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Starvin' the Beast

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 02:50:51 -0700

Starvin' the Beast: What do you do when the state has a severe revenue shortfall?

Why you layoff even more of the people who collect revenue!

That’s what Republicans call starvin’ the beast.

What do you do…

Self parody alive and well in AZ Republican legislature

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:25:51 -0700

Self parody alive and well in AZ Republican legislature:

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…

AG Terry Goddard announces $900,000 settlement over inflated drug prices

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:25:50 -0700

AG Terry Goddard announces $900,000 settlement over inflated drug prices:

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…

Senator Obstruction engaged in filibusteritis, or as it is also known clinically, "Kyl's Disease"

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:25:50 -0700

Senator Obstruction engaged in filibusteritis, or as it is also known clinically, "Kyl's Disease":

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…

Bush was indoctrinating our children!!!!!!

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:25:49 -0700

Bush was indoctrinating our children!!!!!!:

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…

Movie trailers: Fear, Apocalypse, Vampires

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:25:49 -0700

Movie trailers: Fear, Apocalypse, Vampires: 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,…

Sound and fury

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:25:49 -0700

Sound and fury:

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…

Burns, Adams provided budget leadership. Really.

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:13:54 -0700

Burns, Adams provided budget leadership. Really.:

From the political notebook:
* State Senate President Bob Burns and House Speaker Kirk Adams are being roundly criticized for the way they managed the state budget process. Admittedly, it was…

Celebrating a nice guy who finished first.

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 02:24:47 -0700

Celebrating a nice guy who finished first.:

Kent Dana broke into the television news business when it was acceptable – even preferred – for local TV anchormen to be old, ugly guys. At the time, he didn’t fit the profile.

In the…

How's Your Aspen?

Sun, 27 Sep 2009 05:11:37 -0700

How's Your Aspen?:

Here’s sad news.

Northern Arizona’s aspen trees are dying in ever-increasing numbers, tearing holes in the blankets of color that spread across the high country each autumn.

The tree deaths…

Glenn Beck, Phoenix DJ

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 18:28:47 -0700

Glenn Beck, Phoenix DJ:

by David Safier

Chris Coppola at the East Valley Trib dug up this gem, and BlueMeanie passed it on to me. Here’s Glenn Beck doing a TV ad in 1986 for his show at Phoenix Radio station Y95….

AZ BlueMeanie analyzes Jefferson's "Tree of Liberty" quote

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 18:28:47 -0700

AZ BlueMeanie analyzes Jefferson's "Tree of Liberty" quote:

by David Safier

In a long, historically based and rather brilliant comment on my I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to think anymore post, AZ BlueMeanie looks into the meanings and ramifications…

Links for 2009-09-25 [del.icio.us]

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 18:28:47 -0700

Links for 2009-09-25 [del.icio.us]:

Imagine School in Indiana: High lease costs hurt students

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 18:28:46 -0700

Imagine School in Indiana: High lease costs hurt students:

by David Safier
This 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.

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Time to Take Action on The Public Option

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 18:28:46 -0700

Time to Take Action on The Public Option:

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

Blogger mcjoan at Daily Kos is a daily must read for the latest on the health care bills moving through Congress. I will reproduce her recent post followed by additional…

Sedona

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 10:49:37 -0700

Sedona:

Sedona viewed from Jerome

Two miles in.

On the bridge

Dogs swimming at the crossing below Cathedral Rock.

It’s hard to take a really bad photograph here.

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Prisons as mental institutions

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 06:24:32 -0700

Prisons as mental institutions:

No state-wide problem exists in isolation. The horrific death of Marcia Powell not only illustrates the problems within Arizona’s prison system, it’s an example of how the prison…

In case you missed this

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:54:16 -0700

Tom Horne in Junior English

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:54:16 -0700

Tom Horne in Junior English:

At a news conference Tom Horne called to blast the new TUSD discipline plan, he said: “I haven’t read the plan itself, but I’ve read descriptions of the plan.” [referring to a column that…

Responsible Republicans to take back the party from the talkers and teabaggers?

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:54:16 -0700

Responsible Republicans to take back the party from the talkers and teabaggers?:

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

It is not quite as dramatic as Martin Luther nailing his 95 Theses to the door of the Schlosserkirsche (castle church) in Wittenberg, but one courageous soul today…