GREGOIRE’S 10% SALES TAX IS BUILT ON A FOUNDATION OF LIES Washington Legislature News by Tim Eyman, Sound Politics On Monday, Governor Gregoire said: “I am being honest with people of the state of Washington. I am not misleading, misinforming, distorting or anything. I have tried to be a[...]
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November 28th, 2011 - 5:56 am § in Misc.
REPUBLICANS OUTMANEUVERED?
It is beginning to look as if Obama has been taking lessons from Muhamed Ali! Remember “rope a dope?” Ezra Klein at the WASHINGTON POST makes an amazing point … if the Democrats simply accept the triggers resulting from last weeks Super Committee crash, the result is a deficit[...]
November 21st, 2011 - 11:46 pm § in Schools & Colleges
UW Bothell Prof Predicts Privitization of Universities
” “from each according to his or her abilities, to each according to his or her needs” is not a bad motto for public higher education.” “ (from AAUP Magazine, Academe) By Bruce Burgett (redacted and edited) In spring 2010, a group of University of Washington administrators [...]
November 21st, 2011 - 5:00 pm § in America
BREAKING NEWS: Supercommittee to admit defeat today
update @ 1/21 1700 Huff Post The failure of the panel, formally known as the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, has left behind a separate house full of orphans that Congress must find a way to deal with before January 1, or else taxes will soar on the middle class, jobless benefits will e[...]
George Will Tries to Figure Out What Romney Says
George Will assembles these pretzels from the Moron Mormon running for the Reprican nomination in corn growing Iowa Romney in May: “I believe ethanol is an important part of our energy solution for this country.” and “ethanol is part of national security.”ethanol should “continue to [...]
Accreditation of Online “Universities” a hot potato
Based on a a truly frightening article The Chronicle of Higher Education WGU may want to worry about its accreditation. Congress has gotten involved in accrediting online colleges. The motivation in Congress is that “for-profit” companies rake in federal financial aid withou[...]
Why We Should Have a Free Market in Education
from Sound Politics by pudge, Maybe Obama Needs to Go Back to School Our entire nation depends, for our economic future, on an industry that gets hundreds of billions of dollars in direct subsidies from the federal government each year. This year, President Obama’s administration is increasi[...]
November 2nd, 2011 - 11:01 am § in Schools & Colleges
BREAKING NEWS: Washington State May Need to Close Campuses and “Fire” Sudents Who Now Work For their Tuition!
From: President Bruce Shepard, WWU Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 12:06 PM Subject: Regarding Governor Gregoire`s Preliminary Supplemental Budget Proposal Colleagues: The Governor’s preliminary proposal to cut at least 15% and up to 20% from the state’s higher education budget�[...]
A 99% liberal responds to a 53% conservative
from Daily Kos Hello, I briefly visited the “We are the 53%” website, but I first saw your face on a liberal blog. Your picture is quite popular on liberal blogs. I think it’s because of the expression on your face. I don’t know if you meant to look pugnacious or if we’re just projec[...]
BREAKING NEWS: What The Super Committtee Debacle Means for the NIH
Yesterday President Obama was asked how he would respond to any effort to block the automatic spending cuts without corresponding abandonmment of the huge tax cuts Bush made for the very wealthy. Obama’s sho9srt answer was “NO.” “I will veto any effort to get rid of those aut[...]