November 2nd is nineteen days away and the noise is increasing. The mailings have begun to arrive in earnest and watching local TV imperils one’s understanding of what is real and what is so distorted as to form new universes. Tea Party candidates are exposed as extremists, yet selected polling makes it appear nobody seems […]

Arizona may have to start selling stuff to deal with its budget crisis. I’ve already started getting phone calls. John McCain called, said he was sorry, but I’d have to help out with the state deficit. Sheriff Joe called, told me to ignore the police cruiser parked across the street. The Governor’s office called, asked […]

Just finished watching J.D. Hayworth on Rachel Maddow’s program. J.D. got off to a bombastic start on her opening salvo to his Jack Abramoff connection. On and on went J.D., his thrust was to discredit RM. He busted her researchers and he busted her producers. He was quite proud of himself in that smiling, slimey […]

Christmas Gifts for everyone! I’m first, of course. Lahdee – A Senate healthcare bill. Sure it’s not everything a liberal Democrat would like to see, and sure it doesn’t include a public option or removal of monopoly protection for insurance companies and sure the mandate gives it all away, but it’s moved out of the […]

Al Franken made a living calling out republican BS and taking down their talking points. So it’s no surprise really he’d follow that lead as a U.S. Senator. This time the junior Senator from Minnesota has struck with an amendment to H.R. 3326, the “Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2010, which the President signed on […]