Posts by: Ed Heinzelman

“Jan Pierce: Active, Honest, and Open Leadership…” Well, not so much.

A few weeks ago the Jan Pierce campaign produced a smear video against the incumbent, Alderman Tony Zielinski. Our own Zach Wisniewski posted the clip with his comments. A few days later I posted the full video of John McGivern’s interview of [...]

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Milwaukee businessman Bill Buresh is opposing incumbent Marina Dimitrijevic for Milwaukee County Supervisor from the 4th District. Fellow contributor folkbum covered their recent debate on February 8th. But after his stellar performance at the debate, Mr. Buresh is feeling his oats and taking a more direct approach in his campaign:

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Thursday Music!

On February 9, 2012 By

I originally had a video from the Clash with a snarky caption but…

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If some of you are curious about where some of the video used in the recent Jan Pierce campaign ad that Zach wrote about came from (the I, I, I segment)…well here it is:

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Tuesday was Mr. Glass’ 75th birthday but I held this for the Thursday music category…

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Throw Out the Bible

On January 29, 2012 By

I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.

There it is, big as life and twice as mean. The oath of office that the new President [...]

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The New York Times featured a short interview with Massachusetts Democrat Barney Frank in last week’s The New York Times Magazine. Rep. Frank lays it on the line and basically puts the blame for the current political divisiveness at the feet of Newt Gingrich:

NYT: You recently said about Newt Gingrich: “He’s just one [...]

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Prologue: EUCWIC!

On January 29, 2012 By

Everything Ultimately Costs What It Costs :: EUCWIC.

I am not the consummate economist like our prolific Phil Scarr! Although I look forward to his posts on economics and despite my classwork in economics, I tend to feel my eyes glaze over and hear my head scream: ‘Just show me the damn graph!’ after a [...]

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