John McCain’s lies just keep growing
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Sen. John McCain's enablers over at The Arizona Republic gave him an opportunity to explain his revisionist history lies to the editors of the newspaper about his support for the TARP bailout and the reason for suspending his campaign in September 2008, rather than editoralize about his brazen lies. AZ/DC Blog – … Read more
March4Schools Day local events
by David Safier Thursday, March 4, is March4School Day, with events across Arizona. I only have partial information about local events. If anyone can fill in more details, put them in the comments and I'll add them to the post. Tucson EA: Rally at Reid Park – promoting the role of public schools in the … Read more
More on school recess
by David Safier From Steve Gall: I have intitated an advisory committee on recess called ROAR- reach out awareness for recess. We have local pediatricians supporting us and our goal is to make parents aware of the need for physical activity in the local elementary schools and how organized recess can address the problem of … Read more
Violent imagery from conservative educator
by David Safier This isn't a big deal, but it's part of a frightening trend: the increasingly violence-tinged imagery of the right wing. Educator Diane Ravitch has been making news lately, because she's gone from promoting conservative educational ideas to bashing NCLB, high stakes testing and charter schools, moving to the left of Obama and … Read more
Senator Obstruction, Jon Kyl, thinks the unemployed are just lazy
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Senator Obstruction, Jon Kyl, came to the defense of Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY) who was filibustering a bill for a temporary extension of unemployment benefits and other matters on the premise that the benefits are not paid for. Sen. Bunning voted against the so-called "Pay-Go" rules passed by Congress several weeks ago, but … Read more
The Farley Report: March 2, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The latest Farley Report from Rep. Steve Farley (D-LD 28): Let's start with a few stats. The House has finished hearing House bills and the Senate has finished hearing Senate bills. So this is a good time to look at what bills went where, and whether certain bills from members of a … Read more
G.I. Guarantee Watch: Day 4
by David Safier Day 4 of my G.I. Guarantee Watch has come and gone, and still no word from Matthew Ladner or Darcy Olsen of the Goldwater Institute about honoring G.I.'s Guaranteed Research policy. You can go to the Day 3 post to get all the information about Matthew Ladner's error which led me to … Read more
