Over at Blog for Arizona, Michael Bryan has posted the publicly released grand jury documents in the Maricopa County Attorney’s New Times fiasco. The idea here is to allow other bloggers (ie - me) and blog readers (ie - you) the chance to look through the documents and find interesting tidbits. This is called “Networked […]
I recieved a missive last week from John D’Anna, who is one of the writers for a blog that the Arizona Republic runs called Az Green Day. The blog covers environmental issues. D’Anna is listed as a “Platform Manager” for the Republic. I have no idea what that means, but it probably does not involve nails or two-by-fours.
In his […]
One of the things that makes blogging different than actual journalism is that our biases, conflicts and even personal relationships are right out there. If people read this blog, they pretty much know that they are reading a Democratic curmudgeon who was worked for, paid and unpaid, for various campaigns. That’s why I found it […]
Greg Patterson flatters me too much over at Espresso Pundit by saying that newly elected congressman Gabrielle Giffords should hire me at her office. Well, thank you for the sentiment, Greg, but there are plenty of very well qualified people in line in front of me.
In fact, there has been a development on that point. […]
Apparently, the Arizona Capitol Times has named Espresso Pundit as the best political website.
Oh yeah? Well, uh, I never liked you guys much anyway. I’ll just go hide over here.
In the Arizona Province of Blogistan, a few of us have formed a confederation of sorts and are using the ActBlue service to raise money for some of our candidates. You will see an easy way to contribute on the right hand column. Those of us participating are Wactivist, LoftyDonkey, AzNetroots, and Geo’s Precinct. Each […]
When I was putting together my last post featuring my response to a complaint posted on Espresso Pundit, I remembered that Al Melvin puts “Captain” on his signs. His website, which prominently features a picture of him in uniform, has a list of veterans who have endorsed him with, you guessed it, rank and branch […]
Anyone remember Sister Souljah? Didn’t think any of you would. She was one of the hangers-on for Public Enemy back in the early 1990’s. After one of her many controversial statements, someone told her that some of her statements made people nervous. She responded “Souljah is not here to make white men comfortable.”
In much the […]
Well, we have another incident of conservative victimhood on the blogs. Over at Arizona Growler, a fellow named Garrett O’Hara claims to have been “assaulted” by a Raúl Grijalva staffer. He has a complete podcast of the incident over on his blog. The podcast includes bits of his interview with Grijalva, which sounded more like […]
In a comment on my earlier post on this matter, Art Jacobson pointed out that the site Shame on Grijalva! is a violation of federal law, since it is attempting to infulence an election but gives no indication of who is responsible.
As it turns out, the site may even violate the rules of the service […]
The higher class blog Talking Points Memo is always able to do stuff like this, so we’ll go ahead and try it here. Although, I have a feeling that by the time you read this it may be irrelevant.
If you are in one of Arizona’s five districts with incumbent Republican congressmen running, call up your […]
Over as Sonoran Alliance, they have declared Gabrielle Giffords “Anti-Gun.”
That’s kind of funny, since she is an actual gun owner. She owns a Glock for personal protection, and has long been an advocate for responsible gun ownership.
Sonoran Alliance points to the poor NRA rating that she recieved. That rating includes scatter-brained proposals such as the […]
Talking Points Memo is reporting that Rep. Mark Foley’s lawyer is scheduled to give a press conference where something big is going to happen…um…in a few minutes.
I was interviewed on Friday by the Boston-based PRI radio program Open Source. The also interviewed Daniel Patterson and Michael Marizco. They wanted our opinions about the CD 8 race and some thoughts in general about the politics and culture of Southeastern Arizona.
Here is the rub: the program is distibuted nationally to NPR stations, but […]
Some of us carping little liberals have been carping lately about Michael Brown’s rather thin resume. Now, it turns out that he may have even exagerated and lied about his previous career.
It’s bad enough that his last management experience ended with his getting fired after several threatened lawsuits (he managed an association that ran […]
Maybe it’s an exercise in ego, but I like to do searches to see who has been linking to me. I found a blog called Just Deserts from here in Tucson that has been linking to my articles for a few weeks. The author goes by the name “Kiva Oraibi,” which is effin’ cool.
Anyhow, check […]
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