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“Why I will not vote for John McCain”
August 20, 2008
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Dr. Phillip Butler, a long-time acquaintance of John McCain from his days at the U.S. Naval Academy and as a prisoner of war in Vietnam (for 8 years), wrote a thought provoking opinion (below) back in March. I just want to highlight a point that Dr. Butler makes which has always disturbed
John McCain just makes sh*t up (again) – Corrected Post
August 20, 2008
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Note: The original post was intended to be saved in draft form while I completed more research before posting it. I inadvertently did not not notice that it was in publish mode (it was the end of a long, stressful day). The corrections and updates to this post are included below. I
Arizona’s Real Straight Talker
August 20, 2008
Francine Shachter had her first political discussion at the age of 6 when a classmate told her Franklin Roosevelt would lose the upcoming presidential election. Shachter "wouldn’t let her get away with that!" And 74 years later, when it comes to politics, she still won’t let anyone get away with anything. In a state known
AZVA Students’ Personal Information Sent to India
August 20, 2008
Note from Mike Bryan: David Safier has shown me a representative sample of the documents he received, and I can say without question that he has represented them accurately in this post. He has made a responsible decision not posting the documents online, since they contain the names of students as well as other information
Bee’s Campaign Got $100K from Tucson Taxpayers
August 19, 2008
UPDATE: Looks like local media have decided that it’s OK to cover this story and are providing blanket coverage of Timmy’s windfall at taxpayer expense: Citizen, Channel 13, Star, Fox 11, Star again, Scarp’s Notebook. President Bush came to Tucson to raise $600K for Bee in July. The visit had no public purpose whatever. That
“Chief, would you believe I lied in a church…”
August 19, 2008
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: It seems we have a bit of a scandal in the wake of the Saddleback Civil Forum hosted by Pastor Rick Warren on Saturday. According to Pastor Warren, "We flipped a coin" and Senator Obama will go first, "and we have safely placed Senator McCain in a cone of silence." CNN.com –
Hey Hannity, ask your buddy Corsi about McCain
August 19, 2008
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The favorite guest on Fox Propaganda News these days is Jerome Corsi, the Swift Boat liar whose fictional work of political smears against Barack Obama is all any of the losers at Fox want to talk about, particularly Sean Hannity. So I want to encourage readers to call and e-mail Fox every
Did India-based Teachers Have Access to Student Information?
August 18, 2008
by David Safier Let me begin by saying I don’t know NK, so I can’t confirm that everything he writes in the comment below is accurate about the way information moved between Arizona Virtual Academy and India. Having said that, here is what NK posted this morning: I was the India based project manager for




