In light of everything happening in this country about gun violence–all the tragedies, including our Tucson heartbreak–the first gun-related bill Governor Jan Brewer has signed this year DEMANDS cities sell back guns that are voluntarily given up by citizens. Sell them back. Not destroy them, as police forces have been happy to do. But put [...]
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So Attorney General Tom Horne has called off the dogs on Bisbee over civil unions. I just want to get this straight: accused adulterer Tom Horne has called off the dogs on an Arizona city that just wants to honor the good people who love each other and want to pledge their fidelity. A man [...]
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I cannot believe how stupid and deaf and blind the U.S. Senate is. And I will do everything I can to see every single one of those NO votes on gun legislation defeated! Here are the comments I just received from Gabby Giffords: “Moments ago, the U.S. Senate decided to do the unthinkable about gun [...]
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Someday, the NRA will look back on their disgusting behavior and realize the end came on December 14 in Newtown, Conn. Because we will never forget: –That the NRA and their Republican lap dogs opposed any limits on assault rifles and large-clip ammunition. –That the NRA and their Republican lap dogs even opposed universal background [...]
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Sen. Kimberly Yee, R-Phoenix, has killed legisation to increase funding for a program that trains people to intervene when someone is suicidal or could pose harm to others–like Jared Loughner, the Tucson shooter. She used a procedural maneuver to kill a bill that has widespread and bipartisan support, saying she was “trying to maintain the [...]
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Today as I join Arizona in mourning the loss of one of the greatest people of our time,I remember the day Eddie Basha and I cried together. It was 1994. He was running for governor. I had recently written “The Trunk Murderess: Winnie Ruth Judd.” To my surprise, Winnie Ruth, who had secretly moved back [...]
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I was thrilled Monday at the second inauguration of President Obama, and never more proud to be an America. The President so clearly held the door wide open for all in this nation as we go forward, showing his breakthrough election and then reelection was just the start. My heart soared when he cited the [...]
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Everyone is talking as if the National Rifle Association is so powerful, it can’t be stopped; that it can prevent the will of the vast majority of Americans–85 percent in some cases–who are demanding common sense changes to our laws on guns. Here’s how toothless this tiger really is: In the November election, as the [...]
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Boy, I hate to be the one to tell you, Holly Solomon, but you ran down your husband and permanently disfigured him–all because of the misinformed and misguided thought that President Obama’s reelection would hurt your family. Holly, it is President Obama that will most HELP your family. Mitt Romney as President would have given [...]
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I don’t know if Governor Jan Brewer knows what “feckless” means, but since it’s a label applied to her, she should. The American Heritage Dictionary says feckless means: “lacking purpose or vitality; ineffective; careless, irresponsible.” The word is important because it summarizes the bizarre and irresponsible response from the State Capitol to the shooting rampage [...]
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