Why does this sound familiar?
by David Safier From columnist Nicholas Kristof's blog: The effort to prune the stimulus package to make it more palatable to Republicans is focused on slashing money for education. Advertisement The proposed cuts, by various accounts, include $40 billion to help states (in large part with education budgets), possibly $14 billion for Pell grants, and … Read more
Obama Puts Kibosh on Bush’s Space Cadet Ideas for Space-Based Weapons
by Michael Bryan Most people can rattle off many of the bad decisions and harmful policies of the Bush years. But one little-known policy vital to our national security and our economy that Bush worked very hard to get dead wrong is space-based weaponry. I wrote about the issue back in 2004 and again in … Read more
Obama Speech at House Democratic Caucus Issues Conference
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: President Obama rallied Democrats in support of the stimulus bill currently before the Senate at the House Democratic Caucus Issues Conference. To view the entire speech, see C-SPAN Video Player – President Obama Attends Democrat Conference Here is a video clip highlight from the speech: Transcript of remarks h/t to Talking Points … Read more
Obama Speech at Department of Energy: “The Time for Talk is Over. The Time for Action is Now.”
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Highlight from the transcript The White House – Blog Post – Serious about energy independence As we are meeting, in the halls of Congress just down the street from here, there’s a debate going on about the plan I’ve proposed, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan. * * * Now, I believe … Read more
Pearce: Budget cuts won’t cause any “real layoffs.” Ed woes “fabricated.”
by David Safier Why bother with analysis when the quotes speak for themselves? Here's Russell Pearce as quoted in the Arizona Guardian: "If you want to get rid of something, you tax it. If you want to increase something, then deregulate and untax it," he said. The budget cuts made last week will not cause … Read more
UPDATE: Obama signs SCHIP bill into law
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed a bill extending health coverage to 4 million uninsured children, a move he called a first step toward fulfilling a campaign pledge to provide insurance for all Americans. Obama signs kids' health insurance bill "I refuse to accept that millions of our children fail to reach … Read more
Does that mean Arizona education is on life support?
by David Safier A week ago I spotlighted this comment from Jon Kavanagh about the effects of Republican's budget hatchet: "There are painful cuts but none are lethal, so it appears." I guess Kavanagh is enamored with his life-or-death analogy. In a form email he sent out Thursday to anyone who complained about the budget … Read more
