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Grijalva cosponsors Graduation for All Act
November 21, 2009
by David Safier Here's a press release from Grijalva's office: Grijalva Announces Bill To Help Struggling Schools Prevent Dropouts, Encourage Pursuit of Higher Education Washington, DC – Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva today announced the release of H.R. 4122, the Graduation for All Act, which seeks to decrease dropout rates and provide assistance to struggling middle
A great public service ad
November 21, 2009
by David Safier Ad for the President Obama, United We Serve and NFL Team Up fitness and service campaign. This goes out to friend of the blog Steve Gall who is trying once again to get a 30 minute mandatory recess bill through the legislature and is talking to and working at schools around the
Johnny one note is at it again
November 21, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Arizona's Neoconservative Senator John McCain is at it again. This is the man who was a patron of Ahmed Chalabi and his Iraqi National Congress which fabricated intelligence of Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction. This is the man who advocated for war with Iraq and confidently predicted before the war that
Charter/District budget battle
November 21, 2009
by David Safier The Rs planned to cut $144 million in soft capital funding from district schools. The snafu Thursday only delayed the move. But now some legislators are asking, Why aren't charter schools feeling the budget ax as well? Here is among the lamest reasons imaginable for not making cuts to charters. Crandall said
Standish, MI to Liz Cheney: We Want Gitmo Detainees, Not Your Fearmongering
November 21, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: First, some background. The Washington Post reported that one of former Vice President Dick Cheney’s daughters, Mary, was “leaving the political consulting firm Navigators Global to start her own consulting company.” Though one of Mary’s friends told the Post that Mary’s dad and her sister, Liz, would be joining her, a spokeswoman
More on the (probably) faked Civics survey done for G.I.
November 20, 2009
by David Safier A few days ago, I posted about problems with the survey Goldwater Institute's Matthew Ladner used for his study about how little high school students know about Civics. It seems the company that conducted the survey, Strategic Vision LLC, has a history of complaints about their methodology and their failure to supply
There Is Another Way: Arizona Budget Coalition Echoes Democrats’ Budget Proposals
November 20, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Republicans have controlled the Arizona House since 1967 — 42 years. And with a few short-lived exceptions, Republicans have controlled the Arizona Senate during the same period of time. Arizona's governors, Republicans and Democrats alike, have been hostage to Republican legislators. With this kind of iron-fisted control over the state budget and
Psalm 109, verse 8
November 20, 2009
by David Safier If you've been watching Rachel Maddow or following the blogs, you've probably seen that one of the latest anti-Obama slogans is a line from one of the Old Testament Psalms of David, 109, verse 8: Let his days be few; and let another take his office. This isn't just a dog whistle
