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George Bush and Impersonator Steve Bridges
Posted in Political on May 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Romney Says Class Size Doesn’t Matter
Posted in Education, Political, Uncategorized, tagged Class Size, Education, Romney on May 26, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Mitt Romney stated that class size does not matter. Has Romney ever set foot in a classroom besides dropping off his own children when they were little? It boggles my mind how out of touch a politician can be with the realities of real people’s lives. It reminds me of George H.W. Bush being amazed [...]
Romney to Youth: You’re Idiots
Posted in Crack-Ups, Political, tagged Romney about Youth on May 22, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I got this message from MoveOn: In 2008, young people voted—and voted progressive—in huge numbers, and it helped swing the election. There’s alarming evidence that this year, they may not. But Mitt Romney just gave us a big fat gift. When asked why young people are angry at Wall Street, he said it’s just because [...]
California Proposed Budget 2012-2013
Posted in Education, Political, tagged California Budget on May 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
In a previous post I railed about the California budget, and how we were valuing prison systems over education. In the meantime, the governor has released the May Revise of the 2012-13 Budget. The general fund expenditures are $92.6 billion. Here are how the allocations are broken down into the major components: This shows that [...]
U.S. Space Travel in 2012
Posted in Political, Science, Technology, tagged human space travel, moon landings, SpaceX, U.S. Space Program on May 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I still remember clearly when I was 12 years old in July 20, 1969, watching the first moon landing on TV. I was in Germany then, so it was around 2:00am. I had special permission by my parents to stay up. Even as a 12-year-old I was aware that I was witnessing history, the first steps [...]
Facebook and the California Budget
Posted in Education, Political on May 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Earlier this week I sat attended the Spring Institute of the Child Development Policy Institute and heard about the devastating effect the current California budget and the governor’s proposals are likely to have on education in California and early education in particular. The day after was the Facebook IPO. With the company valued at around $100 billion, [...]
Romney “Job Creation” Program
Posted in Political on May 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
This stuff does not look good for Romney. Reading through these cases paints Romney as a corporate raider like Richard Gere in Pretty Woman. Is this what the country needs for a president? He obviously knows how to make money, and a lot of it. Why is he running for president then? The United States [...]
Power Brown-Outs and Gas Prices
Posted in Energy, Political, Sustainability, tagged brown-out, gas prices, market manipulation on April 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I remember clearly traveling in Northern California in May of 2000. I was driving through Glenn County and stopped for breakfast in a country restaurant off I-5. The table-cloth was red and white checkered, like Arafat’s headdress, my coffee was hot, and the omelet tasted great. I was reading the morning paper. Then the lights [...]
Darth Vader Addresses U.S. Congress
Posted in Cool People, Political, tagged bobby rush on March 31, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Or is it congressman Bobby Rush from Illinois?
The Fine Line of Freedom of Speech
Posted in Commentaries, Political on April 3, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Arizona just passed a sweeping Internet Censorship Bill 2549: The bill is sweepingly broad, and would make it a crime to communicate via electronic means speech that is intended to ‘annoy,’ ‘offend,’ ‘harass’ or ‘terrify,’ as well as certain sexual speech. Because the bill is not limited to one-to-one communications, H.B. 2549 would apply to [...]
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