You may remember an entry I wrote on Bill Montgomery a few weeks back. I am definitely not a supporter of his, and I made that clear in the entry. Montgomery has written to me, here are his comments:
I know you referenced responding to my e-mail but, unfortunately, I did not receive it. I actually […]
Our last huge wave of anti-immigrant hysteria resulted in the 1924 Johnson-Reed Act. The act set quotas on European immigrants, and prohibited immigrants from India and East Asia all together.
Historians believe that the act was prompted by a wave of anti-semitism and the so-called “red scare.” In some confused minds, any Jewish or Eastern […]
You might say “Say it isn’t so!” but I say, “I told you so.”
One of my ongoing frustrations when talking to Democratic activists around the country is their ongoing infatuation with John McCain. “Oh, you are so lucky to have him there,” or “I’d vote for him if I lived in Arizona.” Somehow, they equated […]
District 8 congressional candidate Alex Rodriguez is having a fundraiser this week. He sent an announcement to his supporters which contained this startling message:
We are proud to see the first Hispanic run for Congress. This is a big stride for the Hispanic population, and will hopefully be the beginning of great hope and accomplishments for […]
Over on AZ Congress Watch, there was a report yesterday that Rep. Raúl Grijalva was leaving the hispanic caucus. Well, not quite.
Grijalva, along with most of the caucus’s California membership, have ceased association with the caucus’s PAC, called BOLDPAC. Apparently, this has been stirring for quite some time, and stemed from thePAC’s support of […]
A correspondent sent me a little bit from former Avondale Mayor Ron Drake’s web page. I never visit there. Since I don’t go there, I miss stirring pieces of rhetoric and innovative public policy such as this one:
I understand that for many, a better quality of life comes from working in a good job. I […]
The Town of Oro Valley had its election yesterday, and Mayor Paul Loomis fought off a challenge from Amphitheater School Board Member Nancy Young Wright. Wright ran a good campaign and raised a great deal more money than Loomis. Wright made breaks to developers, particularly a bizarre deal given to Vestar Development Co., a central […]
Sen. Harry Mitchell has announced that he is stepping down as Arizona Democratic Party Chairman and running against Rep. J. D. Hayworth. Let the games begin.
Hayworth spends an awful lot of space on his official congressional page criticizing Governor Janet Napolitano, probably looking forward to a US Senate race against her later. I’ve […]
A study from Northern Arizona University released this weekend concludes that 37% of voters are unfamiliar with the requirements of the so-called Protect Arizona Now act that voters passed in 2004. Today, some locales are having their first elections under the new restrictions, so many consider today the “kickoff” for the new voting requirements.
64% say […]
I was going to try to figure out a comment or elaboration on this, but why? Just let the man speak for himself:
I support Senator Russ Feingold’s resolution to censure the President of the United States.
Today’s resolution reflects the mood of the American people who are demanding accountability from the President. This situation demands that […]
Sen. John Greene has dropped out of the Governor’s race. According to a report on KJZZ this afternoon, Greene had trouble getting his usual allies in the business community to support him because they are resigned to a Len Munsil victory. Whatever happened to Don Goldwater?
If this is the case, that moderate businessmen didn’t rally […]
A couple of months back, I heard an interview with the President of the Southern Baptist Convention. He noted that he was the only head of a major denomination to come out for the war in Iraq, and it was because he was democratically elected by his flock. He said that more denominations would have […]
It’s taken me a while to comment on this. A couple of weeks ago, Espresso Pundit had a short item on three of the Catholic Bishops who have responsibility over Arizona issuing a statement supporting the so-called Protect Marriage Arizona ammendment. He thinks that this is a watershed moment where we will someday look back […]
Some members of my adoring public have been begging me to throw my hat in the ring for Arizona Democratic Party Chair. I have to say that I will be unable to run for State Party Chair because I need to spend more time with my family. I know that I am an unmarried man […]
I don’t like to give corporate officials credit for anything, but once in a while one of them does something that deserves actual congratulations.
US Airways President and CEO Doug Parker is not taking his bonus this year. The bonus would amount to $770,000. He decided that he couldn’t in good concience take the bonus when […]
I don’t have any idea what to make of this. To the left is the picture of Jan Brewer that has been on her site, on the numerous materials that she has sent to voters (only part of her official duties, of course!) and on the wall of her office. To the right, a […]
This may all be premature speculation on the part of the people that told me, but what the heck…that’s what blogs are for, right?
The earlier speculation was that should Harry Mitchell step aside as State Democratic Party Chair, Fred DuVal would take his place. DuVal is a nationally recognized party power broker who served as […]
Former Serbian and Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milošević was found dead in his cell this morning. He was in the middle of a trial for war crimes carried out in the 1990s in Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo.
Milošević was a Communist Party official in Kosovo early in his career. After looking around at the grievances between […]
When I see internecine conflicts between the pachyderms, I have the same feeling my mom did when she was watching a World Cup match between France and Italy a few years ago: can I root for both of them to lose?
Well, in this case I can, and it’s a big possibility. Of course, it means […]
Gale Norton resigned today as Head Despoiler and Seceretary of the Interior for the Bush Administration.
She made sure to tell the press that this has nothing to do with Jack Abramoff. And I believe her.
Oh wait, I don’t.
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