John McCain switches and votes FOR TORTURE. What else is he willing to do to get elected, or to please his corporate handlers once elected? There is no telling is there? The poor man was tortured for 6-7 years in a N. Vietnamese prison camp. It is not his fault, but anyone who has undergone […]
Ann Wright Speaks on the Costs of Conscience and Tucson Judge Shows Justice Can Have a Conscience
Michele Obama’s appearance in downtown Tucson probably drew some folks away from Ann Wright’s talk today about brave individuals who raised voices of conscience against illegal and immoral actions by our government since 2001. Ann Wright spoke at the University of Arizona Bookstore this afternoon. It wasn’t a feel good talk. No one whose stories […]
Obama Rally in Phoenix: Grijalva, Kennedy, Napolitano and of course, Obama
Just got back from Phoenix where Barack Obama was well received by a political crowd different from any I’d seen before. Hard to describe, but this was not your standard all gung ho backers with a few shills thrown in to yell hateful oppositional things. The air was filled with what I can only describe […]
AZ Liz found NOT Guilty!!!!
Liz Hourican of CODEPINK Phoenix -and for much of this past year a PINKer based in D.C. bringing Arizona peace messages to our elected officials in D.C. – was found NOT GUILTY today in a D.C. Court. In Liz’s own words from an email sent earlier today: “The case stemming from the Condi Rice Bloody […]
Conundrums, Quandaries, and Feb 5th
What’s a progressive girl to do? Feb 5th approaches and I’m facing a question that hundreds of thousands (I’d like to say millions, but I don’t think there are that many thinking people actually involved AZ Democrats) of other Arizonans are facing , do cast my initial approval, my primary vote in the AZ Democratic […]
Time to Shut Down the State Level Democratic Parties and Illegal Voter Coercion
It isn’t time to dance in the streets just yet. Yes a man with dark skin won the Iowa Democratic Caucus. I’m terribly pleased that the front running war monger Hilary Clinton did not take the state. But it is one state. Two parties do not a Democracy make. Look at what Kucinich currently must […]