With all of the Recall and Recount talk I thought it was important to ask? WHERE ARE THOSE JOBS? It seemed to me Washington newbies claimed they were going to Washington to create jobs, lower taxes, and make sure government was going to work for us. I heard the same thing with those running for State Offices.
The new class in Washington and the State are running high on something but the high is not a priority on those things they said they would do for us. Is it because "we the people" are no longer WE THE PEOPLE? I think not. WE THE PEOPLE have risen and we are not taking garbage talk about our President and we are no longer going to take things from a Congressional 1 do nothing for his constituents(Thank You Rob Zerban for your announcement to run).
WE THE PEOPLE have demanded RECALLS of non Respondent Republicans who have taken heart with AYN RAND and the most selfish approaches to governing I can remember or have read about in my readings of history. Their vanity and snobbery toward their constituents is totally alarming. And now after attempting to take away First Amendment Rights of most of our government workers and blaming them for every economic woe this State has; they now want to take away more civil rights from the poor and less fortunate. They don't have a solution for multi-generational poverty so they take away the safety nets to allow them any dignity at all. Again...Selfish all about me attitudes.
They are now addressing Civil Rights. It is called Voting. They want to make it harder for those who do not have "credentials" to vote and specifically new voters, college voters, and seniors who may have surrendered their drivers licenses. The assumption is there is too much voter fraud...like GORE V. BUSH. Yes, the votes in Florida did get counted eventually even though unofficially and guess what...? Gore won.
What really has been happening in Waukesha County for several elections? I hope we find out this time with a close look at the results of this recount. Still, Voting Prevention is the goal of the Republican Party because those who move around allot (renters), Seniors in Medical Facilities, students in college,and those who have found themselves out on the street (and not by choice) are no longer considered voters by Republicans.
I will be specifically reviewing Representative Knilans' vote because he is my current Representative. He went to the State to help Janesville get jobs and make sure we get an equitable share of apportionment. To date he has voted against Janesville every time. He must be a close friend of Paul Ryan's because like Ryan he has done nothing to assist Main Street, Middle Class, or those less fortunate.
WE THE PEOPLE need to stay the fight and make sure that our new representatives revise the tax code and assure an equitable tax code to support those things we value in a Progressive State. We do not want them to take away First Amendment Rights, Civil Rights, or Human Rights. It's time...It's here...And...It is time to GO FORWARD!
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Thursday, April 28, 2011
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
On Hiatus
Everyone,
When I started this blog in mid-February, I had no idea it was going to become as popular as it has. Nearing 45,000 hits and hundreds of visitors each day - unbelievable! I also didn't realize that putting together a nightly round up of news headlines was going to take as much time as it does.
These days I am working on finishing up my Master's degree in Mass Comm at UW - Whitewater and so a choice had to be made. Therefore, I am putting Defend Wisconsin News Round Up on a temporary hiatus so I can write the papers and do the things I need to do to graduate. I want to take this opportunity to thank you for your support and readership and let you know that I'll be back with the nightly round up of news about Wisconsin Protests in a few days.
I also very much appreciate your financial support - just click the "donate" button on the right - and let me know that you want to see this website keep on going.
Thanks also to all my co-authors and I'll see you in a few days,
Yuri
When I started this blog in mid-February, I had no idea it was going to become as popular as it has. Nearing 45,000 hits and hundreds of visitors each day - unbelievable! I also didn't realize that putting together a nightly round up of news headlines was going to take as much time as it does.
These days I am working on finishing up my Master's degree in Mass Comm at UW - Whitewater and so a choice had to be made. Therefore, I am putting Defend Wisconsin News Round Up on a temporary hiatus so I can write the papers and do the things I need to do to graduate. I want to take this opportunity to thank you for your support and readership and let you know that I'll be back with the nightly round up of news about Wisconsin Protests in a few days.
I also very much appreciate your financial support - just click the "donate" button on the right - and let me know that you want to see this website keep on going.
Thanks also to all my co-authors and I'll see you in a few days,
Yuri
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Thursday night news round up (4.21.11)
Rick Ungar: What Is Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker Not Telling Us About Financial Stress Test Legislation?
Thunda Around the Rotunda on WTDY
Fred Clarke for State Senate Announcement
Dategeddon has begun. 108 people crammed in DPW all checking recall signatures against the dems
350 Kenosha teachers get layoff notices
State budget rouses faith leaders
As union membership decreases, middle class income shrinks
Bill voiding sick leave law sent to Walker
Washington Post Greg Sargent: Dems to file huge amount of signatures to recall a fifth Wisconsin GOPer
Democrats in Wisconsin Claim Illegal and Unethical Signature Gathering By Republicans in Recall Efforts
Recall Senator Sheila Harsdorf
Rep. Tammy Baldwin: Preserving the Medicare contract
WisPolitics: LFB releases list of non-fiscal policy in Walker budget proposal
Supreme Court Candidates Agree To Partial Hand Recount
AlterNet: Did Scott Walker Make Another Nepotism Hire?
Woman accused of email threats to 15 GOP senators ordered to stay off Internet
Another Walker pick causes stir
Hidden Handouts to Corporations Found in Walker's Budget
Dan Kapanke Illegal Slush Fund Still Under Investigation
PolitiScoop: Out of Control Governor - CEO - Puppet?
Governor Walker's Office Denies Private Prosser Meeting
Do you have a question about labor unions in Wisconsin?
Glenn Grothman: American Suicide
Jeremy Ryan: Shenanigans at OUR HOUSE!! A Lovely Tour of Some Not So Public Areas!! Share!! - video
Why the recount request by Kloppenberg is not frivolous
John Nichols: Wisconsin Recount: This Is What Democracy Looks Like
Jennifer Shilling for State Senate
JoAnne Kloppenburg on the Supreme Court Race Recount - WisconsinEye video
Paul Ryan listening session in Janesville, WI
National Review: Mr. Ryan Goes to Wisconsin
Democracy Now: Thought Control: Right-Wing Koch Brothers Caught Telling Thousands of Employees How to Vote
We the People are Demanding our Democracy Back
Felon collecting recall signatures pays fine
Wisconsin Recall Fight Heats up As Democrats Complain Of "Shots For Signatures" Deals
Wisconsin's G.A.B. intends to erase evidence in advance of statewide Kloppenburg/Prosser recount
WisPolitics: Martin still fighting for UW-Madison split
Daily Kos: Wisconsin GAB will file court case affecting recount
Capitulate or Resist?
America will never move forward and never work together for mutual betterment until we trust one another again; until justice is served to the scoundrels who have been deceiving and robbing it blind for decades. As the saying goes, justice delayed is justice denied and today the peril of delay is more dangerous than ever.
U.S. Attorney General, Eric Holder has said we should all "move on" and let the past be the past.
What about the myriad of seeds of destruction that were planted so surreptitiously deep in America's heart by Karl Rove, Frank Luntz, the Koch brothers, and thousands more Republican operatives who are already now very busy trying to corrupt not just state governments but the 2012 elections as well?
Why do far too many Democratic leaders refuse to speak out - refuse to investigate and prosecute so much obvious fraud, war crimes, and corruption that is on a massive scale. Why implement the guise of "moving on" to somehow appease the Right in continual futility trying to "bring sides together" toward a "consensus" to get things done rather than expose continuing transgressions?
Has trying to work with villains ever brought about a good result? They'll smile to your face and then stab you in the back before accomplishing anything that would remotely be for the betterment of the general community good. Wolves in sheeps clothing are about themselves and no one else. Ever. So, for our progressive leaders representing the general good to ever consider compromise with the proven untrustworthy leaders of corruption is sheer lunacy.
The rise of the Right to unbridled power finally unleashed comes from revolutionary conservatives who invested huge amounts of money in a number of think tanks over the past thirty or more years. They were masterminds to brilliantly frame their mantras in simplistic ways that would reverberate with those who wouldn't question their motives.
Two decades ago, Paul Weyerich publicly and proudly proclaimed that the way they would succeed would be to disenfranchise traditional Democratic voters (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GBAsFwPglw). G. Gordon Liddy was just a precursor and amateur compared to the miscreants of today. Decades ago the GOP groomed a generation of young people brainwashed with the promise of unlimited wealth and power when university campus' fostered the Young Republicans during the early '70s.
Karl Rove admittedly orchestrated the plan last year to elect Republican governors in numerous states. How could anyone not realize he is still at work behind the scenes now also orchestrating the shredding of workers rights, education, the environment, and so much more? Now add the filthy money of the Koch brothers and those of dubious pasts are once again prevailing.
Thus, Wisconsin and Scott Walker, the Fitzgerald brothers, Prosser, and others.
Thus the governors of Michigan, Maine, Ohio, Indiana, Iowa, and 25 more states.
Many no longer even try to hide their distain for the citizenry anymore; the goals they aspire to of forcing laws to ban unions, write legislation to restrict voting rights, make laws to take over municipalities and county governments by corporate profiteers, tax the poor, slash education, consolidate media, cut taxes for the rich, sell off state utilities to corporate pals that put Republicans in office (no-bid contracts, of course), and create such havoc that Obama would have no prayer for returning to the White House in 2012 and, even if he would legitimately win, arrange a special surprise so he wouldn't.
Thieves are about stealing to benefit themselves, not serving. Killers are about destroying, not kindness. Do most Americans have a completely naive misconception of our adversaries? Does it leave us all at the risk of being overwhelmed by malevolence? You can't leave the doors unlocked at night and not expect things missing the next day...
