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Employer-based health care insurance system is unsustainable

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: If you want to understand why a public option (government as insurer of last resort) for health insurance is both necessary and inevitable over the long-term, John Perr at crooksandliars.com explains it for you in this post.......
Blog For Arizona - 4:02 p.m.

Giffords on the upcoming health care vote

by David Safier Here's a press release from Rep. Giffords. If you support her position in whole or in part, call her office and tell them. They get lots of calls from the other side. Local: (520) 881-3588. D.C.: (202)......
Blog For Arizona - 3:49 p.m.

A Reconciliation Primer

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:...
Blog For Arizona - 3:21 p.m.

Something's Brewing

About a month ago stories started appearing about the emergence of another “movement” analogous to but very different from the tea party contingent that has spread across the country. Today CNN's lead story discusses the Coffee Party movement that continues to, well, percolate. Today is “National Coffee Party Day,” and the National Coffee Summit is scheduled for March 27. Unlike the dis...
Sustainability, Equity, Development - 12:20 p.m.

Message to Pearce: Al Melvin is having fun

by David Safier It seems Russell Pearce is feeling a little heavy hearted about the cuts in the budget. “It's not easy and it's not fun for anybody, but you have no choice, you've got to do it,” said Sen.......
Blog For Arizona - 9:25 a.m.

Young Americans and Health Insurance Reform

Young Americans and Health Insurance Reform Young Adults Gain From Reform: Coverage To Age 26 In Senate Bill. The Senate leadership bill will: “Provide dependent coverage for children up to age 26 for all individual and group policies. (Effective six months following enactment).” [Kaiser Comparison, accessed 12/1/09] Extending Dependent Coverage To Age 26 Is Included [...]...
Young Democrats of Arizona Blog - 12:28 a.m.

Links for 2010-03-12 [del.icio.us]

Howell Raines: Why don't honest journalists take on Roger Ailes and Fox News? - washingtonpost.com Exposing the uber-lie that Americans don't want healthcare reform ...
Blog For Arizona - 12:27 a.m.

G.I. Guarantee Watch: Please, Mr. Postman, part 2

by David Safier Still no snail mail response from the Goldwater Institute. Which leads me to wonder what surprises Starlee Rhoades' letter will hold for me -- if I get one. And I should get one. Because Starlee Rhoades began......
Blog For Arizona - Fri 3:42 p.m.

Conservative smear campaign: IOKIYAR

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Remember how the conservative media and Republican politicians all took umbrage and accused Sen. Barack Obama of an insulting smear against Gov. Sarah Palin when he said during a speech in Virginia in September 2008 that "you......
Blog For Arizona - Fri 12:48 p.m.

Pay cut good for the goose, not for the legislator

by David Safier They've cut 5% from state workers' pay. And Republicans don't want to hear any whining about it either. You're damn lucky to have a job, you sniveling, union loving state workers! Cut legislators' pay 5%? "No! I'm......
Blog For Arizona - Fri 8:08 a.m.

Enough of Republican obstruction of banking regulations: Democrats to go it alone to protect consume...

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The government's top securities regulator called on Congress Thursday to impose new oversight on financial derivatives, warning that allowing risky instruments such as credit default swaps to continue unfettered could bring further economic damage. SEC head urges......
Blog For Arizona - Fri 8:08 a.m.

Sen. Russell Pearce to come to the aid of predatory payday lenders

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Every time you think you have finally killed them, they rise again like a vampire in a B-movie horror flick. Payday lenders now seek legislative help, would add $1.5M-per-year incentive: Rejected by voters and stymied in the......
Blog For Arizona - Fri 8:08 a.m.

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Official dogma: Iraq War a success - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com Not! Could Porn Be Good For Society? Porn may reduce sexual assault... Pueblo Politics: Earmarks in the spotlight in CD8 ...
Blog For Arizona - Fri 12:04 a.m.

G.I. Guarantee Watch: Please, Mr. Postman . . .

by David Safier For most of my life, my mail took 2 or 3 days to make it into someone else's mailbox. And if that other person was moved to reply, it usually took a few days for pen to......
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The Al Melvin Principle in action

by David Safier What's the Al Melvin Principle, you ask? It's the idea that nothing is better than a moment when everyone is "on their knees," because that's when you can really move that old rightwing agenda forward. Melvin's exact......
Blog For Arizona - Thu 7:19 p.m. - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Why I haven't covered the state budget debacle much

by David Safier I feel a little guilty for not doing a day-by-day narrative about the proposed budget cuts, especially cuts to education. My only excuse is, I feel like I'm watching a multi-car highway accident unfolding in extreme slow......
Blog For Arizona - Thu 4:17 p.m.

