From the monthly archives: April 2011

Topic of the Week: the “birther” movement

On April 30, 2011 By

Earlier this week President Barack Obama finally released a copy of his long form birth certificate to try to put an end to the incessant speculation by those from the “birther” movement that Obama wasn’t actually born in the United States.

However, despite President Obama releasing his long form birth certificate, just as [...]

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84 Madison teachers hand in fraudulent “sick notes”

On April 29, 2011 By

According to a report in the Wisconsin State Journal, at least two-thirds of Madison teachers were absent for at least one day of a union-organized four day absence back in February to protest Republican Governor Scott Walker’s proposal to curb public sector collective bargaining. According to the Madison School District, 1,769 teachers took [...]

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Sean Duffy: Anti-Social Creep?

On April 29, 2011 By

The following is a guest blog by Blogging Blue commenter Steve Carlson:

At his recent town hall meeting in Shell Lake, Wisconsin, Congressman Sean Duffy told me that when I had my own town hall meeting I could get up and give a presentation.

http://thinkprogress.org/2011/04/25/sean-duffy-loses-cool/

Yes, that’s me in the grey stocking cap trying [...]

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GO GOP GO

On April 29, 2011 By

The wave of “tea party” republicans who swept to massive wins all over the country in the last election is “coming home to roost” (for lack of a better term). We see it up close and personal in Wisconsin with Scott Walkers war on labor and education, now it is popping up all over the [...]

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County Board sustains Abele’s veto of decorative paneling for O’Donnell parking garage

On April 29, 2011 By

Earlier today I wrote about County Executive Chris Abele’s veto of a measure approved by the County Board that would have spent $1.2 million on decorative glass and aluminum panels for the exterior of the O’Donnell Park garage, and I noted that supervisors had supported the measure by a vote of 13-5, making an [...]

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Who will/who should the Pack pick?

On April 28, 2011 By

In a little over ten minutes the 2011 NFL Draft will be underway. The Green Bay Packers have the last pick in the first round of the draft….what are your thoughts on who the Pack should pick or who you’d like to see end up wearing green and gold?

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color me not at all surprised….

On April 28, 2011 By

This from Real Debate , a video with the title “color me not surprised, Obama birth certificate faked.” The video is so ridiculous and because this issue is only for the loons, I wont link the video here(you have to go to his site if you want to waste 7 minutes). However I [...]

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Pink Slip Paulie

On April 28, 2011 By

I just heard Ist Congressional Democratic Challenger to ryan Rob Zerban, give an interview with Sly, where he pointed out how when Paul ryan first ran for office, he ran a paycheck protection campaign. He promised he would keep people in Janesville working at GM. We all know how [...]

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He who would be King

On April 28, 2011 By

Paul Ryan has had a series of \"listening sessions\". The problem is, for the first time in ryan’s career, his constituents are actually paying attention. They do not like what they see. Ending Medicare, along with tax cuts for the rich are not as popular in the 1st congressional District as it [...]

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Thursday Music – it’s almost summer!

On April 28, 2011 By

I can feel it….summer is almost here!

Here’s “Summer Breeze” by Seals and Croft. Though it’s a bit before my time, it’s a great song and it certainly makes me think of summer.

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