by David Safier Interesting column on HuffPo by Dave Zirin, Sports correspondent for the Nation (Sports correspondent for the Nation? Who knew?) Zirin says anti-SB1070 Angelenos should root against coach Phil Jackson and for Los Suns. Jackson said this in favor of SB1070: "Am I crazy, or am I the only one that heard [the … Read more
by David Safier Yes, I know it's expecting too much, but wouldn't you think an editorial in the Wall Street Journal should be somewhere near factual, and if it can't manage that, it should at least show mastery of 6th grade math skills? But when you're getting your pabulum spoon fed to you by the … Read more
by David Safier True story. In the 1930s a woman who emigrated to the U.S. from Russia when she was 12 wanted to teach school in New York. She was denied a job because her accent was too heavy. She failed her oral exam a number of times, but finally passed and got a job. … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Arizona Legislature has referred a number of propositions to the November Ballot. There are also a number of initiatives still circulating petitions which have a July 1 filing deadline. The measures referred to the ballot by the Arizona Legislature are indecent propositions. Each of these propositions should be defeated by voters … Read more
by David Safier Vic Williams bit hard — Chomp! — chewed and swallowed the Goldwater Institute's "1-to-1 teacher to bureaucrat ratio" line. And, like Guv candidate Buzz Mills, he went G.I. one better, turning "bureaucrats" into "administrators." This is why the media needs to keep their crap detectors set to 11 every time G.I. makes … Read more