Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Can't Buy Me Gov
Most Americans are enjoying a few week break from all the political ranker. Not Wisconsin. After a brutal eight months, big government special interest groups are dragging voters back to the polls to see if they've changed their minds since last November. They haven't. Of the six recalls on Tuesday, Democrats won only two--just shy of what they needed to take back the Senate.
For Wisconsin liberals, who expected to knock out at least three Republicans, it was a tough vote to swallow. Leading up to yesterday's recall, Democrats had thrown everything they had at the six swing districts, knocking on some 200,000 doors and outspending Republicans by a two-to-one margin. Local officials say that more than $25 million have been pumped into the races from other states--but even that seemed to have little bearing on the outcome. Apparently, outside money couldn't buy inside influence. "Voters gave us a mandate last fall... They back us up again [Tuesday]," the GOP's John Hogan said, "Voters told us loud and clear, 'Stay the course. Things are working.'" ....
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For Wisconsin liberals, who expected to knock out at least three Republicans, it was a tough vote to swallow. Leading up to yesterday's recall, Democrats had thrown everything they had at the six swing districts, knocking on some 200,000 doors and outspending Republicans by a two-to-one margin. Local officials say that more than $25 million have been pumped into the races from other states--but even that seemed to have little bearing on the outcome. Apparently, outside money couldn't buy inside influence. "Voters gave us a mandate last fall... They back us up again [Tuesday]," the GOP's John Hogan said, "Voters told us loud and clear, 'Stay the course. Things are working.'" ....
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Wednesday, August 3, 2011
NO EXCUSES
The Air War
WisPolitics just reporterd that there are 29 different groups spending $30 mllion dollars around the current recall elections. In most cases, Club for Growth is the only truthtelling group on the other side. We're OK with those odds. But the left gets their money from out of state groups like the AFL-CIO. We don't have an endless supply of forced union dues, we must rely on individuals who voluntarily contribute.............
No Excuses
There’s been good news about the results achieved in the brief seven months since the Walker administration took office. Next Tuesday, August 9th, will determine whether the good news keep coming, or whether Walker's limited-government agenda will itself be limited to what we’ve seen so far.................
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WisPolitics just reporterd that there are 29 different groups spending $30 mllion dollars around the current recall elections. In most cases, Club for Growth is the only truthtelling group on the other side. We're OK with those odds. But the left gets their money from out of state groups like the AFL-CIO. We don't have an endless supply of forced union dues, we must rely on individuals who voluntarily contribute.............
No Excuses
There’s been good news about the results achieved in the brief seven months since the Walker administration took office. Next Tuesday, August 9th, will determine whether the good news keep coming, or whether Walker's limited-government agenda will itself be limited to what we’ve seen so far.................
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Thursday, July 7, 2011
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Teachers Behaving Badly
Government unions seem to consider themselves the rightful rulers of us all, and they’re shocked when those who pay the bills question what’s going on.
So there’s nothing surprising about the campaign emails of Shelly Moore, a Democrat hoping to unseat Republican State Senator Sheila Harsdorf in a recall election on August 9th. What’s noteworthy is that Moore, a teacher in the Ellsworth School District, sent and received these emails using school facilities, allegedly on paid, school-district time. The very existence of these emails demonstrates contempt for taxpayers.
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So there’s nothing surprising about the campaign emails of Shelly Moore, a Democrat hoping to unseat Republican State Senator Sheila Harsdorf in a recall election on August 9th. What’s noteworthy is that Moore, a teacher in the Ellsworth School District, sent and received these emails using school facilities, allegedly on paid, school-district time. The very existence of these emails demonstrates contempt for taxpayers.
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Monday, July 4, 2011
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Thursday, June 23, 2011
10 Men Who Destroy - Part II
George Soros, the wealthy son of Hungarian parents, spent most of his life making billions. Boyer said the main reason George Soros makes the list was his monetary support of liberal causes.
Soros had a friendship with Ginsberg, the beatnik/hippie who campaigned with Leary in the ’60s and ’70s for the legalization of drugs. Boyer said Soros credits Ginsberg with educating him on why drugs should be legalized. “Soros and Ginsberg became friends in the mid-1980s,” explained Boyer, “so much so that Ginsberg was a regular weekend visitor over at Soros’s East Side penthouse, right up until his death in 1997.”
It was his money that funded the original California ballot initiative back in the 1990s to create the so-called “marijuana clinics” that have now popped up in scores of other states. Soros has continued to support liberal causes, including hate crime legislation, taking away churches’ tax-exempt status, and removing the prison system entirely in favor of rehabilitation over incarceration.
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Soros had a friendship with Ginsberg, the beatnik/hippie who campaigned with Leary in the ’60s and ’70s for the legalization of drugs. Boyer said Soros credits Ginsberg with educating him on why drugs should be legalized. “Soros and Ginsberg became friends in the mid-1980s,” explained Boyer, “so much so that Ginsberg was a regular weekend visitor over at Soros’s East Side penthouse, right up until his death in 1997.”
It was his money that funded the original California ballot initiative back in the 1990s to create the so-called “marijuana clinics” that have now popped up in scores of other states. Soros has continued to support liberal causes, including hate crime legislation, taking away churches’ tax-exempt status, and removing the prison system entirely in favor of rehabilitation over incarceration.
