The voters did speak…but did they know what they were saying?

Everywhere interview or story about the election in November, politicians can’t say enough that the voters have spoken. For instance here, here, and here. Far be it from the media to actually do any research on this but they did report last week on some extremely related stories(they just did…

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UW-Whitewater wins another DIII college football championship!

This is awesome… After practice each Thursday, the UW-Whitewater football team places a stone at midfield and beats that sucker with a sledgehammer. “Pounding the rock” is what the Warhawks call their weekly ritual. Bam, bam, bam. You could almost hear the echo Saturday from the Blue Ridge Mountains all…

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More on the betrayal of the state workers…

Zach has written extensively of Russ Decker’s betrayal of the state worker. We will see where Decker’s career goes from here now that his political career has disappeared. One thing that caught my eye that has not gotten much coverage was this story from the Capital Times on the Decker…

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I guess he doesnt have those friends anymore…

Paul Ryan started his career bucking his party and support for federal legislation banning employment discrimination based on sexual orientation. “I take lot of crap for that vote” from conservatives, says Ryan, who doesn’t consider himself a strict libertarian but says his views lean that way on this issue. “The…

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Dane County Exec candidate #4…

H/T The Sconz. A source close to Joe Wineke tells me that the former state chair of the Democratic Party has filed his papers to run for Dane County Executive. Wineke, a Verona native, represented the area that includes much of Middleton and Green County in the State Senate for…

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compare/contrast

I have been kicking this around in my head for quite a while and would like some genuine feedback. What is the difference between THIS: A sign excluding black people from a future business is enraging some people in a small town. Now, the man who put it up is…

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More on the Dane County Exec…

Yesterday Joe Parisi had an op-ed in the Capital Times explaining both why I like him but will not support him for Dane County Executive. As Representative Parisi says: Many of my Democratic colleagues and I would happily work across the aisle to promote similar job-creating initiatives. Unfortunately, many members…

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Dane County Executive update…

Verona Mayor Jon Hochkammer, recently dropped out of the race. Unfortunately it was because he severely broke his ankle in November and he needs the time to recover not launch a county wide campaign. I do not know much about him, although he was said to be the “conservative” in…

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The Decline Of The Newspaper…

Beloit, WI still leads the state in highest unemployment rate. Beloit was one of the first cities hit by the terrible devastation of NAFTA, forcing the closure of the Beloit Corporation. (full disclosure, I grew up near Beloit, my family all worked at Beloit Corp and I still own a…

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Shame on them….

Shame(but not surprise) on the republican party for using the heroes of 911 as props. Stewart nails this one perfectly! I often wonder how these guys sleep at night! The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c The Daily Show on Facebook

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