It’s so lame when politicians politicize the border
President Obama visited El Paso, TX to give a speech on the border and immigration today. This caused our Arizona GOP politicians to react swiftly with huffy statements wherein they “scoffed” and expressed the profound butthurtedness they felt over Obama slighting Arizona: “This is not surprising considering he made the same evolution in 2008,” the [...]
In case it wasn’t obvious by now, John McCain is yet another cheap labor conservative.
Oh yeah, I heard for years from fellow progressives how John McCain was “good on immigration”. Just like Jeff Flake and Lindsay Graham and a few others. No they’re not, I’d argue, they want cheap labor for their big donors in the agriculture, construction, and hospitality industries. This would invariably lead to an argument. I [...]
(Pretend it’s) Tuesday Energy Blogging: Arizona’s Climate Zombies
Sorry, I was out of town for a couple of days and I’d already missed my energy post for the week. RL Miller of Grist.org had a well-circulated piece about right wing “zombie” American politicians. They either deny climate change outright or spout gibberish such as this: Climate change has existed throughout history. We have [...]
It’s not “appearing only in your personal capacity” when you’re wearing your uniform, Sheriff Babeu.
A uniform carries power because it reflects the authority and trust of the public that chose it. It’s a violation of military regulations to wear your uniform “for the furtherance of political activities” if you’re on active duty, and even former military members are prohibited from appearing in public in their uniform with the exception [...]
Meghan McCain walks and quacks like a sock puppet. (Yeah, it’s a mixed metaphor, sue me.)
I see that Meghan McCain strongly denounced Arizona’s harsh new immigration law. Meghan – who attended rallies hosted by the Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform – says the new law is “seriously flawed” and “essentially a license to pull someone over for being Hispanic.” “I believe it gives the state police a license to discriminate, [...]
I say give McCain everything he wants
Seriously, give McCain everything he wants for his 10 point “Border Security Action Plan”. The additional Guard and Border Patrol personnel, the millions in additional funding, the fencing and surveillance systems, everything. All of it in earmarks.
Memo to McCain campaign: Stick to country music at the rallies.
Sarah Palin is about to address an adoring mob at the Pima County Fairgrounds. MSNBC is going to carry it live and they keep teasing with quick crowd shots. Either some Democratic prankster is working undercover for the McCain campaign or no one there actually listens to or understands the lyrics of rock songs, because [...]