Remember how Karl Rove left the Democratic governor of Alabama hanging? Don Siegelman went to prison unjustly because of Rove's sly trickery and his case is still in the courts now over a decade later. (http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=3870545n&tag=related;photovideo)
The story behind almost all these stories? Karl Rove. Rove's still free to do the same dirty tricks all across the nation. It's rather evident that Scott Walker anticipated being one of Rove's trophies.
If Rove was prosecuted and brought to justice (like he should have been many times over), would we be facing these disasters that will take even more decades to reverse?
Who's at fault? Those who would literally do anything to "get along" rather than do what's necessary for the common good?
We should all be Americans first and it's long past due the time when all Americans must wake up to those who would literally steal our nations power, resources, will, and more importantly, integrity and honor.
While the challenges we have now been presented with are seemingly insurmountable we must take action and be ready when the public opinion once again realizes the folly and returns to our direction. In the first few short months of 2011, we are watching Americans come forward on their own behalf and wake up.
We cannot be caught unprepared and in our all too familiar reactive mode lacking the energy, will, and information necessary to move forward. The Right planned for an on-going war that would last decades and they believed any means justified the ends. Their schemes and proteges were in place and assembled in lock-step for the political reversals of the 2010 elections.
As more and more Americans everyday realize the crimes of the past 30 years - as they realize how they have been so personally and adversely harmed - the tide will once again turn. Until then, it IS within our ability to get to work and hold those who would shred our nation and our very Constitution responsible for the corruption and devastation they have wrought and still aim to provoke.
New "Moron Club!"
Dear Moron Club:
Morons, I love you. I really, really do. All of you—from the expert moron to the neophyte. But, if you do want to work your way out of the Moron Club, the world of the informed, rational, and reasonable will welcome you with open arms.
So, Birthers, you thought you were special, didn’t you? You thought you were the only morons on the scene, didn’t you?
But, you are not the only morons who are being laughed. Oh no, not by far.
Now, sit down. Breathe deeply. Not only are you stupid… Not only are you being laughed at…But, you aren’t all that special. It is time to start the very first Moron Club!
The Moron Club is going to be inclusive, because that’s how I roll. It really, really is.
The first members of the Moron Club, after Birthers, are...ta da: Racists!
Racists, I love you, because it is my mission in life to love everyone. You make me bleed from the eyes and you are the reason my husband tells people we are from Canada when we travel. (You don't get out much, do you?) But, maybe, with a little unconditional love, you could join the human race? Fingers crossed!
I know, I know. You don’t think you are a racist. Already heard it. If you are one of those people who makes derogatory comments or sends derogatory emails about races other than your own—or heck, let's throw in ethnic groups!—you are a racist and a moron.
But, people aren’t laughing with you or at you. They are disgusted by you. Most people won’t confront you—they will quietly pity your children. You look like a dumb jerk and you do a lot of harm. You are a social leper.
If you laugh at racist comments or jokes, you are a moron by association and a moral wimp. You are not a lady or a gentleman.
If you are one of those un-evolved Cro-Magnons who attends rallies with or carries signs of our president as an ape or an Aborigine or some other appalling non-sense, you don’t deserve the title moron—it’s too good for you. If your mother were living, she would spank you and cry herself to sleep. People look at you with revulsion. They aren't laughing. You are not making a political statement. You are the political statement. People look at you and say, “What has the world come to?”
The third members of the Moron Club are the Paranoiac Morons. If you believe that President Obama is Moslem, you are a moron and people are befuddled by how you could be so stupid.
I am not entirely sure they are laughing at you so much as amazed by you--I know I am amazed. No, your friends won’t tell you this. Most of your friends are morons, too. But, notice how some of your friends get very quiet when you talk? Then, their eyes dart around the room a little? They smile as if you’re making a joke and then frown? Then, they change the subject? Yep. They are first puzzled and then amazed by how you could be so stupid.
There are three elements to being a Paranoiac Moron. First, so what! Yeah, you heard me! I am going to change my FB religious status to Moslem. Second. The president isn’t Moslem and you are a paranoid lunatic and a moron if you think so. Paranoid lunatic is even worse than moron.
Third, what is your religion? Do you presume to be Christian? In my household, we certainly would not have been allowed to accuse a professed Christian of not being so. Honestly, God spoke to me and told me to tell you to stop judging people! It isn’t your job. JK :>)
Hmmm…there is indeed a long list of morons and you can all be in the Moron Club! And, you all need love and a lot of it. You have failed to do research, gather facts, and come to rational conclusions.
If you believe that President Obama grew up in Kenya , you are a moron. If you believe that President Obama attended an Islamic madrassah in Indonesia , you are a moron. If you believe that all, most, or even many of the world’s Moslems are terrorists, you are a moron. If you believe that all terrorists look alike, you are a moron. If you believe that all terrorists are Arabs, that all Arabs are terrorists, that all Middle-Easterners are Arabs…you are a moron.
Simply put: Politicians know that President Obama was born in the USA & is a citizen; They know he is a Christian; They may be racists but they would never be seen carrying a disgusting poster at a silly rally—it would be too lacking in dignity; They know the president grew up in Hawaii and was reared by his mother and grandparents; They might be confused about who is and isn’t Arab.
They lie to you. Plain and simple. What they say on conservative talk shows and on liberal talk shows isn’t even the same. They want the "moron vote."
But, I still love you. I really, really do. Hope I didn’t hurt your feelings.
Your friend,
Vivian
P.S. Turn off the TV!
Morons, I love you. I really, really do. All of you—from the expert moron to the neophyte. But, if you do want to work your way out of the Moron Club, the world of the informed, rational, and reasonable will welcome you with open arms.
So, Birthers, you thought you were special, didn’t you? You thought you were the only morons on the scene, didn’t you?
But, you are not the only morons who are being laughed. Oh no, not by far.
Now, sit down. Breathe deeply. Not only are you stupid… Not only are you being laughed at…But, you aren’t all that special. It is time to start the very first Moron Club!
The Moron Club is going to be inclusive, because that’s how I roll. It really, really is.
The first members of the Moron Club, after Birthers, are...ta da: Racists!
Racists, I love you, because it is my mission in life to love everyone. You make me bleed from the eyes and you are the reason my husband tells people we are from Canada when we travel. (You don't get out much, do you?) But, maybe, with a little unconditional love, you could join the human race? Fingers crossed!
I know, I know. You don’t think you are a racist. Already heard it. If you are one of those people who makes derogatory comments or sends derogatory emails about races other than your own—or heck, let's throw in ethnic groups!—you are a racist and a moron.
But, people aren’t laughing with you or at you. They are disgusted by you. Most people won’t confront you—they will quietly pity your children. You look like a dumb jerk and you do a lot of harm. You are a social leper.
If you laugh at racist comments or jokes, you are a moron by association and a moral wimp. You are not a lady or a gentleman.
If you are one of those un-evolved Cro-Magnons who attends rallies with or carries signs of our president as an ape or an Aborigine or some other appalling non-sense, you don’t deserve the title moron—it’s too good for you. If your mother were living, she would spank you and cry herself to sleep. People look at you with revulsion. They aren't laughing. You are not making a political statement. You are the political statement. People look at you and say, “What has the world come to?”
The third members of the Moron Club are the Paranoiac Morons. If you believe that President Obama is Moslem, you are a moron and people are befuddled by how you could be so stupid.
I am not entirely sure they are laughing at you so much as amazed by you--I know I am amazed. No, your friends won’t tell you this. Most of your friends are morons, too. But, notice how some of your friends get very quiet when you talk? Then, their eyes dart around the room a little? They smile as if you’re making a joke and then frown? Then, they change the subject? Yep. They are first puzzled and then amazed by how you could be so stupid.
There are three elements to being a Paranoiac Moron. First, so what! Yeah, you heard me! I am going to change my FB religious status to Moslem. Second. The president isn’t Moslem and you are a paranoid lunatic and a moron if you think so. Paranoid lunatic is even worse than moron.
Third, what is your religion? Do you presume to be Christian? In my household, we certainly would not have been allowed to accuse a professed Christian of not being so. Honestly, God spoke to me and told me to tell you to stop judging people! It isn’t your job. JK :>)
Hmmm…there is indeed a long list of morons and you can all be in the Moron Club! And, you all need love and a lot of it. You have failed to do research, gather facts, and come to rational conclusions.
If you believe that President Obama grew up in Kenya , you are a moron. If you believe that President Obama attended an Islamic madrassah in Indonesia , you are a moron. If you believe that all, most, or even many of the world’s Moslems are terrorists, you are a moron. If you believe that all terrorists look alike, you are a moron. If you believe that all terrorists are Arabs, that all Arabs are terrorists, that all Middle-Easterners are Arabs…you are a moron.
Simply put: Politicians know that President Obama was born in the USA & is a citizen; They know he is a Christian; They may be racists but they would never be seen carrying a disgusting poster at a silly rally—it would be too lacking in dignity; They know the president grew up in Hawaii and was reared by his mother and grandparents; They might be confused about who is and isn’t Arab.
They lie to you. Plain and simple. What they say on conservative talk shows and on liberal talk shows isn’t even the same. They want the "moron vote."
But, I still love you. I really, really do. Hope I didn’t hurt your feelings.
Your friend,
Vivian
P.S. Turn off the TV!
