O Rats!

There is much talk in Wisconsin these days of the anti American right wing extremist group called – ALEC.

ALEC holds annual conventions where they give all Wisconsin republicans a free trip to wherever their convention is and then tell them what legislation they want introduced and pushed. This covers such topics as privatization [...]

Walker’s recall campaign hires Sharron Angle communications staffer

In anticipation of a tough recall fight, Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s campaign announced the hiring of several staffers, including Ciara Matthews, who previously worked in communications for the Senate campaign of extremist “tea party” candidate Sharron Angle in Nevada.

Here’s Ciara Matthews defending Sharron Angle’s extremism on “Face to Face” with Jon Ralston:

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Yet another example of conservatives harassing recall supporters

C’mon Walker supporters….defend this: A Hartland man told 27 News he used television news video to contact people who signed recall petitions against Governor Scott Walker, prompting at least one person to contact police.

“It wasn’t a harassing call by any means,” Kevin Stoll told 27 News.

A Dane County resident named Michelle, who asked [...]

Miles Davis – Pharaoh’s Dance from Bitches Brew

Bitches Brew is one of those albums you either love or hate, there’s no middle ground for it.  Universally regarded as the first jazz fusion album, Miles Davis took a bunch of musicians into a studio and created a masterful piece of avant-garde jazz.  It’s not for everybody, but I’ve been hooked on it for decades.

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Sarah Palin Has Lost Weight

Her bank account looks approximately $386,000 lighter.

Nearly a year after she quit her governorship of Alaska, Sarah Palin was found guilty today of another breach of the Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act involving her so-called Alaska Fund Trust (AFT), which she established as a private “legal defense fund” while governor.

Timothy Petumenos, independent [...]

Recall Petition from the South Pole

Quite literally… From the South Pole!!!

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You Could Run this Ad Today!

Check out this 1964 War on Poverty campaign ad from LBJ.  With the poverty numbers released recently, Obama could run this ad today and it would be just as true as it was then.

Cause and Effect? Illinois is stealing Wisconsin jobs! Why?

Too often politicians on either side of the aisle…but way too frequently from the right side lately, misidentify situations in the culture, diplomacy or the economy as caused by an occurrence or program or policy they find particularly heinous…when the result more often than not has nothing to do with it. No causal relationship exists. [...]

WTF-Mart

Some new analysis shows that six members of the Walton family, (the children and a daughter-in-law of Wal-Mart founders Sam and James Walton),  have a collective wealth equal to that of the bottom 30% of the Amerrican people.

And yet, citing rising health care costs, Wal-Mart recently announced it would be cutting health insurance benefits to [...]

So about those claims made by teacher Jeff Knutson in Scott Walker’s latest ad….

Earlier this week Jeff wrote about the latest TV ad being run by Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s campaign committee, an ad that featured teacher Jeff Knutson of the Monona Grove School District. In the ad, Knutson talks about how good Gov. Walker’s “budget repair” bill has been for the Monona Grove School District, but here’s [...]