Day: July 28, 2010

Since there does not seem to be too much truth coming from Paul Ryan(R-Wall Street) these days, I thought I would help clarify. He was recently on Chris Matthews show(and I am not a huge Matthews fan), but Ryan used it as a chance to forward his failed agenda. Unfortunately…

Why is Wal-Mart blocking 35 cents an hour for Bangladeshi workers? Call Wal-Mart today! Over 3.5 million mostly young women garment workers are trying to climb out of misery. With a new minimum wage of just 35 cents an hour, the workers could live with a modicum of dignity. Ask…

A story that came from the BBC yesterday,(I remember when we used to have journalists in America), $8 Billion dollars is unaccounted for in Iraqi reconstruction funds. From the story: According to the report, the Pentagon is unable to fully account for $8.7bn of funds it withdrew between 2004 and…

As noted by Down With Tyranny! yesterday, none of Wisconsin’s three Congressmen have joined Rep. Michele Bachmann’s new Congressional Tea Party Caucus, as was reported by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: None of Wisconsin’s three U.S. House Republicans has decided to join the new congressional Tea Party Caucus. Officially launched Wednesday,…

During his U.S. Senate campaign, Republican candidate Ron Johnson has spent a good deal of time defending BP, likely due in large part to the fact that he owns hundreds of thousands of dollars, and now thanks to the Democratic Party of Wisconsin you can track how much Ron Johnson’s…

While Milwaukee Mayor (and Democratic gubernatorial candidate) Tom Barrett cancelled his campaign events this past weekend in order to do his job in the wake of Milwaukee’s historic rainfall and subsequent flooding, Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott Walker spent his weekend campaigning for the state’s top job instead of doing his…

Yep, that’s right….two nights of Drinking Liberally in one month: Dear Milwaukeean liberal drinkers, Tomorrow is a very special event for our humble little chapter: Living Liberally co-founder Justin Krebs is coming to Milwaukee! Krebs is the author of “538 Ways to Live, Work & Play Like a Liberal.” It’s…