary quantity of people perfectly content to do whatever it takes to swindle, steal, swipe, pilfer, exploit, gouge, or in any way possible grab a stash of cash without earning it. I served as the foreperson on a jury in two cases this month. Both cases faced the same animal...
Sustainability, Equity, Development - Aug 18

Has G.I. turned Jay Greene into a Golden Fool?

Blog For Arizona - Aug 18

Margaret Dugan, AZ School Superintendent Candidate, Responds on Ethnic Studies Ban

Blog For Arizona - Aug 18

Terry Goddard for Governor first TV ad

Blog For Arizona - Aug 18 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

The carnival of mania, mistrust, misrule, and MS begins anew!

Lovely idea! Yes, that's right! Classes have started again and after a full year of sloggin' through research on retention, success, assessment, administrivia, and oh yeah some other teaching, I'm ready to put on the armor and go forth into academics. Or so I think. Biggest freshperson class we've ever had, lots of lost students, lots of papers and online organizing-- always the same, really....
Tejascubbie - Aug 18

Rodney Glassman On Immigration

DailyKos (Arizona) - Aug 18 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

A Dick Armey of teabaggers plan hostile takeover of GOP

Blog For Arizona - Aug 18

FOX News puts a ring on GOP's finger and makes it official

Blog For Arizona - Aug 18

Randy Parraz for US Senate-AZ

DailyKos (Arizona) - Aug 18

Fortune Magazine examines Arizona's private prisons

Blog For Arizona - Aug 18 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Brewer's rationalization for privatizing prisons debunked by national media

Random Musings - Aug 18

Jan Brewer is too chicken to debate Terry Goddard

Blog For Arizona - Aug 18 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Progressive Democrat Newsletter Issue 270

DailyKos (Arizona) - Aug 18 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

George Washington on religious tolerance

Blog For Arizona - Aug 18

Links for 2010-08-17 [del.icio.us]

Blog For Arizona - Aug 18

Quick hit for Tuesday Energy Blogging.

Democratic Diva - Aug 18

The wit and wisdom of John Huppenthal: Private schools are public schools

Blog For Arizona - Aug 17

Fox News makes it official - they're here to help the Republican Party

Random Musings - Aug 17

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Blog For Arizona - Aug 17

ASU responds to Goldwater charges

Blog For Arizona - Aug 17

Sen. McCain denies ever flip-flopping, blames his base, the McMedia for such "lies"

Blog For Arizona - Aug 17

More on the Republican-mandated property tax hike

Blog For Arizona - Aug 17

Goddard challenges Brewer to series of debates...

Random Musings - Aug 17

Republicans raise AZ property taxes, but give rich a break

Blog For Arizona - Aug 17

Origin of the GOP's "Ground Zero Mosque" Fear Mongering

Blog For Arizona - Aug 17

Blue Dogs Throwing Progressives Under The Bus - It Must Be Election Season

DailyKos (Arizona) - Aug 17

Goldwater strikes, and the Star bites, again

Blog For Arizona - Aug 17

The "No S#!t Sherlock" Headline Of The Day

Random Musings - Aug 17

The last US Senate primary debate

It was not televised but you can watch it here! ...
AZNetroots - Aug 17

Two LD 26 forums this week

Blog For Arizona - Aug 17

Time for the Media's Edward R. Murrow Moment

Blog For Arizona - Aug 17