Michael: Randy Graf in the Crosshairs
Randy Graf will be holding a public townhall meeting at: Wilmot Library, Tucson Tues., December 13th, 6 P.M. to 7:30 P.M. I can't make it, but I encourage others to show up and ask the Grafster some...
View ArticleMichael: The LD 28 Senate Slate
The deed is done. Representatives Bradley and Downing were elected on the first ballot to the slate from which the Board of Supervisors will replace retiring Senator Giffords. Nobody was surprised....
View ArticleMichael: Tim Sultan to Sit it out
Just in case anyone who was interested hadn't heard already, I'll make it official by putting it on a blog: Tim Sultan has decided not to run for Kolbe's open CD 8 seat. Making him perhaps the first,...
View ArticleMichael: Lawmakers Demand Bush Protect Evangelizing Chaplains
A group of lawmakers, including AZ's Trent Franks, presented Bush with a petition of 150K signatures, demanding that Pentagon rules regarding military chaplains' duties not prevent evangelizing the...
View ArticleMichael: McCain kicks Bush/Cheney's brutal asses
Bush was forced to accept McCain's ban on torture under pressure from an unvetoable alliance McCain built in Congress. Bush didn't so much acquiesce as scream for mercy like a kid in a head-lock.Now, I...
View ArticleMichael: 4th Gen War, Al Qaida
I just finished reading Marine Colonel T. X. Hammes latest book on the evolution of modern warfare, The Sling and the Stone. Col. Hammes wrote an article for the Marine Corps Gazette which is...
View ArticleMichael: Monitoring the Homeland
I've been following the President's secret authorization of domestic spying by the NSA under National Security letters unauthorized by a FISA court. I think it is too early to tell whether there is a...
View ArticleMichael: Some call it jury tampering
After the Administration's blanket refusals to comment on ongoing investigations and litigation brought about by his Administration's thorough corruption, it is amazing to see the President say the...
View ArticleMichael: America Losing a soldier, Private Kyle Lawson, for no good reason
Private Kyle Lawson, stationed in Sierra Vista was beaten and threatened at knife-point by his fellow soldiers. What was his crime? Is he a Bin Laden sympathizer? A spy? A traitor? No. Private Lawson...
View ArticleMichael: Kitzmiller Triumphs Over ID
Kitzmiller et al. v. Dover Area School District was handed down today by the U.S. District Court, reinforcing the separation between church and state by disallowing a creationist ploy to have science...
View ArticleMichael: Cheney Proclaims President is King
I was willing to suspend judgement on the NSA domestic spying scandal (the stakes are just too great to go off half-cocked on this), but the Administration's tack on defending it's action - not by...
View ArticleMichael: new technology at the root of the NSA wiretap scandal?
UPDATE: NYT Confirmed that the wiretaps were, in fact, a data mining operation.Does new technology explain the Bush Administration's perception that they could not submit to FISA oversight? There are...
View ArticleMichael: Moveon Ruffles Shachter Over CD8 Nomninations
MoveOn.org sponsored a nomination contest when Kolbe announced his retirement. Asking for members to nominate their favored candidates, they narrowed the field to 4 candidates. Unfortunately, two of...
View ArticleMichael: Lord of Misrule
Ancient tradition would have us choose from among us this day a Lord of Misrule, who would serve as a temporary king. His whim would be law, but at the end of this season of merriment, his throat would...
View ArticleMichael: The War on Terror Comes Home
Boy, the Bush Executive never ceases to find new ways to surprise me. I was getting all geared up to write about how the President’s illegal authorization of domestic spying. I was ready to demonstrate...
View ArticleMichael: Bush Bought the Farm
I don't know how securely sourced this report is, but I see no reason to automatically discount Univision's report just because it has only appeared in the Spanish language press. Apparently Bush...
View ArticleMichael: Coulter Jumps the Shark, Again... and Again... and Again
So now Ann Coulter is defending Bush's wiretaps by trying to rehabilitate the Korimatsu ruling and the Japanese internment it ratified. Really, when will this nut finally be so discredited that even...
View ArticleMichael: Drinking Liberally Returns
Drinking Liberally starts back up on Thursday, January 5th after a hiatus over the holidays. The location remains The Shanty.This Thursday, in honor of Bush's domestic surveillance, wear a tin-foil hat...
View ArticleMichael: 4th Gen War, Maturation
I just finished reading Marine Colonel T. X. Hammes latest book on the evolution of modern warfare, The Sling and the Stone. Col. Hammes wrote an article for the Marine Corps Gazette which is...
View ArticleMichael: Florida's Vouchers Defeat Bodes Well for Arizona
The Florida Supreme Court (FLSC) overturned the Republican sponsored statewide educational voucher system. This is a blow to the effort to privatize schools nationally, including here in Arizona, where...
View ArticleMichael: Why Bush's NSA spying broke the law
A tribe of constitutional scholars wrote a letter to Congress that states with great even-handedness and particularity why the Administration's legal justifications are a load of horseshit. I really...
View ArticleMichael: John Shadegg's Bid for Majority Leader
(Update: I mistakenly identified the office Shadegg was running for as the Majority Whip. I corrected this mistake. Nobody commented about my mistake - come on people! Hold my feet to the fire!) John...
View ArticleMichael: Gabby Giffords Kicks Off CD 8 Bid
Gabby has finally announced her official campaign launch. As widely expected, the guest of honor at that event will be Congressman Raul Grijalva. With Gabby's money (she just announced clearing her...
View ArticleMichael: Two Arizona Cities Named in Top 20 Meanest Cities
National Coalition for the Homeless issued their annual report 'A Dream Denied: The Criminalization of Homelessness in U.S. Cities' for 2006 which names Flagstaff (#10) and Phoenix (#17) among the 20...
View ArticleBlog For Arizona Site Update
I have moved over to a typepad-based blog for the time being. I was getting a little tired of some of the limitations of the Blogger platform at present. I hope that you will join me at the new site,...
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