Rum, Romanism and Rebellion

I have no idea what Minuteman Chris Simcox’s military experience is. He must have enough that he feels he can criticize the national guard as “trained desk jockeys,” as he did this morning on KUAZ. He said that he thought these “desk jockeys” can’t handle the “dangerous” situation on our border.
I’d like for Simcox […]

This morning on C-SPAN:
Caller from Arkansas: For someone to take — to hold an office and take the oath of that office, and then refuse to uphold the laws of this nation, to me you ought to be tried for treason and hanged.
Host: Thank you, caller. Congressman?
Rep. Raúl Grijalva: I don’t know how — well, […]

As it turns out, Jim Pederson did give $2000 to Edward Kennedy’s campaign. I missed that in my search on Open Secrets. That’s still $2000 to one out of four of the named candidates, and it is a far cry from the “millions of dollars” claimed in the ad.
To their credit, the Pederson campaign called […]

My polling place is an Odd Fellows Hall. Make from that what you will.
I am voting for all four ballot proposals. I have to say I have serious reservations about 1 and 2. I am concerned that the transit proposals may not get funded until after the roads get built, and road projects always […]

Jon Kyl’s latest ad says:
Jim Pederson was Democrat Party Chairman. He contributed millions of his personal money to elect liberal candidates and support liberal causes. Liberals like, Ted Kennedy, Hillary Clinton, Howard Dean, [and] John Kerry.
I thought this was odd, since when Howard Dean ran for President, Pederson was State Democratic Party Chairman. It would […]

The rumor (and Graham Parker is not involved) is that President Bush will endorse a plan to place National Guard units on the border to give logistical support to the Border Patrol.
Funny thing is, this is exactly what Governor Janet Napolitano and Governor Bill Richardson have been asking for permission to do for several months. […]

I see that “Morg” has found my blog. If my oh-so-clever deduction is correct, he is a guy that was on my lacrosse team in High School.
Yes, I played lacrosse, at a private school even. There goes my populist cred.
Morg, one thing you will find is that as liberal as you think I […]

This blog, Espresso Pundit, AZ Congress Watch and Wactivist are all mentioned in an article in the Arizona Republic this morning. We get to find out that I’m a snarky insider and that Wactivist only gets a hundred or so hits a day (Of course, I get three to four times that much, but […]

So, my mom says, “Did you hear that what’s-her-name dropped out?”
I think that tells you the whole problem.

Earlier this week, Joe Arpaio had his Sheriff’s Posse do patrols for immigrants. Hey wait, can a local official enforce federal immigration law?
Well, last year, the legislature passed a bill making immigrant smuggling a crime. So, that must mean that Arpaio is going after those coyotes who are exploiting desperate migrants, and those […]

I am not inclined to like Qwest. Not only are they the monopolistic “man” keeping us down, but they are owned by the media-shy Philip Anschutz, who is an owner of DC United. Anyone that keeps Freddy Adu and Alecko Eskandarian gainfully employed is pretty low on my list.
But, as it turns out, they […]

Long time fixture at Pima County Democratic Headquarters Cliff May has died. May was the friendly older man who would answer your calls or greet you with a smile when you would come in.
May was born in Branson, Missouri. One of the early incidents that shaped his political views was when he saw […]

The Tucson Citizen is reporting this morning that Jim Kolbe is ready to endorse Steve Huffman in the CD 8 Republican primary. This is a bit of a slap to Mike Hellon, who has been an ally of Kolbe in the past, and his ex-wife, Sen. Toni Hellon, was a key player in Kolbe’s campaigns. […]

As you all know, I’m basically a smart alec. If you make a slight error, I will jump on it and make fun of you.
But I try to be fair. For example, when I first saw Mike Hellon’s ad, I thought I heard wrong when they said that Arizona will elect its first new congressman […]

When one protests that one is not a racist, it is proper for one not to precede those protests with an attack on someone’s citizenship because of their ancestry.
I don’t know a lot, but that seems to be a good policy.

A colleague at work listens to KNST’s morning show once in a while. She caught it earlier this week when someone called in to say that the host’s rhetoric on immigration bordered on racism. The host then attacked her for being a “liberal,” questioned her “courage” and claimed that it isn’t about race and blah […]

Tuesday, the Arizona Corporation Commission approved yet another rate hike for Arizona Public Service. They needed the money to cover higher fuel costs. Okay, I think we all can understand that. Even the consumer-oriented RUCO said that a 5.4% increase was necessary. APS demanded an 11% increase, and the commission granted a […]

Being that I am of mixed Polish and Mexican heritage, I get twice as much e-mail. No, really.
I’m on a list of Polish-Americans. For the most part, it is an exchange of recipies and cultural news but there has also been concern about the decline of American Polonia as white urban ethnics abandon the cities […]

John Kenneth Galbraith has died. While many economists seem to be cheerleaders for policies slanted towards the upper end of society, Galbraith showed that even the most prosperous economies have large groups of people that didn’t share in that prosperity.
Gosh, you mean everyone doesn’t have a two-car garage? You mean to tell me we have […]