Rock County Clerk and Janesville School Board Commissioner Lori Stottler interview
Lori Stottler on Kathy Nikolaus, Waukesha County Clerk, validity of elections and what it takes to remove a County Clerk
http://www.localvisiontv.com/Home/VideoPlayer/TabId/196/VideoId/8899/Tuesdays-With-Yuri-Lori-Stottler-Part-1.aspx
Lori Stottler on the school district crisis, role of the school board and role of the superintendent http://www.localvisiontv.com/Channel/GovernmentVision/GovernmentVisionPlayer/TabId/116/VideoId/8901/Tuesdays-With-Yuri-Lori-Stottler-Part-2.aspx
Lori Stottler on Janesville teacher layoffs, high school sports, school board choices over the last few years and closing a high school
http://www.localvisiontv.com/Home/VideoPlayer/TabId/196/VideoId/8902/Tuesdays-With-Yuri-Lori-Stottler-Part-3.aspx
5 Questions with Lori Stottler
http://www.localvisiontv.com/Channel/GovernmentVision/GovernmentVisionPlayer/TabId/116/VideoId/8903/5-Qs-With-Lori-Stottler.aspx
http://www.localvisiontv.com/Home/VideoPlayer/TabId/196/VideoId/8899/Tuesdays-With-Yuri-Lori-Stottler-Part-1.aspx
Lori Stottler on the school district crisis, role of the school board and role of the superintendent http://www.localvisiontv.com/Channel/GovernmentVision/GovernmentVisionPlayer/TabId/116/VideoId/8901/Tuesdays-With-Yuri-Lori-Stottler-Part-2.aspx
Lori Stottler on Janesville teacher layoffs, high school sports, school board choices over the last few years and closing a high school
http://www.localvisiontv.com/Home/VideoPlayer/TabId/196/VideoId/8902/Tuesdays-With-Yuri-Lori-Stottler-Part-3.aspx
5 Questions with Lori Stottler
http://www.localvisiontv.com/Channel/GovernmentVision/GovernmentVisionPlayer/TabId/116/VideoId/8903/5-Qs-With-Lori-Stottler.aspx
Wednesday night news round up (4.20.11)
Biennial Budget listening session in Beloit, WI featuring Representatives Loudenbeck, Knilans and Wynn, and Senator Cullen - video
http://www.wiseye.com/Programming/VideoArchive/EventDetail.aspx?evhdid=4081
Photographs from Paul Ryan listening session at the Janesville City Hall
http://loizzo.smugmug.com/Events/2011-04-19-Events-Rep-Paul/16702286_KzqqWT#1259813094_hXpRkb6-A-LB
ThinkProgress: Paul Ryan Booed At Town Hall For Defending Tax Breaks For The Wealthy
http://thinkprogress.org/2011/04/20/paul-ryan-wealthy-tax-breaks/
TPM: Wisconsin Dems To File Recall Signatures Against A Fifth Republican State Senator
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/04/wis-dems-to-file-recall-signatures-against-a-fifth-republican-state-senator.php?ref=fpb
Senator Hopper newsletter mistakenly notes adult chat line
http://www.fdlreporter.com/article/20110420/FON0101/110420037/Sen-Hopper-newsletter-mistakenly-notes-adult-chat-line?odyssey=tab|topnews|img|FRONTPAGE
Data Entry Strike Force RSVP
https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&authkey=CPLLxpkN&formkey=dGc4V2NjVFltNkIzTmNYeVVWQXIxRkE6MQ&ndplr=1#gid=0
PolitiScoop: Walker Preparing Financial Martial Law As We Speak
http://politiscoop.com/component/content/article/35-last-24h-news/216-walker-preparing-financial-martial-law-as-we-speak.html
NEA Member Assistance Program info
http://www.neamb.com/assistance
Lawsuit claims ex-legislator didn't get job because she's Republican
http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_90bd8f7e-6b9c-11e0-816a-001cc4c002e0.html
21 nonfiscal policy items removed from Walker's budget
http://m.host.madison.com/mobile/article_587f6fc8-6bac-11e0-b961-001cc4c002e0.html
Keith Olbermann with The First Guess: Lotto Nation - video
http://www.readersupportednews.org/off-site-opinion-section/72-72/5684-the-first-guess-lotto-nation
Join us for a Wisconsin May Day Rally and Solidarity March for Immigrant and Worker Rights. Union and community members will meet at 1:30 pm at 5th and Washington St. in Milwaukee. We will then march to Veteran’s Park (1010 N. Memorial Dr.) for a 3:00 pm rally with AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, Executive Director of Voces de la Frontera Christine Neumann-Ortiz, and student leaders. Print and share this poster.
State Bar of Wisconsin: Recounts: Balancing the finality of an election against the will of the electorate
http://www.wisbar.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=InsideTrack&Template=%2FCustomSource%2FInsideTrack%2FcontentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=101880
Remarks by JoAnne Kloppenburg asking Government Accountability Board to conduct a statewide recount
http://kloppenburgforjustice.com/documents/Kloppenburg%20Recount%20Announcement.pdf?name=Kloppenburg&page=1
The Secret 12-Point Plan To sell Pro-Wealth Policies To The Middle Class
http://www.ourfuture.org/blog-entry/2011041620/found-secret-12-point-plan-plan-sell-pro-wealth-policies-middle-class
Doctors' Notes From Protests Draw State Scrutiny
http://www.channel3000.com/news/27615086/detail.html
Paul Ryan Collected Social Security Entitlements Until Age 18
http://www.alan.com/2011/04/20/paul-ryan-collected-social-security-entitlements-until-age-18/
Vicki McKenna To Madison Firefighters: You're Not Heroes, No Longer
http://slysoffice.blogspot.com/2011/04/vicki-mckenna-to-madison-firefighters.html?spref=fb
Madison360: Why can't we just get along? Don't make me laugh
http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/madison_360/article_0777c980-6ad6-11e0-9047-001cc4c002e0.html
The Nation: Big Brothers: Thought Control at Koch
http://www.thenation.com/article/160062/big-brothers-thought-control-koch
Rachel Maddow: What Governor Rick Snyder is doing in Michigan
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/#42672552
Two-thirds of Wisconsin corporation don't pay any taxes
http://www.instituteforonewisconsin.org/reports/IOWtaxReportPreview.gif
WisPolitics.com: U.S. Sen. Kohl and U.S. reps. Baldwin, Kind, and Moore: Press governor to drop SeniorCare changes from budget
http://wispolitics.com/index.iml?Article=234041
MFD Chief Amesqua responds to attacks on Madison firefighters by WIBA's Vicki McKenna
http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=33235
PolitiScoop: Walker Fails Lie Detector AGAIN!
http://www.politiscoop.com/component/content/article/35-last-24h-news/227-walker-fails-lie-detector-again.html
The Real Debate Over how To Pick Judges
http://blog.wisdc.org/2011/04/real-debate-over-how-to-pick-judges.html
Daily Kos: Four Wisconsin recall petitions filed, control of state Senate now a toss-up
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/04/19/968392/-Four-Wisconsin-recall-petitions-filed,-control-of-state-Senate-now-a-toss-up
Recall Glenn (SLOB) Grothman needs your boots on the ground! - Facebook event
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=168720066515187
Rock County Clerk Lori Stottler on Kathy Nickolaus, Waukesha County Clerk - video
http://www.localvisiontv.com/Home/VideoPlayer/TabId/196/VideoId/8899/Tuesdays-With-Yuri-Lori-Stottler-Part-1.aspx
http://www.wiseye.com/Programming/VideoArchive/EventDetail.aspx?evhdid=4081
Photographs from Paul Ryan listening session at the Janesville City Hall
http://loizzo.smugmug.com/Events/2011-04-19-Events-Rep-Paul/16702286_KzqqWT#1259813094_hXpRkb6-A-LB
ThinkProgress: Paul Ryan Booed At Town Hall For Defending Tax Breaks For The Wealthy
http://thinkprogress.org/2011/04/20/paul-ryan-wealthy-tax-breaks/
TPM: Wisconsin Dems To File Recall Signatures Against A Fifth Republican State Senator
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/04/wis-dems-to-file-recall-signatures-against-a-fifth-republican-state-senator.php?ref=fpb
Senator Hopper newsletter mistakenly notes adult chat line
http://www.fdlreporter.com/article/20110420/FON0101/110420037/Sen-Hopper-newsletter-mistakenly-notes-adult-chat-line?odyssey=tab|topnews|img|FRONTPAGE
Data Entry Strike Force RSVP
https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&authkey=CPLLxpkN&formkey=dGc4V2NjVFltNkIzTmNYeVVWQXIxRkE6MQ&ndplr=1#gid=0
PolitiScoop: Walker Preparing Financial Martial Law As We Speak
http://politiscoop.com/component/content/article/35-last-24h-news/216-walker-preparing-financial-martial-law-as-we-speak.html
NEA Member Assistance Program info
http://www.neamb.com/assistance
Lawsuit claims ex-legislator didn't get job because she's Republican
http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_90bd8f7e-6b9c-11e0-816a-001cc4c002e0.html
21 nonfiscal policy items removed from Walker's budget
http://m.host.madison.com/mobile/article_587f6fc8-6bac-11e0-b961-001cc4c002e0.html
Keith Olbermann with The First Guess: Lotto Nation - video
http://www.readersupportednews.org/off-site-opinion-section/72-72/5684-the-first-guess-lotto-nation
Join us for a Wisconsin May Day Rally and Solidarity March for Immigrant and Worker Rights. Union and community members will meet at 1:30 pm at 5th and Washington St. in Milwaukee. We will then march to Veteran’s Park (1010 N. Memorial Dr.) for a 3:00 pm rally with AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, Executive Director of Voces de la Frontera Christine Neumann-Ortiz, and student leaders. Print and share this poster.
