Month: February 2013

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Announcement from the Arizona AFL-CIO:

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Announcement from CWA Local 7000:

By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings

 

This week, the committees of each chamber of the lege start hearing bills that successfully passed, so their agendas are a little on the light side.  The chambers' respective Rules and Appropriations committees can  and will still hear bills that originate in their own chamber, but the others can only hear bills that started in the other chamber.

For what it's worth, this will be a relatively light week for committee activity – many committees have short agendas, and many others simply aren't meeting this week.

As usual, all committee agendas, floor calendars, and event schedules are  subject to change without notice. Call ahead to confirm plans before travelling  to the Capitol based on an agenda, calendar, or schedule cited  here.

Notes:

If an agenda is summarized with "looks harmless so  far" that only means that nothing on the agenda set off "bat-shit crazy" alarm  bells; if the committee in question covers an area of interest to you, check out  the full agenda yourself. And if I missed something significant, please leave a  comment letting me know.

A hearing room designation of "SHR" means it is  a hearing room in the Senate building; "HHR" means that the hearing room is in  the House building.

Lastly, this summary is not, nor is it intended to  be, comprehensive. Many bills have been covered, but not all of them. Again, if  a committee covers an area of interest to you, check out the full agenda  yourself.

 

Floor activity:  The Senate Third Read (final approval) Calendar for Monday is here; Monday's House Third Read and COW (Committee of the Whole) calendars are here and here, respectively.

 

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

During the Watergate era, I considered Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein heroes and the venerable Washington Post excellence in journalism. That was then, this is now.

The Washington Post long ago lost its status for excellence in journalism. It is now welfare employment for Neocon war mongers and conservative pundits. The Post has partnered with billionaire Pete Peterson who is singularly dedicated to the destruction of Soclal Security, Medicare and Medicaid. The Washington Post Lets Pete Peterson Write The News On The Deficit. As I have said before, everything published by the Washington Post should come with a disclaimer disclosing this parternership — but it does not.

The sad decline of the Washington Post has occurred during a period of time when Bob Woodward has been an editor. Bob Woodward lost his soul as a journalist as well. Having access to insiders and their confidences became more important to him than reporting corruption in government.

Woodward was present when Bush and Cheney schemed to lead this country into an unnecessary war based upon fabricated evidence in Iraq, but rather than expose this war crime, it was more important to Woodward to maintain his access and confidences so that he could personally profit from the book he was writing, Plan of Attack. Had Woodward exposed the crimes to which he was privy, thousands of lives lost could have been saved. He has much to answer for.