Brawl Street: Cramer vs. Non-Cramer
March 13, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: After a week of hyping the "fight of the century," Thursday night Jon Stewart of The Daily Show interviewed Jim Cramer from CNBC's Mad Money. I am posting the unedited interview (language not censored) from The Daily Show web site. This is must see TV. Jon Stewart will routinely dismiss what he
Angry Republican men
March 12, 2009
by David Safier Not to be outdone by Frank Antenori (see post below), Russell Pearce and Ron Gould proved they could go Rambo too. Both are upset about the way money was put back in the Department of Economic Security budget after it was yanked when they made the initial cuts. After ripping the lollipop
“I love war”
March 12, 2009
by David Safier The unlikely quote in the headline is from Rep. Frank Antenori (R, LD-30), according to the Arizona Guardian. Remember his statements about Tucson being full of hippies and commies? He's unhappy with Fitz's Feb. 14 cartoon lampooning his comments. He figures he's been misrepresented. So what do you do when you're made
SWAG Re: 2010 Arizona Democratic Primaries
March 12, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Tucson Weekly has its "Scramble Watch" to engage in wild political speculation. Here we just call it SWAG – "silly wild ass guesses" (with a measure of fact and solid rumors). Today's focus is on the potential and rumored Democratic candidates. For those of you who would like to play along
Educational data mining
March 12, 2009
by David Safier I either agree with most of Obama's educational agenda or can accept it if he's careful with how he goes about it. (Early childhood education: good. Increased charter schools: good if done right. Merit pay: be very, very careful about how it's implemented). But I have real concerns about what seems to
Is this for real?
March 11, 2009
by David Safier Someone sent me this photo of John Huppenthal. It shows him wearing a March4Schools button as he works the crowd at the rally in Phoenix protesting cuts to education. A March4Schools button? I imagine that means he supports the goals of the rally. Show us your votes, John. Show us your votes.
Why not just ignore G.I.?
March 11, 2009
by David Safier I've spent an unconscionable amount of time trying to expose the half truths and lies of the Goldwater Institute, and I have no idea how many millions of pixels had to die to support the cause. The question I sometimes ask myself is, why give them so much attention? Why not leave
A terrific budget debate — worth a read
March 11, 2009
by David Safier As you know if you've been reading my posts, a battle has raged here at BfA over the amount Arizona spends on each student in public school. The number usually accepted is about $6,500, which puts us 49th in the nation. Matthew Ladner of G.I. insists it's more like $9,500, which he
