False Equivalency!

Many of my friends and acquaintances are right wing. During many of our conversations when bring up such crazy things as the Rand Paul Head stomper or crazy Sharon Angle or even looney Glenn Beck, the defense would always be a “yea but…” in the “year of dumb” they would…

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Less than a week ago…

The Republicans were cruising to a huge election victory, not only in Wisconsin but nationwide. They rode the semi anti-incumbent, less government, fiscally responsible tea-party express to major victories. They promised to control spending, create jobs and lessen government! What a difference a week makes: * As Zach points out,…

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Everyone is talking about Paul Ryan….

I came across this blog today devoted to Paul Ryan. I thought it was kind of funny and clever. Before you all(locke) fire on me, it is pure satire and gave me a laugh. Someone (I have no idea who) went to a lot of trouble to make this. To…

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One Banana, Two Banana,

We are on the verge of becoming a Banana Republic. That is not just coming from me, many other people have written about the same topic, from Paul Krugman to Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times. In my reporting, I regularly travel to banana republics notorious for their inequality….

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Meet the freshman class!

Meet a few of the U.S. Senate’s new freshman class:

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Talgo to leave Milwaukee if Madison to Milw. rail project stopped?

Last week Friday, Proud Progressive noted Governor Jim Doyle’s decision to put a “temporary” stop to the planned passenger rail line between Madison and Milwaukee, and not surprisingly, shortly after the “temporary” stop was announced, Spanish train manufacturer Talgo, which opened a manufacturing plant in Milwaukee to build trains for…

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