From the monthly archives: December 2010

Dane County Exec – Update

On December 27, 2010 By

Due to the Holiday I have been a little lax in updating the race for Dane County Exec.

In the time since I have last posted…Jonathan Barry declared then undeclared all in a few days. Thus leaves an opening for a right wing candidate to surface from in the race.

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It’s rally time!

On December 27, 2010 By

From my email inbox:
Scott Walker ran for Governor on a promise to create 250,000 jobs in Wisconsin. So far, he’s chased off more than 12,000 jobs. When not sending jobs to other states, he’s busy talking about making a good jobs less good by cutting pay for thousands of Wisconsin workers.

The campaign [...]

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The privacy implications of Wisconsin’s texting ban

On December 26, 2010 By

A statewide ban on composing text and email messages while driving went into effect the first of this month. At less than a page the law is brief, but not necessarily simple. Reading text messages is still legal, but this from the Beloit Daily News stands out;

[Town of Beloit Sgt. Laura] [...]

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“tea party” in action

On December 26, 2010 By

While much has been written about the “tea party” candidate running on an anti-health care platform and when winning cant wait to get their very own taxpayer funded Cadillac health care. Some examples of this are
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here, here and here. We have even been ridiculed about [...]

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Topic of the Week: What will Congress accomplish in 2011?

On December 26, 2010 By

Seeing as how this will be the last topic of the week before the end of the year, I thought we’d take a minute to discuss what you think Congress can accomplish in 2011. Whether you agree or not with the agenda of congressional Democrats in 2010, there can be no denying they had a [...]

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Sunday after Christmas open thread

On December 26, 2010 By

So it’s the day after Christmas and I’d like to hear what you got from Santa this year. I’m typing this entry using my Christmas present Dragon speaking. Tell me what you got; I’d love to hear what your favorite present was.

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Merry Christmas!

On December 25, 2010 By

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Happy Holidays!!

On December 24, 2010 By

To all who read us, post, link to us, get upset with us, agree with us and even the guy who keeps writing that wishes my cancer back on me……Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

I have enjoyed the give and take on this blog this year, its been fun, interesting and informative. [...]

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Where’s the outrage over Walker supporters wasting taxpayer dollars?

On December 24, 2010 By

This has been a long time coming…

Several months ago, Citizens for Responsible Government attempted to smear local lefty blogger Chris “capper” Liebenthal, alleging he had committed some sort of crime (presumably misconduct in office) by blogging while at work as an employee of Milwaukee County. Predictably, conservative bloggers were quick to pass judgment on [...]

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My 2010 predictions in review

On December 23, 2010 By

I’ll be the first to admit I’m no Nostradamus. For the second year in a row, I made a series of predictions for 2010, and I figured I’d take a moment to look at how well (or poorly) I did with those predictions.

Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett will be the next governor for the [...]

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