Governor Brewer Spokesman speaks

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Saturday January 08, 2011 · 2:03 PM PST

2011/01/08 · 14:03

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this hullabaloo could have been avoided. Well, strictly speaking, Judge John Roll and the others who died or were injured would need to have been headless, too...But at any rate...As a longtime supporter of the NRA's positions, Governor Brewer believes that the problem isn't guns, it's people running around with their heads out in the open in a vulnerable place that causes all the trouble.

"Accordingly, Governor Brewer, who as anyone with even half a bwain can tell, long ago replaced her head with a leather replica, will only support headless corpses for candidates for public offices in the future. Alternatively, she will support people like herself whose heads are actually leather or wooden replicas of the real thing.

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Thursday January 06, 2011 · 7:58 AM PST

2011/01/06 · 07:58

Will they suspend the reading to vote in a rule giving all non-Caucasian Congresspeeps just 3/5 of a vote on all legislation? Will Eric Cantor bring in Britney as a guest reader? So many opportunities to surprise and delight the base.

Will The Boehner weep when he realizes that the Constitution is not the Articles of Confederation? Will he try to figure out if his side has enough semi-automatic irons in their bags to massacre the rest of Capitol Hill? Speaking of which, isn't it time to rename it Capital Hell in honor of that which makes their world go 'round? Sounds like the kind of substantive legislation this House can jump right on. Right after they officially redefine the word corrupt, of course. In fairness to the GOP, Will Rogers had this to say on the subject, "The Democrats and Republicans are equally corrupt -- it's only in the amount where the Republicans excel." In fairness to the Democrats, the GOPee has gotten much more venal and stupid since Will Rogers' day. After all, since then they have absorbed the Dixiecrats, home schooling and creationism.

And, finally, what extemporaneous interpolations will Woo President Bachmann and other Tea Baggies inject into the proceedings? Inquiring mindless want to know.

Were You Born In A Barn?

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Sunday December 26, 2010 · 5:34 AM PST

2010/12/26 · 05:34

A Stable? A Garage? Some other Semi-Sacred Outbuilding where natural holiday fragrances are automatically shared with the world at large? How Come Festivus doesn't have A Specially Designated Outbuilding where the Airing of Grievances can be held in relative comfort without stinking up the living room?

For some reason, it has been a extremely busy December in my small piece of Florida with many holiday visitors from up North. Perhaps, there really is an economic recovery underway. There certainly is enough shopping being done from my home. It began just prior to Hanukkah and Bodhi Day. It's swung with gusto through the many variations of the Solstice Celebrations that friends have so determinedly visited upon my household this year. Aside from militant (and mocking) Christians, I have been been visited by self-proclaimed Mithra worshipers. These appropriately enough were serving US soldiers. There have been Unitarians, Norse Pagans, Atheists Who Just Happened By, Santerians, Jains, Muslims, Sikhs and various other religious. Fact is, it got so that I expected Inhofe to ride in on his horse to make a complaint.

I just wish all those who had visited me and are visiting still had voted in November's election.

Merry Happy!!!!

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Pulling The Big Lever And A Vote For Pseudo-Al

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Friday November 05, 2010 · 8:40 AM PDT

2010/11/05 · 08:40

Here and elsewhere people have made much of the number of votes the Pseudo-Rev Al Greene pulled on 11/02. Personally, I think a batshit crazy whatever is a better alternative than Jim DeMento. And, no doubt a few South Carolinians probably felt safe voting for Pseudo-Al in protest.

More importantly, those commenting overlooked the fact that South Carolina uses the BIG LEVER for voting.

16 states still offer straight-ticket or party line voting. In these states with a few exceptions, the straight-ticket option is available in all elections, including primaries, and applies to all offices on the ticket, including federal, state and local races. The states with STV are:

Alabama
Oklahoma
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Iowa
Rhode Island
Kentucky
South Carolina
Michigan
Texas
New Jersey
Utah
New Mexico
West Virginia
North Carolina
Wisconsin

When many, even most people were illiterate and information on candidates was hard to come by anyway, Party Line Voting made good sense.

Even now, an argument can be made for PLV if easy individual voter preference overrides are built into the system.

Of course, a better argument can be made for informed voters; but whachagonnado?.

Jim DeMenTea /Alvin Greene 2012? That's the Ticket!

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Thursday November 04, 2010 · 2:25 PM PDT

2010/11/04 · 14:25

Many Southerners believe Jim DeMint pulled off an incredible, if unnecessary, voter suppression trick in 2010, by ensuring he had no credible opponent at all. It may be that he thought he should start saving money for the Big Race, the 2012 primaries. In that case DeMint should continue striking down his competition with devastating screwball moves. For instance, he should run his 2012 Presidential bid pre-loaded with a VP candidate to enthrall America. And, who would make a better VP candidate than his erstwhile 2010 opponent the pseudo-Reverend Al Green, in reality Alvin Greene?

Let's face it, for all Alvin's many quirks, including the mystery surrounding his appearance on the Democratic ballot in the first place, Pseudo-Al comes with far less baggage than any possible pretender the Tea Baggies might find acceptable.

Plus, he BLINGS! La Palin, Bachmannn and Orly Taitz together do not shine on with the special Pink Floydian sparkle that Greene demonstrates almost every day. And, obviously, Greene would bring more than one kind of color to a party sorely lacking in the sane, er, the same.

btw, to celebrate his Senatorial campaign, Alvin unveiled a comic book called "Ultimate Warrior" today, starring himself.

