“The singular feature of education reform in the 21st century . . .”
April 5, 2011
by David Safier This is one of the best lines about the "educational reform movement," Bush era and beyond, I have read: The singular feature of education reform in the 21st century is a willing suspension of disbelief. It's from a blog post by Diane Ravitch. She's talking about the "Texas miracle" which should have
Legislative Update for District 25 and District 26
April 5, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Here is your opportunity to tell your Southern Arizona legislators who do the bidding of our colonial overlords from the State of Maricopa how you really feel about them. Hold them accountable for their actions.
Fiesta Bowl Scandal Update: The Sharks Begin to Circle “King” Russell Pearce
April 5, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Arizona's de facto governor, "King" Russell Pearce (R-Mesa), is the most prominent legislator to figure in the Fiesta Bowl Scandal report disclosures related the bowl’s lobbyist efforts. There's the scent of blood in the water, and the sharks are beginning to circle "King" Russell Pearce. The Arizona Capitol Times reports Pearce’s finance reports don’t
Arizona media misleads on restoration of organ transplant funds
April 5, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Last week all the newspapers carried headlines about how Gov. Jan Brewer was fighting to restore funding to organ transplant patients in the budget finally adopted last week (leaving out the fact that she had terminated the coverage on October 1, 2010, and her office blocked consideration of any bills to retore
“water with 5 million times the legal limit of radioactivity”
April 5, 2011
by David Safier I was more than a little disturbed when they were reporting water at 100,000 times the legal limit for radioactivity coming from the Fukushima Daiichi plant. But when you hit 5 million times the legal limit . . . words fail. So now the government is considering restrictions on seafood. They found
How Citizens United Increases Foreign Influence Over American Politics
April 4, 2011
By Michael Bryan A frequently unrecognized effect of the Citizens United decision is that it will inevitably lay open our political system to unfettered foreign influence. By giving corporations constitutional rights within our political system, the Supreme Court has ensured that foreign governments and corporations have a constitutionally-based means to infiltrate and corrupt our political
Is Jan Brewer a governor moonlighting as a lobbyist, or a lobbyist moonlighting as a governor?
April 4, 2011
By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings Either way, she seems spend her days helping out Chuck Coughlin… From the Arizona Republic, written by Ginger Rough - Gov. Jan Brewer on Monday issued a statement in which she expressed "great disappointment and sadness" over the Fiesta Bowl scandal and pledged to convene a panel of Arizona business
Pics from the Union Solidarity Rally and BBQ
April 4, 2011
by David Safier Here are a few pics from the solidarity rally and picnic downtown today. I put the rough count of participants at 150-200. Best t-shirt of the day, and possibly the best t-shirt concept I have ever seen: "Slavery is the Legal Fiction that a Person is Property. Corporate Personhood is the Legal
