Exactly why Arizona won the 'Stupidest State-2010" award. Sad to say most of Arizona's politicians are like this.

There is internet through satellite service and considering I cloud free skies works quite well. Do your research.

Some people don't have satellite internet subscription money you wanker.

Summary you asked for, revgerry - kid asks Huppenthal to reconcile his statements about how important funding for education is with a "yes" vote Huppenthal cast to cut education funding by $550 million two years ago. Huppenthal stumbles, asks to see the particulars of the vote and what committee it was in, which the kid provides. Huppenthal claims to have no memory of it. It get more awkward until Huppenthal excuses himself from the room and never returns.

he didn't need or want a recap he is a apart of a group of people trying to push an completely unrelated topic on the forum. There are more of them below. You obviously are to dense to notice that. And for your information he said it in't available not I don't have it or cant afford it. Stop being a troll.

I think the only troll is you, Booker. There's no "group of people trying to push a completely unrelated topic". It was one dude, asking for a recap because he couldn't watch the video.

Aside: satellite internet isn't available everywhere, either, and it isn't much faster than dial-up (and far less reliable).

Hey, Don Quixokie, Loozerio seconds that motion. Keith Wagner clearly has a keen mind, and he combined it with good research to get great results. Huppenthal has now been exposed as an intellectually vacuous charlatan. He has no business being a state superintendent of schools, but he is probably the best that the Republicans have to offer, given their openly anti-intellectual, pro-anything-business platform.

Assuming nobody puts a hit on that that kid, he's going to have a great future. Need more like him.

Some would consider your dark cynicism a stretch, but for Loozerio it is not. The history of the right wing is a cavalcade of black bag dirty tricks, coups d'etat and assassinations. That being said, journalists are spared the assassination part of the right wing operational paradigm, because they have no direct decision making hegemony. They may, however, become the targets of efforts to discredit. Still, Loozerio urges Keith Wagner to forge onward into the world of journalism. His future efforts may contribute to the maintenance of our precious democracy.

Aye. Motion carried.

I was pulling for TexASS, but I'll take AZ

It might be easier to give a NOT STUPID state award. It would narrow the field a lot and make the decision a lot easier. There would be only two, at the most, contenders, and I can't, off of the top of my head, think of those two.

Illinois would never make it, and New York would certainly be excluded. I hear Rudy Giuliani thinks he might run for president, AGAIN. Missouri need not apply, they produced Rush Limbaugh.

The Arizona case of the Superintendent of Schools is a prime example of the problems of the education system in the United States. It's got to the point where the graduates have to get their own education in spite of the system.

I agree that Mr. Wagner should get the 'intelligent vote' in that interview, but he's also going to get, if the political field remains business as usual, a lot of threats. That's all these geezers know how to do. They don't handle embarrassment, well.

We can just hope he has the stamina to withstand the jungle of politicians and the judgments of the media. He has a lot of promise but he's very young. He may have just gotten his most valuable lesson if he wants to be a journalist.

I liked South Carolina for the award myself, but I have to admit Arizona rightly won. South Carolina only has a couple of issues: corrupt politicians and vote tampering. Arizona has all that plus:

1) Doesn't value education. (Dead last in funding per pupil)

2) A legislature that can't balance the budget, so they sell state capitol buildings, close rest areas, close state parks (even though the parks were self supporting, until the state swept their operating funds), cut funding for education (as noted in the video), and too many more to list here.

3) Spends literally millions on litigation for state officials to sue each other for just plain crazy stuff. For example, Gov Brewer's team of private attorneys she wants to defend SB1070 in lawsuits filed against the new law. The proper one to defend is the Attorney General, but that's who will be Brewer's opponent in the fall. Can't have him involved!

4) Can't understand why Arizona can't attract business after more than a few have gotten on national tv to brag about our Mexican drug cartels fighting in the streets, that we're the kidnapping capitol of the country, that the average citizen doesn't feel safe going to the grocery store unarmed. This publicity despite the fact our crime rate hasn't been this low in years.

And those are only the high points...

I think SC has a few more issues than that. I believe they are dead last in percentage graduating high school, among the top in teen pregnancies, and a few other things. Keith went through a litany of "honors" a few months back.

the only formidable thing in arizona is the summer heat

With all the love and affection the Republicans are showing Latino Americans, it may not even come to that. Alienating the fastest growing segment of our society could scarcely be called wise.

I bet he will.