State Bar of Wisconsin: Recounts: Balancing the finality of an election against the will of the electorate
http://www.wisbar.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=InsideTrack&Template=%2FCustomSource%2FInsideTrack%2FcontentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=101880
Remarks by JoAnne Kloppenburg asking Government Accountability Board to conduct a statewide recount
http://kloppenburgforjustice.com/documents/Kloppenburg%20Recount%20Announcement.pdf?name=Kloppenburg&page=1
The Secret 12-Point Plan To sell Pro-Wealth Policies To The Middle Class
http://www.ourfuture.org/blog-entry/2011041620/found-secret-12-point-plan-plan-sell-pro-wealth-policies-middle-class
Doctors' Notes From Protests Draw State Scrutiny
http://www.channel3000.com/news/27615086/detail.html
Paul Ryan Collected Social Security Entitlements Until Age 18
http://www.alan.com/2011/04/20/paul-ryan-collected-social-security-entitlements-until-age-18/
Vicki McKenna To Madison Firefighters: You're Not Heroes, No Longer
http://slysoffice.blogspot.com/2011/04/vicki-mckenna-to-madison-firefighters.html?spref=fb
Madison360: Why can't we just get along? Don't make me laugh
http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/madison_360/article_0777c980-6ad6-11e0-9047-001cc4c002e0.html
The Nation: Big Brothers: Thought Control at Koch
http://www.thenation.com/article/160062/big-brothers-thought-control-koch
Rachel Maddow: What Governor Rick Snyder is doing in Michigan
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/#42672552
Two-thirds of Wisconsin corporation don't pay any taxes
http://www.instituteforonewisconsin.org/reports/IOWtaxReportPreview.gif
WisPolitics.com: U.S. Sen. Kohl and U.S. reps. Baldwin, Kind, and Moore: Press governor to drop SeniorCare changes from budget
http://wispolitics.com/index.iml?Article=234041
MFD Chief Amesqua responds to attacks on Madison firefighters by WIBA's Vicki McKenna
http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=33235
PolitiScoop: Walker Fails Lie Detector AGAIN!
http://www.politiscoop.com/component/content/article/35-last-24h-news/227-walker-fails-lie-detector-again.html
The Real Debate Over how To Pick Judges
http://blog.wisdc.org/2011/04/real-debate-over-how-to-pick-judges.html
Daily Kos: Four Wisconsin recall petitions filed, control of state Senate now a toss-up
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/04/19/968392/-Four-Wisconsin-recall-petitions-filed,-control-of-state-Senate-now-a-toss-up
Recall Glenn (SLOB) Grothman needs your boots on the ground! - Facebook event
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=168720066515187
Rock County Clerk Lori Stottler on Kathy Nickolaus, Waukesha County Clerk - video
http://www.localvisiontv.com/Home/VideoPlayer/TabId/196/VideoId/8899/Tuesdays-With-Yuri-Lori-Stottler-Part-1.aspx
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
If you've seen Michigan, get ready in Wisconsin....
"The secret plan is being prepared by the state's largest law firm, Foley & Lardner, for the Greater Milwaukee Committee, the Bradley Foundation, the governor, and key legislators. There is speculation that Alberta Darling is the Walker point person on this nutty scheme."
Please share this post on Facebook, tweet this,
call your Senators, sign those petitions and
Get Down to the Capitol!
It's time to take back Madison!
Calling All Townhallistas
Have any readers here been to a recent Paul Ryan town hall meeting? There's one exchange from Milton that's in the press today http://thinkprogress.org/2011/04/20/paul-ryan-wealthy-tax-breaks/ but I'm wondering if anyone here has eyewitness testimony to share.
Boy howdy, the Republicans sure have picked the Everest of political mountains to try and reduce to rubble (see the most recent poll results http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/04/20/968648/-WaPo-ABC-Poll:-84-percent-oppose-GOP-Medicare-plan). Is anyone aware of an actual Republican battle plan, though? There's been a fair amount of advance sniping, particularly on the Op-ed pages of the WaPo and the WSJ. That's mostly just conservative pundits tossing slop buckets of faux-data down from the parapets, to the infotainment media personalities waiting below. Ever thus, doncha know.
But what's the Big Strategy? Where's the Frank Luntz list of talking points? Fear, as always, will play a major roll. Come to think of it, the bigger the challenge, the higher the setting on the ol' Fear Machine (see Iraq Invasion, Selling of). What if they do drive the Debt Ceiling circus over the cliff? (interestingly, the general public is convinced that the ceiling shouldn't be raised, while virtually every business and financial organization is telling Congress to stop misbehaving and do it).
As the risk of seeming like a foil-hatter here, what happens when foreign Treasury note buyers conclude that our government is too frickin' whacked out to be trusted to honor its debt obligations? How about a sudden inflationary leap and another recession, folks? And Voila, there's your Fear and Loathing, lots of it. Perhaps a big enough dose that the citizenry will finally trade away that old safety net for the exhilarating promises of the Free Market Paradise.
Oh boy. It's time for some of daddy's happy medicine.
Boy howdy, the Republicans sure have picked the Everest of political mountains to try and reduce to rubble (see the most recent poll results http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/04/20/968648/-WaPo-ABC-Poll:-84-percent-oppose-GOP-Medicare-plan). Is anyone aware of an actual Republican battle plan, though? There's been a fair amount of advance sniping, particularly on the Op-ed pages of the WaPo and the WSJ. That's mostly just conservative pundits tossing slop buckets of faux-data down from the parapets, to the infotainment media personalities waiting below. Ever thus, doncha know.
But what's the Big Strategy? Where's the Frank Luntz list of talking points? Fear, as always, will play a major roll. Come to think of it, the bigger the challenge, the higher the setting on the ol' Fear Machine (see Iraq Invasion, Selling of). What if they do drive the Debt Ceiling circus over the cliff? (interestingly, the general public is convinced that the ceiling shouldn't be raised, while virtually every business and financial organization is telling Congress to stop misbehaving and do it).
As the risk of seeming like a foil-hatter here, what happens when foreign Treasury note buyers conclude that our government is too frickin' whacked out to be trusted to honor its debt obligations? How about a sudden inflationary leap and another recession, folks? And Voila, there's your Fear and Loathing, lots of it. Perhaps a big enough dose that the citizenry will finally trade away that old safety net for the exhilarating promises of the Free Market Paradise.
Oh boy. It's time for some of daddy's happy medicine.
Monday, April 18, 2011
Demographic Politics and the Ryan Plan
Now that House Republicans have completely bought in to the Ryan Plan, the conservative message machine will have to go full-bore to support it. Here’s a tactic they’re going to try that’s risky, but that could peel younger voters away from the Democratic Party:
Conservatives will tell under-35 voters that Medicare will be bankrupt and gone by the time they hit retirement age. So, they’re now contributing their income, and even their future comfort, to old people, so that those retirees don’t have to spend their own savings on health care. You get the gist.
This message to the under-35 crowd will have to be balanced with assurances to older voters that health care costs will be restrained by this plan, enough that they will be able to afford the costs without penury. Tricky, but if the Republicans can get some insurance companies to claim that they’ll offer comprehensive and affordable policies to seniors, and perhaps if Republicans can even convince some older Americans that it would be patriotic and altruistic for them to spend a few dollars in order that their children may keep a bit more of their own income, there might be political up-sides to the Ryan Plan.
Of course, many grown children of senior parents would end up spending portions of their income and savings on their parents’ health care, which shouldn’t please the 30 to 50 demographic.
Strategically this is risky for Republicans, but they’ve embraced a potentially destructive policy and they now have to sell it. They’ve shown themselves tactically to be up to selling just about anything, so Democrats have to be prepared. By that I mean the polar opposite of the terribly weak and reactive Democratic retreat the last time health care reform was a national issue. Complacency in the face of what seems to be a self-destructive policy is not an option.
UPDATE: In his NYT column today, Ross Douthat suggests a target for a Republican "peel" procedure: darker-skinned people whom he writes are comprising more of the young workforce, as rich white people bask in their retirement wealth, soaking off those young workers.
Sunday, April 17, 2011
CBC Sunday Edition radio documentary on Wisconsin protests
A few weeks ago, I was contacted by Canadian reporter Ira Basin who was in Janesville doing a documentary on Wisconsin protests. Ira's documentary aired this morning on CBC Sunday Edition. Here is the link to the documentary: http://www.cbc.ca/thesundayedition/shows/2011/04/17/ethnic-strategists---gurjinder-basran---wisconsin-documentary/#hour3 Scroll up to find "Listen to Hour Three: (Pop-up). By the way, the band you hear in the piece, playing at "Sneakers", is the Ritual (http://www.theritualband.com/) featuring yours truly on bass guitar and keys.
Friday, April 15, 2011
Dear Morons...uh...Birthers
Dear Birthers,
I love you. I really, really do—in that broad and general sense of loving all of human kind and hoping you do not die in a car fire. After all, someone has to love you and you are not all that easy to love. In fact, you are making me bleed from the eyes.
But, you need some words of motherly love right now:
YOU ARE STUPID. AND, PEOPLE ARE LAUGHING AT YOU!
