Col. Lawrence Wilkerson responds to Dick Cheney and his forces of evil
May 19, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Col. Lawrence Wilkerson was a guest on the Rachel Maddow Show last night and responded to the attacks from Dick and Liz Cheney and their forces of evil, after he pointed the finger at the Office of the Vice President last week for the Bush torture program. What I find most disturbing is
Ouch!
May 19, 2009
by David SafierThe Arizona Economic Council has put out a scorcher of an ad about our education funding.
Steve Yarbrough and his Student Tuition Organization
May 18, 2009
by David Safier A special session to create new private school tax credits is the big ed news right now. That puts one of the two main proponents of the bill, Steve Yarbrough, into the spotlight, because, as well as being a state representative, he runs Arizona's largest Student Tuition Organization (STO). (All tuition tax
The latest on the back door voucher legislation
May 18, 2009
by David SafierThe East Valley Trib has written an excellent article on the push to create a new private school tax credit to replace vouchers the AZ Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional. The article answered one question I had: why call a special session? The reason is, if the bill is passed in the special session,
The madness of Dick Cheney: “How I learned to stop worrying about legal niceties and come to love torture”
May 18, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I never bought into the idea of Dick Cheney as Darth Vader. It is an insult to Darth Vader who redeemed himself in the end. Apparently, there will be no redemption for Dick Cheney. No, Dick Cheney's image was forever fixed in my mind as a modern-day Dr. Strangelove with his wheelchair exit
Donald Rumsfeld’s Crusade-like Messaging in Worldwide Intelligence Updates
May 18, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: If President Obama is concerned about international reaction to the publishing of previously leaked (but not published) photos of torture, then he really ought to be concerned about the recently published report in GQ Magazine containing the cover sheets of Donald Rumsfeld's Crusade-like messaging in his Worldwide Intelligence Updates. Remember the uproar
Obama administration should comply with a court order and release the torture photos, or the media will (and has)
May 18, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Obama administration initially agreed to comply with the order of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals to produce a small set of torture photos, previously agreed upon with the plaintiff ACLU, but last week it backed away from its agreement citing opposition from the Department of Defense. Obama Reverses Pledge to
Is anyone looking at charter school expenses?
May 18, 2009
by David SafierOne line in H.B. 2028/S.B, 1189, the bill that rolls over funding for schools, delaying $300 million in payments, caught my eye. . . . the reduction does not apply to charter schools and small school districts that qualify for an exemption of the general budget limit. No delayed payments to charter schools
