Day: February 24, 2010

WI GOP Representative Paul Ryan is one of 19 Republicans to vote against greater competition for health insurance companies when he voted no on the Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act. The Act passed by 406 to 19, but only after GOP gamesmanship that was attacked by Anthony Weiner, Representative from New York.

A new DNC ad tells the story about the GOP hypocrisy on the stimulus plan. With the CBO saying that up to 2.1 million jobs were created by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the GOP needs to come up with a different argument for their political posturing.

Yeah, this has nothing to do with politics, but I had to share. Here’s my kids as figure skaters: Personalize funny videos and birthday eCards at JibJab!

Watch as Republican U.S. Senate candidate Terrence Wall shares his thoughts on global warming and renewable energy: Not only does Wall demonstrate he doesn’t know the difference he doesn’t know the difference between climate and weather (and yes, there is a difference), he also shows he’s ignorant of the fact…

The Tomah Journal raises a great point about folks like Republican U.S. Senate candidate Terrence Wall, whose income puts him among Wisconsin’s top one percent of wage earners (emphasis mine): Required candidate filings put Wall’s 2009 income at as much as $14.2 million, near the top of Wisconsin’s richest 1…

Here’s a bit of news that flies in the face of the conservative talking point that the $787 billion stimulus package, officially called the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act,didn’t create a single job. According to the non-partisan Congressional Budget office, the ARRA helped blunt the impact of the recession, creating…

Thanks to the addition of a spiffy new HD FlipCam and an increased knowledge of Windows Movie Maker, Blogging Blue is venturing forth into the wild world of YouTube. You can check out our YouTube channel at the following url: http://www.youtube.com/user/BloggingBlueWI