The government is being paid back TARP funds at a profit
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The New York Times today published this report As Biggest Banks Repay Bailout Money, the U.S. Sees a Profit Matthew Yglesias provides some analysis TARP Profits: I’ve been complaining for a while now about the tendency of commentators to treat the $700 billion TARP bailout as if it’s 100 percent losses when … Read more
Does this sound threatening to you?
by David SafierTUSD board member Mark Stegeman gave me a letter Tom Horne sent out in early May of this year. The gist is, every school district has to comply with the ELL Structured English Immersion model implemented in 2008. Horne's tone is harsh, to say the least. NO EXEMPTIONS FROM FULL COMPLIANCE WITH SEI … Read more
Guns, God and Presidents, Part 2
by David SafierI posted earlier about Pastor Steven Anderson saying in a sermon titled, Why I Hate Barack Obama, I'd like Barack Obama to melt like a snail tonight. Because he needs to recompense, he needs to reap what he's sown. You see, any Christian will tell you that someone who commits murder should get … Read more
Budget Update: Something’s Gotta Give Soon
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Last week the Arizona Legislature adjourned sine die to give the Accidental Governor an additional ten days to negotiate a budget agreement more to her liking after the GOP insane clown posse leadership gave up and sent her nearly the identical budget she vetoed as "fatally flawed" on July 1. The Accidental … Read more
The Roots of Music
by David SafierThis is one of those labor-of-love stories. A New Orleans drummer has started a music program, The Roots of Music, for local kids. They pay nothing and get instruments, instruction, participation in the band and academic tutoring. He says he has 100 students enrolled and 400 on a waiting list. Music has a … Read more
A Grateful Nation Says Goodbye to America’s Senator
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA) represented not only the state of Massachusetts, but he was the champion for millions of Americans who are without a voice and an advocate in Washington, D.C.: the poor, the disabled, the sick, the forgotten. He was America's Senator. The Lion of the Senate has departed us, … Read more
Let the Education Games begin!
by David SafierI've become increasingly convinced we're on the cusp of the most significant educational change we've seen in decades, maybe since the 1920s when child labor laws and compulsory education laws combined to create an explosion in high school attendance and gave birth to the modern high school. For good or ill, K-12 education … Read more
