President Barack Obama
January 20, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The oath to be taken by the president on first entering office is specified in Article II, Section 1, of the Constitution: I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and
A musical send off to George W. Bush
January 20, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: On Election night and again over the Inaugural weekend, spontaneous crowds around the White House have broken out in song singing this 1960's rock n' roll classic from Steam. The refrain has become an anthem at every sporting event in America. Enjoy. Party on! Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye
You had me at, “Hello, my fellow American, my name is…”
January 19, 2009
by David Safier In an inspired moment, Huffington Post and Meetup.com decided to pass out half a million of the name tags at right during the Inauguration. You write your name and where you're from and slap it on your coat. Then, Bingo! A curious stranger takes a look and says, "You're from Muncie? My brother
Online media and the Changing of the Guard
January 19, 2009
by David Safier With the nearly inevitable descent of newsprint media to ever lower levels of importance, the question is, what's next in print — i.e., written word — journalism? I speculated the other day that the Arizona Guardian, begun by four reporters with 80 years of journalistic experience between them who were laid off
Join post-inauguration protest of proposed university cuts
January 19, 2009
by David Safier Last night I posted a Citizen article about a protest of the proposed cuts to university budgets from 12-1pm Tuesday in front of the U of A Student Union on the mall. This morning I received The Farley Report asking non-students to attend as well: Tuesday, January 20, there will be a protest
Happy Birthday Martin Luther King, Jr.
January 19, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: For all of us who never lost faith even in our darkest hour of despair and disappointment, the hope still lives and the dream will never die. A belated happy birthday Dr. King on your official day. This year is a very special birthday celebration, for tomorrow the first African-American president will
AZ University students to protest cuts
January 18, 2009
by David Safier From the Citizen: University students at the state's three public universities plan to protest the budget options laid out last week by the Joint Legislative and Budget Council that call for cutting $243 million immediately from the state's higher education budget. The hit to the University of Arizona would be $103 million,
AZ Senate Republicans’ budget options, budget choices
January 18, 2009
by David Safier Arizona's Senate Democratic Caucus has created its own blog, and it has a few video clips of Senate Republicans discussing what to do about school funding. Senator Jack Harper asks, "The Constitution requires the state to offer first through twelfth grade — kindergarten, no?" The answer given him was, no. I guess