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10 Men Who Destroy - Part I
Saul Alinsky, a native son of Chicago, was the founder of modern community organizing. “Community organizing has a very nice name,” said Boyer. “It sounds like ‘We’re going to get the community together, we’re going to organize, we’re going to plant trees, we’re going to get to know each other.’ That’s not it at all.” Alinsky had two major works published. Boyer said Alinsky picked up on the old Crowley mantra. The first, Reveille for Radicals, was published in 1946. One of the key phrases in that book was, “When it comes to a fight, anything goes.” However, whereas Crowley was looking for personal fame, Alinsky operated under the radar.
Alinsky’s second book, Rules for Radicals, published in 1971, lays the groundwork for how to gain power through undemocratic means, like stuffing ballot boxes, shaking down corporations for money through guilt, or protesting in front of banks because they don’t give out enough mortgages to the poor.
Boyer said Alinsky also coined the phrase “social justice,” a sort of Robin Hood idea of stealing from the rich to help the poor. “Alinsky wasn’t as noble as Robin Hood,” Boyer said. “He wasn’t giving to the poor. He was giving to himself.” Alinsky helped bring about Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty, and over $300 billion of taxpayer money was spent. “A lot of that money didn’t go to the poor,” said Boyer. “A lot of it was funneled into Alinsky’s – quote – ‘social organizations’ back in Chicago.”
Later as the hippie movement took hold and hair grew longer, Alinsky was appalled. He wrote Rules for Radicals as a means to show the younger generation how to effectively make change. The first rule was to get a haircut. “Alinsky said you need to blend in in order to infiltrate the society,” said Boyer. “One of the key places he wanted to infiltrate was the church. He said radicals needed to penetrate the churches, pretend to be Christians, but then start spreading the idea that the church isn’t doing enough for these particular social groups.” It was through this that the Christian left was born.
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Alinsky’s second book, Rules for Radicals, published in 1971, lays the groundwork for how to gain power through undemocratic means, like stuffing ballot boxes, shaking down corporations for money through guilt, or protesting in front of banks because they don’t give out enough mortgages to the poor.
Boyer said Alinsky also coined the phrase “social justice,” a sort of Robin Hood idea of stealing from the rich to help the poor. “Alinsky wasn’t as noble as Robin Hood,” Boyer said. “He wasn’t giving to the poor. He was giving to himself.” Alinsky helped bring about Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty, and over $300 billion of taxpayer money was spent. “A lot of that money didn’t go to the poor,” said Boyer. “A lot of it was funneled into Alinsky’s – quote – ‘social organizations’ back in Chicago.”
Later as the hippie movement took hold and hair grew longer, Alinsky was appalled. He wrote Rules for Radicals as a means to show the younger generation how to effectively make change. The first rule was to get a haircut. “Alinsky said you need to blend in in order to infiltrate the society,” said Boyer. “One of the key places he wanted to infiltrate was the church. He said radicals needed to penetrate the churches, pretend to be Christians, but then start spreading the idea that the church isn’t doing enough for these particular social groups.” It was through this that the Christian left was born.
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Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Monday, May 16, 2011
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Concealed Carry Part II
When calling your Legislators please also tell them to sign on to LRB 2007/1 the Constitutional Right to Carry Bill!
Concealed Carry FINALLY Introduced!
Contact your Legislators immediately and tell them to cosponsor the Personal Protection Act: LRB 2071 and LRB 2033 introduced by Sen. Galloway & Rep. Mursau.
Monday, May 2, 2011
VOTER REFORM! ACTION NEEDED!
If you value fair elections, I need your help now.
Representative Jeff Stone is working on the final draft of the Voter ID bill. Even though this bill accomplishes a lot of necessary reforms it is still lacking in IMPORTANT REFORMS that must be included:
1) MAKE THIS BILL MANDATORY FOR THE RECALL ELECTIONS ESPECIALLY VOTER ID AND 28 DAY RESIDENCY.
2) People assisting voters at the polls should be required to show their IDs, sign the ballot and poll book.
3) The clerk should have the right to hire qualified poll workers from their county not just their municipality.
4) The sharing of our personal information should only be with border states, not every state, to help stop "border jumping."
5) The request for an absentee ballot should be for each election not for an entire year.
PLEASE CALL REP. STONE'S OFFICE AT 608-266-8590 AND LEAVE HIM A MESSAGE OR EMAIL Rep.Stone@legis.wisconsin.gov
Alert From Founder's Compass
Representative Jeff Stone is working on the final draft of the Voter ID bill. Even though this bill accomplishes a lot of necessary reforms it is still lacking in IMPORTANT REFORMS that must be included:
1) MAKE THIS BILL MANDATORY FOR THE RECALL ELECTIONS ESPECIALLY VOTER ID AND 28 DAY RESIDENCY.
2) People assisting voters at the polls should be required to show their IDs, sign the ballot and poll book.
3) The clerk should have the right to hire qualified poll workers from their county not just their municipality.
4) The sharing of our personal information should only be with border states, not every state, to help stop "border jumping."
5) The request for an absentee ballot should be for each election not for an entire year.
