Imagine Schools in Arizona, an introduction
September 28, 2009
by David SafierThis is one of a series of posts, Peeking into Charter Schools. If you have information you wish to contribute, you can post comments or email me: safier@schooltales.net. This is a first post in my attempts to try and make sense of the Imagine Schools in Arizona. I'm plowing new territory, since I've
Grijalva writes about health care in The Hill
September 28, 2009
by David Safier Grijalva continues his heavy lifting on health care reform with a long op ed in The Hill: Public option — accept nothing less. Some highlights. Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) recently released his version of healthcare reform. However, his bill fails to meet the most basic principles of healthcare reform. The legislation presented
Bush was indoctrinating our children!!!!!!
September 28, 2009
by David Safier I refuse to summarize the garbage coming out of the Republican/right wing outrage machine about a group of elementary school children singing the praises of Obama. If you haven't read about it, this might not make any sense, but those are the breaks. Here is a song that was sung by schoolchildren
Sound and fury
September 27, 2009
by David Safier This is a bit late, but I just saw this on Kenny Jacobs' new blog, a Pithy Diarist: a Youtube video from the crazy-base 9/12 event in D.C.. One guy walks through the crowd with a large Public Option Now sign, and . . . Let the Boos Begin! It's the same
Movie trailers: Fear, Apocalypse, Vampires
September 27, 2009
by David Safier I saw the film, The Informant!, yesterday. Amusing, quirky film. But before the show, I was taken by the fact that almost all the films previewed dealt with looming disasters, end-of-the-world scenarios, and towns (in one case the entire world) populated with vampires. Films, and art in general, tap into the prevailing
AG Terry Goddard announces $900,000 settlement over inflated drug prices
September 27, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Here is a news item from the past week that, as far as I can find, was not reported in any of the major newspapers in Arizona – with the exception of the online Arizona Guardian (subscription required). Curious… Goddard announces $900,000 settlement over inflated drug prices WEDNESDAY, 23 SEPTEMBER 2009 12:25
Senator Obstruction engaged in filibusteritis, or as it is also known clinically, “Kyl’s Disease”
September 27, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Arizona's own Senator Obstruction, Jon Kyl, is unfortunately a member of the Senate Finance Committee. The markup of the Senate Finance Committee's health care reform bill (or more accurately that of its chairman, Senator "Mad Max" Baucus) is wending its way through 564 amendments, many of them trivial and entirely unrelated to health
Self parody alive and well in AZ Republican legislature
September 27, 2009
by David Safier Remember how R Sen. Sylvia Allen declared the earth is 6000 years old on the Senate floor? (The priceless video is below.) It turns out she's chairing an Ad Hoc Committee on Climate Initiatives. From the AZ Guardian piece, written by their snarkist-in-residence, the Guardian Angel: . . . according to a
