Scientists Revolt
Why do Republicans even spend money on scientific studies when they don’t believe in science? Do they have them done just so they can do some creative writing in the name of science, like they did...
View ArticleCain’s Mea Culpa, Not Really
It’s no wonder all the Republican presidential candidates are flocking to AZ and hoping to be anointed by the king of immigration crackdown, Sheriff Joe Arpaio. AZ’s the proving ground of crazy if you...
View ArticleBreaking: Pearce Goes Down in History First Person to Be Recalled in AZ
This may be a little premature with many mail in and provisional ballots still to be counted, but it looks like Pearce is a goner. The local TV news is saying he has been defeated. I’m just so happy...
View ArticleGuam, Radiation Fallout and Me
My family lived in Guam from 1959-1961. A time that I remember fondly may have been the worst thing that could have happened to me and my family. Studies have proven that Guam had significant...
View ArticleTrying to Make Redistricting Not Political in AZ
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.An Arizona voter referendum passed in 2000 that was intended to take politics out of the redistricting process has instead been turned into a massive...
View ArticleIsn’t Everyone?
“If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.” RushIf you were to ask any passing stranger on the street if they were political or paid much attention at all to politics, a vast majority...
View ArticleRush Defends NASCAR Audience and Calls Mrs. Obama Uppity
Booing of Mrs. Obama at NASCAR yesterday made headlines, so Rush decided to defend the NASCAR audience with some good old fashion racism.Limbaugh praised the attendees of the NASCAR race for...
View ArticleAnother Broken Treaty?
AZ legislators have introduced a bill in Congress to stop the Tohono O'odham Nation from building a casino near Glendale. If this bill passes it would undo a treaty with the tribe that they traded...
View ArticleRolling Stone Names Greatest Guitar Players
Thought I'd give us all a little break from politics on this Thanksgiving holiday and talk about Rolling Stone's list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time. (Reuters) - Legendary musician Jimi...
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You Can Camp to Shop but Not to Occupy
You can camp if you want to shop, but not to protest. The top story of my local news today was about people camping out since last Saturday for Black Friday (or is it Thursday now?).Shoppers camping...
View ArticleBirds Mistake Walmart Parking Lot for Water and Die in Mass
Apparently you can fool mother nature if you are a giant Walmart parking lot. Bird experts said it was the largest bird downing they had ever seen with thousands dead and at least two thousand...
View ArticleDrug Testing is Wrong
I’m really sick of hearing Republicans bring up drug testing for the unemployed, people on food stamps or anyone who gets government benefits. Drug testing has not been proven to have any benefit...
View ArticleSheriff Joe: America’s Worst Sheriff
Although, Sheriff Joe has spent twenty years building his reputation as “ America’s Toughest Sheriff”, he will go down in history as “Americas Worst Sheriff” and he has only himself to blame. He likes...
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Christmas is for Children
Being a poor person, last year I wrote this story for my family, and that was my Christmas gift to them. Excuse the length. In the version I gave my parents, children and grandchildren, I included...
View ArticleSheriff Joe, “I don’t need to be petty....”
Sheriff Joe, “I don’t need to be to be petty....” But I am. I’ve always been petty, and I don’t know how to be anything else. That’s how the quote should have ended when Sheriff Joe had his deputies...
View ArticleMore Good News for the One Percent
The government never stops trying to find ways to make you richer if you are the one percent. After crashing the housing market and throwing millions of people out of their homes, then selling them to...
View ArticleGrand Canyon Safe from Uranium Mining!
Good news for the Grand Canyon and Arizona! The Obama Administration has approved a 20-year ban on new mining claims near the Grand Canyon.The Obama administration announced a federal ban Monday on...
View ArticleIs Being Mormon a Problem for Romney?
I told my parents several months ago that Romney was going to be the GOP candidate. Besides not believing me, my mother said, “But, he’s a Mormon.”I’m not here to knock Mormons. I have known and been...
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For Dancers
It was the first day of spring semester 1974. I walked into the basement of the old chemistry building at the U of A in Tucson, AZ. I saw a pretty lady with two black braids that hung to her waist,...
View ArticleThe Devil You Know
In 2008 Obama compared the vote between him and McCain as the vote between “the devil you know, and the devil you don’t know.”Deja vu.Although Evangelicals have formed a coalition to back Santorum,...
View ArticlePres. Obama on Brewer Flap: No Big Deal
President Obama in an interview with Diane Sawyer tonight downplayed the incident with Gov. Brewer-AZ on the tarmac yesterday. He said the media blew a small issue out of proportion. "This is not a...
View ArticleThe Politics of Pain: Stop the Madness
This is a diary I have been wanting to write for some time now. I saw my pain doctor in December and at that time told him I had gotten a Medical Marijuana card, but had no reliable way to get...
View ArticleGoodbye Joe, You gotta go, Me oh my oh
There has been an intense Maricopa County Board of Supervisors meeting going on today, with detractors of the dear Sheriff walking out in disgust. Seems some people in AZ are singing a different tune...
View ArticleThere is No God / My Profound Revelation
I hope you find this relevant considering the time and attention devoted to religion in our politics and public discourse. People claim to have revelations all the time about god and from god. This...
View ArticleGet Off Your Asses and Get Angry
Hear ye, hear ye, mothers, sisters and daughters. Get off your asses and get angry.I guess you thought you could sit back on the gains your mothers and grandmothers made and never have to lift a...