PLEASE CALL REP. STONE'S OFFICE AT 608-266-8590 AND LEAVE HIM A MESSAGE OR EMAIL Rep.Stone@legis.wisconsin.gov
Alert From Founder's Compass
Help Repeal the RTA
The Joint committee on Finance ( Budget) Committee meets tomorrow (5/3/11) 11 am on Rm 412 East State Cap Exec. session, . One of the items under "Transportation" will be Repeal the RTA statewide. Please call and leave a message supporting the Repeal the RTA state wide at the Republican Senators and Representatives listed below:
Senator Alberta Darling,(R) Co-Chair 266 5830
Representative Robin Vos,( R), Co-Chair 266 9171
Senator Luther Olsen ( R) 266 0751
Representative Dan Meyer ( R) 266 7141
Senator Sheila Harsdorf ( R) 266 7745
Representative Dan LeMahieu ( R) 266 9175
Senator Joe Leibham ( R) 266 2056
Representative John Nygren (R) 266 2343
Senator Glenn Grothman (R) 266 7513
Representative Pat Strachota (R) 264-8486
Senator Randy Hopper (R) 266 5300
Representative Joel Kleefisch (R) 266 8551
Senator Lena Taylor ( D)
Representative Tamara Grigsby (D)
Senator Robert Jauch ( D)
Representative Jennifer Shilling (D)
Committee Clerk: Joe Malkasian
(608) 264-8314
BCC (Please send blind copy (BCC) to:
Rep.Nass@legis.wisconsin.gov 266 5715 and
Sen.Grothman@legis.wisconsin.gov 266 7513
Rep.Ripp@legis.wi.gov 266 3404
This is likely the last chance to express your opinion, as the Transportation committee has not moved on AB 36 and its joint bill in Senate SB -25. Please call/Email the R's today/tomorrow morning.
Use your own words and ideas here's a few also:
Budget Bill - History and action
The RTA bill was pulled into the 2009 Budget Bill and passed with little discussion- it is a poorly written bill and should be Repealed the same way it was created- in the 2011 Budget bill. Repeal now and let those that favor RTA's use the normal legislative process for the future. Prove via referendum there is local support for specific types of Transit and taxing themselves to pay for it before making a new statewide law allowing it.
Dane county- Unelected, appointed pro-train RTA Board still has taxing power to raise up to ½ % sales tax to pay for commuter rail- still in their Phase two plan. Also has condemnation and bonding ( borrowing) power at this time. This would raise taxes in Dane county approx. $32-36 million a year forever and increasing each year the economy grows. No new taxes, no new borrowing, no new taxing authority is needed in Dane county or the state.
New County Exec. of Dane Cty, Parisi is on record strongly in favor of commuter and "Car speed Rail. County Board on record in favor of commuter rail. OPPOSITION to Comm. rail shown in county board hearings, on Nov 2, 2010 44 or 45 Dane municipalities rejected commuter rail- voting no 72% and higher with a specific referendum on commuter rail for Madison. Most of the Madison MPO area has still not had a referendum on commuter rail for Madison.
Budget- The Kenosha-Racine- Milwaukee (KRM) RTA for commuter rail has $100 million in bonding authority now and would jack car rental fees to outrageous levels hoping to cover the subsidy levels needed for rail. The state is $3.6 billion in debt, no need to borrow for a train that duplicates the existing Chicago- Mil Amtrak, the bus and highway system at a much higher cost per passenger mile.
Senator Alberta Darling,(R) Co-Chair 266 5830
Representative Robin Vos,( R), Co-Chair 266 9171
Senator Luther Olsen ( R) 266 0751
Representative Dan Meyer ( R) 266 7141
Senator Sheila Harsdorf ( R) 266 7745
Representative Dan LeMahieu ( R) 266 9175
Senator Joe Leibham ( R) 266 2056
Representative John Nygren (R) 266 2343
Senator Glenn Grothman (R) 266 7513
Representative Pat Strachota (R) 264-8486
Senator Randy Hopper (R) 266 5300
Representative Joel Kleefisch (R) 266 8551
Senator Lena Taylor ( D)
Representative Tamara Grigsby (D)
Senator Robert Jauch ( D)
Representative Jennifer Shilling (D)
Committee Clerk: Joe Malkasian
(608) 264-8314
BCC (Please send blind copy (BCC) to:
Rep.Nass@legis.wisconsin.gov 266 5715 and
Sen.Grothman@legis.wisconsin.gov 266 7513
Rep.Ripp@legis.wi.gov 266 3404
This is likely the last chance to express your opinion, as the Transportation committee has not moved on AB 36 and its joint bill in Senate SB -25. Please call/Email the R's today/tomorrow morning.
Use your own words and ideas here's a few also:
Budget Bill - History and action
The RTA bill was pulled into the 2009 Budget Bill and passed with little discussion- it is a poorly written bill and should be Repealed the same way it was created- in the 2011 Budget bill. Repeal now and let those that favor RTA's use the normal legislative process for the future. Prove via referendum there is local support for specific types of Transit and taxing themselves to pay for it before making a new statewide law allowing it.
Dane county- Unelected, appointed pro-train RTA Board still has taxing power to raise up to ½ % sales tax to pay for commuter rail- still in their Phase two plan. Also has condemnation and bonding ( borrowing) power at this time. This would raise taxes in Dane county approx. $32-36 million a year forever and increasing each year the economy grows. No new taxes, no new borrowing, no new taxing authority is needed in Dane county or the state.
