Hurricane Gustav comes ashore in Louisiana
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Advertisement TED JACKSON / The Times-PicayuneWater sloshes over the flood wall on the city side of the Industrial Canal in the 9th Ward of New Orleans as Hurricane Gustav blows through. Sunday August 31, 2008 For up-to-date information on Hurricane Gustav, The Times-Picayune of New Orleans at NOLA.com is your best source. … Read more
60 Minutes interview of Barack Obama and Joe Biden
Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
60 Minutes covers the Democrats, who concluded an historic convention in Denver this week by making Senator Barack Obama of Illinois the first African-American ever nominated for president by a major party.
60 Minutes correspondent Steve Kroft conducted the first joint interview with the candidate and his running mate, Senator Joe Biden of Delaware, this past Friday, Aug. 29, in Pittsburgh, Pa. 60 Minutes Transcript
Watch the video (below the fold – for technical reasons).
The Star Covers AZVA, Including Outsourcing
by David Safier The front-page-with-photo story in today’s Star is ‘Attending’ school on the Web. The reporter, Rhonda Bodfield, does her usual thorough job, pulling together a variety of perspectives into an article that leaves you knowing a great deal more about the subject than when you began reading. But since my blog posts about … Read more
Reading AZVA Tea Leaves
by David Safier People at Arizona Virtual Academy and K12 Inc. have read everything I’ve written about AZVA and other K12 schools outsourcing student papers to India. I’m virtually certain of that. But since my two conversations three weeks ago with Mary Gifford, a regional vice president for K12 Inc., no one in the organization … Read more
Not quite the ringing endorsement from those who know her best
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I see that all the TV networks have now sent a camera crew to Alaska to shoot their B-footage of "man on the street" interviews of residents, asking them how they feel about Governor Sarah Palin being selected as John McCain’s running mate. The McMedia is working overtime to spin this as … Read more
Denver Convention Notes
By Pat Canady, AZ CD8 Elected Delegate Good morning. Finally I am able to share my fantastic, over the top, experiences with you! To view my awesome photos, look on: http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=ukpfxxb.6lk7bz7f&x=1&h=1&y=-mipx0z&localeid=en_US or email me, canady63@cox.net and I’ll send them to you. As Arizona Delegates, our day began with a breakfast meeting with incredible speakers. Governor … Read more
Sarah Palin was a foot soldier in Buchanan’s Brigade
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Patrick J. Buchanan was considered too much of a wing-nut fringe extremist for most conservative Republicans when he ran for president in 1992, 1996 and 2000. "Pitchfork Pat" did have his rabid foot soldiers in his "Buchanan’s Brigade" for those elections. So take a guess who was one of the foot soldiers … Read more
