Dateline 2.07.09 by AzBlueMeanie (War correspondent AzBlueMeanie is embedded with the Freedom Fighters of the Arizona Democratic Resistance in the occupied state of Arizona. This dispatch is filed from an undisclosed location within the liberated territories of Baja Arizona) The GOP 'Taliban' Insurgency seized control of the capitol city of Phoenix last month. The insurgents … Read more
by David Safier During a teacher's meeting at an Arizona school this week, the teachers were told about some ideas being bounced around concerning the 2010 round of budget cuts for K-12 schools: Cuts of about $1,000 in spending per pupil. Salary cuts ranging from $4,00-6,000. Getting rid of the experience index for teacher salaries. … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Republicans have gone so batshit crazy lately that the comedy just rights itself. I am not making this up: Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX), chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, told Hotline On Call (National Journal) Sessions: GOP Insurgency "May Be Required": "Insurgency, we understand perhaps a little bit more because … Read more
by David Safier From columnist Nicholas Kristof's blog: The effort to prune the stimulus package to make it more palatable to Republicans is focused on slashing money for education. The proposed cuts, by various accounts, include $40 billion to help states (in large part with education budgets), possibly $14 billion for Pell grants, and $14 … Read more
by Michael Bryan Most people can rattle off many of the bad decisions and harmful policies of the Bush years. But one little-known policy vital to our national security and our economy that Bush worked very hard to get dead wrong is space-based weaponry. I wrote about the issue back in 2004 and again in … Read more