New County Exec. of Dane Cty, Parisi is on record strongly in favor of commuter and "Car speed Rail. County Board on record in favor of commuter rail. OPPOSITION to Comm. rail shown in county board hearings, on Nov 2, 2010 44 or 45 Dane municipalities rejected commuter rail- voting no 72% and higher with a specific referendum on commuter rail for Madison. Most of the Madison MPO area has still not had a referendum on commuter rail for Madison.
Budget- The Kenosha-Racine- Milwaukee (KRM) RTA for commuter rail has $100 million in bonding authority now and would jack car rental fees to outrageous levels hoping to cover the subsidy levels needed for rail. The state is $3.6 billion in debt, no need to borrow for a train that duplicates the existing Chicago- Mil Amtrak, the bus and highway system at a much higher cost per passenger mile.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Your Action is Needed
The Joint Finance Committee is currently touring WI holding public hearings on the proposed BUDGET (not the repair bill). Hundreds of people are showing up to oppose Walker's budget proposal, testifiying that no programs should be cut, that taxes should be raised, etc. We NEED citizens to go on public record IN SUPPORT of Gov. Scott Walker and his attempt to close the $3 BILLION+ budget hole that we have in our WI state budget. These hearing go on all day so even if you can't (don't want to) sit there all day, come after work and fill out a hearing slip. You don't even have to testify you can just register IN FAVOR. You can also write out testimony, bring copies and hand it to the committee members. Be sure to also give a copy to your state Legislators. Now is your chance to support the Republicans, let them know that you are the silent majority and you want the budget fixed without raising taxes!!! Remember the left NEVER sleeps and they will continue to bully the Legislature and Gov. Walker. Please stand with them NOW!
Dear Wisconsin Taxpayers, I am writing to let you know that important State Budget hearings are taking place in various locations throughout Wisconsin. (Details below.) Members of the public are welcome to attend these hearings to learn more about how their hard-earned tax dollars are being spent. This is an important opportunity for taxpayers to share their views about Wisconsin's ever expanding government, excessive spending, and overreaching bureaucracy with the members of the Joint Finance Committee. Based on past committee records, big government groups, liberal community organizers, etc., turn out en masse for these hearings. During yesterday's hearing in Stevens Point, Senator Grothman told reporters, "The spenders always show up at these things. That's why finance usually does a bad job." Sen. Glenn Grothman, R-West Bend, said there's a lack of balance in the testimony the committee members are getting. Full Article If Wisconsin's taxpayers are tired of Madison Progressive elites setting public policies and controlling the statewide discussion, Now is the time for the folks paying the bills in our state to stand up and speak up. Should taxpayers fail to make their views known, they will continue paying up for a lot of frivolous state spending. Even if you do not have time to wait and speak at the hearings, at the very least, taxpayers can attend the hearings and fill out hearing slips expressing their support or opposition for the new State Budget that is striving to get Wisconsin back on sound financial footing and stop the deficit spending. We realize many of you have to work, however, many of these hearings will last long after the scheduled cut-off time, so feel free to stop in during your lunch hour or after work. If you have written testimony to enter into the public record, be sure to bring along 16 copies for each committee member. Helpful Taxpayer Resources: Wisconsin State Budget: Assembly Bill 40 The Budget in Brief is available here Senate Members of the Joint Finance Committee Assembly Members of the Joint Finance Committee Full Hearing Schedule
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Friday, April 1, 2011
Thursday, March 31, 2011
April 5th Will Decide Who Governs Wisconsin
Had the federal government passed a law (in the best interest of the people, naturally) mandating that every household in America purchase a handgun and learn how to use it in order to protect themselves and in turn save the government money on police protection, that law would be a constitutional issue for the courts to decide in the exact same way ObamaCare — a real federal law requiring every American purchase health insurance — is also a constitutional issue. Regardless of your political persuasion, any intellectually honest individual understands that the government requiring an individual purchase something is exactly why our founders created a judicial branch. That’s what they’re there for. What they’re not there for, however, is to use judicial fiat to overturn an election. But that is exactly what the Left in Wisconsin is counting on happening just a few days from now on April 5th. Before I get to that, though, I want to backfill my point with a rundown of the hows and whys that make a Wisconsin State Supreme Court race so crucially important to everyone in America, not just my fellow cheese heads. Read Article
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Planned Parenthood Tells Parents They Should Give Babies Sense of Sexuality from Birth
Sick.......
A program touted as “a bold, nationwide, social change effort” is being launched by Planned Parenthood to alter family dialogue about sexuality and encourage parents to ease their children’s transition into a sexually active lifestyle.
Entitled “Real Life. Real Talk,” the program was first used in Connecticut, New York, Maine, and Arizona between 2004 and 2008, and its nationwide distribution is now being funded by groups that include the Ford Foundation.
The stated goal of the program is “to positively change the social climate in communities” with “more open, honest, and balanced talk” about sex; it targets parents and guardians of children as young as 8 years old.
“A more positive social climate will, over time, help to ensure that people — particularly young people — have adequate information and services to enable them to make healthy sexual choices,” states Planned Parenthood, noting that “getting people to talk openly ... about ... sensitive or stigmatized” issues is always “a critical step in making social change happen.”