Liz "Sprinkles" Sidoti and the All Propaganda (AP)

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Regular readers will recall that I occasionally refer to the AP as "all propaganda" (rather than the Associated Press). This is not without justification. Let's take today's "analysis" piece by the AP in national newspapers originally captioned......
Blog For Arizona - Thu 11:44 a.m.

How to concern-troll a fat woman, Howard Stern style.

Howard Stern shows us how here, in his tirade about Gabourey Sidibe having the nerve to exist: “There’s the most enormous, fat black chick I’ve ever seen. She is enormous. Everyone’s pretending she’s a part of show business and she’s never going to be in another movie,” Stern ranted. “She should have gotten the [...]...
Democratic Diva - Thu 1:09 a.m. - 5 clicks 5 clicks

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slacktivist: Family Feud politics Yeah, that about sums it up... The Story of Stuff A story you need to hear... ...
Blog For Arizona - Thu 12:07 a.m. - 2 clicks 2 clicks

The Center for Arizona Policy: The Shadow Legislature

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Democrats bring the economy back from the brink of a Great Depression

Blog For Arizona - Wed 4:28 p.m.

The Beam In His Own Eye

I got a press release from Jesse Kelly (who, along with the other Three Mesquiteers, is still running for congress). In it, Kelly calls Jonathan Paton’s call for Gabrielle Giffords to end earmarks a “stunt.” Yep, Paton’s press releases have been a bit hyperbolic (I’m waiting for Paton to take credit for forcing Eric Massa from [...]...
Rum, Romanism and Rebellion - Wed 2:25 p.m. - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) introduces the Public Option Act

Blog For Arizona - Wed 2:25 p.m.

Reluctant Yes, At Best

I’ve recieved a few e-mails and warnings about the perils of not passing the sales tax hike. The lege has two budgets, one if the sales tax referendum passes, the other if it doesn’t. The “B” budget, which would presumably be in place should the referendum fail, makes additional cuts of, among other things, $428 [...]...
Rum, Romanism and Rebellion - Wed 2:09 p.m.

Nice stuff for teachers (and others)

Blog For Arizona - Wed 2:09 p.m.

Jeb Bush endorses John McCain

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G.I. Guarantee Watch: I try to understand

Blog For Arizona - Wed 12:03 p.m.

G.I. Guarantee Watch: I try to understand

Blog For Arizona - Wed 11:41 a.m.

East Valley Tribune has a new lease on life

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Sen. McCain targeted with robocalls by Americans United for Change

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The Farley Report: March 9, 2010

Blog For Arizona - Wed 11:41 a.m.

Sen. McCain targeted with robocalls by Americans United for Change

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The Farley Report: March 9, 2010

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East Valley Tribune has a new lease on life

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"Tell it to the Navy SEALS"

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I guess Catholic church is a bit too progressive for Glenn Beck

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Rush Limbaugh vows to leave the country if health care reform passes

Blog For Arizona - Tue 10:02 p.m.

GOP civil war over the sales tax special election

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Private schools' 3-to-1 ratio: a reader comments

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So glad that I'm not at the lege today...

Blog For Arizona - Tue 10:02 p.m.

G.I. Guarantee Watch: Dr. Word discusses the many meanings of "many"

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And so it continues - the gutting of Arizona's future

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Arizona Daily Star comes late to the party in support of health care reform

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Catholic Bishops tell Pearce, Withdraw anti-immigrant bill

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Sixth Annual Arizona List Celebration

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I didn't say it

Blog For Arizona - Tue 10:02 p.m.

Anatomy of a Titanic

(My 1984 Toyota Corolla) Six months out of college I bought a shiny new Toyota Corolla and over 14 years put over 200,000 miles on a car that wouldn't die. Odds continue to escalate that we're looking at another case where what was considered utterly unsinkable has hit the perfect berg and is taking on water like Niagara Falls. Like all bergs, most of the ice is under the water. 7/17/03 — DP...
Sustainability, Equity, Development - Tue 8:43 p.m. - 5 clicks 5 clicks

Tuesday Energy Blogging: The end of growth?