I am a mother and all mothers know that there is nothing worse than having a child who is a moronic village idiot imbecile cretin who is being laughed at—except having a child who is tacky. (And, you are tacky, but this is a serious political blog and I did not want to mention that—more later on the hats and signs.)
You are also quite possibly infected by rabid hatred and delusions. Or, you may be the trifecta:
YOU MAY EVEN BE RABIDLY HATE-FILLED DELUSIONAL MORONS.
Get it? “Trifecta” – mean, stupid, and crazy.
There is never any point in reviewing the proof that President Obama is a citizen or yada, yada, yada because morons, deluded, and hate-filled people do not listen to reason.
I am reading that in 2008 and 2009 approxmately 30% of Republicans were “birthers” – people who did not believe the overwhelming evidence that Barack Hussein Obama was born in Hawaii.
Now, I am reading that over 50% of Republicans are “birthers” – and that is no laughing matter. Because, that indicates that over 50% of one major political party are incapable of looking at evidence and coming up with a rational conclusion. I find this very hard to believe.
Friends, the Republican leadership are not “birthers.” People who are attorneys, who went to prestigious schools, who are doctors, propagandists, corporate leaders, etc. are not “birthers.” The men and women in positions of political leadership in our country are not “birthers.”
They are much worse: They are shameless lying opportunists manipulating millions of ignorant, crazy, or mean people.
I can forgive Binky Boehner or what’s-his-face with the hair. I can forgive all those who make no higher claim than to be seeking to win the next election no matter what it takes.
But, I cannot forgive Mike Huckabee. He is revolting. Disgusting. Nauseating.
He is a Baptist minister. He professes a faith that admonishes, “That shall not bear false witness.” It’s one of the Ten Commandments. It means do not tell a lie. And, in my home, lying means telling a lie, leaving out some truth (lying by omission), giving the wrong impression, distorting the truth, etc.
If you want to weep for our public life, the Republican Party, and the USA, watch interviews of him.
He knows that President Obama is an American citizen and all round American who has done everything right. Watching a religious leader pander to the most ignorant, hate-filled, and deluded of Americans is so sorrowful.
You may not like his politics, but President Obama is an American citizen, a professed Christian and he has done everything right.
Your very sad friend,
Vivian
http://gawker.com/#!5320465/the-birthers-who-are-they-and-what-do-they-want
I love you. I really, really do—in that broad and general sense of loving all of human kind and hoping you do not die in a car fire. After all, someone has to love you and you are not all that easy to love. In fact, you are making me bleed from the eyes.
But, you need some words of motherly love right now:
YOU ARE STUPID. AND, PEOPLE ARE LAUGHING AT YOU!
I am a mother and all mothers know that there is nothing worse than having a child who is a moronic village idiot imbecile cretin who is being laughed at—except having a child who is tacky. (And, you are tacky, but this is a serious political blog and I did not want to mention that—more later on the hats and signs.)
You are also quite possibly infected by rabid hatred and delusions. Or, you may be the trifecta:
YOU MAY EVEN BE RABIDLY HATE-FILLED DELUSIONAL MORONS.
Get it? “Trifecta” – mean, stupid, and crazy.
There is never any point in reviewing the proof that President Obama is a citizen or yada, yada, yada because morons, deluded, and hate-filled people do not listen to reason.
I am reading that in 2008 and 2009 approxmately 30% of Republicans were “birthers” – people who did not believe the overwhelming evidence that Barack Hussein Obama was born in Hawaii.
Now, I am reading that over 50% of Republicans are “birthers” – and that is no laughing matter. Because, that indicates that over 50% of one major political party are incapable of looking at evidence and coming up with a rational conclusion. I find this very hard to believe.
Friends, the Republican leadership are not “birthers.” People who are attorneys, who went to prestigious schools, who are doctors, propagandists, corporate leaders, etc. are not “birthers.” The men and women in positions of political leadership in our country are not “birthers.”
They are much worse: They are shameless lying opportunists manipulating millions of ignorant, crazy, or mean people.
I can forgive Binky Boehner or what’s-his-face with the hair. I can forgive all those who make no higher claim than to be seeking to win the next election no matter what it takes.
But, I cannot forgive Mike Huckabee. He is revolting. Disgusting. Nauseating.
He is a Baptist minister. He professes a faith that admonishes, “That shall not bear false witness.” It’s one of the Ten Commandments. It means do not tell a lie. And, in my home, lying means telling a lie, leaving out some truth (lying by omission), giving the wrong impression, distorting the truth, etc.
If you want to weep for our public life, the Republican Party, and the USA, watch interviews of him.
He knows that President Obama is an American citizen and all round American who has done everything right. Watching a religious leader pander to the most ignorant, hate-filled, and deluded of Americans is so sorrowful.
You may not like his politics, but President Obama is an American citizen, a professed Christian and he has done everything right.
Your very sad friend,
Vivian
http://gawker.com/#!5320465/the-birthers-who-are-they-and-what-do-they-want
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Thursday night news round up (4.14.11)
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker Admits that his decision to strip the rights of public workers to bargain collectively "doesn't save any" money for the Wisconsin taxpayers.
Save Janesville Schools - Facebook community group
http://www.facebook.com/savejanesvilleschools
Get to know the other side: MacIver Institute to Fight for Access to Public Documents Launches Fundraising Drive to Pay Costs / Legal Fees
http://maciverinstitute.com/2011/04/maciver-institute-to-fight-for-access-to-public-documents/
Daily Kos: 100 days of GOP rule. Still no jobs bills.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/04/14/966875/-100-days-of-GOP-rule-Still-no-jobs-bills
Jim Wallis: Woe to You, Legislators!
http://blog.sojo.net/2011/04/14/woe-to-you-legislators/
Alternative Brat Fest Planned
http://www.nbc15.com/home/headlines/Alternative_Brat_Fest_Planned_119814769.html
Where's Paul? Ryan Comes Back To District To Talk About Federal Budget
http://www.channel3000.com/politics/27542434/detail.html
New WMC head vows strong advocacy role
http://host.madison.com/wsj/business/article_382a00b2-5b85-5f00-90a0-b898e9a87342.html
TPM: Rep. Cummings, Vermont Governor Shumlin Rip Into Scott Walker At Hearing
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/04/rep-cummings-rips-into-wisconsin-gov-scott-walker-at-hearing.php
ASO: Wisconsin Citizens Show Up to Protest Tea Party's Anti-Worker, Anti-American Agenda
http://asolidarity.org/tea-party-counter-protest
FDL: Walker Stumbles Repeatedly During House Hearing
http://news.firedoglake.com/2011/04/14/walker-stumbles-repeatedly-during-house-hearing/
Rally Supporting Labor Over Billionaires (SLOBs) and to Recall Grothman - Facebook event
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=185827408129744
Think Progress: Scott Walker Admits Union-Busting Provision "Doesn't Save Any" Money For The State of Wisconsin
http://thinkprogress.org/2011/04/14/walker-admits-union-money/
The Washington Post Greg Sargent: Scott Walker admits he didn't campaign on rollback of bargaining rights
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/scott-walker-admits-he-didnt-campaign-on-rollback-of-bargaining-rights/2011/03/03/AFZkUedD_blog.html
Russ Feingold honored in D.C.
http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/119817439.html
Palin scheduled to appear at Madison rally on Saturday
http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/119855224.html
Walker proves a lightning rod for House committee
http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/119838014.html
State won't appeal restraining order on collective bargaining limits
http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/119862944.html
United States Congressman Braley Calls for investigation of Cronyism in Scott Walker Administration
http://braley.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=906&Itemid=100013
Ed Schultz Town Hall Meeting - Madison, WI - April 13, 2011
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=291005&id=500258207
Judge Dismisses Lawsuits Challenging Union Law
http://www.channel3000.com/news/27547697/detail.html
PoliticusUSA: America's Hatred of Sarah Palin Reaches Historic Heights
http://www.politicususa.com/en/historic-sarah-palin-hate
The Walker Effect: What has our new governor done to Wisconsin?
http://www.madisonmagazine.com/Madison-Magazine/May-2011/The-Walker-Effect/
Politics Report: Walker posts "Support" Letter from an "Almost 9 Year-Old"
http://politicsreport.com/news/walker-posts-support-letter-almost-9-year-old
Protesters rail against Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's budget plan in Neenah
http://www.postcrescent.com/article/20110414/APC0101/104140555/Protesters-Neenah-rail-against-state-budget-plan?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE
Petitions circulate to "Save SeniorCare"
http://www.wrn.com/2011/04/petitions-circulate-to-save-seniorcare/
James P. Hoffa: Walker's Political Theater, Brought to You By the Koch Brothers
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-p-hoffa/walkers-political-theater_b_849199.html
Capitol Chaos: Board Punishes Sick-Out Teachers
http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/119820174.html
Think Progress: Walker And Prosser Crushed Regulations On Koch industry's Phosphorus Pollution in Wisconsin
http://thinkprogress.org/2011/04/13/walker-koch-phosphorus/
AlterNet: Our Public Schools Are Churning Out Drones for the Corporate State
http://www.alternet.org/story/150578/our_public_schools_are_churning_out_drones_for_the_corporate_state?akid=6830.250609.yfYOEt&rd=1&t=5
Dirty tricks and power grabs in FitzWalkerstan
http://socialistworker.org/2011/04/14/dirty-tricks-in-fitzwalkerstan
John Eyster: What about HEARING WE THE PEOPLE of WI?!
