Consensus emerges that the stimulus is working
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The New York Times reported on Saturday that dispassionate economic analysts have reached a consensus that the stimulus package, messy as it is, is working. New Consensus Views Stimulus as Worthy Step: Advertisement The legislation, a variety of economists say, is helping an economy in free fall a year ago to grow … Read more
Grijalva cosponsors Graduation for All Act
by David Safier Here's a press release from Grijalva's office: Grijalva Announces Bill To Help Struggling Schools Prevent Dropouts, Encourage Pursuit of Higher Education Washington, DC – Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva today announced the release of H.R. 4122, the Graduation for All Act, which seeks to decrease dropout rates and provide assistance to struggling middle … Read more
A great public service ad
by David Safier Ad for the President Obama, United We Serve and NFL Team Up fitness and service campaign. This goes out to friend of the blog Steve Gall who is trying once again to get a 30 minute mandatory recess bill through the legislature and is talking to and working at schools around the … Read more
Johnny one note is at it again
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Arizona's Neoconservative Senator John McCain is at it again. This is the man who was a patron of Ahmed Chalabi and his Iraqi National Congress which fabricated intelligence of Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction. This is the man who advocated for war with Iraq and confidently predicted before the war that … Read more
Charter/District budget battle
by David Safier The Rs planned to cut $144 million in soft capital funding from district schools. The snafu Thursday only delayed the move. But now some legislators are asking, Why aren't charter schools feeling the budget ax as well? Here is among the lamest reasons imaginable for not making cuts to charters. Crandall said … Read more
Standish, MI to Liz Cheney: We Want Gitmo Detainees, Not Your Fearmongering
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: First, some background. The Washington Post reported that one of former Vice President Dick Cheney’s daughters, Mary, was “leaving the political consulting firm Navigators Global to start her own consulting company.” Though one of Mary’s friends told the Post that Mary’s dad and her sister, Liz, would be joining her, a spokeswoman … Read more
More on the (probably) faked Civics survey done for G.I.
by David Safier A few days ago, I posted about problems with the survey Goldwater Institute's Matthew Ladner used for his study about how little high school students know about Civics. It seems the company that conducted the survey, Strategic Vision LLC, has a history of complaints about their methodology and their failure to supply … Read more
