SOPA on Hold
December 16, 2011
Posted by Michael Bryan Hard to call it victory, since the beast is not dead. But we do have a temporary reprieve until at least late January. The House Judiciary Committee has placed SOPA on hold to take additional testimony regarding whether the bill would introduce security issues in the underlying structure of the internet.
Grijalva’s Restore the American Dream for the 99% Act
December 16, 2011
by David Safier Raúl Grijalva and other members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus have put together the Restore the American Dream for the 99% Act. The bill is a natural progression from the People's Budget Grijalva took a lead role in writing earlier this year. Here is how he summarizes the bill: The bill, which
Dominick the Donkey
December 16, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I am an aficionado of Christmas songs form the "golden era" of the 1950s and 1960s, but I must confess that I never heard of this Christmas song until the other day when it was mentioned on a cable televison news show out of New York. Apparently this song is popular back East,
Tea-Publicans hold American tax cuts hostage to Canadian Keystone XL pipeline
December 16, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The framing for the 2012 election is "Whose side are you on?" it is clear that Tea-Publicans are on the side of multi-national corporations, not the American people. The septegenarian Ninja Turtle, Mitch McConnell, says he will block the payroll tax holiday unless Democrats cave in to Tea-Publican demands to approve the
An overview of articles about online/virtual schools
December 16, 2011
by David Safier The Arizona Republic has published something like two dozen articles and sidebars about online education recently, and more keep coming. Kudos to Pat Kossan and the other reporters for their investigative work. The Washington Post has written an article and numerous blog posts. The New York Times published the most damning of
Hey media villagers! Both sides are not to blame for the less-than-do-nothing 112th Congress
December 16, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The modern-day corporate media villagers are compelled to report "balanced" news; both sides of a story must be reported with equal weight out of "fairness," even when one side argues that the Earth is round and revolves around the Sun, and the other side argues that the Earth is flat and the Sun revolves
Arpaio is “a national hero”
December 16, 2011
by David Safier Rob Haney, Maricopa County Republican Party Chairman, commented on the DOJ reports on Joe Arpaio (Capitol Times, subscription only). Maricopa County Republican Party Chairman Rob Haney accused the DOJ of being “tyrannical” and accused the federal government of retaliating against political enemies — the same charge the DOJ leveled against Arpaio. “Arpaio
I’ll be Home for Christmas – Bing Crosby
December 16, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: It is only appropriate that I begin the holiday music posts this year with the Bing Crosby classic "I'll be Home for Christmas" that has meant so much to generations of American service men and women since it was first recorded during World War II. This is for our troops returning home