I’m on a quest to find good books on energy and the environment to read and recommend. My web surfing this morning led me to LifeTwo, a site devoted to midlife. The 2007 article I linked to cited Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future by economist Bill McKibben. [...]...
Democratic Diva - Tue 8:43 p.m. - 2 clicks 2 clicks

I guess Catholic church is a bit too progressive for Glenn Beck

Blog For Arizona - Tue 7:44 p.m. - 5 clicks 5 clicks

Farley Report, Mar. 9, 2010

A legislative update from Rep. Steve Farley: Howdy,  Friends O'Farley... Allow me to apologize on behalf of Republican leadership. While last week was officially declared as "Budget Week", they never actually came up with any budget proposals. So this week is, once again, "Budget Week"! We actually do have a budget proposal on the table today. The Republicans would again have a lot of ...
AZNetroots - Tue 7:09 p.m. - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Celebrity sues company over TV ad

I don't normally comment on pop culture happenings, mostly because ultimately they are utterly meaningless to anyone other than those people who are directly involved. Occasionally though, something so jaw-droppingly inane crops up that even I take notice. One such item has hit the wires today and it thoroughly merits some ridicule. From Yahoo! - Lindsay Lohan is no milkaholic. And that's l...
Random Musings - Tue 4:25 p.m.

Rush Limbaugh vows to leave the country if health care reform passes

Blog For Arizona - Tue 2:47 p.m.

G.I. Guarantee Watch: Dr. Word discusses the many meanings of "many"

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Sixth Annual Arizona List Celebration

Blog For Arizona - Tue 2:25 p.m. - 4 clicks 4 clicks

GOP civil war over the sales tax special election

Blog For Arizona - Tue 1:45 p.m. - 6 clicks 6 clicks

Catholic Bishops tell Pearce, Withdraw anti-immigrant bill

Blog For Arizona - Tue 11:27 a.m. - 6 clicks 6 clicks

MS Awareness Week!

Tejascubbie - Tue 10:26 a.m.

So glad that I'm not at the lege today...

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Arizona Daily Star comes late to the party in support of health care reform

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I didn't say it

Blog For Arizona - Tue 8:00 a.m. - 2 clicks 2 clicks

And so it continues - the gutting of Arizona's future

Blog For Arizona - Mon 7:45 p.m. - 4 clicks 4 clicks

"Tell it to the Navy SEALS"

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Avatar – The Metacontextual Edition

Sustainability, Equity, Development - Mon 5:04 p.m. - 5 clicks 5 clicks

Private schools' 3-to-1 ratio: a reader comments

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Quick update - special and regular session

Blog For Arizona - Mon 4:03 p.m. - 2 clicks 2 clicks

State parks were self sustaining?

Blog For Arizona - Mon 4:03 p.m.

G.I. Guarantee Watch: Ladner's Zany, Zen-y Emails

Blog For Arizona - Mon 4:03 p.m.

"C Street" Stupak and Sen. McCain mislead about abortion coverage in HCRA

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Update: GOP Fear Factor

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Links for 2010-03-07 [del.icio.us]

Torture memos resemble Clarence Thomas' way of thinking - latimes.com Let's do Thomas no serious harm... Top home-school texts dismiss Darwin, evolution - Yahoo! News Wow. Back the the 14th Century for homeschoolers GOOD.is | The Almighty Dollar (Raw Image) What religious denominations have got the Benjis? ...
Blog For Arizona - Mon 4:03 p.m. - 2 clicks 2 clicks

McCain camp plans end run around Arizona GOP - it's my party and I'll do with it what I want

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this week’s big five 3/8/2010

Debt Is A Political Issue Krugman outlines explains that the size of the national debt is not the only thing that influences investors’ demands in terms of intereest rates, but also the perceived fiscal responsibility of the political elite, which is why we need more Democrats in office. The zero-sum game of tax cuts to stimulate state [...]...
Young Democrats of Arizona Blog - Mon 3:41 p.m. - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Oh, that RED Star

A mild-mannered reader of this here blog pointed out to me that Rob O’Dell said that Karin Uhlich won her council race by 195 votes. The figure, according to the City Clerk and quoted by other reporters at the Star, is 175. The inflation of Uhlich’s victory by twenty votes from what otherwise would be a razor [...]...
Rum, Romanism and Rebellion - Mon 3:40 p.m.

