Corey Robin is Shrill

He takes Corey Booker, the mayor of Newark, to task.  Mr. Booker ran into a burning building to save a neighbor.  In addition to being a personally good deed, this episode demonstrates the real failure of local government in the 21st century.

The whole story speaks to a quintessentially American love of amateurism and cowboy theatrics, but [...]

Sensenbrenner Town Hall Meetings

For those of you unlucky enough to live in Wisconsin’s 5th Congressional District, your so-called “Representative,” James F. Sensenbrenner, will be hosting town hall meetings this weekend.

Perhaps you’d like to give him a piece of your mind?  I hear he’s running low…

Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI) will be holding three town hall meetings this [...]

If This Country Is A Right Leaning Country,

Why do they have to buy their friends? A couple of stories have come to light lately that confirms what many progressives have thought for years. A Grassroots movement does not exist on the right they are just well funded.

The first story, tells us that Clear Channel Communications hires actors to call their [...]

Scott Walker – Fortune Teller

I wonder if Jesus tipped Scott Walker off to this ahead of time.

It’s too bad that guy in the video, has not talked to this guy!

- Gov. Scott Walker has signed bills putting new restrictions on abortion, requiring schools that teach sex education to promote marriage and barring those who [...]

Wisconsin’s Public Integrity Scorecard: C-

Wisconsin, you are not living up to your potential… Your mother and I are very disappointed in these grades. Don't you want to get into a good school?

Wisconsin ranks 22nd out of 50 states in terms of public integrity.  If it weren’t for the formation of the GAB, we would have done much [...]

Gov. Scott Walker: absentee governor

Over at One Wisconsin Now, a crack team of researchers has analyzed Gov. Scott Walker’s schedules from August 2011 through January 2012 and come to a startling conclusion: Scott Walker has taken a hell of a lot of personal time as Governor. Based on the calendars maintained by Gov. Walker’s office, released under the state [...]

State spends $50 million to create 202 jobs

Yeah, nothing like a little (or a lot, in this case) government waste in the name of “job creation.” Lawmakers didn’t expect that, in addition to the management fees, the CAPCOs would take another $24.5 million for start-up and operating expenses – a total of $33 million. Two firms, Advantage and Wilshire, claimed $9 million [...]

So how much money did Florida’s drug testing of welfare recipients save taxpayers?

Remember how conservatives in Florida touted drug testing of welfare recipients in that state as a sure-fire way to save taxpayers bucketloads of money?

Yeah, not so much. Net savings to the state: $3,400 to $5,000 annually on one month’s worth of rejected applicants. Over 12 months, the money saved on all rejected applicants would [...]

Damn Pacifist Socialist Bastard!

Can you believe this?  Some damn commie appeaser Obamabot loving nazi columnist pooped this across dozens, nay hundreds of US newspapers today!  For shame!

The U.S. defense budget is about 43 percent of the world’s total military spending — more than the combined defense spending of the next 17 nations, many of which are U.S. allies. Are Republicans really [...]

Walkernomics

It’s like Reaganomics, only dumber…

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