The bailout for Bain Capital – Part 2
January 11, 2012
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I posted the other day about The bailout for Bain Capital: When President Obama proposed bailing out the auto industry in 2009, a rescue that was ultimately successful, Willard "Mittens" Romney infamously criticized the plan in a New York Times editorial titled, “Let Detroit Go Bankrupt.” But when his vulture capitalist firm
‘Survivor – GOP Presidential Primary’ : Whistling Dixie
January 11, 2012
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: There were no surprises in the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday night, with the possible exception that the winnowing of the field that typically occurs after the primary did not occur. Everyone is moving on to South Carolina. This is the deleterious effect of Citizens United v. FEC and the demon Super-PACs it
Let the TUSD Multicultural reforms begin!
January 11, 2012
by David Safier Last night, the TUSD Board voted to get rid of Mexican American Studies immediately. No doubt, lots of people are cheering the decision. But for those of us who are mourning the probable loss of the valuable program (there are still a few good legal fights left to be fought, so nothing
The Birther bill is baaack
January 11, 2012
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Birther bill is baaack, this time by Rep. Carl Seel who successfully shepherded a Birther bill through our Tea-Publican legislature last year. I pick on Seel, but his Birther bill, House Bill 2177, passed by a unanimous vote from all Tea-Publicans in the House and a unanimous vote from all Tea-Publicans in
Gold in them thar Charter School Properties
January 11, 2012
by David Safier Presented without comment, from Bloomberg news [excerpts] Property Investors Bet on Rising Demand for U.S. Charter School Campuses Entertainment Properties Trust (EPR) and Inland Public Properties Development Inc. . . . are among companies that are investing in buildings for charter schools as demand for campuses grows. More than 500 of the
Atomic Al Melvin is baaack
January 10, 2012
by David Safier Atomic Al Melvin has worked on his pitch to sell a nuclear waste dump to Arizonans. He’s always claimed it’s all about funding education. Nukes for schools. But now he’s got a name for it: The Arizona Energy-Education Fund. [Note: the story is in the Capitol Times, a subscription only website.] No
The GOP still in search of the perfect ‘Not-the-Romney’ candidate
January 10, 2012
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The corporate media villagers and Beltway bloviators will all say tonight that, should Willard "Mittens" Romney win in New Hampshire as expected, it will be an historical first for a GOP candidate to win both the Iowa Caucus and the New Hampshire primary ("historical" is a relative term: it's only since 1976).
Gov. Jan Brewer’s rhetoric vs. reality
January 10, 2012
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: In a follow-up to my previous post, the Arizona Democratic Party has put together a convenient guide to Gov. Jan Brewer's rhetoric vs. reality in this email: I’m sure by now you’ve seen the news coverage and heard the takeaways from Governor Brewer’s State of the State address on Monday. But here’s the thing, many
