From the monthly archives: July 2011

Turmoil in the Tea Party

On July 31, 2011 By

This is worth a read…

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VIDEO: Protesters outside Walker’s visit to Opportunities, Inc.

On July 31, 2011 By

Watch as protesters gathered on Thursday, July 28th outside Opportunities Inc. in Fort Atkinson to show Republican Gov. Scott Walker what they think of his radical far-right agenda.
Gov. Walker appeared at Opportunities Inc. to recognize that company for creating opportunities for developmentally disabled individuals and helping to create jobs for other needy workers, [...]

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Sunday open thread

On July 31, 2011 By

Here’s your chance to run the blog….what on your mind?

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Will the debt ceiling get raised in time to avoid a default?

On July 31, 2011 By

After the United States Senate voted to effectively kill House Speaker John Boehner’s debt ceiling legislation – a gimmicky proposal that tied increases in the debt ceiling to Congress sending the states a balanced budget amendment – the U.S. Senate is left to pick up the pieces of Boehner’s debacle and try to fashion some [...]

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Walker awards no-bid legal contract to big campaign donor who then bills the state nearly $100,000

On July 30, 2011 By

First, a big thanks is due to Jake of Jake’s Economic TA Funhouse for bringing this story to my attention.

According to a report by Bill Lueders, Republican Gov. Scott Walker has agreed to pay a private law firm up to $500,000 for legal services regarding his controversial budget repair bill curbing public [...]

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Rule of Thumb About Making Laws

On July 29, 2011 By

If the law is named after someone in the news, especially a crime victim, then it is likely a bad law based more in emotion than in reason.  In Wisconsin Republican Assemblyman Warren Petryk (R-Eleva) is sponsoring “Caylee’s Law,” and is sending it around to gather so-sponsorships.  This is grandstanding, it is Petryk [...]

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The Cullen/Schulz show

On July 29, 2011 By

Tim Cullen & Dale Schultz are currently on a \"Bipartisan\" road tour.

REEDSBURG — Greenwood’s Cafe in downtown Reedsburg this week hosted an unusual example of retail politicking, as Sen. Tim Cullen pressed the flesh and listened intently to constituents who couldn’t possibly vote for him.

The Janesville Democrat had come to [...]

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One truth about Ron Blair

On July 29, 2011 By

Earlier this week, both Jeff and I had our own takes on the story of Ron Blair, the Capitol facilities director who allegedly accosted a woman protesting in the Capitol, in the process cutting himself with a pocket knife he had used to slash the woman’s heart balloon.

While Jeff called Blair a “Republican [...]

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Tea Party Update

On July 29, 2011 By

In a follow up to our compare/contrast post, where we showed the strength of the “tea party” in WI. In Washington DC the “Tea Party Express” rolled into town and apparently the invites are still at the printers.

This big crowd showed up to hear Herman Caine [...]

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Friday Fun

On July 29, 2011 By

Wisconsin has been a hotbed for political activity this year and with the debt talks, deficit, etc… there have been a;pt of heavy subjects lately.

In case some of you have not seen this yet, there is a great website to lighten the load a little bit. The Borowitz Report, puts [...]

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