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'Lost Generation'

  This is my first diary and it is off the cuff. I have been reading how the current 'generation' is being called the 'lost generation'. As they hit the job market they are finding few opportunities...

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A question about that 47 %

Republicans are touting  that 47% of Americans paid no income tax last year. They are slurring them as slackers or people who are gaming the system. That is bogus for many reasons , but there is one...

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'Real' Reason Christian Fundies Scorn Mormons

This was told to me in confidence by a relative who is, in their own view, a true Christian; but what I call an extreme  born again right wing Christian. We both started out as Catholics. I left...

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Jan Brewer's removal of IRC chair OVERTURNED

YES! this is great news. Breaking,  from the associated Press: The Arizona Supreme Court has overturned Gov. Jan Brewer's politically charged removal of the chair of the state redistricting commission...

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Cain passes on pistol packin' AZ senator

Arizona state Senator Lori Klein says she has known Herman Cain for 12 years and   he has "never been anything but a gentlemen—and I am not an unattractive woman.". So evidently  by her reasoning 1....

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WWJD is so..old school, so lame

Seems to me that  today's 'Christian Right' motto is  WWCaD, "What would Caiaphas do?"

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Has Anyone Told These Fools that Pregnancy Costs More than No Pregnancy?

Dear so called 'fiscal conservative/must cut costs/reduce the debt above all else' Republicans. I am going to keep this simple so you can understand it. If you are a health provider or insurer:...

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AZ legislature is scared of S. AZ , & wants you to be too.

One of the  traditional supporting  timbers of  GOP  claims is that they are pro business. I think that timber just crashed with a loud thud . With HB 2586, Arizona GOP legislators are approving  a...

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AZ CD8 .VOTE! Tues June 12

This is Gabby Gifford's seat. This special election is a place holder  for old CD8, but it counts. Ron Barber, who was shot along with Giffords, is the Dem candidate. The GOP candidate is a nightmare....

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WE BUILT THAT

That is my idea for the  Obama campaign..feature  American workers :employees, small business people, contractors,  etc. etc. backdrops are inspiring scenes of  what American workers have built...from...

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GOP's Shotgun Wedding

In all of the news about  the GOP postponing the convention til Tuesday ,due to Isaac, one little tidbit almost escaped unnoticed. The tidbit was that Romney's nomination had originally been scheduled...

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"We're the Bigots"

Quoting from an interview Jan Brewer did with Politico.com (text and article referenced below) "Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer says President Barack Obama is race-baiting and pandering for the Hispanic vote,...

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Goldwater Women Endorse Democrat Carmona in AZ US Senate Race.

Yesterday Jeff Flake won the GOP Primary in Arizona, to become the party's candidate for the U.S. senate. Today former Sen. Barry Goldwater's daughter, Joanne, and her daughter   CC, endorsed  Dr....

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more GOP magical thinking on reproductive issues: AZ style

Arizona state  representative  Peggy Judd helped pass Arizona's  new restrictive anti-abortion laws . She voted in favor of a number of restrictive laws that didn't manage to pass , even in the 'let's...

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Paul Ryan's Canadian tax example

Paul Ryan loves Canada so much he wants their tax structure! Does that mean he also supports  Canada's public health care system? During the  vice presidential debate, Paul Ryan made claims about how...

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Maricopa County lists Wrong Election Date on Spanish Language Voter ID Documents

Maricopa issued Spanish language voter ID cards are contained in document which lists election day as November 8, two days after the actual election. The English version lists the correct date....

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10/30/12:NPR Liasson's 'update' on Obama

On NPR's  All Things Considered this afternoon was an 'update on the candidates'. First  was a piece about  candidate Romney in Ohio ,where NPR did manage to include the statement that the campaign...

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Key AZ outcomes still in doubt

Hold your horses, it is not over in Arizona for some key races, including the Barber /McSally congressional race and Carmona /Flake senatorial race, and possibly the Arpaio/Penzone race. Perchance we...

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AZ CD-2: Friday PM . Barber UP by 586!!

Pima county updated at 2 PM  Friday afternoon. Following  are AZ CD-2 Barber /McSally counted votes.Barber Pima Co. 110,987 plus 12,663 from Cochise = 123,650McSally : Pima county 103,264 plus 19,800...

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Oil ,Gas and Wall Street: After Backfire, Will They Brown Nose or Oppose?

Wondering what the Wall street and the oil and gas industry are musing about after the reelection of President Obama? I came across the following commentary in the Insurance Journal, which coolly and...

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