Buzz Mills gets shot down for 1-to-1 teacher to adminstrator lie
by David Safier Boy, is this fun! I posted earlier that GOP Guv hopeful Buzz Mills bested the Goldwater Institute's Matthew Ladner when Mills tweeted: Advertisement 1:1 ratio of administrators to teachers. Cut admin to appropriate level – improve education while freeing budget $$$ Ladner only maintains that bus drivers are bureaucrats, not administrators — … Read more
What the BP oil spill says about “free market” capitalism and “small government” conservatives
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: From the moment Barack Obama took his oath of office, the mighty Wurlitzer of the right-wing noise machine led by the clowns at FAUX News have portrayed Obama as a socialist/communist/marxist/nazi/dictator (used interchangeably without regard to meaning) to argue that the government is "taking over" the economy and destroying the sacrosanct "free … Read more
SB1070 Update: The “modern equivalent of the know-nothing party of the last century.”
by David Safier Quiz: Who said anti-immigrant legislation is the “modern equivalent of the know-nothing party of the last century"? Answer: Jack Kemp, talking about the 1994 California move to cut off state-funded education and health programs for the children of illegal immigrants. Good news for Rs, bad news for Ds: CA Guv-at-the-time Pete Wilson … Read more
William Johnson is Back as the Leader of the American Nazi, er… Third Position Party
By Michael Bryan I called it. When Bill Johnson was running for the Democratic nomination to Congress in CD8 in 2006, I said: "We need to call bullshit on this candidate. Bill Johnson isn't a Democratic candidate at all. He's a ploy by extremist racists to inject their hateful invective into the Democratic Primary process … Read more
You mean to tell me Florida allows Ethnic Studies?????
by David Safier This certainly can't be part of the "Florida Education Miracle," can it? Pushing multicultural studies? The Miami-Dade and Broward districts make it a point to stress multicultural studies in classes. Educators say the curriculum benefits students by exposing them to different cultures throughout their youth, and by sharpening their critical thinking skills. … Read more
Presented without comment
by David Safier From the National Catholic Reporter: PHOENIX — A Catholic nun, who was a member of a Phoenix Catholic hospital's ethics committee, was excommunicated and reassigned last week for her role in allowing an abortion to take place at the hospital, according to the Phoenix diocese. The surgery was considered necessary to save … Read more
Oh, how the AP (all propaganda) loves to spin for GOP talking points
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Check out the nut graph paragraph from this AP (all propaganda) story GOP gains House seat from Hawaii: HONOLULU – Republicans scored a midterm election victory Saturday when Honolulu City Councilman Charles Djou won a Democratic-held House seat in Hawaii in the district where President Barack Obama grew up – the latest … Read more