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A program touted as “a bold, nationwide, social change effort” is being launched by Planned Parenthood to alter family dialogue about sexuality and encourage parents to ease their children’s transition into a sexually active lifestyle.
Entitled “Real Life. Real Talk,” the program was first used in Connecticut, New York, Maine, and Arizona between 2004 and 2008, and its nationwide distribution is now being funded by groups that include the Ford Foundation.
The stated goal of the program is “to positively change the social climate in communities” with “more open, honest, and balanced talk” about sex; it targets parents and guardians of children as young as 8 years old.
“A more positive social climate will, over time, help to ensure that people — particularly young people — have adequate information and services to enable them to make healthy sexual choices,” states Planned Parenthood, noting that “getting people to talk openly ... about ... sensitive or stigmatized” issues is always “a critical step in making social change happen.”
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Monday, March 21, 2011
Pervert School Administator
The New Holstein school administrator charged with soliciting a child for sex left the Madison Metropolitan School District in 2005 after being caught viewing pornography on his work computer, a source with knowledge of the situation confirmed Wednesday.
Christopher J. Nelson, administrator of the New Holstein School District, worked in Madison for five years and left citing health reasons and disagreements with administrative proposals to eliminate athletic positions, according to a 2005 report in the Wisconsin State Journal. But the source said the discovery of pornography on Nelson's computer in the Madison district "led to … parting ways."
The source noted the images were not child pornography, so no criminal investigation was done and Nelson was allowed to resign his post. Nelson was the district's coordinator of physical education, health and athletics.
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Christopher J. Nelson, administrator of the New Holstein School District, worked in Madison for five years and left citing health reasons and disagreements with administrative proposals to eliminate athletic positions, according to a 2005 report in the Wisconsin State Journal. But the source said the discovery of pornography on Nelson's computer in the Madison district "led to … parting ways."
The source noted the images were not child pornography, so no criminal investigation was done and Nelson was allowed to resign his post. Nelson was the district's coordinator of physical education, health and athletics.
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The Power Of Teachers' Unions
The recent events in Wisconsin, in which unionized teachers behaved like third-world mobs, is a stark reminder of what a grave mistake it was to permit government employees to unionize. Since government employees have always had job security and benefits that many workers in the private sector couldn’t dream of getting, there was no need for them to unionize unless they wanted to use union power to intimidate legislators and extort more money from the taxpayers.
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Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Friday, March 11, 2011
Examples of Unions Holding WI Taxpayers Hostage
1. Green Bay Teachers join collectively bargained retiree emeritus program which pays one year’s salary over 3 years for 30 days of work in addition to their normal pension. If a teacher retires at $60k, it works out to $2k/day.
2. Madison Emeritus program only pays 19% of salary but the retirees get to be retirees and not work for the money that is paid on top of their regular pension.
3. Milwaukee Teachers Union has collectively bargained regular pension and “supplemental pensions”
4. Milwaukee Teachers Union sacrifices 482 jobs rather than take a cut for its members. Among the victims is a teacher of the year who didn't have the seniority to stay.
5. Teachers Union fights Cedarburg School Board over their attempt to fire a teacher for viewing porn at work.
6. Madison pays bus driver 159k via collectively bargained overtime rules.
7. Wausau Union fights allowing a man to be volunteer crossing guard. Principal Steve Miller says, "He said, you know, this gives me a reason to get up in the morning to come and help these kids in the neighborhood."
8. Prison guards use loophole of pairing extra shifts @ OT pay and calling in sick to scam taxpayers out of extra pay for the same (or less) work. http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/29511574.html
2. Madison Emeritus program only pays 19% of salary but the retirees get to be retirees and not work for the money that is paid on top of their regular pension.
3. Milwaukee Teachers Union has collectively bargained regular pension and “supplemental pensions”
4. Milwaukee Teachers Union sacrifices 482 jobs rather than take a cut for its members. Among the victims is a teacher of the year who didn't have the seniority to stay.
5. Teachers Union fights Cedarburg School Board over their attempt to fire a teacher for viewing porn at work.
6. Madison pays bus driver 159k via collectively bargained overtime rules.
7. Wausau Union fights allowing a man to be volunteer crossing guard. Principal Steve Miller says, "He said, you know, this gives me a reason to get up in the morning to come and help these kids in the neighborhood."
8. Prison guards use loophole of pairing extra shifts @ OT pay and calling in sick to scam taxpayers out of extra pay for the same (or less) work. http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/29511574.html
Taxpayers Win in Wisconsin
Congratulations to Wisconsin Republicans, who held together this week to pass their government union reforms despite unprecedented acting out by Democrats and their union allies. Three weeks ago we described this battle as a foretaste of Greece come to America, but maybe there's hope for taxpayers after all.
The good news is that Governor Scott Walker's reforms have been worth the fight on the policy merits. The conventional media wisdom is that Mr. Walker "overreached" by proposing limits on the ability of government unions to bargain collectively for benefits. But before he offered those proposals, Democrats and unions had refused to support his plan that public workers pay more for their pensions and health care. Only later did they concede that these changes were reasonable and will spare thousands of public workers from layoffs.
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The good news is that Governor Scott Walker's reforms have been worth the fight on the policy merits. The conventional media wisdom is that Mr. Walker "overreached" by proposing limits on the ability of government unions to bargain collectively for benefits. But before he offered those proposals, Democrats and unions had refused to support his plan that public workers pay more for their pensions and health care. Only later did they concede that these changes were reasonable and will spare thousands of public workers from layoffs.
