The GOP Gimmicks-R-Us Shop: The ‘Symbolic Congress’
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The "just say no" to everything Republican minority becomes the majority "symbolic Congress" today — symbolic in the sense that Tea-Publicans plan to hold a series of symbolic votes this year to not only reverse the Obama administration's legislative successes of the past two years but to repeal the entire 20th Century. … Read more
Huppenthal’s insists that we continue to mythologize American history
by David Safier Honestly, it's laughable, except that the man is our Superintendent of Education. John Huppenthal spoke yesterday about his visit to an Ethnic Studies classroom: "My, firsthand, classroom encounter clearly revealed an unbalanced, politicized and historically inaccurate view of American History being taught." Huppenthal, of course is a scholar of American history and … Read more
Huppenthal to take $15 million from TUSD if it continues to boost Hispanic academic achievement
by David Safier As usual, the cause-effect scenario in the Ethnic Studies battle is only being presented with a conservative spin on it. Horne and Huppenthal are saying, if TUSD doesn't get its act together and change or eliminate Ethnic Studies, it's in danger of losing $15 million. From that viewpoint, it sounds like the … Read more
Of course. Where else?
by David Safier The Tea Party Patriots plan to hold a "policy summit" in late February in Phoenix. The Tea Party Patriots call Phoenix, "the great southwestern city, born from the ruins of a former civilization, now the rebirth place of American culture. It will also be our opportunity to support the citizens of Arizona … Read more
Justice Scalia: Women are not entitled to equal protection under the 14th Amendment
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: With the attention of the Arizona political media focused this week on the conservative assault upon the citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment, they may have missed this story: Justice Antonin Scalia's assault upon the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment. Justice Scalia is the "constitutional scholar" (sic) that the Minnesota … Read more
Redistricting and other updates: 1st court proceeding set for January 18
by Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings As most observers of the AZ political scene are already aware, the lawsuits over redistricting have already started, even before the actual redistricting process has begun. The first lawsuit was filed by Kirk Adams and Russell Pearce, Speaker of the Arizona House and President-elect of the Arizona Senate, respectively, … Read more
Update: Senate filibuster reform gaining momentum
Posted by AzblueMeanie: Sen. Tom Udall (D-NM) today writes about his proposal for reforming the Senate rules, in particular the filibuster rule. Tom Udall – A Senate new year's resolution: Fixing a broken set of rules: On [January 5, 2011] my colleagues and I will introduce common-sense proposals to fix the source of our dysfunction … Read more
