Month: October 2012

“Wisconsin GOP Worker Attacked In a Gay-bashing Hate Crime!!” screamed the title of a recent blog entry by right-wing blogger Randy “Alpha-Male” Hollenbeck. Unfortunately for Hollenbeck, the supposed “gay-bashing hate crime” never happened, with the supposed “victim” now recanting his allegations and facing criminal charges for providing police with false…

OK…I apologize…I got carried away with the paraphrase in the headline. What Mr. Romney actually said is the federal government should pass disaster recovery on to the states or even better on to private enterprise where ever possible. So those of you on the east coast who have lost power,…

Well isn’t this interesting?!?!? Scott Brown may be opposed to the Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare) but that doesn’t mean he’s not going to avail himself of all the benefits of the legislation change. It’s not technically Scott Brown who is benefiting from the provisions provided by law,…

That’s a heck of a lot of fees & taxes in 30 seconds!

In the aftermath of his“some girls, they rape so easy” comments, Republican State Rep. Roger Rivard lost a lot of support among his fellow Republicans, but not among those Republicans who distanced themselves from Rivard’s comments is State Rep. Dan Knodl. Instead of distancing himself from Rep. Rivard, Rep. Knodl…

Now that I have your attention…this isn’t the latest gun rampage in a public place…it isn’t a car bomb in a world hot spot…it is the wanton murder and injury to AMERICANS who trusted their doctors and hospitals and health care infrastructure to keep them safe and heal their pains….

In the wake of the Azana Salon & Spa shootings, the media around town published letters, articles and op-ed pieces asking “WHY”. One particularly heartfelt question came from an area doctor via a letter to the editor of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Here’s the most pertinent question from the letter:…

It’s been a couple of confusing years as politicians of all stripes claim they will create jobs if elected. And it gets more confusing when certain Republicans claim they will create jobs while saying that government can’t create jobs. Well Wisconsin (through no fault of its own or its governor)…

This morning on Fox News Sunday, Republican Senator Ron Johnson told host Chris Wallace that Wisconsinites don’t care about women’s reproductive rights, according to The Raw Story. Said Johnson,  “It’s not even an issue here in Wisconsin. I mean, it doesn’t even move the radar at all.” He went on to…

October 25, 2012 End the Nightmare Now It’s a scary time of year, isn’t it? I don’t just mean the ghouls and goblins of Halloween. The dire state of public education in Wisconsin is more frightening than any costume you’ll see this weekend. Last week, the Department of Public Instruction…