Tuesday Energy Blogging: They’re at it again. Equating conservation that saves soldiers’ lives with weakness.

Shame on them. Simply, shame on them. If reducing fuel consumption would lessen fatalities among soldiers putting themselves at great risk transporting the fuel, then why would anyone in their right mind oppose that? Excerpt from a Gabrielle Giffords campaign press release sent out today: August 30, 2010 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Anne Hilby [...]

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Nice try but Brock Landers is a relevant campaign issue.

So the official narrative on Ben Quayle’s participation on the Dirty Scottsdale site has become that it’s is a trivial matter and bringing it up is a “smear”. We’re supposed to focus on Weighty and ImportantTM matters such as the economy and foreign policy in the CD3 race. I’ve heard this not just from the [...]

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Did RNC bigwig Bruce Ash help to sink Jonathan Paton?

On Arizona Illustrated, Tucson’s public television political show, RNC Committeeman Bruce Ash seems to admit as much. Starting around the 7:20 mark host Bill Buckmaster asks Ash if he sees parallels between Tuesday’s primary and the 2006 primary when hardcore righty Randy Graf took out GOP establishment darling Steve Huffman. Ash responds by stating that [...]

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My idea of a “good business person” and their idea isn’t necessarily the same.

Candidates who run as successful owners of businesses love to tell voters how they should vote for them because, you know, they own successful businesses. Which makes them uniquely qualified for for public office because they’ll run their office like they ran their business! On Sunday Square Off the issue of Republican AZ State Treasurer [...]

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Sunday Square Off, Diva-style, tomorrow morning.

Y’all know the drill. Channel 12 at 8am. I’m on the panel with Howie Fischer (Capitol Media Services) and Casey Newton (AZ Republic). We’ll be talking about Andy Thomas’ deepening legal woes, the prison break, and Ben Quayle. For nocturnal kitties like TC it’s online.

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Young Mr. Quayle, you sir, are no Brad Pitt.

Those of us of the female persuasion are undoubtedly familiar with a noxious species known as “average looking guy with ridiculously high standards of how women should look”. He misses no opportunity to apprise all persons within earshot of his thoroughgoing assessment of the looks of women he encounters both in the media and in [...]

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Girl cooties!!

Up until now I wasn’t really following the story about Jonathan Paton’s attack on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords for questions she asked General Petraeus regarding what steps the military is taking to reduce energy consumption. The reason she was asking is that fuel is a major security issue for our troops stationed in Afghanistan. Her opponent [...]

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