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Thursday, March 10, 2011
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Thursday, March 3, 2011
State Says Damage to Marble at Capitol Could Hit $7.5 Million
State officials said Thursday that damage to the marble inside and out the State Capitol would cost an estimated $7.5 million. Cari Anne Renlund, chief legal counsel for the state Department of Administration, said in Dane County court that estimates of damage to marble includes $6 million to repair damaged marble inside the Capitol, $1 million for damage outside and $500,000 for costs to supervise the damage.
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Tuesday, February 22, 2011
WI Community Organizers Stand With the Unions
WISDOM, the interfaith network of congregation-based justice organizations, calls on Governor Walker and the Wisconsin legislature to abandon any plans to undermine or remove the collective bargaining rights of workers.
Our religious traditions speak clearly about the fundamental right of workers in the public and private sectors to be organized into unions which can defend their interests. We are pleased to see that Methodist Bishop Lee, Catholic Archbishop Listecki, Rabbi Biatch and ELCA Bishop Burnside are among those who have spoken out against the radical policy changes being proposed in the “budget repair” process, which would take away long-established rights from many Wisconsin workers.
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Our religious traditions speak clearly about the fundamental right of workers in the public and private sectors to be organized into unions which can defend their interests. We are pleased to see that Methodist Bishop Lee, Catholic Archbishop Listecki, Rabbi Biatch and ELCA Bishop Burnside are among those who have spoken out against the radical policy changes being proposed in the “budget repair” process, which would take away long-established rights from many Wisconsin workers.
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Green Bay Bishop Cuts Ties With Chicago-Style Community Organizers
Green Bay Bishop David Ricken has ordered Catholic parishes in the diocese to cut corporate ties to JOSHUA, ESTHER and other non-Catholic social justice organizations. Ricken complimented the work being done by the Green Bay-based JOSHUA and the Fox Cities-based ESTHER of the Fox Valley, but expressed concern that without Catholic oversight, the groups' political positions could stray from Catholic teachings.
"An undesirable result of dual affiliations could be that a conflict could place our parishioners in a very difficult position of having to choose between their Catholic Church authority and another parallel organization," Ricken said in a statement. "Therefore, I am directing our parishes to withdraw their corporate membership in these organizations, effective July 1, 2011."
The directive will affect 15 of the diocese's 157 parishes, including eight in Brown County and seven in Outagamie and Winnebago counties. The order won't preclude individual Catholics from belonging to either group, and parishes would still be encouraged to work with those and other groups on specific projects consistent with Catholic social teaching, Ricken said.
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"An undesirable result of dual affiliations could be that a conflict could place our parishioners in a very difficult position of having to choose between their Catholic Church authority and another parallel organization," Ricken said in a statement. "Therefore, I am directing our parishes to withdraw their corporate membership in these organizations, effective July 1, 2011."
The directive will affect 15 of the diocese's 157 parishes, including eight in Brown County and seven in Outagamie and Winnebago counties. The order won't preclude individual Catholics from belonging to either group, and parishes would still be encouraged to work with those and other groups on specific projects consistent with Catholic social teaching, Ricken said.
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Friday, February 18, 2011
Alinsky is Alive and Well in Wisconsin
Today is the third straight day of protests in Madison, Wisconsin as Barack Obama’s shock troops storm the state capitol to fight Governor Walker’s plan to reform the public-sector scam that has ravaged that state for decades.
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Wednesday, February 16, 2011
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Saturday, February 12, 2011
Supermarket Surprise: Smaller Servings, Same Price
Out of toilet paper so soon? Who the heck ate all of the Haagen Dazs? Why is this grilled cheese sandwich less cheesy than before? Complaints like these household staples getting used up faster; food not lasting as long -- are becoming more common.
No, members of your household aren't being wasteful or taking extra helpings of dessert. Those boxes of pasta, rolls of paper towels, jars of pesto and packages of hot dogs really are getting smaller. But manufacturers hope that you haven't noticed.
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No, members of your household aren't being wasteful or taking extra helpings of dessert. Those boxes of pasta, rolls of paper towels, jars of pesto and packages of hot dogs really are getting smaller. But manufacturers hope that you haven't noticed.
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Friday, February 11, 2011
The International Crisis Group
It may be the most important organization you’ve never heard of. This group has deep ties to Barack Obama, George Soros, and many other elements of the far left. Mohamed ElBaradei, the Muslim Brotherhood-supported figure who could replace Egypt’s President Mubarak in the near future, is a board member of the International Crisis Group. So is George Soros.
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Monday, February 7, 2011
Terror Expert: Time for a Shariah Wake-up Call
The Muslim cleric who warned Sean Hannity that radical Islam is at America’s backdoor personifies the threat to the West, and it is time to issue a wakeup call — particularly in the United States — that the menace is real, a terrorism expert said Thursday on Fox News. Commenting on Hannity’s fiery exchange with Sheik Anjem Choudary (pictured) on Wednesday, Brigitte Gabriel of ACT! For America also said the cleric was a perfect example of a Western-born Muslim falling under a fanatical spell.
