Really. I’m not making this up
January 27, 2010
by David Safier Excerpts from a speech by Richard Behney, a Republican running to replace Evan Bayh as Indiana's Senator. I just asking. Are there any laws against advocating armed insurrection against the U.S.? Speaking about why people like him need to be elected: "That's the beauty of this, folks. We can do it before
The Farley Report 1/26/10
January 27, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Farley Report this week: It's been a quiet week in State Wobegon… Actually, it has been anything but a quiet week. More legislators are declaring their intentions to run for more offices, committees are pumping out some really suspect bills, House Republicans are trotting out their corporate-bailout deficit-expansion package, teachers and
Rep. Nancy Young Wright (D-LD26) on the state budget
January 27, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Arizona Daily Star's series continues today with Rep. Nancy Young Wright (D-LD26). Formatted for transcript format. Rep. Nancy Young Wright, D, District 26 Rep. Nancy Young Wright, D-LD26 Committees: Ranking Democrat, Water and Energy, Education The Arizona Daily Star asked the following questions of each lawmaker: 1) Lawmakers have discretion over only
“The attack on Arizona teachers continues”
January 26, 2010
by David Safier From the Farley report: The attack on Arizona teachers continues. HB2395, introduced by Rep. Lauren Hendrix (R-Mesa), is an attempt take away teachers' voices by eliminating their ability to voluntarily pay dues to the Arizona Education Association — which represents them at the Capitol — through payroll deduction. No other union or
Fool’s Gold: Pure Propagandistic Garbage
January 26, 2010
by David Safier Today's Daily Email from Goldwater Institute's Matthew Ladner is worse than usual if only because it misuses the data from two good studies. There's not a factual inaccuracy to be found, only gross errors of overstatement and omission. The headline states the premise of the email: President Obama should transfer Head Start
GOP insane clown posse headed down the wrong track
January 26, 2010
The GOP insane clown posse refuses to acknowledge The First Rule of Holes: "The first rule of holes, when you're in one, stop digging."– Molly Ivins. Arizona is in the deficit hole it is in due to twenty years of GOP tax cutting that has reduced the tax base to the point that it can no
Harry Potter, meet Merriam-Webster
January 26, 2010
by David Safier Looks like going after all that sorcery and devil worship in Harry Potter books isn't enough. Now they're going after dictionaries in elementary schools. [A parent] called the principal of Oak Meadows Elementary School to say that entries describing oral sex in the dictionary were too explicit. The books were immediately pulled
Nonrecourse home loans in Arizona
January 26, 2010
by David Safier I'm a homeowner and not underwater, so this doesn't concern me directly, but I didn't know that in Arizona and California, homeowners have a special protection which says, if any of us defaults on a home loan, the lender can't go after other possessions. [In Arizona and California] mortgages are so-called nonrecourse
