No we don’t observe daylight saving time, we have daylight to spare. But we are turning back the clock after losing our beloved democratic governor Janet Napolitano to Obama’s cabinet. We are now stuck with very conservative Jan Brewer as governor, and she is reversing all of Napolitano’s progress as fast as she can. I started noticing at work last week. My friends with small children told me there is no more all day kindergarten next year. That was one of Janet Napolitano’s big accomplishments as our governor. It’s good for kids, and it’s good for the economy in so many ways. First of all better educated kids get better jobs, but also working parents can work all day when their kids are in kindergarten all day, without paying for childcare. So I was already frightened for Arizona when I saw this:
new abortion restrictions in AZ
Jan Brewer is really not wasting any time. New restrictions on abortion. All the regular religious right talking points are included (more below the fold).
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