http://gazettextra.com/weblogs/we-people/2011/apr/14/what-about-hearing-we-the-people-of-wi/
Bill Wineke: Someone Has Got To Be Making All This Up
http://www.channel3000.com/news/27495109/detail.html
Democratic Party CD 1 Convention - Facebook event
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=216163728400673
Links to Proposed Budget Information (Feel Free to Share)
http://www.facebook.com/notes/angela-fischer-smillie/links-to-proposed-budget-information-feel-free-to-share/10150212970975860
Save Janesville Schools - Facebook community group
http://www.facebook.com/savejanesvilleschools
Get to know the other side: MacIver Institute to Fight for Access to Public Documents Launches Fundraising Drive to Pay Costs / Legal Fees
http://maciverinstitute.com/2011/04/maciver-institute-to-fight-for-access-to-public-documents/
Daily Kos: 100 days of GOP rule. Still no jobs bills.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/04/14/966875/-100-days-of-GOP-rule-Still-no-jobs-bills
Jim Wallis: Woe to You, Legislators!
http://blog.sojo.net/2011/04/14/woe-to-you-legislators/
Alternative Brat Fest Planned
http://www.nbc15.com/home/headlines/Alternative_Brat_Fest_Planned_119814769.html
Where's Paul? Ryan Comes Back To District To Talk About Federal Budget
http://www.channel3000.com/politics/27542434/detail.html
New WMC head vows strong advocacy role
http://host.madison.com/wsj/business/article_382a00b2-5b85-5f00-90a0-b898e9a87342.html
TPM: Rep. Cummings, Vermont Governor Shumlin Rip Into Scott Walker At Hearing
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/04/rep-cummings-rips-into-wisconsin-gov-scott-walker-at-hearing.php
ASO: Wisconsin Citizens Show Up to Protest Tea Party's Anti-Worker, Anti-American Agenda
http://asolidarity.org/tea-party-counter-protest
FDL: Walker Stumbles Repeatedly During House Hearing
http://news.firedoglake.com/2011/04/14/walker-stumbles-repeatedly-during-house-hearing/
Rally Supporting Labor Over Billionaires (SLOBs) and to Recall Grothman - Facebook event
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=185827408129744
Think Progress: Scott Walker Admits Union-Busting Provision "Doesn't Save Any" Money For The State of Wisconsin
http://thinkprogress.org/2011/04/14/walker-admits-union-money/
The Washington Post Greg Sargent: Scott Walker admits he didn't campaign on rollback of bargaining rights
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/scott-walker-admits-he-didnt-campaign-on-rollback-of-bargaining-rights/2011/03/03/AFZkUedD_blog.html
Russ Feingold honored in D.C.
http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/119817439.html
Palin scheduled to appear at Madison rally on Saturday
http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/119855224.html
Walker proves a lightning rod for House committee
http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/119838014.html
State won't appeal restraining order on collective bargaining limits
http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/119862944.html
United States Congressman Braley Calls for investigation of Cronyism in Scott Walker Administration
http://braley.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=906&Itemid=100013
Ed Schultz Town Hall Meeting - Madison, WI - April 13, 2011
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=291005&id=500258207
Judge Dismisses Lawsuits Challenging Union Law
http://www.channel3000.com/news/27547697/detail.html
PoliticusUSA: America's Hatred of Sarah Palin Reaches Historic Heights
http://www.politicususa.com/en/historic-sarah-palin-hate
The Walker Effect: What has our new governor done to Wisconsin?
http://www.madisonmagazine.com/Madison-Magazine/May-2011/The-Walker-Effect/
Politics Report: Walker posts "Support" Letter from an "Almost 9 Year-Old"
http://politicsreport.com/news/walker-posts-support-letter-almost-9-year-old
Protesters rail against Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's budget plan in Neenah
http://www.postcrescent.com/article/20110414/APC0101/104140555/Protesters-Neenah-rail-against-state-budget-plan?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE
Petitions circulate to "Save SeniorCare"
http://www.wrn.com/2011/04/petitions-circulate-to-save-seniorcare/
James P. Hoffa: Walker's Political Theater, Brought to You By the Koch Brothers
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-p-hoffa/walkers-political-theater_b_849199.html
Capitol Chaos: Board Punishes Sick-Out Teachers
http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/119820174.html
Think Progress: Walker And Prosser Crushed Regulations On Koch industry's Phosphorus Pollution in Wisconsin
http://thinkprogress.org/2011/04/13/walker-koch-phosphorus/
AlterNet: Our Public Schools Are Churning Out Drones for the Corporate State
http://www.alternet.org/story/150578/our_public_schools_are_churning_out_drones_for_the_corporate_state?akid=6830.250609.yfYOEt&rd=1&t=5
Dirty tricks and power grabs in FitzWalkerstan
http://socialistworker.org/2011/04/14/dirty-tricks-in-fitzwalkerstan
John Eyster: What about HEARING WE THE PEOPLE of WI?!
http://gazettextra.com/weblogs/we-people/2011/apr/14/what-about-hearing-we-the-people-of-wi/
Bill Wineke: Someone Has Got To Be Making All This Up
http://www.channel3000.com/news/27495109/detail.html
Democratic Party CD 1 Convention - Facebook event
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=216163728400673
Links to Proposed Budget Information (Feel Free to Share)
http://www.facebook.com/notes/angela-fischer-smillie/links-to-proposed-budget-information-feel-free-to-share/10150212970975860
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Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Rock County Coroner Jenifer Keach interview
In her appearance on Tuesdays with Yuri, Jenifer and I discussed what makes someone want to become a coroner, reasons for the doubling in the rate of suicides in Rock County and what Jenifer has learned from her years in the public office.
http://tuesdayswithyuri.blogspot.com/2011/04/tuesdays-with-yuri-welcomes-rock-county.html
http://tuesdayswithyuri.blogspot.com/2011/04/tuesdays-with-yuri-welcomes-rock-county.html
Tuesday night news round up (4.13.11)
Hundreds speak at budget hearing at State Fair Park - video
http://www.wisn.com/video/27510536/detail.html?taf=mil
Chandler McKelvey: Walker's actions undermine state job growth
http://www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/119634119.html?referrer=facebook
Budget Hearing with Senator Cullen
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=178091578907909
Rally Supporting Labor Over Billionaires (SLOBs) and to Recall Grothman
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=146920132042329
United States Senator Johnson (R) wants to tax corporations that send jobs to China less - video
http://freakoutnation.com/2011/04/12/sen-johnson-from-wi-wants-to-tax-corporations-less-that-send-jobs-to-china/
WisDems: Alberta Darling: I don't listen to people at hearings on Walker budget
http://www.wisdems.org/news/press/view/2011-04-alberta-darling-i-dont-listen-to-people-at-hearings
Prosser camp's "validator" validates skepticism about "found" ballots
http://host.madison.com/ct/news/opinion/editorial/article_1d6a7906-64a8-11e0-8b44-001cc4c002e0.html?nstrack=sid:375178|met:300|cat:0|order:4
http://www.thundaaroundtherotunda.com/
Huffington Post: Tammy Baldwin asks Eric Holder to investigate Wisconsin Supreme Court election
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/11/tammy-baldwin-eric-holder-wisconsin-supreme-court_n_847736.html
Republicans and Tea Party on the attack
http://www.politiscoop.com/component/content/article/35-last-24h-news/201-republicans-and-tea-party-on-the-attack.html
Mayor, Council members arrested in Budget Protest in Washington DC
http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Mayor-Council-Members-Arrested-in-Budget-Protest-119634139.html
Prosser: Idea of Federal probe "preposterous"
http://www.defendwisconsin.org/2011/04/11/prosser-idea-of-federal-probe-preposterous/
Vicky Selkowe for Assembly
http://vickyforassembly.com/
Last Joint Finance Committee public hearing tomorrow in Neenah, sign up now for a seat on the bus from Madison
http://whatdemocracylookslike.com/2011/04/12/last-joint-finance-committee-public-hearing-tomorrow/
Defending Wisconsin PAC asks JB Van Hollen to resign
http://www.politiscoop.com/component/content/article/35-last-24h-news/205-defending-wisconsin-asks-jb-van-hollen-to-resign-.html
Daily Kos: Waukesha voting irregularities go back to 2004... (updated)
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/04/11/965994/-(updated)-Waukesha-voting-irregularities-go-back-to-2004
PolitiScoop: Republicans Now Hiring out of State Felons - Canvasser Arrested in Crime Spree
http://www.politiscoop.com/component/content/article/35-last-24h-news/207-republicans-now-hiring-out-of-state-felons-canvasser-arrested-in-crime-spree-.html
TPM: Wisconsin Officials Still Examining Waukesha Procedures; Local Dem Canvasser Casts Doubt On Process
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/04/wis-officials-still-examining-waukesha-procedures-local-dem-canvasser-cast-doubt-on-process.php
Mike Johnson: Blog post prompts asterisk on Nickolaus website
http://www.jsonline.mobi/blogs/news/119732209.html?ua=android&dc=smart&c=y
Daily Kos: 20,000 more votes than ballots (Waukesha, 2006) updated
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/04/12/966093/-20,000-more-votes-than-ballots-(Waukesha-county,-2006)
Still in protesting mood? Alternative brat fest is in the works
http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_bd1bd96a-655a-11e0-9c71-001cc4c002e0.html?mode=story
SlysOffice: Forward Janesville Rally - photos
http://slysoffice.blogspot.com/2011/03/forward-janesville-rally.html?spref=tw
TPM: Walker: State Layoffs Could Happen If Anti-Union Bill Remains Delayed By Courts
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/04/walker-state-layoffs-could-happen-if-anti-union-bill-remains-delayed-by-courts.php
TPM: US Senator Johnson (R) Supreme Court Race "took the Wind Out" Of Union Sails
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/04/ron-johnson-unexpected-prosser-win-took-the-wind-out-of-union-sails.php
Bill voiding sick leave law sent to Walker
http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/119701054.html
Ted Rulseh: Walker's polarization of public deliberate
http://www.htrnews.com/article/20110412/MAN07/104120613/Guest-Commentary-Walker-s-polarization-of-public-deliberate?odyssey=tab|mostpopular|text|FRONTPAGE
Download pledge to recall Fitzgerald
http://www.datafilehost.com/download-d588cb60.html
BuzzFlash.com: With a Media-covered Rap Sheet of Shenanigans, Kathy nickolaus might Have Incriminating E-mails on Her Hard Drive
http://blog.buzzflash.com/node/12589
Governor Walker Says First 100 Days Was B+ Effort
http://www.wisn.com/r/27517496/detail.html
Walker responds to promotion, demotion of supporter's son
http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/119719644.html
The Rachel Maddow Show: remember that Democratic official in Waukesha County, WI who vouched for the late find of those 14k votes?