Howard Dean Showed Us What To Do In 2006 - Unless We Would Rather Have Republicans Win In 2012

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Wednesday November 03, 2010 · 12:24 PM PDT

2010/11/03 · 12:24

I lived through the "Rage of '68" that ended up electing Richard Nixon.

I lived through the "Progressive Party Takeover of 1972" when Nixon, by then widely seen as the crooked leader of a corrupt political party, was still considered so preferable to the self-righteous Progressives who seized control of the Democratic Party that he ended up carrying every state but Massachusetts, despite the general respect and esteem with which George McGovern was held by most Americans.

I lived though ABSCAM in the 1980s which made it clear to most aware Americans that ideology has nothing to do with integrity and never will.

I lived through the cannibalism of the Democrats in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s when, despite the object lessons of history and, later, of Clinton's electoral victories, Progressives refused to understand that Americans are Liberal in the tradition of The Enlightenment, of Washington, Jefferson, Teddy Roosevelt and FDR, not Progressive in the tradition of Henry Wallace.

After the debacle in 2000 and the "war scam" elections in 2002 and 2004, Howard Dean showed the Democratic Party what it needed to do to reclaim its natural political ascendancy. Partly, Dean's "50 State Strategy" was simply a return to Democratic Party basics.

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Saturday October 02, 2010 · 4:55 AM PDT

2010/10/02 · 04:55

What the California Governor's race may come down to is this: Is Jerry Brown still entertaining enough to be California's Governor?

You can bet your eBippy that Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman will bring the same razzle dazzle she has shown since the beginning of September to Saturday's debate in the heart of California's Central Valley. She'll showcase those credentials that have made her former employees sooooo loyal. Her headline grabbing ability with people and her handling of her personal fortune will surely suck.... the support of independent and Hispanic votes away from Democratic candidate Jerry Brown as much as they have in the past anyway.

In the meantime, The Brown has impressed no one this week by his inability to make any former employees cry in public. Furthermore, his disinterest in promising to take a lie detector test and then to renege on that promise within mere hours is just too dull for words to describe.

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Saturday September 25, 2010 · 3:29 PM PDT

2010/09/25 · 15:29

Things happen. People speak. Amazingly, these commonplaces often need interpretation so that we regular folks can properly understand them.

Interpretation is often oblique. Want to understand that latest corkscrew of Religious Right, Christine O'Donnell? It's not as easy as it first seems. But, it's not that hard with practice and can be very useful. First, remember that the best look into her mind so far has been provided by that right leaning darling of young progressives, Bill Maher. Watching her willingly get off in public in return for repeated brushes with almost fame via his former TV show has a certain irony.

To apply this lesson more widely, one needs to draw from a larger joke book (I promise not to crack the Bible in this diary entry.)

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Tuesday September 21, 2010 · 7:16 AM PDT

2010/09/21 · 07:16

In Europe as in Asia the true cost of fossil fuels has been born by the consumer economies since World War II. As a result Europeans have embraced many energy producing and distribution technologies that we in the US are constantly told are not cost effective, including, sorry to say, quite a few which were invented by Americans.

However, one of the earliest alternatives to fossil fuel driven energy was pioneered by Germany: the peaceful use of atomic energy. And, of course, it was German and Italian scientists who spurred our atomic programs to their preeminence. When Ike made "Atoms For Peace" a centerpiece of US diplomacy, Germany was an early adopter atomic power plants.

However, not all fossil fuel alternatives were success stories. Germany was also one of the first nations to begin phase out atomic power.

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Monday September 20, 2010 · 12:55 PM PDT

2010/09/20 · 12:55

This weekend, a young diarist,Teenaged Pundit, here at Kos shared his experience of what it means to be apart from the general run of believers in this day and age. He described himself as an an atheist. He may be. He certainly seems to be agnostic as the tough minded T.H. Huxley, whose thought I very much respect, would define it.

In any case, it seems this young person has already suffered somewhat from being unwilling to go along with the religious herd. However, he doesn't seem to have yet suffered the scorn from being unwilling to fully pack in with their atheistic counterparts

His musings indicate that he will experience further disillusionment. Too many true unbelievers, too, will brook neither hesitation nor disagreement.

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Sunday September 19, 2010 · 9:05 AM PDT

2010/09/19 · 09:05

I was going to take a break today, hit the beach and not post a diary; but, a chance look at a political junkie friend's TV gave me an easy dunk.

Joe Miller appeared "Fox News Sunday" today. The Alaska GOP Senate candidate. in the new tradition of GOP candidates, especially those from Alaska, Miller was totally unable to explain his August assertion on CBS's "Face the Nation" that unemployment benefits are unconstitutional. And, if they were, how he proposed to help the 43.6 million Americans in poverty.

Don't know why Joe would have a problem with this. He must have smoked the wrong Tea before his interview with Chris.

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Saturday September 18, 2010 · 4:22 AM PDT

2010/09/18 · 04:22

"Our nation stands at a fork in the political road. In one direction lies a land of slander and scare; the land of sly innuendo, the poison pen, the anonymous phone call and hustling, pushing, shoving; the land of smash and grab and anything to win. This is Nixonland. But I say to you that it is not America." - Adlai Stevenson, Speech in Los Angeles California (27 October 1956), as quoted in The New America (1971), edited by Seymour E. Harris, John B. Martin, and Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., p. 249

Unfortunately, Nixonland is as American as the Ku Klux Klan. What Stevenson meant, for he was a very intelligent, idealistic and gracious man, is that this should not be America.

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