From the monthly archives: August 2011

Joe Sanfelippo can be the change he seeks

On August 31, 2011 By

Earlier today Yesterday Milwaukee County Supervisor Eyon Biddle, Sr. released a statement regarding the proposal by Supervisor Joe Sanfelippo to turn the County Board into a part-time body.

Here’s Biddle’s statement:
“Clearly, my esteemed colleague, Supervisor Joe Sanfelippo, is a comedian. His proposal for a part-time County Board is a joke. I work [...]

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“Even if I am being conservative, I don’t see how Obama can lose”!

On August 31, 2011 By

From Raw Story:

American University professor Allan Lichtman is on a winning streak spanning nearly three decades — one that President Barack Obama might have an interest in seeing Lichtman extend.

Lichtman created a formula that has correctly predicted the winner of each election since 1984, beginning with the reelection of [...]

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The myth of Rick Perry the job creator

On August 31, 2011 By

During his short presidential campaign, Republican Governor Rick Perry of Texas has been touting his record of job creation in Texas, but here’s Rick Perry’s dirty little secret: the unemployment rate in Texas is actually the highest it’s been in 24 years:
The state had a net gain of 29,300 jobs last month, [...]

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Economics Experts

On August 30, 2011 By

With politicians and talking heads the only ones involved in the debate on fixing the economy, they tend to drown out the real experts. Here are a couple of articles from some real experts!

The first from Laura D’Andrea Tyson, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, who discusses how [...]

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Blogging from the basement? Nah!

On August 30, 2011 By

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American Family Association calls for re-criminalizing gay sex

On August 30, 2011 By

The wingnuts on the right are back at it again as this video clip from Right Wing Watch showcases their position on the re-criminalization of sodomy. These are the friends that the clowns running for President hang out with as they seek the wacko fringe voter.

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Mark Neumann to Ride the Tea Party Horse

On August 30, 2011 By

Mark Neumann has announced his candidacy to replace Herb Kohl as Senator from Wisconsin.  Sure, we know Neumann is conservative, and that he posed as even more conservative than Scott Walker in the 2010 Republican Primary for Governor.  But this time it appears Neumann, despite the statewide reaction to Walker’s extremist policies, is going [...]

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Republican Thugs – Part 8 – New Berlin Edition

On August 30, 2011 By

Today the New Berlin school district voted on a new handbook that they presented to the teachers as a finished document. With Scott Walker ending collective bargaining for public employees, examples like this show where this will lead. The draconian measures that were in the ending of public workers collective bargaining rights, played out as [...]

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By the way…

On August 29, 2011 By

Don’t expect much blogging out of me for the next week or so. Those of you who are my friends on Facebook (or in real life) know what’s going on.

Hopefully Jeff and Ed and Steven will keep your thoughts provoked and the discussion going until I return.

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Vindication?

On August 29, 2011 By

Justice David Prosser, through official marionette, Brian Schimming, had this to say”“I was confident the truth would come out – and it did. I am gratified that the prosecutor founds these scurrilous charges were without merit.” (why a GOP operative is the spokesman for a non partisan Judge who continually [...]

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