Quick update - special and regular session

...Right now, we are waiting for the beginning (actually the restarting) of last Friday's meeting of Senate Approps. Due to the fact that a number of members couldn't be in town last Friday, they didn't achieve the quorum necessary to conduct business and will do so after a meeting of Senate Rules. ...The schedule isn't posted as yet, but sometime tomorrow (Tuesday, March 9), the 7th Special Se...
Random Musings - Mon 3:40 p.m. - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Senate Session, Monday March 8, 2010

1:17 p.m. - They've been going through "points of personal privilege" (introductions of guests, personal comments, or in Ron Gould's case, reading an editorial that he agrees with) for approximately 10 minutes. Highlight so far - It's Senator Meg Burton Cahill's (D-LD17) birthday! Whoooo hoooo! ...
Random Musings - Mon 3:40 p.m. - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Live Blogging Senate Appropriations - Regular Session

4:01 - Passing SB1419, correcting a dental hygienist bill from last session. I am out of here. 3:38 - Voting on measure. Aboud expressing doubts about measure's vagueness, votes no; Aguirre votes yes, hoping language is clarified; S Allen thinks this is a great bill, votes yes; Braswell also thinks this is "excellent" and votes yes; Gould votes yes but thinks that Senate won't obey the measure a...
Random Musings - Mon 3:40 p.m.

The Coming Week - Everybody Else Edition

As usual, all info gathered from the websites of the relevent political bodies/agencies, except where noted, and subject to change without notice... ...In Congress, most of the MSM attention will be on health care reform but there are other matters on the agenda this week. - In the House of Representatives, their agenda includes many of the usual memorial, congratulatory, building naming and s...
Random Musings - Mon 3:40 p.m.

Special Session #7 underway

The regular session Senate floor session took over an hour - and it was fairly non-controversial (any bills that were borderline between passing and failing, like the texting while driving ban, were pulled from the agenda for Third Read (final passage). They are organizing the session right now (rules and such). The lege's staff is currently in the process of posting documents for the session. ...
Random Musings - Mon 3:40 p.m.

(added some more) Shooting while driving: Clouds in AZ

Hello all, I have to gush about these pics I took. I wanted to share because I was so excited that I got good shots. I was driving yesterday and did not want to miss the awesome clouds so I put my camera on point and shoot mode and started taking pics out of the windshield and windows!! I finally pulled over and got some amazing shots as well. I hope you like the small break from politi...
DailyKos (Arizona) - Mon 3:40 p.m.

Virtual Fences and Border Walls: Both are Abject Failures

The "virtual fence" of cameras and sensors that is being arrayed along the U.S.-Mexico border to help the Border Patrol apprehend immigrants and smugglers has come in for a great deal of criticism in recent weeks.  The Department of Homeland Security has already paid Boeing tens of millions of dollars, but so far they have yet to receive a working system.  Mark Borkowski, executive dire...
DailyKos (Arizona) - Mon 3:40 p.m. - 4 clicks 4 clicks

McCain camp plans end run around Arizona GOP - it's my party and I'll do with it what I want

Blog For Arizona - Mon 3:40 p.m.

State parks were self sustaining?

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The Coming Week - Legislative Edition

Blog For Arizona - Mon 3:40 p.m.

G.I. Guarantee Watch: Ladner's Zany, Zen-y Emails

Blog For Arizona - Mon 3:40 p.m.

Update: GOP Fear Factor

Blog For Arizona - Mon 3:40 p.m.

Quick update - special and regular session

Blog For Arizona - Mon 3:40 p.m.

The zero-sum game of tax cuts to stimulate state economies

Blog For Arizona - Mon 3:40 p.m.

Update to The Bush Years Were a Lost Decade

Blog For Arizona - Mon 3:40 p.m.

SWAG Update

Blog For Arizona - Mon 3:40 p.m.

"C Street" Stupak and Sen. McCain mislead about abortion coverage in HCRA

Blog For Arizona - Mon 3:40 p.m.

