'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...
View ArticleA 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...
View Article'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...
View ArticleJan 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...
View ArticleCain 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....
View ArticleWWJD is so..old school, so lame
Seems to me that today's 'Christian Right' motto is WWCaD, "What would Caiaphas do?"
View ArticleHas 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:...
View ArticleAZ 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...
View ArticleAZ 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....
View ArticleWE 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...
View ArticleGOP'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...
View Article"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,...
View ArticleGoldwater 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....
View Articlemore 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...
View ArticlePaul 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...
View ArticleMaricopa 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....
View Article10/30/12: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...
View ArticleKey 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...
View ArticleAZ 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...
View ArticleOil ,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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