Moving Forward on Health Care Reform
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Deficit hawk David Walker says spend more — on creating jobs!
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I have listened to former Comptroller and GAO chief David M. Walker speak several times over the years. While I agree with much of his analysis, I disagree with many of his recommended solutions. When he teamed up with right-wing ideologue Pete Peterson, a pox on American politics, he lost any credibility … Read more
Washington Post’s The Fix blog to focus on CD8 race
by David Safier Chris Cillizza, who writes The Fix for WaPo, is planning to Fix-ate on the Giffords-Whoever race. Last week, we asked Fixistas to choose the House race they wanted to see get the full Fix treatment — the first of a series of chances you will have in the coming months to vote … Read more
John McCain’s lies just keep growing
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Sen. John McCain's enablers over at The Arizona Republic gave him an opportunity to explain his revisionist history lies to the editors of the newspaper about his support for the TARP bailout and the reason for suspending his campaign in September 2008, rather than editoralize about his brazen lies. AZ/DC Blog – … Read more
March4Schools Day local events
by David Safier Thursday, March 4, is March4School Day, with events across Arizona. I only have partial information about local events. If anyone can fill in more details, put them in the comments and I'll add them to the post. Tucson EA: Rally at Reid Park – promoting the role of public schools in the … Read more
More on school recess
by David Safier From Steve Gall: I have intitated an advisory committee on recess called ROAR- reach out awareness for recess. We have local pediatricians supporting us and our goal is to make parents aware of the need for physical activity in the local elementary schools and how organized recess can address the problem of … Read more
Violent imagery from conservative educator
by David Safier This isn't a big deal, but it's part of a frightening trend: the increasingly violence-tinged imagery of the right wing. Educator Diane Ravitch has been making news lately, because she's gone from promoting conservative educational ideas to bashing NCLB, high stakes testing and charter schools, moving to the left of Obama and … Read more
