I’m sure some of you have seen it already. Earlier this week, Ted Kennedy attempted to sing a song called “Ay, Jalisco, No Te Rajes” at a Barack Obama rally. I have always had a lot of repsect for Sen. Kennedy (and it’s not the name thing, he’s Edward and I’m Theodore (or Edmond…)), but […]
Evan Mecham died today. I hate to say it, but it is really difficult for me to come up with anything that resembles a eulogy here. Perhaps this is because I am either a dissident Democrat or part of the militant homosexual lobby. His impeachment shortened term embarassed a state that I am usually so […]
What’s good about this blogging enterprise is that some of the work gets done for you. For example, I haven’t had the chance to peruse the Rick Renzi indictment, but one of the R-Cubed Legion has (you can peruse it yourself, I uploaded it here).
One part of the allegations deal with James Sandlin, Renzi’s pal, who […]
I recieved a missive from one of my senior correspondents today consisting only of two short quotes:
For several weeks, I have been the subject of leaked stories, conjecture, and false attacks about a land exchange. None of them bear any resemblance to the truth, including the rumor that I am planning on resigning.
Rick Renzi, 10 […]
The Associated Press is reporting that Rick Renzi has been indicted.
So, John Shadegg made it official…he’s running for re-election after all. This offers us Arizonenses a chance to further enjoy the fruits of the legislative brilliance of Pamela Gorman and Jim Waring.
The talk among political chaterers is that Shadegg’s resignation stunt was done to get himself a position in leadership. So much for “I need to […]
First off, I’m going to disappoint many of you (I’m looking at you, Mom) when I say that I don’t believe that John McCain had a sexual relationship with this lobbyist that they are talking about. For one thing, I think Cindy would fry up his testicles with the morning eggs and serve them to him […]
The bill (well it’s two bills, actually, but let’s not get all technical) that would put a ban on gay marriage on the ballot next year seems to be making its way through both houses of the legislature.
The amusing moments in the hoo-hah over this item happened last week when people started asking Tim Bee, […]
During hearings earlier this week on getting rid of the onerous “bare period” for Health Care Group, an insurance lobbyist dismissed support for the bill from various medical associations by complaining that those guys are just supporting the bill because they want to make money.
As someone who comes from a family of gun owners, I suppose I should weigh in on the latest “Guns in inappropriate places” bill. In the past, such bills would have, for example, mandated that bar and restaurant owners would have to allow people to carry guns in their establishments. Meaning that the right of a […]
One of R-Cubed’s correspondents reports that Tim Bee told some people at a meeting of educational administrators yesterday that if he and Marsha Arzberger were in charge, this whole budget situation would be resolved.
Well…that’s very nice. Frankly, if any individual legislator were in charge, the budget situation would be resolved. Even if if was this guy. […]
In a recent trip to Ohio, Hillary Clinton was heard saying the words “Hello, Cleveland!” As we all know, those words were first spoken by Derek Smalls.
Fidel Castro has announced that he will not run for another term as President of Cuba. This clears the way for Raúl Castro to become Cuba’s next president.
What? I didn’t even know that Raúl Castro was a cubano; I thought he was from Pirtleville.
Today, Jack Harper’s Government Committee quietly held a hearing and re-appointed General David Rataczak as the Adjutant General of the Arizona National Guard. The appointment passed 6-0 after months of Harper holding it up due to his own tantrum and Tim Bee refusing to intervene on behalf of Rataczak.
Well…that’s nice. I just wonder why it couldn’t have been […]
Some good news: Bill Konopnicki has scheduled hearings today on bills about mental health parity (HB2145) and getting rid of the so-called “bare period” for employers that wish to join up with Healthcare Group (HB 2166). One legislator I talked to thought this was a shot in Pan Konopnicki’s conflict with Speaker Jim Weiers.
The trouble is, […]
I’m just a little curious about the answer to this from all y’all. How many of you have actually met any of the candidates who are running (or were running) for president this year?
I’ve met four of them:
John Edwards: He’s made numerous visits to Tucson. I only actually met him during one of them though. […]
Some of you may be wondering what that little blue flag shows up intermitently on the right. No, it is not the flag of the newly declared Republic of Kosovo. I have joined up with Click to Blue, a newly formed confederation of left-leaning blogs that will share advertising revenue. Yes, it would be nice […]
I realize that news writers often must use hedgy language. When a crime is committed, for example, nobody wants to use hard and fast language for fear that when the facts come out, they will look stupid, like Nancy Grace.
Sometimes, this just gets silly. Case in point: the report I heard this morning on NPR that a […]
Jim Waring and Pamela Gorman put their anouncements on hold yesterday due to the possibility that John Shadegg might run anyway.
Shadegg, of course, was praised in a letter from 130 of his colleagues who wanted him reconsider his decision not to run. I wonder if decisiveness was one of the traits they liked.
Interesting (for me […]
What an asshat.
-Tucson Weekly’s Jim Nintzel on local hate-mongering baboso Roy Warden in this week’s Range feature.
- Arizona Blog
- Baja Arizona Blog