http://www.facebook.com/notes/the-rachel-maddow-show/maddow-remember-that-democratic-official-in-waukesha-county-wi-who-vouched-for-t/10150262301751038
Where's Walker? Not in Wisconsin.
http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/119710164.html
Democrats are fighting back in Ohio
http://www.prwatch.org/news/2011/04/10577/democrats-are-fighting-back-ohio
The Exiled: A People's History of Koch Industries, Part II
http://exiledonline.com/a-people-history-of-koch-industries-part-ii-libertarian-billionaires-charles-and-david-koch-are-closetcase-subsidy-kings-who-milk-big-government-tyranny-but-want-to-slash-spending-on-anyone-else/
Guy Benson: So, how's the Left's Wisconsin Recall Crusade Coming Along?
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2011/04/12/so,_hows_the_lefts_wisconsin_recall_crusade_coming_along
AlterNet: Found Votes in WI Supreme Court Election Results Still Extremely Fishy
http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/557441/found_votes_in_wi_supreme_court_election_results_still_extremely_fishy/#paragraph3
US Congressman Issa (R) calls Governor Scott Walker to testify
http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/budget/155339-wisconsin-gov-scott-walker-coming-to-capitol-hill
Letter to Attorney General Van Hollen
http://www.facebook.com/notes/recall-scott-walker-planned-recall-committee/my-letter-to-attorney-general-van-hollen-share/146618575404089
Capitol Chaos: Budget Hearing Frustration
http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/119666879.html
TPM: Business Breaking With Kasich Over Union Busting Bill
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/04/in-ohio-a-business-civil-war-over-john-kasichs-union-busting.php
More than 1,000 protest state budget in West Allis - video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntr1i1UZh4g&feature=player_embedded
State needs more Tim Cullens
http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/opinion/editorial/article_bdeb7010-6499-11e0-91c9-001cc4c002e0.html?print=1
http://www.wisn.com/video/27510536/detail.html?taf=mil
Chandler McKelvey: Walker's actions undermine state job growth
http://www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/119634119.html?referrer=facebook
Budget Hearing with Senator Cullen
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=178091578907909
Rally Supporting Labor Over Billionaires (SLOBs) and to Recall Grothman
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=146920132042329
Top Wisconsin Recall Target Thinks Police, Firefighters Should Lose Collective Bargaining Rights
http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/557080/top_wisconsin_recall_target_thinks_police,_firefighters_should_lose_collective_bargaining_rights/United States Senator Johnson (R) wants to tax corporations that send jobs to China less - video
http://freakoutnation.com/2011/04/12/sen-johnson-from-wi-wants-to-tax-corporations-less-that-send-jobs-to-china/
WisDems: Alberta Darling: I don't listen to people at hearings on Walker budget
http://www.wisdems.org/news/press/view/2011-04-alberta-darling-i-dont-listen-to-people-at-hearings
Prosser camp's "validator" validates skepticism about "found" ballots
http://host.madison.com/ct/news/opinion/editorial/article_1d6a7906-64a8-11e0-8b44-001cc4c002e0.html?nstrack=sid:375178|met:300|cat:0|order:4
Joint Finance Co-Chairs announce public hearing schedule for budget bill http://www.wisbar.org/am/template.cfm?section=Legislative_Advocacy&template=%2FCM%2FContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=79039
ThundaAroundTheRotundahttp://www.thundaaroundtherotunda.com/
Huffington Post: Tammy Baldwin asks Eric Holder to investigate Wisconsin Supreme Court election
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/11/tammy-baldwin-eric-holder-wisconsin-supreme-court_n_847736.html
Republicans and Tea Party on the attack
http://www.politiscoop.com/component/content/article/35-last-24h-news/201-republicans-and-tea-party-on-the-attack.html
Mayor, Council members arrested in Budget Protest in Washington DC
http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Mayor-Council-Members-Arrested-in-Budget-Protest-119634139.html
Prosser: Idea of Federal probe "preposterous"
http://www.defendwisconsin.org/2011/04/11/prosser-idea-of-federal-probe-preposterous/
Vicky Selkowe for Assembly
http://vickyforassembly.com/
Last Joint Finance Committee public hearing tomorrow in Neenah, sign up now for a seat on the bus from Madison
http://whatdemocracylookslike.com/2011/04/12/last-joint-finance-committee-public-hearing-tomorrow/
Defending Wisconsin PAC asks JB Van Hollen to resign
http://www.politiscoop.com/component/content/article/35-last-24h-news/205-defending-wisconsin-asks-jb-van-hollen-to-resign-.html
Daily Kos: Waukesha voting irregularities go back to 2004... (updated)
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/04/11/965994/-(updated)-Waukesha-voting-irregularities-go-back-to-2004
PolitiScoop: Republicans Now Hiring out of State Felons - Canvasser Arrested in Crime Spree
http://www.politiscoop.com/component/content/article/35-last-24h-news/207-republicans-now-hiring-out-of-state-felons-canvasser-arrested-in-crime-spree-.html
TPM: Wisconsin Officials Still Examining Waukesha Procedures; Local Dem Canvasser Casts Doubt On Process
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/04/wis-officials-still-examining-waukesha-procedures-local-dem-canvasser-cast-doubt-on-process.php
Mike Johnson: Blog post prompts asterisk on Nickolaus website
http://www.jsonline.mobi/blogs/news/119732209.html?ua=android&dc=smart&c=y
Daily Kos: 20,000 more votes than ballots (Waukesha, 2006) updated
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/04/12/966093/-20,000-more-votes-than-ballots-(Waukesha-county,-2006)
Still in protesting mood? Alternative brat fest is in the works
http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_bd1bd96a-655a-11e0-9c71-001cc4c002e0.html?mode=story
SlysOffice: Forward Janesville Rally - photos
http://slysoffice.blogspot.com/2011/03/forward-janesville-rally.html?spref=tw
TPM: Walker: State Layoffs Could Happen If Anti-Union Bill Remains Delayed By Courts
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/04/walker-state-layoffs-could-happen-if-anti-union-bill-remains-delayed-by-courts.php
TPM: US Senator Johnson (R) Supreme Court Race "took the Wind Out" Of Union Sails
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/04/ron-johnson-unexpected-prosser-win-took-the-wind-out-of-union-sails.php
Bill voiding sick leave law sent to Walker
http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/119701054.html
Ted Rulseh: Walker's polarization of public deliberate
http://www.htrnews.com/article/20110412/MAN07/104120613/Guest-Commentary-Walker-s-polarization-of-public-deliberate?odyssey=tab|mostpopular|text|FRONTPAGE
Download pledge to recall Fitzgerald
http://www.datafilehost.com/download-d588cb60.html
BuzzFlash.com: With a Media-covered Rap Sheet of Shenanigans, Kathy nickolaus might Have Incriminating E-mails on Her Hard Drive
http://blog.buzzflash.com/node/12589
Governor Walker Says First 100 Days Was B+ Effort
http://www.wisn.com/r/27517496/detail.html
Walker responds to promotion, demotion of supporter's son
http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/119719644.html
The Rachel Maddow Show: remember that Democratic official in Waukesha County, WI who vouched for the late find of those 14k votes?
http://www.facebook.com/notes/the-rachel-maddow-show/maddow-remember-that-democratic-official-in-waukesha-county-wi-who-vouched-for-t/10150262301751038
Where's Walker? Not in Wisconsin.
http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/119710164.html
Democrats are fighting back in Ohio
http://www.prwatch.org/news/2011/04/10577/democrats-are-fighting-back-ohio
The Exiled: A People's History of Koch Industries, Part II
http://exiledonline.com/a-people-history-of-koch-industries-part-ii-libertarian-billionaires-charles-and-david-koch-are-closetcase-subsidy-kings-who-milk-big-government-tyranny-but-want-to-slash-spending-on-anyone-else/
Guy Benson: So, how's the Left's Wisconsin Recall Crusade Coming Along?