In addition, Gabriel noted the spread of Islamic radicalism, and the sheik’s threat the world eventually will succumb to Shariah, is fueled by the Muslim Brotherhood, as part of a master plan.
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In addition, Gabriel noted the spread of Islamic radicalism, and the sheik’s threat the world eventually will succumb to Shariah, is fueled by the Muslim Brotherhood, as part of a master plan.
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Frances Fox Piven and the “Orchestrated Crisis” Strategy
Born in Alberta, Canada in 1932, Frances Fox Piven earned a Ph.D. in social science from the University of Chicago in l962. Today she is a professor of political science and sociology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, where she has taught since 1982. She was formerly a professor at Columbia University.
Piven and her late husband, Columbia social-work professor Richard Cloward, are best known for having outlined, in 1966, the so-called Cloward-Piven Strategy – a tactic which seeks to hasten the fall of capitalism by overloading government bureaucracies with a flood of impossible demands, thus pushing society into "a profound financial and political crisis" that would unleash "powerful forces … for major economic reform at the national level."
In 1966 Piven was a panel member at a Socialist Scholars Conference in New York. There, she and her husband presented a paper proposing that the poor should engage in "irregular and disruptive tactics" designed to overburden city and state governments with demands for welfare money – the ultimate objective being to force those governments to turn to the federal government for assistance. Such “disruption of the system,” said Piven, would result in a situation where:
“Welfare rolls will begin to go up; welfare payments will begin to go up – the impact will be very, very sharp. The mounting welfare budget will increase taxes, force cities to turn to the federal government. We have to help people to make claims; for this they will organize and act."
Beginning in 1967, Piven served as an advisor to the newly formed National Welfare Rights Organization.
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Piven and her late husband, Columbia social-work professor Richard Cloward, are best known for having outlined, in 1966, the so-called Cloward-Piven Strategy – a tactic which seeks to hasten the fall of capitalism by overloading government bureaucracies with a flood of impossible demands, thus pushing society into "a profound financial and political crisis" that would unleash "powerful forces … for major economic reform at the national level."
In 1966 Piven was a panel member at a Socialist Scholars Conference in New York. There, she and her husband presented a paper proposing that the poor should engage in "irregular and disruptive tactics" designed to overburden city and state governments with demands for welfare money – the ultimate objective being to force those governments to turn to the federal government for assistance. Such “disruption of the system,” said Piven, would result in a situation where:
“Welfare rolls will begin to go up; welfare payments will begin to go up – the impact will be very, very sharp. The mounting welfare budget will increase taxes, force cities to turn to the federal government. We have to help people to make claims; for this they will organize and act."
Beginning in 1967, Piven served as an advisor to the newly formed National Welfare Rights Organization.
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A Sight for Soros Eyes AND AOL Goes Liberal
Even teen hookers need abortions. It's not exactly bumper sticker material, but so far that's the best the Left has to offer in defense of Planned Parenthood. After a clinic worker was caught on tape helping a child prostitution ring "look as legit as possible," the nation's biggest abortion factory has become almost hysterical with panic. In the days since Lila Rose's explosive new video, Planned Parenthood has elevated its threat level and enlisted as many allies as possible to vouch for the organization (which has now been implicated in 12 Live Action videos).
On a strategy call organized by billionaire liberal George Soros, Planned Parenthood asked its allies to try and deflect some of the negative attention away from the abortion industry by ramping up their attacks of Lila Rose. Now that Planned Parenthood is vulnerable, liberals are circling the wagons, understanding that any more slip-ups could mean the end of their federal gravy train. This week, 27 liberal groups came out swinging in the press--led by Soros's Media Matters, which quickly organized a letter of support for Planned Parenthood's new outreach to pimps. "Right-wing groups are once again attempting to destroy an organization dedicated to providing crucial primary care services to Americans that need them most..."
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On a strategy call organized by billionaire liberal George Soros, Planned Parenthood asked its allies to try and deflect some of the negative attention away from the abortion industry by ramping up their attacks of Lila Rose. Now that Planned Parenthood is vulnerable, liberals are circling the wagons, understanding that any more slip-ups could mean the end of their federal gravy train. This week, 27 liberal groups came out swinging in the press--led by Soros's Media Matters, which quickly organized a letter of support for Planned Parenthood's new outreach to pimps. "Right-wing groups are once again attempting to destroy an organization dedicated to providing crucial primary care services to Americans that need them most..."
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Thursday, February 3, 2011
The Muslim Brotherhood’s Quest for World Domination
Founded in 1928 by the Egyptian schoolteacher/activist Hasan al-Banna (a devout admirer of Adolf Hitler and the Nazis), the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) -- a Sunni entity -- is one of the oldest, largest and most influential Islamist organizations in the world. While Egypt historically has been the center of the Brotherhood’s operations, the group today is active in more than 70 countries (some estimates range as high as 100+). Islam expert Robert Spencer has called MB "the parent organization of Hamas and al Qaeda." In 2003, Richard Clarke – the chief counterterrorism advisor on the U.S. National Security Council during both the Bill Clinton and George W. Bush administrations – told a Senate committee that Hamas, al Qaeda, and Palestinian Islamic Jihad were all "descendants of the membership and ideology of the Muslim Brothers."
