Some half formed thoughts
by David SafierThe NY Times has an article about conflicts between our immigration laws and our need for the best techies in the world. The story is about a valuable engineer at Google who lives in Canada. He and his wife are both originally from India, but she doesn't have a visa to live here, … Read more
GOP Leadership out of touch on the economy
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I have previously covered the GOP leadership insane clown posse's alternative GOP budget fiasco that first had no numbers and then called for more of the same Bush policies of the past eight years – only to be rejected by over 20% of House Republicans. Last week, we had Eric Cantor (R-VA) saying … Read more
Ladner, Horne duke it out
by David SafierFriend of the blog Matthew Ladner has told us here at BfA that we should stop resisting and give in to the clear and obvious truth that Arizona spends $9,500 per student. It's simple. Just take every dollar spent in the name of K-12 education, divide it by the number of students, and … Read more
The Latest Faux Obama “Scandal” on Faux News: The Bow
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The latest faux Obama "scandal" on Faux News (and in all fairness, at "Faux News Lite," CNN) is that President Obama bowed to King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia upon greeting him. I am pretty sure that when Obama travels anywhere in Asia he will do the same as this is the customary … Read more
NY Times says cuts most disruptive in AZ
by David SafierThe NY Times headline is States Slashing Social Programs for Vulnerable. And what state does the article focus on? You guessed it. Perhaps nowhere have the cuts been more disruptive than in Arizona, where more than 1,000 frail elderly people are struggling without home-care aides to help with bathing, housekeeping and trips to … Read more
Irony alert
by David SafierThe negotiations continue for the sale of the Citizen. This paragraph may provide a clue as to why the papers are in trouble: Stephen Hadland, publisher of another California weekly owned by the Santa Monica group, the Culver City Observer, said Friday that he placed an ad on Craigslist.org seeking newspaper ad salespeople … Read more
More Fool’s Gold: AZ education costs more today than in 2003
by David SafierI'm still getting daily emails from the Goldwater Institute — my fault, I requested them — and they're still full of whoppers. Often, I just grit my teeth because I don't know enough about the subject at hand to mount an effective argument. But when it comes to education . . . In … Read more
