Category Archives: Arizona Shenanigans

Mr. Obama, Tear Down the Private Profit Prisons

“…men who so uneasily tolerate superiors patiently suffer a master, and show themselves proud and servile at the same time.” –Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America In 2007, a teenager in a depressed county of Northeastern Pennsylvania, recently bereft of … Continue reading

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Arizona Embarrasses Itself Again and Florida Can’t Get Rid Of Allen West

Arizona has officially made itself the poster child for voter suppression, and the laughing stock of the nation as more than half a million votes remained uncounted as of Saturday. That’s almost a third of the state’s votes, and includes … Continue reading

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Arizona’s Secretary of State Panders to the “Birther” Fringe

“Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.” That’s the logic Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett seems to subscribe to as he takes “birther” stupidity to a whole new level. Despite sworn statements, … Continue reading

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Republican War on Women: Latest Headlines 5/16/2012

Kansas Governor Signs Bill Allowing Pharmacists And Doctors To Deny Women Birth Control  Kansas Governor Sam Brownback “This new bill, known as the Heath Care Rights of Conscience Act and sponsored by GOP state Rep. Lance Kinzer, was signed into … Continue reading

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Border Patrol Militia Law Held-Up by Arizona’s GOP House Speaker

Well, this is a surprise. Many of you may not have known this, but the wacky state of Arizona was about to pass SB1083, the Arizona Special Missions Unit bill. The bill would provide $1.4 million a year to fund … Continue reading

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Arizona Republican, Neo-Nazi, and Mormon Kills Family and Himself

I’ve commented in this blog before about the state of Arizona – “state” as in the current condition of the state. It’s only competition in the level of “redness” between all right-wing states would be Utah, Idaho and possibly a … Continue reading

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The GOP: A Magnet For Miscreants

Non-conservative folks have known for eons that conservatives are made up of bigots, racists, pseudo-religious wing-nuts, and ignorant, compliant females. If anybody out there still doesn’t get it, consider these items: From Addicting Info: Oklahoma Christian Radio Station General Manager … Continue reading

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Republicans’ War on Women Headlines For 3/22/12

I’ll be bringing you the latest War on Women headlines from now until the November election. Arizona Republican Thinks Women Should Be Forced to Watch an Abortion Before Getting One Mississippi GOP Passes Anti-Abortion Bill With Heartbeat, Trans-vaginal Ultrasounds, Person-hood, … Continue reading

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More women’s voices needed

That was the message last month, at the beginning of the debate on health insurance coverage for women’s contraceptives, when New York’s Democratic Senator Kirsten Gillabrand took the Senate floor: http://youtu.be/WjRISy4Kzv8 The message is clear; old, conservative men in Congress … Continue reading

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A Novel Gimmic InThe War On Women: Just Have Them Close Their Eyes

Governor Tom Corbett (Toady, Pa.) has a novel idea for women he would like to have shamed because they don’t agree with him on how to run their own lives.  If they don’t like his law forcing them to have a … Continue reading

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