View ArticleIsrael Reporting US Will Give Them Bunker Busting Equipment
Just got this off the internet. Is Netanyahu spreading disinformation? Is Obama trying to downplay any strike or war scenario until after the 2012 election? Is this just more of our military aide to...
View ArticleReligion is Politics
Religion and politics have worked throughout history hand in hand to control the populous and share power. This has probably been true since the dawn of humans, religion and politics. I will not go...
View ArticleRussell Pearce Goes To Washington
I wish Russell Pearce would just go away. But, thanks to New York Sen. Charles Schumer, he gets to go to Washington and testify on the immigration issue. Thanks a lot Chuck. We have been trying...
View ArticleMy Generation, the Baby Boomers
People try to put us down Just because we get around The Who My generation has been much dissected, psychoanalyzed, talked, and written about. Some say we did great things, not much at all, or...
View ArticleOn Computers and the Internet
I read The Third Wave by Alvin Toffler in 1980 and realized it was true and that computers would be the next revolution. This is what made me major in Computer Science from 1980-82. I bought the...
View ArticleChange Can Happen, You Can Make a Difference
We don’t often get to see the visible results of work that we personally do in our lives, because change takes time. Have we made a difference, did it matter? It can make us wonder, is all this worth...
View ArticleAZ: Stupid on Steroids
Our current AZ state legislature must be the worst and most stupid in its history. They are now passing another bill that will need millions to defend and is bound to fail. They would destroy the...
View ArticleAn Appeal to the Voters of AZ: Tell Them We Have Had Enough
The elected representatives of AZ have shown their scorn and contempt for the voters and promoted their own self interests and the interests of corporations and mining companies over what the voters...
View ArticleCoca Cola Leaves ALEC
Progressives do have power. Score one for the good guys: After being pressured by Color of Change and other progressive groups, Coca-Cola has left ALEC -- the cynical corporate coalition that has...
View ArticleGuns in AZ Capitol: What Could Go Wrong?
I couldn’t resist this story. It's a perfect example of what happens when you ignore possible consequences in favor of an idealized notion, like carrying second amendment rights to the extreme.When...
View ArticleI See Beauty, I See Diversity
I have lived in Arizona for 45 years, but lately, when I see it through the eyes of others, both those who live here and those who don’t, I am saddened and ashamed. The political landscape and climate...
View ArticleProtests in DC and Phoenix Over SB 1070 (poll)
SB 1070 had its day in the SC today, and while Russell Pearce and Gov. Brewer smiled before cameras after the hearing, evidently feeling as much as the media has reported that the questions seemed to...
View ArticleSarkozy Embraces Extremists to Win, Much Like Mitt
The extreme lurch of the right in America is being echoed by Sarkozy in France as he goes crazy to save his own hide by embracing the fringe who are the supporters of Le Pen’s National Front which got...
View ArticleDeath and Dying
How do you want to die? This is a question everyone should think about and answer for themselves. I have. I have a very strict advanced directives document. I am not afraid to die, I am afraid to...
View ArticleConcealed Weapons Allowed at Republican Convention, But No Water Guns
Only in the mixed up logic of Republicans is water dangerous and bullets are a right. So if you are going to the Republican convention in Tampa, Florida, feel free to carry a concealed weapon, but...
View ArticleGov. Brewer Signs Bill Cutting Off Planned Parenthood
When Republican politicians say something is common-sense you can bet your bottom dollar it isn’t. Since no state money goes to abortion services in AZ, this bill makes absolutely no sense, unless you...
View ArticleAZ Gov. Brewer Exploring Third Term
I have had a lot on my plate to deal with, that is why it seems like I have been quiet lately. I will explain what has been going on in my life, after I tell you what’s on my mind about AZ. I also...
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Support a Progressive, Wenona Benally Baldenegro, in CD1 AZ
We say we want better Democrats here all the time. I am here to tell you about Wenona Benally Baldenegro, running for CD1 in AZ, who would be the first Native American candidate ever in the U.S....
View ArticleGov. Brewer Who Sued in SC Over Obamacare, Now All for Obamacare
Gov. Brewer of AZ says that the state will go broke without the money it will get from the federal government for health care Ironic considering she has spent considerable state money fighting...
View ArticleUtah to Reopen National Parks
Utah is rushing to take an offer from Pres. Obama to reopen National Parks if they pay for it. He told them they would probably not be reimbursed. Utah is willingly paying the $1.65 million to reopen...
View ArticleWhat about the election?
I have been waiting and watching as information has been revealed about Russian hacking into our election, and its stated purpose to help elect their puppet bump. Hillary was right. Why the long...
View ArticleMarijuana dispensaries hacked
My medical marijuana dispensary was hacked six days ago along with many dispensaries in Arizona, Colorado, and some in Massachusetts, maybe others? The systems are down, and to make a transaction has a...
View ArticleOh Boy! Women's March in Jerome
i thought a was going to march alone, but this was on my FB page this am. Now I have somewhere to go and people to be with.www.facebook.com/......
View ArticleTrumps War
Originally titled War. What is is good for? On democraticunderground this morning.Are we starting a war without the American people even knowing it?Sen. Chris Murphy, Contributor United States Senator...
View ArticleThe Deepest, Darkest Secret
While we are on the subject of sexual abuse………“Childabuse casts a shadow the length of a lifetime.”Herbert Ward“You never had your head screwed on right.”This is how my mom started off telling me the...
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