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“Ignore the Public Comments”

On February 6, 2012 By

If you take away anything from this next story, as egregious as it is, remember that line. That should be the mantel that the democrats use to prop up their republican counterparts in the upcoming election.

Now on to the story: JSonline delved into more detail regarding the republicans redistricting process. and the [...]

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Scott Walker’s Inconsistency

On February 6, 2012 By

How scott walker has changed his views regarding politics in Wisconsin is enough for Dan Bice to write columns through retirement. In Bice’s latest column he points out how Scott Walker was so quick to criticize Governor Doyle on the conduct of one of his aides! Walker, who we know was perpetually [...]

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Do You Want to Play a Game?

On February 5, 2012 By

Ready?  Here we go!

Question: What do Rhode Island, Louisiana, Wyoming, Hawaii, Alaska and Wisconsin all have in common?

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If “fees are taxes,” then Scott Walker raised taxes

On February 5, 2012 By

There are some far-right conservatives in the Cheddarsphere who are fond of the mantra “fees are taxes,” but who conveniently ignore an inconvenient truth about “tax cutting” Gov. Scott Walker – his biennial budget actually increased a number of fees.

Here’s just a few examples of fee increases proposed by Gov. Walker:

Specify [...]

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Punk Economics: Episode 1

On February 4, 2012 By

Great review of the crisis in Europe by Irish economist David McWilliams!  McWilliams has worked as an economist with the Central Bank of Ireland and as a banker with UBS bank and the Banque Nationale de Paris.  He currently does documentary television.

Listen for the bit around 7:30 where McWilliams talks about working in [...]

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Meet Scott Walker’s New Criminal Defense Attorneys

On February 3, 2012 By

Wow… Walker has hired two new lawyers to… let me get this straight… “assemble additional background information, I hired counsel to insure that I am in the best position possible to continue aiding the inquiry.”

Really?  You hired these guys?

Michael J. Steinle

Michael Steinle focuses his practice in the area of criminal [...]

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It’s Friday! Do You Know Where Your Governor Is?

On February 3, 2012 By

Neither do I!

He could be in Naples, FL or New York with the stimulus king of AIG, or attacking unions in Arizona, OR Colorado secretly getting his orders from the Kochs. The one thing we know is Governor Walker is NOT in Wisconsin and and he [...]

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STOP the NOISE!!!

On February 1, 2012 By

Please you’re giving me a headache. I can not handle anymore right wing crying wolf about “massive fraud”. We recently collected more than 1 million signatures to recall Governor Scott Walker(540,000) were needed.

As soon as the signatures were turned in, the right wing took to their airwave monopoly with their stories of [...]

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Rick Esenberg, apologist

On February 1, 2012 By

The criminal complaint against Kelly Rindfleisch (pdf here) alleges that, while working in the Milwaukee County Executive’s office from “early 2010″ when she started as a county employee until at least July of that year, “spent significant periods of county time” doing fundraising work for then-candidate for Lt. Gov. Brett Davis as well as [...]

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Hyper-partisan Media Trackers’ epic fail

On January 31, 2012 By

Over at the “non-partisan” rag that is Media Trackers, Collin Roth wrote a piece a few days ago attacking Scot Ross, the former Executive Director of One Wisconsin Now, as being “hyper-partisan.” Roth goes on to allege Ross was the “subject of similar crimes” to those alleged to have been committed by three close [...]

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