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Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Monday, January 31, 2011
China Invades U.S. With 'Free-Trade Zones'
China has decided to invade the United States, not with tanks and airplanes, but with an army of workers to develop what are being called "free-trade zones" within the U.S., Jerome Corsi's Red Alert reports.
Officials of the China National Machinery Industry Corporation have suggested developing a technology zone occupying 10,000 to 30,000 acres south of the Boise airport for industry, retail centers and homes.
A key argument of Corsi's book, "America for Sale: Fighting the New World Order, Surviving a Global Depression, and Preserving USA Sovereignty," is that China will not long continue to subsidize the Obama administration's trillion-dollar annual federal budget deficits without demanding U.S. assets in return.
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Officials of the China National Machinery Industry Corporation have suggested developing a technology zone occupying 10,000 to 30,000 acres south of the Boise airport for industry, retail centers and homes.
A key argument of Corsi's book, "America for Sale: Fighting the New World Order, Surviving a Global Depression, and Preserving USA Sovereignty," is that China will not long continue to subsidize the Obama administration's trillion-dollar annual federal budget deficits without demanding U.S. assets in return.
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Saturday, January 29, 2011
Sour note at Hu fete
Chinese-born pianist Lang Lang gave a musical shout out to America-hating patriots in his homeland when he played at the White House state dinner last week. During his performance, Lang tinkled the ivories with the famous anti-American propaganda tune "My Motherland" -- the theme song from the Chinese-made Korean War movie "Battle on Shangangling Mountain."
Chinese President Hu Jintao, the guest of honor at the dinner, surely recognized the melody. The song has been a favorite anti-American propaganda tool for decades. Lang apparently knew exactly what he was playing.
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Chinese President Hu Jintao, the guest of honor at the dinner, surely recognized the melody. The song has been a favorite anti-American propaganda tool for decades. Lang apparently knew exactly what he was playing.
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Obama's Plan to Admit Mexican Trucks
It is amazing that, with unemployment unacceptably high, the Obama Administration has endorsed a plan that will cost U.S. jobs and make highway driving for Americans more dangerous and less pleasant. Obama wants to admit Mexican trucks to drive on all U.S. highways and roads.
Todd Spencer, executive vice president of the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, explained what this means: "U.S. truckers would be forced to forfeit their own economic opportunities while companies and drivers from Mexico, free from equivalent regulatory burdens, take over their traffic lanes." We wonder if Mexico has any regulatory standards at all.
Mexican trucks are known to be overweight and lacking in safety regulations we consider essential, such as anti-lock brakes. Mexico doesn't have national databases that track drivers' records, background checks, drug usage, and arrests, and it's known to be easy to get a commercial driver's license with a bribe.
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Todd Spencer, executive vice president of the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, explained what this means: "U.S. truckers would be forced to forfeit their own economic opportunities while companies and drivers from Mexico, free from equivalent regulatory burdens, take over their traffic lanes." We wonder if Mexico has any regulatory standards at all.
Mexican trucks are known to be overweight and lacking in safety regulations we consider essential, such as anti-lock brakes. Mexico doesn't have national databases that track drivers' records, background checks, drug usage, and arrests, and it's known to be easy to get a commercial driver's license with a bribe.
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Tea Party vs. United Methodist Church
A prominent Tea Party activist recently called for shutting down the 7.8 million United Methodist Church, exciting the Huffington Post and various liberal bloggers. Tea Party Nation President Judson Phillips last month saw and disliked a banner at the Methodist Building on Capitol Hill demanding: "Pass the DREAM Act." The sign referred, of course, to now failed legislation seeking to legalize some illegal aliens brought to the U.S. as minors.
"I have a DREAM," Phillips responded. "That is, no more United Methodist Church." He recalled having left Methodism as a teenager because the denomination is "little more than the first Church of Karl Marx" and the "'religious arm' of socialism."
Phillips notes, not inaccurately, that the Methodist denomination, officially, is "pro-illegal immigration" and "in the bag for socialist health care," opposed U.S. force after 9/11, is big on Global Warming, and is anti-Israel.
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"I have a DREAM," Phillips responded. "That is, no more United Methodist Church." He recalled having left Methodism as a teenager because the denomination is "little more than the first Church of Karl Marx" and the "'religious arm' of socialism."
Phillips notes, not inaccurately, that the Methodist denomination, officially, is "pro-illegal immigration" and "in the bag for socialist health care," opposed U.S. force after 9/11, is big on Global Warming, and is anti-Israel.
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011
House of Horrors
By now you may have heard the gruesome story that broke earlier this week in Philadelphia. A grand jury indicted an abortionist named Kermit Gosnell and nine of his associates for running a clinic that district attorney Seth Williams called a "house of horrors."
Gosnell and his associates are charged with eight counts of murder for the deaths of seven babies and one adult woman. According to Williams, "A doctor who with scissors cuts into the necks, severing the spinal cords of living, breathing babies who would survive with proper medical attention commits murder under the law." He went on to add, "My comprehension of the English language can't adequately describe the barbaric nature of Dr. Gosnell."
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Gosnell and his associates are charged with eight counts of murder for the deaths of seven babies and one adult woman. According to Williams, "A doctor who with scissors cuts into the necks, severing the spinal cords of living, breathing babies who would survive with proper medical attention commits murder under the law." He went on to add, "My comprehension of the English language can't adequately describe the barbaric nature of Dr. Gosnell."
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