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All of this bru-haha about Arizona’s law that basically states that Arizona can enforce the laws, both state and federal that are ALREADY ON THE BOOKS and other actions (ht. Mr. B) that they are taking makes it sound more like a place that I’d love to visit and could possibly see as a place… Continue reading

Parked my car (straight and secure in the dead center of my chosen parking place) and ran into two stores to quickly pick up some items.  Except it wasn’t so quick because when I came out, some stupid git had parked so close to my car that there was absolutely no way to get into… Continue reading

Apparently they called out the local cops in full riot gear to “quell” the totally peaceful demonstration yesterday before Obama’s appearance in Quincy stumping for financial reform (and where he completely mispronounced Alexi Giannoulias’ last name during his ‘shout out’, but that’s not important right now).  It was really funny that all of the people… Continue reading

Had to hit the second or third page of a google search before I found an article in the New York Times that actually says that the voters of New Jersey voted to cut 58% of the budgets for their school districts.  With much wailing and gnashing of teeth, students walking out of classes in… Continue reading

In the media-driven frenzy regarding the newly-passed Arizona law on illegal immigration enforcement, there have actually been some interesting tidbits hiding beneath the swastikas made of refried beans (live the stereotype, y’all).  The main reason this law had to be passed was because the Federal government intellectually recognizes the issue but since they don’t have… Continue reading

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(ht:  Insty) The East Palo Alto school district has declined to continue Stanford’s charter elementary school since it is the lowest scoring school in the district.  (articles here and here) Ironically, the top scoring school in the district is also a charter school, but below is the quote that tells the tale.  Aspire, the folks… Continue reading

Via Drudge, an article in The Boston Globe.  It discusses the fact that those under 30 don’t know that socialism is a bad thing:  “When they hear “socialism,’’ they think Scandinavia, not Russia.”  Additionally, most of the young folks in the article are students so they’ve never experienced the real world–don’t know the ins-and-outs of… Continue reading

I was listening to Hannity on the way back from yoga last night and in a conversation between Sean, Juan Williams, and Stuart Varney, I think I heard one of the stupidest reasons for not reducing the size of the federal government.  Juan Williams said something about if we reduced the size of the federal… Continue reading

I’m not quoting her Rush Limbaugh post, which was excellent and deserving of the attention it received–if you want to read it, go here.  The quote of the day is from her post regarding the Gay San Francisco Softball team that had its second place standing revoked because they were ‘too straight’  Her comments regarding… Continue reading