Submitted by arlenegloria on Wed, 06/16/2010 - 14:55
Despite protests from students, parents and teachers, the Chicago School Board voted unanimously to allow Chicago Public Schools CEO Ron Huberman to make major changes to the system Tuesday.
The board approved Huberman's emergency budget plan, which could lead to 2,700 teacher layoffs and give district officials the power to raise class sizes to up to 35 students. Read more »
"Biased thermometers" are to blame for scientific data documenting a precipitous rise in global temperatures, according to Marc Morano.
Morano was Rush Limbaugh's former producer and a columnist at the rightwing "news" site, Cybercast News Service, before becoming denialist-extraordinaire Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK)'s top aide on the U.S. Senate Committee on Environmental and Public Works. In 2003, Inhofe described global warming as "the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people," a statement which he stills stands by today. Read more »
Submitted by Illinoisnoki1 on Sat, 09/12/2009 - 21:57
In his speech before Congress Wednesday night, President Obama did accomplish some positive things that will improve his political standing and shore up his political base, which had been eroding recently due to weakness in the face of attacks. But he and his party still face a serious, perhaps, insurmountable dilemma. Read more »
Submitted by Illinoisnoki1 on Wed, 07/21/2010 - 18:44
Obama's Debt Commission Doomed from Start
Co-Chairs are Biased and Incompetent
Posted at Tech Ticker, Jul 21, 2010 12:52pm EDT by Peter Gorenstein
As the federal deficit is expected to top $1.5 trillion for the current fiscal year and $1 trillion for the next several years, President Obama convened a commission to address the nation's budget problems. Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, a progressive economic policy think-tank in Washington D.C., says that the commission is a waste of time and taxpayer money. Baker explains why the commission is problematic and, contrary to popular belief, the nation does not have a debt crisis in this interview with Tech Ticker. Read more »
Chicago--city of broad shoulders and endless back-scratching.
We couldn't help but notice that less than a week after Mayor Richard Daley muscled through City Council approval for the construction of Chicago's second Wal-Mart, the city's Department of Environment sent out a news release touting an environmental award that Daley received from the U.S. Conference of Mayors and (you guessed it) Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Read more »
Submitted by Illinoisnoki1 on Thu, 07/08/2010 - 14:22
Receives harsh criticism from Republicans and Democrats
In an extremely rare event, the Republican Party leader, Michael Steele, has publicly stated the obvious when he criticized President Obama's Afgahanistan policy saying, "the one thing you don't do, is engage in a land war in Afghanistan". Read more »
Despite protests from students, parents and teachers, the Chicago School Board voted unanimously to allow Chicago Public Schools CEO Ron Huberman to make major changes to the system Tuesday.
"Biased thermometers" are to blame for scientific data documenting a precipitous rise in global temperatures, according to 
In his speech before Congress Wednesday night, President Obama did accomplish some positive things that will improve his political standing and shore up his political base, which had been eroding recently due to weakness in the face of attacks. But he and his party still face a serious, perhaps, insurmountable dilemma. 
I gotta give a shout-out to Ron Huberman for a masterful performance at his June 28 press conference. 
Democrats are constantly resorting to disaster messaging. Here's a description the typical situation. 
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