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Promising Words from the New TUSD Supe
August 17, 2008
by David Safier I haven’t written about Elizabeth Celania-Fagen, the new Tucson Schools Superintendent, because nothing I’ve read until today gave me any idea who she was. Her op ed in today’s Star, A new direction for TUSD, actually says something, and I like what I hear. Celenia-Fagen writes that the schools have to change
AZVA Outsourcing Story Makes Phoenix TV News
August 17, 2008
by David Safier The story about Arizona Virtual Academy sending student papers to India made the Friday news on KPNX-TV, Channel 12, in Phoenix. The video isn’t available online, but the reporter, Brahm Resnik, posted an excellent article on the 12News website. Resnik read my original post, then did some research of his own. (I’m
Why Does The McMedia Consider McCain Knowledgable in Foreign Policy?
August 16, 2008
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The McMedia, having long ago internalized John McCain’s talking points, regularly remind us that he is "knowledgeable" and "experienced" in foreign policy, without ever providing any specific examples. We’re just supposed to take their word for it. John McCain himself only cites "The Surge®" (January 2007- July 2008) after 26 years in
Gotta Keep Your Sense of Humor, John
August 16, 2008
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Swift Boat Liar Jerome Corsi’s latest fictional work of lies and character assassination, Obama Nation, has been denounced as a collection of lies, innuendo and rumor by members of the responsible (relatively speaking) news media. Media Matters – Media denounce Corsi’s anti-Obama book This of course does not include Fox Propaganda News
Guns in Texas Schools
August 16, 2008
by David Safier It looks like Arizona has lost its chance for a national spotlight on allowing guns in schools. Texas beat us to it. A tiny district will allow teachers and staff members to carry concealed firearms to deter and protect against school shootings when classes begin this month, provided the gun-toting employees follow
Excellence in Analogizing
August 15, 2008
“The teachers from India had access to student records”
August 15, 2008
by David Safier When I first wrote about Arizona Virtual Academy sending student papers to India, I received a comment from “Suji” who claimed to be one of the people who worked on the papers in India. I use the word “claimed” because I have no way of knowing the identity of the commenter. However,
John McCain is Dr. Strangelove
August 15, 2008
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Now that John McCain and his Neoconservative shadow government are bent on reigniting the cold war – if not a full-fledged confrontation – with Russia, a nuclear superpower by the way, I thought it would be timely to repost Robert Greenwald’s Brave New Films video from earlier this year which proved to
