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Let me count the ways
April 28, 2009
by David SafierWhere do I start with Cap'n Al Melvin's op ed in the Star? From start to finish, it's a hodgepodge of talking points without connections. There are so many ways to go after what he says, it's hard to know where to start. My overall statement about the piece is, Huh? I guess
The Republican shrinkage problem
April 28, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: No, I am not referring to a classic episode of Seinfeld where George Costanza gets caught with his swimsuit down. From Chris Cillizza's The Fix blog The Republican Shrinkage Problem: The new Washington Post/ABC news poll has all sorts of intriguing numbers in it but when you are looking for clues as
Kavanagh: Make the poor pay, it’s good for them
April 28, 2009
by David SafierThat's what happens when you go away for a few days (I'm back, by the way). You have to endure the shame of linking to Tedski for an education-related story. It wasn't supposed to be this way! But you gotta do what you gotta do. John Kavanagh, who is in the running for
Snarlin’ Arlen Specter: the GOP abandoned me, so I’m joining the Democratic Party
April 28, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The big news today for the Beltway bloviators and media villagers is that Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) announced that the Republican Party has abandoned moderate Republicans like him for the Club for Growth (Grover Norquist) conservatives. "There ought to be a rebellion, there ought to be an uprising" against these Club for
Antonio Taguba (Maj. Gen., Ret.) says Bush officials committed war crimes
April 27, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Army general who led the investigation into prisoner abuse at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison has accused the Bush administration of committing "war crimes" and called for those responsible to be held to account. The remarks by Maj. Gen. Antonio Taguba, who's now retired, came in a new report that found that
Ronald Reagan on Torture
April 27, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: After listening to the Republican apologists for the Bush torture program on the "news" (sic) programs over the weekend, I was struck by how the chattering class of conservative commentators who worship at the altar of Saint Ronald Reagan and quote his every word as if holy scripture so utterly fail to
Time For Another ‘Pecora Commission’ to Investigate The Pirates of Wall Street
April 27, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I have made no secret of my disappointment in President Obama's decision to bring Lawrence Summers and Timothy Geithner into his administration. I said it was a mistake at the time, and recent events have only hardened my opposition. Last week it was reported that After a Pause, Wall Street Pay Bounces
More charter school oversight?
April 26, 2009
by David SafierAs you know if you've read my posts about charter schools, I like the idea of charters, but I want to see more oversight to make sure each school is making a genuine effort to educate its students and accounting for the tax dollars it spends. It looks like Arizona may be heading