The zero-sum game of tax cuts to stimulate state economies

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Dean vs. Rove at ASU

On Saturday, March 6, the ASU Undergraduate Student Government presented a debate between Howard Dean, the former governor of Vermont and chairman of the Democrat Party, and Karl Rove, formerly an aide to Dick Cheney and a confidant of George W. Bush. The debate was part on an ongoing tour with Dean and Rove visiting college campuses to discuss political issues. It was political theater at its...
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SWAG Update

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Update to The Bush Years Were a Lost Decade

Blog For Arizona - Sun 2:44 p.m.

The Coming Week - Legislative Edition

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Political Calendar: Week of March 7, 2010

Blog For Arizona - Sun 9:48 a.m.

Fire staffs at "failing schools"?

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G.I.'s Clint Bolick, an illegal immigration lib

Blog For Arizona - Sun 9:48 a.m.

Fire staffs at "failing schools"?

Blog For Arizona - Sun 8:41 a.m.

G.I.'s Clint Bolick, an illegal immigration lib

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Political Calendar: Week of March 7, 2010

Blog For Arizona - Sun 6:25 a.m.

My old school ratio

Blog For Arizona - Sat 6:42 p.m.

Early graduation from high school? Discuss

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G.I. Guarantee Watch: Letter declares "fair use"

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Special Session #7 on tap for Monday

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My old school ratio

Blog For Arizona - Mar 6 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Progressive Democrat Issue 249

Pretty big week this week. I focus a great deal on global warming this issue, but also on right wing support for domestic terrorism and some local stuff going on. The surge in support to defeat Blanche Lincoln in Arkansas, School Board elections in Texas, the downfall of Governor David Paterson in NY State and the EPA declaring the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn are among the topics I cover. More belo...
DailyKos (Arizona) - Mar 6 - 25 clicks 25 clicks

Special Session #7 on tap for Monday

Blog For Arizona - Mar 6 - 10 clicks 10 clicks

G.I. Guarantee Watch: Letter declares "fair use"

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Early graduation from high school? Discuss

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AEN looks at spending on classroom instruction

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G.I. Guarantee Watch: Darcy Olsen tells it like it isn't

Blog For Arizona - Mar 6 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Time to take a stand and fight the enemies of financial services regulatory reform

Blog For Arizona - Mar 6 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Senate Appropriations meeting on Friday

Blog For Arizona - Mar 6

FAUX News: "The Opposite of Reality"

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It bears repeating: for RNC, Donors=Suckers

Blog For Arizona - Mar 6 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Armed and Dangerous Arizona

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G.I. Guarantee Watch: Ladner in Blunderland

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GOP Fear Factor

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GOP Senate primary gets ugly early

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Darcy Olsen repeats 1-to-1 teacher-to-bureaucrat ratio lie on the radio

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Arizona Daily Star schools "out of touch" Senator Jon Kyl

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Paton's Law subjugates the City of Tucson to the State of Maricopa

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G.I.'s Darcy Olsen tells "1-to-1 teacher-to-bureaucrat" lie on Arizona Illustrated.

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GOP Senate primary gets ugly early

Blog For Arizona - Mar 6 - 7 clicks 7 clicks

Links for 2010-03-05 [del.icio.us]

Behind the scenes, conservative group shaping state policy CAP, the shadow legislature... ...
Blog For Arizona - Mar 6 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

G.I. Guarantee Watch: Darcy Olsen tells it like it isn't

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Democrats and Republicans: Living in Different Universes

In today’s NY Times column Paul Krugman takes a quick look back at the Jim Bunning (R-Kentucky) delay of the extension of unemployment benefits; and to our own Jon Kyl’s well-reported case of foot-in-mouth disease. His conclusion is that the gap between the intellectual and moral universes of the two parties, however it has come about, is so great that it puts paid to the possibility of ...
The Data Port - Mar 5 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

It bears repeating: for RNC, Donors=Suckers

Blog For Arizona - Mar 5 - 5 clicks 5 clicks

Armed and Dangerous Arizona

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Paton's Law subjugates the City of Tucson to the State of Maricopa

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Be There!

Rum, Romanism and Rebellion - Mar 5 - 6 clicks 6 clicks

FAUX News: "The Opposite of Reality"

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Arizona Daily Star schools "out of touch" Senator Jon Kyl

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Links for 2010-03-04 [del.icio.us]

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Senate Appropriations meeting on Friday

Blog For Arizona - Mar 4

G.I.'s Darcy Olsen tells "1-to-1 teacher-to-bureaucrat" lie on Arizona Illustrated.

