Month: November 2012
RwP: WTDY Firing Sly and the News Staff – Lincoln vs Walker
This week on Rants Without Pants, I discuss the difference between Republican Abraham Lincoln vs Republican Scott Walker. I also make a statement to WTDY Station Manager Rick McCoy regarding him firing John Sylvester (Sly in the Morning) as well as the entire News Department. 00:00 – 7:30 Lincoln vs…
Gov. Walker’s hopes dashed; John Doe investigation remains open
Governor Walker had high hopes that the John Doe investigation would soon be closed, maybe even as early as this week. That’s what he told reporters on Tuesday, anyway. But it seems Gov. Walker’s hopes have been dashed, as the judge overseeing the John Doe investigation just confirmed that it’s…
Another Young Man Killed By Conservative Justice
Jordan Davis, a 17 year-old black teenager was shot to death by Michael Dunn over a loud music dispute last Friday in — where else — Florida. Apparently Dunn parked next to a car with four black teenagers listening to music and asked them to turn it down. Words were…
Whither thou goest Governor Walker?
Fresh off his triumphant speaking tour at the President Ronald Reagan Library in California, where he unveiled his vision for the coming Wisconsin legislative session…Governor Scott Walker announced his own listening tour in Wisconsin…all’s well except this from Facebook from our friend Erik Kirkstein: Yesterday, Scott Walker announced the kickoff…
What Size Milwaukee County Government?
There is a whole new round of “let’s shrink the county board” going on again. Earlier it was from the conservatives as part of their mantra of smaller government. And certainly the main reason is their desire to reduce the role of the City of Milwaukee and minorities in county…
Fill the information void, Give Sly The Mic
By now you may have heard about the grassroots movement currently underway to return John “Sly” Sylvester to the airwaves after WTDY silenced him last week. “Give Sly The Mic” is an attempt to persuade the powers that be at The Mic 92.1 to give Sly his own show, so…
Demon Sex Can Make You Gay
While I’m sure most readers are already aware of this, it bears repeating: demon sex can make you gay. That’s right. Christian magazine Charisma reports that sexual attacks by demons are so wonderfully orgasmic that victims worry they’ll never find the same kind of pleasure again with mere mortals. What a…
Florida GOP’ers Blow the Whistle: Voter Fraud Concerns Really Voter Suppression Tactic
Former Florida GOP Chairman Jim Greer and former Governor Charlie Crist have told the Palm Beach Post that Florida’s new election law, which curbed early voting, was designed to inhibit democratic voters. From the Post story: Republican leaders said in proposing the law that it was meant to save money and fight voter…
Wisconsin could learn a thing or two from Iowa when it comes to redistricting
Last week Joe did a great job of breaking down the Republican Party’s 27-seat structural edge in State Assembly seats. The structural edge Republicans gave themselves in Assembly seats was made even more clear by the fact that despite the fact that Wisconsin’s Democratic Assembly candidates won 193,000 more votes…
Minority Leader Larson appoints Shilling, Wirch to serve on Joint Finance Committee
This is about a week old, but I’m just catching up from a long Thanksgiving “weekend.” Incoming Senate Democratic Leader Chris Larson (D–Milwaukee) announced today the appointment of Senator Bob Wirch (D–Somers) and Senator Jennifer Shilling (D–La Crosse) to serve on the Joint Committee on Finance for the 2013-2014 Legislative…
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