Sen. Jon Kyl pushes back against “outrage” over AIG bonuses
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: In the past two days few public figures have defended AIG per se, but "Senator Obstruction," Jon Kyl, is pushing back against what he deems to be overstated outrage. Santelli, Sen. Kyl Push Back Against "Outrage" Over AIG Bonuses Advertisement On Monday, Sen. Jon Kyl ridiculed politicians for being quick to "demagogue" … Read more
What would John Galt say?
by David Safier Quick, someone find Clarence Thomas a speech writer! Now that the Bush administration is gone, it looks like he's garbled up his talking points. Americans today are self-indulgent and don't make the sacrifices that their parents and grandparents did, and the nation's leaders don't ask people to act for the higher good, … Read more
I get some Goldwater respect!
by David Safier Friend of the blog Matthew Ladner of the Goldwater Institute has spent a great deal of time discussing, arguing and cajoling in the comments section, and I, along with commenters, have discussed, argued and cajoled right back. It's been one of those rare occasions where two sides meet on an even playing … Read more
“We just stopped teaching”
by David Safier I asked a teacher friend how his school was handling the budget cuts. "Oh," he said, "we just stopped teaching. We know there'll be cuts down the line, so we don't want any of our kids to be smart enough to take our jobs." I was going to respond with a witty … Read more
President Obama wants AIG bonuses rescinded
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Over the weekend it was disclosed that AIG, a company which is now on its third TARP bailout to rescue it from its bad bets on toxic debts, paid out $450 million in bonuses to its executives on Friday – presumably using the TARP bailout funds, and presumably because their executives had … Read more
Dr. Word aks: How gud kn yu rede?
by David Safier This is more for fun than anything (or an English teacher's idea of fun, anyway), but it's a semi-interesting comment on the phonics/whole language debate. Do we read syllable by syllable, as phonics people say, or do we use lots of contextual clues to scope out the words we're reading, as whole … Read more
Dr. Word says: Thanks for the Snark, Tom
by David Safier I use the term "snark" often, and without thinking. But over at R-Cubed, someone asked Tedski what he meant by the term "snark," since most definitions head back to Lewis Carroll's "Hunting of the Snark," and that doesn't make much sense in its modern usage. Tedski's brother (Tomski? That just doesn't work, … Read more