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Exquisite Metaphor

Sustainability, Equity, Development - Mar 4 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Darcy Olsen repeats 1-to-1 teacher-to-bureaucrat ratio lie on the radio

Blog For Arizona - Mar 4

AEN looks at spending on classroom instruction

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GOP Fear Factor

Blog For Arizona - Mar 4

G.I. Guarantee Watch: Ladner in Blunderland

Blog For Arizona - Mar 4

Looking Beyond the College Campus in Youth Voter Engagement Efforts

Cross-posted to Project Vote’s blog, Voting Matters Engaging young citizens in the democratic process is an issue that lawmakers and voting rights advocates have long attempted to address. But with most youth voter engagement efforts primarily targeting college-attending youth (who make up less than half of the population of 18-24 year olds and are more likely to register and vote)...
DailyKos (Arizona) - Mar 4

Almost Needs No Comment

Rum, Romanism and Rebellion - Mar 4 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Time to take a stand and fight the enemies of financial services regulatory reform

Blog For Arizona - Mar 4

Deficit hawk David Walker says spend more -- on creating jobs!

Blog For Arizona - Mar 4

More on March4Schools locations

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G.I. Guarantee Watch: Day 5

Blog For Arizona - Mar 4

Moving Forward on Health Care Reform

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Blog For Arizona - Mar 4

More on March4Schools locations

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G.I. Guarantee Watch: Day 5

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Moving Forward on Health Care Reform

Blog For Arizona - Mar 3

Deficit hawk David Walker says spend more -- on creating jobs!

Blog For Arizona - Mar 3

Washington Post's The Fix blog to focus on CD8 race

Blog For Arizona - Mar 3

Washington Post's The Fix blog to focus on CD8 race

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John McCain's lies just keep growing

Blog For Arizona - Mar 3 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

John McCain's lies just keep growing

Blog For Arizona - Mar 3

More on school recess

Blog For Arizona - Mar 3

Violent imagery from conservative educator

Blog For Arizona - Mar 3

March4Schools Day local events

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SEN-AZ Listening to REAL Arizonans--Isn't it about time?

DailyKos (Arizona) - Mar 3 - 5 clicks 5 clicks

Violent imagery from conservative educator

Blog For Arizona - Mar 3

March4Schools Day local events

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Senator Obstruction, Jon Kyl, thinks the unemployed are just lazy

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More on school recess

Blog For Arizona - Mar 3

The Farley Report: March 2, 2010

Blog For Arizona - Mar 3

Senator Obstruction, Jon Kyl, thinks the unemployed are just lazy

Blog For Arizona - Mar 3

The Farley Report: March 2, 2010

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Blog For Arizona - Mar 3

AZ Tea Parties won't endorse Hayworth or McCain

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Williams', Kotterman's Ed Supe platforms

Blog For Arizona - Mar 3

Andrei Cherny calls for investigation of State Treasurer Dean Martin

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Republican lies go 'nuclear' on reconciliation

Blog For Arizona - Mar 3

Pima County Board of Supervisors cave in to "Don't make me angry" Frank Antenori

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GOP Taliban again rejects the will of the voters

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G.I. Guarantee Watch: Day 3

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Quick update from the legislature...

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The McMedia infatuation with John McCain continues

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Dr. Word: Republicans' Ram, Jam, Thank you, ma'am

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Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY) hold leads to Medicare meltdown

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Former U.S. Senate Parliamentarian on reconciliation

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State should tax biggest natural resource: Kooks

Blog For Arizona - Mar 3

G.I. Guarantee Watch: Day 4

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Fitz on The Pride of Southern Arizona (Not!)

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Poco Bravo blog uncovers Arizona Daily Star fabricating a story?

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Tuesday Energy Blogging: One-stop debunking shopping.

Bookmark this site! It’s Skeptical Science: Getting skeptical about global warming skepticism. The good folks there are compiling global warming denialist arguments and providing quick rebuttals to 91 of them. Sample: Skeptic Argument vs What the Science Says 1 “It’s the sun” In the last 35 years of global warming, the sun has shown a slight cooling trend. [...]...
Democratic Diva - Mar 2 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Farley Report, Mar. 2, 2010

The latest from the Lege from Rep. Farley: Howdy,  Friends O'Farley... Let's start with a few stats. The House has finished hearing House bills and the Senate has finished hearing Senate bills. So this is a good time to look at what bills went where, and whether certain bills from members of a certain political party were treated fairly. In the House, Democrats introduced 233 bills, wh...
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G.I. Guarantee Watch: Day 4

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AZ Tea Parties won't endorse Hayworth or McCain

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Andrei Cherny calls for investigation of State Treasurer Dean Martin

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Williams', Kotterman's Ed Supe platforms

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Pima County Board of Supervisors cave in to "Don't make me angry" Frank Antenori

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Poco Bravo blog uncovers Arizona Daily Star fabricating a story?

