Day: November 23, 2010

As a fan of anyone who points out the absurdity that is Paul Ryan, here is yet another. This comes from Bruce Murphy of Milwaukee Magazine, and is worth a quick read. The ghost of Herbert Hoover is haunting certain Republican leaders and Wisconsin’s Republican congressman from Janesville, Rep. Paul…

I always say that when you race to the bottom, you have to make sure your not the first one to get there. On election day 2010, we started our race. Now the Mississippi’s and Alabama’s better watch out. The war on public education has begun! Soon to be Senate…

Recently reelected Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke announced on Monday he won’t seek election as Milwaukee County Executive to replace Scott Walker. In a written statement, Clarke made it clear he wanted to focus his attention on the job he was reelected to do by Milwaukee County’s citizens: “I am…

Heh….

In their “Pledge to America” released in September of this year, Congressional Republicans vowed to return non-defense discretionary spending to 2008 levels, which they claim will reduce federal spending by $100 billion. However, what those Republicans haven’t done is name specific programs that they’d cut, leaving many to opine that…