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This Makes Me Furious
July 8, 2008
by David Safier Let me begin by saying I know it isn’t fair to blame the Bush administration for this veteran’s death, since things like this happened to veterans before and will continue to happen as long as we humans remain the belligerent species we are. But I don’t give a damn. I blame the
$6 Billion for Nothing? Let’s Spend More!
July 7, 2008
by David Safier Bush’s Ed Department spent $6 billion on the Reading First program, with no results, according to the Ed Dept’s own studies. Now the Reading First Advisory Panel says, the studies weren’t comprehensive, so let’s keep pouring money into a program that probably doesn’t work, because we really think it’ll work if we
Doonesbury takes on GOP voter suppression
July 6, 2008
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Think that Gary Trudeau was joking in today’s excellent Doonesbury strip? Think again. The Republican National Committee has set up a "vote fraud" page at its web site http://www.gop.com/ycmtu.htm, and the GOP’s media arm at Fox News has been promoting a "voter fraud" hotline (voterfraud@foxnews.com) for several weeks now. The Raw Story
Saddlin’ Up at the McCain Ranch
July 5, 2008
by David Safier John had spent a few too many hours at the ranch with his feet up and a mug of Cindy’s beer in his hand, so he decided it was time to look over some of his other property. There’s a lot of property to visit, and John was having some trouble deciding
A Level Educational Playing Field: Unexpected Complications
July 4, 2008
by David Safier I’m back in town and haven’t had time to catch up on local Ed news, so here’s a national item while I get back up to speed. Everyone wants a level educational playing field where all children learn to their full potential, right? Maybe not — at least not if it means
Clark’s “Swift” Comment
July 1, 2008
WTF? If you only listened to the commentary after the fact and the subsequent right-wing blogoviation about Gen. Wesley Clark’s comment about McCain’s military service, you would think he said something absolutely terrible about the man. What he said was that McCain hasn’t any military command experience that would be relevant to being President. Getting
The Truth About America’s Energy – Part 1
July 1, 2008
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: For the past couple of weeks, John McCain and the GOP have been hitting the airwaves to sell McCain’s "new" energy policy. There is nothing "new" about his policy – it is essentially Dick Cheney’s secret Energy Commission Plan from 2001. The only thing "new" is that McCain has reversed his previous
Andy Thomas’ Bad Case of Fascist Disease
June 30, 2008
Andy Thomas, the Maricopa County Attorney, is asking the Arizona State Supreme Court [PDF] to declare him above the obligatory ethical standards of his profession. He wants to be declared exempt from the system of self-governance by which the ethical standards of the legal profession are enforced under the supervision and authority of the courts.
