Saturday, May 30th, 2009
Quick Take
I’d like to take time out of the usual blogging to note that the reaction of conservative pundits to Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination has been a goldmine of ignorance and hypocrisy. I’m finding it hard to keep up.
Entries from May 2009
Friday, May 29th, 2009
Interesting
Earlier this week, John McCain made an appearance in Southern Arizona. This was likely done to make it so carping bloggers like myself would stop writing that he never comes down here.
He visited Baja Arizona on Tuesday for a town hall in Marana. According to the Arizona Daily Star (Emphasis mine):
Whether it was efforts being [...]
Friday, May 29th, 2009
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Huckabee?
People are still jumping on that poor Mike Huckabee for refering to Sonia Sotomayor as “María Sotomayor.” I don’t think this shows any racism on Huckabee’s part. It could be that the only Puertoriqueñas he’s had experience with are from his viewing of West Side Story and old episodes of Sesame Street.
Thursday, May 28th, 2009
Goldwater Institute to Arizonans: We Are Better than Slovenia!
In reaction to an ad put out by the Arizona Economic Council, the Goldwater Institute has shot back. The are claiming that Arizona not only spends more money than the sort of third world country portrayed in the ad, but we spend more than countries in Eastern Europe that are recovering from generations of communist [...]
Thursday, May 28th, 2009
…and We Still Have So Far to Go
Slate magazine ran a story shortly after the announcement Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination to the Supreme Court called “How to Pronounce Sotomayor.”
I don’t think it is all that difficult. There are no j’s or any other letter that doesn’t share its pronounciation with English. There are no tildes, accent marks or oddball diaphones that might tie [...]
Thursday, May 28th, 2009
Officer Placa Has Responded to Trouble in Barrio Quien Sabe
The blog was down this morning. When I checked with the hosting service, DreamHost, I was informed that the “Homie Cluster” was down.
That’s right: the “Homie Cluster.”
This blog is powered by Bobby Loco and Pelon.
I’ll have new posts up this afternoon.
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009
ED…And Nothing About Rafael Palmiero
And the winner of the race for Executive Director of the Arizona Democratic Party…
Luis Heredia.
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009
And It Just Gets Worse… (Part Four)
I’m back to my ongoing series of posts about some of the more mind-melting provisions of the budget that is making its way through the Senate.
There is a proposal afoot to mandate that city and counties give their portion of the vehicle license taxes to school districts. This will not get enough votes to pass, [...]
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009
Wherein I Channel Conservative Pundits and their Objections to Sonia Sotomayor
Looking back on the history of our country, it is obvious that the only judges capable of setting aside racial and gender biases are white men.
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009
Kerry Martin
I’d like to take a short break from the usual politics to send condolences to Dean Martin and his family for their horrible loss. I’m sure that all of my readers would also like to express support for Mr. Martin in this time when he needs it most.