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State should tax biggest natural resource: Kooks

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In Defense of Jon Kyl

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Republican lies go 'nuclear' on reconciliation

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Jon Kyl On The Unemployed

Gotta love our Senator’s understanding of what it is to be unemployed and poor. During a Senate debate Kyl explained why unemployment insurance and other benefits ought not be extended: They discourage people from looking for work "because people are being paid even though they're not working." The same is true of extending COBRA. Nothing puts the hustle in a job hunter like being den...
The Data Port - Mar 2 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

GOP Taliban again rejects the will of the voters

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Fitz on The Pride of Southern Arizona (Not!)

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Links for 2010-03-01 [del.icio.us]

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G.I. Guarantee Watch: Day 3

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Nuklo Berserk!

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Dr. Word: Republicans' Ram, Jam, Thank you, ma'am

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Former U.S. Senate Parliamentarian on reconciliation

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Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY) hold leads to Medicare meltdown

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Why I am running for Congress

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The McMedia infatuation with John McCain continues

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La Cervecera Goes on the Attack

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Quick update from the legislature...

Heard/seen while spending the morning at the Capitol... - All of the Democrats and most of the Republicans in the lege are in the dark about what is going on with the budget this week - all of the talks are going on behind closed doors, and unless you are part of a certain special clique, you aren't invited. - The Governor held a press conference in the quad in front of the Old Capitol building ...
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Quick update from the legislature...

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"Lawmakers should have the good sense . . ."

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Star writes non-negative Obama headline

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Star writes non-negative Obama headline

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Senate Follies

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this week’s big five 3/1/2010

Constitutional Amendment to reverse Citizens United v. FEC introduced Senators Dodd and Udall have introduced a constitutional amendment that would allow congress to regulate corporate spending in elections again after the recent SCOTUS ruling. Could Crist bolt? A look at how are conservative primary races are effecting American politics. Which Party Uses Reconciliation More Often? Looks like Harr...
Young Democrats of Arizona Blog - Mar 1

"Lawmakers should have the good sense . . ."

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And the nominees are...

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And the nominees are...

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Links for 2010-02-28 [del.icio.us]

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Where in the World is Rhonda?

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"49th in state-funded financial aid"

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Political Calendar: Week of February 28, 2010

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The McMedia infatuation with John McCain

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The Face of the Arizona GOP

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Stimulating Hypocrisy

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Progressive Democrat Issue 248

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Progressive Democrat Issue 247

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The Face of the Arizona GOP

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"49th in state-funded financial aid"

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Where in the World is Rhonda?

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Russell Pearce - the feds should do as we say, not as we do

Amazingly enough, this isn't about the state's budget mess, where their blind obeisance to Grover Norquist (and not-so-coincidentally, corporations and AZ's wealthiest residents) and their blindness to fiscal reality has led them to gut the state's future... Nope, not now anyway. However, that will be covered in a future post. From a Washington Examiner article about Joe Arpaio ( emphasis mine...
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The McMedia infatuation with John McCain

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Stimulating Hypocrisy

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Political Calendar: Week of February 28, 2010

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Hayworth challenges McCain to debates

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Rep. Trent Franks on the 'good old days' of slavery

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Hayworth challenges McCain to debates

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Rep. Trent Franks on the 'good old days' of slavery

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Kirk Adams: We're not anti-solar energy, just stupid

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G.I. Guarantee Watch: Day 2

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The Coming Week - Legislative Edition

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The Coming Week - Legislative Edition

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Abolishing the Western New Year...

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G.I. Guarantee Watch: Day 2

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Kirk Adams: We're not anti-solar energy, just stupid

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Goo-Goos Gone Bad (redux)

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GOP LD 30 District Election this Sunday

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65% solution: Districts spend one-third more in classrooms than charters

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