From the monthly archives: August 2010
“These gentlemen [Afgan Fighters] are the moral equivalents of America’s Founding Fathers” ~President Ronald Reagan 1985
‘In 1982, Ronald Reagan dedicated the Space Shuttle Columbia to the resistance fighters [Taliban] in Afghanistan.’
Continue Reading →Seriously….this is why I was never Gov. Jim Doyle’s biggest fan:
Gov. Jim Doyle’s administration lacks the legal authority to use a $127 million accounting trick to help cover a shortfall in state health programs for the poor, the Legislature’s nonpartisan budget and audit offices report.
The finding means the Democratic administration could [...]
Continue Reading →In a recent press release, Republican Lt. Governor candidate Brett “Don’t call me a moderate anymore” Davis said it was “absurd” that the Wisconsin Department of Corrections is using paying for driver’s licenses and state-issued identification cards for prison inmates. However, while Brett Davis has busied himself attacking the program that enables inmates to [...]
Continue Reading →Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke, who’s facing a tough primary challenge from Milwaukee Police Detective Chris Moews, seems to be avoiding two public debates scheduled for the two candidates, as noted by Moews in a recent press release:
Noting that Sheriff David Clarke had not confirmed his attendance at two already-scheduled debates, Sheriff [...]
I haven’t spent a lot of time talking about Democratic State Senator Julie Lassa, who’s vying for the 7th Congressional District seat being vacated by retiring Rep. Dave Obey, but she’s got her first ad up, and I figured it was worth taking a look at.
Here’s the ad, titled “Two Skills,” which highlights Lassa’s [...]
Continue Reading →A Republican state senator and baseball team owner acknowledged Wednesday that a charity controlled by his family had improperly used payments from groups that employ lobbyists to benefit himself and the team.
Sen. Dan Kapanke (R-La Crosse), who is seeking to challenge U.S. Rep. Ron Kind (D-Wis.), said Wednesday that he had made a good-faith [...]
Continue Reading →Mark Neumann is on the air with his latest radio ad. He is going to fix our schools and save them from Madison.
Listen to it here!
“I’ve seen how good our schools can work ”
Ummm Mark, i have seen how well a good editor can work…
Continue Reading →Ron does not believe the federal government is capable of picking ‘winners and losers’ and should not remove capital from the private sector to create more government programs and jobs, which are unsustainable.
– Ron Johnson for Senate website
But while Ron Johnson’s U.S. Senate website says one thing, back in [...]
Continue Reading →Over at the Cap Times website, John Nichols has an excellent analysis of the Democratic Lt. Governor race; it’s definitely worth a read! Over at IBMadison.com, former Republican U.S. Senate candidate Terrence Wall has posted yet another missive about his time as a candidate for the U.S. Senate, this time focusing on why [...]
Continue Reading →Here’s a few concrete, set in stone facts about Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ron Johnson:
Ron Johnson got his start in the plastics business by marrying the daughter of a wealthy plastics manufacturer (Howard Curler). Ron Johnson joined his brother-in-law Pat Curler’s company (PACUR) in the 1970′s. PACUR made it through the early years by [...]
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