In which Randy Hollenbeck calls a constituent a liar and then tells a big fat lie

He hasn’t even taken office yet, and already Cudahy alderman-elect Randy Hollenbeck has shown that’s he’s going to be a new kind of politician….the kind who calls his constituents liars if he doesn’t like what they have to say, only to turn around and tell a lie himself.

Here’s a screen capture…Randy’s assertion that his [...]

OUR Milwaukee County: Joe Sanfelippo Didn’t Write Assembly Bill 85

Certainly by now you have read any number of articles about the involvement of lobbyists in the development of Assembly Bill 85 ~ you know the one ~ the one that Representative Joe Sanfelippo introduced in Madison to reform Milwaukee County government.

From Daniel Bice at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:

Newly released drafting documents [...]

Shocking News: Turns out Mitt Wasn’t Fit (HUMOR AND SATIRE)

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CALIFORNIA: Former Presidential hopeful and former Governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney has reportedly been rushed to a mental health facility (conveniently located just five minutes outside of La Jolla, California) earlier this morning! According to sources close to the Romney family, the former Governor and his wife Ann were uttering their bedtime [...]

IS THE GOP’S IDEOLOGY TERMINALLY ILL?

With what can only be described as the historical re-election of our President this past November, “We the People,” have learned several things about our current electoral landscape, but perhaps nothing as dramatic as how this country has rejected the platform, agenda, and ideology of the Grand Old Party! While those within GOP ranks, and [...]

AN OPEN LETTER TO OUR PRESIDENT:

Dear Mr. President:

It is apparent that the Republican party continues to marginalize what can best be described as your historical victory this past November. One repeated message, “We The People,” consistently hear from the Republican Party and correspondents from their Running Mate, Fox News, is how this previous election was a status-quo election, in [...]

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 fraud. But [...]

Wisconsin Tea Party Beats Dead Horse With Wrong Stick?

Even John Boehner says ” Obamacare is the law of the land.” Enough about Obamacare. Or not.

A collection of Wisconsin Tea Party groups issued a press release this morning calling on Governor Walker to refuse to create the state health insurance exchange required under the Affordable Care Act citing general opposition to the law, [...]

ELECTION DAY! PRINCIPLE OR PREJUDICE?

On January 20′TH of 2009, President Barack Obama was sworn into office as the forty-fourth President of the United States. At that time, The Onion, an online satirical news outlet opined with the following headline: “Black Man Given Nation’s Worst Job.” How right they were! Prior to this President being sworn into office, the economy [...]

Why won’t Mitt Romney come clean on how he really feels about FEMA?

Ed has already covered Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s 2011 comments that he’d love to not only do away with FEMA, but also privatize disaster relief, but I find it extremely telling that Mitt Romney (version 2012) really, really really doesn’t want to answer questions about whether he still supports eliminating FEMA. “Governor, are you [...]

The “Alpha Male” gets it wrong on Kyle Wood

“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 information.

However, not content with [...]