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2011/04/12/so,_hows_the_lefts_wisconsin_recall_crusade_coming_along
AlterNet: Found Votes in WI Supreme Court Election Results Still Extremely Fishy
http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/557441/found_votes_in_wi_supreme_court_election_results_still_extremely_fishy/#paragraph3
US Congressman Issa (R) calls Governor Scott Walker to testify
http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/budget/155339-wisconsin-gov-scott-walker-coming-to-capitol-hill
Letter to Attorney General Van Hollen
http://www.facebook.com/notes/recall-scott-walker-planned-recall-committee/my-letter-to-attorney-general-van-hollen-share/146618575404089
Capitol Chaos: Budget Hearing Frustration
http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/119666879.html
TPM: Business Breaking With Kasich Over Union Busting Bill
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/04/in-ohio-a-business-civil-war-over-john-kasichs-union-busting.php
More than 1,000 protest state budget in West Allis - video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntr1i1UZh4g&feature=player_embedded
State needs more Tim Cullens
http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/opinion/editorial/article_bdeb7010-6499-11e0-91c9-001cc4c002e0.html?print=1
Monday, April 11, 2011
Monday afternoon news round up (4.11.11)
The Onion Store presents tees such as "I support My Parents' Political Beliefs" and "I just love corporations"
http://store.theonion.com/category/tax-day,66/
Democrat on Waukesha County vote panel speaks out
http://www.jsonline.com/news/waukesha/119627189.html
Waukesha County Democratic Party: Statement & Account of Ramon Kitzinger, Waukesha Board of Canvassers member since 2004
http://www.orchidforchange.com/parties/waukeshadems.com/ht/display/ArticleDetails/i/1343504
Rail Exec Charged With Illegal Donations
http://www.channel3000.com/politics/27503744/detail.html
Huffington Post: Fervor Of Wisconsin Debate Shifts To Recall Elections
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/11/wisconsin-recall-election_n_847350.html
PolitiScoop: Government Accountability Board Cover Up?
http://www.politiscoop.com/component/content/article/35-last-24h-news/202-government-accountability-board-cover-up.html
WisDems: Disturbin Scott Walker revelations Require Answers
http://www.wisdems.org/news/press/view/2011-04-wisdems-disturbing-scott-walker-revelations-require
PortWashington-SaukvillePatch: State Budget Hearing Gets Under Way After Opponents Make Their Point
http://www.wisdems.org/news/press/view/2011-04-wisdems-disturbing-scott-walker-revelations-require
Joint Finance hearing - video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FT48VdXsuNg
The Oshkosh Northwestern: We don't need license plate stickers
http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/article/20110411/WDH06/104110322/1975/WDH0101/Other-View-We-don-t-need-license-plate-stickers?odyssey=nav|head
Most Ohio big city mayors do not like collective bargaining law Gov. John Kasich says was intended to help them
http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2011/04/most_ohio_big_city_mayors_do_n.html
DeForest Times-Tribune: Preserve funding for the arts by Fred Bergmann
http://www.deforesttimes.com/main.asp?SectionID=5&SubSectionID=274&ArticleID=5169
Harvard University Press: The William Cronon Affair
http://harvardupress.tumblr.com/post/4189564445/the-william-cronon-affair
PoliticusUSA: Wisconsin Titanice: Criminal Probe Heading Scott Walker's Way
http://www.politicususa.com/en/criminal-probe-scott-walker
State Senator Sheila Harsdorf (R): Loud minority opposition won't stop vital reform
http://www.riverfallsjournal.com/event/article/id/98313
WhatDemocracyLooksLike.com: Call for help, 2:00 today: The Uptake.Org is looking for citizen journalists to help at Government Accountability Board press conference
http://whatdemocracylookslike.com/2011/04/11/call-for-help-200-today-theuptake-org-is-looking-for-citizen-journalists-to-help-at-government-accountability-board-press-conference/
LaCrosseTribune: Shilling: We need leaders to stand up to the governor
http://lacrossetribune.com/news/statebudget/article_62c0a852-632e-11e0-8168-001cc4c002e0.html
Cognitive Dissidence: Is Scott Walker About To Have A Very Bad Monday?
http://cognidissidence.blogspot.com/2011/04/is-scott-walker-about-to-have-very-bad.html
Paul Krugman on Paul Ryan's budget: A Word From Those Who
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/10/a-word-from-those-who/
Andrew Breitbart Presents: Big Government. No Conspiracy In Wisconsin Supreme Court Election, brookfield Vote Totals Posted On Election Night By AOL/Huffington Post Reporter
http://biggovernment.com/mtrackers/2011/04/11/no-conspiracy-in-wisconsin-supreme-court-election-brookfield-vote-totals-posted-on-election-night-by-aolhuffington-post-reporter/
Newsmax.com: Walker: Unions Won't Steal Prosser Election Win
http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/scott-walker-prosser-election/2011/04/10/id/392402
Daily Union: Fitzgerald listens to packed house
http://dailyunion.com/m/Articles.aspx?ArticleID=8127
Wisconsin Group Launches Campaign To Reform Government
http://www.channel3000.com/news/27496763/detail.html
PolitiFact rates Charlie Sykes stating JoAnne Kloppenburg had a 3-to-1 advantage in spending over Justice David Prosser as "Pants On Fire".
http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2011/apr/10/charlie-sykes/charlie-sykes-says-joanne-kloppenburg-had-3-1-adva/
Daniel Bice: Parties already sparring before local hearing starts
http://www.jsonline.com/watchdog/noquarter/119574999.html
http://store.theonion.com/category/tax-day,66/
Democrat on Waukesha County vote panel speaks out
http://www.jsonline.com/news/waukesha/119627189.html
Waukesha County Democratic Party: Statement & Account of Ramon Kitzinger, Waukesha Board of Canvassers member since 2004
http://www.orchidforchange.com/parties/waukeshadems.com/ht/display/ArticleDetails/i/1343504
Rail Exec Charged With Illegal Donations
http://www.channel3000.com/politics/27503744/detail.html
Huffington Post: Fervor Of Wisconsin Debate Shifts To Recall Elections
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/11/wisconsin-recall-election_n_847350.html
PolitiScoop: Government Accountability Board Cover Up?
http://www.politiscoop.com/component/content/article/35-last-24h-news/202-government-accountability-board-cover-up.html
WisDems: Disturbin Scott Walker revelations Require Answers
http://www.wisdems.org/news/press/view/2011-04-wisdems-disturbing-scott-walker-revelations-require
PortWashington-SaukvillePatch: State Budget Hearing Gets Under Way After Opponents Make Their Point
http://www.wisdems.org/news/press/view/2011-04-wisdems-disturbing-scott-walker-revelations-require
Joint Finance hearing - video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FT48VdXsuNg
The Oshkosh Northwestern: We don't need license plate stickers
http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/article/20110411/WDH06/104110322/1975/WDH0101/Other-View-We-don-t-need-license-plate-stickers?odyssey=nav|head
Most Ohio big city mayors do not like collective bargaining law Gov. John Kasich says was intended to help them
http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2011/04/most_ohio_big_city_mayors_do_n.html
DeForest Times-Tribune: Preserve funding for the arts by Fred Bergmann
http://www.deforesttimes.com/main.asp?SectionID=5&SubSectionID=274&ArticleID=5169
Harvard University Press: The William Cronon Affair
http://harvardupress.tumblr.com/post/4189564445/the-william-cronon-affair
PoliticusUSA: Wisconsin Titanice: Criminal Probe Heading Scott Walker's Way
http://www.politicususa.com/en/criminal-probe-scott-walker
State Senator Sheila Harsdorf (R): Loud minority opposition won't stop vital reform
http://www.riverfallsjournal.com/event/article/id/98313
WhatDemocracyLooksLike.com: Call for help, 2:00 today: The Uptake.Org is looking for citizen journalists to help at Government Accountability Board press conference
http://whatdemocracylookslike.com/2011/04/11/call-for-help-200-today-theuptake-org-is-looking-for-citizen-journalists-to-help-at-government-accountability-board-press-conference/
LaCrosseTribune: Shilling: We need leaders to stand up to the governor
http://lacrossetribune.com/news/statebudget/article_62c0a852-632e-11e0-8168-001cc4c002e0.html
Cognitive Dissidence: Is Scott Walker About To Have A Very Bad Monday?
http://cognidissidence.blogspot.com/2011/04/is-scott-walker-about-to-have-very-bad.html
Paul Krugman on Paul Ryan's budget: A Word From Those Who
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/10/a-word-from-those-who/
Andrew Breitbart Presents: Big Government. No Conspiracy In Wisconsin Supreme Court Election, brookfield Vote Totals Posted On Election Night By AOL/Huffington Post Reporter
http://biggovernment.com/mtrackers/2011/04/11/no-conspiracy-in-wisconsin-supreme-court-election-brookfield-vote-totals-posted-on-election-night-by-aolhuffington-post-reporter/
Newsmax.com: Walker: Unions Won't Steal Prosser Election Win
http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/scott-walker-prosser-election/2011/04/10/id/392402
Daily Union: Fitzgerald listens to packed house
http://dailyunion.com/m/Articles.aspx?ArticleID=8127
Wisconsin Group Launches Campaign To Reform Government
http://www.channel3000.com/news/27496763/detail.html
PolitiFact rates Charlie Sykes stating JoAnne Kloppenburg had a 3-to-1 advantage in spending over Justice David Prosser as "Pants On Fire".
http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2011/apr/10/charlie-sykes/charlie-sykes-says-joanne-kloppenburg-had-3-1-adva/
Daniel Bice: Parties already sparring before local hearing starts
http://www.jsonline.com/watchdog/noquarter/119574999.html