From the monthly archives: November 2011

Scott Walker’s Ad to Recall Himself

On November 29, 2011 By

Totally full of awesome!

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Rule of Thumb

On November 29, 2011 By

This should be a given, but here goes.

Rule of Thumb – Staff from really bad politicians make really bad politicians!

While there are too many examples to name (Robin Vos and Cottage Grove’s own ex-appointed president being a couple. Sun Prairie is also finding that out [...]

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It’s the meanies vs. the weenies

On November 29, 2011 By

Former Democratic Rep. Alan Grayson:
“The real two-party system in America is the Meanies and the Weenies. The Meanies want to take away your benefits and the Weenies want to compromise with them.”

Yep, that just about sums up our nation’s political system…meanies and weenies.

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Lee Camp: “What Are We Truly Willing To Fight For?” (VIDEO)

On November 29, 2011 By

Comedian Lee Camp is back with another Moment of Clarity, and this time he’s talking about the war….not in Afghanistan or Iraq, but to get cheap consumer goods on Black Friday.

This is worth a watch, but it may not be safe for work, depending on where you work.

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Peter Blewett announces for County Supervisor 5th District UPDATE

On November 28, 2011 By

At this evening’s Democratic Party of Milwaukee County monthly meeting, Peter Blewett, who was voluntarily redistricted out of his Milwaukee School Board Seat, announced his candidacy for Milwaukee County Supervisor from the 5th District.

It looks like this seat that is being vacated by the retiring Lee Holloway is getting rather crowded. The candidates I [...]

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300,001 Signatures

On November 28, 2011 By

Tonight United Wisconsin and the Democratic Party of Wisconsin announced that 300,001 signatures have been obtained in the effort to Recall Governor Scott Walker in just 13 days, 70,000 signatures in Milwaukee County alone.

Obviously these signatures are the low hanging fruit…those Wisconsinites totally upset with the direction Wisconsin is headed under the governorship of [...]

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Understanding Recall Denialism

On November 28, 2011 By

Here’s a brief instructional video to help people understand Recall Denialism.

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PolitiFact Goes After WEAC on Layoff Data

On November 28, 2011 By

In a report today, PolitiFact thought they caught WEAC being less than honest about the School Administrators report.  However, if you dig beneath the number, they’re far more honest than Walker was when he was caught lying about the same report.  So honest, in fact, I’d evaluate it as true.

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What are you using for bait?

On November 28, 2011 By

Here’s a particularly disappointing piece from Thomas B. Edsall published in the Sunday, November 27th edition of the New York Times. Edsall reports that the Democratic Party is officially abandoning the white working class.

The most tasteless quote of the piece comes from Rutgers political science professor Cliff Zukin, who says of the Party’s decision to [...]

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What to Cut?

On November 28, 2011 By

The elephant in the Federal Budget room.

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