Month: November 2009

Last week I wrote about the passage of Milwaukee County’s 2010 budget, and at the time I couldn’t help but wonder if Supervisor Pat Jursik, who voted in favor of giving County employees an extra four furlough days next year – bringing the total number of furlough days for county…

Tom Barrett polls well in early poll following his announced candidacy for WI Governor leading Tommy Thompson, Mark Neumann and tied with Scott Walker.

Yesterday I wrote about the possibility of former CNN host Lou Dobbs running for president in 2012, and today comes news a group of conservatives are trying to draft former Vice President Dick Cheney to run for president in 2012: The organization – “Draft Dick Cheney 2012” – launched on…

Happy Thursday! Today’s edition of Thursday Music features a personal favorite of mine, Green Day. I’ve been listening to Green Day since Dookie, their major-label debut in 1994. First up is their take on “Working Class Hero,” a song originally written and performed by the legendary John Lennon on his…

Appearing on former Sen. Fred Thompson’s radio show on Monday, former CNN host Lou Dobbs continued to fuel speculation he’s considering running for president as a third-party candidate in 2012. When asked if he might make a run at the White House in 2012, Dobbs said, “Yes is the answer.”…

….tough times no doubt made even tougher by a boss who wants you to take a big pay cut and will likely try his hardest to eliminate your job in the coming year, if he hasn’t already eliminated your job. Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker is thankful for a lot…

Here’s an interesting nugget of information: No Child Left Behind: 280,000+ words House version of health care reform legislation: 319,145 words Senate version of health care reform legislation: 318,512 words I wonder if those same conservatives who are decrying how big the health care reform bill were singing the same…

Remember when Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker criticized Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett for imposing two furlough days on Milwaukee Police officers as part of Barrett’s most recent City of Milwaukee budget? I do, and that’s why I found it so amusing that Walker himself actually imposed eight unpaid furlough days…

Russ Feingold (D-WI) shows early strength in his re-election prospects according to polls by Public Policy Polling.